novelones Chapter 370 Only fate is to be a concubine
Chapter 370 Only fate is to be a concubine
Xiao Ruohan, the adopted daughter of the eldest princess, came into the palace to meet Concubine De and the eldest princess.Concubine De saw that Xiao Ruohan was as beautiful as a flower and behaved in a measured manner, and she was full of praise for her. "Ruohan is really getting more and more beautiful. There is no one else in Kyoto who looks like her. She is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is really a talented woman."
The eldest princess also put in a lot of effort and painstaking efforts to cultivate this adopted daughter. She naturally smiled from ear to ear when hearing Concubine De's praise.
Concubine De affectionately held Xiao Ruohan's hand. She liked it more and more as she watched it. She couldn't wait to open it and said: "After a few days, when Chen Yan is well, I will go to the emperor to ask for your marriage."
Xiao Ruohan lowered his head and secretly raised his eyes to look at the eldest princess, "Ruohan will completely follow the arrangements of his adoptive mother for the important matters of marriage."
The eldest princess looked proud, put down the teacup, and said calmly: "This matter is not urgent. Once Jianing's marriage is settled, it will be too late to get Ruohan engaged."
Ruohan was older than Jianing, so logically it was natural to get Ruohan engaged first, but after all, the adopted daughter was not as good as her biological daughter.The eldest princess planned to ask Xiao Chenyan to help cancel Jianing's marriage, otherwise why would she have been supporting him.
She has carefully trained Xiao Ruohan for so many years, just to help her do things and win people's hearts one day.How could you take advantage of Concubine De and her son in vain?
Concubine De heard the meaning of the eldest princess's words and thought of Xiao Chenyan who helped Shen Ruzhou speak when Jianing falsely accused Shen Ruzhou some time ago, thus offending the eldest princess.The eldest princess has always been a vengeful person. If she doesn't give some benefits, I'm afraid she won't continue to help them in the future, let alone marrying a daughter to consolidate their cooperation.
"I haven't seen Jianing for a few days, and I miss Jianing very much." Concubine De pretended to care about Jianing, "How can we, the golden people of Jianing, go to a barbaric land to get married? When Chen Yan recovers from his illness, I will definitely ask him to find a way to help Jianing cancel the marriage."
Concubine De's words touched the heart of the eldest princess. She was naturally happy, but her face was cold and she said: "Jianing deserves it. If you go to get married, you are doing it for yourself. Don't worry about her."
Seeing this, Concubine De immediately tried to persuade her with good words: "Jianing is still young, and she did something wrong in a moment of confusion. As elders, we can just scold her. We can really watch her jump into the fire pit."
"Besides, Jianing is Chen Yan's niece. He has loved her since she was a child. How could he have the heart to let her get married? He will definitely help."
The eldest princess was happy after hearing this, and turned to Xiao Ruohan and ordered, "You go to the side hall now and take good care of King Wu Cheng for me."
Xiao Ruohan nodded in agreement, then bowed and left to the side hall.
When Shen Ruzhou went to Tai Hospital to dispense medicine, a young eunuch hurriedly caught up with him. When he saw Shen Ruzhou, he shouted: "Finally found it."
After he came to Shen Ruzhou and saluted, he placed a gold cage in front of Shen Ruzhou and begged: "Miss Shen, this servant is from the imperial concubine's palace. I don't know what this parrot has eaten. Please show it." "
Shen Ruzhou followed his words and looked towards the bird cage, only to see a colorful parrot, standing motionless on the pole, with gray eyes and looking sickly.
The maids from the Imperial Hospital also gathered around. It was rare to see such a beautiful bird. Everyone felt pity for Shen Ruzhou and hoped that Shen Ruzhou could be cured.
Shen Ruzhou checked the parrot and said, "It did eat something unclean. I'll grind some medicinal powder and you put it in the water and let it drink. It should be fine soon."
The eunuch immediately felt relieved and knelt down to thank, "Thank you so much, Miss Shen. This parrot is the imperial concubine's favorite. This bird can also speak human words. When it is ready, let it thank you in person."
"Really?" Shen Ruzhou became interested, looked at the parrot carefully, and couldn't help but stretch out his little finger to tease it, "I'll be free in a few days, I'll go pay my respects to the imperial concubine, and then I'll listen to it personally say thank you."
The eunuch agreed with a smile, received the powder, and left with great gratitude.
Shen Ruzhou turned around and found a girl standing in the corner, looking at her coldly.
The girl had a handsome face, gorgeous clothes, and a cold temperament about her, like a snow lotus left alone on the top of an iceberg.
"You shouldn't have saved that bird." The girl said coldly, with a chill in her voice.
Shen Ruzhou was surprised, raised his eyes and asked, "Why?"
The girl raised her eyes, looked at the blue sky in the distance, and said leisurely: "How can a bird that can fly freely in the mountains and forests be willing to live in this cage, even if it is a gold cage?"
There was so much sadness in her voice that Shen Ruyi couldn't tell whether she was talking about people or birds.
"After all, it's a life, how can you ignore it and not save it?" Shen Ruzhou said with the benevolent attitude of a doctor.
A little palace maid next to her also said, "Wouldn't it be a pity not to save such a beautiful bird?"
"Is living alive better than dead?" The girl's voice was sad and sad, then she let out a long sigh and turned around to leave.
It was the first time Shen Ruzhou saw such a woman in this palace, and he was curious. He secretly guessed that this girl must have experienced something bad to be like this.
She asked the steward of Taiyuan Hospital about the girl's origins, and the steward respectfully replied: "That is Xiao Ruohan, the adopted daughter of the eldest princess, who is here to get the medicine for Concubine De to soothe her nerves and help her sleep."
Xiao Ruohan?As expected, the person lives up to his name, with a chill all over his body.
Shen Ruzhou always felt that this name sounded familiar, and silently read it several times. Suddenly, it occurred to her that this was the new princess that Concubine De had told her to arrange for Xiao Chenyan.
It was so cold that no one could bear it.
Shen Ruzhou took the prepared medicine and walked to the side hall. As soon as he entered the gate, he met Mu Wanrong. Seeing that she was in a hurry, she had obviously just entered the palace.
Mu Wanrong gave Shen Ruzhou a big roll of his eyes when he saw her, and said mockingly: "You are so thick-skinned by staying by the prince's side even after being divorced."
"I'm in a hurry to prepare medicine and give injections to King Wu Cheng, so I don't have time to talk to you."
Seeing her like a fly, Shen Ruzhou felt sick in his heart, replied angrily, and walked in without looking back.
"It's too late for you to be courteous now. You've already signed the letter and it's too late to regret it."
Mu Wanrong took two steps with her dress in hand and stood in front of Shen Ruzhou. She said with arrogance, "In the palace, if you were in Prince Wucheng's palace, I would have asked the nursing staff to kick you out."
After Mu Wanrong finished speaking, she did not forget to curse "concubine" again.
Shen Ruzhou sneered, "Mu Wanrong, do you think that without me, you will be the serious Princess Wucheng, and you have the final say in the palace?"
Mu Wanrong was noncommittal, looking up at her pretty little face, full of pride, as if the position of princess was within reach.
"It's a pity that some people are destined to be concubines, and they don't get the chance to be the mistress of the house." Shen Ruzhou sighed with pretense of regret.
Mu Wanrong's eyes widened, she stretched out her slender fingers and pointed at Shen Ruzhou: "What do you mean by that?"
Shen Ruzhou raised his eyes and motioned her to look into the side hall. Through the open window, she could vaguely see a beautiful woman sitting inside, playing chess with Xiao Chenyan.
Shen Ruzhou saw the disbelief on Mu Wanrong's face and immediately smiled and said, "You don't know yet, but Concubine De has already arranged a new concubine for King Wucheng, who is the one inside."
Mu Wanrong gritted her teeth in hatred and said unconvinced: "I don't know where this wild girl came from, but she is worthy of being Princess Wucheng."