Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 34

The prince was eager to try, spread out the snow-white rice paper in one hand, dipped the ink that had been ground on the inkstone with the brush in the other hand, then handed the pen to Ruyi, and said with a smile: "Write a few words first, let your husband see your level." .”

"Your Highness, I haven't practiced the Ruyi Book for a few days, and it has already been abandoned by now."

Ruyi waved her hands repeatedly to refuse.Asking the prince to teach her how to practice calligraphy, she felt that it was inappropriate to refuse at first, but who knew that the prince would bring up the old matter again.Although she also felt that the prince had broken many rules with his attitude towards her since he recovered from his illness, she didn't teach calligraphy much.

But she was really not very happy to let the prince teach her. Of course, she was also a little bit embarrassed, and her handwriting was really a little bit difficult.But she doesn't intend to do anything with this calligraphy, and the daily practice is just to pass the time. She thinks it's good to practice so slowly.

It's just that the prince doesn't know Ruyi's thoughts, and maybe he won't pay attention to it if he knows it. Besides, the prince who has become more and more reckless recently has become more interested, and it is not so easy to dispel it.

"It's not too late to pick it up." The prince put the pen in Ruyi's hand, with a firm attitude.

"Your Highness..."

Ruyi is really dumbfounded at this moment, is this a reward or a punishment for her?

"Write!"

Seeing Ruyi's delay in writing, the prince showed a hint of impatience on his face, and urged him.

Ruyi took a deep breath in her heart, and said bravely: "Ruyi wrote it, Your Highness, don't make fun of it."

After saying this, she really put on a brave attitude, picked up the brush and wrote on the rice paper the calligraphy she had practiced last time, which was the three-character scripture on the copybook sent by the prince.

At the beginning of human nature is good.

After writing down the simple six characters, it was really difficult for Ruyi to write down under the slightly teasing gaze of the prince.

I didn't have a good level in the first place, and I haven't picked up a pen for more than two months, so my handwriting is naturally not much better.Even the crown prince is not willing to praise Ruyi against his will.

I can only smile and say: "I first met those with bad characters, they were all similar in appearance but not in spirit, but Ruyi opened my eyes. This word is not only insincere in spirit, it can't even be described in form."

"It's all said to be deserted..."

Ruyi put the brush back on the pen holder in a disconsolate manner, picked up the rice paper with six characters written on it, and crumpled it into a ball.

The crown prince couldn't help laughing when he saw her such a rare petite appearance, walked to Ruyi's side, laid out a new piece of rice paper, and comforted him with a smile: "This student is not good at foundation, and the teacher will only have a sense of accomplishment after teaching."

After finishing speaking, he swiped his brush and sprinkled ink, and simply wrote down the strokes on the rice paper.

"You practice according to this every day, when you pass the test, I will give you a new homework."

Ruyi took the template, glanced at it for a while, and thought to herself, with his own level, the crown prince would get impatient sooner or later.

The unborn prince was very interested in teaching Ruyi, a student. He also asked Deng Xian to get a small desk and a set of the Four Treasures of the Study and put them beside his desk. As for himself, he was either reading a book, or standing beside Ruyi and pointing.

Ruyi is indeed self-aware of her talent, and she has practiced this limp handwriting all day long, but she has not improved much.Although Ruyi felt that what she wrote was a bit similar, but the prince always sighed when he looked at it: "Dead wood can't be carved!"

In this regard, Ruyi was hit a lot, so she just laughed it off.

The only advantage of being the prince's student, Ruyi thinks, is that she can read a lot.At first she could recognize a few characters, but most of them were guesses.This side has spare time in learning calligraphy, and Ruyi will also read the characters word by word with a book. When she encounters something she doesn't know or is not sure, she will ask the prince, and the prince will teach him patiently.

After practicing calligraphy for several days, Ruyi's interest in that idea has also been polished.In addition to coping with the homework given by the prince every day, the greatest interest is to start reading with a book.

Today, after practicing calligraphy for less than half an hour, Ruyi put down her brush and took the humanities and topography books she found on the Prince's bookshelf, ready to read.

The prince was originally sitting behind the desk reading a book, but when he saw Ruyi's movement, he shook his head again and again: "After practicing for a while, I started to be lazy."

Ruyi was a little embarrassed when she heard the words, but she still didn't put down the book, she just opened her mouth to explain: "Ruyi didn't want to become a master of calligraphy at first, and practicing calligraphy in the past was just to pass the time."

Moreover, the purpose of her original calligraphy practice was to learn more characters.

"There are many reasons for your preference."

The prince smiled and stood up, walked to Ruyi's side and took the book from Ruyi's hand, and said, "I haven't seen much improvement in this word, but the ability to grind ink has improved a lot, come and help me grind ink Bar!"

"Yes."

Ruyi thought that the prince was going to write, so she rolled up her sleeves and began to grind the ink slowly.She has some experience in grinding ink, and the ink produced by grinding back and forth is neither thick nor light, just right.

After a while, the ink was ready. She was putting down her sleeves when she saw that the brush in the prince's hand was slightly stained with ink, so she made an impromptu drawing on the rice paper. Before she could react, a picture of a figure appeared on the rice paper above.

Ruyi took a closer look, surprise showing on her face.Although ancient paintings are not as vivid as modern paintings, freehand brushwork is better at grasping the expression and charm.At a glance, she saw that the image of the woman with her sleeves rolled up and rubbing ink on the drawing paper was her just now.

"Your Highness, the painting is really good."

Ruyi doesn't know how to appreciate, but she also thinks that the prince's painting skills are good.

Hearing this, the prince put the drawing paper aside with a smile, took out another box of blue and green colors, and said with a smile, "It is really an elegant thing in life to add fragrance to reading at night with red sleeves. Now, Ruyi's red sleeves to add fragrance to the beautiful scenery, if it is not recorded It's a pity to come down."

The new drawing paper did not allow Ruyi to pose again, so the prince reconstructed the scene just now based on his memory.

Ruyi stood behind her and watched silently. If the painting she just painted with ink had already made her feel good, this painting is more detailed, and of course it took longer.

After finishing the last stroke, the prince put the brush in his hand aside, picked up the painting and looked at it carefully.Then he handed it to Ruyi, and said with a smile, "How does Ruyi feel?"

"His Highness's paintings are naturally excellent."

Ruyi's eyes fell on the unfolded drawing paper, but she felt a little strange in her heart. If Cai Cai's painting made her feel like herself, this painting is a bit different, like her but not like her.

The woman in the painting seems to be more perfect than her.The gentleness and attachment revealed between the woman's slightly raised eyebrows and eyes... added an indescribable charm.

Ruyi couldn't help looking up at the prince, but he saw that the prince was also looking at the painting softly.The feeling of weirdness in her heart became more and more intense, but before she could think any more, the prince had already looked away and took the painting over.

"I asked Deng to frame the painting first and then hang it up."

"Your Highness..." Ruyi bit her lower lip and was about to speak out.

The prince interrupted with a smile: "I made a painting for Ruyi, how should Ruyi repay me?"

"Ruyi's things are all given by His Highness, how does His Highness want Ruyi to repay?" Ruyi was not surprised, but asked freely.

But the prince waved his hand and said, "If you ask Gu to say it, it will appear insincere. Ruyi, think about it carefully?"

Ruyi sighed inwardly when she heard the words, but with a smile on her face, she asked, "It's time for dinner, why don't Ruyi personally cook for His Highness today."

"Go!"

The prince was straightforward this time, and he didn't make things difficult for her, so he easily let Ruyi pass the test.

Ruyi saluted briefly, then backed away with a smile.When she reached the door, she turned to close the door, but saw the prince was smiling, with an indescribably soft expression on his face, looking down at the painting in his hand.

After Ruyi walked out of the study, she felt a wave of heat blowing towards her face.

It's midsummer now, and as early as the first half month after the prince was in good health, he began to place ice cubes, and Ruyi was lucky to be by the prince's side.

I have enjoyed this good day, but suddenly there is no ice to really feel the high temperature in summer, but I am really uncomfortable.

She was about to walk towards the kitchen, but when she walked through the courtyard, she saw Granny Cao and Shao Yao standing in the vegetable field with baskets in hand to pick vegetables.

The two saw Ruyi approaching from a distance, and they both greeted with a smile.

Ruyi walked into the field with a smile, looked at the eggplants, cucumbers, and other vegetables picked from the baskets of the two of them, and said, "Why did Aunt Cao come to pick the vegetables herself? It's still hot today, so don't get caught in the sun!"

Granny Cao threw the eggplant she had just picked into the basket with a smile, and replied with a smile, "I'm so delicate, and this dish looks juicy, so it's not interesting to pick it yourself."

"Yes, madam, do you want to try it too?" Shao Yaore was sweating profusely, but the smile on her face was extraordinarily bright.

Seeing the high interest of the two, Ruyi couldn't help but nodded with a smile: "That's fine, I'll use the picked vegetables to make dinner for Your Highness today."

Of course, Ruyi was just talking about it. Although the weather was hot and the food was light, it was impossible for the crown prince's meal to be all vegetables. Ruyi also added fish and meat.

After the meal was finished, Ruyi broke out in a hot sweat and felt that she was in a mess. She looked at the soup that was still simmering in the pot, and she asked Shaoyao to stare at it first, and later filled it up and brought it into the house. And she went back to the house to clean up herself.

She had just tidied up this end when Nanny Cao and Shao Yao walked into the house with baskets filled with food.

Ru felt that Grandma Cao was a bit embarrassed, and hurried forward to help: "Don't do this little thing, Aunt Cao, let Shaoyao do it."

"I'm idle even if I'm idle, and it's good to have something to do." Nanny Cao smiled and told Ruyi not to mind, while quickly taking the food out of the basket.

Ruyi was about to help set the chopsticks, but she smelled a fishy smell. She followed the smell and looked down. The smell came from the bowl of fish she had steamed.

"What's wrong with this fish?" Ruyi asked Shaoyao strangely. The fish was killed fresh before cooking, so logically speaking, it should not be stale, unless the heat is not enough when steaming in the pot.

"It's not broken!" Shao Yao was also a little surprised, and looked at Ruyi in bewilderment.

Ruyi didn't feel that her sense of smell was wrong. Could it be that the weather was too hot and the fish was broken on the way.She reached out and picked up the basin of fish, put it under her nose and smelled it, only to feel a strong fishy smell burrowing into her nose, acid water could not help but rise up in her stomach, a disgusting smell made her unable to bear it I retched a bit.

"lady."

Shao Yao saw that Ruyi was rubbing her chest with both hands and looked like she was about to vomit, so she hurriedly stepped forward to support her and asked with concern: "Are you all right?"

"It's okay." Ruyi swallowed the sour water in her mouth, her face turned pale.

On the other hand, Nanny Cao, who was looking at Ruyi on the other side, had a bit of unconcealable joy on her face and said eagerly: "Why are you all right, there is something to do, there is a big happy event!"

After finishing speaking, he supported Ruyi's other side with one hand, and said to Shaoyao, "Hurry up and help your master to sit down."

"Aunt Cao?" Shaoyao looked at Nanny Cao in puzzlement, while Ruyi was a little surprised and couldn't believe it.

"Madam Chen is happy!"

Aunt Cao had a smile on her face that couldn't be concealed, her eyes were only focused on Ruyi's flat stomach eagerly.

"You are happy!" Shao Yao was stunned for a moment, but after a while, the smile couldn't stop overflowing from her face.

"What's the joy?"

When Ruyi was stroking his stomach in a daze, the prince came in from outside the house, looked at the three of them and asked.

Ruyi glanced at Mrs. Cao, then at the crown prince, and before she had time to speak, Mrs. Cao happily said to the crown prince, "Your Highness, Mrs. Chen may be happy. You are going to be a father!"

"Aunt Cao, I'm not sure yet!"

"Your reaction, as soon as I saw it, I was pregnant. When I was pregnant with a child for two or three months, I was like this all day long. I felt like vomiting when I smelled fish."

Aunt Cao interrupted Ruyi's words, and spoke with certainty.

"Two or three months, didn't the madam become pregnant when she was in the East Palace!"

Shao Yao calculated the time and couldn't help but feel lingering fear. Fortunately, Mrs. Xian Shi took care of the prince without any accident.

Ruyi stared closely at the prince's face, wondering if it was her illusion, the prince's face was not the slightest bit happy about her pregnancy, and when Shao Yao said that she was pregnant in the East Palace, the prince's His face seemed to darken, and the gaze staring at her stomach was a little scary.

She couldn't help shrinking back, and subconsciously touched her stomach.

However, Grandma Cao smiled and said to Shaoyao: "You silly girl, you seem to be inexperienced. Usually, pregnant women will respond within one month, and some of them will respond before a month's arrival. I looked at Madam. I'm afraid that this belly was conceived here."

"Really?" Shao Yao carefully looked at Ruyi's belly, as if she was ten months pregnant, "Then Madam, you should be more careful!"

Nanny Cao nodded again and again, and looked at the prince again. When she was about to tell the prince some precautions, she saw the prince staring blankly at Ruyi's belly. She couldn't help feeling sad and happy at the same time, thinking to herself : The prince is probably overjoyed!That's right, a man is already in his twenties and has never had any heirs. Now that he hears the good news, can he not be overjoyed!
Thinking of this, Cao NaiNiang pulled Shaoyao out of the room in a considerate manner, wanting the prince and Ruyi to be alone for a while, and also making the prince happy.

Nanny Cao and Shao Yao withdrew, leaving only the prince and Ruyi in the room.

The Prince's gaze was still fixed on Ruyi's stomach, and Ruyi subconsciously hugged her stomach even tighter.She called out to the prince timidly, "Your Highness..."

Compared to what Nanny Cao thought the prince was happy about, Ruyi didn't think so.

She couldn't help clenching her fists tightly, feeling a little wary in her heart.

But Ruyi's soft cry brought the prince back to his senses.

He still had no expression on his face, but he no longer stared at Ruyi's belly, and just said, "Let's eat!"

"Yes."

Ruyi subconsciously took a few steps away from the prince, she was instinctively afraid of the prince at this time.She believed in her intuition, the prince seemed not happy about her pregnancy, on the contrary, he did not welcome the arrival of the little life in his belly.

But fortunately, even though the crown prince kept looking worried, he didn't say anything or scare her.

After dinner, the prince only said in a flat tone: "I will ask Deng to invite the doctor to come and have a look later."

After all, it seems to be going out of the room.

Ruyi stood at the same place, looking at the prince's figure, suddenly, she didn't know why she had the impulse, she walked to the prince's side, took the prince's hand, and put it on her stomach.

"What are you doing!" The prince wanted to shake off Ruyi's hand, but he didn't dare to use any force because of Ruyi's body.

Ruyi's gaze fell on the prince's hand on his stomach, and she said softly, "Your Highness, can you let the child feel his father's warmth?"

The prince was expressionless, and in the end, he took his hand out of Ruyi's, and said in a cold voice: "You have a good rest, don't think about it!"

After saying this, he walked out of the house without looking back.

(End of this chapter)