Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 10

The next morning, Xiaohuan, Li Baolin's personal maid, was unexpectedly welcomed into Ruyi's room, and she did not come empty-handed: bird's nest, precious ginseng medicinal materials, gold ornaments on the head, and three bolts of brightly colored silk cloth were a generous gift.

"Mrs. Chen, my mistress asked my slaves to visit you, and my mistress also told me to pass on the message so that Madam Chen can recover from her illness. If you need anything, feel free to find my mistress." Xiaohuan's voice was clear, her words were crisp, and her attitude was respectful.

After sending Xiaohuan away, Ruyi was still a little confused. It is a good thing to get a reward, but it is too rich, but it also makes people feel uneasy.

It wasn't until Shaoyao came back from the outside that Ruyi learned about the Prince's rest at Li Baolin's place last night.

"Ma'am, this Li Baolin was served by your honor, and yesterday, the crown prince's dinner was also served at Li Baolin's place." Shao Yao was indignant, feeling sorry that Ruyi missed such a good opportunity yesterday.

"Peony!"

Ruyi stopped her from continuing with a serious face, and then said: "The prince came to see Li Baolin yesterday, and he only gave me a kind look at me when he saw that I was sick."

"lady……"

Shao Yao was puzzled, yesterday the prince obviously came directly to this room, why did he come to see Li Baolin, she wanted to explain, but seeing Ruyi's serious expression, she repeated again: "This is the truth, keep your mouth shut."

Shao Yao seldom saw Ruyi ordering her so seriously, and she also got a little scared on her face, she quickly knelt down and said, "Damn it, servant girl."

This time, Ruyi didn't have her usual good temper, she put the matter aside gently, looked at Shao Yao who was kneeling on the ground, and said slowly: "I was born as a court lady just like you, and I can be lucky enough to become the prince's concubine. I already feel fearful and fearful, I dare not covet other things anymore, I just want to be safe and abide by the rules and serve the prince, princess and all the little masters here, since you have become my maids, I also hope that you can think as I do Same. Otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless, and I asked the princess to find another place for you."

"The slaves dare not!"

As soon as these words came out, Qiangwei also knelt down, begging for mercy repeatedly.

If the palace ladies were sent back by the original master, they would usually be assigned to the most humble place, and basically they would have no hope of turning over in this life, Qiangwei and Shaoyao naturally did not want to fall into this kind of fate.

"Get up!"

Ruo saw that the two of them were really scared, so he called out, and then looked at them and said softly, "I know you are not unruly people. You have worked hard to take care of me these few days, and each of you will be rewarded with five taels of silver .I'm tired too, you guys go out!"

"Yes, thank you madam!"

Shaoyao and Qiangwei looked at each other, unable to see what the faint expression on Ruyi's face meant, were they still blaming them?Or have you let it go?However, after that time just now, they didn't dare to do anything wrong, politely thanked the reward and withdrew.

After Shaoyao and Qiangwei walked out, Ruyi leaned on the bed, looking at the exquisite embroidery patterns on the bed curtain, her eyes were lost in thought.

She doesn't know whether Shaoyao and Qiangwei are sincere to her, and she is not sure whether they are showing their true temperament in front of her, of course, she doesn't care.The only thing she cares about is that these two people don't drag her down.Yang Chunmei's death sounded a wake-up call for her. It is more difficult to survive in this backyard than when she was a court lady, and she needs to be more cautious.

Whether the prince comes or not, whether she is favored or not, she doesn't care at all, and even hopes that she is a person who has fallen out of favor, so that everyone will not pay attention to her.But she was also afraid that if she really fell out of favor, life would be even more difficult.

She thinks that she is good like this, not favored, and occasionally when the prince thinks of her, he can come and have a look at herself.

As for what happened last night, whether Li Baolin sent the reward to show off in front of the prince, or to silence her, she didn't even want the news that the prince had visited her room more than Li Baolin.

For Li Baolin, the prince's favor is an honor, but for Ruyi, it is easier for her to become the target of public criticism.

Ruyi knows that she is timid and inferior, but if this can make her live, she is willing to give up her self-esteem and live like that.

In the days that followed, Ruyi was worried for several days, and only when she saw that there was no news of her worry, did she relax and recuperate.

She has been ill for too long, although the days of illness are rare and peaceful, but she is also afraid that if she continues to be ill, she will be moved out to recuperate.Will concubines be the same as palace maids if they are removed?she does not know.But she saw that the palace girl was seriously ill and was sent out for recuperation, but she never came back.

This is the consequence that Ruyi is extremely unwilling to see, so she obediently eats and drinks medicine every day, and then relaxes and rests in bed.In this way, when she recovered from her illness, she felt that she was getting fatter.

Ruyi sat in front of the vanity mirror, looked at her rosy complexion in the mirror, couldn't help but patted her face, it seemed that she was too energetic.

"What hairstyle would Madam want?" Shao Yao asked cautiously holding a mahogany comb.Since Ruyi broke out with the two of them that day, Ruyi felt that Shaoyao and Qiangwei had become more cautious in their actions, as if they were a little afraid of her.Those gossips that I heard outside in the past, I dare not speak in front of her.

"Crush something plain."

Although Ruyi felt awkward getting along like this, she didn't correct it. Perhaps the relationship between master and servant should not be too casual.

"The servant girl combed Madam with an ingot bun?" Shao Yao looked at Ruyi's face and asked.

Ruyi nodded, and after watching Shaoyao quickly tie up a bun of ingots for her, she reached out and picked two simple hairpins and handed them to Shaoyao. Use rouge.

"Ma'am, are you too vegetarian?"

Qiangwei watched hesitantly from the side, and couldn't help but took the rouge.

"No, that's fine."

Ruyi doesn't think that if she dresses festively, she will be more attractive, and if she has the ability to do great things, she should have a certain appearance regardless of her status.

About going to thank you today, Ruyi asked Shaoyao to report to the Crown Princess yesterday, and also asked when to go to pay her respects, and the time for the Crown Princess to ask her was to let her go in the afternoon.

Ruyi heard that she was going in the afternoon, and she felt quite good in her heart, avoiding the greetings from the young masters in the morning, and just dealt with the princess in a proper manner.

She didn't get up early in the morning, had breakfast, and after some grooming and dressing, it was already lunch time. After eating a few sloppy bites, she walked back and forth in the room twice, and was about to go out, when she suddenly thought of what if The Crown Princess has the habit of taking a lunch break, so it's fine to just wait in the past, she was afraid of being disturbed, so she sat in the room patiently for a while, and finally asked Shao Yao and Qiang Wei to take out some of the things and money they had accumulated during this period , I plan to sort it out slowly.

When Shaoyao and Qiangwei took out their things, Ruyi might as well have so many. Although they were all placed in this room, they were stored in the cabinet.It was taken out all at once, and the couch was fully covered.

Ruyi doesn’t have a special warehouse for storing things. Of course, she doesn’t need to prepare a special warehouse. Although there are a lot of things coming in, this period is also a special period. Let me show that the ones who went out on her side only rewarded the people below with some scraps of money.

But in future interpersonal communication, who's birthday, who has something to do, all need to be expressed.For a person like Ruyi who doesn't have anything on hand, it's best to tear down the east wall to mend the west wall.

Ruyi didn't think about it at first, but now she suddenly thinks that these things need to be tidied up, just in case of sloppy, it will be a joke to send back the things given by the same person.

Now, Ruyi's troubled thing happened again. She couldn't write and couldn't understand these traditional characters.

Ruyi has never seen the gift list mentioned in the novels she read before. Maybe her standard is not high enough, and the gifts given to her are too few. Anyway, she has never seen the gift list.

"Which of you can read?"

Ruyi looked at Shaoyao and Qiangwei, and asked with hope, Shaoyao and Qiangwei shook their heads repeatedly upon hearing this.

Ruyi didn't have too much hope at first, and she was not disappointed when she heard the words. Originally, these lowly court ladies were basically the daughters of poor families, so they didn't have the opportunity to get in touch with books.In this day and age, what is important is that women have no talent but virtue. Even if they are ladies from official families, many of them are illiterate.

"Madam, do you want to register all these things?"

Seeing Ruyi's distressed face, Shao Yao guessed.

"Yeah, I'm afraid it will be messed up in the future!" Ruyi admitted generously.

But Shaoyao and Qiangwei smiled and said: "If Madam trusts the servant, just leave the matter to the servant, it won't make Madam distressed."

Ruyi was dubious, but he had no other choice but to agree.But I saw that the two of them divided the things neatly and put them into separate cabinets.Then, he fluently told her the source of each item, at least according to the few gifts Ruyi remembered, they were exactly the same.

It was only then that Ruyi realized that she had complicated simple things, and some of the inherent patterns made her rigid when dealing with things.

The things here are not too much or too little, and it is estimated that they will not last long. If you rely on rote memorization, you can completely memorize them.

"You still have a solution!" Ruyi smiled, and then asked hesitantly, "I have nothing to do here, can you help me get some pens and papers and books, so that I can pass the time, if It's just a hassle."

"This is easy, but if Madam is illiterate, I'm afraid..."

Shao Yao answered the first half of the sentence easily, but hesitated a little in the second half. She also knew Ruyi's background, so she didn't think she could read.

"Before I entered the palace, my father was a child, and I also secretly learned a few words under the window when I was a child."

"No wonder Mrs. Wang is always different from us."

After Qiangwei heard the words, she quickly flattered her.

Ruyi's smile faded a little, and she said, "They all come from poor backgrounds, if it weren't for the fact that they had no way to survive, who would be willing to sell them into the palace as slaves?"

Listening to these words, Shao Yao and Qiang Wei felt a burst of sadness in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)