Traveling through time and space to become a concubine: I just want to live a leisurely life

Princess Chu Mengyao sat upright on the couch, holding a piece of clothing in her hand. She picked it up lightly and the thread passed through the fabric.

The corners of her mouth lifted slightly, revealing a happy smile, and then she carefully shook out the black-edged, dark-patterned brocade robe in her hand.

She had spent several days carefully making this brocade robe, and now it was finally completed.

The maidservant beside her was quick-witted and quick-handed. She stepped forward with a smile, took the brocade robe and unfolded it so that the princess could check if there was anything that needed to be modified.

The servants in the room praised the clothes after seeing them.

"Princess, this dress is so exquisite and beautiful."

"The princess's needlework is still as good as ever."

Chu Mengyao smiled happily after hearing these compliments.

"Do you think the prince will like this dress?" Chu Mengyao asked softly, with a hint of uncertainty in her words.

Zhao Ma walked forward with a smile, looked at the dress and said, "Don't worry, Princess. The prince looks at the thought behind it, not to mention that the dress you made is really good. The prince will definitely like it."

Chu Mengyao felt a little relieved after hearing what the nanny said, but her eyes still drifted towards the door from time to time.

She knew that the prince would come today. As long as there were new people entering the palace, he would come to the main courtyard three days later. This was the respect he gave her.

At this time, there was a slight but clear sound of footsteps outside the door, accompanied by the servants' respectful greetings: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Chu Mengyao was delighted and hurried out to greet him. As she reached the door, she saw the prince walk in with a not very good look on his face.

Chu Mengyao was slightly stunned, but then she quickly reacted and quickly took the lead in bowing. Her delicate voice rang out, "I greet the prince."

The other maids followed suit and bowed, saying in unison: "Greetings, Your Majesty."

As the king walked, he said casually, "Everyone, get up and set the table."

His tone was calm, but it seemed to contain an invisible majesty.

Chu Mengyao and the maids responded in unison: "Yes."

Not long after, a table full of sumptuous food was served.

The two sat facing each other, and the maids began to serve them food. The whole process was silent. The two ate in silence.

After dinner, Chu Mengyao looked at King Xuan and said softly, "Your Majesty, I made you a brocade robe. Why don't you try it on and see if it fits you?"

King Xuan looked at the people in the room and didn't want to offend the princess, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay."

After saying this, he stood up and walked towards the inner room. Seeing this, the princess hurriedly followed him in. Before entering, she waved her hand to indicate that she didn't need anyone to serve her.

After entering the room, Chu Mengyao walked to the couch, picked up the brocade robe and personally helped King Xuan put it on.

After putting it on, King Xuan just looked down and said, "Very good."

Although there were only two words, Chu Mengyao still showed a happy smile on her face. Just as she was about to hug King Xuan's waist, King Xuan suddenly walked away.

"I have something to tell you."

King Xuan said this expressionlessly and walked to the table and sat down.

Chu Mengyao looked at King Xuan's expression and felt an ominous premonition in her heart.

She thought carefully about what had happened recently and nothing seemed to be wrong.

So she took a deep breath, tried her best to stay calm, then slowly walked over and sat opposite King Xuan.

"What does the prince want to say?"

"When I was at Zui Xiang Lou today, I happened to see your brother openly robbing a woman on the street, so I taught him a lesson." The prince said expressionlessly.

Chu Mengyao's face suddenly changed after hearing this, and she quickly explained: "Your Highness, my brother is still young and has been spoiled by his family. He has a bad temper. I will definitely tell my father to discipline him strictly."

King Xuan snorted coldly, "He is not a child anymore. It's a good thing he met me today. If it was someone else, he would report it to father. You can imagine what happened to him." After saying that, he was about to leave in a huff.

Chu Mengyao was so frightened that her face turned pale. She quickly grabbed King Xuan's sleeve and asked, "Then how are you going to deal with this matter now, Your Majesty?"

"I already have a solution. You don't need to worry about this."

"Yes, I will definitely discipline them properly in the future."

"That's great. I'll go back to the front yard." As he said that, he pulled back his sleeves and was about to go out.

Chu Mengyao mustered up the courage to ask, "Will the prince come over tonight?"

"No, I still have things to do, you should rest early." After King Xuan left these words, his figure disappeared into the night.

The next morning, Chu Mengyao hurried back to the Shangshu Mansion.

Shen Jingyi had just finished lunch and was about to go out for a walk to digest the food when she saw Qiu Kui hurriedly walking in.

"Concubine"

"What's the matter? You're sweating all over."

"Concubine, I just heard that at the morning court today, Censor Wang reported to the emperor that Minister Chu was lax in his discipline and allowed his son to rob women in the street."

Shen Jingyi was slightly stunned, then she smiled frivolously and said softly: "It's good this way, while the abscess is still small, it can be punctured and treated early."

Chuntao and Xiazhu, who were following behind, were a little worried at first, wondering how come this happened just yesterday and was reported to the emperor today!

However, after hearing Shen Jingyi's words, they did not understand the deep meaning at first. After thinking for a moment, they relaxed their minds, and then their curiosity arose.

"What happened next?" Shen Jingyi asked.

“I heard that when the Minister learned about this yesterday, he was furious and immediately released the kidnapped women and compensated each of them with 100 taels of silver.

In addition, the family rules were used to beat Chu Chengming with forty boards."

Qiu Kui started laughing when talking about this. "I heard that his butt was beaten to pieces, and no one's pleas were of any use. Even when the old lady pretended to faint, they still couldn't stop.

This morning, the emperor sent someone to summon them, and they were all carried into the palace.

After seeing Chu Chengming's miserable condition and hearing that he had been released and compensated, the emperor only sentenced him to house arrest for three years.

Then Minister Chu was fined one year's salary and given 20 strokes of the cane for failing to discipline him. Our prince was also fined one year's salary."

"That's fine. The penalty wasn't very accurate. Well, you're sweating all over. You haven't had lunch yet, right? Go ahead."

"Yes, thank you, Concubine. I will withdraw now."

"Wait, Chuntao, you and Qiukui go over there and give them a beating. No one is allowed to discuss this in our yard."

"Yes, slave, come over right away."

The two of them bowed and left.

Shen Jingyi took Xia Zhu and Qiu Ju, who was walking hurriedly, and walked slowly towards the back garden.

The three of them chatted and laughed, avoiding the sun and strolling on the cool and pleasant road, looking particularly leisurely and contented.

In the garden, all kinds of flowers compete with each other in beauty, with various shapes and forms. The breeze brings bursts of fragrance.

Shen Jingyi liked this place very much, so she found a shady spot among the flowers and sat down, admiring the beautiful scenery, smelling the fragrance of the flowers, watching the bees and butterflies busy among the flowers, and felt relaxed and happy.

At this time, a little ball broke into this beautiful scene and became a part of it.

The little girl has two little buns on her head, which are white and tender. She is wearing a light yellow skirt and looks very pretty and cute.

Xia Zhu said softly: "Concubine, this should be Concubine Su's youngest daughter."

Qiu Ju was a little confused, "Why is she alone?"

"She's not a very nice person, but I didn't expect her daughter to be so beautiful." Shen Jingyi held her chin and looked at the little girl picking flowers.

Suddenly, the little girl sat down on the ground and started crying loudly.

"what happened."

"Let's go over and take a look."