Chapter 174
Early next morning
Ji Yunqing received oral instructions from the princess that he didn't need to pay respects today and could just take a day off.
She just spent the whole day having fun with Ruirui in the yard.
When he went to pay his respects on the third morning, Ji Yunqing saw an unexpected person.
"Ji Er? Why are you here?"
Miss Ji Er was wearing a simple moon-white dress and stood obediently at the very end.
When she saw Ji Yunqing, she gave a shy smile.
"The prince said that I am different. Although I am a concubine, my status is different after all. The prince specially allowed me to have a separate residence and come to pay my respects to the princess every day."
The prince actually broke the rules for her!
You know, a concubine can have a small courtyard, but a maidservant does not. A maidservant is similar to a maid, but she can have her own room.
This "separate residence" should be a single small courtyard.
Ji Yunqing was a little stunned: "It seems that the prince is really good to you!"
Ji Tongfang wanted to say more, but Ji Yunqing seemed to have suffered a serious blow and sat in his seat in a daze.
I no longer pay attention to her.
Since no one paid attention to Ji Tongfang, she had less things to show off.
This made Ji Tongfang, who had been thinking about it all night, a little disappointed.
Soon the princess appeared and glanced at Ji Tongfang indifferently.
Ji Er wondered whether he should go forward and offer tea.
Although she will be the queen mother in the future, she has to bow her head after all because she is under someone else's roof.
She always has to think about the present.
Or maybe we should go and offer tea.
Just as he made up his mind, he heard the princess say lightly: "It won't be too late to serve tea after Miss Ji becomes a concubine. There is no need to prepare it today."
Ji Yunqing was the first to respond positively: "Princess, you are wise! What you said is right! This is in accordance with the rules."
Hearing this, Ji Er just felt that this was a mockery of himself.
The princess acted according to the rules, so doesn't this mean that she was not following the rules?
She refused to accept that.
Although he had just entered the mansion, Ji Er didn't want people to think that he was easy to mess with.
Sometimes, if you lose the upper hand the first time, you will lose every time thereafter.
Just think of the second morning after she got married into the general's mansion, didn't that old hag give her a big show of power?
"Princess, the fact that I can stand here is because the prince has personally allowed it. Are you going to disobey the prince's wishes?"
After Ji Er finished speaking, the scene was silent.
Seeing the princess's ugly face, Ji Yunqing asked in confusion: "Princess, didn't you disobey the prince's order? The prince asked you to stand here and pay your respects to the princess, but he didn't say that you will be a concubine in the future!"
Since she is not even a concubine, there is no need to serve tea to her.
When these words were spoken, everyone else couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Concubine Xu said quickly, "That's what I mean. The prince made an exception for you. Does that mean he wants the princess to make an exception for you as well?"
Although she had plotted against her at the time, Concubine Lou looked at this ignorant woman with disgust in her heart: "People should always have some self-knowledge, right? A mere concubine, huh..."
Concubine He was also very disgusted with the woman who had just entered the palace: "I heard that you are the woman who took that kind of medicine and went crazy in the palace, and insisted on entering the palace?
Is she still an innocent girl? How dare she do this? Is she really innocent? "
The most important thing is that she had carefully chosen to avoid entering the palace with others at the beginning of the year just to catch the prince's attention. Now there was a woman who disrupted her plan, and she was bound to get a piece of the pie.
Yesterday she had found an opportunity to hold the eight children one by one. She would definitely give birth to a child for the prince in the future.
If there is such a person in the house, will it affect her educating the children?
"What bad luck!"
Cen Xi felt that Ji Yunqing was a variable, and now there was another variable, and they were all from the same family.
Maybe this Ji Er can overthrow Ji Yunqing, and then she will give birth to a child. Cen Xi's eyes revealed a frightening ambition.
The child who can be emperor!
She couldn't help but touch her belly. Why hadn't her baby come yet?
According to the previous life, the child should be in her belly by now!
Moreover, several children had not been born in the mansion before, so this baby was highly valued by the prince and her cousin.
But why has everything changed now?
She completely forgot that the prince had not visited her courtyard for a long time. Under such circumstances, it would be impossible for her to get pregnant.
Moreover, the prince in the palace already had four little sons, so even if she gave birth to the child, she would only be the fifth.
After leaving the main courtyard, Ji Yunqing was thinking about having crispy chicken fillet rice for lunch, or ordering some braised pork. She suffered a lot the day before yesterday, so she had to nourish herself well.
As a result, I didn't walk far when a pretentious voice came from behind: "Sister, elder sister, wait for me!"
Hearing this voice, Ji Yunqing couldn't help but get goose bumps all over his body. Isn't this voice too pinched?
Walk faster, walk faster, she will just pretend she didn't hear you.
Ji Er, who was behind him, saw that Ji Yunqing not only did not stop, but walked even faster. A flash of anger appeared in her eyes.
This little bitch!
If I had known earlier, I should have married her to that perverted old merchant in his eighties. That old merchant was willing to give 500,000 taels of silver as a betrothal gift, but unfortunately my father wanted to save face and did not agree.
In addition, my father always said that the man named Zeng was very talented and would definitely have a bright future, so I gave up.
Why didn't she see any future for that guy named Zeng?
Now no one knows where they have gone.
My mother really raised him in vain.
By the way, this little bitch had a very good relationship with that guy named Zeng.
Ji Er's eyes flashed and he quickly came up with an idea.
But if the little bitch is willing to listen to her, she can put aside the matter of the surname Zeng for the time being.
Thinking of this, Ji Er raised his chin slightly, a hint of pride appeared between his eyebrows, and continued to shout: "Sister, wait for me!"
She shouted as she trotted forward.
Finally, he caught the man, breathlessly.
Looking at this person who insisted on talking to her even while breathing heavily, Ji Yunqing was a little speechless.
After thinking for a while, she pretended to know nothing and looked Ji Er up and down: "Miss Ji, why are you so tired?"
Ji Er was irritated by her look: "Little bitch, I called you several times, why didn't you stop?"
"...little bitch?"
Ji Yunqing was rarely so angry, and her face darkened.
Without her saying anything, Xuancao beside her scolded her, "How dare you! This is Concubine Ji, how dare you offend her?"
Even though Ji Er knew that Ji Yunqing's current status was different from the past, she didn't think she was worse than Ji Yunqing in the final analysis.
Only now did I realize how panicked I was.
He took a step forward and tried to grab Ji Yunqing's sleeve.
"Sister, you are my sister. Mother said that we two sisters should support each other in the mansion."
"Stand back, how dare you attack the concubine?"
Hong Feng saw her coming forward and he also protected his master while scolding her loudly.
"elder sister"
Ji Er looked at Ji Yunqing with a pitiful look on his face, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
Ji Yunqing rolled his eyes in his heart and said sarcastically, "What sister? Didn't you call me a little bitch?"
"Sister, please don't be angry with me. I was just anxious at the moment."
"In a moment of desperation? Then who is the little bitch you are talking about?"
Ji Er was about to curse, but when he glanced at a certain place, his expression suddenly changed, and he said with a hurt face: "You, please don't be so persistent, okay? Sister, you have changed now!"
"Humph, you called me a little bitch right after entering the mansion. After a while, won't you be sitting on the prince's head and shitting?"
Others who were watching quietly heard this.
It’s really hard to put it into words!
Even if she had a hundred courage, she would not dare to sit on the prince's head and shit.
Concubine Xu Shu also saw something. She smiled tenderly and exclaimed in disbelief: "Oh my God, Miss Ji, your idea is too..."
She shook her head repeatedly in a very artificial way, and the hairpins on her ears swayed gently, reflecting a dazzling light in the sun: "No, no, no, Miss Ji, please don't think about it and pull that thing on the prince's head..."
She was too embarrassed to say what followed; she wasn't that vulgar.
Although the words are rough, the logic is sound, but they are too rough.
Wang's concubine, who stayed behind, also saw this scene, but she felt that Miss Ji had already won a lot just by being young and beautiful.
I am not young anymore, if I could adopt a child...
But she has always been smooth-tempered and doesn't want to offend anyone.
Thinking of this, Wang Shifei stepped forward and said with a clever smile: "Concubine Ji, Concubine Xu, what are you talking about?
What little girl hasn't done something wrong? Miss Ji, tell me yourself, who is that little bitch you are referring to?"
As she spoke, she winked at Ji Er.
According to her thinking, wouldn't it be enough for her to just admit her mistake and say that she was the little bitch, and then apologize to Concubine Ji?
You are a newcomer to the palace, and the prince must still remember you in his heart. No matter what, what can she do to you?
On the other hand, she could also take this opportunity to curry favor with Concubine Ji and Concubine Xu, which was really the best of both worlds.
It would be even better if we could take this opportunity to let her hook up with Concubine Ji.
Of course, Ji Er also noticed that Concubine Wang was giving her a look, but she was unwilling to give in, especially in front of this little bitch who had been under her feet since she was a child.
Thinking of this, Ji Er's tears flowed more violently.
Crystal clear tears flow down her pink cheeks. Who wouldn’t feel sad when seeing this?
How could Ji Yunqing understand? Men just like weak women. Aggressive women like her rely on their youth and beauty.
Now that the prince has a younger and more beautiful woman like her, it is only a matter of time before Ji Yunqing falls out of favor.
"Sister, please don't be angry. I know I was wrong. Isn't that enough? It was just a slip of the tongue. I never thought you would be so angry!"
"...woo woo"
"I really didn't know that my sister would be so angry..."
While crying, she used her peripheral vision to observe the figure in the distance.
"Wuwu... Sister, don't be angry. I'll kneel down for you right now. I'll kneel down and kowtow to you, okay?"
Seeing that the figure still didn't move, Ji Er gritted his teeth and was about to kneel down.
She had just entered the palace and was forced to kneel down. The prince would definitely have pity on her.
Seeing this scene, Concubine Cen, who was also standing in the distance and observing secretly, sneered.
Pretending to be weak, don't you see if it will work in front of the prince?
Concubine He secretly clenched the handkerchief and almost tore it into pieces, knowing that this was another little devil coming for the prince!
In fact, Concubine Zhao and the others did not leave either.
With such excitement to watch, who would choose to leave?
They really wanted to see, whether Ji Yunqing was more favored by the prince, or the newcomer was favored?
Seeing that she was still hesitating about kneeling, and that she could make eighty small movements in one second, Ji Yunqing frowned and urged her, "Hurry up, or you'll be too late to order food!"
Even if her dishes today are easy to cook, she still has to order them before the chef starts cooking, right?
"Order?"
Concubine Xu couldn't help but ask her, "What delicious food are you planning to eat?"
"I want to eat something appetizer, something simple, something like crispy chicken fillet rice would be great," Ji Yunqing said, swallowing his saliva.
She was a little hungry. She hadn't even had breakfast when she got up in the morning. Fortunately, there wasn't much to do on weekdays, and the princess was not a nagging person.
Concubine Xu Shu always ate light food. It can be said that women in the harem rarely ate greasy or strong-flavored food. After all, they had to maintain their figure and be ready to serve men at any time.
So she was really curious at this moment: "Crispy chicken fillet rice?"
"Yes! But this rice is a bit greasy, I don't think you will like it."
Listening to these two people talking back and forth, and actually ignoring her and talking about everything under the sun, Ji Er was very angry.
Do you still want to hear my apology?
Should she continue to be embarrassed and cry?
In anger, Ji Er vaguely saw the man in the distance move.
Her heart suddenly started pounding. Prince, did you see that she was being bullied and finally come to save her?
She looked at the ignorant Ji Yunqing with pity and said, "Just eat your meal. The prince will definitely be hers!"
As King Zhao walked closer, Ji Er became more and more excited.
Before King Zhao could speak, Ji Er looked at him eagerly and called out tenderly, "Your Majesty!"
This voice interrupted the conversation between Ji Yunqing and Concubine Xu Shu. They turned around and saw that King Zhao was standing quietly about five or six meters away from them.
The two were startled and immediately bowed: "Your Majesty!"
King Zhao said in a deep voice: "No need to be polite. I just saw you two talking. What were you talking about?"
Ji Er spoke first: "Your Majesty, it's really nothing."
Then she looked at Ji Yunqing fearfully, and then looked at King Zhao with an aggrieved look, revealing an exceptionally beautiful profile: "I'm fine, sister should just be teasing me, right?"
In fact, his face was full of madness, saying, "Something's wrong, something's wrong, they bullied me."
Ji Er has been using this trick since he was a child.
Every time she complained to her father, he would punish Ji Yunqing. But later on, she stopped doing that because as long as she said something, her father would punish Ji Yunqing directly and she didn't need to pretend to be pitiful anymore.
She looked at Ji Yunqing again. She would not lose this time!
King Zhao raised his eyebrows: "Really?"
Concubine Wang was a little hesitant. If she stood up and confirmed this at this time, would Ji Yunqing fall out of favor?
Ji Er looks quite stupid, and he starts biting people before he even has a chance to stand firmly on his feet. This makes him seem much more reassuring.