Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 68

Zhao Qingze glanced at Ruyi, sat down on the couch, casually picked up the book Ruyi had just read, flipped through it twice absent-mindedly, but looked at Ruyi.

"Why don't you sit down!"

His tone was still gentle, but there was no smile on his face.Seeing this, Ruyi couldn't help feeling uneasy.

"I did something wrong yesterday, so I dare not sit down!"

Ruyi said softly, but couldn't help but glance at Zhao Qingze again.

Hearing this, Zhao Qingze suddenly laughed, took Ruyi's hand, and gently rubbed Ruyi's tender skin with his thumb.

"Qing Ze..."

Feeling a little uncomfortable, Ruyi let out a cry.

Zhao Qingze suddenly pulled Ruyi to his side with a strong hand, but Ruyi was caught off guard and almost fell on the couch, but was caught by Zhao Qingze again.

He sat her on his lap, the two of them were very intimate, but Ruyi felt very awkward, she moved uncomfortably, and wanted to stand up, but Zhao Qingze hugged her waist, and said: " do not move!"

After that, he touched Ruyi's face with his fingers,
"You don't remember what happened yesterday, but I remember it clearly. Don't deny it!"

"I... I didn't intend to deny it, I just really don't remember!"

Ruyi was embarrassed and retorted softly.

Zhao Qingze smiled, and said with some malicious intentions: "You said that."

Ruyi had a bad feeling, and sure enough, Zhao Qingze continued to say with a smile: "Yesterday, you said that I was jealous of Aman and envied you for making him a hat. You are very upset..."

"This word..."

Ruyi seemed to have such an unreal impression in her mind, but she felt that this was not the case.

"Don't quibble. I fed you hangover soup at the time, and you threw the soup on me in a temper. I didn't want to say anything about you at the time! Just say it's just a piece of clothing. In the future, all my clothes will be up to you Done!"

Zhao Qingze stared at the expression on Ruyi's face, seeing that she was a little flustered, he added: "Don't say you didn't say this."

Ruyi really wanted to deny it, she felt that even if she was very drunk, she would not mainly ask for needlework, and in the future Zhao Qingze's clothes would all be made by her, even if she said it yesterday, she would never admit it .

"How could I say such a thing?"

Ruyi gritted her teeth and denied it. Anyway, there is no recording equipment in this era, and Zhao Qingze couldn't find evidence to prove it. Besides, she heard Shaoyao say that when the hangover soup was brought in yesterday, they all backed down.

"I knew you would deny it."

Zhao Qingze smiled resolutely, "But you can't deny that you splashed my clothes with the hangover soup. Yesterday I asked Mr. Deng to keep the clothes."

After speaking, Zhao Qingze let go of Ruyi, stood up from the couch, and ordered outside: "Mr. Deng, bring in the clothes I changed yesterday."

Ruyi was completely stunned at this time, she never thought that Zhao Qingze would still keep such a trick.

She swallowed, walked to Zhao Qingze's side in small steps, grabbed the corner of his clothes, and said softly: "Qingze, I believe, don't let someone take it!"

"That's not okay, lest you say that you haven't said such a thing."

Ruyi wanted to say something more, but Deng Xian had already quickly brought in the tray containing the bright yellow uniform. He bowed, put the things on the table with both hands, and stepped back quickly.

Zhao Qingze grabbed Ruyi's hand, brought her to the table, reached out and picked up the uniform, revealing a corner of the stain, and said with a smile: "Look, this is stained with the hangover that I gave you last night. soup."

After all, it seemed that it was not enough, picked up the uniform and put it in Ruyi's hands: "Ask carefully, there is still the smell of alcohol on your body from yesterday that has not dissipated, and I served you all night yesterday!"

The last sentence Zhao Qingze said was a bit ambiguous, Ruyi blushed completely, and she didn't know whether she was ashamed and angry by this evidence, or let him say the last sentence.

"Okay, okay! I'll do it, can't I do it!"

Ruyi had no choice but to throw this uniform on the tray like throwing a hot potato, then turned her back behind her ears and made a promise with a loud voice.

"Wouldn't it be nice to admit it earlier?"

Zhao Qingze looped her waist with a smile, put his mouth close to Ruyi's ear, and said softly, "Don't worry, I won't let you do all of it. I'm afraid I'll exhaust you. It's just that a lady makes underwear for Xianggong. It should always be!"

"Ok!"

Ruyi replied lightly like a mosquito, but Zhao Qingze hugged Ruyi with a smile and praised: "Why is my Ruyi so obedient, what reward should I give you!"

He gently lowered his head and kissed Ruyi's head, but he didn't say anything more.

Ruyi only took it as a love story, except that she blushed a little when she heard it, but she didn't take it seriously.

Zhao Qingze and Ruyi talked for a while, and then lunch for the two was served in the dining room.

After the two simply finished their lunch, Shaoyao from outside suddenly came in to announce before they could rest, "Aunt Cao wants to come and say goodbye to the emperor and empress."

"Is the nanny leaving in such a hurry?"

Zhao Qingze felt a little strange when he heard this, he turned his head and looked at Ruyi with a smile: "I just issued an imperial decree to the Cao family this morning, and also gave the Cao family a house, it seems that the nanny really can't wait to be with her son Reunited!"

After saying this, he said to Shao Yao in a gentle tone: "Then please invite the nanny in! You are not an outsider, so you don't need to meet in the hall!"

Shao Yao smiled and agreed to retreat.

When Shao Yao walked into the outer hall, she just saw Cao Rui and Cao Rui standing in the hall waiting, and Cao Rui was standing with Cao Rui supporting her.She paused, took a deep breath, walked up with a smile, and said softly: "Auntie, the emperor said that you are not an outsider, so it is good to let you enter the room to say goodbye!"

Grandma Cao nodded with a smile when she heard the words, but looked at Cao Rui behind her, and said, "Rui'er, it's not convenient for you to go inside the house, you wait here for mother, mother goes in and says goodbye to the emperor!"

"Okay! Mother, be careful."

Cao Rui instructed carefully, but Shao Yao smiled and helped Granny Cao's other hand, and said, "Mr. Cao, don't worry, this servant will take care of aunt."

"Then trouble Miss Shaoyao!"

Cao Rui cupped his fists and smiled gratefully at Shaoyao, but Shaoyao lowered her head and didn't say anything, but carefully helped Nanny Cao to walk towards the inner room.

As soon as Nanny Cao entered the bedroom, she respectfully knelt on the ground and saluted.

"Nurse, really, get up quickly."

Zhao Qingze shook his head with a smile, Ruyi saw him at the side, and quickly asked Shaoyao to help him up.

"Auntie, that's not right, the nanny is now Yipin Gaoming's wife, and I should be called Mrs. Cao too!" Ruyi said with a smile.

Granny Cao, who was newly promoted to Mrs. Cao, smiled when she heard the words: "In the hearts of slaves, Mrs. Cao, how can the emperor be called a nanny, and the imperial concubine be called a aunt."

What Mrs. Cao said was from the heart and the truth.Yipin Gaoming Madam, not one person will be rewarded by the court, and this is just a title, and even many nobles in the palace can't remember some Madam at all, but the emperor's nanny and imperial concubine are called aunts, which means What he wants is honor and favor.

Zhao Qingze and Ruyi also laughed when they heard the words.Ruyi smiled and said, "Auntie, please sit down! I'm still used to calling you Auntie."

Mrs. Cao didn't refuse, she sat down before them.

"Nurse is here to say goodbye today. I guess there are still many things to take care of when I go home. I won't say much, but the nanny will often come to the palace in the future."

Zhao Qingze said with a smile.

"As long as the emperor and the concubine don't dislike it, the servants will naturally come to miss the emperor and the concubine."

Mrs. Cao's eyes wrinkled from laughter, but there was a burst of joy on her body.

"Why does my aunt still call herself a slave?"

Ruyi reminded with a smile.

And Zhao Qingze was also slightly moved when he heard the words, but he said with a smile on his face: "It's not easy for the nanny to call herself a slave now!"

Mrs. Cao is not actually a palace servant in the palace. Back then, when Zhao Qingze was still the crown prince, he wanted to take Nanny Cao into the palace to take care of her after the Cao family suffered a disaster. Unexpectedly, although Nanny Cao was taken into the palace, she stubbornly regarded herself as a Like a palace person, he managed the prince's bedroom in the East Palace at that time.And this claim was also left at that time.

Mrs. Cao seemed to have thought of the past, but she smiled and said: "Look at this mouth, I am used to it, and I can't change it for a while."

Zhao Qingze didn't say much, just smiled and said: "Since the nanny is going out of the palace, I don't want to stay longer, but this mansion is a reward from me. Although all the old people in the Cao family have passed away, they are scattered and separated. , I asked another twenty palace servants to be sent to you, just to celebrate the housewarming of Nanny and A Rui."

"The people in this palace are naturally excellent, and it would be a waste to reward the Cao family..."

Mrs. Cao was a little terrified when she heard the words, but Zhao Qingze waved her hands with a smile and said, "Don't say no, nanny, and isn't the nanny anxious to arrange a marriage for Ah Rui? Such a good family can't find a suitable one for a while. , but Cao Rui can put a few people around to wait on them first, and those who go out of the palace, at least have a clean fortune and good manners. It is also a way out for them."

Mrs. Cao was a little moved when she heard the words.

Zhao Qingze and Ruyi saw off Nanny Cao, but Ruyi couldn't help but sigh.

Zhao Qingze glanced at Ruyi, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"

"Nothing?" Ruyi shook her head, but she couldn't help but said, "I just feel bad for those maids you rewarded Cao Rui as concubines, and also for Cao Rui's future wife..."

"Now... you really... dare to say anything more and more!"

Zhao Qingze shook his head with a smile, and began to explain: "Those court ladies are different from you. For them, it is an opportunity for them to be rewarded by me to the Cao family at this time. In the palace, we They are just wasting their time by guarding you alone. As for Cao Rui's wife, although her husband has concubines and is well-respected in the palace, she has no background after all, which is not a bad thing."

Ruyi didn't say a word, she knew that she was overthinking. In this era, the emperor rewarding court ladies to his courtiers is actually just a means of showing honor and favor.However, when she heard Zhao Qingze tell her that it was time to keep her alone, she still couldn't help being a little touched.

She blinked her eyes, but suddenly thought of something, said with a smile: "Hearing what the emperor said, I also thought of something, I want to ask the emperor for grace."

"whats the matter?"

Zhao Qingze looked at Ruyi and asked.

"Shaoyao by my side, if she is really allowed to release from the palace at the age of 25, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find a marriage. She accompanied me to the east alley, and has been taking good care of me, so I want to ask her for a favor."

Although Ruyi has always felt inhumane about the system that the maids in the palace can only be released from the palace at the age of 25, after all, in this era, it is normal for women to get married in their teens, and those who exceed are old girls, but to be honest, she really didn’t think about it Change the system.Saying that this system is inhumane to change, wouldn't the eunuch system be even more inhumane...

Although she seems to be in a high position now, she doesn't have that much energy to change the system that has been in use for so long, but Shao Yao is the person around her, and she wants to be partial.

"What's the difficulty? When she wants to leave the palace, you can make the decision. If you want to find a good marriage with her, we will make the decision for her, and we will pay the dowry!"

From Zhao Qingze's point of view, this matter was nothing more than a trivial matter, so he agreed wholeheartedly.

"Then I thank Shaoyao first." Ruyi smiled happily when she got a satisfactory answer.

Shao Yao helped Mrs. Cao into the hall, and Cao Rui, who had been waiting by the side, stepped forward to help Mrs. Cao.

"I have already bid farewell to the emperor and the imperial concubine, and the emperor has gifted twenty palace servants. It's getting late, let's go home early."

"Okay, mother, don't worry!" Cao Ruiqingjun said with a considerate smile on his face, "Mother's leg has not healed yet, so walk slowly, and you can take the car when you walk out of the palace gate!"

In the palace, except for the master in the upper palace, no one is allowed to ride a horse or take a sedan chair, unless the master above grants this grace.

Although Zhao Qingze was considerate of Nanny Cao, he was a man after all, so he didn't think about it very carefully.

But Shao Yao, who was standing by the side, heard the words, but hurriedly said: "My aunt's legs are not easy to move, servants and the emperor and empress should report it!"

"do not go!"

Mrs. Cao quickly grabbed Shao Yao, and said with a smile: "Don't alarm the emperor and empress because of this matter, the two masters may have rested at this moment."

And Cao Rui who was standing on the side also smiled and said: "Thank you Miss Shaoyao for your kindness, but I will just carry my mother out!"

After finishing speaking, Cao Rui squatted down and asked Nanny Cao to lean on his back.

Mrs. Cao wanted to stop her, but she was also afraid that Shao Yaozhen would intercede with her, so she leaned forward.

Cao Rui picked up Mrs. Cao on his back, and when he stood still, he bent slightly towards Shaoyao, smiled gratefully and said: "I would also like to thank Miss Shaoyao for taking care of my mother."

As he spoke, he supported Mrs. Cao with one hand, took out a purse from his body with the other hand, and handed it to Shao Yao.

"no no……"

Shao Yao's face was a little pale, she waved her hands again and again, her voice was very low: "My aunt also takes good care of me, I should do it."

"Miss Shaoyao, it's just a little meaning, you accept it!"

Cao Rui smiled brightly without a trace of shadow, but Shao Yao's face turned pale, and she refused to accept whatever she said.

"Yes, Shaoyao, just accept it."

Mrs. Cao smiled and said, "In the future, I will enter the palace every day, and I am afraid I will trouble you!"

"Auntie, just ask me if you have anything to do. Don't dare to say trouble."

Shao Yao lowered her head and finally took the purse.

(End of this chapter)