Harem Daily Life

Qi Yizheng had no choice but to accept his fate and asked the guards to count out 7,200 taels of silver and distribute them according to the number of people. When Qingfeng came, Qi Yizheng gave her 500 taels, and then, as if he had thought of something, he quietly took back 100 taels and exchanged them for 10 taels of gold.

"This is for Saito alone. She said she likes shiny things."

Qingfeng happily accepted it. As palace maids they only received two taels of silver as monthly salary, and now they suddenly received a hundred taels, which was equivalent to several years' work. It would be strange if she wasn't happy!

In fact, no one who followed Tao Cairen and General Qi was unhappy this time. Not only did they make great contributions in suppressing bandits, but they also received 100 taels of silver, which was something they could never dream of. Even the eunuchs and several guards who came to deliver the supplies back to the city were grinning from ear to ear, and repeatedly praised Tao Cairen as the greatest good man in the world.

At night, when Prince Yong and his men arrived, they saw dozens of guards, all in high spirits, with silly smiles on their faces.

Qi Yizheng welcomed Prince Yong into the inn and told him that he had destroyed the entire Black Wind Village last night and all the bandits were executed. Prince Yong was stunned.

So all my efforts day and night ended up in vain?

Prince Yong was very unhappy and looked at Qi Yizheng with resentment in his eyes.

Qi Yizheng: "..."

But after all, it was he who wrote the letter asking for help, and a first-rank prince even came in person with his troops. Qi Yizheng felt that he had made someone make a wasted trip and that he was in the wrong, so he hurriedly said countless nice things and expressed his gratitude in a lot of words, and only then did he coax Prince Yong into submission.

Now that the work had been done, the two decided to set off the next day.

It was late at night, and Prince Yong did not see Concubine Tao again. As a prince of the first rank, there was no need for him to greet a concubine of the sixth rank, so he went to bed.

The next day, Qingfeng pulled Tao Cairen up and told him about the arrival of Prince Yong's troops overnight. Tao Yanyan closed his eyes and yawned, looking like he hadn't woken up yet. He said in a soft voice, "Well, you came too late and didn't get any benefits. You must be very angry."

After washing up and having some breakfast, Tao Yanyan asked Qingfeng to count the luggage and asked her to check the receipts and the money with the shopkeeper. Then he ordered people to carry Xianglan to the carriage and prepare to set off.

Suddenly, so many uniformed guards with swords appeared in the town, as well as several noblemen who looked extraordinary. There were many onlookers, who crowded at the door of the inn and kept looking over here.

When Tao Yanyan came out, she instantly felt like a star being watched. The corners of her mouth twitched, and Qingfeng helped her into the carriage.

Prince Yong rode on his horse with a majestic look. He glanced in the direction of Tao Cairen from afar and felt that the figure was inexplicably familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before. But he couldn't remember where it was for a while. There were too many people watching at the scene, and he was afraid of trouble, so he didn't step forward to say hello. He could only frown and order to set off.

Qi Yizheng had already brought his troops to wait outside the town before dawn. He saw Prince Yong riding out with Tao Cairen and his entourage. After they joined together, the huge team headed towards Youzhou.

Prince Yong knew about Qi Yizheng's distribution of silver early in the morning, and his already unhappy face became even uglier.

Qi Yizheng turned his face away immediately. He had said all the nice things he could say last night. He was really at a loss for words, so he had to stay away from Prince Yong to avoid being upset.

It takes two days to get to Youzhou from here, and because of Xianglan's injury, the team's progress is not very fast. The carriage swayed forward. Tao Yanyan found a comfortable position to lie in the carriage to catch up on his sleep. It was not until lunchtime that Qingfeng pulled him up again to comb his messy hair.

"Qingfeng, just do a simple bun. Do you remember the bun I taught you? It can be done with a hairpin. When I go to sleep again, just pull out the hairpin and your hair will fall down." In his previous life, Tao Yanyan was very fast at bunning hair. He would hold the hair with one hand and bun it up with a few circles. He would insert the hairpin diagonally inside to fix it. It was very simple.

But Qingfeng thought that kind of hairstyle was too simple and did not match Tao Cairen's temperament and all those dazzling jewelries. She was always unwilling to do it perfunctorily. No matter how busy she was, she would do Tao Cairen's hairstyle well.

Tao Yanyan couldn't persuade her, so he just went with her.

After sitting in the carriage all the way, Tao Yanyan got off the carriage to walk around, stretch her muscles, and started her stretching exercises. This caused two young palace maids to quickly block her on both sides, fearing that she would be seen by the guards.

But it was obvious that their worries were unnecessary. The guards followed the rules and did not dare to deliberately look at their carriage. Even if they accidentally glanced at them, they would lower their heads in a hurry and not look at them.

But there was one person who didn't turn his head away, but stared at them without blinking.

That was King Yong.

Prince Yong was originally resting and waiting for his meal not far away, but an unintentional glance made him stunned.

Isn’t that figure the person he has been thinking about day and night for a whole year?

Prince Yong rubbed his eyes and confirmed that it was Miss Tao whom he met on the way to Beijing. He instantly lost his composure, immediately stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked towards Tao Yanyan.

Feeling a strange gaze staring at him, Tao Yanyan looked in that direction and saw a young man who looked somewhat like He Linzhang walking towards him.

Qingfeng and Mingyue immediately bowed: "Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Yong."

Tao Yanyan also guessed that the other party was Prince Yong, so he nodded and said, "Your Majesty, are you all right? I would be grateful if you could bring the troops to help us."

Compared to Tao Yanyan's calmness, King Yong was obviously too excited. He swallowed his saliva, not knowing how to start, and not knowing what to say now that he saw the beauty again. He just stared at Tao Yanyan, his eyes full of grievance and unwillingness, but also with the joy of meeting an old friend again.

Tao Yanyan raised his hand and touched his face, wondering if there was something dirty on his face that made the other person stare at him like that.

Qingfeng and Mingyue also noticed something was wrong. They exchanged glances and Qingfeng said, "Your Majesty, this is His Majesty's Talented Lady Tao."

Qingfeng cried out in his heart: Although I know that my wife is extremely beautiful, she is your sister-in-law, Prince. You must be careful and not be disrespectful!

Qingfeng's reminder was like a thunderclap that exploded into Prince Yong's heart. He looked at her for a while with a complicated expression before saying, "So, you lied to me, didn't you? You didn't go to the capital to seek refuge with your relatives, but to participate in the selection?"

This nonsensical sentence shocked Tao Yanyan and the other two so much that they were stunned on the spot.

Qingfeng and Mingyue's hearts skipped a beat: Prince Yong actually knew the talented woman, and it seemed that they had a special relationship!

Tao Yanyan: “…”

She still had some memories of the original owner, but after thinking hard, she couldn't remember where they had met before. Alarm bells were ringing in her heart. Could it be what she thought?

Why does the tone of the Prince Yong make it seem as if the original owner was a scumbag who cheated on him and abandoned him? !