Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 16

In the hall, everyone who should be there has already arrived.

Because two more Baolins were added, two more chairs were added at the end. Ruyi came to pay her respects as a concubine, but there was still no seat. She obediently stood behind Li Baolin without saying a word.

When Ruyi and Li Baolin entered, the two newcomers were already there. After Ruyi obediently bowed to them, she didn't dare to look too much. She only took a quick glance and felt that they were two outstanding beauties.She had heard the gossip about Shaoyao before, and it is said that these two newcomers Baolin are both the daughters of the third-rank officials who were transferred to Beijing this year. One is Yu Baolin, and the other has the same surname as Li Baolin. In order to distinguish them, the subordinates secretly called him Little Li Baolin.

It's just that, on the side of the princess at the moment, it's hard for Ruyi to confirm who these two are.

On this side, not long after Li Baolin sat down, Ye Liangdi also came in, Ruyi followed Li Baolin and hurried forward to salute, Ye Liangdi just called out, before she had time to say anything, she heard the other side, the Crown Princess coming.

Li Baolin and Ruyi didn't have to worry about it, they went directly behind Ye Liangdi and knelt down to salute.

Chen Yuanxiang was supported by Liu Gongren to sit on the top. After she sat down, her eyes fell on the kneeling women at the bottom, and finally settled on Ruyi who was kneeling at the end, still in a plain dress.

"Get up!" She held her breath and called out.

Although Chen Yuanxiang was unhappy in his heart, after all, he insisted on his identity, and he would not really put down his dignity to make things difficult for Ruyi.It's just that the preferential treatment in the past is completely gone.

In the past, if Ruyi had been favored by the crown prince, Chen Yuanxiang would definitely give him a seat the next day when he came to pay his respects, and he would speak kindly to Ruyi.Today, not only was there no seat given, but Ruyi was not even mentioned. Occasionally, when the topic touched on Ruyi, Chen Yuanxiang would just deal with it indifferently.

This obvious change, the Liangdi Baolin who had a seven-aperture exquisite heart, naturally understood a little while watching.

A few active-minded probes took a few glances at Ruyi, only to see Ruyi standing upright with her head lowered and pleasing to the eye, even more orderly than the maids behind them, and couldn't help but sneer in their hearts. Keep a low profile.

They didn't know that Ruyi was really a little apprehensive at the moment, she still hadn't figured out what was the so-called change in the Crown Princess' attitude towards her.She understood why Li Baolin didn't like her. After all, the crown prince hadn't entered Xiangzhiyuan for a long time, and the prince came to her house. As the owner of Xiangzhiyuan, Li Baolin felt ashamed, and it was normal to dislike her.As for the crown princess, Ruyi really thought about it and couldn't think of the reason, and although she had Shaoyao and Qiangwei as her ears to the outside world, they still didn't have that much energy to inquire about the prince. whereabouts.

So at the moment, Ruyi is the fear of knowing nothing.

She tried hard to think about how she had offended the Crown Princess. She thought about it, but she still didn't think that she should have offended the Crown Princess in any way. After all, she had been obediently staying in her room for more than a month.As for the matter of the prince coming to her room yesterday, Ruyi never thought that this would be the fuse. After all, the princess never showed any displeasure when the prince came to his room in the past.

Ruyi couldn't help thinking about the incident when she was talking to the prince in the room yesterday, and the prince suddenly lost his smile. She couldn't help thinking: This couple, the second most noble couple in the Tian family, both have moody tempers , too difficult to serve.

Of course, Ruyi couldn't help but rejoice in her heart at this moment, although the Crown Princess's attitude towards her had changed, she didn't think about what to do to her, at most she was left in the cold.

She didn't expect her master at the top to treat her differently, and that's fine.

With such a mentality, Ruyi just stayed behind Li Baolin more carefully until the greeting was over, and after everyone saluted and left, Ruyi retreated out as usual.

Ruyi had the lowest status, so she was naturally the last one to go out. She supported Qiangwei's hand, but she was not in a hurry to catch up with Li Baolin, but just followed behind the crowd, walking slowly.When they walked outside the Crown Princess' Palace, the young masters had already led their respective people and dispersed in the direction of their own yards.

Ruyi didn't want to stay outside, and planned to go directly to the Xiangzhi Courtyard by going around the garden. Unexpectedly, just as she was walking on the path, a person suddenly bumped into her.

Ruyi subconsciously took a few steps to the side, and the person who bumped into her fell directly on the lawn beside her.

"You slave, how dare you make Ben Baolin wrestle!"

Ruyi looked at it, but was startled, the person who fell over was actually Yu Baolin.

"Damn it slave." Ruyi quickly let go of Qiangwei's hand, went up to help Yu Baolin, "Yu Baolin, are you alright?"

At the moment, she didn't care whether the other party came to find fault with her, she just didn't want to cause trouble, but now she couldn't hide if she wanted to hide, she just prayed that there would be less trouble.

"Who asked you to help?" Yu Baolin slapped Ruyi's hand off, and gave her an angry look, and the two maids beside her hurried up to help her.

Yu Baolin stood up, straightened his messy clothes, and looked at Ruyi with unkind eyes.

"Lin, do you think that with the crown prince pampering you, you will dare to be arrogant!"

"The slaves dare not!"

Ruyi knelt down, bowed her head and admitted her mistake.

"Why don't you dare to dodge on purpose when you saw me fall over? You just want to see me fall!"

Yu Baolin talked nonsense, but it seemed to be reasonable.After all, if Ruyi really watched Yu Baolin fall and didn't help her, she would be wrong for a low-ranking concubine.

"The servant just walked carelessly, lost his mind, and didn't see you fall over, Baolin. Is it the servant..." Ruyi bowed her head and admitted her mistake.

This remark caused Yu Baolin to be furious, and before the wishful words were finished, the other Yu Baolin interrupted loudly: "You still want to excuse yourself at this point, if you don't see me fall over, you How can I avoid it. What I hate the most is a hypocrite like you. I thought it would be fine if you admit me wrong, but now I have to go to the sister of the crown princess and let her punish you. "

While speaking, she asked the maid behind her to pull Ruyi, Qiangwei also panicked seeing this, Liushenwuzhu just stared blankly.Ruyi knew that this matter could not be resolved, so she might as well obediently follow her to the Crown Princess's palace, so as to avoid disputes.

"Baolin doesn't need someone to escort the servant, the servant will follow."

When Ruyi said this, there was no panic on her face, but in fact, she was in a mess in her heart.

When Yu Baolin and Ruyi arrived at the Crown Princess' Palace, Chen Yuanxiang hadn't yet gone to the Queen's Jiaofang Palace to pay his respects.She listened to the report of the people below, and looked at Yu Baolin and Ruyi who were going back and forth, and she was a little surprised.

Especially this Yu Baolin's furious appearance, it was as if he was so angry.Chen Yuanxiang couldn't help but look at Ruyi who was following behind Yu Baolin, she didn't think that this dutiful Ruyi would do anything rude.

It's probably because Yu Baolin watched her side become indifferent towards Ruyi, and Ruyi got favor again on the other side, and deliberately found trouble.

Even though she didn't know what happened yet, Chen Yuanxiang had already seen the essence of the matter at a glance, but she didn't reveal anything on her face. She didn't look surprised until Yu Baolin and Ruyi saluted her. Mo Yang looked at Yu Baolin, and asked in a surprised tone: "Sister Yu, what's wrong with you, why did you become like this when you came out of my place?"

Although Yu Baolin had already been cleaned up, he fell on the lawn after all, and his clothes and hairstyle must have been messed up.

On the other side, Yu Baolin heard the surprised tone of the Crown Princess, and said with an aggrieved face: "The elder sister of the Crown Princess has to make the decision for her younger sister."

After all, he told Chen Yuanxiang about the matter, but added that Ruyi argued with her and Ruyi rudely contradicted her when she said Ruyi.

After listening to everything with a smile, Chen Yuanxiang turned her eyes to Ruyi and said, "Sister Chen, I know you have always followed the rules, but Yu Baolin's words are clear and precise. It's really hard for me to judge. You can also tell me the truth." What happened!"

Ruyi listened to Chen Yuanxiang's words, she didn't hold much hope in her heart, so she took a breath, knelt down respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, it's the servant's fault, the servant got flustered and didn't pay attention Seeing Yu Baolin next to him, and seeing Yu Baolin fall over, the servant subconsciously backed away, the tired Yu Baolin suffered so much."

Just after Ruyi finished speaking, Yu Baolin on the other end said aggrievedly: "Sister Crown Princess, look, at this point, Mrs. Chen still doesn't forget to defend herself."

Chen Yuanxiang naturally heard the truth of Ruyi's words, but she was still a bit angry with Ruyi, and she didn't want to let Ruyi let this matter go so lightly.

It's just that she doesn't want to waste this pawn.

After thinking about it, Chen Yuanxiang smiled and comforted Yu Baolin: "Sister Chen has always followed the rules, and I didn't mean to look at her about this. Sister Yu has a lot of adults, so don't worry about it with Sister Chen. "

After Chen Yuanxiang finished speaking, Yu Baolin opened his mouth unhappily, and was about to say something more, but he heard Chen Yuanxiang set his eyes on Ruyi, and said in a calm tone: "Sister Chen, Yu Baolin doesn't care about this matter with you. , but there are still rules in the East Palace, Yu Baolin has a higher status than you, and you just watched her fall and didn't help her, this matter really hurt the harmony of our sisters in the East Palace."

"Slave convicted."

Ruyi didn't argue, just bent down and kowtowed.

"But nothing happened to Nian in Yu Baolin, so I won't punish you severely. Go and kneel outside my palace!"

"Thank you madam!"

After Ruyi kowtowed again, she walked outside the gate of the Crown Princess's Palace and knelt down.

And Yu Baolin, who was still somewhat aggrieved, also showed a satisfied smile, and left with a smile.The Crown Princess only said to ask Ruyi to kneel, but did not specify the exact time, which was obvious, and she did not intend to let her go easily.

When Chen Yuanxiang walked out of his own palace to Jiaofang Palace to pay his respects, Ruyi had already knelt for half an hour.

At this time, the weather is already hot. Although it is not considered the bitter heat of summer, it will still be hot and sweaty after standing under the sun for a while, let alone Ruyi who has been kneeling for half an hour. Her hair had already been stained with sweat, and her originally fair and tender face was flushed red from the sun.

When Ruyuan saw Chen Yuanxiang coming out, he just knocked his head on the stone slab respectfully.

Chen Yuanxiang glanced at Ruyi pretending to be surprised, and blamed: "Sister Chen, you are too honest, I only made you kneel to give an explanation to Sister Yu, why did you kneel under the sun. "

After finishing speaking, he said to Qiangwei who was also blushing at the side, "You still don't have to help your master to a cool place in the corner."

Ruyi stood up with difficulty being supported by Qiangwei, and knelt down to the corner of the wall. Seeing this, Chen Yuanxiang said with satisfaction, "Kneel here later, don't change the place!"

After finishing speaking, he took a group of people underneath and walked out slowly.

The sun gradually rose, and soon, the place where Ruyi was kneeling was also occupied by the sun.

With a "tick", the sweat on his face dripped from Ruyi's chin and fell onto the slate.

Ruyi was groggy, she no longer felt the pain in her legs, she couldn't help licking her dry lips, but soon her mouth began to dry again.

Ruyi knew that at this moment, she would definitely not be able to pass out at this moment. If she survived this time and made Chen Yuanxiang vent her anger, she might be able to treat herself as usual.If she fainted, she wouldn't care if she did it on purpose or not, she would just try to torment herself even more in different ways in the future.

Finally, Ruyi, who was blocked by her sweat-stained eyelashes, vaguely saw a group of people walking towards her.

Chen Yuanxiang, who was walking in the front, walked up to Ruyi with concern on her face, and said, "Sister Chen, are you okay! The empress left me in the palace to talk for a while, but my sister almost forgot about you, don't you?" I will blame my sister!"

"The slaves dare not!"

Ruyi used her last strength to say these four words, but felt that she no longer had the strength to cope.

Fortunately, Chen Yuanxiang was not in the mood to accompany Ruyi to talk under the sun. When she heard her satisfactory answer, she waved her hand and asked the maid beside her to help her up and send her back to the palace.

Seeing Ruyi being helped away almost limply, Chen Yuanxiang showed a satisfied smile on his face, and the people from Gong Liu helped her back to the house.

"Your Majesty, if the Crown Prince knows about this, will it..."

Liu Gongren looked at Ruyi who was tossed and almost lost a layer of skin, and was a little worried after all.

"What are you afraid of? If you tell this matter, Mrs. Chen didn't know how to contradict Mrs. Yu, who has a higher status than her. I'm just exercising my duty as the hostess of the Eastern Palace!"

"This Yu family is too stupid..." Liu Gongren felt that it was not a good idea for Yu Baolin to provoke Ruyi, who was in the limelight.

"She's so smart! She has a higher status than Mrs. Chen in this matter, and the reason is on her side, and she dared to do it only after she saw that I didn't like Mrs. Chen." Chen Yuanxiang took a sip of tea and said in a disdainful tone with.

"Then will Mrs. Chen remember to hate Mrs. Yu and your empress?" The people of Liu Gong still couldn't help worrying.

"Nurse, you just think too much! I'm going to teach Mrs. Chen a lesson on purpose. I have to let her know that without me, she's nothing."

(End of this chapter)