Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 99

When Ruyi's belly was six months old, Mrs. Cao was taken to the summer palace to accompany her.

When I saw Ruyi, I didn't notice anything, I just started to take care of Ruyi's diet, and I always said interesting things and Ruyi listened to him.

Ruyi also vaguely understood Mrs. Cao's kindness, but she was always in a good mood.It is said that ever since she knew that the child was not easy to conceive, Ruyi felt that her mood was better than ever, and she stopped thinking about it, and only thought about raising the baby well, thinking about things that would make her happy .And the people around her treated her with more care, it can only be said that they couldn't be more careful.

The imperial doctor checked Ruyi's pulse at least three times a day, but he never showed any signs of embarrassment.This is also a signal for Ruyi to slowly let go of her heart.

Anrui's marriage was arranged in October. The time is said to be less, but not too much. Princesses are usually arranged to get married at the main entrance of the palace. According to common sense, Anrui should return to the palace to wait for her marriage. up.

However, Zhao Qingze spoke to Anrui earlier, telling him that he would accompany Ruyi to wait for the delivery in the summer palace. If Anrui wanted to go back to the palace to marry, he would send her back. The dowry will be sent here, and she will not be treated badly.

An Rui thought twice, but chose the latter.

Although marrying in the palace is justified and in line with the rules, it represents the noble status of a princess, but she doesn't care about it.If she gets married in the Summer Palace, no matter how unfair the name is, it will still be more exciting to her than the title of not being sent to marry by the emperor and the imperial concubine.

Moreover, if he returned to the palace at this time, he might lose the relationship he had cultivated with Ruyi in the future, and it would not be easy to restore it.

On the contrary, Ruyi listened to An Rui's choice, and couldn't help but patted her hand, saying that she was wronged.

Talking about this with Zhao Qingze at night, Zhao Qingze just smiled to make her not worry, since An Rui did this, can he still wrong her?
After a few days, the dowry from the palace began to arrive one after another, and it seemed that it was much better than what An Rui had expected. An Rui knew that this was Zhao Qingze and Ruyi's kindness to her, and felt even more grateful in his heart.On the other hand, Zhao Qingze and Ruyi added some more to the original specifications, and it seemed that the princess who was born on the same day was not willing to give in.

In addition to the dowry, there was also a lot of news from the palace.

The news was told directly to Zhao Qingze, but after Zhao Qingze heard it, he couldn't help but sneer.

His mother really couldn't stay idle, she had been "on sick leave" for a long time, and she couldn't help but come out again.

First, he made a big fuss at the full moon banquet of Prince Mu, the son of Concubine Jin, but now he prevents Concubine Jin from taking Prince Mu out of the palace, and frequently intervenes in the matter of buying Anrui's dowry. regain control of the palace.

"Let her make trouble in the palace!"

Zhao Qingze stretched out his hand and waved the people away, and ordered, without any intention of meddling, but after thinking about it, he added: "At the latest the day after tomorrow, you will arrange for the mother and son of Concubine Jin to move out of the palace."

Although Zhao Qingze doesn't mind letting her mother make waves in this empty palace, after all, the targets she can target, except for those concubines she stays in the palace are the concubines of the Supreme Emperor, and she wants to deal with the rest She couldn't do anything, and the people he stayed in the palace wouldn't let her have the chance to do it.

But Zhao Qingze has no doubts about his mother's ruthlessness. Concubine Jin's mother and son have too little foundation and methods are too weak. He doesn't want to hear the news from the palace in the summer palace one day: Concubine Jin, whom he has worked so hard to save. Mother and son were killed by his mother.

Zhao Qingze rubbed his head, but he didn't have much feeling in his heart, but he didn't know how to evaluate his mother, saying that she was obsessed with power and status, and even sacrificed her own children, so she should cherish this in return. As the empress dowager, she just needs to be the empress dowager peacefully, but she wants to make trouble.During the period of the Supreme Emperor, she was low-key and even submissive, but for him, the son who also became the emperor, she had to do the right thing.

Also, how tolerant the Supreme Emperor was to her, let her take charge of the harem, and mostly turned a blind eye to her actions, and didn't even know it at all.It was naturally not happy for her son to lose her rights all of a sudden.

Rights, after all, are the most important thing to her.

Zhao Qingze sneered, but he accepted the memorial and went to the bedroom behind.

Ruyi was talking to Mrs. Cao, and while talking, she kept eating melons and fruits.

Zhao Qingze walked over with a smile, picked up a piece of melon, took a bite, and sat next to Ruyi.

When Mrs. Cao saw Zhao Qingze coming, she saluted with a smile but was about to leave.

Zhao Qingze didn't care too much, and allowed her to back down, and then asked Ruyi about today's diet and what to do, while talking, Mrs. Cao left and returned outside.

"Auntie pulled something?"

Ruyi asked with a smile.However, Mrs. Cao had a very strange expression on her face, as if she was strongly suppressing her smile and excitement.

"No, I want to take a leave of absence from my mother, and I want to go home."

"Is there anything at home? Auntie, go back if you have something to do!"

Ruyi readily agrees.

However, Grandma Cao finally couldn't control the bright smile on her face, and said, "Yes... it's my daughter-in-law who is pregnant, so I want to go home and have a look."

"Madam Cao is pregnant?"

Ruyi really felt that the news was a bit sudden, she only thought that Cao Rui got married only a few days ago!

"Since that's the case, aunt doesn't have to worry about me. It's important to stay at home and take care of my daughter-in-law."

Cao Rui can be regarded as a fighter among older leftover men in this era. After finally getting married and married, Mrs. Cao probably should be very happy at this moment. If she is allowed to continue to accompany her in the palace, it will I am afraid that I will have trouble sleeping and eating.

"Here, I just go back and have a look!"

Mrs. Cao was really moved when she heard the words, but she refused after thinking about it.

"Nurse, don't rush to answer, let's go back and see the situation first." Zhao Qingze also understood Ruyi's meaning, reached out to call Deng Xian, and told Deng Xian to prepare a lot of things for Mrs. Cao to take.

Mrs. Cao waved her hands again and again when she heard the words: "The emperor's reward is too generous."

Ruyi persuaded with a smile: "Now this palace is full of these tire-repairing things, and I can't use them all by myself. The emperor is borrowing flowers to present Buddha!"

Zhao Qingze didn't object after hearing this, and nodded with a smile.

Mrs. Cao was really disrespectful, she could only thank her again and again, and then she brought a carriage back to Cao's house.

Who knew that he only went back for one night, and Mrs. Cao came back the next afternoon.

Ruyi was moved by Mrs. Cao's affection for her, but she was also a little embarrassed, and quickly said, "Auntie wants to come back, so don't be in such a hurry! Mrs. Cao is pregnant with her first child, so Auntie should take care of her more. Bar!"

Mrs. Cao smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have invited Mrs. Jiang into the house to take care of my daughter-in-law. As a mother-in-law, I am careful, and I can't compare to my own mother. Besides, there is no experienced person around you. Being close to people, I really can't let go of my heart!"

After all, I went to the dining room to cook the tonic soup and handed it to Ruyi, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, drink more, now one person eats two people."

"Ah."

At this time, Ruyi's heart is really close and grateful to Mrs. Cao that she has never had before. Regardless of the intention of Mrs. Cao's move, at this time, it is true that Mrs. Cao is by her side to help her up and down. Running things.

When she came back this time, Mrs. Cao brought Ruyi a lot of new things in the capital to tell her.

For example, if the daughter of the minister of this family married the son of the minister of that family, or which family gave birth to a pair of twins, the daughter-in-law of that family would be blessed.

As she spoke, Mrs. Cao relaxed her lips a bit, and she mentioned something that was not really a happy thing.

"That Miss Huang family really has no place to cry now."

Ruyi was just bored at the moment, and when she heard this, although she felt that it was not good to hear about other people's tragic events, she couldn't help being curious.

"what happened?"

Ruyi asked a question.

Mrs. Cao knew that she had lost her word, but when she heard Ruyi's question, she continued: "Didn't she push back the marriage with Lord Ning's family?"

After saying this, Mrs. Cao couldn't help but look at the door.This Princess Anrui also often comes to accompany Ruyi, after all, she is the one she is going to marry, so it is always bad to hear such words.

"It turned out that I picked sesame seeds and lost watermelon. Since that time, who else dared to come to propose marriage, even if it was really interesting, they were afraid of being humiliated. It didn't take long for this Miss Huang's family to get engaged, and the wedding date The day is very urgent, and we thought it was some excellent Erlang, but it turned out to be a Jinshi surnamed Chen. I heard that he was ranked in the top three in the palace examination, and he was not from a family. What did Prime Minister Huang think, so he agreed to marry his daughter to such a person. Thanks to Prime Minister Huang, this Chen Jinshi stayed in Beijing and became a good scholar in the Imperial Academy."

People in the capital, even the daughters of petty officials, may not be able to fall in love with such a family.

"Perhaps Prime Minister Huang is looking for a good character! And since staying in Beijing, I'm afraid it's not bad. Didn't the emperor give the candidates who stayed in Beijing this year a mansion?"

Ruyi probably understood what Mrs. Cao meant, and it was probably a contempt for Phoenix Man, but even in her previous life, there were many wealthy people who wanted to find Phoenix Man.

"It's just the character that has the problem, it's all a joke!"

Mrs. Cao couldn't help but shook her head, "Ms. Huang just got married, but a businessman came to her door saying that Chen Shuji was betrothed to his daughter and brought out a token. Prime Minister Huang Such an upright person, naturally cannot tolerate this."

"I don't know what to say later, the marriage of this merchant's family was said to be with Chen Shuji's younger brother, but everyone thought in their hearts that they might have said something to appease the family! The younger brother of Chen Shuji Seeing that she is only sixteen or seventeen years old, that young lady is already 19 years old, and the keepsakes are said to have been exchanged for several years, thinking about it, I feel that there are a lot of tricks in it."

After Mrs. Cao finished speaking, she sighed, and she didn't know what kind of emotion she should express to this Ms. Huang. She said sympathy, but she didn't. Most of this was done by herself.But this woman married the wrong person, and her life was indeed bitter.

"I heard that when Chen Shuji got married, he took his whole family into the capital. After getting married, the parents of the family, but also the elder brother, sister-in-law and younger brother of Chen Shuji stayed in Beijing. With the meager salary in the courtyard, to support such a big family in Beijing, after all, it’s just because of Miss Huang’s dowry idea.”

Mrs. Cao didn't say any more after talking about it, probably because she felt that what she said didn't look like it.And Ruyi just listened with a smile, without thinking too much, and was soon attracted by other things Mrs. Cao said.

(End of this chapter)