"These bitches are always restless when there are two of them. Don't let down your guard just because there are so few people in the harem. Who knows one day they will climb up!"
Compared with the gentle and dignified appearance in the past, maybe Ning Guiren's true nature is now, and he is just trying to please Yuan Heng's preferences in order to win favor.
Sometimes I find it annoying to keep pretending for so long. Many times I am very angry, but I can only suppress my temper.
"That's what the noble man said."
Jinxiu could only nod along, as if he suddenly thought of something.
"The tenth day of the lunar month is His Majesty's birthday. Everything in the harem is prepared by the nobles. You must prepare the most original gift when the time comes, so as not to overwhelm them!"
After all, he has been with Ning Guiren for many years, so he naturally has to plan everything.
Every year for birthdays, everything is prepared by the master. His majesty likes it the most, and no one can compare with it!
"That's natural. They can't get up since I knocked them down. They're not worth paying attention to at all."
Ning Guiren closed his eyes and smiled lightly.
Otherwise, it would be a benefit to have less people in the harem, just step on them one by one.
Qiao Guiren is a stupid person, so you don't need to care about him at all. Chun Guiren is silent and has no courage and is also a soft persimmon. Xuan Guiren has an average appearance and has no merits.
How can any of these people compare to her?
When Chu Xin got up early in the morning, she walked around the yard. She has become more and more proficient in it recently. After walking, she went to the house and read the books one by one.
Anyway, there are medicinal materials everywhere here. If you see any strange and interesting recipes, you can also learn to make them yourself.
"In the past, every winter, I would think about how many days of snow it would snow. I didn't expect that the snow here would only last for a day or two, and then it wouldn't fall again. It would only be a thin layer falling on the ground. Recently, The weather doesn’t seem to be that cold anymore.”
Chu Xin was talking to Ayun while reading the book. She didn't have anything to do today. She brought a bunch of medicinal materials and sat beside her, sorting them slowly.
"Yes, Nanliang is not that cold at all. Even if it snows, it will only fall lightly and thinly, and it will disappear soon!"
Ayun picked a broken medicinal ingredient and threw it aside. She looked out the window again and saw that the sun was shining today.
"In the past few days, I have been hearing some noise outside, but has something happened inside the palace?"
"Next month is His Majesty's birthday, and we are preparing for His Majesty's birthday ceremony. Let's see what good things those noble ladies will prepare then. It will be an eye-opener for all of us!"
"I only met Ning Guiren and Qiao Guiren who was in the Plum Garden that night. Are there any other noble ladies in the harem?"
I felt very bored today, so Chu Xin asked a few more questions casually. Didn't they all say that there were very few people in the harem? To what extent were they specifically?
There used to be quite a lot of concubines in the harem of Da Chu, and it seems that there were fierce fights in the past. So there are few people in the harem here, so there shouldn't be many fights, right?
"The only people your Majesty is close to are Ning Guiren, and those noble ladies are not of high status. There is also the pure noble Xuan Guiren, and several beauties. Other than that, there is no one else."
Ayun thought while replying, "Only Ning Guiren is the most favored queen, and most of the affairs in the palace are left to her. She is handled very well every time, so His Majesty trusts her the most.
This time, His Majesty’s birthday gift was prepared by Ning Guiren, but I guess those nobles didn’t dare to give more gifts than her! "
"I see."
Chu Xin nodded silently, feeling a little uneasy.
The way Ning Guiren looked back that night, she keenly felt that the other party was not kind, and the Qiao Guiren she met inexplicably in the Plum Garden that night, everything was really wrong.
Qiao Guiren has a pampered personality and doesn't seem to have such deep thoughts. Could it be that all of this really has something to do with Ning Guiren?
Or is what happened that night just a warning to myself, and there is a bigger plan behind it?
Now I have no one to rely on. If Ning Guiren really makes Ning Guiren bear a grudge, I am afraid there is really no way out, but I must find a backer for myself.
She no longer wanted to be bullied as before, and she didn't want to face the fear of death again.
"Is Miss Ayun safe?"
Suddenly a sentence came from outside.
"Hexiang, I'm here!"
Ayun sorted out the medicinal materials and replied loudly to the outside, obviously looking very familiar.
The person who came in was a delicate palace maid, carrying a small box in her hand. She obviously came here to put something in it.
“Is it possible that we ran out of licorice again?”
Seeing people coming in, Ayun immediately got up and walked to the medicine cabinet next to her, grabbed a handful of licorice, wrapped it in medicine paper, wrapped four or five packages in a row, and then put them all in a small box.
The movements are simple and skillful, and it has obviously been done many times.
"Thank you, Miss A-yun. Every time my noble family makes sugar pills, licorice is indispensable. This has been the case for many years. Thanks to Miss A-yun for being so generous every time!"
Seeing that the medicinal materials were all packed, Hexiang saluted Ayun very respectfully, looking really grateful.
"I am also very moved by what the pure nobleman did in obscurity. Every time His Majesty drinks the medicine, he always feels bitter, and there is always a plate of sugar pills beside him. These are the nobleman's thoughts.
It's just some licorice. If you run out of it, you can come and get it from me! "
Ayun had a smile on her face, these were nothing at all.
Anyway, this is a medicine garden where you can find all kinds of medicinal materials. Licorice is not a precious medicinal material, so it doesn’t matter if you use it!
"No," He Xiang nodded repeatedly, looked at Chu Xin sitting next to her, and smiled at her again.
Chu Xin also returned the smile, then lowered her head and flipped through the medical book, but she couldn't read any of it.
The owner of Hexiang is a pure nobleman. He took the licorice to make sugar pills. The sugar pills he made would always appear silently next to Yuan Heng.
Judging from the two previous interactions, it seemed that Yuan Heng didn't know who made the sugar pills. He just said that the palace servants brought them over, and it seemed that he would always taste one or two pills after drinking the medicine.
It seems that he still likes the sugar pills made by Pure Nobility.
"Please ask Miss Ayun to prescribe some more medicines to treat colds for my noble family. My noble family is not favored to begin with. He is unknown in the harem, and the medicines prescribed by the imperial doctors are all the same.
Today, I have come all the way, so I shamelessly asked Miss Ayun if she could prescribe some good medicine to help my noble family recover faster? "
He Xiang looked troubled, but thanks to Miss Ayun's kind-heartedness and easy talk, if she got sick these years, she could bring some medicinal materials back from the medicine garden, otherwise she might not even be able to invite the imperial doctor.
His Majesty will never step into the harem at all. The only person who can be by His Majesty's side is Ning Guiren, but his master and Ning Guiren are not on good terms at all.
"It doesn't matter. The medicinal materials used to treat wind and cold are just ordinary medicinal materials. It doesn't matter at all! If you have any difficulties, you can tell me directly. I will help you as long as I can!"
Ayun has always been a generous girl, so she turned around and ran over to pack several pairs of medicines for treating wind and cold. She took them back, boiled them and drank them for a few days, and she was sure to get better.
"Thank you!"
Hexiang was so moved that she almost cried. Fortunately, she could talk to Ayun and get her help.
"Looking at the way she is grateful to you, you will know how much you have helped her. I have always known that life is difficult for concubines who are not favored in the harem. Fortunately, you are there."
After the people left, Chu Xin stood on the ground and looked at Ayun, knowing that this little girl was so warm-hearted. If she and Dr. Song were able to save her back then, they would naturally help other people.
"Hmph, I'm not someone who can help anyone. You are kind-hearted, so of course I am willing! Sister Cai just heard it too. She has been making sugar pills because she knows that His Majesty will always feel bitter after drinking the decoction."
Ayun said proudly that it was precisely because his father was an imperial physician who was highly regarded by His Majesty that her life in the palace was relatively easy and everyone would give him some respect.
"Did Your Majesty know that these noble people made these things? I have only met His Majesty twice, and I saw that the palace attendants around me always put a bowl of sugar pills after he drank the medicine. It turns out that these are made by pure noble people. "
Chu Xin asked intentionally or unintentionally. It seemed that this pure noble man was really a thoughtful person. Yuan Heng seemed to like these sugar pills.
If you don't like it, how can you keep someone by your side to prepare it?
"Your Majesty doesn't seem to know. In fact, we are the only ones who know, because Ning Guiren pays great attention to His Majesty's diet and is afraid that eating the wrong thing will make His Majesty sick. If we knew that this candy pill was made by Pure Ning Guiren, maybe we wouldn't I will put it next to His Majesty again!"
Ayun said helplessly, the harem is a harem after all, and no matter how nice Ning Guiren sounds, she still has her own little thoughts after all.
"When asked, he said it was prepared by the pastry room in the imperial kitchen. In fact, these are all made by the pure noble himself, and the sugar pills are not just simple sugar pills.
I prepared some medicine for calming the mind and ground it into powder. When pure nobleman made it, he added the powder into it. It will be good for your majesty's health. "
After finally picking out the spoiled medicinal materials, Ayun clapped her hands with satisfaction and wiped off all the medicinal residue on her hands.
"Sister, I'm going to send these medicinal materials to daddy!"
"You should go quickly, but don't delay!"
Chu Xin smiled and said, it seems that he got another very important information today.
This pure nobleman seems to be quite nice, but since he has done it, wouldn't it be in vain if Yuan Heng is not informed about it?
If I was really moved in the past, now it seems that the pure nobleman is really stupid.
Seeing how grateful the lotus fragrance was after receiving a few packets of medicinal materials, I knew that their life in the harem was not easy.
Yuan Heng seemed to really like those sugar pills. If she knew that these were the wishes of a pure noble, her life would definitely be a little easier.
In fact, her current situation is really dangerous. Neither Dachu nor Northern Qi can go back, and there is no one on either side who can protect her.
I can only think of ways to survive here, which is more important. I really want to take revenge. Sometimes I wake up from a nightmare in the middle of the night, and I really feel aggrieved. Why did I live such a wronged life in the past?
Why did Chu Yi hurt her so many times but still not receive any punishment? Even if he did something wrong, he still had a way out and would never end up in the same situation as himself.
And Xiao Zhi's promise was like a joke. He really refused to save him and was really willing to watch himself die.
So now she has to find a backer for herself, survive here first, and then slowly make plans for herself.
