The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

Making money is secondary. The most important thing is how many connections King Jing can develop through glass?

Just based on this point, King Jing will continue to favor Fang Yuaner.

Compared with Fang Yuaner, Xie Run felt that he was just a useless little guy who only knew how to eat, drink, defecate and urinate.

After feeling guilty for two seconds, I continued to be a little loser.

Xie Run said a few words to Eunuch Shi'an, then went into the house to see the reward given to him by King Jing.

As she walked into the room, she saw a small pointed iceberg in the corner and she suddenly stopped where she was.

Xie Run: "This summer seems to be particularly hot?"

Dan Tao also said, "Isn't it? It was hot in previous years, but it started to get cooler around mid-August. Now it seems to be getting even hotter."

Xie Run added, "Although the weather is hot, we have plenty of ice."

Xie Run had been in the mansion for three months and had actually never lacked anything.

Even if he had fallen out of favor for a while, the people in the kitchen would only serve him some warm dishes at most, but the rest of his share was not reduced at all.

Especially the expensive ice, which was never deducted.

Dan Tao was at a loss for words, so Xiao Shu took the opportunity to continue, "There's no shortage of ice in the mansion this year. Not only is there no shortage anywhere, but there's even more than in previous years. Even my mother got some ice a while ago."

Can a housewife in a big kitchen use ice?

Xie Run asked again, "Could it be that the price of ice has dropped this year? So everyone can afford it?"

Xiao Shu shook her head. "Even if the price of this thing drops, it's still a rare commodity. How can everyone afford it? I heard that a few new ice shops have opened in the mansion... but that's not accurate."

These shops were nominally registered under the public domain and were also managed by the princess. It was not easy for Xiaoshu, a little maid, to hear some news.

Xie Run sighed with admiration in his heart.

Concubine Ning was still working out a soap recipe, but who knew Fang Yuan'er had already taken out the glass and ice-making skills, trying to regain the prince's favor while trying to please the princess and sell her favors.

Now in the backyard of Prince Jing's Mansion, who can make her sad?

Xie Rungang was confused when he heard the princess asking for the position of concubine for Fang Yuaner, but now he finally understood it.

It turns out that Fang Yuaner had already taken action.

Seeing the half-person-high mirror, Xie Run raised his hand and gently stroked the face in the mirror, feeling both strange and familiar.

Maybe in a short time, she will be completely familiar with it.

The news of Xie Run's pregnancy had already spread by the time the two doctors entered the backyard.

Fang Yuaner was the first to send someone to deliver a gift.

Next is the princess, this is a reward.

Then came Concubine Yun, no, it should be called Concubine Yun, and then the other concubines.

It was bustling all afternoon and only became completely quiet in the evening.

Because there was a problem with Concubine Yun's pregnancy-maintaining medicine, the princess took advantage of Xie Run's pregnancy and proposed to open a small kitchen for the pregnant concubines.

From now on, they will get and make their own pregnancy-maintaining medicines.

King Jing agreed, but he also took the opportunity to warn the princess.

Concubine An and Concubine Yun had problems with their pregnancies one after another. Although it was not the princess's fault, it also showed that the princess was not managing the situation properly.

After all, they were husband and wife, and King Jing was familiar with the princess's temperament and tactics.

I know it's not that she can't manage it, but that she doesn't put her heart into it.

Now there are three people pregnant in the backyard, namely Concubine An, Xie Run and Fang Yuaner.

Earlier, Concubine Yun had already miscarried her first child.

If any of these things cause any more problems, King Jing will take over the princess's power as housekeeper.

The princess knew the seriousness of the matter, and the Imperial Concubine Rou above her head was also putting pressure on her, so she finally took action.

That night, King Jing came to Linxuan Pavilion as scheduled.

Because Xie Run was pregnant, King Jing didn't want to do anything.

The two of them played chess, chatted, and then covered themselves with quilts for dinner and just chatted.

It was at this time that Xie Run heard from King Jing that Mizhou was suffering from drought. He had to go with the Ministry of Revenue to provide disaster relief and would not be back for about half a month.

This summer was too hot, and disasters broke out early in the Mizhou area. The court argued for a long time before issuing a plan, and the emperor personally appointed King Jing to take on this important task.

King Jing announced this news at this time naturally to remind Xie Run to take good care of the baby in the backyard for the next half month and not to cause any more trouble.

He knew that Xie Run didn't like to cause trouble, but he was afraid that Xie Run was too stupid and would be dragged into trouble.

Xie Run listened very carefully and nodded quickly to indicate that he would be extra careful.

King Jing saw her nodding and sighed helplessly, feeling even more unreliable.

He thought to himself that when the time comes, he should ask Shi'an to leave someone to secretly look after Xie, so that she wouldn't be too stupid and get harmed without knowing it.

In King Jing's eyes, Xie Run's silly and sweet character is completely established.

While feeling drowsy, Xie Run suddenly shuddered.

Looking at the brightly colored tent above my head, I suddenly remembered the story about the drought in Michigan.

According to the original plot, King Jing would have to wait at least half a month after the two newcomers entered the palace before he received the order to go to provide disaster relief.

Moreover, King Jing was not the person appointed by the emperor to provide disaster relief.

The original plot was that the emperor thought the disaster was not serious, so he let the eighth prince born to Concubine Chen take the credit, and the queen took the opportunity to push her own seventh prince over.

Unexpectedly, the drought was more severe than expected. The two men were unable to control the situation and fled back to the capital with their men.

The emperor had no choice but to send Prince Jing to clean up the mess again.

In this life, it was because Prince Jing used glass and ice-making techniques to win over many people and deliberately exaggerated the drought situation in Mizhou that the emperor did not think of supporting his young son, but directly appointed Prince Jing to provide disaster relief.

After Xie Run thought it through, he always felt that something was wrong.

But she couldn't sort out her thoughts for a while, and her attention was instead distracted by the post-disaster relief plot.

A severe drought will be followed by a severe disaster.

According to the plot, King Jing's disaster relief was successful this time, but the drought was followed by a plague.

The plague lasted for two months before King Jing brought his savior, the future third female lead, into the scene.

In the original book, this third female character is Fang Yuaner's number one rival in the palace.

In recognition of her life-saving grace, King Jing directly gave her the position of concubine, and continued to favor her, competing with Fang Yuaner for several years.

When King Jing ascended the throne, Fang Yuan'er became a noble concubine because of her son's status.

The third female also became the Defei, and happened to be pregnant with the new emperor's first child after he ascended the throne, and gave birth to a son.

The fight between the two was extremely brutal, and in the end, the third female character was defeated miserably.

Then, Fang Yuaner eliminated all her competitors and thought that the position of queen was within her reach, but she ended up meeting the heroine of the original book.

Xie Run: “…”

Xie Run seriously suspected that the third female character was forced to go offline for the sake of the plot.

After all, how can the innocent heroine who just entered the palace fight against the arrogant Fang Yuaner and the scheming and vicious third female lead at the same time?

In the original book, Fang Yuaner's badness is obvious.

The third female character is evil to the core. She is best at taking people's lives without making any noise. Her excellent medical skills have brought disaster to countless concubines and children in the harem.

In the end, the secretly evil female No. 3 was defeated by the openly evil female No. 2, and then the female No. 2 made room for the female lead to enter the palace.

Xie Run sighed… This world is so complicated.

She glanced at the well-defined King Jing next to her, thinking that this was the real evil concubine who brought disaster to the country, causing so many women to fight for their lives.

When the third female lead really enters the palace, it will be discovered that Prince Jing's palace is truly a gathering place of talented people.

Xie Run raised his hand and touched his stomach, and felt a little cold on the back of his neck.

She is pregnant now...can she give birth to the baby safely?

When King Jing turned around, he saw Xie Run holding his stomach and looking worried.

He was sleepy and his voice was low and magnetic. "It's so late and you're still not asleep. What are you worrying about?"

Xie Run spoke faster than he could speak, "I was wondering if my child could be born safely."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Run noticed that King Jing's gaze on his face became sharp.

Xie Run's muscles tensed up, and he softened his voice and said slowly, "Your Highness, after what happened between Sister An and Sister Yun, I'm afraid..."

As he spoke, he quietly moved his head to King Jing's shoulder.

Before King Jing could speak, she continued, "I am afraid that the prince will go out and bring back a new sister."

"I recently heard that the Queen is going to give the Prince a beauty... I'm really afraid that when the Prince returns from Mizhou, he will completely forget about me."

Xie Run felt so angry when he heard such sour words.

I'd just stop here, for fear that I'd lose control if I said too much.

"Nonsense!" King Jing scolded lightly, but the murderous aura he had just had disappeared, and he looked a little helpless.

"Are you jealous?"

"I'm out providing disaster relief, not going out for fun. Where can I find a beauty to bring back?"

Perhaps it was because Xie Run usually behaved gently and was a bit naive, so King Jing found it quite interesting when he heard her say sour words for the first time.

Xie Run suppressed the pain in his teeth and made his voice soft and delicate. "Don't storybooks often tell of heroes saving beauties, beauties saving heroes, and ultimately, the heroes marry in marriage? Your Majesty is so heroic, he always attracts people's covetousness..."

After saying that, she sighed in a serious manner.

King Jing: "..."

Listen to what this is saying?

It seems like he is a playboy who likes to flirt with other women everywhere.

"Go to sleep!" King Jing pressed Xie Run's head into his arms and said angrily, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll get angry."

"Oh..." Xie Run said in a tone that sounded a little jealous and a little angry.

After a while, Xie Run heard a dull laugh.

She leaned on King Jing's chest and could clearly feel the dull vibration of his chest.

Xie Run held up his hands and looked up, only to see King Jing trying to hold back his laughter.

Xie Run gritted his teeth, "Your Majesty, what are you laughing at?!"

King Jing raised his hand and pinched her voluptuous face, his voice filled with a hint of pampering: "I didn't know you still have a temper!"

"I am a human being, of course I have a temper."

Seeing that King Jing was still smiling, Xie Run was really annoyed.

After looking left and right, he picked up King Jing's hand and bit his tiger's mouth.

"Hiss!" King Jing snorted softly, "Xie, are you really taking advantage of me?!"

He actually bit it!

Xie Run didn't bite too hard, just the right amount, only slightly breaking the skin, causing King Jing a little pain, but not to the point where he couldn't bear it.

When she heard what King Jing said, she immediately let go of his hand, turned around and slept with her back to King Jing, looking like she was really angry.

King Jing looked at her back, feeling both angry and amused.

He didn't expect that Xie would really dare to bite.

My first reaction was naturally a little anger, thinking that Xie Run was being insolent.

It felt strange afterwards.

This seemingly calm person actually has such a bad temper? He even dares to bite!

Moreover, King Jing was of noble status and he usually didn't even get a scratch on his skin. Who would have thought that one day he would be bitten by his own woman?

This feeling... is quite strange.

King Jing also vaguely guessed the reason why Xie Run had a bad temper.

Firstly, I heard that pregnant women are emotionally unstable and easily angered.

Secondly, Mrs. Xie heard the rumor that a new person was going to be brought into the mansion, and she must be very panicked.

King Jing thought that she was only seventeen and was pregnant. Yun and An had encountered accidents one after another, and he was going out again. It was normal for her to be afraid.

As I thought about it, I couldn't help but feel a little more pity in my heart.

After the surrounding atmosphere gradually quieted down, King Jing said after a while: "Don't worry, I will naturally protect you and your unborn child."

Not getting a reply from Xie Run, King Jing thought she was asleep, shook his head helplessly, and prepared to lie down.

Unexpectedly, after a while, the person next to him suddenly moved.

She turned around like a kitten and snuggled into his arms, her slender arms tightly wrapped around his waist, looking very intimate.

The hand that was groping around scratched King Jing's itchy spot like a feather.

King Jing's throat tightened unconsciously.

He felt that Xie was really outrageous!

Xie Run naturally noticed King Jing's reaction, but continued to pretend to be asleep, pretending not to understand.

Men, you always need to tease from time to time.

If you always show a good temper, he will really think that you have no temper and will not take you seriously.

Being angry, jealous, and acting like a spoiled child is the way to handle things.

As for being virtuous and generous? Dignified and gentle?

That is the princess's job. What does it have to do with her, a concubine?

After pretending all night, Xie Run felt a little sleepy and fell asleep in King Jing's arms.

The next morning, when Xie Run opened his eyes, the bed beside him was cold.

She lazily stood up and suddenly felt a sharp pain from her collarbone to her chest.

When Xie Run looked down, he saw a row of bright scarlet marks, irregularly distributed on the collarbone, which was ambiguous and glaring.

No, isn't this King Jing a bit of a beast? !

During lunch, Xie Run was still silently complaining about King Jing's inhumane behavior.

Unexpectedly, when we were halfway through the meal, Grandpa Baxi came with a smile on his face.

The most useful person around King Jing is Eunuch Shi'an, followed by Baxi.

Baxi: "Thank you, Master. It's a happy event, a great happy event!"

Xie Run stood up and said with a smile, "Father-in-law, please come in and have a seat first. What good news is it that you're bothering to tell me in person?"

After saying that, he winked at Xiao Shu beside him and asked her to bring a bowl of chilled sweet cheese.

Eunuch Baxi didn't bother to say much and got straight to the point: "Prince Gang and the Princess have discussed that, considering your and Master Fang's contributions to the pregnancy, they would like to promote you and Master Fang to concubines. They have specially sent this servant to inform you."

Xie Run was stunned for a moment, as if he was stepping on cotton. "I became a concubine?"

"That's right!" Baxi smiled joyfully and bowed again. "Your servant greets Concubine Xie! I beg Her Majesty to give me something to share in your happiness."

Xie Run didn't know how much effort Fang Yuan'er and Concubine Yun had put in to fight for the position of concubine. At this moment, he was just a little surprised at King Jing's stroke of genius.

After the surprise, there is only joy.

She vaguely felt that it was actually related to what she said last night.

Xie Run also laughed and said, "That won't do. I'm celebrating something, how can I just give my father-in-law something?"

Seeing that Baxi Gonggong was stunned, she said with a smile: "There must be a big reward!"

As he spoke, everyone in Linxuan Pavilion started laughing, and Eunuch Baxi's eyes were as bright as the moon.