Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 52

When Ruyi woke up, she felt sore all over her body, like being run over by a carriage.

She turned over, opened her eyes, and was about to sit up with her hands up, when suddenly a pair of hands stretched out and helped her up from the bed.

Ruyi was startled, and turned around to see Zhao Qingze sitting on the bed looking at her.

"Qing... Qingze."

Ruyi blinked her eyes in surprise, "Didn't you go to the morning court?"

When he woke up in the morning, she still noticed it, and he patted her on the back to lull her to sleep. ,

"Morning morning is over."

Hearing Ruyi's words, Zhao Qingze couldn't help but smiled, but the smile quickly disappeared. He said softly, "Look outside, the sun is already in the middle."

It's not noon!Ruyi's face changed slightly, and she sat upright all of a sudden.

"Don't worry, there's nothing wrong, just sleep a little longer."

Seeing her flustered, Zhao Qingze quickly pulled her to comfort her.

"But..." Ruyi was a little hesitant, she wasn't sure if she needed to pay her respects, but after returning to the palace, she always felt that something was tense in her heart.

"Don't think so much, you will stay in Zhaoyang Palace from now on. If you feel that staying here all day is boring, I will take you for a walk in the imperial garden. When you are free, I will take you to play in the palace."

Zhao Qingze spoke slowly and softly, seeing that Ruyi still had some hesitation on his face, he said, "Listen to my arrangement obediently, don't think about it on your own."

Although Ruyi felt wrong, she nodded hesitantly.After she nodded, she felt a little strange in her heart. She always felt that something was wrong with Zhao Qingze at the moment.

"Qingze, what's wrong with you...?"

Zhao Qingze's expression was rather cold. When he heard Ruyi's question, he shook his head, and a faint smile appeared on his face, but it was more like a wry smile.

"Qing Ze..."

Seeing his appearance, Ruyi couldn't help tightening her heart, she stretched out her hand to hold his hand, and said, "Is there something, can't you tell me?"

"No……"

Zhao Qingze touched Ruyi's face absent-mindedly, and his voice was a little low: "It's just that I feel a little empty all of a sudden."

After Ruyi heard this, for a while, she couldn't think of how to comfort her.

She was a little puzzled what he meant, was she in a bad mood?or something else...

Without waiting for Ruyi to speak, Zhao Qingze just looked at Ruyi and asked softly, "Ruyi, I remember when you were outside the palace, you told me that you just wanted to live in peace..."

Ruyi nodded her head, time passed for a while, and she couldn't remember what she said, but it was indeed her wish.

"Are you willing to be an ordinary person and give up the glory and wealth in the palace, and even the high position that can be given to you?"

Zhao Qingze asked out loud as if he didn't understand Ruyi's thoughts.

After Ruyi frowned, she smiled: "Maybe I'm an ordinary person, and I don't think there's anything wrong with ordinary people's life. And it's said that wealth is sought in danger. If this wealth is risky, I don't think so." It’s better to live together in peace.”

After saying this, Ru felt Zhao Qingze's expressionless expression, thinking that his words were not pleasing to the ear, and quickly said: "However, just like I was waiting for you in that village back then, if you want to do it, I won't object. Men and women are different, men should be aggressive..."

Before Ruyi finished speaking, Zhao Qingze suddenly smiled, held her hand, and said softly, "As expected, you are different."

The voice was too soft for Ruyi to hear clearly, she blinked and asked, "Qingze, what did you just say?"

"It's nothing." Zhao Qingze stood up from the bed, and changed the topic: "I just thought of what happened when you gave birth to Aman. I was really afraid that you would give birth to Aman regardless of yourself."

After Ruyi heard this, she also remembered the scene at that time, and she smiled: "It seemed to be really painful at the time, but in retrospect, it was actually not that painful. Besides, Aunt Cao said, I have been considered smooth. "

When Zhao Qingze heard the words, he just smiled lightly, did not continue, and asked Ruyi, "Do you want to sleep a little longer?"

"No." Ruyi waved her hand, lifted the quilt, and was about to get up.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingze called Shao Yao and other palace maids to come in and wait on him, but he turned around and left the room.

Ruyi looked at his abnormal behavior with some inexplicable expression, and asked Shaoyao who walked in: "What's the matter, Your Majesty?"

Shao Yao shook her head, "Madam, let me wait for you to get up and wash up!"

Ruyi nodded, her expression was a little careless, but when her eyes touched the clothes Shao Yao put on her, she was startled.

"Where did this dress come from?"

It's nothing more than red, but the gold inlaid in the sleeves is completely surpassed.

"The emperor made it for his wife."

Shao Yao's brows and eyes were crooked with a smile, suddenly she seemed to think of something, and she said: "Look at this mouth of this servant, you can no longer call me madam, you have to call me empress!"

As for what kind of concubine it is, Shaoyao thought in her heart, now that the wife is deeply favored by the emperor and has the only heir of the emperor, the concubine of the lord of the first palace should be in her pocket, and being a concubine is not beyond her imagination.

It's just a pity that the wife's family background is too low, she was born as a court lady, and her position as a concubine is already as high as the sky, Shao Yao secretly sighed in her heart.

Shao Yao combed Ruyi's hair slowly while talking, her words were sincere, but Ruyi was shocked when she heard it.

"You are getting more and more courageous. You started talking nonsense before the emperor's will!"

Ruyi frowned and reprimanded.

Shao Yao was taken aback by Ruyi's sudden attack, she quickly put down her comb and knelt down to plead guilty.Although she didn't think there were many problems with what she said, it was true that there were no rules.

Ruyi's face was pale, although Shaoyao was in her heart, and she was not an ordinary court lady who accompanied her in the East Alley, but she was really hurting herself by continuing to speak out like this.

Today's matter must not be let go so lightly.

She was thinking about how to beat the peony without causing her to suffer.But Zhao Qingze came in with a smile, and said, "Shaoyao is right, get up!"

The last sound was to Shao Yao.

"emperor……"

Ruyi blamed him for his forgiveness when she heard the words, but seeing that the ladder was handed over, she didn't want to punish Shao Yao, so she went down: "Shao Yao, since the emperor has spoken, get up!"

"It's a servant who has no rules, please punish the emperor and his wife."

Shao Yao shook her head, still kneeling obediently.

"You are a court lady, you are well-behaved." Zhao Qingze smiled, but said coldly: "A court lady not only has to behave, the most important thing is to listen to the master."

Shao Yao was taken aback, she really wanted to accept the punishment, but the emperor seemed dissatisfied with her actions.

"Yes, servant girl, get up now."

She stood up quickly, but her heart was beating fast, she looked undecided.

"Okay, go and see Aman!"

Ruyi couldn't bear Shaoyao's appearance, and sent her away with a smile, but said to Zhao Qingze with a smile: "Your Majesty, why are you scaring her?"

"Why are you calling the emperor again?"

Zhao Qingze picked up a strand of Ruyi's hair to play with, looked at the unpainted face in the mirror, and smiled.

"Isn't there someone here? This name, we call it privately."

Ruyi smiled and explained that she didn't want to turn around and let everyone talk about her calling the emperor's name.

"Okay!" Zhao Qingze was very satisfied with this private intimacy, and didn't care about it.He smiled and took out a piece of red paper, and put it in front of Ruyi: "You are also literate, so choose a title carefully."

Ruyi's eyes fell on the red paper with densely packed words, she blinked her eyes, and began to read to the few on top: "virtuous, virtuous, dignified and gentle..."

She couldn't help laughing: "Could it be that the emperor's red paper was copied from the Women's Precepts."

Zhao Qingze didn't realize it at first, but he couldn't help laughing when Ruyi said that.He picked up the piece of paper, looked at the words on it, and circled a "Zhen" and "Chen" in the middle with his hand.

"These two words are good, special enough, and have a good meaning."

Ruyi looked at the prince's hand, and murmured silently in her heart: It is indeed special enough, and the meaning is also good, and it is only the title of the emperor's favorite concubine, but those two famous concubines did not end well , one was sunk in the well, and the other was unlucky.

Even though she was thinking this way, Ruyi didn't feel anything, she didn't really believe in this, so she just smiled and said: "The emperor decides!"

"My own title, I don't even serve snacks." Zhao Qingze scratched Ruyi's nose, looked at the two titles he had picked out in his hand, and suddenly shook his head, "These two titles were also sealed before. , some unknown!"

Ruyi raised her head and glanced at Zhao Qingze in surprise. Could it be that in this time and space, there were concubines Zhen and Concubine Chen, and did they end badly?
Ruyi didn't ask. Ruyi didn't feel anything about Zhao Qingze saying she didn't care. She didn't even care what status Zhao Qingze would give her, but she felt that she should be above the concubine, after all, he had promised Aman He only recognizes her as a mother, and only concubines who can be regarded as the lord of the first palace are eligible to raise children.However, looking at Zhao Qingze's excited look, she thought it would probably be a concubine.

Zhao Qingze didn't know what was going on in Ruyi's mind, but he put away the red paper in his hand, and said, "Since we want to choose a title carefully, it must be unique!"

Ruyi could see that Zhao Qingze was very concerned about her title, but she had no idea that he would be so concerned. He even ate a few bites of lunch in a hurry, and went back to the study to discuss with the Qin Tiansi officials who were summoned.

Ruyi ate alone and finished her lunch, and was bored by herself, so she asked the nanny to bring Aman over.

When Aman hugged him, he was crying, his little face was flushed from crying, and the few strands of thin and soft hair on his forehead were wet with sweat.

"What's going on here?"

Ruyi hugged Aman distressedly, and gently shook her in her arms, "Are you sick?"

She looked at the nanny and asked.

The nanny shook her head quickly: "I asked the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor said it was all right. I have also fed the milk, and there is no urine."

"Is little Aman being naughty?" Ruyi patted Aman's back lightly, humming a little tune to comfort her.

I don't know if it was because he was in his mother's arms, Aman cried for a while, but gradually stopped crying, and sniffed.

Ruyi asked someone to twist a warm towel, put Aman on the couch, wiped Aman's face, and took the rattle made for Aman, amused.

After crying, Aman calmed down, and finally showed a subtle smile, staring at the snare drum in front of him with crooked eyes.

"The little prince must miss his mother!"

The nanny softly flattered Ruyi, but Ruyi just smiled and didn't take it seriously.Aman is a very easy child to take care of. The nanny has been by Aman's side since he was born. Aman and the nanny are actually no less close than her own mother.

However, she doesn't want to see her child being closer to outsiders than her own mother. The royal family has a shallow relationship, and Ruyi doesn't want her child to be like this.

She glanced at the nanny, and said softly: "If Aman cries in the future, you can hug me here."

"Yes, the servant will explain to the other nurses when she returns."

There are eight nannies for Little Aman, and they are basically carried by groups of two.

Aman's end was coaxed, and he seemed to be interested, babbling and waving his little hand, Ruyi thought he wanted a rattle, so he stuffed the rattle into Aman's hand, but Aman mischievously threw it aside.

The mouth is still screaming.

"What does Aman want?" Ruyi squeezed his soft little hand strangely and asked softly.

"Ah!" Aman only knew how to yell, Ruyi couldn't understand the baby's language.

"Isn't the little prince going out for a stroll?"

The nanny looked at it and said softly to Ruyi.

"Why does he want to go out for such a small person?" Ruyi felt that the nanny's words were a little silly. Since Aman was born, because the weather outside is cold, he has basically been kept in a warm room. It is still a good idea to go back to the palace yesterday. I broke the precept for Aman.

However, as soon as Ruyi hugged Aman, Aman stopped babbling and looked outside with big eyes.

"Do you really want to go out?"

Ruyi was a little surprised, and took two steps towards the door with Aman in her arms, Aman actually grew her mouth and laughed silently.

"It's too cold outside, let's not go, wait until Aman grows up?" Ruyi kissed Aman's tender tofu-like face, asking for advice.

Aman seemed to have understood Ruyi's words, maybe seeing Ruyi stopped, but she babbled and stretched out her little hands and rushed outside.

Fortunately, Ah Man is small, so Ruyi can still hug her.

"What a little ancestor!" Ruyi was helpless, "I just carried you outside once, why did I remember it!"

She hugged Aman helplessly and walked to the outer hall, and she didn't intend to get out of the warm room, but just walked to the outer hall, and met Zhao Qingze who came back.

Zhao Qingze laughed after hearing what Ruyi said, and said, "Since Aman wants to go out, let's take him out. He's already full moon, so he must stay indoors. You spoil him too much!"

After all, he picked up Aman and walked towards the garden outside.At first, Aman resisted Zhao Qingze's hugging him, but when he saw that the person who was holding him was willing to follow the direction of his little finger, he calmly began to direct the direction.

Ruyi looked at the father and son who were messing around, and could only shake her head and follow.

Aman's line of sight is still very limited and blurry, and he is commanding at random. This command unexpectedly hit the right direction and walked out of Zhaoyang Hall.

Zhao Qingze's footsteps were so big that Ruyi was out of breath, and there was no time to stop her.

When he saw the person in front of him, he was shocked.

How could Chen Yuanxiang be outside Zhaoyang Hall!

(End of this chapter)