Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 14

That afternoon, Ruyi received the bird's nest from the crown princess.

After Ruyi asked Qiangwei to take the silver and thanked Lan Zhen who was running errands, she looked at the fairly large number of bird's nests on the table, and felt a little bit distressed instead of novelty.

This thing was definitely a precious thing in ancient times, but although it is precious in modern times, ordinary people can still afford it. She has eaten it a few times in modern times. When she was in the hotel, the chef stewed it with coconut milk. It tastes really good , even if she knew it was Yanzi's saliva, she didn't have any psychological barriers.Later, she and her colleague Feng bought some on Taobao, and let her mother cook and eat them when they went home. That was the nightmare.

The taste is not as good as that of a hotel chef. She also has a psychological premonition, but it is a disgusting thing that the hair is not picked clean. She is a little clean when she eats. Dot shade.

"Shaoyao, you can send more money to the people in the dining room later, and ask them to pick out the hair when they are cooking."

Ruyi couldn't help exhorting her for a few minutes, Shaoyao repeatedly agreed, but her eyes were like Qiangwei's, staring at these bird's nests tightly and couldn't move away.If you have an opinion, you don’t say anything. Speaking of it, to improve your complexion and nourish your body, the effect of bird’s nest may not be as good as red dates and white fungus soup!But tremella was also a rarity in ancient times.

When Ruyi was in the small kitchen, there was a clear account for the amount of white fungus used in the Queen's Palace.

Before this bird's nest was taken in, the crown prince's reward from the other end also came. After Ruyi knelt down to receive the things, she found that the reward was similar to the previous reward, missing the medicine, and adding a set of the Four Treasures of the Study and a copybook.

Ruyi thinks it is very good, she has the money she needs most, and also has something to pass the time to practice calligraphy.

That night, when she heard the news that the crown prince had gone to Ye Liangdi's place, Ruyi let out a nonchalant sigh, lying on the bed, she couldn't sleep, mainly because she slept too much during the day.

From the second day onwards, Ruyi resumed the normal schedule of concubines in the Eastern Palace. In the morning, after Li Baolin came back from paying respects to the crown princess, she went to pay respects to Li Baolin together with the other concubines from Xiang Zhi Yuan.Come back at noon for lunch, then take a nap. After waking up from the nap, you will practice calligraphy. Occasionally, Ruyi will learn some embroidery from Shaoyao, and then have dinner. After dinner, continue with the things after the nap, and then take a bath and sleep.

Occasionally, Ruyi would go for a stroll in the garden with Li Baolin and the others, but the number of times was very few.Ruyi follows the principle of pushing as much as she can, and spends most of her time indoors.During the few times when I was strolling in the yard, I also met other Baolin, Ye Liangdi and Mu Liangdi, every time Ruyi saluted respectfully, kept a low profile and never showed her head, but they lived in peace.

After a long time, Ruyi suddenly felt that such a life was quite good.

Although the backyard of the East Palace was not always calm, there were not many fights.And the reason is very simple, that is, all women have no children now, and there are no big waves to cause, and the only thing that can be contested is the prince's favor.

Ruyi also encountered Ye Liangdi's interception, but she didn't care.

Moreover, there is not much to contend for the favor of the prince.Ruyi once counted the days when the prince came to the backyard, and it was only ten days in a month, and this still counts the time spent resting at the princess's place. I don't know if it is true that the prince is as indifferent to women as it is said, or if it is true. When the prince is too busy.

Ruyi is considered to be lucky, there will always be a round once a month, although a little greedy for the benefits of serving after bedtime, but Ruyi has also worried about it tremblingly, once a month is really not too much, but the prince rarely enters the backyard She is conspicuous under the circumstances.

Fortunately, when she paid her respects to the Crown Princess, she found that the Crown Princess treated her very kindly, and the others had no intention of targeting her, so she realized that this was also the Crown Princess' flattery, so she was relieved.

In front of them, the Crown Princess has always been generous and generous, and she is not stingy with rewards. Even unfavored concubines can live well. Ruyi also thought that if the Crown Prince does not come to pamper her, it seems to be pretty good, at least every month. She won't be unable to close her eyes after a night of hard work.But the idea is to think about it.

She has always behaved in a law-abiding manner, and now she is living a leisurely life, and she is very lucky.

The weather was getting hotter, and the new clothes that Shaoyao made for her were completed. The fresh lake green satin was made into the most popular style nowadays, and pink lotus flowers were embroidered from the neckline to the hem of the skirt, which was vivid and very beautiful.With her pink inner skirt, standing in front of the mirror, Ruyi feels like she has been reborn.

She treasured the embroidery on the coat, and couldn't help sighing: It's simply a work of art.

"Ma'am, it's so pretty!" Shaoyao and Qiangwei, who were helping her arrange the dress, praised it.

Wearing new clothes, Ruyi is naturally in a good mood, and she has saved a lot of private house recently, so she generously said: "Shaoyao is the most successful, five taels of reward, Qiangwei has worked hard recently, three taels of reward!"

Shaoyao and Qiangwei knelt down and thanked each other with joy, Qiangwei didn't feel dissatisfied even if she took less. After all, she also saw the hard work of Shaoyao holding embroidery needles every day.

The master and servant in the house were talking, when suddenly someone knocked on the door outside the house.

Ruyi subconsciously took off her new clothes, put on the previous blue uniform, and walked out, only to see Concubine Feng, who entered the East Palace with her, bringing the maids to visit.

Ruyi received it with a smile, and poured tea for her personally.

"Sister Feng, why come to my place when you have time?"

It's not the first time that Concubine Feng has come back, but it's just that she doesn't come often. After all, the yards where the two live are far apart, and Concubine Feng is arranged in Ye Liangdi's yard.

"Just now when Youyuan walked nearby, I just wanted to come and see you!"

Concubine Feng held a round fan in her hand, her posture was elegant, her laughter was mellow, her whole person revealed a different kind of charm, for a while, Ruyi couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"Sister, this fan is so beautiful!" Ruyi praised.

"Sister Ye gave it to me. It's been hot recently, so I just use it." Concubine Feng said with a smile.

"Sister Ye treats Sister Feng very well."

Ruyi said something along the way, and Concubine Feng's smile deepened, but she said humbly: "It's also Sister Feng who is kind and gentle, and the princess concubine treats you well."

When it came to the matter of the master, Ruyi habitually raised her spirits, and said respectfully: "The princess and concubine have always been generous."

Seeing Ruyi's appearance, Concubine Feng didn't have the intention to continue talking about this topic, she just put down the round fan in her hand, approached Ruyi mysteriously and said, "Do you know?"

"what happened?"

Ruyi looked at Concubine Feng somewhat puzzled.Suddenly being so close to someone she didn't know well, she leaned away a little uncomfortable.

Concubine Feng didn't notice her movements, she just whispered: "Our East Palace is about to enter again!"

"..." Ruyi was speechless for a while, and she really didn't know how to answer the next sentence.

Fortunately, Concubine Feng didn't wait for Ruyi's answer, she just confided to herself: "I heard that it's different from the last time we entered the East Palace. This time, the Empress selected them from the minister's daughters."

Ruyi now somewhat understands what Concubine Feng means. It is obvious that the ones chosen from the daughters of ministers will not be as anonymous as they are. stronger than them.

Although Ruyi also feels that this cannot be said to be a bad thing, and it is definitely not a good thing, at least she will have a few more masters who she wants to treat respectfully when she meets in the future, but they are not something they can comment on.

"Sister Feng, be careful, it's a good thing to have more sisters." Ruyi said the scene, but made Feng Shiqiu a little unhappy.

"Sister, it's a bit boring for you to do this. My sister said sweet things to you, so you can use these words to deal with your sister."

"Sister Feng, I've always been timid."

Ruyi said this in a calm tone, and she vaguely heard that Concubine Feng wanted to get close to her, maybe she wanted to form an alliance with her, but she really didn't have such leisure and elegance.

"Okay! I originally thought that I have the same background as my sister, and since I'm studying in the East Palace, I should be a little closer, but my sister doesn't like to associate with me, so I won't force it."

After finishing speaking, Concubine Feng took the round fan and stood up, and left Ruyi's room with the maid.

Ruyi watched Shi Concubine Feng leave calmly, but Shaoyao beside her was a little uneasy, and couldn't help saying softly: "Ma'am..."

"It's nothing, let's just close the door and live our lives!"

Ruyi really didn't pay attention to Concubine Feng. The alliance between concubine and concubine is simply courting death.If Concubine Feng came to form an alliance with Ye Liangdi on behalf of her today, she might not refuse so tactfully, at least she would know how to maneuver, after all, she is not ignorant enough to feel that she has leaned on the big tree of the Crown Princess, Nothing to worry about.

Ruyi didn't take the concubine Feng's words to heart, but she didn't expect that the East Palace was really about to enter.

A few days later, when Shao Yao came back from receiving her lunch, she couldn't wait to talk about it with her.

"Ma'am, two more Baolins and two concubines have entered the East Palace."

Ruyi looked at the greasy food on the table, lazily poked a few times with the chopsticks, picked up a piece of green vegetables and put them into her mouth.To be honest, the food in this palace is definitely similar to the big pot dishes in the cafeteria that I used to eat.

Ruyi eating is not as good as staying in the small kitchen before.When I first came here, I still felt that there were meat and vegetables, the dishes were rich, well-matched, and the taste was carefully cooked.

But I ate too much, and I ate only a few dishes, which seldom changed in a month, and what was even more tragic was that the dishes were still so greasy even though it was hot today.

Seeing Ruyi's lack of interest, Shaoyao thought it was because Ruyi didn't hear her words clearly, so she couldn't help repeating it again.

"Is there anyone who wants to be distributed to Xiangzhiyuan?"

Ruyi put down her chopsticks, picked up the soup bowl, and fiddled with the oil floating on it with a spoon.

"That's not true." When Shao Yao heard Ruyi's question, the emotion in her tone also calmed down.

"Since there is no one, it has nothing to do with us." Ruyi reluctantly drank a few spoonfuls of soup, and took a few more mouthfuls of rice, before letting Shaoyao and Qiangwei remove the rice.

In fact, Ruyi was not as calm as she appeared to be about this matter, and of course she didn't care that much, after all, it really didn't have much to do with her.

She just remembered some things that she had thought about when she first entered the East Palace.The empress frequently rewarded the prince with women. Her intention was that she was worried about the heirs of the Eastern Palace.

To be honest, Ruyi is really convinced that there is something wrong with the prince at this moment, otherwise there are so many women who don't have a single heir until now, no one would believe that he is fine.

Although what the prince showed when he came to her side was exactly what a healthy young man should look like, but Ruyi had also heard in her previous life that the matter on the bed had nothing to do with whether she could give birth or not.

In Ruyi's previous life, the husband of an older sister had the same problems as the prince. The sperm survival rate was low, it is said that it was only [-]%.The couple seemed to seek medical advice a lot, and later on, they paid off. They didn't do test-tube babies, and they gave birth to a vain and fat son.

The eldest sister did not shy away from it, she fully felt that she should publicize her difficulties and experience, and told them that the two couples basically had sex once every two weeks in order to have a son, and after each time, the eldest sister had to stand on her head some.

Ruyi compared the eldest sister's experience with the current situation of the prince, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, no wonder she has no children yet.Although I don't know the survival rate of the prince's sperm, but looking at the number of times the prince enters the backyard every month and how he behaves on her side, how can he give birth to a child!The concubine empress who gave birth to a partial child also felt that the prince could not have a son because there were not enough women, and she tried her best to give birth to a woman, which was simply making things worse.

After Ruyi thought about it, she suddenly felt that the queen's actions were pretty good. The less the prince was able to have children, the quieter the backyard would be, at least suitable for a small person like her to survive.

Although it is a bit immoral to think so, it is still a little selfish to be a human being.

When the newcomer enters the palace, Ruyi and the elders naturally have to stay behind.

In the following days, intermittently, the crown prince rested in the study occasionally, and occasionally rested in the backyard. When resting in the backyard, apart from the crown princess, these newcomers stayed, and even Ye Liangdi, who was always quite favored, was at the back. up.As for the Xiangzhiyuan, the prince hardly took a step forward.Ruyi went to Li Baolin's place to ask for time in the past few days, and found that Li Baolin and the other concubines of Xiangzhiyuan seemed to be completely out of spirit.

Ruyi is heartless, she eats, drinks, practices calligraphy and embroidery, and her life is extremely peaceful, until she accidentally heard Shaoyao and Qiangwei discussing secretly, and then she woke up, the prince has not come to her for more than a month up.

This is a tendency for her to fall out of favor... Ruyi thought to herself, but she didn't seem to care too much, at least she really didn't have any anxiety in her heart.

To be honest, there are many concubines who have fallen out of favor in the backyard of the East Palace, Baolin also has a few, and even Mu Liangdi, it is said that the prince has not entered her yard for more than a year.

After all, the crown prince seldom entered the backyard, and several masters such as the crown prince and Ye Liangdi have been favored all the time. In addition, the East Palace has not been infrequently visited by people. Falling out of favor is really a common phenomenon.

Having figured this out, and the prince has been in the future for a long time, Ruyi also adjusted her mentality in her heart, and decided that she must save a little in the future and live a good life, and she must not be as generous as the rewards received before, when the prince unexpectedly came.

(End of this chapter)