Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 37

Ruyi has never liked to eat moon cakes. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, her house will be filled with moon cakes, with various flavors and strange flavors.Sent by someone else, sent by the unit...

But no matter how many mooncakes there are, except for a small part that can be given away as a gift in return, most of the rest are basically waiting for their fate to expire. Instead, the mooncake boxes are extremely exquisite, and Ruyi left a lot for things.

In this world, when she was outside the palace, Ruyi had never touched moon cakes at all. In the palace, during festivals, she was exposed to the light of the small kitchen, and Ruyi was able to eat some. The taste of the mooncakes comes out is also very good. Ruyi especially likes the mooncakes filled with bean paste with crispy skin. The bean paste filling with tangerine peel and osmanthus is not too sweet. The crispy skin is crispy and delicious. Ruyi can eat several in a row .

But that's only because of its small size, it looks like it's only the size of a baby's fist, no matter how much it is, she won't be able to eat it.

At this moment, looking at the full moon above his head, Ruyi suddenly missed the red bean puff pastry mooncakes left to him by the palace people in the small kitchen, and even missed the past life at home. It's nagging to eat mooncakes for breakfast.

She blinked her eyes, reached out to pick up one of the crispy red bean mooncakes sent by the empress, and took a bite. It was the taste of the palace people's craftsmanship in her memory, but it didn't seem to be.

The taste is still the same, but the taste in the mouth seems to have changed.

Ruyi suddenly lost her appetite, so she put the mooncake in her hand on Xiaodie in front of her, and didn't move any more.

The prince glanced at Ruyi's actions, and asked, "Is it not to your liking?"

"No..." Ruyi shook her head, and explained with a smile, "I ate too much for dinner, and now I'm feeling overwhelmed, and I just want to take a bite because it looks good."

"Lately, I've become more and more greedy!"

The prince glanced at Ruyi with a smile, and teased Ruyi to Nanny Cao.

Granny Cao couldn't help but smile when she heard the words, and said, "It's good to be a glutton, and it's a blessing to be able to eat."

"The clothes I made earlier may not fit the size and I need to change them. It just so happens that the weather is getting colder, so the nanny and Ruyi will make a few more clothes together."

The prince was not in a bad mood, and talked about making new clothes with great interest.

This also made Nanny Cao, who had been worried all the time, slightly relieved. She was worried that the prince would feel uncomfortable during the festival alone.

"That old slave has been under Mrs. Chen's favor!"

Ruyi was a little distracted at first, but when she heard Nanny Cao mentioning herself, she turned her head and looked suspiciously.This dazed look made Nanny Cao laugh, and the prince couldn't help laughing.

"Your Highness said to make new clothes for you!" Grandma Cao said to Ruyi with a smile.

After hearing this, Ruyi thought of something else, turned to look at the crown prince, and asked with a bitter face: "Could it be that your highness wants Ruyi to make you new clothes in exchange! The craftsmanship of slaves is really not good."

The prince couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this, reached out and patted Ruyi's head, and said with a smile, "Why has this brain become more and more stupid recently? If you don't tell me, I'd forget about it."

"what!"

Ruyi frowned distressedly, and continued when the prince smiled, "Since Ruyi mentioned it, help me make another dress!"

"Can I have no new clothes?"

Ruyi frowned tightly, and looked at the prince pleadingly, and the prince laughed again when he heard this.

On the contrary, Grandma Cao glanced at Ruyi in a little surprise, but felt that Ruyi's temperament changed a little bit quickly. At first, she still looked cautious and cautious towards the prince, but later she let go. Looking at it, he looks a bit like a prince doting on his concubine, but he still can't hide his cautious taste.Now look at it, how dare you say anything.

However, Nanny Cao looked at the prince who seemed to like pampering Ruyi very much, so she also smiled, but she didn't care about it in her heart.Although she likes well-behaved people, the prince also needs a confidant.

The prince smiled and greeted Deng Xian. Deng Xian withdrew with a smile on his mouth. After a while, a plate with a few large pomegranates came up and put it in the prince's hand.

The prince smiled and looked at Ruyi's eyes fixed on the pomegranate, and said, "Make the clothes well, and I will reward you with this plate of pomegranate."

"Your Highness..." Ruyi couldn't help but look even more sad.

The pomegranate is naturally very attractive. It is at least twice the size of the one that Grandma Cao planted in the yard. Looking at the red leather and yellow shell, I knew that the taste inside must be extraordinary, so I swallowed without disappointment.

The prince seemed to be addicted to teasing Ruyi. He reached out and picked up one of the big pomegranates in the basin. With a little effort, the pomegranate was broken into two halves. The pomegranate was as bright as a ruby. Grains.He didn't eat it either, and took those pomegranate grains one by one, and put them on Xiaodie in front of him.The pomegranate grains against the white and translucent porcelain plate are even more attractive.

The saliva in Ruyi's mouth couldn't stop secreting into his mouth, and his gaze on the pomegranate became more focused.

"When did the pomegranates come in, why didn't Ruyi know?"

Ruyi muttered carefully, and glanced at the prince carefully.

"Okay, let's eat!"

The small plate in front of the prince was not big, but after a while, it was full of pomegranate grains. The prince smiled and put it in front of Ruyi, showing great mercy.

Ruyi jumped for joy, took the plate, picked up one and put it in her mouth, looking at the expression on her face, she thought she was eating phoenix marrow and dragon liver
The crown prince had just had Deng Xian clean his hands, seeing Ruyi's appearance, he couldn't help but pick one up and put it in his mouth, but he didn't taste anything.

"Your taste is strange, what is there to eat?" The prince did not continue, and said to Shao Yao who was standing behind Ruyi, "Serve your master and eat more!"

Shaoyao responded in a low voice, cleaned her hands and began to peel the pomegranate for Ruyi.

"Not only do I love pomegranates, but I also love oranges and grapes!"

Ruyi felt the taste of autumn for the first time, there are so many fruits she likes.

"There is nothing you don't like to eat, peony will serve you!" The prince took a bunch of grapes and a few oranges and put them in front of Ruyi. He couldn't help teasing, "Be careful not to turn into a pig."

"Your Highness, stop teasing Mrs. Chen, let her eat more."

Seeing Ruyi eating with gusto, Grandma Cao picked up a grape herself and slowly peeled the grapes.

The mid-autumn moon viewing here, in fact, in the end, it all turned into eating and drinking.

When he was about to leave and go back to sleep, the prince personally cut off three pieces of the largest mooncake and put them in the plates of Ruyi, Cao NaiNiang and himself, and said to Deng Xian: "The rest, you take it and share it with the people below." Let’s treat everyone as having a Mid-Autumn Festival!”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Deng Xian thanked the prince on behalf of all the people, and took the half mooncake carefully.

The prince nodded, turned around, and said to Nanny Cao and Ruyi: "Eat, we will be reunited every year from now on."

Grandma Cao picked up the mooncake with a smile, and was about to put it in her mouth, when her eyes fell on Ruyi, she couldn't help laughing and said: "The mooncake His Highness gave Mrs. Chen is too big, I don't know if I can make it more Eat it."

Hearing this, the prince glanced at Ruyi, then at the fruit shells piled up beside Ruyi's table and the crumbs of dim sum that he had eaten a lot.When he shared the time, he subconsciously gave the biggest piece to Ruyi.

"It's okay, I can eat it!"

Ruyi's stomach is really full, but this is the last moon cake, she has to eat this moon cake even if she insists on it, so as not to disappoint.

After finishing speaking, he picked up the piece of moon cake and took a big bite, with a somewhat silly gesture.

The prince withdrew his gaze with a smile, and began to slowly eat the mooncake on his plate.

Ruyi started to attack in the middle of the night.

She was already in a deep sleep, but when she was awakened by a cramping pain in her stomach, she touched her forehead and broke out in a cold sweat.The prince was woken up by her groans, and asked the guards outside to light the lamp, only to see Ruyi's pale face, covered in cold sweat.

"Where does it hurt?"

The prince helped Ruyi up, but before she could get an answer, Ruyi pushed the prince away, covered her mouth tightly, ran out of bed without her shoes on, and started vomiting with a spittoon outside.

Seeing this, the prince didn't wait for anyone to wait for him to put on his shoes, so he picked up his shoes and went outside.

Ruyi was panting heavily after exhaling, when she saw the prince passing by, she hurriedly said, "Your Highness, please don't come here, Ruyi's current appearance looks indecent."

"What time is it, you are still worried about this."

The prince walked over, supported Ruyi to lean on him, and said, "Could it be that I broke my body after eating at night."

After finishing speaking, he ordered the people who were guarding at the side: "Let Deng go and invite the doctor first."

As soon as the order was given, Ruyi's stomach began to be sour again, but it seemed that the contents of her stomach had been vomited up just now, and she wanted to vomit but couldn't vomit, which made her look extremely ugly.

"Rinse your mouth with some water."

The crown prince poured some tea and handed it to Ruyi. Ruyi forced a smile, took the cup, and took a sip into her mouth. When she took it, she felt bitter and astringent. She spit the saliva into the spittoon. I think it is the retribution of being greedy recently.

This person should have a certain amount of food, but she is fine, eating and drinking.

"Still want to throw up?"

The prince touched Ruyi's forehead, but luckily he didn't have a high fever.Ruyi didn't have the strength to speak, but just shook her head.

"Then I'll help you back to bed and rest, the doctor will be here soon!"

Ruyi didn't object, and let the prince take care of her here.

Ruyi's commotion in the middle of the night woke up Shaoyao and Nanny Cao, and the two came to the prince's room together, looking at Ruyi who was sickly lying on the bed, feeling worried.

"It's fine this evening, why are you sick now!"

Nanny Cao stepped forward to touch Ruyi's forehead, and asked the prince who was sitting by the bed.

"I've gone to ask for a doctor, what does the doctor say later?"

The prince frowned and grabbed Ruyi's hand, but still patiently explained.

Deng Xian quickly invited the doctor, it was the old doctor from last time, still wearing the eunuch uniform.

The prince stepped aside and let Shaoyao wait on Ruyi so that the doctor could feel his pulse.

After taking the pulse quietly, the doctor said, "Ma'am is fine, it's just that I ate something bad..."

The crown prince and Nanny Cao were shocked by the doctor's next words before their hearts were settled.

"People who are pregnant should use less cold things. Madam has a weak stomach and vomits out all the things, otherwise it will be harmful to the child."

"Pregnant?"

Grandma Cao was the first to ask a question, "Doctor, you didn't get the wrong pulse, did you! Didn't you say that you ate something bad?"

The doctor looked at Nanny Cao strangely when he heard the words, and said, "Madam is nearly three months pregnant, don't you know?"

"Three months..."

At this moment, even the prince couldn't hide the expression on his face.

"Two months ago, you just came here to take Ruyi's pulse. At that time, you said you were not pregnant..."

"At that time, Madam was less than a month pregnant, so the old man couldn't tell."

Ruyi couldn't help but glanced at the prince's face, and subconsciously touched her stomach.

She was three months pregnant, and she didn't know it at all.

"Your Highness..."

Ruyi reached out and grabbed the prince's hand, feeling inexplicably complicated in her heart.She thought of the appearance of the prince when she was pregnant last time, and she felt more and more uneasy.

The crown prince glanced at Ruyi with a panicked expression on his face, looked away, and looked at Deng Xian: "Accompany the doctor outside to prescribe medicine."

Deng Xian bowed to the doctor and left.

The prince held Ruyi's hand and sat on the side of the bed, but he didn't speak immediately, his face was expressionless, without any expression.

His appearance made Nanny Cao feel that something was wrong, and the joy in her heart was deeply suppressed.

"Go and pack your luggage, and when Ruyi's situation improves, Gu will send you out."

"Where are you going?" Ruyi subconsciously grabbed the prince's hand and asked back.

"Send you back to the palace."

"Your Highness..." Grandma Cao opened her eyes wide, with disapproval on her face.

"Nurse, please take good care of Ruyi for Gu." The prince lowered his eyelids, looked at Ruyi's clasped hands, and said slowly: "The conditions here are poor and not suitable for raising babies, and Ruyi is pregnant with Gu's first child." As for the heirs, the father, the emperor and the mother will always take care of them."

"But..." Granny Cao's thoughts wavered a little. Indeed, whether the prince can go out or not is still a matter of opinion. If Ruyi gave birth to a child here, and the news didn't come back to the palace, would the child be imprisoned here with his father?

"Then send Mrs. Chen and Shaoyao out, and this old slave will accompany His Highness." Nanny Cao really didn't want the prince to be confined here alone.

"Nurse, I don't trust anyone, I can only trust you, and only you have the ability to save the child for Gu."

The prince did not agree.

"Your Highness, please do not leave."

Although the hand was still tightly held by the prince, Ruyi had a premonition that if she let go of this hand, she might not be able to grab it again in the future.

The prince turned his head and glanced at Ruyi who suddenly spoke, and saw her pale face, with a look of anxiety, looking at him pleadingly.

(End of this chapter)