Harem Daily Life

"Princess, this is not a solution. Why don't we give them some silver and let them leave quickly? If it arouses the suspicion of the Great Zhou, it will be bad for our reputation." The Yan State delegation went to report to the Princess of Yan.

Princess Yan glared at him and said, "If you can't even handle such a small matter, what use do I have for you?"

The man lowered his head and cursed the princess in his heart, but he didn't dare to complain on his face.

Princess Yan winked at the maid beside her, and the maid handed over a silver note of 100 taels: "Take it, tell them to get out of here quickly. The servants below dare to challenge me. If they were in Yan State, they would have died eight hundred times already."

The members of the delegation hurriedly took the silver note and went out to send Sang Biao away.

Sang Biao and his little brother squatted on the ground in a very ungraceful manner. When they saw the Yan people coming out, they immediately stepped forward and scolded: "It was because of my taking your job that my brother was put in prison. How are you going to solve it? The New Year is coming soon. If you don't find a way to get my brother out, I will bring people to block him here every day. I want to see if you have any shame!"

The Yan man hurriedly told him to shut up, pulled him aside, took out a hundred taels of silver from his pocket and stuffed it into his hand: "That's the prison of your Great Zhou. How can our Yan country possibly find a way to rescue him? Take the silver and find a way yourself. One hundred taels is enough to buy your brother's life."

Sang Biao pocketed the banknotes, but his face was full of dissatisfaction: "What are you talking about? What do you mean by one hundred taels to buy my brother's life? Three of my brothers have been in prison, and you want to send us away with one hundred taels? Do you think we are beggars?" After saying that, he grabbed the clothes of the Yan country man in front of his chest and said: "I warn you, hurry up and prepare one thousand taels for me, I will come to get it tomorrow. If you are one cent short, you can't go out for a while. My brothers are all over the capital. I can find a deserted place to put a sack on you and beat you up, and no one will know!"

After saying that, Sang Biao took his brothers away, leaving the Yan man disheveled in the wind.

"What? One thousand taels? They are robbing us! Who are you looking for?" Princess Yan was so angry that she wanted to smash the wall. She was really about to cry because of her incompetent subordinates.

The Yan man who was doing the job was about to cry. He couldn't go home and was being held hostage by street thugs in the Great Zhou. It was simply a disgrace in his official career.

At night, the Yan State delegation gathered together to discuss how to return.

The Yan people who were threatened by the gangsters during the day beat their chests and stamped their feet and said, "When the princess was in Yan, she was a sensible person. How come she became confused after coming to the Great Zhou? She even asked me to find gangsters to disrupt Concubine Tao's shop. Isn't this obviously seeking death? I am an official of Yan after all. I don't want to do such embarrassing things again. Lord Lu, I request to return to Yan first. I can't stay in the Great Zhou for another day!"

Lord Lu looked at the others, and they all nodded.

"I can't stay here any longer. My grandson is about to be born. If I don't go back, I'm afraid my wife will punish me by making me kneel for days and nights. Lord Lu, please be kind and let us go back first!"

"When I came here, my mother was ill. I received a letter two days ago saying that she was holding on for a long time, waiting for me to come back to see her again. I have to rush home early!"

"Originally, the Great Zhou Emperor only wanted silver and nothing else. Why is the princess so persistent? If she gave 80,000 taels, the State of Yan would be saved. Isn't this account settled? In my opinion, the princess is probably using the State of Yan as a bargaining chip for her own personal gain."

"Lord Lu, you are the leader of all our officials. You must make a decision tonight. We can't stay here any longer. Either you persuade the princess to go back with us, or...if she stays, we will go back too!"

"The princess has no children anyway, so it will be the same if we support the little prince when we return. Why should we listen to the princess' orders?"

After listening to what they said, Lord Lu frowned so much that he could kill a fly.

"Okay, the late emperor ordered us to obey the princess' orders. Are you going to go against his wishes?" Lord Lu said, and then thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow, I will talk to the princess and ask her to leave for Yan as soon as possible. If she refuses... then we will leave a team to protect her and we will go."

Lord Lu has long wanted to go home. If he delays any further, his concubine will probably have an affair with him.

Tao Yanyan was very satisfied when she heard Dong Fang come back to report the progress of the medical clinic. After the report, Dong Fang said, "Your Majesty, the people who went to the firewood shop to cause trouble have been arrested. According to your instructions, I have ordered the leader of those people, Sang Biao, to go to the Yan State delegation to cause trouble. Today, the Yan State people gave him 100 taels, and tomorrow he will ask for 1,000 taels. From now on, the price will be raised every day until they can no longer bear it."

Tao Yanyan smiled and said, "When you try to reason with her, she will act like a rogue. I want to see what she will do if she encounters a real rogue. By the way, when you do things, don't reveal your identity, so as not to leave any handle behind."

Dong Fang immediately said, "Don't worry, Madam. We have found a middleman to come forward. I have not shown up. The middleman is trustworthy and is someone that the Demon Lord left behind."

Tao Yanyan nodded and let him go down to rest.

The weather is getting colder and colder. Tao Yanyan has been feeling very tired lately. Today, he looked over the accounts again and listened to Dong Fang talking for half an hour. He was so tired that he didn't want to move.

Chang Tai came in from outside and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, His Majesty... has gone to Mingcui Pavilion."

It took Tao Yanyan a long time to come back to his senses. Mingcui Pavilion was exactly where the pregnant Lu Cairen lived.

"Just go. Can you stop him from seeing other people?" She picked up the storybook and flipped through a few pages. "Remember to take a look at the records at the Imperial Hospital when you have the chance. Lu Cairen's baby is still young. People from Changle Palace should stay away and don't get too close. In the next month and a half, I will go to the imperial farm more often and visit several workshops. You and Mingyue should pay more attention to the things in the palace."

Chang Tai agreed immediately. The closer it got to the New Year, the more things would happen, but he could not take it lightly.

I thought He Linzhang would not come over at night, but I didn't expect that not long after Tao Yanyan lay down, someone hugged him from behind: "Why didn't you wait for me? Are you too tired today?"

He Linzhang knew that she went to bed early, so he washed up in another room before coming over. He gently hugged her in his arms and whispered in her ear.

Tao Yanyan lost his sleepiness instantly and turned to nestle in He Linzhang's arms: "Your Majesty, aren't you accompanying someone in Mingcui Pavilion?"

He Linzhang explained, "She said she had a stomachache, so I went to see her. I'll let the imperial physician take care of her. I'm not a doctor. Yan Yan, after she gives birth, I'll let her move to the temporary palace. She won't be around in front of you, don't worry."

Tao Yanyan certainly would not stop him. Since he was the one who proposed it, she just had to go along with it. Embracing the emperor obediently, Tao Yanyan soon fell asleep.

But not long after, she was awakened by a loud noise. He Linzhang asked her to continue sleeping while he went out to take a look. After a while, He Linzhang came back with a gloomy face: "Min'er has a fever, I have to go and take a look. It's cold at night, so you don't have to get up."

When Tao Yanyan heard that the third princess was ill, he could no longer sleep. He immediately got up, dressed, and accompanied He Linzhang.