Harem Daily Life

Eunuch Zhang came back to report nervously. After hearing this, He Linzhang's brows were furrowed into a shape of a "川" (川) character.

After a long while, he sighed slightly: "Go and arrange for someone to send her some food. She loves to eat. How can she eat only dry food for three meals a day!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lord Li came in and asked, "Your Majesty, everything is ready. Shall we set off immediately?" The team would reach Youzhou in another day, and King Yong had already been notified to come and receive them.

Lord Li suddenly felt a chill all over his body, as if the air around him had become a little colder after he asked the question.

He Linzhang tapped the table with his fingers, "tap, tap", very lightly but rhythmically. Eunuch Zhang knew that at this time His Majesty was often thinking about something and could not come to a conclusion for a while.

After a long while, "Let's go." He Linzhang glanced at Eunuch Zhang and said, "Tell General Qi to continue and make sure to bring the person back safely."

Eunuch Zhang was shocked. It seemed that he had to treat this talented lady Tao well in the future. His Majesty was thinking about her!

As for Xianglan, after taking some more medicine, her fever subsided, but she still did not wake up. Doctor Liu was helpless and could only leave it to fate.

However, Xianglan's feet gradually healed. There was no festering at the broken skin. After using the medicine, scabs slowly began to form. It would take only ten days or half a month for the feet to get better.

There was a small river not far away. Tao Yanyan took a few people there to wash. There was no place to bathe, so they could only wipe themselves with some water.

"Talent, look, there's a fish over there!" Qingfeng shouted, and the guards not far away came over immediately, jumped down and caught the fish without saying a word.

Fortunately, the water was shallow and the fish was stranded among the rocks, so it was easy to catch.

The few people walked along the stream for more than a hundred meters, caught two more fish, and then returned to the camp happily.

"Great, we can drink fish soup today!" Qingfeng went to cook fish soup happily. Tao Yanyan couldn't help but smile when he saw how lively she was.

Her two maids, Qingfeng was lively and talkative, while Mingyue was quiet and taciturn, really complemented each other and helped her a lot during the days when she first came into this world. No matter what decision she made, the two little girls would follow her without hesitation. Thinking of this, Tao Yanyan walked up and hugged Qingfeng.

"Thank you, Qingfeng." Tao Yanyan whispered in Qingfeng's ear.

Qingfeng didn't understand, so he quickly signaled Mingyue with his eyes: Come and see what happened to Cairen?

Mingyue shook her head, also looking confused.

After hugging Qingfeng, Tao Yanyan hugged Mingyue again: "Thank you too, Mingyue."

"Cairen, what's wrong with you?" Mingyue felt that Tao Cairen was a little fragile now, like a child who needed care.

Tao Yanyan let her go: "It's nothing, I just feel so good to have you guys, you never leave me."

The two young palace maids looked at each other, and Qingfeng said, "Talented Lady, His Majesty is the Emperor. The Emperor always puts state affairs first, but that doesn't mean His Majesty doesn't care about you. You see, His Majesty has sent so many people to protect us. His Majesty still cares about you."

Mingyue didn't say anything. His Majesty's thoughts were not something that servants like them could guess at will.

Tao Yanyan smiled and said, "Yes, he did everything he could."

After all, one cannot ask an emperor to treat her according to the standards of a boyfriend or husband. It is enough for an emperor to do this.

Near noon, Xianglan woke up for a while, but fainted again soon after. Doctor Liu took her pulse and found that she was a little better than before, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Talented Lady Tao, if this little palace maid can remain stable, she may wake up in a few days." The imperial physician's words gave Tao Yanyan a glimmer of hope.

"Then let's wait a few more days until she wakes up before we leave. Let's do this, Qingfeng, go call everyone here, I have something to say." Since they have decided to wait a few more days, they have to prepare food and daily necessities. The daily consumption of more than 30 people is enormous, and the dry food they brought is not enough.

All the guards came over, leaving only a few guarding the perimeter.

Tao Yanyan cleared his throat and said, "I am very grateful to you for staying here to protect me. The conditions are tough and you have worked hard. Xianglan is seriously injured and dare not move for the time being, but there are so many of us and we cannot cut off the supply for the next few days. So, I want to send a few people to the village ten miles away to buy some food and some meat. Let's buy enough food for five days. Whoever goes, please come back quickly."

After she finished speaking, several people stood up.

Tao Yanyan signaled Qingfeng to give him some silver: "Drive my carriage so that it will be more convenient to transport the food."

"No, my goodness. How can you use your carriage to pull things? Absolutely not. We can carry them back. It won't be a problem."

A man who seemed to be the leader stepped forward and said, "Don't use the talented person's carriage. The carriages used by the talented person are regulated. If you use them without permission, you will be punished. Please rest assured, we will go and come back quickly."

After he finished speaking, he turned to the guards and said, "Zhang Yong, the four of you will come with me to buy food. The rest of you, Zhao Liu, will be in charge. Groups of five will be on guard."

Seeing that the guards were determined not to use the carriage, Tao Yanyan gave up. She couldn't force them to do something. She had good intentions but ended up causing them to be punished. After all, she was a lowly person now and couldn't influence the thoughts of those in power, nor could she protect anyone.

When the people who bought grain in the afternoon carried back the grain in large and small bags, a team of people arranged by Eunuch Zhang to deliver things to Tao Yanyan also arrived.

An eunuch brought several guards and brought rice and noodles, as well as various meats and vegetables, filling up a whole carriage. The eunuch stepped forward and said with a smile, "The talent is fine. Eunuch Zhang ordered me to bring food over, but the talent... seems to have bought a lot of food?"

The eunuch wiped his sweat. He rushed to deliver the item, but was still a step late. He wondered if he had failed in this mission!

Tao Yanyan looked at the cart full of food and felt speechless.

The rice and flour can be stored, but what about the meat? Without a refrigerator, how can I store it? It's really a headache.

At this time, the head of the guards came over and said happily: "Fortunately, we bought half a bag of salt when we went to the village. Why don't we pickle the meat first? It will be easier to eat and can be stored."

Tao Yanyan's eyes lit up: "You are so smart. You actually bought more salt." This solved the big problem.

The head guard rubbed his head and said embarrassedly: "The salt here is cheap. It is said that there is a salt field in the village. I thought it was good, so I bought half a bag. I thought if I can't use it all, I can take it back home for use."

Tao Yanyan immediately asked Qingfeng to give him another ingot of silver: "Thank you for your help. You will have to take the trouble to pickle the meat with others."

The head guard refused for a long time before accepting the silver and immediately asked his men to get busy.

Tao Yanyan looked at the eunuch who was delivering the food and said, "Thank Eunuch Zhang for me when you go back. Thank you for still thinking of me." After saying that, he gave the eunuch an ingot of silver.

The eunuch was still waiting for other instructions, but unexpectedly Tao Yanyan had turned around and went to see Xianglan.

The eunuch was scratching his head anxiously. It was clearly His Majesty who ordered Eunuch Zhang to send these grains. The talented man must have known about this. So why did he only thank Eunuch Zhang and not His Majesty?