Concubine Biography

Chapter 8

When Fu'er woke up, Li Jiarong had already left. She touched the cold bed next to her and let out a deep breath. She was really hurt and tired last night, and she really didn't have the energy to come and serve Li Jiarong to wash up. Fortunately, He got up early and didn't wake her up...

This can be regarded as caring, it would be nice if it can be like this all the time, it seems that this prince Rong is not bad.Fu'er thought to herself.

Chunmei heard the movement, walked to the bedside and asked softly, "Is Madam awake?"

Fu'er propped up her sore body, and asked feebly, "What time is it now?"

"It's Maochu, Madam, get up when you wake up, and I'll go to the main courtyard to say hello later." Chunmei said while hanging the curtain with a hook.

"When did Grandpa leave?"

"Yinzheng got up right away, and left without breakfast." Chunmei's tone was a bit strange, and Fu'er slightly raised her head to look at her.

Chunmei hesitated for a moment, seeming to muster her courage, "Madam should serve the Lord, otherwise I don't know what will come out of this courtyard..."

"I see." Fu'er waved her hand, signaling Chunmei to stop talking.

For some reason, Fu'er was a little angry. Did Chunmei forget what happened to her last night?Li Jiarong didn't even wake her up, but her girl blamed herself first...

"Don't let the outside talk in, but don't tell the inside." Fu'er glanced at Chunmei, "Bring over the clothes, and find a clean one."

Chunmei bit her lips and called Chunlan to come in. The madam is still too young, and the nanny Guan has taught her, so let's slowly mention the madam in the future.

What Chunlan brought was a spring shirt with pale pink pigmented flowers, with a goose-yellow embroidered skirt with dark patterns underneath, and a moon-white smock on the outside.Fu'er changed her clothes, combed a crescent moon bun obliquely, inserted a gilt inlaid jade butterfly hairpin, looked in the mirror, nodded secretly, she was very clean.

Fu'er stood up, called Chunmei and Chunlan to take another look together, and made sure that her body was really clean before preparing to go out.

Outside the house, the person who came to lead the way was Xiao Qinzi beside Li Jiarong.

As soon as he saw Fu'er, Xiao Qinzi smiled and went forward to salute.

"Madam is new here and is not familiar with the palace. The slave is here to guide the way."

Fu'er hurriedly smiled and said, "How dare you bother Eunuch Qin, just call a girl."

Xiao Qinzi narrowed his eyes and smiled, "The servant is in charge of the inner courtyard, and it is also the servant's job to guide the madam."

Fu'er winked at Chunmei, Chunmei smiled and handed Xiao Qinzi a purse, Xiao Qinzi accepted the purse generously, without any change in expression.

Fu'er didn't care either, what scene hadn't been seen with Li Jiarong's personal servants?She hadn't seen her residence yesterday, but now she glanced at her small yard.

The square yard faces south, with six or seven houses and a small kitchen.In the middle is her main room, with warm pavilions and study rooms, and east and west wing rooms on both sides. Fu'er observed it secretly, and what pleased her most was the plum tree in the yard.Thinking of the scent of plum blossoms wafting in the dark in winter, Fu'er was really looking forward to it.

The most important thing is that the courtyard is not big, and it can become a world of its own after closing the courtyard door.

Out of the yard, Fu'er found that the entire palace was almost in a square shape, which seemed to be well-behaved. Along the way, the servants were very well-behaved, doing their own work in silence, and never gathered together look.

Fu'er observed carefully, the journey from her courtyard to the princess' main room was neither short nor far.I hope this is a good start, as long as she lives in peace, I hope the princess will not embarrass her.

Xiao Qinzi was very thoughtful, whispering about the affairs of the palace all the way, and Fu'er gradually understood that this was indeed Xiao Qinzi's job.

Li Jiarong will definitely stay in the main courtyard of the princess on the first and fifteenth day of each month, and will also stay in the main courtyard of the princess for about two days.The side concubine Yang's will stay there for three days, and the concubine Liu and Huang two days a month, so it's about the same for her.The remaining two concubines depended on Li Jiarong's mood.

Fu'er probably did the math, four, three, two... all in all, they only stayed in the backyard for half a month. This is really balanced for Li Jiarong, who stayed overnight completely according to the status of the women in the backyard, without favoritism.In this way, naturally, there will be no competition for favor.

But if this is the case, why did Li Jiarong only have one son?
Xiao Qinzi also introduced that there are two personal servants beside Li Jiarong, he is in charge of the inner court, and there is a Xiao Fangzi who is in charge of the outer court.Li Jiarong's study is an important place, on weekdays when Li Jiarong leaves the inner courtyard, he is in charge of taking care of the study, Xiao Fangzi takes care of him personally.If they return to the inner courtyard, Xiao Fangzi will take care of the study, and he will serve him personally.

"If you need anything in the future, madam, you can come to the servant."

Fu'er suddenly understood that one was in charge of the inside and the other was in charge of the outside. It seemed that in this palace, no matter inside or outside, the real caller was Li Jiarong.

Princess... I'm afraid she doesn't have any actual power.

This is quite different from what Fu'er originally thought. According to the rules of most houses in this world, the head of the house is the undisputed figure in the inner court. This palace is really weird.

I don't know if Li Jiarong is too suspicious, or is there something wrong with the princess?
No matter which aspect it is, Fu'er will not be affected too much.

Xiao Qinzi looked at Fu'er's expression while talking, seeing Fu'er's calm expression, listening quietly, nodding his head from time to time, his heart moved, and he whispered.

"A few days ago the eldest son suffered from the wind and cold again, and the side concubine was very anxious. I'm afraid I won't be able to see the eldest son if I go today."

again?Does it mean that Li Jiarong's eldest son is not in good health?She is just a concubine, and in terms of status, she is not as good as the eldest son of the concubine, so it is normal for her not to see her when she goes to pay her respects.

Fu'er gave Xiao Qin Zi a strange look, then nodded, "Thank you, Eunuch Qin."

Xiao Qinzi accepted Fu'er's thanks calmly.

When they arrived at the main courtyard, the servants in the courtyard respectfully welcomed Fu'er in. Fu'er knew in her heart that the person these servants really respected was Xiao Qinzi. Sure enough, Li Jiarong was the real ruler of the palace. people.

Although tea was served yesterday, but it was already late and noisy at that time, and everyone was fine with it.Today's greeting is the time to see the real chapter.

No matter who is really in charge of the backyard of the palace, the princess is always the highest existence, please be safe is a must.

When Fu'er entered the room, Princess Su was already joking with her side concubine, Yang. Seeing Fu'er coming in, Su greeted her with a smile.

"Sister Chen is here."

Xiao Qinzi had already asked An to retreat, Fu'er straightened her face, slightly retracted her skirt, knelt down and saluted respectfully.

"My concubine, Mrs. Chen, pays my respects to the concubine and empress."

Su Clan seemed very satisfied, with a hint of complacency in his tone.

"How can my sister still accept such a big gift, I don't need to be so particular about it in the future."

Although Su Clan said that she was not particular about it, Fu'er didn't intend to be really not particular about it.After thanking Mrs. Su, Fu'er stood up and bowed to Mrs. Yang, who was still as affectionate as last night.

Just like last night, Fu'er, Liu Shi, and Huang Shi greeted each other for a while, and then sat in her seat after being greeted by Yuan Shi and Wang Shi.

After seeing the ceremony, they all sat down to have breakfast under Su's greeting. According to the seats, among the three concubines, Liu's was the first to enter, followed by Huang's.

The women in the backyard of the palace seemed to be on good terms with each other, Fu'er couldn't get in the way, and just watched everyone in the mansion secretly.

Su Shi is 23 years old this year, the same age as Li Jiarong.Born in the direct line of the Marquis of Lin'an, a famous family, with outstanding appearance, with exquisite makeup, looks very graceful and luxurious, with a friendly smile on his face, like a perfect sculpture, only occasionally heard Yang mentioning the eldest son Sometimes there will be a slight hatred in the eyes.

Yang is 20 years old this year, and the Yang Bingyu whom Fu'er met was a cousin of Princess Min's family.His father was a third-rank foreign official.Yang's birth is very similar to a girl from the south of the Yangtze River, with a flaccid body, graceful eyebrows, and a soft voice when speaking. She looks very unlike a mother who has given birth to a child, especially her eyes are always foggy.During the draft, Yang Bingyu's brilliance left a deep impression on Fu'er, while Yang's made people feel a lot weaker.

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Huang are about the same age, about nineteen or twenty. Mrs. Liu is the daughter of a military general, tall, with a moderate body, and not very outstanding in appearance, but her eyes are bright and she looks very energetic.Huang is the daughter of the county magistrate, she kept her head down and said nothing, as if she felt that Fu'er was looking at her, Huang turned her head slightly to look at Fu'er.

Fu'er was stunned immediately.

Huang's birth is very beautiful, it can be said that she was born too beautiful.

Fu'er couldn't think of any words to describe Huang's beauty, she just felt that Huang's glance, light and light, caught her mind.

"Sister Huang really deserves to be the person who made the prince so angry that he became a beauty. Look at Sister Chen, her eyes are straight." Yang held a handkerchief, covered her mouth and chuckled, with an outstanding demeanor.

Fu'er was startled, and glanced reflexively at Huang, but only saw Huang's black hair.

"Sister Yang, don't make fun of Sister Huang, she is shy and can't make jokes." Su smiled and relieved her.

Fu'er soon saw the inexplicable light flashing in Yang's eyes, she hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look up again.

Mrs. Yang snorted softly, with a faint smile on her face, "Sister, I don't understand what you said. Sister Huang is naturally beautiful, and it's normal for others to lose her soul. My sister is just telling the truth. But I didn't mean to make fun of Sister Huang."

Fu'er secretly glanced at the Huang family beside her, and found that the Huang family was as motionless as a mountain, showing no sign of speaking.

"Everyone is tired after sitting for a while, all the younger sisters, let's go."

Su's words cut off Yang's remaining words, and Fu'er followed the crowd out of the main room.

Mrs. Yang walked in front and stayed out of the courtyard. When Fu'er was waiting for Mrs. Yang to leave, Mrs. Yang suddenly turned around and walked up to Mrs. Huang, who was pleasing to the eye, and gently lifted her fingers to grab Mrs. Huang's chin, forcing her Lift up your face.

Fu'er was stunned.

Huang's eyes were lowered, but he didn't resist.

Yang scrutinized Huang for a long time, then suddenly sneered, glanced at Fu'er coldly, and left with a shake of his sleeves.

Fu'er's body turned cold from Yang's stare, and she didn't recover until Chunmei called out to her worriedly.

(End of this chapter)