Chapter 218 Bottom Line
The next day, Zhao Xing woke up in a daze, recalling the ripples last night, the corners of his mouth raised.
Looking at Ru Lan who was still sleeping soundly on the left, her arm was resting on Zhao Xing's chest, she was having some sweet dream and smacked her lips.
Zhao Xing turned his head to look at Minglan on the right, and saw that her eyes were closed, as if she was not awake yet.
However, Zhao Xing has been practicing martial arts for many years, and his perception is quite sharp, and he can feel Minglan's breathing slightly rapid.
Zhao Xing smiled slightly and slowly moved his hand around Minglan.
Hurry up and Minglan's breathing becomes more and more rapid. Zhao Xing won't expose it, let's see how long you can endure it.
Minglan didn't know that Zhao Xing had noticed that she was awake at first, but as Zhao Xing became more and more excessive, she also reacted.
Pressing Zhao Xing's mischievous hand, he opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Xing pleadingly.
"Aren't you pretending to be asleep?" Zhao Xing looked at her with a half-smile and whispered.
Minglan's eyes were a little evasive and she didn't know how to answer.
Zhao Xing smiled slightly, got up and got out of bed without teasing her any more.
"You guys can sleep a little longer."
After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he put down the tent.
Minglan couldn't sleep, but she felt shy and didn't know how to face Zhao Xing when she got up, so she simply acted like an ostrich.
Listening to the noise outside and looking at Rulan sleeping soundly, Minglan was a little envious.
After a while, it was quiet outside for a while, then there was a sound of footsteps, and the tent was opened.
"Sixth Miss, why don't you wake up the concubine? Get up quickly, we have to serve tea to the Crown Princess." Mother Hua urged.
"Mother Hua, let me sleep a little longer." Ru Lan was woken up and mumbled drowsily.
"You are still sleeping, you should be still at the Sheng family." Hua's mother directly helped Ru Lan to sit up, took the large robe from the magpie's hand, wrapped Ru Lan and went to the bathroom.
Mother Cui and Xiao Tao did the same to Minglan. The difference was that Rulan was basically helped by the two of them, while Minglan walked over by herself.
When the two of them finished washing, put on their inner and outer clothes and came out, they were completely awake.
The two of them were sitting in front of the dressing table, and the maid dressed and styled their hair.
When a woman gets married, her hair will be tied up, which means she is already a woman.
When the personal maid gets lucky, she will also wear her hair in a bun, which means that she is different from ordinary maids.
After packing up and putting on her coat, Hua's mother urged Ru Lan to go and offer tea to the Crown Princess.
A palace maid led the way, Rulan and Minglan walked side by side, and Magpie and Xiaotao followed.
"I'm so tired. I have to come back and take a nap in a while." Ru Lan said with a yawn.
"Fifth sister was very brave last night, but she is indeed a little tired." Minglan thought about what happened last night and joked with a blush.
Ru Lan's face turned red when she heard this, and she said angrily: "Okay, you still dare to tease me. You are the dowry, and it's your responsibility to support me if I fail. You're good, you begged for mercy after a while, Your Highness is just tormenting me.”
"Fifth sister, please keep your voice down."
Minglan whispered: "I am a dowry, how can I snatch the favor of fifth sister."
"Come on, if His Highness comes over next time, you Fight alone." Rulan glared.
Hearing this, Minglan quickly changed the subject and said, "Fifth sister, have you not forgotten the etiquette of greeting the Crown Princess and offering tea? You can't make any mistakes later."
She is a dowry, and now I don’t have any status either, so I don’t need to offer tea.
"Remember it."
Rulan was a little nervous when she mentioned this, but she didn't continue arguing with Minglan, but thought about what to pay attention to when serving tea.
Seeing that she was nervous, Minglan comforted her a few words, but the effect was not great, and she regretted it for a while.
Ru Lan has a carefree temper. If she didn't mention it, she might not think so much.
Although you will be nervous when meeting the Crown Princess, nothing may go wrong.
Now thinking about the past all the way will only make you more nervous. If something goes wrong, you will be in trouble.
Although the Crown Princess invited them over last time and was very kind to them.
But now that we have entered the door, who knows whether it will be the same as before.
Generally when a new daughter-in-law comes into the house, her mother-in-law will deliberately make things difficult for her and follow the rules, in fact, just to establish her authority.
When a concubine comes in, the main wife will also look for opportunities to establish her authority.
But it was too late to say anything at this time. Saying too much would only make Rulan more nervous.
After a while, they arrived at Chunhe Palace. The palace maid who led the way negotiated with the people at the gate of the palace for a few words, and then took Ru Lan and the others in.
When they arrived outside the palace, the maid at the door asked them to wait and went in to report.
Not long after, the palace maid came out and saluted: "The Crown Princess invites the concubines to enter the palace."
Hearing this, Ru Lan walked into the palace, and Minglan was half a body behind. , followed in.
Magpie and Xiaotao stayed outside.
In the main hall, Zhang Guifen sat upright, Ru Lan bowed and saluted: "I pay my respects to the Crown Princess!"
"No courtesy!" Zhang Guifen waved her hand. The palace maid on the side, who had been prepared for a long time, came forward with a tray.
Ru Lan picked up the tea, took a few steps forward and bowed: "Princess, please have some tea."
Zhang Guifen took the tea cup and said with a smile: "The nuns in the palace taught you the rules before entering the palace. In the East Palace, you just need to abide by the rules and serve His Highness well. In addition, the number of concubines in the East Palace is now almost ten. If you feel that You can move around if you feel your temper is wrong. You can't interact with each other and break the rules of the East Palace. Otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless."
"Concubine, please remember the prince. Concubine's teachings!" Ru Lan said.
"Yeah."
Zhang Guifen nodded slightly, took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and looked at Minglan.
“You can also offer me a cup of tea.”
The maid on the side came forward again carrying a tray with a tea cup.
"This slave is just a maid, so how can I serve tea to the Crown Princess?" Ming Lan bowed.
"His Royal Highness promised you before that he would give you a status if you become pregnant in the future. In this case, I will treat you as a concubine and simply drink your tea together." Zhang Guifen said.
“Yes!”
Zhang Guifen has said so. If she refuses again, she will be out of touch.
Drinking her tea is equivalent to recognizing her identity.
Even though she is still a maid now, no one of the maids and eunuchs in the East Palace dares to regard her as a maid anymore.
Zhang Guifen was completely helping her by doing this.
Ming Lan took the tea cup from the tray, stepped forward and said, "Please have some tea, Crown Princess!"
Zhang Guifen took the tea cup and said, "You also heard what I just said. , I won’t repeat it again.”
"You must remember this!" Minglan said.
Zhang Guifen took a sip of tea, put down the tea cup, and said, "Have you had breakfast? If it's not useful, just eat some with me."
"Go back to the Crown Princess, my concubine. Haven't eaten yet," Ru Lan replied.
"Yes." Zhang Guifen nodded, turned his head and said: "Pass the meal around!"
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After Zhao Xing finished his martial arts practice, he did not go to Chunhe Palace and had breakfast directly at Chaoyang Palace.
If he wanted to serve tea today, Zhao Xing would not go there at this time.
After breakfast, I went to the study room to review the papers.
At noon, we arrived at Chunhe Palace.
Zhang Guifen personally served Zhao Xing, washed his face, and sat down at the dining table.
"Your Highness, it has been some time since Li Liangdi and the others entered the palace. I would like to ask for a favor for them and allow them to go home and reunite with their families for half a day the next day." Zhang Guifen handed Zhao Xingsheng a bowl of soup.
"The day after tomorrow?"
Zhao Xing took the soup, put it down, and said: "Gu said that you are equally important to Gu, but the distinction between superiority and inferiority is still clear. There is no need for you to wrong yourself like this. "
The day after tomorrow is the third day after Ru Lan enters the palace. If she is the real wife, this is the day when she returns home.
However, the concubines and concubines didn’t come back to talk to me for a long time.
Zhang Guifen said she wanted to ask for a reward for Li Liangdi and the others, but this included not only Li Liangdi and the others, but also Ru Lan and the others.
Although there is no saying that the concubines returned after three dynasties, the fact that that person was able to return represents Zhao Xing's favor.
Outsiders didn't know that this was Zhang Guifen's idea. They just thought that Zhao Xing liked the girl from the Sheng family very much and specially let her go back on that day.
"Your Highness, I have not..."
"Okay, stop talking."
Zhao Xing interrupted her and said: "First of all, the weather is hot, so why bother going out. When the weather cools down in a few days, let them go back to visit their relatives."
Zhao Xing treats Zhang Guifen and the others equally, but This equal treatment is based on the rules of this era.
Within the rules, Zhao Xing will give them preferential treatment, but will not mess with the etiquette.
Just like Zhao Xing asked people to prepare wedding clothes for Minglan, but he did not celebrate grandly, nor did he directly give Minglan a status.
It was special to return home after three dynasties, and it was impossible for Zhao Xing to let them go back that day.
Favor should also be given in a certain degree. Zhang Guifen may not think too much about it now, but what about in the future?
And Rulan and Minglan are too favored, and it is inevitable that they will have other thoughts after a long time.
Minglan is very sensible, but not very capable.
But Ru Lan has a carefree temperament and loves her too much, so it is inevitable that she will be pampered.
What's more, he has to consider the British government's ideas.
"Okay, let's eat." Zhao Xing didn't want to continue on this topic.
(End of this chapter)