Harem Daily Life

Due to the heavy rain in Mengcheng, the time we took to go out this time exceeded the original plan. So in order to save time, we did not rest for too long on the way to Youzhou and basically traveled during the day.

The officers and soldiers were easy to deal with, as they were all elite troops and marching at night was no problem for them.

It was the female members of the family who suffered the most, and the one who suffered the most was the pregnant Lady Fan.

The early stages of pregnancy will make you feel uncomfortable, you can't eat or sleep well, you feel drowsy all day, and you are prone to vomiting when the carriage shakes. After not seeing her for a few days, she has lost a lot of weight. Her originally thin figure now looks like a paper-thin figure, and she has become unrecognizable.

Although the imperial physician prescribed medicated food for her and the imperial chef did his best to take care of her diet, she still couldn't eat and could only eat a few mouthfuls of porridge and side dishes at each meal to stay alive.

Concubine Zhao was originally dissatisfied with the fact that Concubine Fan got pregnant first, but now seeing that Concubine Fan was suffering from morning sickness and was barely breathing, her mood instantly improved, and she even punished Xiangcao and Xianglan less often.

However, Xiangcao and Xianglan had to endure a lot of hardship on this trip. This was because they walked all the way, and Lady Zhao did not allow them to ride in a carriage at all.

They did not dare to ride on other people's carriages for fear of bringing shame to Lady Zhao, so they could only endure it. After walking for several days, blisters appeared on the soles of their feet, and every step they took was like torture.

On the fourth day of the trip to Youzhou, when Xianglan went to serve food, her feet were so painful that she fell down after taking only two steps. As luck would have it, all the food she was serving was spilled on Qingfeng who was coming towards her. Qingfeng was furious on the spot.

"Xianglan, what are you doing? Don't you have eyes?" The food was hot and the hot soup splashed all over Qingfeng, scalding his legs.

Xianglan was so scared that she fell to the ground and cried, "I'm sorry, Qingfeng, I didn't mean to do that. My feet were really hurting, and I fell down without even standing still. Don't worry, I'll keep your clothes with you and wash them for you. Please don't tell the masters, okay?"

Sometimes there would be some minor frictions between the palace maids, but they would usually resolve them on their own and would not complain to their masters to avoid causing trouble.

Xianglan wanted to calm things down, but Qingfeng felt both pain and anger, and kept fanning herself with her hands.

Xianglan said with red eyes: "Qingfeng, Xiangcao and I have been walking since we left the palace. Our legs are almost broken. We have been walking for four consecutive days and our feet are covered with blisters. Can you please let us go this time for the sake of us being palace maids?"

Qingfeng was not the kind of person who would not let others off the hook. She had seen Xianglan limping before, and she should have avoided her. So she looked at Xianglan's aggrieved face and said, "Forget it. Just get some new food and take it away. It's my bad luck!"

After Qingfeng finished speaking, he picked up the food box and went to get the food.

Your Majesty had invited Concubine Tao to have dinner together a few days ago. Today, Concubine Shu went to see Your Majesty, and Concubine Tao wanted to eat by herself. Qingfeng came to get the dishes, but he didn't expect that he would be unlucky this year and got splashed with water.

Xianglan struggled for a long time before she got up and went to get the food again. When she limped back, Lady Zhao was already angry.

Xianglan shuddered and handed the food over tremblingly, but accidentally let Concubine Zhao see the oil stain on the corner of her skirt.

"Pa!" Concubine Zhao slapped Xianglan in the face, and her face swelled up.

"Slut, you dare to serve me in dirty clothes? Go and change!" Concubine Zhao glared at Xianglan with disgust, as if she had seen something dirty. Xiangcao, who was standing beside her, secretly glanced at Xianglan's skirt and lowered her head, not daring to speak.

After Lady Zhao finished her meal, Xiangcao saw that Lady Zhao wanted to rest, so she got out of the carriage, took Xianglan to a deserted place and asked quietly, "How could you be so careless that you made such a mistake and upset Lady Zhao!"

It would have been better if she hadn't said it. Once she started talking about it, Xianglan's tears started falling again, and she told her the whole cause and effect of spilling the food.

After hearing this, Xiangcao sighed and said, "Just bear with it for a while and wear a pair of thicker socks. I heard that we can reach Youzhou in two more days."

Qingfeng took the food back and hurriedly handed it to Mingyue, then asked Tao Cairen to allow her to change clothes in the carriage.

Tao Yanyan naturally agreed and asked her what happened with concern.

When Tao Yanyan heard that Xiangcao and Xianglan were walking after leaving the palace, he was dumbfounded: "Ah? Are they so miserable? No carriage to ride?"

Qingfeng changed his clothes, and the others got on the carriage. While eating, Qingfeng said, "Actually, I noticed a long time ago that they couldn't walk properly. But before, they only needed one or two days to reach the next place, so they would recover after a few days of rest. But this time, Youzhou is too far away. They have been walking for four days now. I think they can't bear it anymore."

"Won't Lady Zhao let them ride in the carriage? Even if they don't ride in the carriage, can't they sit on the shaft in front or on the shelf at the back?"

Tao Yanyan couldn't understand why anyone would ask two teenage girls to walk such a long distance.

Mingyue said softly, "Not every master is considerate of his servants. It's really hard to find a master like Cairen who treats Qingfeng and me so well."

Tao Yanyan knew that Mingyue was telling the truth. After all, in this era, the concept of class and family background was deeply rooted. The master was the master and the servant was the servant. The master held the servant's indenture in his hand, and he could take the servant's life at the master's command.

"They met a strict master. It's their fate. We can't do anything about it. I felt sorry for her today, so I let it go." Qingfeng muttered. In fact, she felt very sorry in her heart. She loved this dress very much. It was made of the material given to her by Tao Cairen. Today was the first time she wore it.

Seeing her look of regret, Tao Yanyan smiled and said, "Your Majesty has given me a lot of rewards, including several bolts of cloth. Qingfeng, take two more bolts to make two new dresses, one for you and one for Mingyue. I can't wear so many by myself."

Qingfeng's eyes lit up, but he was still very embarrassed.

"Just take it. I think the light green one looks good. You will definitely look young when you wear it." Tao Yanyan was not stingy. He knew that only if you were nice to the people below you would they be determined to work for you. Besides, they were all rewards from He Linzhang and he didn't spend his own money.

I thought this little episode would just pass, but unexpectedly, Xianglan got into trouble in the evening.

As Xianglan was walking, she suddenly fell to the ground. The horse was frightened and refused to move. In a panic, the horse's hoof stepped directly on Xianglan. Everyone was scared.

Because Concubine Zhao in the carriage was frightened, the team stopped immediately. Qi Yizheng rode over to take a look, then he stabilized the carriage and asked the guards to carry the little palace maid out. There was a large pool of blood at the scene.

Concubine Zhao was helped down from the carriage. She was so angry that she kicked Xianglan, who was lying on the ground, in front of everyone. This scene happened to be seen by Tao Yanyan and his servant who came to watch the fun. Tao Yanyan's eyes turned cold and he shouted angrily, "What are you doing?"