Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 8

That night, Ruyi had a nightmare about an event many years ago.

When she was only eight years old, she had just been assigned to the small kitchen of the Jiaofang Palace and served in the palace staff.That afternoon, she was squatting under the stove to light a fire, when a big eunuch in blue palace uniform came in suddenly, and the palace staff took them to the courtyard in front of Jiaofang Palace, and she followed the flow of people dimly. Walked, because he was short, he stood at the front of the line.Then, she saw two eunuchs dragging a little maid in pink palace clothes over, and pressed her on the bench. Without saying a word, someone started beating her with a long wooden stick.

She was stunned at the time, staring blankly, until she saw bright red blood flow out of the maid's buttocks, dyeing her pink palace clothes red, and then the blood flowed all over the ground, she couldn't tell what was blood and what was flesh , eyes full of bright red.

In the dream, she saw the maid crying, suddenly, the maid's face began to distort, turned into Yang Chunmei smiling, and seemed to be crying, she was still standing in the crowd, as if she was nailed, moving She couldn't even move, and she seemed to see that the person pressed on the bench was her...

Ruyi was awakened in the middle of the night, her mind was in a daze, Qiangwei, who was guarding outside, heard the movement and asked in a low voice.

Ruyi didn't hear clearly either, but after sloppy coping, her eyes were wide open, and she just lay on the bed blankly like that. Ruyi thought she had forgotten about that incident, but today the nightmare reappeared.

On that day, they were not let go until the maid died and a serious old palace man gave them admonishment.The maids watching together were all crying, Ruyi didn't cry, she lost her soul, and went back to the small kitchen in a daze. It wasn't until the night that the palace found out that something was wrong with her, and she returned to normal after asking someone to summon her soul secretly. I had nightmares for a whole month in a row.

After that, there were no sequelae.In recent years, she has also encountered stick blame, but she has finally been taught experience. Every time she is pulled to look at it, she tries not to turn her eyes away. Even if she comes back and feels restless for a while, it passes quickly.

Unexpectedly, what happened to Li Chunmei today reminded her of that incident again.

The next day, the Crown Princess Chen Yuanxiang did not wait for Ruyi to thank her, but she waited for the news that Ruyi's illness was more serious. After the imperial doctor came to see her, she only left a sentence of "excessive fright and aggravated condition", and then prescribed a prescription leave.

After hearing the report from the subordinates, Chen Yuanxiang only felt that it was a bit unlucky, but she didn't say anything else. She comforted Shao Yao who was talking back and forth, and asked Lan Zhen to pack some medicinal materials for her to bring back.

When she saw the person leaving, she said to Liu Gongren: "This Mrs. Chen is always so sick, shouldn't she be moved out?"

Although a concubine is not considered a palace lady, she is not considered a master either. Generally, if a palace concubine is seriously ill, they will be moved outside for fear of infecting the master.

"Chen's disease is not contagious, and she is His Highness's woman anyway, so I should show some kindness." To avoid rumors that you are too mean, Crown Princess.Liu Gongren didn't say the last sentence, but Chen Yuanxiang also understood the meaning.

"Then keep it!" Chen Yuanxiang didn't care too much, just muttered, "Lan Zhen made a deal with me yesterday, but today she is so sick that she can't get up!"

"Your Majesty, I seem to have heard that this Chen family's illness was caused by fright."

"Scared out?" Chen Yuanxiang looked at Liu Gongren in disbelief upon hearing the words, "Nurse, this Mrs. Chen is recuperating in her room all day, who would scare her."

Liu Gongren whispered: "It seems to be because of the matter of the Yang family."

When Chen Yuanxiang heard Yang Chunmei's name, a disgusted expression flashed across his face, and he just felt disgusted in his heart. It was a thing that the prince spoiled for two days, and he couldn't even recognize himself.She didn't even think about her background, she originally thought that the prince would spoil her for two days, and after the punishment, she also thought about how to talk to the prince, but who knew that she simply mentioned Yang's being blamed by her last night, and the prince didn't even know the reason. She didn't even ask, and she didn't know what the Yang family who clamored that the prince would make decisions for her was thinking underground at the moment.

Chen Yuanxiang couldn't help feeling relieved as he thought about it.

"After hearing that Mrs. Yang was scolded, Mrs. Chen scared herself to death!" Seeing Chen Yuanxiang's expression, the Liu Gongren explained again.

Although Chen Yuanxiang despises Ruyi, she still likes Ruyi a little bit. It would be great if all the women around the prince were as timid and disciplined as Ruyi.

Thinking of this, she felt that Ruyi, who was ill all day long, was not an eyesore. Instead, she said mercifully: "Since she is seriously ill, let her maid take good care of her. If you need anything, just talk to me." Come on."

Seeing this, the people of Liu Gong hurriedly said: "Then Mrs. Chen must come here to thank your mother for her kindness."

"Okay, if the others are like this Chen family, I'll be thankful!" At this moment, Chen Yuanxiang thought of some unhappy things again, and the smile on his face faded.

This time, the four women that her aunt the queen gave her as a reward really had their own personalities.A Mrs. Chen fell ill immediately after attending bedtime, and she didn't mean to recover by now; Form an alliance; there is also a Mrs. Liu, who is quite clever, and can even find out the medicine she gave, but it is a pity that he dared to blatantly avoid the medicine she gave at this moment, and he is also pretending to be smart goods.

Chen Yuanxiang was slandering the queen and the four women the queen gave her. At this moment, the queen also had a lot of complaints about Chen Yuanxiang.

Although Chen Yuanxiang and the empress were both members of the Chen family and aunts and nephews of direct relatives, there were always some conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, especially this daughter-in-law who had been married for more than ten years and had not had any movement.But after all, they were all from the Chen family, and the queen would not really want to do anything to Liu Yuanxiang, at most she would just complain a few words in front of her son.

After the prince quietly had lunch in Jiaofang Palace, he sat down with a cup of tea under the empress. He naturally understood that his mother would never invite someone to invite him to lunch for no reason.After some formal greetings, the Empress seemed to casually mention things in the East Palace.

"In the morning, when Yuan Xiang came to pay her respects, she said that I had dealt with her Yang's unruly behavior not long ago. It was also because I didn't train a good person. I don't know if I offended you!" A bit upset, even though she didn't value the Yang family at all, she still had the name of going out from Jiaofang Palace. Chen Yuanxiang didn't even say a word and dealt with it as a servant, which made her feel somewhat It's a little embarrassing.

"The queen mother is too worried. The Yang family has always behaved well in front of Gu."

The prince still maintains a gentle and elegant posture, and his words are gentle, but the alienation revealed in his tone is also obvious.

The queen naturally noticed it too, but she also heard that although the prince did not stand by her mother-in-law's side, he did not mean to defend his own wife, so she didn't care too much.

It's just that at this moment, she suddenly didn't have the idea of ​​complaining about Chen Yuanxiang. Instead, she was a little worried for her niece: "It's fine if there is no collision. A little concubine will be dealt with if she doesn't behave properly. It's just..."

The queen paused, and her expression was filled with concern: "You and Yuan Xiang are not young anymore, and the East Palace has not yet had a single heir. I heard that you spend most of your weekdays in the study. This is an important business matter, not your own private matter." Nor can it be ignored.”

"Let the empress worry!" The prince's face was still indifferent, but a trace of sarcasm quickly flashed in his eyes.

The queen didn't notice, she just thought that her urging made the prince impatient, so she still said patiently: "Of course I most hope that you and Yuan Xiang can give birth to a grandson, if not, you should visit your healthy concubine more often. In the bedroom, there will be good news at that time, and I will hug Yuanxiang to raise him, and I will also act as a son-in-law."

After the queen said this, seeing that the prince didn't react much, she thought about it and said: "The queen mother is going to choose a few concubines for Li'er in the next few days, and then she will also see a few noble women for the Eastern Palace. What do you think?"

Zhao Qingli is the eldest son of the empress when she was middle-aged, and the younger brother of the prince with the same father and mother. He is quite different in age from the prince. He just married the concubine last year. Now that the concubine is pregnant, there is a shortage of people in the mansion.

The queen didn't mention Zhao Qingli's wish for a son-in-law not long after her wedding. After all, the princess was chosen by the queen at the beginning, and she was her niece, so she was afraid that her son would complain about her.

"The queen mother is in charge!"

After the prince said this, he got up and saluted, and said goodbye: "Mother, I still have some business to deal with, so I won't bother you!"

The empress also knew that this was the end of the story, it would be useless to say more, besides, she had never been close to the eldest son, and it would be embarrassing for both of them to stay, so instead she stood up and sent her son out as if she were seeing off a guest.

After the prince walked out of the main hall of Jiaofang Palace, his footsteps became more and more rapid. Deng Xian and his attendants followed behind him in a hurry. Suddenly, the figure of the prince stopped, and the attendants behind him squatted down abruptly. Almost fell and hit him in a hurry.

When Deng Xian, who was following the prince, raised his head to look at the prince, he saw a court lady in emerald green palace clothes kneeling in front of the prince, shouting, "Prince, spare me!"

The prince didn't speak, just stood there.Deng Xian stood behind the prince, unable to see the complicated expression on the prince's face.

After standing for a long time, even Deng Xian wondered whether the prince was going to get angry with the maid, or had other intentions towards the maid, when he suddenly saw the prince stepping forward, and left without saying a word.

Deng Xian hurriedly glanced at the court lady who was still kneeling on the ground suspiciously, he couldn't see the face clearly, he just seemed to think that it was a graceful young girl, seeing that the prince had gone a little far away, he couldn't care less about doubts, Hastily hurriedly followed up.

Chunlan, who was kneeling on the ground, tightly clutched the handkerchief. When the prince and his party walked away, she breathed a sigh of relief, collapsed, and knelt on the ground.

It's dangerous, just now the prince looked at her sharply, she was really afraid that the prince would drag her out immediately and punish her!

Fortunately, I am the lucky one who survives a catastrophe and will have a good future, and he will be able to turn bad luck into good luck when things happen.

Moreover, the prince...

She snorted coldly in disdain, and soon, she might become a tiger whose teeth and claws have been pulled out.

(End of this chapter)