Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 73

"hiss……"

Ruyi frowned, covered her scalp, and turned her head to look behind her.

Shao Yao had a panicked expression on her face, and she knelt down on the ground holding the comb in fear.

"Your Majesty, it's not good to be a servant, you should punish your servant!"

"Get up, get up!"

Ruyi stretched out her hand to pull Shaoyao, and said, "I didn't pull out my hair, there will always be mistakes."

Shao Yao lowered her eyelids and said in a low voice, "Thank you, Ma'am!"

After finishing speaking, he cheered up and carefully combed Ruyi's hair again.

Ruyi glanced at Shaoyao thoughtfully, and asked, "What's wrong with you today, are you so absent-minded? Tell me about any difficulties, and see if I can help you?"

Shao Yao shook her head, and said: "Thank you for your concern, Madam, the servant is fine."

"It's nothing, you are always absent-minded." Ruyi frowned, only thinking that Shao Yao must have something to hide from her.She looked through the mirror at Shao Yao, who was standing behind her and combing her hair slowly, and said, "I found out a while ago that you were a little lost and always in a daze, but the situation is not serious, so I didn't say anything." What's the matter, you seem to have lost your soul today, don't hide it from me, tell me what's going on."

"My lady..."

Shao Yao couldn't help but tremble when she heard the words, she didn't know that her behavior was so serious that Ruyi could see it.It's just that the matter in her heart is absolutely unspeakable, she lowered her eyelids, finally sighed, and said: "This slave has seen Qiangwei."

When the word "Qiangwei" was mentioned, Ruyi also had a strange expression on her face. She blinked her eyes, and finally just forced a smile: "How is she doing now?"

For Qiangwei, Ruyi doesn't have much emotion in her heart, just some feelings.

Although Qiangwei came to her place a few times later than Shaoyao, but to be honest, she still likes Qiangwei who is a little bit lively.Qiangwei finally chose to leave. In her heart, she felt somewhat regretful.But now I don't think about it anymore.

"Your Majesty, this servant wants to plead for Qiangwei, so you can send her back to run errands!"

Shaoyao's words came out after a lot of construction in her heart. She said that she would not agree to transfer Qiangwei back, not to mention whether Ruyi would agree, and neither would Shaoyao, and she didn't dare to trust Qiangwei too much.After all, it was a betrayal.

It's just that she and Qiangwei have been together for so long, and they have feelings in their hearts. I can't bear to see her working so hard now, so I transferred her here and assigned her an easy job underneath. Don't get close to the empress. up.

"Shaoyao, she asked for it? Asked you and me to intercede?"

Ruyi thoughtfully, looked at Shaoyao and asked each other.

Shao Yao shook her head, and said softly: "No, it's because the servants can't bear it..."

Ruyiping just asked softly: "Tell me, why did you meet her again?"

"Just yesterday..." Shaoyao didn't dare to hide the truth, she told all about how she took Aman to the Imperial Garden yesterday and met Qiangwei, and then said: "I also know that this should not be said to disturb the empress. It's just that the servant girl looked at Qiangwei so pitifully. When I was in the East Palace, the servant girl and Qiangwei lived in the same room and did things for the empress together. Although Qiangwei did not follow us to the east alley, she used to serve the empress It can be regarded as hard work. The servants thought about it all night yesterday, whether they sympathized with her..."

Ruyi nodded, and said to Shaoyao: "You go and find her and let me meet."

"Yes……"

Shaoyao showed a smile on her face, but she didn't run out immediately, but was a little hesitant, not knowing whether she should continue to comb Ruyi's hair, or go to Qiangwei immediately.Ruyi smiled and took out the comb in Shaoyao's hand, and said, "You go to her, the room is full of waiters, can't you find someone who can comb my hair for me?"

"Yes."

Seeing that Ruyi had made a decision, Shao Yao smiled and ran out of the house impatiently.

Ruyi brushed her hair with a comb, looked at herself in the mirror, sighed inwardly, turned around, looked at a group of maids standing in the room, nodded to the maid standing at the front, and went out. He asked, "What's your name?"

The court lady who was named had an expression of surprise on her face when she heard this, but she hastily bowed down respectfully, and replied softly, "Slave Fangcao."

"Fangcao, right? Can you comb your hair?"

Ruyi asked aloud, but that Fangcao nodded repeatedly when she heard the words, and said: "The servant has learned from the old palace people before, if the empress does not dislike it, let the servant comb her hair?"

Ruyi nodded, and handed the comb in her hand to Fangcao.

Fangcao suppressed her ecstasy, took a deep breath, hurried to Ruyi's side, carefully picked up Ruyi's hair, and began to comb it slowly.

"Your Majesty's hair is so beautiful, black and shiny, how about a servant girl combing her into a fairy bun?"

While combing Fangcao, she softly flattered her. In the past, Ruyi was served by several palace servants, but they were rarely allowed to get close to her. Most of the time, Shaoyao was responsible for serving her. He can only fight under the ground, but now he can be regarded as showing his face.Naturally, she cheered up and tried her best to let Ruyi remember them.

Ruyi didn't think much, and nodded.

Shaoyao quickly brought Qiangwei back to Chaoyang Palace, and Ruyi combed her hair under Fangcao's nimble hands and feet.

Fangcao's craftsmanship is indeed exquisite, and her hair is combed very well, neither tight nor loose. It is very beautiful with the pink butterfly love flower golden hairpin that Zhao Qingze gave her.Ruyi originally thought that Shaoyao's combing skills were excellent, but she didn't expect this herb to be ten times better than Shaoyao.

Even Ruyi couldn't help but look in the mirror a few more times, but she might as well look at the other people around her differently. It seems that one or two of them are hiding their secrets, but it's a pity that she was only used to let Shaoyao serve her with.

When she walked out of the hall holding Fangcao's hand, Qiangwei was already kneeling on the ground.

Ruyi glanced at her, and saw that Qiangwei's body was not plump at first, but now she is as thin as a paper figure, and the whitish palace clothes on her body are probably also the original ones, which are very loose on her body now, When she raised her head, her complexion was sallow, she looked at her face better than Shaoyao, but now she was standing beside Shaoyao, but she was far behind. It seemed that she had endured a lot of hardships, no wonder Shaoyao was moved with compassion.

Seeing Ruyi, Qiangwei kowtowed to Ruyi three times, looking at Ruyi with excitement.

"My lady..."

Qiangwei did not speak, but tears welled up in her eyes.

Ruyi just sighed lightly and didn't speak, but Qiangwei had already bent down and cried into a ball: "Mother, this servant is wrong, this servant is wrong, please forgive this servant..."

"Stop talking!"

Ruyi was not in the mood to listen to Qiangwei's cry, but interrupted Qiangwei's words, and said, "I don't blame you for the situation at that time."

"My lady..."

The expression on Qiangwei's face was touched, but Ruyi didn't look at her, she just looked down at the teacup in her hand, and said slowly in a voice without much emotional fluctuation: "You and I are master and servant, now you are suffering, I I can't bear to look at it."

Ruyi signaled Fangcao to come to the front, Fangcao nodded, walked up to Qiangwei with a purse and handed it over.

"Miss?"

Qiangwei raised her head to look at Ruyi puzzled, but she saw Ruyi looked over with a gentle expression.

"This is 100 taels of silver, not much, but not too much! I think you are so smart, you should know what to do with this money to change your situation. This is the only thing my old master can do for you of."

"Your Majesty, you have always been kind and generous. Your servants don't want money. Let your servants stay by your side to serve you!"

Qiangwei stared at the bag of silver, but shook her head again and again, and began to kowtow to Ruyi again.Shao Yao, who was standing next to Qiangwei, couldn't bear to see her, and couldn't help but yelled to intercede for her: "Your Majesty..."

Ruyi glanced at Shaoyao coldly, but she couldn't say anything anymore.

Ruyi withdrew her gaze, looked at Qiangwei again, and continued: "Stop talking, I won't use you anymore, take the money and leave!"

Ruyi picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea, but the indifferent expression on her face told everyone that she was getting impatient.

Qiangwei is still not reconciled, she still wants to ask for love, she begged to Shao Yao, Shao Yao couldn't bear it, but when she thought of Ruyi's indifferent gaze, she knew that she had done something wrong and couldn't speak again.

Seeing that Shaoyao ignored her, Qiangwei could only continue to kowtow to the ground, trying to change Ruyi's mind in this way, but the clever Fangcao and several other palace servants smiled and stepped forward to hold Qiangwei's hand, Pulling Qiangwei forcefully to stand up, while pulling and covering her mouth, she said with a light smile: "My mother is kind, although you have betrayed the Lord, but the mother still gave you 100 yuan because of the old love. Two silvers, don't push yourself any further!"

Qiangwei was dragged down with her mouth covered, Shaoyao couldn't bear it, she walked to Ruyi's side silently, but Ruyi suddenly said, "Do you think I'm very cruel?"

Shao Yao might as well ask Ruyi suddenly, but she subconsciously shook her head and said, "No, it's right for the empress to do this, it's Qiangwei's fault."

Ruyi suddenly sighed, and said: "Don't blame me for doing this, but I don't dare to use Qiangwei anymore!"

"The servant understands."

Peony nodded.

Ruyi shook her head, and slowly said: "Besides the reason you think, there are other reasons. Although you said that meeting Qiangwei was an accident, I don't know if this accident was man-made. Whether it is true Whether it's an accident or a fake accident, I don't want to take the risk."

"The reason why I asked you to call Qiangwei to give her money is not because I think of love, but because I don't want to give up. At least she has served me once."

"My lady..."

Shaoyao vaguely grasped the clues in Ruyi's words, she looked at Ruyi with a pale face, but she heard Ruyi whispered: "Shaoyao, you accompanied me to suffer in the East Alley, in my heart, you are always special. However, you and I are now living in this Chaoyang Palace, which is no longer the situation when we were outside the palace, you have to improve a bit, don't continue to be confused!"

"Your Majesty, it's a servant who is stupid."

Shaoyao's face was pale, and Ruyi couldn't bear it. She knew that Shaoyao was most sincere to her, but at this time, the people around her needed other things besides sincerity.

"I hope you can accompany me to go on, and I don't want to say more. My master is not smart at all, and I don't have much qualifications to teach you, but I hope you can know and remember some basic things. If you continue like this, I think it would be better for you to find a home for you as soon as possible."

After Ruyi said this, she stood up.

Seeing this, Fangcao, who came back after dealing with Qiangwei, quickly and cleverly walked to Ruyi's side and supported her.

Qiangwei looked at Ruyi's figure being carried away by Fangcao with a pale face, she bit her lower lip tightly, feeling both regret and sadness in her heart.

When Zhao Qingze came back for lunch at noon, seeing Ruyi's frowning expression, he couldn't help asking why.

Ruyi didn't hide it. To tell the truth, Zhao Qingze smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Your girl, you are sincere, so don't think about it!"

"I know, it's just..."

Ruyi sighed.But Zhao Qingze touched Ruyi's face with a smile, and said: "Your girl treats you just like you treat me. No matter how stupid or stupid you are, it will always be my Ruyi, and I can protect you." .Your little girl, if you are stupid, you are stupid, but you are sincere, and you can protect her."

Ruyi didn't take it seriously when she heard the words, she didn't show her face, she just picked some vegetables for Zhao Qingze and put them on the plate.

After Zhao Qingze finished his lunch, he didn't take a nap with Ruyi, but just walked around the garden with Ruyi, and then went back to the imperial study.Ruyi only thought that he had something to do, and didn't stop him. She let Fangcao serve her and went back to the house for a lunch break.

When Zhao Qingze walked out of the apse, the expression on his face darkened. When he walked to the imperial study with a sullen face, he suddenly stopped and said to Deng Xian who was behind him: "You take the three concubines Xian, De and Li Pass it to the imperial study."

Deng Xian had a slight surprise on his face, but he bowed and agreed.

(End of this chapter)