Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 41

The new red clothes were made and delivered half a month before the Chinese New Year. Apart from a few palace clothes, there was also a bright red mink fur coat. Ruyi felt a little speechless after holding it.

The first reaction in my mind was that there was a technique of dyeing fur in ancient times!She thought it was only available in modern times!

The second reaction was, a good fur coat, dyed bright red, how could she wear it on her body!

In modern times, although Ruyi had a decent job, her income was mediocre. Expensive clothes like mink fur coats costing tens of thousands of yuan can only be enjoyed in stores.When Grandma Cao said that the prince had taken the best mink fur from the storeroom to make clothes for her, she secretly looked forward to it.

Who knew, when I got it, it turned out to be bright red...

The fur in ancient times was not like the modern ones. They made special styles and directly made it into a thick coat, which could wrap Ruyi's whole body in it.

She touched the soft fur, feeling a pity in her heart.But Shaoyao encouraged Ruyi to put it on and try it on.

Ruyi was reluctant to waste good things, and of course wanted to experience the soft touch of the fur, with a bit of reluctance on her face, so Shao Yao helped her stand in front of the mirror and put it on directly.

With this upper body, Ruyi is embarrassing.

The materials used are really generous, the thick fur can wrap Ruyi's whole body, and set off Ruyi's already somewhat round body, making her more naive.The problem is, this fur is bright red, which should have a somewhat elegant and luxurious color, but it is a bit contrary to Ruyi's body no matter how you look at it.

"Ma'am, it's so beautiful!"

Shaoyao couldn't help but take the opportunity of tidying Ruyi's clothes to touch the fur with her hands, a comfortable smile appeared on her face.

Ruyi looked helplessly at herself revealed in the glasses, then at Shaoyao's appearance, and couldn't help but secretly said in her heart: This is not so beautiful, it is obviously comfortable to touch.

However, the material is definitely good. Ruyi feels more comfortable than the coat with a six-figure price tag she found in the store back then. up.

"Why did it turn red?"

The prince walked in from the outside, and when he saw Ruyi, he was slightly taken aback, looking at the coat on her body, with a delicate expression on his face, but he couldn't help laughing.Ruyi's appearance in this red fur coat is really ridiculous.

"Your Highness..."

Ruyi felt that she was being laughed at, but looking at herself in the mirror, she also felt that she should be laughed at, and couldn't help being a little annoyed, and she wanted to take off the coat without waiting for Shaoyao's help.

"You don't move."

Ruyi's action made the prince jump, he quickly went up to support Ruyi and said, "Change it if you don't like it, and I'll ask someone to make another one for you."

After all, let Shaoyao come forward to help Ruyi take off the fur.

"Aren't I afraid of wasting good things?" Ruyi said with a bit of annoyance in her tone, and sat back on the couch with the prince's support.

"It's just a sable fur, it's worth it for you."

What the prince said was rich and powerful, Ruyi couldn't help but secretly rolled her eyes.

In the end, this bright red mink fur coat was shelved by Ruyi, at least now that she has a big belly, she is rich enough, and she really has no face to wear such a rich color and rich mink fur.

The prince also took the fur from the storeroom and made a lavender mink fur for Ruyi before the Chinese New Year. Of course, the prince never intended to make the fur fur red from the beginning. A few bolts of red satin were made into clothes, so I overly guessed the meaning of the wrong prince.

On the evening of the New Year's Eve, everyone gathered in the main room to observe the New Year. Ruyi didn't make it past twelve o'clock, and fell asleep on the couch early with food.

On the first day of the new year, Ruyi went to bed early and woke up early. When the prince was still asleep, she opened her eyes and hugged her stomach in bed in a daze.She didn't make much noise, but it also woke up the prince.

There was sleepiness in the prince's voice, he pressed Ruyi in his arms vaguely, and asked, "Why don't you sleep more?"

"I don't want to sleep."

If he saw that the prince was still sleepy, he was somewhat apologetic and said in a low voice.

The crown prince opened his eyes, looked at Ruyi, and saw that she was indeed sleeping, so he let go of his hand and said, "Then get up and wash up!"

Ruyi let the prince help her out of bed, and then called in peony and fetched water from the outside to wait for her to freshen up.

The prince was so disturbed, he didn't feel sleepy anymore, he just got up and dressed himself, and let the little eunuch take care of him to wash and wash.

Grandma Cao personally led someone to deliver the steaming hot dumplings. The door of the house had just opened, and Ruyi got close. Feeling the chill outside, and looking at the whiteness outside, she couldn't help but ask: Said: "Is it snowing outside?"

"Mrs. Chen went to bed early last night, and it snowed in the middle of the night, and now it has accumulated a layer. Because the New Year's Eve doesn't want the people below to be too busy, I didn't let them get up early to sweep the snow. Madam Chen, are you here today?" Just stay in the house, don't go out when the road is slippery outside!" Granny Cao reminded me in a warm voice with a kind smile on her face.

"Ah."

Ruyi nodded, she was so bulky in such a cold day, she didn't like to walk outside, that is, the prince forced her to walk and exercise outside.

"Nurse, what you said can be regarded as Ruyi's wish, she can't wait for it!"

The prince smiled and picked up a dumpling and put it in Ruyi's bowl, and said, "You went to bed early last night, and you missed eating the dumpling in time. It's a good sign to eat now."

At dinner, Ruyi moved the first few chopsticks into the dumpling bowl. The crown prince was afraid that Ruyi would be full of dumplings and would not eat anything else, so he restricted Ruyi from eating two. Naturally, it would not be a good sign .When the dumplings were served as a midnight snack, Ruyi had already fallen asleep, so naturally she would not wake her up to eat.

Anyway, it's the same if you eat a good sign in the morning.

Ruyi Guo Shaoyao handed her the chopsticks, picked up the dumpling that the crown prince put in her bowl, put it in her mouth and took a bite, besides the stuffing of cabbage and pork, there was also the taste of red dates.

She put the remaining half in a bowl, and sure enough there was a red date in it.

"Madam Chen has eaten jujubes. This is the perfect meaning." Grandma Cao watched from the side, and the fine lines around her eyes were squeezed out with a smile, "Sweet sweet, give birth to a precious child early."

"Thank you, nanny, for your kind words."

Although Ruyi felt that the dumplings filled with red dates tasted a bit strange, she still ate them with a smile.

After eating later, Ruyi didn't have any good signs, just ordinary dumpling stuffing.

On the contrary, it was the prince who ate a small gold ingot.

Ruyi looked at the gold ingot, which was no bigger than her fingernail, and was jealous. She didn't know how the craftsman made it, but such a small piece of gold ingot could be made so exquisitely.

Seeing Ruyi's eager eyes, the prince personally took a cloth and wiped off the oil on it, then put it in Ruyi's hand, and said with a smile, "Here's a Chinese New Year red envelope for you."

Ruyi smiled and rolled her eyes, satisfied.

This Ruyi and the crown prince had finished their breakfast, and when the crown prince was supporting Ruyi to walk slowly in the room, Deng Xian suddenly walked into the room and told the crown prince: "Your Highness, the emperor has sent a blessing."

Hearing this, the prince didn't feel anything strange, he still walked around slowly supporting Ruyi, and then helped her to sit down on the couch, and then said: "You rest in the room, I will go out to meet you."

Ruyi nodded, watching the prince straighten his clothes and slowly walk out of the room.

Ruyi has not stayed in the palace for a short time, and knows that during the Chinese New Year, the emperor will write blessings downwards and give blessings.

But the emperor doesn't write much every year, except for the queen and a few favored concubines in the harem, and a few close ministers.Of course, the emperor would usually reward his own son like a prince.

But this year the prince can still receive the word "Fu", but it is a bit strange and subtle.The crown prince was imprisoned by the emperor, and it stands to reason that the emperor rejected the prince, so of course he would not bless him to show his favor.

But thinking of the last time the emperor sent someone to give gifts to the prince on his birthday, and blessed the prince again during the Chinese New Year, is this a sign that the father and son are about to reconcile?
Ruyi lowered her eyes and pondered, is this a sign that the emperor wants to lift the crown prince's confinement.

If she went out, Ruyi would really be reluctant to part with this peaceful and comfortable life.However, she has this idea, isn't it too selfish.The prince is a man, and he is a man of noble birth. How could such a man have no ambitions and would be willing to be imprisoned in this way for the rest of his life. Maybe a day or two, a year or two can be tolerated, but after a long time, it will make his life worse than death Bar!

The problem was too complicated, Ruyi thought about it for a while, and felt a headache, so she stopped thinking about it, picked up the snacks that had just been delivered from the kitchen and started eating.

When the prince came back, Ruyi had just finished eating two yuan, and he was still a little bit more satisfied.

The crown prince took the wet towel from Shao Yao, took Ruyi's hand, wiped the pastry powder on her hand, and said with a smile: "Isn't this just having breakfast, why did you eat it again?"

"Idle and boring."

What Ruyi said was the truth, she really didn't feel hungry in her stomach, but she didn't feel that she couldn't eat, she just wanted to eat just by looking at it.

"Look at your belly getting bigger and bigger!"

The prince touched Ruyi's stomach with a smile, and made a joke.

Ruyi didn't answer, but looked behind the prince, and didn't see the blessing character bestowed by the emperor, which was a pity, but thinking about it, the things rewarded by the emperor had to be confessed, and of course it couldn't be posted like ordinary blessing characters.

Thinking of this, Ruyi didn't know what was going on, and by a strange coincidence, she lost her mouth and asked the words hidden in her heart: "Your Highness, are we going out soon?"

The prince really didn't expect Ruyi to ask this, but he glanced at Ruyi and didn't answer.

Ruyi also fell silent, with an obvious look of loss and sadness on her face.

The prince sighed, sat next to Ruyi, reached out to hold her hand, and said, "Ruyi, don't think about it, no matter what the future holds, you will always be special."

Ruyi's eyes met the prince's serious eyes, and she nodded with a smile.

Ruyi feels that she is really a very short-sighted person, and many things are only considered in front of her eyes, just like a long-term thing that she occasionally thinks about on the first day of the new year, but after a while, Ruyi Still in the back of my mind.

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month is also Ruyi's birthday.

Ruyi had already completely forgotten the prince's question with her that night, and she had no intention of being a birthday star. Occasionally have a snack.And the prince is no exception as usual.

It wasn't until after dinner that the crown prince personally took out the sable fur coat that Ruyi made for Ruyi during the Chinese New Year from the cabinet and put it on her that Ruyi felt a little strange.

"Your Highness, this is..."

Ruyi thought that the prince was going to help her walk around the yard, but after thinking about it, she felt that she had only walked in the yard for a while, so she could just wear thicker clothes, and there was no need to wear the sable fur at all.What's more, the crown prince asked Shao Yao to come over and tidy up her bun.

He was upright, as if he was about to go out.

The prince smiled without saying a word, and walked out of the house with Ruyi. Ruyi was completely stunned, and there was a carriage parked in the courtyard.

"Your Highness, are you going to send Ruyi away?"

Ruyi turned her head a little bluntly, and asked the prince, she thought the prince was going to send her back to the palace again.

"Ruyi doesn't want to go back to the palace, Your Highness, didn't we agree?"

She was a little anxious, and took the prince's hand, with a pleading expression on her face.

"Where do you want to go, I will take you out of the palace."

The prince smiled and supported Ruyi's waist, and said, "Today is your birthday, so I have to give you a gift."

Ruyi's heart trembled suddenly, and she looked at the prince in disbelief.

Could it be that the prince wants to take her out of the palace to experience civilian life, and then treat this as a gift for her.Inevitably, she thought of similar novels she read in her previous life.The panic on his face faded, replaced by a sweet smile.

"It's cold outside, hurry up and get in the carriage!"

The prince urged, Ruyi bit her lip in embarrassment, and lowered her head to be helped into the carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, Ruyi realized that Nanny Cao was already sitting inside smiling and waiting for her. There was a lot of space in the carriage and there was a stove, so she felt very warm and comfortable.

After Ruyi took up the largest piece of space and sat down, the prince also walked in and sat beside her.

Ruyi couldn't help but lifted the curtain and took a look outside, only to see Shaoyao and Deng Xian sitting in the coachman's seat outside the car, instead of the coachman driving the horses.She couldn't help looking at the prince, and she had too many questions in her heart: how could the prince take her out when she was obviously confined, and drove so many people out in a carriage openly and aboveboard?

However, all doubts were buried in his stomach when he saw the smiling face of the prince.

She doesn't need to know, she just needs to trust the prince.

Though thinking so, Ruyi couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. The group of imperial guards standing outside the courtyard were not decorations, and they were discovered all the way out before the crown prince was released from the confinement. ,what to do?
She swallowed nervously, and wanted to lift the curtain to see the situation outside, but she didn't dare.

I don't know how long it took, but Ruyi only felt a burst of lively human voices rang in her ears, and it was getting closer and louder.She glanced at the prince who was still sitting there with an old god, and then at Nanny Cao, and couldn't help but lifted the curtain sideways to look.

This is……

Ruyi looked at the scene outside through the small slit of the car curtain, completely stunned.

There are small stalls and vendors on the side of the road like a long queue, a dazzling array of lanterns of various colors, and pedestrians coming and going in an endless stream.When she was in the palace, she heard the description of the streets in the capital city described by the little eunuch who could go out to handle errands.

No, maybe it's more bustling and lively.

She looked out greedily in her eyes, with a look of excitement floating on her face.

The prince smiled and opened the curtain for Ruyi, and said, "Although this East Street is lively in the past, but today's Lantern Festival, people in Beijing probably come out to watch the lights."

"Your Highness, let's get out of the car and go shopping!"

What's the point of strolling in a carriage? You have to get out of the carriage to go shopping. Ruyi looks fascinated. This is the first time she has gone out shopping in this era.

Even the nearly eight-month-old ball in her stomach could not dampen her interest.

"no!"

No, the crown prince extinguished Ruyi's interest with a word.

"Your Highness..." Ruyi was speechless in astonishment, blinking her eyes and looking at the prince in puzzlement.

"You are eight months pregnant now, and there are so many people on the street, what if something happens to you!" The prince refused righteously, looking at Ruyi as if looking at an ignorant child.

Ruyi has a feeling that it is difficult to explain.Could it be that letting her sit in the carriage and watch the lights is a birthday present for her, and it would be better not to give it!
She was a little angry in her heart, but she didn't dare to express it, so she could only sit silently in the car and sulk.

"This is for your own good, be obedient!" The crown prince touched Ruyi's head, and said again: "If you really want to come to see, I will accompany you to come again next year. Now let's go and see the gift I prepared for you, okay?"

The prince gently persuaded, but Ruyi was a little stunned.

Could it be that taking her out to play was not a gift for her, but because she misunderstood it?

"Your Highness, your gift..."

Ruyi opened her mouth to ask, but hesitated to speak, and felt a little embarrassed for her brainstorming just now.

Her appearance misunderstood the prince.The prince smiled helplessly, and said to Deng Xian who was outside: "Stop the car."

Deng Xian immediately reined in the horse, and the carriage stopped.

The prince bowed and stood up from the car, and said to Ruyi, "You wait in the car."

After finishing speaking, he walked down from the car, Ruyi looked out the window, and saw the prince walked to a small vendor and paused for a while, then walked towards the carriage with a white rabbit lantern in his hand.

After the prince got into the car, he handed the lantern to Ruyi, and said with a smile, "I'm satisfied now!"

That demeanor is really the same as coaxing a child.

Grandma Cao smiled and watched Ruyi take the white rabbit lantern with a secret smile, looked around, and couldn't help but smiled at the prince, "You're really a child."

Ruyi, who was said to be a child, didn't make any excuses at the moment. She had long forgotten the gift the prince mentioned in her mind. She felt that this lantern was already a very good birthday present.

The carriage drove "da da da" for a long time, from the crowded street to the quiet alley, and then drove slowly for a long way before finally stopping.

Nanny Cao subconsciously lifted the curtain of the car, looked out, and looked at the prince with a slightly surprised expression: "This is... the suburbs of Beijing?"

Grandma Cao was originally an official lady, and the family she married into was equally prominent. The land in the capital is very expensive. Unless the superiors give it a gift, it is an official's house, and it rarely occupies a large area. Therefore, many officials love to live in the suburbs of Beijing. Buy land and build a house, or get a Zhuangzi to get more harvest.

It doesn't matter whether it's Nanny Cao's natal family or her husband's family, so looking at this place at this time, there are some impressions in my mind.

The prince smiled and nodded, but did not explain aloud.

Deng Xian got out of the car and knocked on the gate of the stopped house, and soon someone came out to greet him and opened the gate.

Deng Xian climbed into the carriage again, drove the horse, and drove the carriage in.

(End of this chapter)