She owed him, but she couldn't pay it back clearly, because she had belonged to Yinzhen in this life, and she only hoped that he would meet a better woman than herself in the future.
Ling Ruo glanced left and right and said, "By the way, where is Hongli? Why didn't you see him?" Hongli should have returned to the palace with her today, but he was nowhere to be seen when he came out.
"The prince is already at the door." With that said, Yunli took Jiarou from the nanny's hands. The child was not asleep at the moment, looking around with a pair of dark eyes. When Yunli hugged her
, and even smiled with her pink little mouth, which made people feel pity.
Ling Ruoyi saw Jiarou's innocent smile and said with a smile: "This child and Master Qi are really in love. Every time you hold her, you are always very happy."
Yunli glanced at the child in her arms with pity and said, "The little princess is so cute and ice-cold. It is my great honor to be able to hold her. However, after the empress enters the palace, I will not have the chance to hold the little princess again."
Before Ling Ruo said anything, little Jiarou, who had just turned one month old, seemed to understand Yunli's words. She wrinkled her face and started crying, her legs still kicking hard in her swaddling clothes. Normally, Yunli could just coax her.
But this time, no matter how much he coaxed her, it was to no avail.
Just when she had no other choice, Concubine Qin walked into Ningshuang Pavilion holding Hongying's hand. She heard the child crying and said, "What's going on? Why are you crying so hard?"
Yunli said helplessly: "My son doesn't know either."
"How could this happen? The auspicious time is coming soon. It would be bad if the little princess is still crying like this." Concubine Qin said as she took the child from Yunli's hand. It was better that she didn't take it, but after taking it,
But she cried even harder, and her face turned red from crying.
Seeing her crying so sadly, Ling Ruo felt heartbroken and went to Princess Qin to help comfort her. But no matter what they said, Jia Rou just kept crying without any intention of stopping. Finally, Yunli said it.
One sentence, "Don't cry, little princess. Uncle Seventeen will just go to the palace to see you often from now on."
Strangely enough, after saying these words, the child slowly stopped crying and no longer howled as before.
Concubine Qin wiped away the tears on Jia Rou's face with the silk scarf and handed it to Ling Ruo. She said with a smile: "This child is really hard to see through. He is only a month old, but he seems to be able to understand what we are saying. If
Really, this child will definitely be very great in the future."
"Taifei Qin was joking, Jiarou didn't understand, it was just a coincidence." With that said, Ling Ruo solemnly bowed to Taifei Qin, "I'm not bothering Taifei and Master Seventeen during this time.
I feel very sorry in my heart and don’t know how to thank you."
Concubine Qin quickly supported her and said with a smile on her face: "Concubine, please don't say that. It is an honor for me and Yunli that you can live in the palace of Guojun Prince. I really don't know where to start with the word "nuo". I am helpless.
The emperor has decided that the empress will return to the palace today, otherwise I really hope that the empress will stay for a few more days."
Concubine Qin has been in the palace for decades and has long since learned to hide her preferences tightly. Even if she has a lot of dissatisfaction with Ling Ruo in her heart, she will never show it on her face.
At this time, Ping'er, who had been following Ling Ruo, suddenly knelt down and said, "Master, Concubine, I have a favor to ask of you."
Ling Ruo looked at Ping'er in surprise and said, "What's the matter with you?"
As early as last night, she gave Ping'er five hundred taels of silver, asking her to leave Guojun Prince's Mansion and return to her hometown to reunite with her family after she left. With these five hundred taels of silver, she would be able to marry a decent man.
She was waiting in the house, and had no worries about food and clothing. I don't know what she wanted from her now.
Ping'er lowered her head and said: "My hometown is far away from here. I am a weak woman. I don't know how to go back. What if I encounter bandits and robbers on the way... wouldn't it be..." She raised her head tremblingly, with a look in her eyes.
Filled with tears, she said, "So I beg my master to let you stay in Guojun Prince's Mansion and don't drive me away."
"Stay here?" Ling Ruo's carefully painted eyebrows frowned slightly. She had been with Ping'er for half a year. This girl was quite nimble in doing things, but she still didn't like her because Ping'er's eyes were not as good as before.
As pure as Moyu or Shuixiu, in his eyes, they are always
Some traces of calculations could be seen. As for what Ping'er was planning, she didn't know, and she didn't bother to find out. In short, such a person was not qualified to follow her into the palace. The harem was full of dangers, and bringing someone who was not completely loyal was with her.
Being around him is tantamount to giving the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of.
However, it was not easy to think about Ping'er and she had been whipped by Galdan before, so he gave her five hundred taels of silver so that she could have food and clothing for the rest of her life. I thought
The matter was settled. She didn't expect that Ping'er would ask to stay in Guojun Prince's Mansion at this time, which made her a little confused about how to answer.
"I just want to have a place to live, and I don't need to be homeless. Please allow me, Master." Ping'er looked at Ling Ruo nervously, fearing that Ling Ruo would reject her request.
After taking the silver last night, she didn't close her eyes all night. She never thought about entering the palace, but she never thought about leaving Guojun Prince's Mansion. Yunli was the one she recognized, how could she give up just like that. And five hundred taels of silver looked at it.
I have a lot of clothes, but in fact they are nothing. I just buy a few expensive jewelry and clothes and then lose them. Unless I live in a simple life like I did at home, I can't make a new set of clothes in a year.
However, she no longer wants to live that kind of life anymore, and even hates it. Although she is a girl now, her food and clothing are much better than when she was at home before, and she believes that with her beauty and ability
, as long as you can stay in the Guojun Palace, you will definitely be favored by Yunli and become her concubine or even Fujin.
Originally, she had thought about staying with Ling Ruo and asking her to give herself to Yunli when the time came, but now it seemed that it was impossible. She had no intention of keeping her at all.
Just throw it away without thinking about her hard work in the past six months. She finally realized what it meant to be heartless and unjust. It was really chilling.
Ling Ruo didn't know that Ping'er had so many thoughts, and she didn't know that she was actually delusional and wanted to get a higher position than Yunli, because Ping'er's request was to stay in Guojun Prince's Mansion instead of entering the palace. After thinking for a moment, she said to Princess Qin: "
What does the concubine think of this matter?"
Before Concubine Qin could speak, Ping'er had crawled to her knees and kowtowed repeatedly: "I beg you, Concubine, to have mercy on me and let me have a place to stay. This slave will be shattered into pieces to repay the concubine for her kindness. No matter how concubine wants me to be a slave,
No matter what I do, I will never say anything to you."