Harem Daily Life

Seeing that it was late at night, Xiao Quanzi had given up hope and said, "It's cold at night. How about I hold you so you can be warmer?"

Xiao Jinan yawned and handed his hand to Xiao Quanzi. Xiao Quanzi then held him in his arms and sat on the steps at the door to coax him to sleep.

Hearing the baby snoring, Xiao Quanzi picked him up and prepared to take him back to the room.

Unexpectedly, there was a light coming from afar. Xiao Quanzi looked carefully and saw that His Majesty had indeed come!

He wanted to wake up the little one in his arms, but was afraid that Jin'an would wake up and disturb His Majesty, so he waited until His Majesty came closer before greeting him, "Your Majesty."

He Linzhang looked at him displeased and said, "It's getting dark now, why don't you take him back to the room? What if he catches a cold?"

Xiao Quanzi immediately said, "Your Majesty, the young master has been waiting for you at the door and refused to go back to his room. I just coaxed him to sleep and didn't have time to carry him back to his room."

"Wait for me?" he asked as he took the child in his hands and held him in his arms.

It's a small ball, but so cute.

Eunuch Zhang had never seen His Majesty holding any princes or princesses, but this little Master Jin'an was the first one. He couldn't help but be a little surprised. His Majesty dotes on Concubine Tao so much that he loves her and her family as well.

He Linzhang carried the man back to the room and saw the new clothes placed beside the bed. Xiao Quanzi said, "The young master has new clothes and wants to wear them for His Majesty when he comes, so he is waiting outside."

After listening to this, He Linzhang felt that this child was sincere and trustworthy. He only said it casually in the morning, but he actually took it seriously. Fortunately, he came today. If he didn't come, wouldn't he be breaking his promise to the child?

He Linzhang settled the child before going to Tao Yanyan's room.

Tao Yanyan was still writing with a candle lit.

He Linzhang walked over and saw that she was still copying the palace rules, and was quite surprised.

"Why haven't you finished copying yet?"

Tao Yanyan glared at him and said, "The Queen said that I stole His Majesty from someone else and asked me to reflect on this!"

He Linzhang took the pen from his hand, hugged her from behind, and whispered: "If the other party is not a concubine, then you are not wrong, right?"

In fact, He Linzhang also disliked Fu Baolin. He looked plain but had a vicious mind and was plotting to harm Yan Yan. He wanted to demote him as soon as he returned to the palace. Now he was just executing his idea a little later.

Tao Yanyan leaned back in his arms, tilted her head and looked at him: "Your Majesty, do you want to take away her position as Bao Baolin? But what else can she surrender to?"

"Just be a palace maid." After saying that, he turned his head and kissed Tao Yanyan.

Tao Yanyan turned around and gently hugged his waist.

The next day, He Linzhang got up very early as usual, and Xiao Jinan also got up. Hearing that the emperor had come, Jinan put on new clothes and waited outside the door. As soon as she saw He Linzhang, Xiao Jinan ran over and hugged his legs: "New clothes, my sister made them for me."

Hearing the babyish voice, He Linzhang picked the person up and said, "You look very nice. Your sister treats you very well."

"There's a needle, it pricked me, it hurts so much." Jin'an said, pointing at his armpit.

He Linzhang's eyes darkened, and he asked Qingfeng beside him: "What's going on?"

Qingfeng hesitated for a moment, but still told what happened yesterday: "Your Majesty, Lady Tao only sent the little palace maid back to the clothing department yesterday, and did not use any torture on her own. As for Ximei, she is Li Jieyu's maid after all. Lady Tao was also punished by the Empress to copy the palace rules, and she cannot leave until she has finished copying them, so she has not yet gone to confront Ximei."

He Linzhang frowned. The little beauty didn't say anything last night. She just hugged him and rubbed against him all the time. She was much more obedient and clingy than usual. It turned out that she was feeling aggrieved.

"I will investigate this matter. If it is really related to Concubine Li, I will not condone it."

After He Linzhang finished speaking, he put Xiao Jin'an down and patted his head: "Since I adopted you, I will not let you suffer any grievances. If anyone makes you uncomfortable in the future, just tell me."

Xiao Jinan nodded, his big eyes twinkling.

Eunuch Zhang quickly found out the truth. It was indeed Ximei who put the needle there, but she refused to admit that she was instructed to do so. She only said that she had a personal grudge against the palace maids in the Shangyi Bureau and deliberately framed her.

"He who plotted to murder his master should be beaten to death!" He Linzhang said expressionlessly as he reviewed the memorial.

"Li Jieyu was not strict with her subordinates, so she was demoted to a beauty and fined three months' salary. Sun, the head of the Shangyi Bureau, was fined three months' salary."

Seeing that everything had been dealt with, Eunuch Zhang wanted to leave, but the emperor said, "I don't like Fu Baolin. Go and tell the empress to demote her to a palace maid and remove her from the list of palace concubines. Then go to my private storehouse and pick some more things to send to Concubine Tao. You must give her double the amount."

Eunuch Zhang immediately said "yes" and personally took people to make arrangements.

He Linzhang rubbed his brows. Thinking that the little beauty was kind-hearted and friendly, these people actually wanted to harm her. It was simply abominable!

He wished he could keep the little beauty by his side all the time to protect her from any grievances.

Today, Tao Yanyan was punished to copy the palace rules and was confined to her room, so she did not come to pay her respects. Naturally, she did not know that the emperor's demoting Fu Baolin to a palace maid had shocked the harem.

When Fu Baolin heard the news, he felt like he was struck by lightning and thought he was hallucinating.

"Empress, please help me. I have done nothing wrong!" Fu Baolin kowtowed and begged for mercy.

The queen clenched her hands, feeling extremely angry.

"You don't have the Holy Heart, so no one can help you! Someone, take her to pack her luggage and move out immediately. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will arrange a place for her."

Fu Baolin was dragged away, and the concubines were unable to recover for a long time.

Shu Fei said leisurely: "It is still Lady Tao who is favored. So now she is not considered to have violated the palace rules, so naturally she does not need to be punished?"

The queen just felt that the emperor had been slapping her in the face these days!

Feeling tired, the queen asked, "Anything else? If not, then please leave early."

At this time, a palace servant came in and said, "Your Majesty, Ximei from Concubine Li's palace was just beaten to death by Eunuch Zhang, and Concubine Li was demoted to a beauty."

Only then did the Queen notice that Concubine Li, who was usually chattering and complaining about everything, was not here today.

"What's going on? What did she do wrong?" the queen asked puzzled.

The palace maid replied, "It is said that Ximei, the maidservant of Lady Li, put a needle in the clothes sent by the Shangyi Bureau to Lady Tao's brother, and the child was stabbed. After His Majesty found out, he was very angry and punished the people involved."

"This Concubine Tao is favored, and even her adopted brother is favored. It's really a blessing for everyone." Shu Fei said lightly.

The imperial concubine glanced at her and said, "Even if Lady Li doesn't like Lady Tao, there's no need to attack a child! Hurting innocent people is not an honorable skill."

Rong Fei agreed with this: "I heard that the child was a beggar living on the street before, so pitiful. Fortunately, Concubine Tao brought him back to the palace, which is also a good deed. This Concubine Li, oh, let's call her Concubine Li, can't lay hands on the child no matter what? It's too mean!"

The two concubines with children both thought it was Lady Li's fault. Concubine Shu clenched her handkerchief and asked, "Since when did Concubine Gui and Concubine Rong stand on Lady Tao's side?"