Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 18

Ruyi doesn't understand government affairs, nor does she know the current situation, but it doesn't make sense for the crown prince to wait outside the door of the imperial study.

Of course, she was just thinking about it in her heart, and this doubt could only be buried in her heart.

In the morning, no one came from the Crown Princess's office to ask her to ask her questions. Ruyi knew that this matter had nothing to do with her at all. She simply ate lunch and felt sticky on her body, so she asked Shaoyao to ask for water and was going to wipe it off. When she was resting for lunch, the prince unexpectedly came to her room again.

It was the first time that the prince came to her room in such broad daylight, and there was no precedent for him coming to her house for two consecutive days in the past. Ruyi couldn't help but secretly complained, but she still cheered up and stepped forward to serve her.

The prince's spirit was not looking good, his face was still a little pale, and a face that had always looked very gentle and elegant was also on his face at this time, looking extremely serious and difficult to get close to.

Ruyi pretended not to see the Crown Prince's appearance, and just stepped forward to ask, "Has Your Highness had lunch?"

The prince didn't answer, but lay down on the couch a little weakly.

And Deng Xian, who was following behind, arranged for ice cubes to be placed, and took the initiative to answer questions for his master in a low voice: "Madam Chen, Your Highness just had lunch with the Emperor in the imperial study, come over to rest."

Ruyi glanced at Deng Xian gratefully, thought for a while, took a bowl of untouched iced watermelon dew on the table, walked up to the prince and said, "Your Highness, why don't you drink some watermelon dew first to relieve the pain?" heat?"

The prince opened his eyes, glanced at the smiling Ruyi, reached out to take the bowl of watermelon dew that Ruyi brought, put it to his mouth, drank it in one gulp, and then put the empty bowl on the small table beside him.

"Don't be so busy, it's so hot, you should also lie down and rest!"

Although the prince's complexion was not good, his tone was still the same as before, and Ruyi slowly let go of his heart, only thinking that he was suspicious.

She smiled and said, "Your Highness, why don't I help you to rest on the bed!"

"No, I was sweating just now, and it's uncomfortable to lie on the bed."

The prince closed his eyes, looking very tired, and didn't want to say much.

The couch in Ruyi's room is not that big, and it is quite comfortable to sit and lie down on weekdays, but if you really rest here, you will definitely not go there comfortably, let alone it is so pampered by the prince.

Ruyi looked at the prince's tall body lying on the couch aggrievedly, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, the servant just asked for water, and wait for His Highness to wipe his body before lying on the bed later?"

"Water is coming and calling lonely..."

The prince replied vaguely, as if he had already fallen asleep with his eyes tightly closed.

Ruyi didn't dare to make any more noise after seeing this, and gestured towards the guarding maids and eunuchs in the room, they retreated outside without a sound, and this Ruyi also carefully sat on the couch on the other side.

There were several basins of ice cubes in the room, which played a role at this time, and she didn't have to be virtuous and fan the prince by the side, she just carefully guarded the side, in case the prince suddenly woke up and made any demands.

For a while, the room was quiet. At this time of weekdays, Ruyi had already rested. At this moment, her physical reaction subconsciously ran up, and she couldn't help but secretly yawned, trying to force herself , just when she was also a little dazed, Shaoyao outside suddenly made a gesture to her, indicating that the water had been brought.

She rubbed her eyes and cheered herself up. When she was about to call the prince, she saw that the prince had already fallen asleep.

She knew that it would be very painful for a sleeping person to be woken up forcibly, but she did not guarantee that the prince would be angry to wake up.

After thinking about it, Ruyi asked Shaoyao to bring in water and a towel, wrung a handful herself, and walked to the side of the prince, and when she was about to untie the prince's clothes, she managed to reach the prince's neckline.

Suddenly, the prince grabbed her hand fiercely. Ruyi only felt a sharp pain in her hand. She resisted the pain in her wrist that was almost crushed, and looked at the prince, but saw the prince looking at her with dark eyes. .

Those eyes, which usually have a gentle demeanor, are now complicated and fierce...

Ruyi froze in place for a moment, so frightened that she could barely feel the pain in her hands.

"Your Highness..."

Shao Yao, who was standing behind Ruyi, saw this unusual scene, and couldn't help but let out a cry of horror.

Shao Yao's soft sound broke the strange scene like a spell.

Almost instantly, the prince let go of Ruyi's hand, and restored his usual gentleness.

"Lonely sleepy and confused, are you okay!"

Ruyi endured the pain, shook her head, and couldn't help adding a little fear in her heart, the prince's expression just now was really scary.But looking at the prince who was looking at her with a little apology in his eyes, she felt that it was just a hallucination.

"Is it a servant girl? I just wanted to wipe His Highness's body without His Highness's permission."

"It's okay, go down and ask your maid to apply some medicine, her wrists are blue!"

There seemed to be a bit of pity in the prince's eyes, looking at Ruyi's left hand unnaturally hanging beside him.

"The servant asked Eunuch Deng to bring someone in to serve His Highness."

Ruyi knew that her situation was not easy to serve the prince, and she was really scared, so she agreed.

The crown prince nodded slightly, watching Ruyi leave slowly while being caressed by Shaoyao.

After Ruyi wiped her body with Shaoyao, she took the medicinal wine and asked Shaoyao to rub her wrists for her.

The wrist has turned into a circle of black and blue, which shows how ruthless the prince's attack was just now.Even Ruyi herself didn't expect it to look like this. Although the crown prince is a young man, how could he have such great strength now that he is sick and weak.

Shao Yao gently rubbed Ruyi's wrist, and said with distress on her face: "Ma'am, does it hurt?"

"It's okay, just rub it hard!" It's good to rub the blood away.

The injury on her hand looked serious, but it didn't really hurt inside. The prince used a lot of force when he grabbed her just now, but after that, he didn't use much force. Otherwise, her hand would have to be broken, even the bones would be broken. May be crushed.

Thinking of it this way, Ruyi felt a little lucky, and also a little bit shocked, the way the crown prince looked at her just now kept reverberating in her mind.

She knew it wasn't her hallucination, the prince's gaze just now was really scary and gloomy.

She opened her mouth, wanting to ask Shao Yao if she had seen it just now, but she held back, no matter whether it is her or Shao Yao, it is not suitable to talk about it, it is better to bury it in her heart.

After tidying herself up, Ruyi went back to the back room, and the crown prince had already tidied up and lay on the bed. Seeing Ruyi walking in, the prince called her over.

Ruyi hesitated a little, and smiled embarrassedly: "The servant girl smells like medicinal oil, so let's not go there!"

"Gu doesn't mind, what do you mind!"

The prince smiled, and directly pulled Ruyi closer, gently picked up her wrist, and smelled it: "The smell of this medicinal oil is not bad."

"That is also a reward from His Highness."

Ruyi lowered her eyelids, with a faint smile on her face.

The prince glanced at Ruyi thoughtfully, and asked casually, "Gu Fang didn't scare you, did he?"

Ruyi's heart jumped up in an instant, she didn't dare to look up at the prince, lest her eyes would reveal her panic, but at the next moment, she said in a coquettish tone, "Your Highness is really scared!" The servant, but it is also the fault of the servant, it is estimated that the servant surprised His Highness."

"Really?" The prince only said a word, but did not continue the topic, "Okay, come up and take a lunch break with Gu!"

Ruyi agreed in a low voice, took off her shoes, went to bed and lay obediently beside the prince.

Although it was summer, there were a lot of ice cubes in the room, so it wasn't too hot. The two of them huddled together and covered themselves with a thin quilt.

Ruyi closed her eyes for a long time, but she never felt sleepy.

When the breathing around her gradually stabilized, she couldn't help opening her eyes, and secretly glanced at the person sleeping beside her. When her eyes touched the other person's face, she quickly closed her eyes again.

It's best for her to be an ignorant woman, too much curiosity will only harm herself.

After waking up from a nap, Ruyi thought that the prince would leave her room after Ruyi took care of the prince to wash up.

Who knew that the prince actually picked up a book sent by Deng Xian, and then sat on the couch and read the book leisurely.

Ruyi glanced at the prince several times, but was really confused about the prince's intention of staying in her room.Seeing that the other party seemed indifferent, with her eyes only on the book, she couldn't help but sighed.

Forget it, after all, rubbing the ice cubes by myself is quite comfortable in this summer.

Seeing this, she also picked up the embroidery that she had been doing for a long time and only embroidered a few petals, and slowly started to do it. As for the handwriting practice that she did most often in the past, she didn't want to do such a showy thing.

The two of them were in the room, one was reading and the other was embroidering. Although they didn't talk, the atmosphere was not awkward. On the contrary, it gave Ruyi, who occasionally looked up to the side of the prince, an illusion of tranquility.

The dinner is still served in the Ruyi House for the Prince, and the portion of the Prince’s meals is naturally incomparable with Ruyi’s. The small table in the Ruyi House can’t be set up at all. In the end, the Prince waved his hand and picked out a few simple dishes. The rest were withdrawn.

Ruyi was still thinking about serving the prince's meal with trepidation, but who knew, the prince actually asked her to sit down.

Of course, since Ruyi really sat down, it is impossible for her to take care of her meal in peace. During a meal, she seldom puts something in her mouth, and most of the time she uses serving chopsticks to hold the crown prince. vegetable.

Fortunately, in this hot summer, Ruyi really didn't have much appetite, and she felt full after eating a few chopsticks.

At this moment, after serving the prince to take a bath at night, the prince slept in Ruyi's room, and Ruyi was no longer surprised.

However, the prince is not in good health, and the two of them just sleep under the quilt. It is rare for the prince to come to Ruyi's room without tossing.

Ruyi didn't know if her heart had been relieved, but when the prince was still sleeping next to her, she fell asleep after touching the pillow.

Waking up the next day, Ruyi felt refreshed.But looking at the empty bed next to her, she felt that something was wrong.

She sat on the bed annoyed, let Shaoyao and Qiangwei wash and wash her, but in her heart she scolded herself for being such a pig, didn't she just miss a nap, was she so sleep-deprived?
"Ma'am, don't think about it, I have to go to the Crown Princess to pay my respects later."

Shaoyao has been with Ruyi for so long, so she naturally understands her master's temperament, so she can't help comforting her.

When Ruyi heard this, she immediately forgot what happened in the morning. Yesterday, the prince stayed with her for an afternoon and a night. If he went to pay his respects today, he would probably overturn the jealousy. As for the princess After what happened last time, Ruyi was vaguely apprehensive. She only felt that some things seemed to be too optimistic for her.

For example, last time, the princess was actually a woman.

Chen Yuanxiang was indeed furious right now!
Even Liu Gongren's comfort could not comfort her heart.

After all, the prince hadn't recovered from his illness, so he left her bedroom in a hurry yesterday morning. When he went back to the East Palace yesterday, he didn't even go to the study, and went directly to Ruyi's room. How could she swallow this breath.

Even though she didn't think that Ruyi was a foxy girl who could win the prince's heart away, the prince's favor again and again made Chen Yuanxiang feel unavoidably jealous of this little concubine.

And last night, it was more like a fuse, and all the grievances that had been stuffed in her heart all of a sudden erupted and turned into anger.

"Your Majesty, Mrs. Chen is just a little concubine!" Liu Gong tried hard to persuade her, she didn't want Chen Yuanxiang to stare at a little concubine, she saw clearly that Ye Liangdi was the one who really needed to be afraid of.But the Crown Princess personally abolished a good pawn that could have been used to attack Ye Liangdi, just for a little bit of jealousy as a woman, why bother!
However, Chen Yuanxiang couldn't listen.Her mind was full of thoughts that she worked so hard to serve the prince all night yesterday morning, but the prince said coldly: "You don't care about Gu's affairs, you just need to take care of Gu's backyard!"

She just felt aggrieved, and she didn't let the prince go to the imperial study. It was not because she was afraid that the conflict between the prince and the emperor's father and son would intensify, or because he was worried about his health, but he trampled his heart on the ground. .And even slapped her in the face with Chen Shi.

Chen Yuanxiang clenched his hands fiercely. When Liu Gongren saw it, he just sighed: "That's all, I'm just a little concubine. If the empress doesn't like it, just deal with it. Let the empress vent her anger, so as not to hurt her body." OK

However, in the beautiful Eastern Palace illuminated by the morning light, there was no bloody incident, but a piece of news came. This news made all the masters and slaves in the entire Eastern Palace panic.

In the palace of the princess, Chen Yuanxiang had just sat down at the head when a little eunuch who stumbled hurriedly ran in: "Your Majesty, Your Highness was punished by the emperor to kneel outside the imperial study!"

(End of this chapter)