Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 70

The group of beauties in palace costumes had already put on new spring clothes. The clothes on their bodies were of different colors and colorful, as beautiful as flowers blooming in spring.

As they approached, a scent of fragrance was elegant and charming.

The exquisite makeup on their faces and the exquisite hairpin hairpin rings are like fairy concubines. When they approached, the surprised expressions on their faces when they saw Zhao Qingze were all so appropriate and good. Lu's surprise expression is very cute.

Ruyi stood behind Zhao Qingze, and the group of beauties in palace attire did not realize that Ruyi was dressed too plainly, although she was also dressed in palace satin, but the color was simple and elegant, without a single adornment, even though her hair was neatly tied up, But it was only decorated with a pink velvet flower, and her face was not covered in makeup. She looked even more rudimentary than the palace maid behind her.

And at the first moment, their eyes were attracted by Zhao Qingze who was wearing bright yellow uniforms. They walked lightly in lotus steps and moved in front of Zhao Qingze, with shy smiles on their faces and respectful kneeling salutes.

"Meet the emperor..."

Li Guipin, who was leading the way, had sharp eyes, and also saw Aman standing behind Zhao Qingze, who was hugged by the nanny, and hurriedly added: "Meet Your Highness the Crown Prince..."

Hearing the words, the people behind hurriedly followed to pay their respects.

Zhao Qingze looked a little hesitant. He didn't know whether he didn't expect to meet them here or for other reasons. He turned sideways, pulled Ruyi who was standing behind him, and walked to his side. He said in a cold tone: "No Did you see Concubine Zhao is here?
When all the beauties heard this, they quickly raised their heads and glanced at Ruyi.

Just now, although they vaguely saw that the emperor seemed to be standing beside the chariot, they didn't see it clearly, because they really didn't see Zhao Qingze hugging Ruyi.I also didn't expect Ruyi to be here.

Ruyi's dress is too simple, without the slightest air of a high-ranking concubine, although her simple dress is paired with a rather attractive face, which has a special flavor.It's just that in the eyes of everyone, Ruyi's appearance is really inferior to them, and they secretly feel a little unconvinced.

But when they heard Zhao Qingze's indifferent voice, they quickly lowered their heads again, and said in greeting, "My respects to Concubine Zhao."

Ruyi glanced at the kneeling beauties, but said nothing.Just waiting for Zhao Qingze to speak, all the beauties stood up under the sound of rings colliding.

Ruyi took a few glances, and couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable on her face.These people are all old people from the East Palace. Since Zhao Qingze became the emperor, he has never included newcomers. It's just that although they are old people, she rarely knows the current grade of a few of them.

Although there are not many women in Zhao Qingze, there are quite a few, and now she has only been a concubine for a few days, and she can only remember a few of the things that Shao Yao occasionally said.

Now Concubine Xian, Concubine De, and Concubine Li who are above concubine status, she does remember, but these three are not here today.

And at a glance, she only remembered Li Baolin, the former owner of Xiangzhiyuan, the current Li Guifei and Yu Changzai who was Baolin but did not sit on the concubine.

She made up her mind to speak less later, to avoid getting along with this group of people, otherwise it would be embarrassing not to recognize anyone.

"I also ask the imperial concubine to forgive me, the ministers and concubines and others were blind and did not recognize the empress!"

After Li Guipin stood up, she apologized with a smile. Her lowered eyes fell on the hands of Ruyi and Zhao Qingze who were intertwined, and she sighed slightly in her heart, but she didn't reveal anything on her face.

Back then, there was an inconspicuous concubine in her yard, who would have thought that she would be able to become a noble concubine and give birth to the only heir of the emperor, the current crown prince.

"Concubine Li Gui is so polite!"

Ruyi just smiled and didn't say much, her attitude was somewhat alienated.

Li Guipin didn't feel strange about her attitude, but felt that it was expected, but a little bit unhappy.She felt that Ruyi treated her distantly because she didn't like to see her.That's right, Concubine Zhao Gui was just a humble concubine who made a living under her nose, and no one would want to see her downcast person.

Concubine Li had a gentle smile on her face. She glanced at Ruyi, then at Zhao Qingze, and said with a smile, "It's been a long time since I saw the imperial concubine and empress, but when we meet suddenly, the concubine really wants to get close to the empress."

She took the initiative to lower her posture and made an affectionate look.

It was a bit embarrassing to think so, she said softly: "I haven't seen Li Guibin for a long time, when I first lived in Xiangzhiyuan, I would like to thank Li Guibin for taking care of me."

Ruyi's words brought subtle smiles to the faces of all the people present. They all remembered the humble background of this imperial concubine, her background as a court lady... In the past, she was still a little concubine who lived in the west side room of Li Guifei's Xiangzhi Courtyard. .

However, this ridicule only swirled in their hearts slightly, and immediately turned into jealousy again.

The little concubine became a noble concubine in an instant, ranking above them... If the background was better, then it would be fine!
Zhao Qingze looked at the reactions of these women with some boredom, turned his head and glanced at Ruyi, and saw that although she still had a smile on her face, but the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and her eyes revealed a look of boredom, he knew that she was Impatient, just hold on.

Zhao Qingze gently squeezed Ruyi's hand, Ruyi looked up, but saw Zhao Qingze smiled at her, as if to comfort her, then turned to look at the concubines, and asked, "What are you doing in Luyuan today? "

Li Guibin has the highest status among this group of people, so naturally she should be the one who answered, she quickly stood up straight, with a smile on her face, and said with a soft smile: "The concubine and others have nothing to do, I heard that the puppies raised in Luyuan gave birth to cubs, so I wanted to come and see them together, and I also wanted to adopt one to relieve boredom.”

Although the harem has strict rules and regulations, for most concubines, it is more relaxed in many aspects. Just like keeping pets, keeping cats, dogs and birds to pass the time is generally not prohibited.

Zhao Qingze nodded when he heard the words, and said without waiting for others to add, "Since you are here to see the dog, then don't stay here to waste time, just go to the dog pen!"

The implication is that there is the meaning of driving people away.

Zhao Qingze's words were very direct and unceremonious, which made Li Guipin and the others froze their smiles.

Naturally, it was not reconciled to let Concubine Li Gui and others leave like this. Since Zhao Qingze returned to the palace, he has never summoned any concubine to bed, and he only stayed with the concubine in Zhaoyang Palace all day long.The three high-ranking concubines like Concubine Xian, Concubine De, and Concubine Li are not bad, at least the emperor has summoned them to have a talk, but these low-ranking concubines, this is the first time they meet the emperor today, how would they want to miss it? this opportunity.

Without seeing the emperor, how can the emperor remember them, think of them, and even favor them... If they don't fight, will they stay in this position for the rest of their lives.

Now the emperor has just registered, and many things have happened one after another, so the palace has not yet drafted.After the matter is over, the ministers will definitely be unable to hold back and let the emperor draft to enrich the harem. After all, there are too few women in the harem of the emperor today.

When those young, beautiful, and well-born women are selected into the harem, there will be no place for them.

Concubine Li Gui and the other concubines had some conflicts in their hearts at this time.If they insist on staying here, what if the emperor is displeased?What's more, Concubine Zhao is here now, if I do this, I will definitely offend her.But missing this good opportunity really makes them feel regretful...

"Your majesty, where do you and your concubine and sister want to go to play in Luyuan, can you bring your concubines with you!"

But Yu Changzai suddenly spoke out first. She raised her head and smiled, with a very innocent and cute expression on her face, as if she really just wanted to play along.

Li Guipin and the others looked at Yu Changzai, and couldn't help but lament Yu Changzai's impulsiveness in their hearts, but they all raised their eyes and looked at Zhao Qingze with a bit of longing.

No matter what, this Yu Changzai is better than them.

As everyone knows, when Yu Chang is considered stupid by others, she also has her own little plan in mind.But she is not stupid, she was the one who miscalculated at the beginning, and she has offended Ruyi to the end.First, he intentionally made trouble for her to be punished, and then he used a trick to send her to the east alley to escape death.Although the latter item made her escape from death, she may not be thanked, and she must be hated to death in her heart.

Now that she has turned into a noble concubine, it is a breeze to take care of her little Chang Zai.

She didn't believe that she, Baolin, was only promoted to permanent residence in the end, and Ruyi didn't touch anything in it.She is weak now, and she can only rely on her desperate efforts to turn around.

With the emperor's favor, this imperial concubine Zhao would not dare to shake all her fears about her, and only with the emperor's favor can she have a chance to turn things around.

She doesn't mind being the first bird, but she also hopes that the emperor can set his sights on her.

She moved her head slightly, and the ruby ​​hairpin on the hairpin swayed slightly to the side of her fringed face, and the ruby ​​reflected her small face, making her look extremely fair.And the emperor's eyes did indeed fall on her.

Her heart began to beat, and she held her breath, but she heard Zhao Qingze say in a disgusted tone: "Today, I brought my concubine to Luyuan to play, so don't follow me."

After that, he looked at Yu Changzai again and said: "You are a little Changzai, you should learn the rules carefully, what to say on what occasion, don't act like this again!"

Yu Changzai just felt as if his face had been slapped, and it was burning red at the moment, feeling ashamed and embarrassed.She bit her lip unwillingly, but dared not speak again.

Hearing this, Li Guipin sighed slightly in her heart, knelt down and begged for mercy, and said: "Your Majesty, Yu Changzai is just outspoken, please forgive her this time!"

Seeing this, the others also knelt down and began to intercede.

After Zhao Qingze glanced away, he didn't continue to pursue it. It seemed that he was afraid of spoiling his interest, so he just said lightly: "Get up!"

After all, it seemed that he was going to take Ruyi to Luyuan.

Ruyi just smiled after watching this good show, she stretched out her hand to hug the nanny and then gnawed her little hand, staring blankly at Li Guipin and their Aman.

It is said that Zhier Mo Ruomu, she saw at a glance that Aman was attracted by the shiny ornaments on Li Guipin and the others, she couldn't help but chuckled and pinched Aman's little face,

Aman was attracted attention, turned his head to look at the mischievous mother, his small face was still blank, and he didn't even know it was drooling.

Ruyi couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Qingze also turned his gaze back, glanced at Aman, and said softly: "I'll be tired from holding it later, just leave it to the nanny!"

"I am not tired!"

Ruyi shook his head, Zhao Qingze didn't say anything more when he saw this, he just wrapped his arms around Ruyi's waist and said, "Let's go inside!"

(End of this chapter)