The Virtuous Concubine

The couple discussed for a long time before going to bed. Weiwu planned to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs Accounting Department to write Mayanzhu's name on the list, while Sai and Li would go to talk to Mayanzhu tomorrow.

Malu certainly didn't know that her family was going to make things difficult for her by sending her unreliable sister into the palace. She had just laid down and was enjoying herself in her new room!

This house is much bigger than the original one, it is made up of three connected rooms. These three rooms are also carefully designed.

One is her bedroom, which, in addition to a green gauze step-out bed, a wardrobe, a dressing table, and so on, even has a desk and a bookshelf.

It was probably because one of the eunuchs knew that she was somewhat knowledgeable in poetry and literature, and the emperor liked this aspect of her, so he bought some books for her. However, there were only some basic books on the bookshelf, such as "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names", "Female Rules", "Female Instructions", etc. The rest of the bookshelf was left empty, waiting for her to fill in according to her preferences.

The other two rooms are the hall and storeroom for daily reception and activities. There is a small footstool next to the corridor between the bedroom and the storeroom, where the maid who serves Malu at night sleeps. Bai Xia and Bai Fu will take turns to help her in the tea room or serve her daily life.

Malu was very satisfied with the two of them. It was obvious that they were both very obedient and hardworking, which made Malu feel much more relaxed. She gave each of them a big red envelope with 20 taels of silver, and then washed them with the help of Bai Xia and Bai Fu before she prepared to go to bed.

Before going to bed, Malu was thinking that he would need to have Bai Xia register these rewards and store them in the warehouse tomorrow, and then he would have to hurry up and make the crabapple fruit dessert to make a better impression on Kangxi.

Thinking of this, her heart felt like it was hit by a heavy hammer. She thought of the scene she saw when she came back.

She couldn't lie to herself. The fact was that Kangxi had summoned another concubine just as she got up from bed. She had packed her things and sneaked out in such a short time, but the person had already arrived.

She felt sick and sad. She had just developed a crush on Kangxi, but Kangxi's move was like pouring a pot of boiling water over the little seedling of love that had sprouted in her heart, scalding it to death.

The system hesitated for a moment, then consoled him: "At least you were the first one..."

It would have been fine if Malu hadn't heard this, but after hearing it, she became even angrier: "I can't guarantee that I won't be the one at the back in the future! Besides, isn't this a question of first come first served?"

The system had to reveal a cruel fact: "He was the emperor when the feudal system reached its peak. Moreover, he was still very energetic. He had almost 20 sons alive. It is impossible for him to have only you."

Malu said angrily: "I know..."

System: "As a human being, you are definitely special and unique. But in front of the imperial power, we are all grass and straw dogs..."

Malu became even more annoyed after hearing this. She simply muted the system, then covered herself with a quilt and tried to suffocate herself to death!

After a while, Malu felt that she couldn't breathe, so she opened the quilt again, got up and poured herself a cup of tea. She drank it in one breath, spit out the tea leaves in her mouth, and felt that her emotions had calmed down a little, so she unmuted the system.

The system was also angry. How could this person be so ungrateful? As soon as it could speak, it said without thinking, "In history, Emperor Kangxi once had sex with seven women in one night. You should accept it as soon as possible! You can't stand just one woman. What will you do in the future?"

Malu was so angry that she laughed after hearing this: "Who would want such a dirty man? It's so disgusting. With so much, how can he wipe it off in time? Disgusting! Disgusting!"

Malu was stamping her feet in anger as she spoke. She really couldn't stand it: "Whoever wants to do this mission can do it! I won't do it anymore. I'll cut my hair and become a nun tomorrow!

Why not just get rid of Kangxi before you go? I don’t want the nine clans anymore! Just think of it as firing the first shot against imperialism and feudalism! It will be your merit too! "

After the system heard her say this, it analyzed it and felt that it was just an angry remark, so it advised her: "Don't be impulsive. Anyway, he doesn't come to the harem that often, and he doesn't come to see you that often. Just treat him as yours...yours..."

Malu scolded it: "Stop brainwashing me. What kind of spiritual victory is this? In the end, you still want me to put on a forced smile!"

System: "Why don't you go and see what reward he gave you to calm down..."

Malu almost choked, but she felt better after she said it out. Thinking that she couldn't sleep now, she just took a lamp and prepared to count her jewelry and gold and register them herself.

This actually shows that Malu's modern characteristics have not been smoothed out. If an ancient woman encountered such a thing, everyone would advise her to be magnanimous and tolerant, and not to be jealous, because jealousy is the original sin of being a woman. She would also convince herself, even though the pain was still so heartbreaking.

No one will tell her that love will inevitably become exclusive and that her pain is justified. No one will even tell her why men can have three wives and four concubines, but women must remain faithful to one man and keep their chastity intact.

Malu couldn't help thinking that if it were modern times, she would probably just shop, order takeout, and then get up and clean like crazy. But at this moment, she could only hold the dim light and try to numb herself with gold and jewelry - thinking of this, Malu couldn't help laughing.

Forget it, for the sake of gold and jewels!

Bai Xia was on duty today. She was taking a nap in the outer room, and woke up when she heard Malu getting up to pour water. When Malu was about to come out with a light, she had already gotten up and asked Malu what he needed.

Malu smiled and said, "Nothing is needed. You can continue to sleep. I couldn't sleep so I thought of taking inventory to pass the time."

Bai Xia didn't dare to do that, so she accompanied Malu to the warehouse to take inventory. She was obedient in that she would not persuade Malu to go to bed, but she would insist on accompanying her. This was what Aunt Shuyu had told her to do, and it was also her duty as a servant. Seeing that she insisted, Malu had no choice but to let her follow.

Bai Xia took the lamp and lit it in the warehouse. The warehouse was less than one-third full of boxes and cages, but there were still a lot of surplus. Ma Lu asked Bai Xia to open the boxes and report the names and quantities, and then she would register them.

Bai Xia counted them one by one for her: "Two boxes of gold melon seeds, eight boxes of silver ingots, a gold hairpin inlaid with lapis lazuli and kingfisher feathers, a white jade flat pendant inlaid with lotus patterns, pearl pendants, silver filigree mandarin duck flower hairpins, agate beaded bee pattern earrings..."

After counting the jewelry boxes, Bai Xia was stunned by how favored Malu was: "Girl... the emperor really likes you."

Malu was waiting for the last piece of paper to dry before nailing it up. She smiled bleakly when she heard this: "Really?"

If you only look at these things, Kangxi did have a good impression of her. Just for the jewelry, Ma Lu wrote about ten sheets of paper in small calligraphy with hairpin flowers.

Bai Xia nodded: "That's right! Many ladies and concubines don't have these good things." But when she looked at Miss Malu, she felt that why didn't she have the joy of being rich?

Malu's mood had actually calmed down a lot by this time, so she smiled and said, "How do you know that other concubines don't have it? Did you go to their storehouses as well?"

Bai Xia thought that she would always follow Malu in the future, so she did not hide it: "Before I came to Qianqing Palace, I was a maid in Cining Palace. On the first and fifteenth day of every month, the late queen would bring all the concubines in the harem to pay respects to the Grand Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother, so I have seen it all."