Quickly wear the born bad seed

Chapter 290 Concubines in the Cold Palace

The imperial concubine naturally understood this truth, but she was unwilling in her heart. It was obvious that the emperor loved her the most, but all the bitches in the harem kept vying for the emperor's favor. These damn bitches should all be banished to the cold palace, and it would be best if they could never be reborn.

The nanny persuaded him earnestly for a long time, and finally said: "It is a good thing that this concubine is pregnant. Whether it is a boy or a girl, Your Majesty can take the child to your knees and raise it with the emperor's favor."

The imperial concubine's face turned pale. Although she had this intention, she felt sick all over when she thought about raising the child that the emperor had with someone else.

The nanny also saw what the imperial concubine was thinking, and advised her kindly: "Your Highness, I know you don't want to raise another concubine's child, but I heard that if a woman who has been childless for a long time raises another family's child, then that child will be her "babysitting", and this child will also bring you good luck in having children in the future."

The Imperial Concubine's expression softened a little. "You are right. I am the Imperial Concubine appointed by the Emperor himself. I really shouldn't be so fussy about such a small matter. It is a great joy for a concubine in the harem to be pregnant. You can have someone send some nourishing herbs over later. It will be a token of my appreciation."

The nanny heaved a sigh of relief in her heart. As long as the imperial concubine didn't do anything stupid, the pregnancy of a concubine in the harem was just a beginning after all. Even if the imperial concubine was favored, the emperor also had other concubines, and it was impossible for him to favor the imperial concubine alone.

The imperial concubine always felt that she was the emperor's wife. If the queen had not relied on her status as the niece of the empress dowager, the queen's position would probably have been changed.

Linglong also brought a small stool to watch the fun, but the weather has been getting hotter recently, so Linglang didn't have time to go to the back mountain to dig up a lot of bamboo shoots. These were some abandoned bamboo forests. The bamboo shoots were just there, and no one went to grab them.

After she broke them off, she peeled off the outer skin and made them into pickled bamboo shoots, and the remaining older ones were made into dried bamboo shoots.

The soup made from bones and dried bamboo shoots in winter is extremely delicious and is perfect whether used for hot pot or as soup.

In addition to bamboo shoots, there are actually many fruit trees in many abandoned palaces. Palace maids would not go to such places when they have nothing to do, so it was a good opportunity for Linlang to get them.

It is a good time to eat apricots recently. There are several apricot trees in the corners of the palace, and the yellow apricots on them are ripe now.

Linlang took a small basket to pick yellow apricots. After a while, she picked a full basket. But Linlang was reluctant to leave because the apricots would rot if they were not eaten. So she planned to pick them and make them into dried apricots, and then keep them as snacks in the winter.

Just as Linlang was climbing up and down, she suddenly heard a sound from under the tree. She was so scared that her feet slipped and she almost fell under the tree. Fortunately, she quickly grabbed the trunk tightly and then slowly moved down.

"Whose palace maid are you? Why are you picking so many yellow apricots?"

Linlang raised her head and looked at the man who was speaking. She blinked and then looked at the man who was wearing very ordinary silk and satin with no other decorations. She couldn't guess his identity at all.

"I'm not a palace maid. I'm a selected girl who entered the palace two years ago. I pick yellow apricots for myself to eat." Linlang held the basket in her arms as if she was holding the best treasure in the world, and looked at the man opposite with vigilance.

"I picked these with great effort. If you want to eat them... I can give you two, but I can't give you the rest. I have to keep them for making dried apricots..."

The man seemed to have heard something funny. His eyebrows curved slightly and his eyes sparkled, as if everything came alive.

"Didn't the palace maids give you food? Why did they let you, a young lady, come here to pick apricots?" The man said as he stretched out his slender joints with a white jade ring on them, making his entire finger look as slender as jade.

Linlang watched him pick and choose from his basket, and then took out two apricots. The two apricots were ripe and exuded an alluring sweet aroma. Linlang lowered her head and said, "It's also my bad luck. I offended the imperial concubine as soon as I entered the palace, so I was moved to a remote side hall.

For a concubine like us who has no status, it is already good enough to be alive. We cannot expect to be served by palace maids and eunuchs.

I wonder which palace this young man is on duty in? I see your clothes are not what an ordinary person can wear..."

The man smiled slightly, "Zhao Yan."

Linlang was not a three-year-old child. When she heard the name, it was as if a flash of lightning appeared in her mind. She knelt on the ground in panic, and even the apricots in the basket fell.

"I pay my respects to His Majesty. May His Majesty live long and healthy lives." Linlang was so anxious that sweat broke out on her head. She had not expected to meet the Emperor in such a remote place. Normally, when the Emperor walked there, he would be followed by a large group of palace maids and eunuchs. Why was he alone today? Wasn't he afraid of being assassinated by others?
Zhao Yan did not ask anyone to stand up. Instead, he squatted down and looked straight at the woman in front of him who did not dare to look him in the eye, as if he had encountered some fun toy.

"You... are very interesting. I look forward to your dried apricots, but I am not the kind of person who takes other people's things for free. Since I ate your things, then... I will reward you with a talent!"

Linlang raised her head suddenly and saw the other person's eyes as deep as the sea, then immediately lowered her head again.

Although Cai Ren was only of the eighth rank, and the lowest-ranking concubine in the palace, once she was comforted, it meant that she was the emperor's woman, and at least she had the lowest level of protection.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I bow down to you in gratitude for your grace." Linlang sincerely thanked God for giving her such an opportunity. Although she didn't understand why the emperor appeared in this small palace, it was a great joy for her. God, you finally opened your eyes, and she could finally get out of the cold palace.

Zhao Yan left with two apricots and a smile. After leaving the palace, he looked at the eunuch waiting beside him and his expression immediately changed.

"Go find someone to check whether this happened by accident or on purpose..."

After Zhao Yan finished speaking, his eyes were cold, like ice that had not melted for a thousand years. He hated it most when others plotted against him.

It was indeed a coincidence that Zhao Yan appeared in this palace. When Zhao Yan was still a little prince, he lived in this small palace with his mother. In his limited memory, life was not easy, but his mother was very gentle and would pick sweet apricots for him to eat when the apricots were ripe, until...

Until the current Queen Mother took a liking to him and forcibly took him to her lap to raise him. His mother died of illness, and he never came here again. He came here today mainly because he happened to think of the season when apricots are ripe.

Although Zhao Yan thought this concubine was quite cute, he always felt that there were no such accidental things in the world. But on the contrary, it was just such an accident. He suddenly came to this remote palace and met Linlang who was picking apricots.

"It seems like it's fate." Zhao Yan touched his chin, "You said that little concubine planted a vegetable garden in the cold palace and raised chickens and ducks?
Interesting, interesting, really interesting...

Ordinary women would cry and scream after being sent to the cold palace, but unexpectedly, she lives a fulfilling life. There are really too few interesting people in this world.

Someone, come here, I will go to her palace tonight to use it, let the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepare it."