Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 134

The weather has slowly started to get warmer, and Aman can walk stumblingly without relying on anyone to support him.

Ruyi had people remove all the movable furniture in Aman's house, and had people wrap the corners with soft cotton and cloth, and even spread thick blankets on the floor, lest Aman learn to walk. When it fell.

It's just that Aman is no longer satisfied with walking around in the not-so-small space of his own house. He prefers to walk outside, especially in the garden.

The energy is infinite, and I started to measure like a king inspecting his own land. He walked around every corner and every corner. Ruyi followed him at first, but then I felt that my legs hurt from walking and my waist was bent. However, Aman was excited and walked with two fat short legs and refused to give up, so she had no choice but to let Shaoyao help her to rest and let the nanny accompany her.

Tianyou was hugged by the nanny to bask in the sun on the porch. I don't know if it was because the wind was beautiful and the sun was shining lazily, so he fell asleep again.

Ruyi couldn't help but sighed with Shaoyao: "Birthed by the same parents, the two children's personalities move and rest, they are simply two extremes. It would be great if they could be reconciled!"

After hearing this, Shao Yao replied with a smile: "Look at what your mother said, is there any difference between the nine sons of the dragon?"

The two children have already been born, and they have grown up so much, even if Ruyi is disgusted in her mouth, she naturally loves her in her heart.

She was not made to be a strict mother, she would only spoil the child all the time, but fortunately Zhao Qingze was a strict father, so she saved Ruyi from making bad faces.

But when Zhao Qingze came back, Ruyi would still act coquettishly and complain to Zhao Qingze.

"Your son torments me again during the day, but I'm exhausted!"

Ruyi put her legs on the couch and puffed out her mouth.

Zhao Qingze smiled, and obediently stretched out his hand to press her leg, but said in his mouth: "You just let him torment you. If he is like this tomorrow, don't follow his wishes and take good care of him."

"Ah."

Ruyi said that she deserved it, but when she turned around and waited until the next day, Aman's request became more and more intrusive. When she was tired of visiting the garden of Zhaoyang Palace and wanted to go out for a stroll, Ruyi agreed softly.

It just so happened that An Rui also came to the palace, and the group went to the imperial garden together.

As soon as he put Aman down in the imperial garden, he couldn't wait to rush to the flowers to catch the butterflies flying around.

Ruyi smiled, and told the nannies to keep an eye on him not to let him run away, but she stood beside An Rui and started talking.

"His Royal Highness is really lively, and his body looks strong."

An Rui looked at Aman like this, his gaze was so soft that it almost melted into a puddle of water.

Ruyi couldn't help but smiled, and said softly: "You and the son-in-law have been married for a long time, and you can prepare to have a child."

Ruyi knew that Anrui and the son-in-law had a very good relationship, so she said it without any scruples.

"I was planning to have a child, but I didn't get pregnant before, and it coincided with the filial piety period of the Supreme Emperor. Now I can consider it..." An Rui said softly, and she and the concubine began to sleep in separate rooms since the filial period of the Supreme Emperor. Fortunately, the royal filial piety period only needs to be observed for three months, not the three years of the folk.

Ruyi heard the words, but found that what she said just now almost missed something. Fortunately, An Rui is someone who can be trusted, and her words did not cause too many problems.In fact, the death of the Supreme Emperor hadn't had much impact on her and Zhao Qingze except for the first few days.

"Well, I'm pregnant now, and when I give birth, it happens to be cold, otherwise confinement is not a comfortable thing in hot weather."

Ruyi turned her head to look at Aman, who was giggling and catching the butterfly, and said again: "Fortunately, both Tianyou and Aman gave birth to them when the weather was cold."

"Now Mrs. Cao should give birth in these two months! I don't know what the weather will be like then?"

When Anrui came to Ruyi Place, he also met Mrs. Cao a few times, and he was somewhat impressed, so he said something with a smile.

But when Ruyi mentioned Mrs. Cao, Anrui couldn't help but a few thoughts flashed in her mind, and when she was about to speak, Anrui suddenly pulled Ruyi's sleeve.

When Ruyi followed Anrui's signal gaze, she happened to see Concubine Xian leading a group of people walking towards this side.

Concubine Xian also saw Ruyi and Anrui, walked up to Ruyi with a smile on her face, and saluted Ruyi and Aman respectfully.

"Is Concubine Xian coming to visit the garden too?"

Ruyi asked casually.

Concubine Xian smiled and said softly: "Jiangnan sent a tribute, and my concubine went to the House of Internal Affairs to have a look."

"Thank you, Concubine Xian."

Ruyi nodded, and when she was about to say that she would not keep Concubine Xian, Concubine Xian continued: "There are hundreds of silk products in the tribute. If the imperial concubine likes it, the concubine will let someone take it and give it to the imperial concubine first." pick."

"No need, Concubine Xian just distribute it to other younger sisters."

Although Ruyi doesn't have much control over the affairs of Zhaoyang Palace, she still manages the general direction. She also knows that the expenses of Zhaoyang Palace do not come from the Palace of Internal Affairs.

"Yes, since the imperial concubine said so, the concubine will be distributed to the other younger sisters." After Concubine Xian said this, she glanced at Aman who was still playing, and said softly: "The concubine will not disturb the imperial concubine. The Empress and His Highness the Crown Prince are gone, and the concubines are leaving."

"Ah."

Ruyi nodded her head slightly, but looked thoughtfully at the leaving figure of Concubine Xian.

Seeing Ruyi's appearance, An Rui couldn't help asking, "Sister-in-law, what's the matter?"

Ruyi withdrew her gaze, smiled, and said softly: "It's nothing, I just feel that this concubine Xian is a little different."

An Rui heard the words but looked at Concubine Xian in a strange way, and then at Ruyi.

She didn't have deep contact with Concubine Xian, so naturally she couldn't tell, but she saw that Ruyi didn't want to continue talking, and she didn't ask any more, but said softly: "I see that Concubine Xian is still respectful and respectful to her sister-in-law. See something else."

Ruyi smiled slightly when she heard the words, although Concubine Xian's attitude was still respectful as always, she seemed to be taking the initiative a lot.

It wasn't that he was actively respectful, but that Cai Cai showed a different meaning in his interaction with her just now, as if he was fighting for his own initiative in that interaction just now.

From the beginning when she came to say hello to the end when she left, Concubine Xian was in control, not Ruyi, the imperial concubine who was two ranks higher than her.

Of course, Ruyi didn't want to care about this at all, so she let the concubine Xian control it herself. However, if you savor the change of the concubine Xian carefully, you can find that her whole body has changed.

After all, the concubine Xian in the past was always cautious in doing things, lest there be a little bit that people would think that she was not doing enough, just like going back to a banquet, every time the concubine Xian came up to salute and talk with Ruyi, not When Ruyi took the initiative to ask her to back down, she would not back down.

The weather in the south of the Yangtze River is warm, and the silkworms have already grown up. The silk that is brought in as tribute today is the silk that the most experienced and exquisite weavers rushed to work overnight after the first batch of spring silkworms spun silk.

Every year, all parts of the country will pay tribute to local specialties in different seasons, and send them to the palace for consumption by the concubines in the harem.

Speaking of which, since Zhao Qingze came to power, the burden on these places has been relieved a lot.For one thing, there are not many people in his harem.Secondly, he decreed to cancel some tributes that would cost people and money to provide for the extravagant life of the harem.

This silk cloth has not been cancelled, but compared with the amount of tens of thousands of horses paid as tribute during the reign of the Supreme Emperor, it is really very little.

Concubine Xian stretched out her hand to stroke a batch of silk cloth presented by the people below, looked at it carefully, and finally nodded with satisfaction: "This year's silk looks much brighter than previous years. Seal it in the warehouse and wait until the payment is issued." , and send them to the palace together.”

Concubine Xian could probably imagine the scene when the silk cloths began to be distributed.

She sighed, said that now the emperor only favors the imperial concubine, and none of the other concubines in the harem has any heirs, and the only remaining fighting spirit in the whole day is when this kind of tribute is distributed.

She couldn't help thinking of the walking Aman she saw in the imperial garden, and couldn't help feeling a little resentful towards Ruyi in her heart.

This imperial concubine is really too domineering. Now that the crown prince has grown up and the second prince is born, but the imperial concubine still wants to dominate the emperor, she is simply cutting off the livelihood of other concubines in the harem.

If... If she is the imperial concubine!No, if she can become a queen, she will definitely not be like this. She will definitely consider for the emperor and the royal family, let the emperor's rain and dew evenly, and let the royal heirs last forever...

(End of this chapter)