Su Meiren originally came to comfort Qin Rushuang, but now she was comforted by Qin Rushuang instead, and she felt a little embarrassed.
"I originally wanted to get rid of Princess Jie, but I didn't expect that Princess has arranged our future for us. It's really..."
"They are all our sisters, why are you so polite?"
The two talked for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, the Sumei people said goodbye and left.
It was getting late at this time, and the palace was quiet. When passing by the garden, suddenly a little maid came towards Sumei with a lantern and a basket.
"Which courtyard are you from? Why are you out so late?" asked the Sumerian.
The little maid turned the lantern in a circle, opened the contents of the basket, and said to Sumei, "The newly made walnut cake in the kitchen is very delicious."
After saying that, he picked up the basket and left.
Mei Su was left in the garden in a daze, and she left after a while.
…
In the main courtyard, Qin Rushuang packed up and was about to lie down, but a servant came to report that Xie Xun was here.
Xie Xun knew that Emperor Qi had issued a decree today to confer the title of concubine, and Qin Rushuang must have felt bad, so he came to Qin Rushuang's courtyard specially.
Qin Rushuang heard the announcement and walked from the house to the door of the room.
From a distance, Xie Xun saw Qin Rushuang taking the initiative to go out to greet her, and a smile broke out on his face.
"It's dark outside, so you can stay there without coming out to greet me."
When Xie Xun walked to the door, he wanted to lift his legs to go in, but Qin Rushuang blocked the door frame with one hand.
"The prince has misunderstood. I am not here to greet the prince. I want to persuade the prince to go to the east courtyard to rest."
Xie Xun frowned: "You are still angry. The relationship between me and her is not what you think."
Qin Rushuang shook her head, "I'm not angry. According to the rules, on the night of the concubine's inauguration, the prince should go to the concubine's yard no matter what."
"I was just afraid that His Majesty would be unhappy, so I acquiesced to let Qin Fanghao be the concubine. Now that I have acknowledged this matter, if I don't follow the rules now and His Majesty finds out, wouldn't all my previous efforts be wasted."
According to the rules, there was nothing wrong with what Qin Rushuang said, and Xie Xun could not find a reason to refute it.
But he vaguely felt that something was wrong. Is Qin Rushuang such a person who follows the rules?
He had never felt that Qin Rushuang understood justice so well, but it made him feel very uneasy.
"I will stay here tonight."
"Your Majesty," Qin Rushuang didn't give in even a step, "I have endured so much before. How can Your Majesty bear to watch my concession come to nothing? Believe it or not, Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty sleeps in our courtyard today, the news will come out immediately tomorrow."
Will fly into the palace."
In the end Xie Xun left.
Because he found that he and Qin Rushuang had fallen into the same strange circle again.
No matter what he does, he seems to be wrong...
If he was nice to Qin Rushuang now, it would make the emperor and the imperial concubine in the palace dissatisfied with Qin Rushuang. If he was even slightly biased towards Qin Fang's kindness, Qin Rushuang would definitely be injured, and he seemed to be in an infinite dead end.
This night, the lights in the main courtyard were on again...
For several days, Qin Rushuang did not let Xie Xun enter the main courtyard.
After a few days of sunny weather, the summer rainy season ushered in.
The temperature suddenly dropped.
Qingzhi looked at the drizzle outside the door with some worry, and said to Qin Rushuang: "Princess, are you cold? I'll go to the kitchen and ask for some silver charcoal, I'm afraid there won't be much."
The silver carbon used for heating in the winter in the house is all of the best quality. It is prepared starting every autumn and can be used until spring.
Now that it is summer, I can only go to the kitchen to see if there is any stock from last year. The new ones are definitely not here.
Qin Rushuang's mood was the same as the weather, and she felt a little unmotivated.
"It's raining outside, don't go, just put on more clothes."
Qingzhi immediately said: "How can this be done? Princess, you have to take care of your body. This rainy weather is the most humid. Doctor Cao has said that you can't get even the slightest bit of cold air now. I'm going to get some silver thread."
Carbon comes.”
Qin Rushuang did not refuse, but asked her to remember to bring an oil-paper umbrella.
After a while, Qingzhi came back, but his face was full of anger.
"When a villain succeeds, it's too much to bully others!"
"What's wrong?" Qin Rushuang asked.
"The one in the east courtyard has just become a concubine and is already showing off!"
"When I went there, the kitchen lady told me that there was still some silver wire carbon left. I looked at the quantity and it was enough to last for a few days, but I didn't expect to turn around and say a few words to the little maid in the kitchen. The silver wire
The charcoal was taken away by everyone in the east courtyard!"
"What do you mean their concubine's body is precious? Damn you!"
Qin Rushuang waved her hand lazily: "Forget it, why are you angry with them?"
"Then we can't let them get into trouble! It's only been a few days since we were canonized as concubines! If it's like this, how long will it take in the future?"
Qin Rushuang fiddled with the tassels at the hem of her clothes, looking a little absent-minded, "Let her be wild."
"Princess! Are we going to let her continue to be so arrogant? There are also those maids in the east courtyard. They have only been there for a few days and they can no longer recognize who is the master of the palace!"
"I'm not following the wrong person. Isn't she already a concubine?"
Qingzhi resented the lack of steel: "Princess! I really hope that you can be open-minded and take good care of your fetus, so you won't give in like this, right?"
Qin Rushuang smiled and said with relief: "Okay, okay, I know you are worried about me, but she is in the limelight now, let her dance for a few more days."
She lowered her eyes: "It's too early to touch her now..."
After listening to Qin Rushuang's explanation, Qingzhi's anger finally subsided a little, and she remembered another thing, "Oh, by the way, I saw that Aunt Liu came to the house today."
Qin Rushuang was not surprised and said: "It's normal. My daughter came back from the nunnery and became a concubine. It's understandable that she came to see her."
"I'm just afraid that the two of them are holding back something bad!"
Qin Rushuang smiled lightly and whispered: "I'm not afraid that she will do something bad, but I'm afraid that they won't dare."
East courtyard.
Aunt Liu really didn't dare to do anything bad again.
Ever since she was abandoned by General Qin, she has been in a difficult situation in the palace.
Finally, her daughter became a concubine, but she was still afraid in her heart. After all, the child in Qin Fanghao's belly was a hidden thunder, and she didn't know when it would cause shock in Prince Huai's palace.
Aunt Liu carefully touched her daughter's concubine's clothes and said, "Okay, I'm so good. Finally, all the hard work has come to an end."
She wiped away her tears and said, "Now that you have become the concubine, you should take good care of the pregnancy until the child is born."
Aunt Liu paused for a moment, knowing that there were some things she couldn't say clearly, so she changed her words and said, "This is the prince's child. You will have great blessings in the future, and the blessings are yet to come."
Qin Fanghao sneered, his face completely lost the weak look he had in front of Qin Rushuang.
"I'm willing to be on an equal footing with her, but do you think she would be willing to do so with Qin Rushuang's temperament? Now it's just because I have just been canonized, so it's hard to embarrass me. In the future, I may be made to suffer a lot, and I may be secretly punished.
How many stumbling blocks have I caused!"
Aunt Liu smiled bitterly and advised, "Listen to mother. Be more tolerant. As long as you have this child, everything will be easy in the future. Mother lost in the first place because she didn't give birth to a son for me..."
Qin Fanghao frowned: "Mother, are you dissatisfied with me for not living up to expectations and getting pregnant as a girl?"
Aunt Liu quickly shook her head, "No! No! My mother is very good and very up to date. I just thought that if I could settle down now..."
Qin Fanghao sneered, "I didn't come back to Prince Huai's Mansion just to find a stable place!"
