Harem Daily Life

Eunuch Qin just smiled and said nothing. Having accompanied the empress dowager for many years, he had long understood her thoughts.

The Queen Mother was silent for a while, then shook her head: "This Shu Fei, she looks smart, but she is always stupid at critical moments."

Eunuch Qin didn't dare to respond. The master could scold the master, but the servant could not interrupt and join in the scolding, otherwise it would break the rules.

"It is clear that Concubine Xian was holding a donation event and Concubine Shu had already donated several thousand taels. The emperor would naturally remember her kindness, but she actually went to the trouble of donating cloth. It's fine to donate, it's a good thing, it's a kind thing, and it will make the emperor remember her, but how can she be a hands-off boss? She knows that her father and brother are not reliable!"

Eunuch Qin continued, "Empress Shu is pregnant and is concentrating on taking care of the baby. It's normal that she can't spare any energy. The most urgent thing is to write a letter to His Majesty to help the Shu family out of trouble."

The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "Serve the pens and ink. Oh, and ask Lady Tao if she has any letters to bring. Take them with you!"

Eunuch Qin immediately sent someone to Qingxiyuan to inquire.

At this time, Tao Yanyan was listening to Dong Fang talking about the Shu family's housekeeper coming to ask for help. After hearing that Concubine Shu bought 10,000 taels of rags and presented them to the emperor, she couldn't help but almost laughed to death.

Thinking of that scene, Shu Fei felt annoyed and frustrated. She spent money and was called stupid; He Linzhang happily received the cloth, but it was all rags. Oh my god, it was so funny!

Dong Fang couldn't help laughing: "I didn't dare to listen any more, and I was afraid of laughing, so I came back immediately with the little prince."

Tao Yanyan laughed until tears came out, and it took her a long time to calm down.

As soon as I calmed down, the eunuch sent by Eunuch Qin arrived and asked if I wanted to write a letter to His Majesty.

Tao Yanyan wanted to laugh when she thought of He Linzhang receiving ten thousand taels of rags. She couldn't help but cover her face, and her whole body began to tremble with laughter.

Qingfeng, Mingyue and Dongfang were also having a hard time trying to hold back their laughter. The eunuch didn't understand why, so he quickly asked Dongfang in a low voice, "What happened to Lady Tao?"

Dong Fang pinched his thigh and tried to hold back the urge to laugh: "Lady Tao hasn't seen Your Majesty for many days. I miss you very much and feel a little excited."

"Puchi", it would have been better if he hadn't said anything. After he said this, Qingfeng couldn't bear it anymore. He turned around, covered his mouth and ran away.

Mingyue was more stable and replied on behalf of Lady Tao: "Our lady will write it later and send it to Lingxiao Courtyard later."

The young eunuch got the confirmation and walked out, thinking as he walked that there was something a little abnormal about this Lady Tao and her servants.

Tao Yanyan had a very hard time writing this letter. He had been laughing for too long, so his hands were weak and his handwriting was a little frivolous. Sometimes when he was writing, he wanted to laugh again, so he accidentally dropped two drops of ink on the letter paper.

She was too lazy to wipe it off, so she simply used ink as the center and drew a few small flowers.

At first glance, a letter with flowers painted on it is quite unique.

Tao Yanyan didn't write much, just three sheets of letter paper, one for the Empress Dowager's daily life, one for Xiao Jin'an's daily life, and the third for expressing his thoughts, and ended it hastily.

After putting the clothes in the envelope, she thought of the matter of the rags again. She felt that she had mocked Shu Fei and the emperor for so long and she had to make up for it a little, so she wrote another piece of paper: "I have heard about the problem with the cloth. I suggest that the cloth be made into a mop, so that it can be put to good use and convenient for sweeping. It can also be sold as a finished product to recover some of the original investment." By the way, she also drew a method of making a mop at the end, in case the emperor had never touched a labor tool and did not recognize the true appearance of a mop.

But her worries were unnecessary. When He Linzhang received the letter, the first thing he saw was this single page.

Although he didn't work, he had seen palace maids sweeping and knew that this thing was called a "broom head". However, he didn't expect that the little beauty called it a "mop", which was quite novel.

He instructed the Ministry of Revenue to implement the use of waste cloth: "The Ministry of Revenue has been ordered to make all the cloth donated by Concubine Shu into brooms, keep some in the palace as a backup, and sell the rest."

Eunuch Zhang was ordered to convey the imperial edict, and only then did He Linzhang look through the letters from the Empress Dowager and Tao Yanyan.

After reading the Empress Dowager's letter, he had a blank expression on his face. But when he read Concubine Tao's letter, his smile never fell. Especially the words of longing written on the third piece of paper, which made him very happy.

"My dear Majesty, I haven't seen your handsome face for a long time. What can I do? I miss you so much! Just like stars miss the night sky, fish miss the lake water, and when I'm hungry I miss chicken legs. I can't let go and I'm worried about you. Your Majesty, please think of me too. Although we haven't met, I'm thinking of you in my heart. When we meet again in the future, our feelings will be the same as before."

Tao Yanyan scribbled a letter that filled up a full page and was carefully kept in a box by He Linzhang.

"This box will be used to store letters written by Lady Tao. Keep it well." He Linzhang handed the box to Eunuch Zhang with a smile.

Eunuch Zhang immediately took it with both hands and placed it in the emperor's bedroom, a place specially used to store important items.

Shu Fei was very depressed and had asked the imperial physician to treat her for the past few days. However, she was not seriously ill, she was just in a bad mood.

The imperial physician said, "Your Highness, you are pregnant. You must not be too stressed. You can go out for a walk to relax. When the morning sickness gets better, you should eat more. Otherwise, the fetus will be too small and it will be difficult for it to grow."

"Thank you, Doctor Wang." Shu Fei signaled Zi Ling to give the reward.

"Doctor Wang, I want to ask if you can tell from the pulse whether it's a prince or a princess?"

Shu Fei had a difficult pregnancy this time. She had to take medicine and make an appointment with the emperor. If it was a prince, it would be great. But if it was a princess, Shu Fei estimated that it would be difficult for her to get pregnant again next time.

The main reason is that it is not easy to conceive, and the emperor doesn’t have his period often!

Doctor Wang thought for a moment and said, "My master, Doctor Xu, may have such good medical skills. Why don't we wait for Doctor Xu to return from the temporary palace and then check the pulse of the Empress."

Seeing that Imperial Physician Wang did not deny it outright, Shu Fei felt relieved. Since he did not say anything definite, there was still a chance.

After sending Doctor Wang away, Fu Xin came in from outside and said hesitantly, "Madam, now the news that you were cheated when buying cloth is spreading all over the palace."

Shu said, gritting his teeth: "Humph, a bunch of gossipers, only knowing how to gloat over other people's misfortunes!"

Zi Ling advised: "Your Majesty, don't worry. All we have to do now is give birth to the heir safely. They can only envy us."

Shu Fei took two deep breaths and said, "I don't care. By the way, has Your Majesty been staying in Fengyi Palace recently?"

Fu Xin nodded: "Yes, whenever your Majesty comes to the harem, he has only been visiting the Queen recently."

Shu Fei pondered for a moment and said, "Find a palace servant who is unfamiliar to you and go to Changxin Palace to talk about it. Ask him to say that Xian Fei seems to have fallen out of favor and is about to fall. Do it covertly so that no one can find any evidence against her."

Fuxin took the order and went down to make arrangements.

The virtuous concubine has not had a good time recently. Because of an arm injury, she was supposed to be able to serve the emperor in the emperor's bedchamber after her confinement, but with this delay, she doesn't know when she can get back to serving the emperor.

She was just sulking when Jing'er came in with red eyes and said, "I don't know where this rumor came from, but it says that the queen is about to fall out of favor."

The virtuous concubine's eyes darkened. "Humph, everyone is waiting to see me make a fool of myself, but I won't do what they want. Come, prepare the sedan chair, I want to see His Majesty."