Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 3

After ten days of intensive study, the four of Ruyi passed the assessment of the Lin Gong people and showed the queen a circle of satisfied nodding, then they passed the test.

Before Ruyi and the others breathed a sigh of relief, they were ordered to pack their luggage again, and then they met the mistress of the Eastern Palace, the Crown Princess.

After the crown princess led the four of them to thank the queen, she took them back to the East Palace.

When she stepped into the gate of the East Palace, Ruyi suddenly lost that nervousness in her heart, and there was only a kind of helplessness at the mercy of her.She couldn't help turning her head to look at the other three secretly, with different expressions, jumping, bewildered, nervous...

After entering the East Palace, Ruyi originally just followed the team with her head down, but unexpectedly, halfway through, the team stopped suddenly, and she only had time to catch a glimpse of a corner of her apricot-yellow clothes, and followed her instinctively to kneel down respectfully.

"Exemption."

A gentle male voice sounded, and then everyone stood up silently.

Ruyi lowered her head respectfully, only listening to the conversation of the second most honored couple in front of her.

"Has the princess just returned from her mother's place?"

"Yes, Your Highness. The queen mother rewarded four maids here, I wonder if you would like to meet them!"

"How many people are these?"

Ruyi felt a glance at them, her body couldn't help but stiffen, and she could only bow her head more respectfully.

"Let's make arrangements for the princess! Gu will disappear first!"

"it is good!"

As the princess's soft voice came out, Ruyi saw a maid walking out from behind the princess and motioned for them to follow.

Ruyi hurriedly followed.But there was still a voice coming from far behind.

"Your Highness, my concubine ordered the small kitchen to prepare some snacks..."

……

"Madam Chen, this is your room."

The maid next to the crown princess walked into a courtyard with Ruyi, then walked to the room on the west side, and said.

Ruyi thanked her with a smile when she heard the words, of course she understood that the title of "madame" was just polite, as concubines, they didn't even have a rank, they were better than palace maids if they said it nicely, but if they didn't sound nice, But even the servant girl who is favored by the master is not as good as, at least the maid who is next to the princess in front of her is something she dare not offend.

After the maid brought Ruyi into the room, Ruyi quickly took out a purse from the package, and said softly, "I don't know what to call this sister?"

After that, he handed the purse in his hand to the maid again: "This is a purse I made in my spare time, I hope my sister will not dislike it!"

The maid received the purse, but she didn't refuse, she just smiled and said: "Your servant is just a little maid, and I can't be called madam. Madam can call me Lan Zhen."

After finishing speaking, he greeted a little palace maid who was waiting outside, and said with a smile: "She will serve by Madam's side from now on!"

Ruyi didn't bother to look at the little maid, but quickly expressed her opinion, thanked the princess for taking care of her, and thanked the maid for her arrangement, and she was relieved only after sending the maid out.

As soon as Ruyi walked back into the house, she saw the little palace maid and kowtowed to her cautiously.

Ruyi was taken aback, but after the other party saluted, Fang asked the other party to stand up, and politely said: "I am also a palace maid, so I don't need to perform such a big salute in the future."

After so many years in the palace, she would not be as ignorant as in the novel, calling her sisters and sisters with the people who served her, but she herself came from a humble background, which cannot be concealed. Act like a master.

"Madam, would you like to wash up?"

Although Ruyi said so, the little palace maid still had a respectful look on her face. From this point of view, she really deserved to be a member of the Eastern Palace.

"No need!" Ruyi sat down at the table and asked, "I was negligent, what's your name!"

"Slave Maid Shaoyao. Madam, if you think the name is not easy to pronounce, you can give this slave a name that is easy to pronounce!"

"No, it's a good name!"

Ruyi really thinks it's pretty good, and knows that the name is probably changed after entering the palace. The master in the palace loves to name flowers and plants for the people in order to make the name easier to pronounce, just like when she entered the palace when she first entered the palace. The palace people felt that Chen Liuya's name was too vulgar, so they changed it to Ruyi.

Shaoyao didn't move when she heard the words, she stepped forward and poured a cup of hot tea for Ruyi, then looked at the package that Ruyi brought, and asked with a smile: "Madam, this servant will help you pack your luggage first!"

"okay!"

Ruyi took a sip of water, nodded, thought for a while and said, "Shaoyao, how long have you been in the East Palace?"

"The servant was originally in charge of sweeping the Xiangzhi Courtyard, and has been there for two years."

Ruyi was originally afraid that this Shaoyao was transferred from the outside with the same black eyes as her, but she didn't expect that Shaoyao was an aborigine of the East Palace, so she felt a little more happy.

"Shaoyao, I just came to the East Palace. I don't know much about the East Palace. I'm afraid I'll offend the master above. Tell me about the situation here."

"Yes, ma'am!"

Ruyi brought few things, Shaoyao quickly tidied them up quickly, and obediently stood beside Ruyi, and began to talk.

The situation in the East Palace is complicated but not complicated, Shao Yao made it clear in a few words, Ruyi secretly wrote it down in her heart, and then rewarded her with five taels of silver, and asked Shao Yao to guide her to greet Li Baolin, the owner of Xiangzhiyuan, and the other three. A concubine who was more advanced than her in the Eastern Palace.

When Ruyi brought Shaoyao to Li Baolin's place, she unexpectedly found that several other concubines were also sitting in the hall. When she was led into the room by the maid next to Li Baolin, all four eyes in the hall fell on her.

She hurriedly walked up to Li Baolin respectfully and saluted.

"Sister Chen, get up, I don't have such big rules here, we can live in peace and harmony!"

Li Baolin has a soft appearance and a gentle tone of voice. Of course, it is impossible for Ruyi to take the other party's politeness seriously and still stand respectfully.

Seeing Ruyi's performance like this, the smile on Li Baolin's face became more sincere, and he said softly: "You were rewarded by the empress, and your status is naturally higher than these three younger sisters, but after all, you came later. So I will decide to let them be your sisters!"

"My younger sister comes from a humble background, as it should be." Ruyi replied honestly.

Then, under the introduction of Li Baolin, they greeted each other one by one.

Ruyi had already heard Shaoyao introduce these three people when she came here, but now she just matched their faces and names. impression.

Sitting on the left hand side of Li Baolin, the first woman with bright features and a bit of arrogance is Concubine Feng, the daughter of the fourth-rank prefect; A handsome concubine with a gentle temperament, she is Li Baolin's dowry maid.Of the three, concubine Li treated Ruyi the most cordially, after all, the two had similar identities and were both slaves.

For example, after expressing his opinions and thanking Li Baolin, he still respectfully sat down on the second seat on Li Baolin's right, and then bowed his head without saying a word, just listening quietly.

Regardless of whether the relationship between the four women present is good or not, anyway, as Ruyi is sitting, the atmosphere feels harmonious, just like meeting her girlfriends in her previous life. Of course, Ruyi also knows that this scene can only be watched, not treated. real.After all, these four women are fighting for one man.

After about a cup of tea, this meeting of "girlfriends" finally came to an end. Ruyi didn't know how she behaved, but judging by Li Baolin's expression, she was probably satisfied with her, although she smiled and complained: "You are also a Silent and well-behaved, it's just that you don't have to be so restrained here."

But the smile in Li Baolin's eyes couldn't be faked.

After a whole morning of tossing and tossing, when Ruyi returned to her room, after a while, Shao Yao came back with a basket and began to set lunch on the table.As the prince's concubine, Ruyi can enjoy three dishes, one soup and rice, as well as dim sum.

Three dishes, two meat and one vegetarian: assorted shredded chicken, wild duck balls, stir-fried cabbage and mutton soup, and sugar oil cake for dessert.

Although the dishes were brought from the big kitchen of the East Palace, they were still warm and delicious.But Ruyi only ate half a bowl of rice, so she lost her appetite.Shaoyao left the sugar oil cake to wait for Ruyi to sleep before going out of the house.

Seeing Shaoyao walk out of the room, Ruyi sat up from the bed, and began to look at the room she was allocated. A newcomer like Ruyi has no influence behind her, and there is no concubine favored by the prince for the time being, so she can only arrange it carelessly, of course Ruyi felt that it was already very good.

A room of less than [-] square meters is divided into two rooms, the inner one is a bedroom, and the outer one is used for receiving guests. All the furniture is complete. Of course, this should not be the lowest grade among concubines. .

Although Ruyi was born as a little palace maid, she still bears the title of the queen's reward.Of course, Ruyi also knows that she is more than inferior, but far worse than superior.

Currently, there are famous women in the crown prince's womb, besides the crown prince concubine, there are two Liangdi and four Baolin, they are all the daughters of ministers, and the crown prince is even more prominent, she is the granddaughter of the prime minister of the current dynasty. The daughter of Shangshu.The others are at least the daughters of second- and third-rank officials, just like Li Baolin, who looks gentle and pleasant, but is actually the second daughter of the second-rank leader.Of course, those who can enter the womb of the crown prince and get the title will not be too humble, especially if they are childless. After all, the crown prince is the heir apparent. , can be the lord of the first palace.

As for the remaining untitled concubines like Ruyi, there are nearly [-] scattered concubines. Among them are maids like Ruyi bestowed by elders, and there are also concubines or dowry maids of Liangdi Baolin. Most of them are concubine daughters sent by some ministers.

Wanting to survive in this crack, Ruyi made up her mind to follow the low-key rules when she was a court lady, try to stay in the house as much as possible on weekdays, and don't go out unless she can.

(End of this chapter)