Harem Daily Life

Qi Yizheng reported all the news he heard to the emperor.

After hearing this, He Linzhang's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot: "What? If you follow Prince Yong, your life will be smooth, but if you follow me, you will suffer?" What kind of shitty Taoist priest is talking nonsense? The well-educated emperor wants to curse him.

Qi Yizheng had no choice but to persuade him: "If you believe in divination, it is true. If you don't believe in it, it is not true. I think that Taoist Xuanqing is just talking nonsense. He even said that Tao Cairen's life is over, but Tao Cairen is clearly alive and well in front of us. How could it be like what the Taoist said? So your majesty, please relax."

Qi Yizheng's words made sense, so He Linzhang didn't dwell on it any more. But when he thought about the Taoist boy's interest in Tao Cairen's prayer, He Linzhang felt that something was wrong.

He took out the list copied by the guard and looked at it carefully. There was nothing strange about the content. Then he suppressed the doubt in his heart and let the matter go.

After Shu Fei returned to her room, she pondered for a long time and said, "After returning to the capital, I will find a way to pass a message to the Shu family and ask them to check whether they have any shameful involvement with the Lincheng branch in recent years. I will ask them to restrain themselves and not do anything rebellious that would ruin their future."

Fuxin quickly agreed.

Today, she went up the mountain with Shu Fei and heard the divination that Taoist Xuan Qing had given Shu Fei. He said that Shu Fei originally had a good marriage, but her natal family held her back and disrupted her marriage. If she wanted to solve the problem, she must reflect on herself and control her natal family.

But the affairs of the Shu family were not something that she, a married daughter, could influence. Even the empress dowager might not be able to control them.

Shu Fei is deeply in love with Your Majesty. If she ends up being separated from Your Majesty because of the Shu family, Shu Fei will definitely be depressed.

As for Tao Yanyan, after she had washed up, she asked Qingfeng to massage her entire body, especially her legs. After loosening up her muscles, the soreness from climbing the mountain was relieved a lot.

The scene of the master and servant massaging each other was just seen by He Linzhang who came over. Seeing the young talent's pair of slender and straight legs exposed in front of him, He Linzhang breathed heavily, sent Qingfeng away, and served the young talent himself.

Tao Yanyan was lying on the bed with his face pressed against the pillow, looking so chubby and adorable.

He Linzhang really wanted to give her a massage without distraction, but the young talent would hum from time to time.

If I press too hard, she will hum with dissatisfaction; if I press too lightly, she will also hum with dissatisfaction; if I press just right, she will hum with pleasure. He Linzhang stroked her smooth skin, and heard the young talent's soft hums in his ears. After a while, he felt too hot to bear it and leaned over to kiss her neck.

Tao Yanyan said unhappily, "I have climbed the mountain for a whole day today, can't Your Majesty let me go for a day?"

He Linzhang hugged and kissed her from behind: "Be good, Yan Yan, it will be fine soon."

It is impossible to go fast, and it is another sleepless night.

Tao Yanyan was exhausted both day and night yesterday, which directly led to his inability to get up today.

Fortunately, it was still drizzling outside from time to time, and there was nothing to do on the boat, so Tao Yanyan simply lay down for the day, ate a little for lunch, and then did not get up the whole day.

There is a large port along the way, which is the central intersection of north-south trade. Merchants traveling from south to north will stay here for a day or two to replenish supplies and visit the city.

He Linzhang originally wanted to take Tao Yanyan off the boat to see the world and relax, but Tao Yanyan couldn't get up, so he had to take him off the boat himself.

Zhao Cairen seized the opportunity to accompany the emperor and got off the boat.

Until dark, the emperor and his entourage had not returned yet. Shu Fei was worried, so she sent someone to invite Tao Yanyan over to discuss the matter.

Tao Yanyan saw that it was indeed getting late and did not dare to delay. He immediately washed up and went to Shufei's room.

"Tao Cairen, it's impossible for His Majesty not to come back so late. Do you think something has happened?" Shu Fei said in panic.

"Where is General Qi? Did he go with him?" Generally speaking, as long as Qi Yizheng was there, the emperor would be fine.

Shu Fei nodded: "I went with him, but he didn't come back so late, and there is no news. It's not like your Majesty's usual style."

Before in Mengcheng, when the emperor went out to provide disaster relief, he would send someone to report to Shufei every day to let her know that he was safe, so as to prevent the concubines from worrying.

Tao Yanyan thought for a moment and said, "If we look for it without a purpose, we won't be able to find it. We might as well wait a little longer. Maybe there is something interesting that has tripped us up."

About an hour later, someone finally came to report that His Majesty and his men had returned.

Shu Fei excitedly went out on the boat to greet them, and Tao Yanyan followed behind her to take a look.

The emperor and Concubine Zhao were safe and sound, but a pitiful woman in white appeared in the team.

Shu Fei and Tao Yanyan looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.

Because she didn't know who the other person was, Shu Fei did not reveal the emperor's identity. She only asked, "Husband, why did you come back so late? What happened?" Her eyes drifted towards the woman and then looked at the emperor.

The emperor did not answer, and Lady Zhao stepped forward and said, "This is Miss Wushuang. My master and I saw her selling herself in the downtown area to bury her father, so we helped her. She was grateful for our kindness and was willing to serve our master as a slave."

Tao Yanyan: “…”

Was this deception committed against the emperor premeditated or a spur-of-the-moment decision?

Shu Fei frowned and said, "It's not like we can bring everyone with us. My lady, our master has helped you, but he won't ask for anything in return. You can go home, and you don't have to follow us."

The emperor looked at Concubine Shu with admiration and said, "Let Madam Shu handle this matter. Aunt Zhao was so kind that I didn't know about this until she rescued the person. But it was too late. The person has been following us all the time, and it's useless to persuade him. That's why he followed us all the way here."

It turns out it wasn’t the emperor who saved him.

Tao Yanyan breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor's IQ was still online and he was not so easy to deceive.

After He Linzhang finished speaking, he left on his own, leaving the three concubines to deal with the woman.

Tao Yanyan looked at the confused Zhao Cairen leisurely, thinking that Zhao Cairen, who was not kind to her personal maid, would actually save a stranger. It was definitely the sun rising from the west.

Then Shu Fei said, "We are following the master out, not to let your Aunt Zhao cause trouble for the master. You provoked this woman, you should persuade her to leave, otherwise I will report to the master and fine you one year's salary."

Only then did Zhao Cairen realize that the emperor had ignored her all the way because he was angry that she had caused him trouble!

But she didn't mean it!

She has fallen out of favor recently and is desperate to win back His Majesty's heart. Today, she saw this woman crying pitifully on a busy street, so she thought that if she showed her good side, perhaps His Majesty would change his mind about her and favor her again.

She felt that she had saved a commoner, and that His Majesty loved the people the most and would definitely appreciate her good deeds.

But His Majesty didn't even give her a good look along the way, so she didn't know what the problem was.

After being scolded so harshly by Concubine Shu, Concubine Zhao turned around and tried to reason with the woman and asked her to leave.

But the woman knelt down and said, "If you don't want me, I will jump into the river immediately. I have no relatives anyway, and you despise me, so I might as well die!"

After saying that, he stood up and was about to jump into the river.