SFS Chapter 121 Drink 2 bowls in a row
Chapter 121 Drink 2 bowls in a row
Chapter 121 Drinking Two Bowls in a Row
Baojuan and Baoque helped An Lingrong back to Fanying Pavilion.
"My lady, it seems that the Empress has indeed pleaded a lot for Lord An. The Emperor didn't punish you severely just now." Baojuan muttered to herself as she looked at the dejected An Lingrong on the road.
"That should be the case." An Lingrong didn't want to waste any more words, so she just accepted whatever Baojuan said.
"Just now, the young lady said that she would demote herself to a concubine and not receive any salary for three years. I was very worried." Seeing that An Lingrong agreed with her words, Baojuan quickly added some firewood.
"Well, my father is in prison, and the family is even more short of money. Go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs later to get twice as much silk thread as before. Come back in the evening and help me divide the shares as before. We should make more embroidery work these days and send it out to sell."
Baojuan: “Yes.”
Separating silk threads has always been Baojuan's job. An Lingrong had assigned it to her before in order to make Baojuan quieter. Later, when the spice recipe made money, Baojuan became much quieter, so An Lingrong no longer asked her to work overtime to separate silk threads.
Now that she saw Baojuan was active again, An Lingrong became impolite. The Queen could not resist now, and it was easy for her to deal with a maid.
An Lingrong was already very kind to Baojuan. She didn't beat her, didn't scold her, and didn't deduct the salary of the palace maid.
I hope she can restrain herself.
The next morning, An Lingrong began her punch-in life to learn skills.
The place for learning is in the side courtyard behind Taohuawu. It is a remote and cool place with few palace people coming here, so it is a great place to practice voice.
The musician was a famous teacher invited by the Queen from outside the palace. After attending a lesson once, An Lingrong knew that the musician was a real talent, and she also put her full attention into learning.
Learn more things, and if you live to old age, it would be good to have a hobby to pass the time in your old age.
An Lingrong had a strong ability to learn and adapt. Seeing that An Lingrong was obedient, the Queen provided her with plenty of food and drink at lunch, and her living conditions were improved to a higher level.
Concubine Hua pretended to be ignorant and continued to live her life of eating and drinking in Qingliangtai.
The emperor hasn't come to Qingliangtai for a long time, and has never turned over her name card.
Concubine Hua knew that by September, she would be in great favor, and she would have to accept the throne even if she didn't want to.
But even if she didn't go to see the emperor, Concubine Hua would arrange for Fuzi to deliver snacks to the Qinzheng Palace from time to time.
For example, the last time Concubine Xin picked roses in the garden and made rose cakes, Concubine Hua asked Fuzi to send a lot of them to the Qinzheng Palace.
When sending it to him, he asked Fuzi to pass on the message, "Linglong picked this especially for the Emperor, please taste it yourself."
If I still cannot avoid the fate of my previous life in the future, then all these things now can be regarded as opportunities saved for Linglong, and it is not in vain that Linglong calls me "Empress Hua".
The Fourth Prince would occasionally come to Qingliang Terrace to play with Linglong for a short while. He would come only after finishing his homework, and Concubine Hua would turn a blind eye and pretend not to see it.
Although Concubine Hua was wary of the Fourth Prince's status as a prince, and felt that if he got too close to her it would inevitably arouse the Emperor's suspicion, but looking at the sincere look in his eyes, she couldn't bring herself to drive him away.
In this life, Concubine Hua is very greedy for the warmth of having many children.
The Fourth Prince was also very tactful. Every time he came to Qingliangtai, he would greet Concubine Hua politely and then go to play with Linglong. If Concubine Hua didn't ask any more questions, he would say nothing.
Time passed like this, Mei Zhuang's belly grew bigger, and Wen Yi could already walk a few steps forward with the help of the wet nurse.
Concubine Duan was still the same. Her health had improved a lot, but she still seldom appeared in public, except occasionally in the evening when she would ride in a sedan chair to Xianyue Pavilion to see Wen Yi and talk to Concubine Jing.
Concubine Li and Concubine Wan are now competing with each other. After Wen Yi's first birthday banquet, the Emperor has been fond of Concubine Li for a while, but men's tastes are changeable after all.
After looking at beautiful things for a long time, I start to think about simple and elegant things.
Therefore, Zhen Huan is still the emperor's favorite.
As Concubine Li continued to receive favors, the three ghost shadows floating near Tongleyuan would occasionally pop up. It might be that the dragon energy in Tongleyuan was too strong, and in order to win favors, Concubine Li forgot about the ghosts.
I heard from Jiang Cheng that every time after receiving the emperor’s favor, Concubine Li would ask the Imperial Hospital to prepare two bowls of pregnancy-preserving medicine for her, which she would drink in one gulp.
Concubine Hua had stopped taking pregnancy-maintaining medicine a long time ago. After drinking a bowl of that bitter stuff, she felt full.
When Concubine Hua heard that Lipin drank two bowls of medicine every day, she couldn't help but frown. She thought that Lipin must have taken the pregnancy-preserving medicine as meal.
Forget it, let her be. She can't have a child anyway.
Speaking of the Jixi Pills used by Concubine Li, Concubine Hua also specifically asked Wei Lin about it. The young imperial physician Wei Lin had said before that improper use of this medicine would greatly deplete a woman's energy and blood.
Concubine Hua then wondered whether a man who had close contact with a woman who used this thing would suffer any adverse effects on his body.
Wei Lin answered very honestly: To strengthen the body and prolong life.
Hua Fei: Okay, step back.
Before, Concubine Hua thought Wei Lin was smarter than his master Wen Shichu. Whenever Wen Shichu examined a patient or tested for poison, he would always show off his knowledge and talk in a long-winded manner, which made Concubine Hua very impatient to listen to him.
Now it seems that Doctor Wen's little disciple is sometimes stubborn. Why doesn't he just say something he likes to hear?
And there is An Lingrong. If there is one thing in this world that can make a nine-to-five worker crazy, it is money.
Concubine Hua really couldn't imagine how An Lingrong, who went to the Queen's Palace every day to learn skills, developed the improved version of the Jixi Pills. According to Baoque, it was the best and least harmful prescription that An Changzai found from five prescriptions after failing dozens of times.
Concubine Hua thought to herself, doesn’t An Lingrong need to sleep?
There is an old saying that money makes the world go round, but that is not always true.
Why, even though I rewarded Mr. Sanjin with so much silver, the updates Nian Xi sent to the harem were still so few each time? Couldn't he be as productive as An Lingrong?
Concubine Hua knew that An Lingrong worked so hard for her mother, so she asked Zhou Ninghai to send the prescription to Sun Miaoqing as soon as possible and asked her to prepare to launch the Jixi Pills in the fall.
There were also two muscle-relief pills made by An Lingrong herself stored in the Qingliangtai, and Concubine Hua asked Songzhi to keep them.
To be honest, Concubine Hua is quite satisfied with her figure. She doesn't want to be that weak and frail person, which seems unlucky.
But he still appreciated An Lingrong's kindness.