Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 23

"Chunlan!"

Ruyi is a little strange, since she came to the East Palace, she has lived in seclusion, never stepped outside the boundaries of the East Palace, and has also lost contact with the sisters she used to know.

It's not that she is ruthless, it's just that she feels that if she really keeps dating, it's not a good thing for both parties, and she's even more afraid of causing trouble.

She wasn't surprised that Chunlan came to visit, she just wondered why it was chosen at this time.

The East Palace is now an eventful season, and the other court ladies and eunuchs basically make a detour, and even the Crown Princess has not seen guests for a long time.

Thinking of this, the person had already arrived at the door, and Ruyi hurriedly tidied herself up, and at the same time said to the little eunuch who sent the message: "Please come here!"

When Chunlan came in, Shaoyao and Qiangwei had packed up and stood by the side, pretending to be court ladies.

Ruyi squeezed out a smile, stood up from the couch, and was about to come up to meet Chunlan, but saw Chunlan was a step too early, and greeted her to greet her.

"Don't be too polite, get up quickly!" Ruyi just avoided the ceremony, and didn't say anything about the need to be more polite between sisters at this time. After all, she is the prince's woman, and it is inappropriate to call Chunlan sisters at this time up.

As she said that, Ruyi gave Shaoyao a look, and asked her to take some money to send the little eunuch who came to send the message.

The little eunuch accepted the reward with a smile on his face, kowtowed firmly to Ruyi, and then exited the room.

As soon as the little eunuch went out, Ruyi hurriedly asked, "Why did you come to my place at this time, did you tell the aunt in charge?"

"I've said it, don't worry, I came here for a reason." Chunlan said up to this point, looked up at Shaoyao and Qiangwei standing beside her, and didn't say any more.

It was obvious that someone was inconvenient.

Shaoyao and Qiangwei did not lose their eyes. When they were about to salute and leave, Ruyi stopped her: "No, they are my closest maidservants. If you have something to say, just say it!"

Telling the two to retreat, he and Chunlan closed the door and muttered in the room, no matter how Ruyi thought it was inappropriate.And she couldn't think of any private matters between herself and Chunlan that needed to be kept out of the way.

Hearing what Ruyi said, Chunlan thought that Ruyi had already taken Shaoyao and Qiangwei as her own, so she didn't hide too much, and said directly: "I heard that the princess concubine chose you to take care of the prince."

"how do you know?"

Rao Ruyi knew that Chunlan always liked to inquire about things and was well-informed, so she was a little surprised at this time, since this matter had just been decided.How did Chunlan know the news so quickly?

"Don't worry about this, I naturally have my news channel!" Chunlan didn't want to say more about this, but just asked, "What do you think, do you really want to serve the prince?"

"How did you talk?" Ruyi looked at Shaoyao and Qiangwei subconsciously, and couldn't help but blame, if Chunlan's tone of voice was too disrespectful, it would be a disaster for no reason.

"Since Your Majesty has chosen me, I naturally have to obey!"

"You are stupid! The crown prince has the epidemic, and you will die!" Before Ruyi could finish speaking, Chunlan couldn't help crying out in a low voice.

"Don't go, it's not a good thing, if it's a good thing, it won't be your turn!" Chunlan persuaded anxiously and annoyed.

"Chunlan, don't talk too much! I know you're doing it for my own good, but I have to go!" Ruyi couldn't help being upset when she heard Chunlan's words.

"Are you trying to seek wealth in danger?" Chunlan really couldn't figure out how Ruyi must insist on going. She was thinking about it, and she could only think of such a reason.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little contemptuous of Ruyi, and a little helpless: "The prince is imprisoned, so what's the use of taking care of the prince!"

She looked at Ruyi and felt disappointed: If you really want to gamble, you will definitely lose even your money.But after thinking about it, she still feels that Ruyi will take care of the prince now, and she is somewhat responsible. Although she has good intentions, she can't bear to see this sister who has a good relationship with her in her memory go to die like this .

"Ruyi, listen to me, don't go! Many people will die, and you may be one of them!" Chunlan lowered her voice and whispered to Ruyi, her deep tone made Ruyi's heart skip a beat.

"I will take good care of myself, and the imperial physician is here!" How could Ruyi not understand Chunlan's meaning, she was grateful for Chunlan's kindness, but she also said words to comfort herself and Chunlan.

"Even if you take good care of the prince, what's the use of it? You can only stay there with the prince and imprison him. In the future... Anyway, what you have done today is useless, maybe you will lose your life..."

At this time, Chunlan was also angered by Ruyi's stubbornness, and she couldn't care less about anything else, so she talked all at once.Ruyi, however, covered her mouth in panic, and she didn't expect that the more Chunlan said, the more outrageous she became.

"Misfortune comes from your mouth, stop talking! Besides, the Crown Princess has already decided to let me go, so how can I not go, besides, I'm not the only one going!" After Ruyi finished speaking, she still didn't dare to let go. Kai Kai covered Chunlan's mouth, and said again: "I know you have good intentions, you go back! The East Palace is also in chaos now, don't come!"

Chunlan pulled Ruyi's hand, and couldn't help but sighed: "Why can't you listen! If you insist on going tomorrow, I tell you, only you will go, no one will be as stupid as you to die! "

After saying this, Chunlan also knew that it would be useless to talk too much, she only confessed the last sentence: "You can pretend to be sick, but if you are sick, I can't carry you there!"

Ruyi just quietly watched Chunlan leave angrily, and did not speak.

She didn't know how long she stood there, but Shaoyao beside her gently reminded her, and then she came back to her senses, looked at Shaoyao and Qiangwei, and said, "You guys are all stuffy about what happened today, don't gossip !"

Although Chunlan's words were extremely unruly, people might not believe what was said in the truth, and the masters might not really care about it, but Ruyi still gave a worried word.

"Slaves understand!"

Shaoyao and Qiangwei promised immediately after hearing the words.

Ruyi nodded, and slowly walked to the side of the bed with a wandering mind, but heard Qiangwei whisper: "Madam, the method that sister said just now..."

Ruyi looked over suspiciously, but saw Qiangwei bent her legs, knelt down in front of her, and cried, "Ma'am, just pretend to be sick, don't go to Dongxiangkou, okay?"

"What nonsense!"

Ruyi frowned and scolded, at this moment, she couldn't just pretend to be sick if she wanted to. The Crown Princess had just warned her that she pretended to be sick, which was a typical example of obedience and injustice.

"Ma'am, you will die..." Qiangwei's face was covered with tears, she hugged Ruyi's calf and begged, "I don't want to die..."

Ruyi's eyes were red again, she raised her head slightly, holding back her sadness, not letting herself cry, and asked in a calm voice, "You don't want to go, do you?"

Qiangwei's cry weakened slightly, she was still sobbing, she didn't answer, but she acquiesced.

Ruyi twitched the corner of her mouth slightly, and smiled wryly: "Don't worry, I won't drag you to die. The princess only said to let me take care of it, I won't take you there."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Shao Yao who was standing blankly by the side, and said with a smile: "Shao Yao, you are the same, at least you two have served me once, and I will ask the Crown Princess to arrange a good place for you. "

When Shao Yao heard the words, she suddenly fell to her knees on the ground, and said with a serious expression: "Madam, I will go with you."

"We might die, aren't you afraid? Besides, even if we don't die, we might stay with His Royal Highness and be imprisoned at the entrance of the east alley." Ruyi said something that could happen, only staring at Shaoyao's eyes, and stated Facts, "You are different from me. As long as you reach the age, you can be released from the palace to reunite with your family. But when you reach the east alley, you may not be able to get out for the rest of your life!"

"That is also the life of a slave!"

Shao Yao didn't flinch, but just said calmly.

Ruyi's heart moved slightly, but she suppressed her emotions, and just turned her gaze to Qiangwei: "You don't want to go, do you want me to arrange it for you?"

Qiangwei lowered her head, and replied softly, "I don't dare to bother Madam."

Ruyi understood that there might be someone behind Qiangwei, she didn't care, she just smiled and said: "That's a good thing, you go down!"

The matter has already been said, Qiangwei also felt shameless to see Ruyi and Shaoyao, just bowed her head and backed out.

Ruyi picked up Shaoyao, opened her heart for the first time, and said sincerely: "You are so strange. When I was a court lady, all I could think about was to survive, and to get out of the palace safely. You really don't want Will you regret it?"

Shao Yao smiled, and said frankly: "The servant has no home outside the palace. The mother of the servant died when she was young, and the father married the stepmother. He only cares about the younger brother born to the stepmother. Even if the servant reaches the age If you go out, you will only be sold by your family again!"

Shaoyao knew that Ruyi would trust her by saying these words to her, and she was not stupid, so she naturally wanted to confess everything: "I have thought about it, although I have a narrow escape, but it is possible that I am a big Wealth and honor. If Madam becomes rich and honored in the future, slaves and servants will naturally be honored as well!"

"You said you were close to death!"

If Ruyi hadn’t known that if she didn’t go, it would be a dead end, at least she wouldn’t die so quickly if she went, she wouldn’t even die, that’s why she forced herself to make up her mind, but Shaoyao was different from her, “You have much more courage than me! "

"Slaves have only one advantage of being bold since they were young."

Paeoniae asked herself, do you regret it?

The answer is obviously regret.When she said this, she already regretted it in her heart, but thinking about why she agreed, whether it was the ethereal wealth in her mouth or something else, she couldn't tell herself.

But she understands that she is ambitious, she knows that she is mediocre, and she cannot become the master's woman like Ruyi, but she can become the most powerful palace servant of the master, just as beautiful.She has been sweeping the palace for so many years, and finally got into the position of close maid, she is unwilling to back down, she does not have Qiangwei's backing, if she leaves Ruyi, she also knows that it will be difficult for her to get ahead in this life.

So it's better to fight hard.

Ruyi and Shaoyao don't know the fate of the future.

They can only give themselves as much protection as possible, for example, pack all the belongings in the house that can be packed, and they are not even willing to leave some odds and ends of daily necessities.

Until the moment when Ruyi was brought into the carriage, she was still tightly clutching the package containing the silver jewellery. There were not many people going to Dongxiangkou, and Chunlan even predicted that among the prince's women, there was only Ruyi. .

As for the prince's attendants, apart from Deng Xian and the two young eunuchs, there was an old woman who looked a little old.

The old woman sat in a carriage face to face with Ruyi, and Shao Yao sat next to Ruyi.

It was only then that Ruyi realized that the old lady's status was not low. Later, Shaoyao secretly reminded her that Ruyi knew that the old lady was actually the crown prince's nanny Cao.

The crown prince is the eldest son of the emperor, and he was named crown prince at birth, so there are naturally many people serving him around him.There are more than a dozen people just for the nanny, and the reason why this nanny Cao is special is that she has been with the prince the longest.

Moreover, Cao was originally the wife of a third-rank general. During the Northwest Rebellion a few years ago, the third-rank general unfortunately died for the country, and Cao's only son also failed to escape from that battlefield.

The Cao family lost her husband and son, so she should have been a widow at home, but the prince was kind and wanted to support the Cao family.Although Cao refused, she returned to the East Palace and was in charge of all matters concerning the prince's bedroom.

At this time, this kind woman was holding Ruyi's hand to comfort her: "Good boy! Good boy!"

In the end, he just said firmly: "The crown prince is a blessed one, and everything will be fine."

Under Cao's upside-down words, the uneasiness in Ruyi's heart miraculously calmed down gradually.

She nodded tearfully.

The carriage started to move slowly, and Ruyi couldn't help but look up at the East Palace behind her through the window, watching the East Palace slowly shrinking in sight, gradually disappearing into nothingness.

Ruyi never looked back until the carriage drove out of the palace gate...

Ruyi had thought about the scene when she left the palace countless times, but she never thought that she would leave so early and in this way. She blinked, and the tears that were originally in her eyes slid down her face.

Granny Cao suddenly said, "We will be back."

"I'll come back in style."

(End of this chapter)