The Virtuous Concubine

Malu hesitated for only a moment before rejecting the idea.

Forget it, it’s an adult matter, kids shouldn’t interfere.

Let him think that it was the kingly and domineering aura emanating from his body that conquered Nalan Rongruo, making him willing to bring the entire Nalan family to join him.

Before going to bed at night, Bai Fu reminded Malu: "My queen, tomorrow we will be completely out of mourning. You can order some meat dishes to avoid ruining your body."

Bai Fu is really heartbroken. Look at this palace, who else has been guarding Empress Xiaoyi for so long, except for her own queen?

Malu nodded, "Okay, but let's serve something light first. After fasting for so long, it's not good to eat a lot of meat and fish all of a sudden. Let's ask the musician to come over tomorrow. I have to listen to the lecture every afternoon."

Bai Fu wrote down these things and arranged them one by one. The next afternoon, the zither player arrived as scheduled and began to teach. The zither player was a red-haired woman from Luosha country, named Sophia. She had deep eyes and nimble fingers, but she didn't speak Chinese or Manchu very well, so she relied on gestures most of the time.

Sometimes when Malu was in class and no one was around, he would take advantage of the situation and say a few words of English to her. After all, he was a person who had received compulsory education in modern times, so speaking a few simple words of English should not be a problem for him.

However, this Rakshasa Kingdom was the predecessor of Russia, and should have spoken Slavic - the ancestors of the Russians were the East Slavic Rus tribe, and Russian belongs to the East Slavic branch of the Slavic language family of the Indo-European language family.

The red-haired piano teacher couldn't understand anything at all. The two could only communicate with some broken Manchu and hand gestures, and the learning progress was very slow.

In addition to this, the two men that Maluxin has provoked are also quite annoying.

Rong Ji came to check Ping'an's pulse every three days, and the frequency of their meetings was relatively stable. However, he really fell in love, and Bai Fu and Bai Xia both found that Doctor Rong was more energetic.

Malu observed carefully and found that he not only knew how to take care of himself, but also wore new clothes every time he came to Yonghe Palace. Every now and then, he would take something out of the medicine box and quietly give it to Malu.

At first, it was some rare medicinal herbs passed down from generation to generation. The first time, he handed Malu two Tianshan snow lotus flowers, which were as white as snow and exuded a faint fragrance. This thing can beautify and nourish the skin, and it is a treasure that the women in the palace dream of.

He just asked Bai Fu to stew snow frog, bird's nest, milk, annan seeds and rock sugar for Concubine De to eat.

The second time, it was an old mountain ginseng, which was of very good quality. It was said that even if the King of Hell came to snatch a person away, it could keep him alive for three days. So Malu was asked to keep it properly in case of emergency.

The third time was the Angong Niuhuang Pills which were over fifty years old. Niuhuang is actually a stone from the cow's body, which condenses in the liver and gallbladder and turns yellow, hence the name "Niuhuang".

Natural bezoar is hard to come by, and the probability of a cow suffering from gallstones is less than one in a thousand. One million cows can only produce 100-3 kilograms of bezoar, and ten thousand cows can produce about 4 grams.

It was extremely difficult to find such a large bezoar to make Angong Niuhuang Pills in the Qing Dynasty when productivity was so low.

Malu looked at this thing and was a little afraid to take it. She knew in modern times that this thing could cure all diseases.

But Rong Ji put the medicine down and ran away after he said the name. It was Bai Fu who asked the eunuch to send the medicine box back to the Imperial Hospital.

The fourth time, seeing Rong Ji stealthily taking things out of the box again, Ma Lu finally couldn't help it: "Are you being greedy in the Imperial Hospital?"

Hearing this, Rong Ji hurriedly explained: "How could I do such a thing? I didn't. This is all the accumulation of the Rong family over the generations. It's my... my wife's money."

Bai Fu, who was standing next to her, changed her expression when she heard this, but since the queen didn't say anything, she could only keep her mouth shut.

Malu glanced at Bai Fu nervously, and only when he saw that she was watching her heart and her eyes were watching her nose did he feel relieved and tried to smooth things over: "I know you are loyal, but you don't have to give me all these good things. These medicinal herbs are too precious. What, do you want to be a judge? I can't help you."

Rong Ji was also a little scared. He really didn't mean it. He immediately blamed himself in his heart for not restraining himself and ended up saying the wrong thing.

Unexpectedly, Bai Fu burst out laughing: "My lady, I know."

Malu felt extremely embarrassed for a moment, as if she had been caught by her bestie. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole to hide in. But she still had a bit of a stubborn tone and half-seriously rebuked: "What nonsense are you talking about, Bai Fu? What do you know?"

Bai Fu smiled lightly, with a hint of playfulness and understanding in her smile: "It's okay, Madam. If I hadn't served you so closely for so long, I wouldn't have noticed the clues. Just be careful and don't get caught. I'll go and keep an eye out for you."

After saying that, Bai Fu went to the outer room where they kept watch, leaving space for the two of them to be alone together.

Inside the room, Malu and Rongji looked at each other, and both of them blushed at the same time. Malu cleared his throat and tried to change the subject: "Are these medicines really your family heirlooms?"

Rong Ji's face also turned red, but he couldn't help but move closer: "My queen, these herbs are indeed the Rong family's treasured collection for many years, and they were also left by my father before he died... I... I just wanted to bring them to you for use. If they are left at the Rong family, they will just become dregs if the medicinal properties are lost."

Malu didn't believe it, but she simply held Rong Ji's hand tightly and shook her head, saying, "We don't need such expensive things, and all the items in the palace need to be recorded. I can still eat those snow lotus, but how can I put the ginseng and bezoar pills?"

As she spoke, she moved closer to Rong Ji and kissed him gently on the cheek, as if to reward him for his efforts during this period of time.

Rong Ji was stunned by this sudden kiss and couldn't say a word. Seeing him so shy and innocent, Ma Lu couldn't help but pinch him again: "I was right when I said you were a fool last time."

Rong Ji came back to his senses and said hesitantly, "Then I will bring food to Your Majesty next time."

Malu's smile became even brighter when he heard this: "Really? Don't lie to me."

Rong Ji nodded and said seriously, "Of course it is true. In two days after the pulse diagnosis, I will go to the old store in the east of the city to buy it for you personally."

Malu was very happy, but she felt it was unnecessary, after all, it meant he had to get up early to line up. But she did not reject his kindness - it was better for men to pay more for themselves and develop the habit of paying.

So she just smiled and mentioned another thing: "Why do you still call me Your Majesty and your humble servant in private? I don't like it."

Rong Ji also felt that this was not a good idea. Now the two of them... were in love, and even the maids around the queen knew about it, but they didn't object!

In Rong Ji's view, this was a bright future, and the love between the two had the blessing and support of others!

So it was too distant to use the titles of "monarch and subject" in private. Moreover, the titles of "minister" and "madam" repeatedly reminded him that there was a third person, Kangxi, in the middle.

If Malu knew that Rong Ji was thinking this way, she would probably laugh - it turns out that throughout history, everyone thinks that in love, the one who is not loved is the mistress.