Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 7

In the days that followed, Li Baolin ignored Ruyi's greetings, and Ruyi obediently lay in bed every day to recuperate, drinking medicine and supplements three times a day, and listening to some peony and rose gossip from outside.

On the second day after she fell ill, the crown prince summoned the concubine Yang who entered the East Palace with her. Ruyi suddenly remembered that the other party's name was Chunmei, and she seemed to be on duty with Chunlan. It wasn't that she had a bad memory. I have been studying in one place for some days and I have forgotten the name of the person. I really haven't had any dealings.

When I was studying at the Lingong people, there were many learning tasks, and it may be that everyone had a sense of competition in their hearts at that time. Although they had spoken and exchanged names, they rarely communicated, so that they entered the East Palace. At that time, there was no friendship.As for the alliance, Ruyi didn't know anything about it anyway.

However, on the afternoon of the second day when Shaoyao and Qiangwei sent the gossip, this concubine Yang came to see her, wearing the jewelry bestowed by the crown prince and princess, tidying herself up in an elegant manner, her face flushed, her eyebrows and eyes charming.

Ruyi responded to her words one by one, listened to her shyly discussing the prince with her face when she didn't listen, and heard her complaining about other women in the East Palace, and by the way stepped on the other two. A concubine who entered the East Palace with her two but has not been favored by the crown prince.

Ruyi had three thoughts in her mind at the time: This girl’s speech is so bold, how could she be selected to be sent to the East Palace even after being in the Queen’s Palace; After a serious illness, she is in good spirits and radiant; the last one is, this girl is really called Chunmei, I remember correctly.

Then, there is nothing more.

Yang Chunmei saw that Ruyi had a deal, and dealt with her with a huh, huh, annoyed in her heart, and felt that there was no common topic, and finally stood up with a bit of anger in her expression, and said goodbye.

"Sister, take care of your illness! I have to go back and get ready. Good evening to meet the prince!"

Before Ruyi realized what the other party was going to prepare, she saw that Yang Chunmei had already left.

On the other hand, Shaoyao and Qiangwei said indignantly on her behalf: "Ma'am, this Mrs. Yang just has no good intentions! He deliberately came to annoy you."

It was only then that Ruyi suddenly realized that she was going back to serve her bed, but is the prince going to her place at night?
With this question in mind, Ruyi finished washing up under the service of Shaoyao and Qiangwei, and continued to sleep with her head covered. Then the next morning, as soon as she opened her eyes, she heard her two court ladies excitedly tell her: "His Royal Highness, yesterday I didn't go to Mrs. Yang's at night, but went to Ye Liangdi's."

"Oh!" Ruyi was hazy, listening to each other, because she didn't need to go to Li Baolin's place to pay her respects, and she didn't need to get up and dress up. After a brief wash and wash, she began to enjoy breakfast and bitter medicine.

When he woke up after eating and drinking the bitter medicine, the gossip he heard had a new version. It turned out that His Royal Highness was going to go to the concubine Liu who entered the East Palace with Ruyi yesterday, but it has not yet passed. , Ye Liangdi's maid stopped the prince on the way, told Ye Liangdi that he was unwell, and then the prince diverted to Ye Liangdi's Xiangheng Courtyard. Finally, it was too late, and the prince slept in the concubine Ye of Xiangheng Courtyard. The dowry maid that Ye Liangdi brought into the palace back then.

It can be described as twists and turns!Ruyi thought secretly.

In the next few days of recuperating, Ruyi could basically hear something about the backyard of the East Palace every day. The difference is that if the prince enters someone’s room, the gossip is more ups and downs and more exciting. If the prince rests in the study, The gossip point is a little less interesting.

Because what the two maids said was measured, and it wasn't too harsh, Ruyi didn't stop them from sharing the fun, but instead took it as the only way to relieve boredom when she was recuperating.

The illness came like a mountain, and the illness went into a thread, a high fever, and it took half a month for Ruyi Shengsheng to recover. This was based on her good physical fitness, and the scars on her body were better under the effect of that bottle of medicine. The speed is so fast that there are almost no traces now.

Just at this time, Lan Zhen was also sent by the Crown Princess to greet her, and Ruyi said that she was all well, and she would go to thank the Crown Princess tomorrow.

For the past half month, she has been immersed in the bitter medicine every day, and at most she wiped it with a warm towel every day. Although the weather has not turned warm, Ruyi feels that her body is full of the smell of bitter medicine and sweat. They all feel stinky.

After receiving the final judgment from the imperial physician, Ruyi couldn't wait to ask Shaoyao to ask for water and prepare to take a bath, so that she could go clean and thank the princess tomorrow.

Shaoyao and Qiangwei are also highly efficient. Not long after Ruyi finished speaking, the big bathtub was filled with hot water, and the water vapor radiated into the room, which was very attractive.

Ruyi couldn't wait to take off her clothes and step in, not wanting the water to be too hot, but got scalded.

"Damn slaves!"

Shaoyao and Qiangwei were startled, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Ruyi didn't realize it was their fault, when she reached out to check the temperature of the water just now, she didn't feel a little hot, probably because her body was too cold.

"Madam, please wait a moment, this servant will bring some cold water."

There was a bucket of hot water in the house, but no cold water was prepared. Seeing this, Shaoyao hurried out to prepare cold water. On the other side, Qiangwei was afraid that Ruyi would catch the cold, so she took a rag to dry off the moisture on her body, and then wrapped it in a blanket. .

However, after waiting for a while, but still did not see Shaoyao come back, Ruyi could not help but reach out to check the temperature of the water, and felt that she could bear it, so she ordered Qiangwei to wait for her to take a bath first.

She had just walked into the tub and splashed the water comfortably on her body when Shao Yao came back.

Ruyi didn't care, fearing that she would accuse her again, so she just said, "The water temperature is just right now, come here and wipe my back."

After finishing speaking, Shaoyao, who was always clever, didn't react immediately. Ruyi turned her head and looked a little strangely, only to see Shaoyao standing by the side with a pale face and blank eyes, not saying a word, holding an empty wooden barrel. send.

"what happened?"

Ruyi felt strange, and gave Qiangwei a look, asking her to remind her.

Qiangwei also pushed Shaoyao anxiously, she didn't expect that her light push would cause Shaoyao to "thump" and throw the wooden barrel, kowtowed on the ground and shouted: "Damn it, slave!"

"Help her up!"

Ruyi saw that her kowtow made her head hurt, so she quickly asked Qiangwei to help her until Shaoyao calmed down, and then she asked, "Why do you feel like you have lost your soul when you go out to drink cold water? something wrong?"

"Madam..." Shao Yao's pale lips moved twice, and then said: "Madam Yang is dead!"

"Who……"

Ruyi didn't respond for a while, and when she came back to her senses, she looked at Shaoyao with a pale face, "How could she be dead!"

Ruyi couldn't believe it, but just yesterday, Yang Chunmei came over to show off wearing the hairpin ring that the crown prince had bestowed upon her, so how could such a living person say that she was hopeless!

"Mrs. Yang assaulted Ye Liangdi, and was reported by Ye Liangdi to the Crown Princess, and then she seemed to have assaulted the Crown Princess, and was dragged out to be punished. She never suffered..."

Shao Yao recovered a little consciousness at this time, and spoke in a somewhat orderly manner.

But Ruyi's mind became chaotic, she didn't listen to Qiangwei's comforting words, her mind was just chaotic.He just asked: "How did she offend Ye Liangdi and the Crown Princess..."

"I don't know." Shao Yao also had the expression of wanting to cry but not crying.

After a while, Ruyi managed to calm herself down, tried her best to control herself, and said in a calm voice: "The water is getting cold, please wait for me to finish washing!"

She didn't even know how she got dressed and lay back on the bed next.

The bed curtain was put down, but Ruyi couldn't control her emotions, she covered her mouth tightly, and covered her head with the quilt.She was terrified and trembled uncontrollably.

The person who talked to her so energeticly yesterday was gone if he said nothing, and he was beaten to death alive.She already knew that this was a world where human lives were taken care of, but psychologically, she still couldn't bear it.

She thought that when she was in modern times, there was a colleague in her unit who kept concealing the fact that she had a terminal illness. The news did not spread until the emergency treatment in the hospital was unknown.As a result, the colleague passed away the next day.Even though Ruyi was not familiar with that colleague and hadn't spoken much, she knew that that colleague had suffered from this problem for more than ten years, and it would be a relief to die, but she also felt sad for many days.

That colleague was an only child like her. After she died, at the funeral, she saw the parents of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man collapsed on the ground crying, and then she realized that she was feeling like a rabbit died and a fox was sad. She At that time, I couldn't help but think how sad her parents would be if one day she met with misfortune.

Later she really died, but she didn't have time to be sad. The oppression of life made her put away her sad emotions.And at this moment, Yang Chunmei's death made her feel even more cold.

Why did Yang Chunmei die!Just a little bump?
Ruyi didn't believe it at all. She thought of what Shaoyao and Qiangwei had said to her during this period, and Yang Chunmei's showing off every now and then. The other two concubines she entered into the Eastern Palace were the Crown Princess and a few noble masters. In addition, she spent two nights at Yang Chunmei's place...

Ruyi didn't know whether Yang Chunmei's death was due to favor or arrogance, or both, but what she felt more deeply was the humbleness of their identities. What is so strong about a lowly court lady who is bestowed upon death!
(End of this chapter)