Ji Ruoyu returned to the courtyard and saw Pan Mengqiu looking for her. "Ayu, where have you been? I was just about to find you." Ji Ruoyu whispered softly, "I'm walking in the backyard." She thought about the scene just now, so she decided not to tell Pan Mengqiu to avoid worrying her.
"The flower viewing banquet has begun. I put a lot of plum blossom cakes next to your seat." After saying that, Pan Mengqiu winked at Ji Ruoyu mischievously. "I'll go first, you eat slowly." At this time, Qiuyu and Dongmei also came back.
When Ji Ruoyu was sitting alone eating cakes and looking at plum blossoms, there was a commotion in the crowd. Dongmei whispered in Ji Ruoyu's ear, "Miss, it's Princess Ping."
As soon as Liu Ying stepped into the courtyard, everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Good luck to Princess Ping." Liu Ying was more approachable than Princess Jing, and did not put on the airs of a princess: "Everyone get up." In a blink of an eye, seeing Princess Jing was also there, Liu Ying also greeted her, "Is my sister-in-law here too?" After saying that, she saluted lightly. Princess Jing also returned the gift. She smiled with her cigarette holder: "I heard that the plum blossoms in the Minister's Mansion are in full bloom, so I came to see them." After the two sat down, they did not forget to exchange pleasantries.
"How is the emperor's sister-in-law these days? The child is five months old, right?" Princess Jing said slowly. "Yes." Liu Ying said softly, and then she touched her belly. "Has the imperial physician come to check your pulse? Is it a boy or a girl?" Princess Jing asked deliberately.
Liu Ying's body stiffened, and then she slowly said: "The prince wants a daughter, and this child also knows her father's wish, so she has been reincarnated." Liu Ying said tactfully, meaning that I am pregnant with a daughter, but Prince Ping himself also wants a daughter. "Oh, congratulations to my brother and sister-in-law, you will be able to hold the little princess next year."
Liu Ying smiled with a fake smile, she really hated Princess Jing at this time. Asking her in front of so many people whether she was pregnant with a boy or a girl was clearly letting people pass the news to Concubine Xian's ears.
Seeing that Princess Ping looked a little bad, Ji Ruoyu spoke up to help her out, saying, "Your Majesty's baby is His Majesty's eldest grandson. You must take good care of yourself and give birth to His Majesty's eldest grandson in the future." After hearing this, Princess Ping looked at Ji Ruoyu with gratitude.
Princess Jing's eyebrows curved and her smile disappeared. She looked at Ji Ruoyu and said sarcastically, "Miss Ji is really sharp-tongued..." Liu Ying had just been tricked by Princess Jing. Seeing this scene, she naturally would not let Princess Jing go. She said softly, "Miss Ji is sweet-mouthed. It shows that Madam Ji has been well-educated." She changed the subject and said to Princess Jing in a roundabout way, "It has been almost a year since my sister-in-law married into the Jing Palace... Why is there no movement in her belly?"
Princess Jing's smile froze on her face. She suppressed her anger and said, "Isn't it fate that has not arrived yet..." Seeing that Princess Jing's anger continued to rise, Liu Ying still said sarcastically, "Then my sister-in-law has to work harder. There are several unmarried women outside who want to marry my second brother." Princess Jing clenched her fists in anger. Her nails almost pierced her palms, but she didn't feel any pain.
Princess Jing swallowed her anger and gritted her teeth and responded: "The emperor's sister-in-law is right... I will definitely remember the emperor's sister-in-law's teachings..." Liu Ying was very satisfied with Princess Jing's attitude. The angrier she got, the happier she would be.
Madam Pan saw that Princess Jing was a little embarrassed, so she tried to smooth things over: "Everyone, it's not a good idea to just enjoy the flowers here in the cold weather. The small kitchen has stewed some soup, and I'd like to trouble you to move to the hall to enjoy it." The weather was really cold, and the courtyard was empty in a short while.
Ji Ruoyu followed the crowd to the hall, thinking that this scene was really boring, so she came to Pan Mengqiu's boudoir to talk to her. "Hey, have you heard? The results of the talent show are out." Pan Mengqiu pulled Ji Ruoyu and said with a gossipy face. "Who was selected?" She was thinking about this, and someone handed her a pillow when she dozed off. Qiuyu Dongmei and Pan Mengqiu also stood aside and pricked up their ears to eavesdrop. "There is only one, the daughter of a fifth-rank censor. It is said that His Majesty was in no mood to select concubines at that time, but he immediately became excited when he saw her. He asked the eunuch next to him to leave a sign and left in a hurry. All subsequent selections were cancelled."
After Pan Mengqiu looked around to see if there was anyone eavesdropping, she lowered her voice and whispered in Ji Ruoyu's ear: "It is said that she is more beautiful than you, with a face comparable to the most beautiful in the country, and a figure that is even more amazing."
Ji Ruoyu was shocked by Pan Mengqiu's description. She knew that her beauty could be regarded as a beauty in the capital. Now she really wanted to meet the beauty she had never met. "How old is that woman? What position did His Majesty give her?" Ji Ruoyu blinked and said naively.
"That girl is only seventeen years old. I heard that His Majesty ignored the fact that the highest rank for the selected girls was a fourth-rank talent, and directly gave her the title of a third-rank beauty, and even gave her the word "rou" as her title," Pan Mengqiu muttered. She was really curious about what kind of fairy could make the current emperor so fascinated.
"Beauty? But the eldest princess's mother was also a talent?" Ji Ruoyu was really puzzled. Pan Mengqiu lowered her voice and said, "That's right, I heard that the eldest princess was very dissatisfied with this matter and had broken several porcelains in the princess's mansion..." Ji Ruoyu also understood that her mother had endured for decades and was still only a talent, but was surpassed by a new girl in the palace. Any child would not be able to bear it...
At the same time, a beauty in the palace was sitting in front of the dressing table and looking at her appearance. This woman was the protagonist that Ji Ruoyu and the others had just discussed.
"Greetings to Lady Rou. Pass on His Majesty's order, and announce that Lady Rou will sleep with you tonight." The person who spoke was Fulai, the eunuch who was close to His Majesty. "I obey your order, thank you, Your Majesty." Chu Zijing said in a delicate voice. "Please prepare yourself, my lady, I will come to pick you up to the Yangxin Palace tonight." Fulai said respectfully.
"Thank you for your reminder, Caixian..." Caixian was Chu Zijing's close maid. As soon as Chu Zijing said this, she stuffed the golden melon seeds she had prepared early in the morning into Fulai's hands.
"Oh, then I will accept it. Thank you, my lady. It's getting late, so I will take my leave first." Fulai smiled flatteringly and left.
Chu Zijing looked at Fulai's back as he left, and only spoke to Caixian after making sure that Fulai was really far away: "Wash me up first."
Chu Zijing was helped by a group of people to bathe and change clothes. The bathtub was surrounded by maids, and the bathtub was also filled with rose petals. Chu Zijing leaned her head against the bathtub and closed her eyes, her heart full of memories.
"Zijing, remember, I saved your life. If it weren't for me, you would have died somewhere. The only thing you have to do is to do your best to seduce the man on the dragon throne for the Demon Realm! Even if it costs you your life, you have to do it! As long as he dies, the whole world belongs to the Demon Realm! You will also become the only princess in the entire Demon Realm!"
"Young Master? Young Master?" Caixian's voice came, interrupting the voice that had been echoing in Chu Zijing's mind, and that voice gave her a splitting headache.
"I'm fine." After saying that, Chu Zijing got up and let the palace maid dress her up and wait for Fulai to arrive.
On the way to the Yangxin Palace, Chu Zijing's mind was full of the words of her adoptive father, the supreme man of the Demon Realm, Chu Yunfeng. In the years when she was adopted by the Demon Lord, she had been living a brainwashed life. In the eyes of outsiders, she is an innocent little princess in the demon world. Although Chu Yunfeng has never treated her badly in terms of food and clothing, she has been brainwashed by Chu Yunfeng behind her back. Chu Yunfeng adopted Chu Zijing because she was pretty and thought she could seduce the emperor's heart. This kind of life lasted for decades day and night, until a few days ago, Chu Yunfeng finally found an opportunity to let Chu Zijing come to the world to seduce the current emperor Teng Chengping...
Thinking like this, she has arrived at the Yangxin Palace. Chu Zijing was arranged to wait on the dragon couch, and a figure appeared at the door before long. Teng Chengping walked towards the dragon couch in a dragon robe, and Chu Zijing bowed her head.
"Are you afraid of me?" A low voice came from above. Chu Zijing shook her head and said, "No..."
"Then why don't you look at me?" Teng Chengping looked at Chu Zijing kneeling in front of him, and she didn't dare to look up at him at all. Teng Chengping was puzzled. Is it because he looks too serious?
"No... My father taught me not to look directly at His Majesty." Chu Zijing still lowered her head to speak. "Look up at me." With Teng Chengping's permission, Chu Zijing slowly raised her head and looked directly at him.
It was not until now that Chu Zijing really saw the face of the current emperor. He was tall and strong, with broad shoulders. Although his figure was covered by loose clothes, it was still obvious that he had a very good figure. His skin was a little dark, probably because of the sunburn caused by leading troops in battle in his early years. However, there was an unconcealable righteousness between his eyebrows.
"Why don't you say anything? Get up first, the ground is cold." Teng Chengping pulled the stunned Chu Zijing to sit on the dragon couch. Chu Zijing also reacted. She was stunned by Teng Chengping's appearance just now.
After she reacted, she felt a little embarrassed and kept her head down without saying anything. Teng Chengping was not annoyed, just looked at Chu Zijing quietly. It was not until Chu Zijing was shy by his direct eyes that she blushed and said, "Your Majesty, why are you always looking at me?"
"You look..." Teng Chengping was also a little shy by his straightforward words. "Do you know what we will do?" As soon as Teng Chengping said this, he regretted it. Why did he ask such a stupid question. Chu Zijing nodded after hearing it: "Serve His Majesty."
"Do you know how to serve?" Chu Zijing shook her head. Now it was Teng Chengping's turn to be stunned: "Didn't the nanny teach you? Or your mother?" Chu Zijing still shook her head: "I've never seen a nanny come, and my mother didn't teach me..."
Teng Chengping already understood that every concubine would have a nanny to teach before the first night with the emperor, and in Chu Zijing's case, it was obvious that someone in the harem couldn't bear to see Chu Zijing being favored, so they deliberately didn't let the nanny teach...
"Then... I'll teach you."
...
Teng Chengping lay on the couch and watched Chu Zijing fall asleep, and couldn't help but think she was cute. He reached out and stroked Chu Zijing's cheek, kissed her again, and then whispered to Fulai: "Pass it down, Rou Meiren will stay in Yangxin Palace tonight."
Fulai was stunned. He had served Teng Chengping since he was a child, and he had never seen any woman sleep next to Teng Chengping, and this Rou Meiren was the first one. After Fu Lai left, Teng Chengping continued to look at Chu Zijing's sleeping face. After watching for nearly half a minute, he felt tired and hugged Chu Zijing into his arms and fell asleep.
But Teng Chengping himself didn't realize that the look he gave Chu Zijing was particularly gentle, full of pampering, and his eyes were filled with love he had never had for a woman.