Chapter 209 Ru Lan
A few people played mahjong until the evening. Zhang Guifen did not go to see them off because of her identity. Yu Yanran did it for her.
After saying goodbye, Rulan and Minglan left in a carriage.
"That mahjong is quite fun. The princess even gave me a pair. I can teach my mother to play with me when I go back." Rulan said with a smile.
"It's really interesting." Minglan rested for a while, woke up and watched it for a while. She probably understood the rules.
"That's right." Rulan said suddenly: "When you went to the pavilion to rest, the prince was there?"
Minglan was stunned and said calmly: "No, what are you talking nonsense about, the fifth sister."
"It seems that I guessed it right." Ru Lan smiled and said: "If it was true, you would have said it with a smile and not be so calm."
"Fifth sister, you..." Ming Ming Lan looked at Rulan in surprise.
Ru Lan has always given her the impression that she is careless and has no scheming.
However, Ru Lan seemed to be a different person at this moment.
“Haha.”
Ru Lan smiled and said: “The Crown Princess suddenly invited us to the East Palace, but she didn’t say anything, as if she just asked us to come and play. Do you think it’s okay? "
"After much thought, it has something to do with you. When you were poisoned, His Highness paid so much attention to it that he not only sent two imperial doctors to treat you, but also asked one to stay at the Sheng family. For several days. And Lin..."
Ru Lan stopped here, paused and said: "The Crown Princess asked us to come, it must be that His Highness is worried about you and wants to see you."
Minglan was silent for a while after hearing this, and said: "Fifth sister has changed so much that I don't recognize her."
"I am still me, I am not as smart as you, not as beautiful as Mo Lan, I have a straightforward temper, and my grandmother and My mother and the others don’t trust me. I think it’s not that I’m smart, but that my mother often talks about it and I think about it,” Ru Lan said with a smile.
After Minglan was poisoned, Mrs. Wang was very worried when she saw that Her Highness the Crown Prince cared so much about Minglan.
It’s okay if Minglan doesn’t wake up. If she wakes up and enters the East Palace in the future, will it affect Rulan?
After Minglan woke up, Mrs. Wang consulted with Liu’s mother to see if there was any way to prevent Minglan from joining the dowry.
Rulan overheard all this, including Lin Xiaoniang's death.
Only Mrs. Sheng, Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang in the entire Sheng family knew the cause of Lin Xiaoniang's death.
Old Mrs. Sheng told Minglan, but Mrs. Wang did not tell Rulan.
Because Sheng Hong had warned her not to tell her, Mrs. Wang was also worried that Ru Lan would tell nonsense after finding out about it, which would make Sheng Hong unhappy.
The Crown Princess suddenly invited the two of them to come over today. Mrs. Wang also guessed a lot and gave her a lot of advice.
Rulan was full of anxiety when she came, but the princess neither targeted them nor said anything insinuations.
Ru Lan was very confused, and then she thought about it. When she went to the garden, Minglan went to the pavilion to rest alone for a while. When she came back, something was wrong, and she thought of this.
However, she was also a little unsure, and her initial inquiry was also a test.
The two sisters have been together for so long, and Minglan understands her. Although she doesn't know Minglan very well, she also has some understanding of some of Minglan's habits.
After she asked, Minglan was too calm, and she judged that Minglan was lying.
Otherwise, Minglan should have laughed and scolded her.
Minglan didn’t know what to say when she heard this.
She used to get along with Ru Lan, but she didn't plot against her because she thought Ru Lan was simple-minded.
It’s just that Ru Lan suddenly changed so much that she didn’t know how to get along with Ru Lan.
"I have no other meaning in telling you this. In fact, my mother doesn't want you to marry me. She is worried that if you gain the favor of His Highness, I will be left out." Rulan said.
"What do fifth sisters think?" Minglan asked.
"When I heard the conversation between my mother and Mother Liu, my first reaction was not to let you dowry me. However, thinking about it, I felt very panicked and really wanted you to marry me." Rulan said.
At the age of seven or eight, she began to learn the rules from Mrs. Sheng.
She has been pampered by her mother since she was a child, so she has never suffered from this.
Old Mrs. Sheng was very strict. She did not dare to cry to Mrs. Sheng. She could only cry to her mother when she saw her.
Her mother would tell her that in the future she would serve the prince, and what would happen in the palace would be terrible, and what would happen if she didn't learn the rules well.
At that time, it was actually difficult for her to understand this, let alone what it meant to enter the palace to serve His Highness the Crown Prince.
On the contrary, I feel complacent because of this identity.
Ru Lan still remembers how proudly she told Minglan that Minglan was just her future dowry maid.
But as time went by, she gradually became more sensible and knew what it meant to enter the palace to serve His Highness the Crown Prince.
The words her mother told her since she was a child have become a shadow in her heart.
In fact, she didn't realize this shadow herself, but when she heard Madam Wang say that she didn't want Minglan to marry her, she became inexplicably panicked.
In the deep palace compound, the dangers her mother mentioned needed to be dealt with by herself, and there wasn’t even anyone to say thoughtful words to.
Thinking of this, she was at a loss.
"Fifth sister, actually when I first heard the news, I was very reluctant. As long as I can remember, my little mother has been bullied, and even the servants bullied my little mother."< br>
Minglan's eyes were lost in thought, as if she was lost in memories: "At that time, I was thinking about how nice it would be for me to marry someone who doesn't ask for marriage in the future, even if it's an ordinary family, as long as I don't become a concubine and the officials treat me well. That's fine. Even if life is harder, I'm willing to do it." "But my father decided on the dowry, so what can I do to change it? My grandmother wanted to make a plan for me, but I also had high hopes for it, but it failed. "
"If there is really a way for the eldest lady to make me not dowry, I would be very grateful to her."
Minglan was a little self-deprecating, although Zhao Xing acted like one. He likes her very much and treats her very well.
But how long can this kind of love last?
Whether it is a dowry or a title, it may sound nicer, but in fact she is still a concubine and cannot control her own destiny.
Like her grandmother and Mrs. Wu, they were all at odds with their own officials.
Maybe they felt sad at the time, but as long as they could let it go, they could live a free and easy life.
But what about the concubine?
Even if you can get favored by your beauty, what will happen when you get old and lose your beauty?
Just like Lin Xiaoniang, the concubine's room even overshadowed the main room.
But even if she doesn't die, Sheng Hong will lose interest in her as she ages and loses her luster over the years.
There will also be someone younger and more beautiful than her to take her place.
“But these are fates and cannot be changed.”
“Yes.” Ru Lan nodded and said, “Mother Liu also said that they cannot be changed. But that’s okay, I I know you are smart, but you have never plotted against me. In the future, when we enter the palace together, even if you have to pamper me and be left out, you will still have someone to talk to.”
"I actually prefer not to be favored. Think about it, fifth sister. My father only has a few concubines, and the eldest lady and Lin Xiaoniang have been fighting for so many years. His Royal Highness has so many women now. Except for Sister Shulan, all of them have different backgrounds. If you are taller than us, being favored may not be a good thing," Minglan sighed.
The Sheng family is just a microcosm. A Sheng family is so dangerous, let alone the East Palace.
She was able to hide her clumsiness in the Sheng family because they each had their own rivals.
Lin Xiaoniang and Mrs. Wang are rivals, and Ru Lan and Mo Lan are rivals.
She is a concubine and cannot be loved. This is the reason why she can hide her clumsiness.
Zhao Xing was so special to her, could he hide his clumsiness in the future?
"Then I don't care, I don't think His Highness would like me like this. Then you can just go and have a headache." Ru Lan said with a smile.
Minglan smiled slightly when she heard this, maybe this is the real Rulan.
It’s not that she has no brains, it’s just her personality that makes her unwilling to use her brains.
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East Palace, inside the Chaoyang Palace.
Zhao Xing leaned on the head of the bed, closing his eyes and thinking.
A slight sound of footsteps came, and Zhao Xing did not open his eyes when he heard it.
After a while, a man climbed onto the bed, carrying a scent of fragrance, and got into Zhao Xing's arms.
“Your Highness!”
Zhao Xing opened his eyes. Li Liangdi, looming in thin gauze, was leaning in his arms and looking up at him lovingly.
Zhao Xing's hand skillfully reached into the tulle, held a soft ball, and played with it carefully.
"Have you taken a bath?"
"Yes."
Li Liangdi made a sound, her face turned red with shame, her eyes seemed to be closed or open, and she didn't know whether she was answering Zhao Xing, or something.
Suddenly, Zhao Xing's movements stopped, and Li Liangdi opened her eyes and looked at Zhao Xing with some doubts in her eyes.
"I heard that you first went to find Jiang Liangdi today, and then went to find Li and Chen, two good ladies?" Zhao Xing said lightly.
Zhao Xing’s plain words sounded like thunder in Li Liangdi’s ears.
"I am... I am bored, so I went to find them..." A flash of panic flashed in Li Liangdi's eyes, and she quickly opened her mouth to explain, but before she could finish her words, her mouth was blocked.
The maid serving in the room quickly stepped forward and put down the tent.
After a while, some clothes were thrown out of the tent. One of the pink bellybands had a broken strap, which showed how impatient he was.
The palace maid listened to the singing and weeping voice coming from inside, blushing and picking up the clothes and tidying them up.
After about half an hour, the sound stopped, and then Zhao Xing's voice came from the tent, and the palace maid hurriedly stepped forward and opened the tent.
He waited for the two of them to go to the bathroom to clean up, and the rest changed their bedding.
When the two of them came back after cleaning, the bed had been replaced with a clean one.
Li Liangdi lay down for a while, feeling that she had regained some strength.
This was the second time she was favored by Zhao Xing after entering the East Palace, and Zhao Xing was a little more wild this time than last time, and he tormented her quite a lot.
Thinking of what Zhao Xing said before, she didn't know whether it was a punishment warning or whether Zhao Xing was always like this.
After hesitating for a long time, when she made up her mind to ask, Zhao Xing was already asleep. Listening to the even breathing, she finally did not dare to wake Zhao Xing up.
Actually, this is the warning Zhao Xing gave her. The purpose is to tell her that she can't hide it from him by doing some small tricks, and he doesn't care, but she can't go too far.
(End of this chapter)