The Job of an Imperial Concubine

Zhuang Luoyan is not afraid of anything in this life, but she is afraid of encountering noble literary and artistic youths. In fact, this is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is encountering literary and artistic youths.

"Master, have you heard the rumors in the palace?"

At dinner time, Zhuang Luoyan was slowly drinking fresh bamboo shoot and fish soup. Seeing Yun Xi walking in with a smile on her face, she wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, "What rumor?"

"My servant heard that after you left the bamboo grove today, the emperor originally wanted to move Xu Zhaorong to the palace, but because he sympathized with Xu Zhaorong's liking for the bamboo grove, he let Xu Zhaorong continue to live in the Changtian Building." When Yun Xi said this, she couldn't help showing a bit of humor in her words "I don't know if Xu Zhaorong still likes that bamboo forest."

Zhuang Luoyan twitched the corners of her mouth. In fact, she suspected that Emperor Chengxuan couldn't stand Xu Zhaorong's actions, so he deliberately used such words to stab Xu Zhaorong, "Who spread the word?"

"It's spread all over the harem, maybe how many people will see the joke," Yun Xi washed her hands, and stepped forward to give Zhuang Luo rouge, "I thought that this Xu Zhaorong was a dull person, and there must be no one in the harem." How many people are dissatisfied, but there are so many people in the harem waiting for her to laugh at her."

"A real talented woman makes people jealous, and a fake talented woman makes people sick. These two kinds of women can't live an easy life in the harem." Zhuang Luoyan smiled lightly, "No matter which kind Xu Zhaorong belongs to, As long as there are jokes about her, there are plenty of people in the harem who are willing to watch."

"What a real talented woman," Ting Zhu sneered. She entered the palace early and served other masters, so she naturally heard more rumors about the harem. Ever since the emperor took a fancy to her graceful appearance in the rain, she has always looked worried and puzzled, if it wasn't for her appearance being worse than Xi Shi, I'm afraid she would have to imitate Xi Shi."

Hearing what Tingzhu said, Zhuang Luoyan sighed sincerely. It's not easy for Xu Zhaorong. Pretending to be a talented woman also requires a certain amount of face and psychological endurance.

That night, Feng Jin didn't turn over the signboard of which palace. After finishing the review, he read some other books.

Gao Dezhong came in with a tray, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Xu Zhaoyi from Changtianlou has sent something."

"Oh?" Feng Jin turned a page of the book in his hand and asked without raising his head, "What is it?"

"It's a sachet with bamboo fragrance." Gao Dezhong replied in a low voice.

"Huh?" Feng Jin stopped turning the pages of the book, raised his eyelids and glanced at Gao Dezhong, Gao Dezhong immediately took a few steps forward knowingly.

Inside the tray is a small and exquisite sachet, with a bright yellow background, and several lifelike bamboos embroidered on it, making people feel alive at a glance.

"This bright yellow fabric, embroidered with green bamboo doesn't seem very attractive," Feng Jin put his eyes on the book, "Put it away."

"Yes," Gao Dezhong retreated softly, and glanced at the sachet on the tray, he knew that the sachet would never see the light of day. Exit the inner hall, hand the sachet to the eunuch next to him, "Go and put the sachet away, don't drop it on the ground."

"Yes," the little eunuch took it carefully, and hurriedly retreated.

There will never be a shortage of jokes in the palace, and there will never be a shortage of emergencies.

If other concubines are still watching Xu Zhaorong's jokes at this moment, Concubine Xian must not be able to laugh at this moment. Because the third prince, who was less than one year old, was sick, and he was still very sick, his whole body was burning hot, and he even cried like a kitten.

Among other things, the third prince has only been sent to her for a long time, and he has fallen into such a serious illness. If something really happened, it would be unclear what happened next.

The imperial physicians of the imperial hospital called four of them together, but the four of them couldn't discuss it together, and the concubine Xian was so anxious that she wanted to punish these imperial physicians.

"The empress is here!"

The queen and his party went to the inner room, and seeing Concubine Xian's anxious appearance, they knew that the third prince was seriously ill, so they could only ask the imperial doctor who was saluting to him, "How is the third prince?"

"Go back to your mother, if the third prince has a high fever, I'm afraid..." The chief physician paused, "The high temperature hurts the brain."

The queen understood what the imperial physician meant. It was uncertain whether the third prince could be rescued, let alone whether he would be burnt into a fool. She frowned and said, "I don't want to hear this, I want the third prince to live well, you know?"

It doesn't matter whether the third prince is smart or not, the important thing is that the third prince can't go now.

"Empress," Concubine Xian wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "The concubine is incompetent and did not take good care of the third prince..."

"It's common for children to get sick and have disasters, you don't have to blame yourself," the empress said a few words of consolation, and said to the concubine Xian in front of her, "Have you notified the emperor?"

"I just asked someone to invite the emperor." Concubine Xian kept wiping the corners of her eyes, making the corners of her eyes that were already tearing red and swollen. What should the concubine... how should I explain?"

Seeing Concubine Xian's appearance like this, the Queen sighed, and while comforting Concubine Xian, asked the imperial physician to treat her well. His eyes fell on the third prince on the crib, but her worried face had a pair of calm eyes.

Everyone knows that the third prince is not valued by the emperor, and the status of the birth mother is also very low. She left after giving birth, leaving only such a child who has no one to rely on. Now he is almost one year old, and he doesn't even have a name. It can be seen that the emperor Ben didn't pin his hopes on this son.

But even though the emperor didn't pay much attention to him, he was still one of the three princes in the palace. He was raised well, but something happened when he came to Concubine Xian. Even if the emperor didn't blame him, he couldn't stop the women in the harem from talking.

The queen withdrew her gaze, and her tone became a little more serious, "Treat him well, treat him with heart, and the third prince must be cured."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Empress Xianfei sent someone to say that the Third Prince is seriously ill and has already called several imperial physicians," Gao Dezhong said softly, "The Empress has already rushed over."

"What did the imperial doctor say?" Feng Jin paused, put down the book in his hand, and asked the palace servants to change his clothes.

"The imperial doctor said that the third prince's condition is very serious, with high fever and difficult legs. If this continues, he may be in danger of life." Gao Dezhong's voice dropped a little, and seeing the emperor's expression condensed, he continued to bury his head, "The concubine Xian is already in a hurry. Gotta cry."

"Yeah," Feng Jin glanced at him, "Putting out Ruan Ming Palace."

The matter of the third prince's serious illness quickly spread to all the palaces, and even the queen mother was alarmed. Although she didn't have much affection for the third prince, the queen mother also drove to Ruan Ming Palace at this moment.

Several of the biggest masters in the palace went to Ruan Ming Palace, and the rest of the respectable masters didn't go to visit, it would be somewhat unreasonable.

When Zhuang Luoyan heard the news that the third prince was seriously ill, she had a feeling that it was true, and the next moment she felt that this concubine was really unlucky, and that she had received such a thankless job, and now that something happened, she couldn't explain it clearly up.

"Master, shall we go and have a look?" Ting Zhu whispered, "My servant heard that some honorable masters in the palace have all gone to visit."

Zhuang Luoyan looked out of the dark window and yawned, "I command you to go down and prepare your chariot to go to Ruan Ming Palace."

How many of these women who went to Ruan Ming Palace really visited the Third Prince? I'm afraid there are more people watching the fun than visiting sincerely.

Sitting on the slightly swaying chariot, Zhuang Luoyan looked at the maid leading the way with a lantern, sighed, and looked up at the night sky illuminated by the full moon. It was actually a full moon night.

When they arrived at Ruan Ming Palace, Zhuang Luoyan got off the chariot, and a maid came forward with a lantern to help her make the way. Zhuang Luoyan smiled slightly at the court lady, and when she stepped up the stone steps, she saw an unremarkable woman kneeling beside her, she looked only in her early twenties, with black hair and a simple bun, leaning on only two The hairpin was fixed, and with that pale complexion, it looked indescribably embarrassed and pitiful.

He walked into the gate of Ruan Ming Palace without stopping, and the maid leading the way backed away. Zhuang Luoyan took a look at Ting Zhu, Ting Zhu stepped forward to hold Zhuang Luoyan's hand, and said softly: "Master, the road is slippery at night. Be careful." Then lowered his voice, "Kneeling is Kong Cairen, the elder sister of the third prince's birth mother."

Zhuang Luoyan nodded, a talented person from the seventh rank is not qualified to visit concubines and empresses at will, unless summoned, looking at Kong Cairen's appearance, I am afraid that he is worried about the safety of the third prince.

"Zhao Chongyi is here!"

However, in this harem, all kinds of love are covered with a cloak of interests, even that Kong Cairen, she couldn't tell whether she was really worried about the third prince or wanted to win some attention in front of the emperor.

In the land of the harem, those who talk about feelings are fools.