The slave family is not a disaster

Chapter 82
"Last time, the lord used such a method to break your body, the concubine, you must have hated the lord, right?" Sima Qingqian asked in a low voice.

"That incident is already in the past, so there is no need to hold grudges or not. Since I married him and entered the Rui'an Palace, then this is my fate, and it is also his, so there is no need to hold grudges or not. Bear the grudge." Ye Anran replied with a bitter smile.

"My lord is able to marry a magnanimous woman like you. It is also a blessing from my previous life. In fact, my lord is not a bad person, he just has a bad temper. In the future, the empress will see clearly the lord's sincerity." Sima Qingqian comforted him.

"Well, Qingqian, I'm fine, really, don't worry, it's you, if it's really hard to wait, just be his concubine, don't be so stubborn." Ye Anran actually felt sorry for Sima Qing. Such a proud woman.

"Well, the servant will consider what the concubine said. It's getting late, the servant will step down first, so as not to disturb the concubine's rest." Sima Qingqian turned and left after speaking.

Seeing her leave, Xiao Rong walked in and asked, "My lord, how could you do this? That Sima Qingqian didn't help you, why did you treat her so well?"
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"I just think that in this palace, Sima Qingqian is a rare good woman, clean and indifferent. Since the prince doesn't like me, why don't I choose a better side concubine for him? It can be regarded as fulfilling them .” Ye Anran picked up the teacup and smiled.

Before drinking, he was snatched away by Xiao Rong: "When is it, princess and master, do you still want to drink tea? Are you really stupid or fake? If you do this, you are not afraid that the prince will end up falling in love with Qingqian." Girl, have you been left out in the cold?"

"Isn't he ignoring me now?" Ye Anran asked back with watery eyes.

"Uh..." Xiao Rong was at a loss for words for a while.

Ye Anran smiled and said: "Okay, Xiao Rong, don't worry, besides, this is just my wishful thinking, didn't Miss Qingqian agree? Besides, the prince will not listen to me, there is no word on this matter. Come on, look at how angry you are."

"In short, my lord, my servant does not allow any woman to bully you." Xiao Rong pouted and returned the teacup to Ye Anran's hand and said firmly.

"No, even if they want to bully me, they still have to worry about my identity, right?" Ye Anran's words seemed to comfort Xiao Rong.

Seeing what the master said, Xiao Rong didn't say anything...

Three days later, there was still no news from Jue Xigong, presumably this time he was determined to wait for the empress to return after her birthday banquet.

This morning, Ye Anran got up early, put on a navy blue dress, dressed grandly and decently, and entered the palace with a pair of exquisite pearl earrings.

To be precise, I entered the Jiuhua Palace. Since the queen's birthday banquet will start at night, but King Rui'an is not at home, it is impossible for Ye Anran to attend so late alone, so I entered the palace early in the daytime .

Jiuhua Palace

The empress was talking to some noble ladies, Ye Anran had never seen any of those women, they must be some concubines with low status and family members of some high-ranking officials.

"My wife, Ye Anran, pays respects to the empress." Ye Anran saluted in a low voice.

"Hey, isn't this Princess Rui'an? Why did you come so early? Didn't the birthday banquet start at night?" The queen was quite surprised when she saw Ye Anran.

Ye Anran knelt on the ground and replied politely: "Go back to the empress, since my prince is not in the mansion, it is inconvenient for the minister to come to the dinner alone at night, so I can only enter the palace in advance to give the birthday gift to the empress. Empress forgive me."

The queen's face changed slightly, and she immediately raised the corners of her mouth: "Ah, it's okay, King Rui'an takes care of all kinds of situations every day because of the flood in the south, sharing the emperor's worries is a big deal, and my palace's birthday banquet is a trivial matter. I'm already very happy that the princess can come. Why come to forgive me, hurry up, Wangfei please get up."

"Thank you Empress Dowager." Ye Anran stood up in response, and then she saw clearly that there were five noble ladies sitting in the lower seat of Empress Empress. When she came in, these women were chattering about something.

"Ah, princess, you probably don't know them yet. The two here are the newly-appointed Yao Meiren and Li Meiren, and the two over there are the wife of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the wife of the General Hussars, and the wife of Su Li. The wife of a bachelor." The queen saw that Ye Anran didn't know these people, so she introduced them to each other.

Ye Anran nodded slightly in salute...the women also nodded in return, but there was clearly disdain in their eyes.

"So this is the famous Princess Rui'an. Didn't she say that she was one of the two beauties in the south of the Yangtze River? But why does the concubine feel that she is not as good-looking as Ye Zhaoyi?" It was Meiren Yao who spoke.

Ye Anran was not annoyed after hearing this, but just smiled lightly: "Mei Yao is right, Anran is not as beautiful as her elder sister, and the reason why she is called the two beauties in the south of the Yangtze River is because of her elder sister."

Seeing that Ye Anran has depreciated herself so much, Yao Meiren has nothing to say to continue to embarrass her...

It was Li Meiren who took over the words: "Hehe, in everything nowadays, it's better to be famous than to meet. Sometimes the people spread the word more and more, but it's not the case. That's the way it is. There's nothing to make a fuss about."

The queen didn't blame her after hearing this, she just stared at Ye Anran to see if she could fight back.

Ye Anran also smiled confidently: "Li Meiren's words are wrong. Although your words are reasonable, there are other things to be divided. For example, when the minister's wife was in Yangzhou, she had heard about the beauty and virtuousness of the empress, and when she came to Bian After seeing the empress in the face of the empress, the common people said that it made sense, the empress is really as beautiful and graceful as the rumors say, so if you say that, aren't you questioning the empress?"

Li Meiren's complexion changed drastically when she heard this, and she knelt in front of the queen and said tremblingly: "I don't dare, I don't mean that, my empress, please don't misunderstand me, my concubine...?"

The queen said with a slightly displeased face: "Stop talking, today is my birthday, I don't want any unpleasant things to happen, remember, don't make rash comments, let alone comment on others lightly."

"Yes, the concubine has written it down." Li Meiren replied nervously.

In fact, more people should have come to the queen's birthday banquet to invite An Heshou, but high-ranking concubines want to attend at night, because they can see the emperor at night, so people like Concubine Ning, Concubine Wang, Ye Zhaoyi, and Liu Jieyu The hottest people don't bother to come so early. After all, the relationship between the queen and the emperor is weak, and Concubine Ning and others have long overwhelmed the limelight. Therefore, these concubines who usually don't see the emperor but want to curry favor with the queen, like Yao Meiren, Li Meiren.

"Empress, this is a wish from the minister's wife and the prince, please accept it, and wish the empress a healthy body and blessings for the world." Ye Anran raised the wooden box in his hand.

The empress's maid carefully took the box and handed it to the empress. Empress Shen Bilan opened the wooden box with her slender fingernails, and her face was cloudy and uncertain.

She never thought that Ye Anran would give her a pair of earrings... I don't know what kind of psychology this earring came from, but it touched Shen Bilan's heart anyway.

"Empress, you gave your wife a pair of eight-treasure earrings, which are very beautiful, but I feel ashamed of receiving rewards for nothing, so this time, I specially chose a pair of earrings made of East China Sea Moon Pearl for your empress. It can be regarded as a thank you for the reward from the empress last time." In fact, Ye Anran's thinking was relatively simple, he had received gifts from the queen before, so he took the opportunity to return the favor this time, and he didn't want to have anything to do with the queen in the future.

After all, the empress was once her husband's old lover, and since I got too close to her, it was inevitable that I would be gossiped about.

But Ye Anran didn't know how much disaster this move brought to him, the sender had no intention of it, but the receiver had intentions.

"Ah, this pair of earrings is very beautiful. I like it very much. Thank you, Princess Wang, for the gift." At some point, the queen put away her complicated face and smiled.

"Your Majesty, you are welcome, this is what a minister's wife should do."

"Is this gift also meant by the prince?" The queen stared at Ye Anran and asked without moving.

"This... is not what the prince meant. The prince is not in the mansion, so he can only leave it to his wife to take care of it. Please don't blame the lady." Ye Anran told the truth.

The queen seemed relieved after hearing this sentence, and then said: "Ah, it's okay, I won't blame you, since it's already noon, then let's stay and eat with the princess, come here, pass the food."

Before Ye Anran refused, the queen began to order to pass the dishes, which made Ye Anran, who originally planned to leave after delivering the gifts, forcibly swallowed back the words that were about to blurt out.

"Okay, thank you, ma'am." Ye Anran said in a low voice.

At this time, the wives of the three officials did not know which one opened their mouths and said slowly: "Princess Rui'an, you and the prince have been married for three months, right? I don't know if you are happy?"

Ye Anran blushed slightly, and then replied in a low voice: "Not yet."

"Oh, that's right. There has been a rumor circulating among the people. I don't know if it's true. The court lady also wants to know, so I took the liberty to ask the empress. I heard that the prince has not yet consummated the marriage with the empress, but is it true?" Madam seems to be going too far, even asking such a question.

Ye Anran bit her lip tightly, not knowing how to answer for a while.

(End of this chapter)