Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 5

The two hurriedly rushed, finally did not delay things, when Ruyi helped Shaoyao out of the house, they happened to see Li Baolin also walking out of the main courtyard of Xiangzhiyuan.

From a distance, Li Baolin saw Ruyi's weak appearance supporting Shaoyao, thinking that the crown prince went to Ruyi's house last night, he felt somewhat unhappy.

Rao is always good at treating people with gentleness, and at this moment her face is a bit gloomy, and she is about to go up to give Ruyi a blow, but when she turns her head and sees Ruyi, her heart skips a beat, and the words that come to her mouth are, It stopped abruptly.

When Ruyi saw Li Baolin, she also felt a little scared in her heart, so she forced herself to bow respectfully.

Seeing this, Li Baolin hurriedly got up, and finally couldn't help asking: "Sister Chen, are you alright?"

It's not that Li Baolin is kind, he really looks wishful, and looks too pervasive.

It's not that she hasn't seen a woman after being favored, who doesn't have a spring face, charming eyebrows and eyes, the prince has always been indifferent to women, and the bed is not rough, so he won't suffer too much.

But seeing this wishful appearance, Li Baolin couldn't help but think in his heart, yesterday he didn't feel how bad her health was, who knew that a favor could make him look like this.

"Sister Li, thank you for your concern, it's my own body that doesn't live up to expectations!" Ruyi said weakly with a hoarse throat.

"Sister Chen, I see you look like this, I'd like to report to the Crown Princess later, please ask someone from the Imperial Hospital to come over and have a look!"

"My sister can still hold on."

Ruyi doesn't want to mobilize people, especially in this sensitive period. Anyway, when she was a court lady, she would endure illness even if she got sick.

"What's wrong with that sister, you must tell it as soon as possible!"

Li Baolin didn't force it either, it was just a matter of saving face when he said this.However, seeing Ruyi's appearance, Li Baolin couldn't help pulling a little distance away from her, fearing that Ruyi's illness would spread to her, and he was also afraid that Ruyi would faint beside her and hurt himself later.

However, what Li Baolin was afraid of did not happen, Ruyi took Shao Yao's hand, gritted her teeth and came to the princess' palace.

The Crown Princess hadn't finished dressing yet, and everyone in the hall hadn't arrived.

As a concubine, Ruyi has no seat here.She could only continue to support Shao Yao's hand and stand in the hall.At this time, Ruyi was already a powerful bow, almost leaning her entire weight on Shaoyao.

This look of hers also made the little masters who were sitting in the hall ready to find faults rested. The few people present are not fuel-efficient lamps. Whether they are really uncomfortable or just pretending, they can tell at a glance. look out.

And Ruyi's originally pale face had turned pale at this moment, and the weather was obviously chilly, but she was already sweating profusely on her forehead, and she looked as if she was dying.

Several people couldn't help muttering in their hearts, don't fall down here later, that's so bad luck.

At the other end, the crown princess Chen Yuanxiang was sitting in front of the dressing table, slowly and carefully dressing up, and saw the maid twisting her long black hair into a flying fairy bun, and putting the luxurious and exquisite hairpins on the table. In the first place, every time I make a move, I have carefully considered and tried my best to be even.

And Chen Yuanxiang held the rouge on the table with one hand, and slowly put the last process on his face, making his lips thinner, and he was very satisfied when he looked at the person in the mirror.

Although Chen Yuanxiang has fair skin and dignified facial features, she is not really beautiful, nor is she ugly. She also knows that she can't compare with the group of charming women, so every time she dresses up, she makes herself dignified , anyway, she is the crown princess, and she is not a thing for fun.

Today, she wore a purple brocade palace dress, which looked extraordinarily calm and generous.Standing up at the beginning, the momentum is amazing.The palace servants on the side helped her to walk into the hall, halfway through, she suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Has Mrs. Chen come over?"

Chen Yuanxiang asked this question casually, as if it was just a whim.

But the palace servants who often waited by her side knew that their master obviously paid some attention to this person, and the first palace servant quickly said: "Master, she has already been waiting in the hall to greet her, but she doesn't look very well!"

Not very good, Chen Yuanxiang frowned, but didn't say much, all she cared about was whether this Chen family would be proud of being favored, after all, she was the one who promoted her, and she didn't want to praise someone who was unruly.Now it sounds like it's already here, so I don't care.

However, when she walked into the hall and saw Ruyi precariously greeting her, she was also somewhat surprised.

She thought to herself, this aunt must have misjudged her, she just chose such a role to give the crown prince a boost.Even inheriting a favorite looks like this, how can she conceive an heir.

Although Chen Yuanxiang thought so in his heart, he had a gentle and friendly expression on his face: "Sister Chen, since you are not feeling well, you should go back to rest earlier, and if you need to ask the imperial doctor, let the people below come and tell me!" She was also afraid This person fell on her side, it was bad luck on the one hand, and he was also afraid of being rumored as her concubine who treated the prince harshly.

After thinking about it, she asked Lan Zhen to bring over the jewelry she had prepared earlier in the morning, and said in a warm voice, "Since you have entered the East Palace, you must serve the prince well in the future."

Ruyi resisted the dizziness, and walked up to Chen Yuanxiang respectfully to receive the reward: "My servant thanked the princess and concubine."

"Okay, hurry up and ask your maid to help you go back!"

Looking at Ruyi's respectful appearance, Chen Yuanxiang had a satisfied smile on his face, and his tone was much gentler.

At this juncture, Ruyi didn't dare to relax, and once again bowed respectfully and bid farewell to Chen Yuanxiang and the little master beside her, before she helped Shaoyao out of the main hall.

Almost as soon as she was out of sight, Ruyi's body softened, and if it wasn't for Shaoyao's strength, she would have thrown herself to the ground.

Ruyi didn't know what happened after that anyway, when she woke up, she was already lying on the bed in her own room, the bed curtain was lowered, her left hand was placed outside the curtain, covered with a piece of silk cloth, and someone was feeling her pulse on it .

"Doctor, how is my wife?"

Ruyi heard Shaoyao's voice asking outside the curtain, she originally wanted to get up, but after thinking about it, she lay on the bed and waited and watched.

"The madam has an evil wind entering her body and her high fever persists. She will be fine after taking a few doses of medicine. I will send the medicine over later."

The imperial doctor withdrew his hand and began to tidy up his things.People who can enter the Imperial Hospital naturally have excellent medical skills, but what is even better than their medical skills is the art of speaking. With their medical skills, how can they not see what is going on with Ruyi.

But to be honest, doesn't this mean that the prince is too greedy!He blatantly offended the three parties, the crown prince, the princess concubine, and the gracious wife lying on the bed, so the only way to survive is to choose the light and avoid the heavy.

And Ruyi let out a long sigh of relief after listening to the imperial physician's words, and then deliberately made some movements to appear awake.Then, he told Shao Yao to take the money and thank the imperial physician.

She didn't close her eyes again until she heard that there was no movement outside, drained all the energy she had accumulated with great difficulty, and fell into a deep sleep again.

When I woke up at noon, Ruyi ate the light porridge from Shaoyao and drank another bowl of bitter medicine, and then leaned against the bed. Maybe she slept too much in the morning. .

Seeing this, Shao Yao talked with her to relieve boredom.

"Ma'am, I sealed ten taels of silver to the imperial physician in the morning, and five taels of silver to Eunuch Liu in the dining room at noon before agreeing to make another porridge during this time."

Ruyi nodded when she heard the words, and said: "You still have to spend the money that should be spent. You use the money from me first, and tell me if you don't have enough."

Shao Yao nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

Although Ruyi said it plainly, she still felt a little distressed in her heart.

This money was saved by her not being willing to eat, wear and play all these years in the palace, and now she has spent nearly a quarter of it after only two days in the East Palace.Of course, she is not someone who will hold on to the money and not let go, she is just a little regretful and a little worried about what to do in the future.

Now it's nice to be the so-called master's name, but life is becoming more and more unbearable.

A prince concubine like her can receive 30 taels of silver every year, which is actually less than when she was a maid. Of course, it does not mean that a concubine is not as good as a maid. However, there are many more benefits, such as cloth, jewelry, makeup and other things that can be distributed every once in a while, and the quality of life will naturally rise a lot.During the holidays, there will also be red envelopes distributed. If the princess is more generous, there will be various rewards every now and then.Those who are favored will be rewarded even more generously by the prince.

But with a lot of income, there is also a lot of expenditure. With her status, the prince, concubine, and the palace servants around the young master have to please, and her own maids also need to give some favors, otherwise, who would like to be with a master who has nothing to offer? .There are also things like getting sick today, and going to the dining room to ask for something other than the allowance, and you have to pay for it.

Moreover, the rewards she received were all expensive jewelry items, some of which were immovable. These could not be exchanged for money, except for adorning herself, they could not be exchanged for benefits.

No wonder people often say that a low-ranking master who is not to be favored is not as good as an ordinary court lady, and she really understands it.

(End of this chapter)