Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 40

The prince's birthday is in mid-November.

Ruyi worked hard on this side, but she couldn't make Grandma Cao let go and let herself go to the kitchen to make birthday noodles.

After the prince knew about it, he also smiled and told Ruyi to stop worrying about it. It is the right way to take good care of the fetus. As for the gift...you can make it up next year.

Ruyi was a little speechless after hearing this, the prince's expression was too gentle when speaking to her, she thought the prince would say that the child in her womb was the best gift.Turns out it was all too romantic for her to think.

If the prince's birthday is held in normal times, it will naturally be held in a lively manner, but now, if you want to hold it in a lively manner, there is no such condition. Madam Cao is the one-handed host, so you can only have more festive atmosphere in this small courtyard .

On the day of the birthday, all the servants received the big red envelopes from the master, and knelt in the courtyard to thank the prince and congratulate the prince. Then it was a birthday banquet hosted by Nanny Cao.

The table was full of dishes, and there was also a bowl of longevity noodles cooked by Mrs. Cao.

The prince helped Ruyi into the table, and thanked Mrs. Cao for her hard work with a smile.

There was a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus brewed on the table, which was not strong alcohol, so a pregnant woman like Ruyi could drink a cup of it.

Ruyi poured a glass of wine, and after toasting the prince with Mrs. Cao, she drank half of the glass, which was regarded as warming up.

"Auntie will drink a few more glasses with His Highness today, so I will eat more."

Ruyi put down her wine glass and said with a smile on purpose.

"I want to eat more, everyone eat more!" Nanny Cao smiled cheerfully, moved Ruyi's favorite dishes to Ruyi, stood up again, and poured wine for the prince.

Grandma Cao was very busy, the Prince and Ruyi exchanged glances, a little helpless, and was about to tell Grandma Cao to stop busy and sit down to eat together, suddenly there was a commotion outside, and then Deng Xian walked into the house, Reported to the crown prince: "Your Highness, Prince Rong's leaders have come here with congratulatory gifts from the emperor and empress!"

The emperor and queen sent people to deliver things, so naturally the prince had to go out to greet them in person.

Ruyi hurriedly called Shaoyao to come over to help her, her belly was almost six months old, and it was difficult to get up usually.

The prince's expression was condensed. Seeing that Ruyi was about to stand up, he held her back and said in a gentle voice, "You have trouble moving, so don't go out. You may have to kneel down later. Sit in the room!"

Ruyi was a little hesitant, after all, according to the rules, everyone in the courtyard should go out, but at this moment, Ruyi nodded, no matter how old the emperor is, it is better for Ruyi to listen to the prince.

"Shaoyao, don't go out either, take good care of your wife at home."

The prince gave Shao Yao instructions, and then led the other people in the house to the courtyard outside.

Ruyi sat in the warm room, looking at the table full of dishes, and at this moment she didn't have the appetite to eat alone.

The emperor came to give the prince a birthday gift, although Ruyi was surprised, but he didn't think about it elsewhere. Since the emperor still didn't say anything after the Mid-Autumn Festival last time, the people in this yard, like Ruyi, temporarily treated the prince I don't have much hope for being able to go out.

However, this is the first time that the emperor has expressed something to the prince, did he mean that he also wants to warm up the relationship with the prince?
Ruyi guessed wildly, but she didn't intend to stand up and go to the window to see the situation in the yard.

While sitting, there was a sudden movement in her stomach. She reached out and touched her stomach. Looking down, she felt that the child in her stomach seemed to be writhing its legs and feet, and her stomach also bulged.

Because the fetal movement is quite frequent recently, Ruyi will not be as unusual as the first time, but she vaguely feels that the baby's strength is stronger, and the fetal movement did not feel too much before, but this time it feels a little painful, but not severe .

When the prince came back, Ruyi was sitting on a chair looking down at her stomach.

"What's wrong?" He walked to Ruyi's side and asked softly.

"No, it's just the baby moving in the stomach." Ruyi raised her head and smiled slightly.

The prince looked like he was making a fuss, and said, "Isn't it just fetal movement? It's worth your appearance."

Saying so, the prince put his hand on the hand stove aside to warm it, and then covered Ruyi's belly.

Although he was in the house, Ruyi also wore two pieces of clothes, plus a jacket. Through the thick clothes, the prince could not feel any abnormalities in the child in Ruyi's belly. The movement he could feel was even worse than when he slept at night. , the crown prince is even smaller on Ruyi's belly.

Ruyi's smile was slightly silly, and she said happily: "I feel that the child's strength seems to be stronger. When it kicked me before, I didn't feel much, but this time it feels a little painful."

The child's strength is strong, which means that the child in her stomach is developing very healthy.Although the doctor visited her three times a day and told her that the baby was fine in her stomach every time, he only learned from the doctor's mouth, which was completely different from what she felt at the moment.

"I can kick your mother's stomach sorely. It looks like a son." Nanny Cao smiled as she listened. She always thought that Ruyi's belly should be a son, let's not talk about Ruyi's pregnancy. In the early days, she liked to eat sour food. Later, when she was four or five months pregnant, a few spots appeared on her face. When her legs and feet hurt, the doctor told her to drink bone soup every day, and then she slowly receded. It looks like a pointed belly.

If it wasn't for a boy, no one would believe it.

"Look at what my aunt said, my daughter is also strong." Ruyi didn't dare to guarantee it, although the nanny and Shaoyao looked at her belly and said it was a boy, and she herself felt that the symptoms of pregnancy were similar to those of the older sisters in the unit who gave birth to sons. It was similar, but she didn't dare to say so.

In ancient times, there was quite a big difference between boys and girls. Although the crown prince never mentioned such things as letting her have a son in front of her, she also knew that if a daughter was born, she would definitely not be able to compare with a son.

"Son and daughter are equally good." After hearing Ruyi's words, Grandma Cao realized that she had slipped a bit.Ruyi used to not like to mention the gender of the child, and she also understood Ruyi's concerns. If she made a public statement about her son and gave birth to a daughter, although it was not a joke, it would not sound good.

"It's good to bloom first and then bear fruit." Grandma Cao said this sincerely. In her opinion, as long as Ruyi can give birth to this child, even if it is a daughter, it's fine. Are you afraid of not having a second child?
Ruyi smiled subtly, but did not answer.Looking down at his stomach, feeling the movement in his stomach, his smile became a little silly.

She dare not say that sons and daughters are the same, but to her, being able to give birth to a healthy child is the most important thing.

"Look at your stupid look, the child hurts you from kicking you, yet you still laugh so happily."

The prince withdrew his hand, seeing Ruyi still staring at his stomach obsessively, couldn't help but scratched her nose with a smile.

"Just a little pain!"

Ruyi touched her nose, a little embarrassed.

Because there were only three people eating, the crown prince's birthday banquet was only a little slower than the usual dinner, and it ended soon.

After the servants removed the things, Nanny Cao left the house, Ruyi let Shaoyao take care of her grooming, and the prince went back to the study.

Ruyi didn't care about it either, since that night, Ruyi has a tacit understanding about some things about the prince.

For example, sometimes the prince is not in the house in the middle of the night, but in the study. When Ruyi finds out, she just says, "I'm back!" and never asks what the prince is doing.

Now it is only after dinner, it is normal for the prince to go to a study.

After Ruyi was served by Shaoyao and got acquainted with her, she yawned, leaned on the couch and said this to Shaoyao, and when Shaoyao packed up the utensils, she turned her head to look at Ruyi with a smile The dumbfounding expression, and Ruyi's eyelids, were vaguely closed as if stuck with glue.

"Ma'am, this servant will help you to rest on the bed."

Ruyi didn't object either, just let Shaoyao at her mercy, lay on the bed with her support, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing that Ruyi had fallen asleep, Shao Yao carefully blew out the candle beside the bed and walked out of the room.

Next to the main room is the study room, when Shao Yao came out, she happened to see Mr. Deng waiting outside the door of the study room, she stepped forward and said hello: "Eunuch Deng."

"Shaoyao!" Deng Xian turned his head and saw that it was Shaoyao, and asked, "Ms. Chen fell asleep?"

"Yes, the master feels more when she is pregnant."

Shaoyao and Deng Xian have been getting along a lot in this confined courtyard, and they are familiar with each other, so they speak more casually.

"Then go back and rest too, and take good care of your Mrs. Chen, it will benefit you in the future."

Deng Xian had a smile on his happy face, and pointed to Shaoyao.

When Shao Yao heard this, she smiled and thanked Deng Xian for her kindness: "I understand."

Shao Yao walked back to the house slowly, while Deng Xian continued to stand back to the door of the study, thinking in his heart: This Shao Yao is just too ordinary in appearance, otherwise Mrs. Chen is pregnant now, maybe she can take advantage of this wind Become the person who waits by the prince's side.Although it is not as expensive as Mrs. Chen's today, but at least it is here to share the hardships and sorrows with His Highness... It will be beneficial to go out in the future.

If it is said that Mrs. Chen, although her looks are a little better, she is actually born like Shaoyao, and she was born with good luck. From her illness to her pregnancy at this time, she has firmly occupied the prince's heart. The proposal to find another person to serve was rejected by the prince.

In the future, with the help of this shareholder wind, I am afraid that it will be a blue sky road all the way.

Deng Xian thought about it for a while, then looked at the lights in the study, and couldn't help breathing warm air on his palm.

In the study room, on the desk, unpacked gifts were scattered on the table, one could tell the master's attitude towards these gifts at a glance.

Precious gems, rare stones, calligraphy and paintings by famous masters, even a pair of shoes and boots that are lightly gifted and affectionate... only get a mocking sneer from the corner of the prince's mouth.

After a long time, the crown prince walked out of the room and told Mr. Deng who was standing at the door: "Clean it up!"

"Yes."

Deng Xian shrank his neck, not sure if it was because of the cold weather, or because of the coldness in the prince's tone.

He bowed for a long time, then he raised his body and watched the prince walk into the main room.

The prince returned to the house, did not go to bed immediately, let the little eunuch standing outside take care of the grooming, and stood by the fire for a while, until his body warmed up before going to bed.

However, the little movement at this moment made Ruyi wake up in a daze. She didn't open her eyes, and she smelled a familiar smell, so she leaned her head into the prince's arms.

The prince touched Ruyi's head, resting his head on the pillow, but his eyes were open, as if he was in deep thought.

After a while, Ruyi didn't know why, so she didn't fall asleep. She opened her eyes, looked up at the prince, and said in a sleepy voice, "Your Highness, why don't you sleep?"

The prince looked down at Ruyi, only smiled, and said, "It's nothing, I'll sleep later."

It's just that Qingming's eyes didn't carry out the meaning of what he said just now.

Ruyi was also awake at this time, but she didn't speak, and kept her eyes open with the prince.

At this moment, the prince suddenly asked, "When is your birthday?"

"Ah..." Ruyi was a little puzzled, raised her head to look at the prince, but saw the prince looking at her with a smile, she blinked and replied softly: "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

"Lantern Festival?"

The prince asked a question.

Ruyi nodded.

The prince couldn't help laughing: "Your birthday is easy, you can spend it with the festival!"

Ruyi didn't speak, but just buried her head in the prince's arms.

The birthday she mentioned was her birthday in her previous life. As for her birthday in this life, she herself didn't know it, because when she was outside the palace, her parents never thought of giving it to her, nor did they mention it.

In my previous life, the Lantern Festival was a very lively festival. On that night, fireworks would be set off in the square, and many lanterns were hung for riddle guessing. People came and went, which was extremely lively.

Ruyi’s mother used to tease her when she was young, saying that you were born in the square when your mother went to watch the lights in the square because there were too many people.

Ruyi believed it was true, and when she was young, she even showed off to her playmates that she was born in the square.It wasn't until she grew up that she realized that she had been deceived. Her mother had the attack after dinner and was about to go out to look at the lights. His father happened to be fully dressed and ran out of the door to stop the car and send him to the hospital.

Ruyi couldn't help rubbing her belly lightly, thinking with nostalgia, wondering how her parents were doing in another time and space, and their daughter was about to have a baby.

The crown prince's birthday has passed, but Grandma Cao still can't relax, because the Spring Festival is coming soon.

The things to be done during the Spring Festival are no less than the things to be done on the prince's birthday. Cleaning the house, making new clothes, and buying other miscellaneous things must be done before the Spring Festival.

Making new clothes, up and down, in the whole yard, from the master to the slave, everyone has a share.

Nanny Cao came to Ruyi's house with satin, and smiled and asked Ruyi to choose the satin for this year's new clothes, but Ruyi refused repeatedly.It has not been a month since the prince made new clothes for her last time, and she still has several new clothes that she has not worn, so there is no need to make them again.

"Why doesn't the nanny know Ruyi at this moment? If you want to make new clothes for her, you should come to Gu."

The prince put down the book with a smile, stood up, and walked to the satins. After picking and choosing, he didn't seem to be satisfied with the ones he picked. He said to Mrs. Cao: "Why is there no bright red satin? I remember there should be some in the storeroom." of."

"Maybe... I didn't bring it!"

Grandma Cao was a little taken aback, and said hesitantly.

There are indeed in the warehouse, but whether it is Deng Xian or Cao Madam, when making clothes for Ruyi, they subconsciously omitted the bright red color.

It's bright red, and it's true red again, this is the color worn by the main room.

Even royal women, only high-ranking concubines would dare to wear bright red. Ruyi is now just the prince's concubine. After all, she is not qualified to wear clothes of this color.

"It's Chinese New Year's Eve, you should wear it in a more festive way, and cut those bolts of bright red satin to make new clothes for Ruyi!" The prince didn't seem to feel that Madam Cao was uncomfortable at all, and ordered.

Ruyi felt that something was wrong when she heard it, and hesitated to express her opinion on the prince's willful behavior: "Your Highness, this is not in compliance with the rules!"

The prince just glanced at Ruyi with a half-smile, and said to Mrs. Cao, "Just do what Gu wants."

Ruyi kept silent, talking to the current prince about the rules, it is more realistic for her to eat well, sleep and raise a healthy baby.

(End of this chapter)