Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 32

When Ruyi woke up, it was already dark, and the room was dark with no lights on.

The prince was not in the room, she propped up her sore body, picked up the clothes beside the bed, put them on herself, got out of bed, and lit a candle.

The house seemed to have been tidied up, and the food on the table at noon was gone.

Ruyi only felt a little sticky and uncomfortable, and her head also felt a little groggy.She rubbed her forehead, and when she casually pulled up her loose hair, she was about to go back to her room to tidy up when the door was opened.

She looked up and saw that the prince had returned.

"Your Highness..."

Ruyi is a little embarrassed, although it is not the first time to be intimate with the crown prince, but it is the first time that the ancients regarded it as an extremely unruly thing to publicize prostitution in the daytime.

"woke up!"

The prince stretched out his hand to pull Ruyi, this intimate gesture seemed very natural and skillful.

"En." Ruyi replied with a voice as thin as a mosquito.

"Are you hungry? I'll send someone to bring you dinner." The prince didn't seem to notice Ruyi's uneasiness, and he still held the hand he held just now with one hand, slowly playing with it.

"Servant... I want to go back to my room to tidy myself up first." Ruyi didn't dare to withdraw her hand, she just bowed her head and answered.

With a smile on the corner of the prince's mouth, he glanced at Ruyi's lowered head, stretched out his hand and raised Ruyi's head, so that her face was facing him.

"Why are you so timid?"

Ruyi was speechless for a while, not knowing how to answer.She just felt that the prince's attitude towards her was becoming more and more affectionate, and it also made her more and more at a loss.

"Okay, let's go back and pack, and pack your luggage along the way." The prince didn't make things difficult for Ruyi, put down the hand that was holding Ruyi's chin, and said with a smile.

But Ruyi was a little stunned, what does it mean to pack the luggage together?She looked up at the prince, but the prince's expression remained the same, as if what she just said was just a very ordinary order.

"Slave servant... Slave servant doesn't understand what His Highness means." Ruyi bit her bullet and said.She didn't want to be affectionate and think that the prince asked her to pack her luggage and come to this room. Although the prince has been very affectionate to her prince recently, it is too unusual to live in the same room with the prince.

In this era, except for poor families with limited housing, couples would stay in the same room, and the rest were ordinary rich and noble families, and couples basically slept in separate rooms.It may also have something to do with the ancient system that men have always had multiple concubines.

Let alone someone with the status of a prince.When she was in the East Palace, even the Crown Princess did not have this qualification.The prince and the princess are their own halls.

"I... let you move your luggage into this room and live with me!" The prince looked at Ruyi playfully, but Ruyi was stunned, subconsciously kneeling on the ground.

"The slaves dare not."

Although Ruyi also rested in this room at first, it was for the convenience of taking care of the seriously ill prince. Now the prince asked her to move here to eat and live with her. She really couldn't figure out the prince's intention.

She didn't think that getting along with her during this period of time would make the prince fall in love with her, and even disregarding the rules for her, at most, it was just because her heart was touched.

The prince may be impulsive, but she has to consider the consequences of this impulsiveness.

"Why are you kneeling down again?" The prince smiled and helped Ruyi up, his eyes were scrutinized, but there was a taste of ambiguity.

"Ruyi, you have to know that it's different to treat you alone." The prince gently touched Ruyi's face, looked at her intently, and said slowly, "I just want to learn how to be a husband and wife with you."

"Your Highness..." Ruyi's heart was beating fast, she heard the order implied in the prince's tone, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart.

Maybe the prince really just wanted to try this novelty on a whim, but Ruyi knew that what the prince said was completely impossible.

She lowered her eyelids, with the corners of her mouth slightly on the stage, she nodded and agreed: "Yes, this slave obeys the order."

"Why are you talking about slaves again? They are said to be husband and wife from ordinary families." The prince stroked Ruyi's hair and smiled.

"Ruyi knows."

Ruyi changed her mouth naturally.

When she walked out of the prince's room, Ruyi looked at the shadowy courtyard under the light of the lantern, and couldn't help but sighed deeply.

To be a couple of ordinary people?Ruyi muttered a few words, with a wry smile on her face, this is not her dream!
In modern times, she could easily fulfill this wish and choose an honest man to live a normal life.But here, she no longer dared to think so.

Now, the idea that came out of the prince's mouth made her inexplicably feel a little ridiculous.

She still remembered that she was just the prince's concubine, and even if she really became an ordinary couple in a decent way, it would be just a play on the spot.

However, Ruyi couldn't help but put her hand on her chest, her heart beating a little too fast.Does she also have aspirations?
If it's an act, you can do it for a lifetime, how good would it be?

A lie told for a long time, it will become true, true or false, she really doesn't care that much.

"lady……"

Ruyi heard Shaoyao's voice and turned her head, only to see Shaoyao coming from the direction of the east house.

"Why did you go that way?" Ruyi was a little puzzled, they chose the west side of the house, and Shao Yao's daily kitchen was also on the west side.

"Eunuch Deng and Aunt Cao called the servants away." Shao Yao said briefly, then stepped forward to support Ruyi, and said earnestly, "Let me help Madam go back to the room!"

Ruyi knows that Shaoyao is cautious, and she doesn't talk too much here.

Back in the room, Shao Yao cleaned up for her and told her about the matter.It turned out that all the palace people in the courtyard were called to teach them in the afternoon. Shaoyao didn't say much about what they said. Ruyi also knew that there were only a few words to teach the palace people, but what surprised Ruyi the most was After the training was over, a considerable sum of money was distributed to each of these palace servants.

After Ruyi saw it, she was also secretly speechless, but her face let Shaoyao collect the money by herself as usual.

It has to be said that for palace people, money is really the best way to calm people's hearts.At least, originally in the afternoon, the palace people in the entire courtyard still looked like the sky was falling, but now, they changed into this beaming look.

Shaoyao didn't even say a word about when she would return to the East Palace, that way, even Ruyi was willing to stay in this confined place.

This also made Ruyi couldn't help but sigh, after all, the prince was imprisoned, not only was there a lot of items that should be missing, but even money was not in short supply.She had watched a TV show before, in which a prince was imprisoned, and her life was really stretched.

However, the more affluent the crown prince is, the better it is for Ruyi, who is accompanying the imprisoned person.Of course, Ruyi felt that the more comfortable her life, the better.

She was lying on the couch, and Shao Yao used dry hair to wring out her freshly washed hair. Thinking of this, she sat up, took the towel from Shao Yao, and said, "Clean up some for me." Daily necessities don’t have to be cleaned up.”

Ruyi didn't know how long the prince's whim would last, she was afraid that when all the things were moved there, the prince would lose interest, and if she came back, it would be troublesome to move around.

It's better to just pack some commonly used ones now, and make plans later depending on the situation.

"Ma'am, what are you packing?" Shao Yao was a little puzzled, "Do you want to change houses?"

"Yes, Your Highness asked me to move in with him." Seeing the surprised expression on Shaoyao's face, Ruyi didn't feel much, but said: "You just pack some of my daily clothes and hairpins, and you don't need to pack too much." many."

"Yes." Shaoyao couldn't hide the joy on her face, eating and living with the crown prince, this matter should be a great honor.

Whether or not the crown prince is locked up actually doesn't have much impact on Shao Yao and other palace officials who are still beneficial.At least the prince at this moment, in their eyes, is still as majestic as the prince in the East Palace.

"Ma'am, do you feel that if we survive a catastrophe, we will be blessed."

Shao Yao only felt that her mood was exceptionally bright, she had received a generous reward, and her master was favored by the crown prince.

Ruyi's hand holding the comb paused slightly. Infected by the peony, she couldn't help showing a smile on her face.Indeed, compared to the previous days, this day is really a dream day.

Maybe she shouldn't think about it, maybe she should enjoy this time with satisfaction.

Shao Yao deleted, deleted, and subtracted things as she wished, and in the end she only sorted out a package that was the size of a burden and took it to the prince's house.

But in the prince's house, Ruyi didn't come true, and he just went back to tidy up, and his appearance changed.

There is an extra wardrobe and a dressing table.

Ruyi looked up at the prince, but saw the prince said with a soft expression: "I don't know what you girls like, if you think there is something missing, just let Deng do it first."

"very good already!"

The prince's eyes fell on the small bag Shaoyao brought for Ruyi, frowned, and said, "You only have this little luggage?"

After saying this, the prince didn't wait for Ruyi to explain, and said thoughtfully: "Alright, I just asked Deng to buy some new clothes and jewelry for you first."

"Your Highness, there is no need to..." Ruyi felt a little confused. She always felt that the prince was still in the confinement period, so ostentatiously buying clothes and jewelry for the concubine, she always felt that it was extremely inconsistent.

However, the crown prince seemed to have not heard Ruyi's opinion, and said to Ruyi with a smile: "Let the people below clean up the things, you must be starving. Hurry up and eat!"

Ruyi saw that the table was already full of dishes, and even put a jug of wine on it.

"Your Highness is just right..."

"Look at you, this is starting to become a housekeeper." The prince hugged Ruyi affectionately, brought her to the dining table, poured wine into the two cups himself, and said, "Just drink a cup for my recovery, don't you?" Just drink a little."

When it came to this point, it was hard for Ruyi to say no.He had no choice but to hold the wine glass with both hands, and said with a smile, "Nu... Ruyi toast Your Highness."

"Okay." The prince smiled and picked up the wine glass to touch Ruyi's wine glass slightly, watching Ruyi drink up the glass of wine with a smile.

In the evening, Ruyi rested at the prince's place, maybe because she slept too much during the day, or maybe she was never used to sleeping next to the prince.Until midnight, Ruyi still did not fall asleep.

She didn't dare to turn over, for fear of waking the prince, she sighed silently in her heart, Ruyi opened her eyes, and looked at the outline of the prince's face face to face, she stared blankly for a long time, finally closed her eyes, and fell asleep slowly past.

Ruyi didn't know that when her breathing became longer and longer, the prince who was sleeping next to him also opened his eyes, gently stroked her face with his hand, and finally put it on her waist, forming a hugging posture .

When Ruyi woke up the next day, it was already daylight. She was clever and wanted to sit up from the bed, but found that the prince's hands were tightly hugging her waist.The prince still closed his eyes, showing no intention of waking up.

What she did just now only caused the prince to put that hand on her shoulder and pat her, and said in a low voice: "Anyway, it's all right, let's sleep for a while!"

Ruyi just felt a little hot and stuffy, sleeping together in this summer is really not a comfortable thing.

Moreover, in order to take care of the prince's newly recovered body, there was no ice in the room.

But the prince seemed to be in a deep sleep, she didn't dare to struggle, she could only lie motionless, her eyes staring at the exquisite embroidery on the quilt.

After an unknown amount of time, Deng Xian's voice sounded outside the house: "Your Highness, Prince Rong is visiting."

Ruyi heard the words, and before she could react to call the prince, she saw that the prince who had been sleeping peacefully lying next to her opened his eyes for a moment, sat up from the bed, and there was no trace of sleepiness in his eyes.

"Your Highness..."

Ruyi was a little dumbfounded, but the crown prince didn't look at Ruyi, but told Deng Xian who was outside the house: "Please sit down in Prince Rong's study, Gu will come later."

After saying this, he got out of bed and put on his clothes.If he saw this, he quickly got out of bed and helped the prince pack up his clothes.

When the prince packed up and walked into the study, Prince Rong Zhao Qingli was standing in front of the desk looking at the calligraphy that the prince had placed on the desk. Seeing the prince walking in, Zhao Qingli quickly saluted the prince.

"Brother!" Zhao Qingli showed a worried look on his childish face.

The prince just nodded coldly, and said: "Now I'm just a useless person confined, why should you salute to me?"

"Brother, don't say that." Zhao Qingli frowned, as if he didn't agree with what the prince said, and said: "Father is only angry now, don't worry, big brother, my mother and I will find a way to make father change his mind."

After saying this, Zhao Qingli frowned again and said injustice for the prince: "Eldest brother lives in such a shabby place, these palace people even dare to deprive elder brother of ice."

He wiped the hot sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, looked around the study room, and said with a smile: "Brother loves to read, next time I will come over and bring books for him. Just tell me what books you want to read."

"Qingli, don't come here." The prince personally added a few spoonfuls of water to the inkstone, lowered his head, picked up the ink stick and began to grind it, "It's good for me to practice calligraphy every day here."

"Brother..." Zhao Qingli called out a little unwillingly.After a while, as if he had figured it out, he said with a smile, "Brother, it's good to cultivate yourself now. As for that case, my brother will definitely find out the truth and clear my brother."

Speaking of this, Zhao Qingli sighed again: "It's a pity that my younger brother has just started working on errands, and he doesn't understand anything, and there is no way to find out. Can elder brother tell me what happened."

"Qing Li." The prince picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, stood in front of the desk, and slowly began to write, "Don't meddle in this matter of mine."

"Brother already has arrangements?" Zhao Qingli looked at the prince expectantly.

The prince frowned, put down the towel, and said in a cold voice: "Since father wants to imprison me, I will do as he wishes. As for that matter, the clearer will clear himself."

"Brother, that's not what you said." Zhao Qingli was anxious, and wanted to say something more.

The prince put his hands behind his back and put on a gesture of seeing off the guests: "You go, don't come."

"Brother, my mother and I are very worried about you."

Zhao Qingli didn't give up and continued talking.

"Let's go!" The prince's tone became even colder.

Zhao Qingli was a little dejected, and finally obeyed the prince's wishes, but before leaving, he took a bag from his entourage and put it in front of the prince's desk, and said: "Sister-in-law can't worry about it outside, but she can't worry about the East Palace. I couldn't walk away, so I made a suit of clothes with my own hands and asked me to bring them to my eldest brother."

The prince's eyes fell on the burden, his face expressionless.And Zhao Qingli bowed respectfully, and then slowly backed out.

Through the wide-open doors and windows, the Prince's eyes fell on Zhao Qingli who was gradually leaving. This was his only younger brother with the same father and mother.

After Prince Rong left for a long time, Ruyi had already packed up her clothes and sat quietly in the study for a long time, until the breakfast was served, the prince was still in the study.

Ruyi walked out of the door, came to the study, and knocked carefully on the door.

After knocking twice, the door was opened, and the prince opened the door himself.

Ruyi made a hasty salute and said, "Your Highness, breakfast has been delivered from the kitchen."

The prince nodded, but he didn't follow Ruyi out. Instead, he walked into the study, picked up a pair of words that he had written just now, rolled them up slowly, and put them into a porcelain bottle beside him.

Then the realization fell on the burden left by Zhao Qingli just now, and he whispered to Deng Xian who was waiting outside the door: "Take it and burn it!"

"Your Highness..." Deng Xian hesitated, he kept guarding, and naturally knew that this was the clothes that the Crown Princess sewed stitch by thread for the Crown Prince.

"Burn it." The prince ordered again in a cold tone.

"Yes." Deng bowed first, took the bundle from the desk, and then retreated outside the room.

Ruyi glanced at it strangely, but at some point, the crown prince walked up to her and said something expressionless.

"This is the clothes that the princess sewed for Gu."

"Your Highness..." Ruyi was as surprised as Deng Xian.

"What do you think the princess means?" the prince asked softly.

Ruyi's heart trembled unknowingly, she was in a dilemma, after a while, she replied softly: "Prince Princess is probably worried about Her Highness..."

Before Ruyi finished speaking, the crown prince grabbed one hand tightly. He smiled lightly, looked into Ruyi's eyes, and said slowly, "Ruyi, what Gu wants is someone who dares to tell Gu the truth." A woman! A woman who can't tolerate anything but loneliness in her heart!"

(End of this chapter)