Concubine Biography

Chapter 22

The room was warm, and Li Jiarong was wearing single clothes and a robe, leaning on the heating kang to read a book. Hearing Fu'er coming in, he didn't move his hands or eyes, but said slowly, "Get up, where did you go to play today?"

Fu'er got up, took off her coat under the service of Chunmei Chunlan, and sat on the other side of the kang, "If you go back to the Lord, I went to Ruixuantang with Mrs. Yao today, and then I went to see a play and tasted the red jade Yingying." Snow."

"Hmm..." Li Jiarong let out a nasal voice lazily, "Have you eaten yet?"

Fu'er carefully looked at Li Jiarong's expression, "I've used it, but haven't you used it yet?"

Li Jiarong turned a page of the book in his hand, "Not yet," Li Jiarong sat up slightly, and glanced at Fu'er, "Have you bought anything at Ruixuantang?"

Fu'er took out the box, "Ms. Yao gave it to my concubine."

Li Jiarong glanced at the contents of the box, then continued to look at the book in his hand, "Do you have any explanation?"

Fu'er hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth, "It will be my concubine's birthday in a few days, and this is a gift from Mrs. Yao."

"Oh." Li Jiarong closed the book in his hand, and said to Fu'er, "What do you like? I will order Xiao Fangzi to deliver it tomorrow."

Fu'er stood up and saluted, "Thank you, Master. I am happy with whatever I give you." Li Jiarong's gift was just a formality, and it couldn't compare to Cao Xiaoman's affection for her.

Li Jiarong nodded lightly, "Let's pass on the meal, and use it with my master."

The food was served quickly, and Fu'er silently served Li Jiarong to eat. After the meal was over, Fu'er apologized and went to wash and change clothes. When she came out, Li Jiarong lay back on the kang to read a book.

"Grandpa just finished eating, so lying down like this is not good for your health." Fu'er picked out the wick of the candle with a stick, and the candle light flickered, making the light a little brighter.

Li Jiarong seemed immersed in the book, snorted but didn't move, and Fu'er stopped persuading him, and took a needle and thread to accompany him.

The other people in the room had already left with interest, and the candlelight shone on the two of them, drawing two long figures on the wall. The lengths and short figures were very harmonious, but they were always parallel and did not blend together.

In the evening, Li Jiarong rested in Fuer's room. It seemed that she was tired from reading. Li Jiarong went to bed and turned her back to Fuer and fell asleep. Fuer breathed a sigh of relief and put up the tent to sleep on the outside .

The next day, Xiao Fangzi also sent a box. Fu'er opened it and saw a golden hairpin of butterfly dancing and cuckoo lying quietly in it. Fu'er picked up the hairpin and turned it around, and saw the familiar word Rui.

"Thank you, Eunuch Fang, please tell me, Eunuch Fang, this hairpin is very beautiful." Fu'er said to Xiao Fangzi with a smile.

Xiao Fangzi saluted with a smile, and only thought about it when he was out of the yard. He only said he was pretty but didn't like it. It seems that he will have to change it next time.

After Xiao Fangzi left, Fuer put the hairpin in the box and ordered Chunlan to put it away, and still used her usual jewelry.

Fu'er's birthday is coming soon, and Xiao Fangzi has also passed on the word that Li Jiarong will come to accompany Fu'er for dinner. There are only two masters in the inner garden of Suyuan, and when Fu'er's birthday is met again, the kitchen will be busy soon. Cleaned up a table with good rice noodles.

Li Jiarong didn't make a mistake, she really came.

"Don't you like the things Xiao Fangzi brought?" Li Jiarong looked at Fu'er, her pink clothes were very suitable for her age, and she only wore a palace flower and a few inconspicuous hairpins on her head. Ornaments, wearing pearl earrings on her ears, on her birthday, isn't it too simple and elegant?

Fu'er quickly explained, "If you go back to the master, the hairpin is very beautiful, and I don't want to wear it, so I put it away."

Li Jiarong didn't continue to ask, nodded and sat down, Fu'er glanced at Li Jiarong's face, and changed the topic, "I ordered the kitchen to make a pot, master, try it, it will keep you warm in winter."

Chunmei hurriedly scalded the mutton and put it in Li Jiarong's bowl. Li Jiarong waved his hands without moving his chopsticks, "Go out and let your wife serve you."

All the people retreated, and Fu'er re-boiled the mutton for Li Jiarong and put it in a bowl, and poured a cup of scalded Lihuabai for Li Jiarong, "The mutton is cold in nature, please use some wine. chill."

Li Jiarong narrowed his eyes and took a sip, nodded in satisfaction, "Your room is so warm no matter what time you come."

Fu'er smiled and said, "It's my master who arranged it thoughtfully. When I moved in, the house was already burnt with earth dragons, so it always looks warm."

After a few glasses of wine, Li Jiarong became a little more lazy, chatting with Fu'er with great interest, "How do you usually celebrate your birthday?"

Fu'er also poured herself a glass of wine, took a sip, and couldn't help thinking about the old days, "Every year, my mother would prepare the pot on this day, and when my father came back, the whole family would eat the pot, talking and laughing Yes. Father, mother, brothers and sisters will all give gifts, and aunts will also send something to congratulate the concubine..."

Originally it was just an answer, but as Fu'er said it, it really aroused the longing that had been buried in her heart all along, and she didn't know how her parents were doing now?How are the two brothers doing now?Did mother choose a marriage for Lu'er?And Xi'er, I haven't seen her for more than half a year, and I don't know if she has grown taller...

Li Jiarong lowered his head slightly, unable to see the expression on his face, "They love you very much."

Fu'er came back to her senses, saw Li Jiarong raised her head and drank another glass, and filled it up for him with a slight smile, "Last year, on my concubine's birthday, my master also gave me a congratulatory gift."

"Huh?" Li Jiarong was puzzled.

Fu'er smiled cleverly, "Didn't the master reward my concubine with a handful of vegetables last year?"

Li Jiarong thought for a while before remembering, and couldn't help laughing, "That's nothing more than a handful of vegetables."

"That's also the kindness of the master. It's the first time I have eaten green vegetables on my birthday. My parents and brothers are reluctant to eat them, so I leave them all to my little sister." Fu'er When I think of it, my heart is full of happiness.

Li Jiarong laughed, and tears came out of the laughter, "A handful of green vegetables is so rare, it won't make people laugh if you tell it? In the future, the world will still criticize you for some reason, and your own woman will still be greedy for a handful of green vegetables!"

Fu'er was so embarrassed by the laughter, she simply lowered her head and twisted the handkerchief in her hand to pretend to be a turtle.

Li Jiarong managed to restrain her wild laughter, and grabbed the handkerchief from her hand and pressed it to the corner of her eyes, "My lord's tears made you laugh, I just realized today that you are so good at laughing."

Fu'er's face became even redder, "Why is it so funny? Master is clearly making fun of my concubine on purpose."

Li Jiarong nodded again and again, "Well, it's not funny, it's not funny at all." He straightened his expression, and shouted outside, "Xiao Fangzi, go and send a message to the kitchen, and immediately serve two plates of green vegetables to the master. You must have vegetables, and if you miss a meal, the Lord will reward you with boards!"

Fu'er was embarrassed, and was about to stop her, when she heard Xiao Fangzi's loud promise and hurried footsteps leaving, she couldn't help but look at Li Jiarong reproachfully.

"My lord, how will I behave as a concubine in the future?"

Li Jiarong kneaded the handkerchief into a ball and said indifferently, "I don't even treat outsiders badly, let alone my own women. From now on, you can directly tell the kitchen what you want to eat. Didn't the master tell you what to do directly?" Are you looking for a small prescription? I don’t see you asking for anything on weekdays, but I didn’t expect to be greedy for a handful of vegetables. Today is your birthday. If you want to just tell me, the Lord will definitely agree to it.”

After Li Jiarong finished speaking, he looked at Fu'er.

Fu'er didn't notice Li Jiarong's gaze at all, and casually followed Li Jiarong's words, "Then just promise me not to make fun of me like this in the future."

Li Jiarong looked at her playfully, "I won't allow anyone to promise easily, you just want this? You just want the position of side concubine, and I can ask you to come tomorrow. I will give you another chance. Think about it before answering Grandpa."

The position of side concubine?

Fu'er curled her lips in her heart, she is not stupid, she really dared to ask for the side concubine's position today, and she will definitely be the target of public criticism when she returns to the palace, all she wants is peace, she never wants to fight.

"The concubine really has to think about it..." Fu'er said deliberately slowly, she didn't even dare to peek at Li Jiarong's expression, Li Jiarong's thoughts at this moment may be very simple, just a casual sentence That's all.But she didn't dare, she didn't want to gamble her future life.

Li Jiarong looked at Fu'er with an unchanged smile, with a relaxed expression and was not affected in the slightest.

"My concubine... I want to go to the street to watch lanterns during the Lantern Festival." Fu'er blurted out such a sentence out of the blue.

After saying this, Fu'er was stunned, and Li Jiarong was also stunned.

"Just looking at the lantern?" Li Jiarong's expression quickly returned to normal, and he repeated it again.

The words have been uttered, so I have to follow the words, Fu'er nodded seriously, "I heard that the Lantern Festival lanterns here are lively and beautiful, I have never seen lanterns before, and I talked to Mrs. Yao about going south a few days ago. According to the custom, Mrs. Yao invites concubines during the Shangyuan Festival..."

Seeing Li Jiarong's expression slowly becoming serious, Fu'er changed her tone cautiously, "I know that this is not in line with the rules, and it will cause a lot of trouble for the master, so I will push Mrs. Yao..."

"It won't be against the rules for me to take you out. Since I have promised you, I will take you to see the lanterns on the Lantern Festival." Li Jiarong interrupted Fu'er, patted her head with a smile, "It's really childish."

She obviously meant to go with Cao Xiaoman...

Well, at least this is over.Regardless of whether this was Li Jiarong's temptation or not, Fu'er knew that her answer obviously satisfied Li Jiarong.

This is good, after all, she will depend on him for the rest of her life, Cao Xiaoman is right, always being afraid of him is not the answer, she has to learn how to get along with him.

Xiao Fangzi quickly delivered two plates of green vegetables, and Li Jiarong personally cooked a large bowl for Fu'er, and asked about Fu'er's affairs at home, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious, and Fu'er let go of her stomach and ate completely , Even drinking two bowls of Xiaoshi tea after a meal is not good.

Li Jiarong was amused by her appearance, and couldn't help leaning over to touch her swollen stomach as a joke, "It's not that I can't eat anymore, look at your poor spirit."

Fu'er wrinkled her face and hummed a few words, walking around the room slowly to digest.

In the evening, Li Jiarong rested in the room. After going to bed, she touched Fu'er's already softened belly, and said seriously, "Don't eat like this in the future."

Fu'er blushed and hummed, she huddled her head under the quilt and didn't dare to see anyone, she just wanted to wait for Li Jiarong to fall asleep before coming out, who would have heard Li Jiarong's malicious laughter next, it was a long time since there was no sound Show your head.

Li Jiarong had fallen asleep on his side with his back to her.

Fu'er looked at Li Jiarong's lean back, and remembered Li Jiarong's tears when he laughed wildly. For some reason, she felt that she seemed to be a little closer to this man.

(End of this chapter)