Empress and concubine

Chu Yao lay on the bed, looking at the pitch-black ceiling, feeling a little bewildered.

In her previous life, she entered the mansion as an ordinary palace official, and the most valuable things on her body were the relics of Mother Chu.Fortunately, the prince was still alive, and within a few days he became a master attendant, and he was considered a famous person in the palace. Later, because of his meritorious service in protecting the prince, he was appointed as a side concubine.If you save two years and become a side concubine directly, I don't know if it is good or bad.

Chu Yao was thinking wildly, when she heard the sound of someone pushing the door, she hurriedly asked, "Who is where?"

"My son hasn't slept yet," Chu's mother came slowly with her clothes on and a candlestick in her hand.

Chu Yao hurriedly wanted to sit up, but was pressed by Chu's mother again, and she simply lay down, "Why is mother here?"

"I guess you won't be able to sleep. You are busy during the day and you don't have the time. Why don't you come and have a talk with you now?" Mother Chu put the candlestick on the small table beside the bed, and then Tell Chu Yao to go inside, lift some quilt, and lie down together with Chu Yao, "Back then when your sisters went out, I was the one who accompanied you here, and in a blink of an eye, it was you too."

When Chu Yao heard this, she also thought about her sisters going out, "Mom misses my sisters?" Then she said, "I also miss them a little bit, but I don't know how long it will be until we see each other again."

Mother Chu sighed, and turned her head to look at Chu Yao. There were many signs of aging on her face, which was always well-groomed, and it was no longer what it used to be.

"I originally wanted to keep you for two more years. When you are seventeen or eighteen years old, you are not too old. It will be a good time. Now because of your brother's affairs, it will be several years earlier," Chu's mother said with a word or two Sighing, he preached, "You are not old enough, you must be vigilant, don't try to seduce the prince first, get favors, men's favors, in the final analysis, are all empty. The position of concubine, no matter how many palace attendants come, I can't surpass you, why don't you take good care of your body, satisfy the prince's appetite for a year or two, and when the age is up, it will be a good thing to have a man with one stroke."

"Mum, don't worry, I understand everything. It's the prince's side, and the princess is helping me." Chu Yao's nose was sore, and she deliberately snuggled into Chu's mother's arms to act like a spoiled child. Now I’m off to see you off, be careful all the way, when you get back to the Southland, write to me first, I’ve brought something for my sisters, please write back and talk to me.”

"I still need you to remind me," Chu's mother resumed the publicity she had when she was in Nandi, "Your brothers and sisters will make proper arrangements. If your sisters dare not reply, I will force them to write back to you. "As he spoke, he patted Chu Yao's back again, and said with some concern, "You trust Princess Zhao, that's right, but you have to be smart. In case she turns her face at any time, and no one in her natal family is defending the land, you There is no place to cry."

Seeing that Chu Yao looked up, Mother Chu was about to refute, and said, "But these few years you are too young to serve the prince, and she will not treat you like that. When your brother gets up in a few years, she will not treat you well." You are bad."

"Why is Mom always prejudiced against Sister Zhao?" Chu Yao frowned, a little strangely, "I don't see you getting along with her much on weekdays."

"I'm prejudiced against her," Chu's mother raised her brows, poked the tip of Chu Yao's nose with her finger, and cursed in a low voice, "Whether I'm deaf or blind when you become a mother, she treats you like a sister, or a wife Concubine?"

After hearing this, Chu Yao felt a little bad, so she just yelled, "Mom, you..."

"If she was a man, I would have married you to her, but she is a daughter. I told you so much back then, but you two actually did this to me," Chu's mother stared at Chu Yao, "You were better before, but in the past two years, you have been spoiled by her and you have lost your former cleverness. You are in a daze all day long. If you are bullied by her in the future, you may not know."

"Mom," Chu Yao didn't mean to be unhappy when she saw that Chu's mother was just worried, and she couldn't help it, tears flowed down the corner of her eyes onto the pillow, "I thought that after my mother found out, she would never care about me .”

Mother Chu took Chu Yao into her arms, "Everyone has their own destiny. If you are with her, as long as there is no conflict of interest, even if the relationship fades in the future, you will still have something to think about."

When Chu Yao heard this, she felt a little uncomfortable, and when she heard Chu's mother say that she was asleep, she closed her eyes and dreamed nothing until dawn.

On the second day, Chu Yao slept until she woke up naturally, and after dinner, she joked with Yi Niang, talked to Chu's mother for a while, and Chu Feng also sent someone to bring things over.

After noon, Chu Yao was called by Chu's mother to shave her face, and Zhao Yite sent the most useful hair comber around her to help.Chu Yao couldn't wear the phoenix crown and Xiapei, so she wore the standard clothes of a side concubine, which was considered a wedding dress.The clothes were made a month ago, so there is no need to prepare anything.

The Chu family set up a few banquet tables at the front of the house, and only invited acquaintances to eat. At dusk, Chu Yao was carried by Chu Feng into a sedan chair and sent all the way to the palace.

After Chu Yao finished her salute in the front yard, she was sent to Zhao Yi's new house in the yard.Chu Yao had been sent a letter before, saying that she was still young, but she had to make a formality first, occupying the title of side concubine, so she lived with Zhao Yi first, and that's all after the ceremony.

So at this moment Chu Yao was sitting upright by the bed, not panicking.This dress was not covered by a hijab, but Chu Yao couldn't talk to the girl, and the nuns were staring at her, which made people feel uncomfortable.

Chu Yao had no choice but to pass the time by looking at the furnishings in the room, but with Chu Yao holding the airs, the area that can be seen by the eyes is only so small, no matter how detailed it is, it will not take long.Fortunately, at this time, someone shouted from outside, "Sister Ziyan is here." Chu Yao hurriedly looked towards the door, and saw Ziyan, who was dressed in purple and wearing silk flowers, standing gracefully behind Yi Niang.

"My concubine sent me to congratulate my side concubine." Zi Yan performed a formal ceremony, and did not get up until Chu Yao called her. She was the first person in this yard who had met Chu Yao according to the rules. I was so bored, so I sent me to come here to relieve my concubine's boredom," Ziyan said, and then looked at the nuns at the side, "I'm here, nuns, let's go to the front to have a drink."

Most of those nuns are used to making a living under the hands of the princess, so they naturally know the weight of Ziyan, and they often meet Chu Yao face to face, so naturally they will not be embarrassed about this matter.Anyway, the side concubine was not yet old, and they were all in the mansion, so they kept their mouths shut, so who would know.They all came over and said some auspicious words, and Yi Niang Jinyi came forward to reward some happy money before going down.

"It's for you," Yi Niang waited for the nuns to leave before stuffing a purse into Ziyan's hand. The red envelope looked thicker than others.

"I came at the right time, and I can still share the joy." Zi Yan took the purse and stuffed it into her sleeve without looking at it.

"It's a good thing you came here, otherwise I would be so stiff." Chu Yao hurriedly asked someone to move a stool for Ziyan to sit on, and then asked the girl in the room to go to Huaying to collect the reward. Seeing that there were close people around, she did He asked, "My sister is at the front, you come here, it's that one who is serving you again, she's pregnant, she needs to be more careful."

"That's right," Ziyan covered her mouth and smiled, "Don't worry about concubine, the master is surrounded by trustworthy people, and the prince is in front, but I have invited a few officials and close generals, those wives will definitely It won't be impolite."

Zi Yan paused, and then said, "I was supposed to call Xu Yushi to come and sit with you on the bed, but the princess was afraid that you would be impatient with her, so she didn't call her out. She is still recovering from her illness, so there is no need to find someone else." It's over."

"It's a good thing I didn't call her, otherwise I don't know if I should talk or get angry." Seeing that Zi Yan was smiling, Chu Yao asked, "Why are you laughing all the time? What's so funny? Let me tell you." Call us a Lele."

Zi Yan hurriedly said, "If I tell you, you can't annoy me."

"Then you better stop talking about it. If you say it, I'm afraid the side concubine will drive you out." Jin Yi came back with a food box from the outside, just when he heard Zi Yan's words, he directly refuted it, causing Chu Yaoyi in the room The girls all laughed.

"Good Jinyi, why did you start arranging me as soon as you came back, I didn't say anything, side concubine, look at her quickly," Ziyan pretended to be wronged.

"Is there anyone who doesn't know you?" Yi Niang also gave Zi Yan a sideways glance, and hurriedly moved the little girl over to help Jin Yi get things out of the food box

"That's true," Chu Yao pursed her lips and smiled, "It can be seen that you have made too many troubles in your daily life, and you have lost your reputation."

After Chu Yao finished speaking, she didn't care about Zi Yan, and took her chopsticks to use her own snacks.

Zi Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a moment, "Even the side concubine laughed at me, I really should have come with the princess. Although I got the purse now, I asked all of you to bully me once."

"Come on, Yi Niang, give her a piece of walnut cake," Chu Yao scooped up another spoonful of lotus seed soup, and looked at Zi Yan, "Just shut your mouth."

Zi Yan was not annoyed, she just thanked Chu Yao for the reward, and asked Yi Niang to pick up a piece of plum cake for her, and Yi Niang was so angry that she really didn't treat herself as an outsider.

When the time came, Huaying came in to remind them, and the few people hurriedly packed their things and got ready.Sure enough, less than a quarter of an hour later, Xia Yunjing came, but he was accompanied by Zhao Yi.

"I came here uninvited, sister, don't blame me." After Chu Yao and Xia Yunjing walked past and the servants all retreated, Zhao Yi sat next to Chu Yao, smelling slightly of alcohol.

"What did my sister say, I blame you for what you did," Chu Yao frowned again, "Why is my sister smelling of alcohol, she is a double body, and she doesn't know how to take good care of herself."

Xia Yunjing felt a little helpless when he heard the two of them talking, "I'm a lot of co-authors now," and said to Chu Yao, "You are with her today, I still have some things to do, so I rest in the study."

Chu Yao nodded in agreement, then ordered someone to go down to bring in water, and tilted her head, but Zhao Yi leaned on her shoulder and bit her earlobe.Chu Yao blushed, but she didn't push her away, she only looked at Yi Niang and Zi Yan who were busy with twinkling eyes, "Go down first, and call me when the water is ready."

Seeing that Zhao Yi and Chu Yao had something to whisper, Zi Yan and the others immediately retreated.

Then Chu Yao pushed Zhao Yi, and said shamelessly, "They were all here just now, why did you..."

Zhao Yi licked Chu Yao's earlobe, then leaned against Chu Yao's neck, took a deep breath, "Yao'er, I am very happy today, let's come to worship the heaven and the earth. You, me, and our son."