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Chapter 81 Strategy for Fighting for Favour in the Harem 11
Harem competition strategy 11
After Grandpa Xu quickly prepared the things that should be prepared, Xiao Junye reached out to Tao Yuan, held his hand and walked forward.
The two wrote their names on the red paper, which was picked up by Xu Gong’s public tray and put the red paper in the brazier.
Xiao Junye personally poured two glasses of wine, handed one of them to Tao Yuan, then raised his own glass of wine, looked at Tao Yuan and said, "I wish to live together with Qing and grow old together."
"The minister is willing to raise his eyebrows with his majesty, and stand with his head." Tao Yuan also raised his glass and said.
The two of them looked at each other with a deep affection, as if at this moment, the others no longer exist, only each other in their eyes.
Father Xu had already lit the fire, and the two of them poured the wine from the glass into the brazier.
Gonggong Xu buried the burned ashes in the soil, and the host took off two clean red ropes with his own hands, and put them on the tray held by Gonggong Xu.
Xu Gonggong carried the tray and walked to Xiao Junye and Tao Yuan. The two tied the red rope to each other's hands.
Those concubines looked at the actions of the two, and they wanted to cry with jealousy. The emperor is the emperor of the world, and the husband of all the concubines in the harem. How can they be alone with him and grow old with their heads?
The most complicated mood, of course, is Ye Rong. His hands hidden in his sleeves have to pinch himself to bleed, so that he can barely maintain his emotions and not show the jealousy in his face.
Ye Rong felt that if Tao Yuan is a regular wife, then he is a flat wife. This is something that can be done by three people. Xiao Junye ignored him and only prayed with Tao Yuan to grow old together. This was to make him faceless in front of everyone. . Moreover, his grandfather and father were also there, Xiao Junye didn't even give them any face to Ye Family, and his heart was so angry and painful.
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Xiao Junye led the crowd to visit the back mountain of Luo'an Temple, and slowly walked to the depths of the back mountain, and the environment became more peaceful.
When he reached a place with a large area of fruit trees, Xiao Junye asked everyone to take a break. He also took Tao Yuan and his concubines to rest in a simple wooden pavilion about ten meters long. The ministers sat outside the wooden pavilion. Take a rest.
Many fruit trees nearby are full of fruit, not only beautiful, but also exudes a fruity fragrance. The young eunuchs went to pick some fresh fruits, and first brought the best to Xiao Junye and Tao Yuan, then the concubines, and finally the ministers and the envoys.
Although they are all common fruits, they are fresh and interesting if they are picked and eaten now.
Tao Yuan looked at the fruits in the fruit plate, and there was nothing he wanted to eat.
Xiao Junye picked up a beautiful apple and handed it to him. Tao Yuan shook his head and said that he didn't want to eat it.
When the concubines saw Tao Yuan actually reject the apple given by the emperor, but they wanted the emperor to give it personally but did not receive such treatment, they couldn't help feeling sour again.
Tao Yuan turned his head and looked around, pointing to the only tall green plum tree a little far away, and asked the eunuch to pick some green plums.
The eunuchs quickly picked a small plate of green plums, washed them and sent them to Tao Yuan.
Tao Yuan took one and took a bite. It was very sour, but he thought it was delicious.
When Xiao Junye saw Tao Yuan eating that plate of green plums with gusto, he felt cold in his mouth just when he looked at him, but seeing Tao Yuan eating and not sour at all, he was also puzzled.
"Is it delicious?" Xiao Junye asked, looking at him.
Tao Yuan turned his head to look at him, without answering, handed Qingmei, who had bitten him in half, to him and motioned for him to taste.
Xiao Junye took his hand, took a bite of the green plum, and immediately frowned sourly.
Tao Yuan covered her mouth and snickered, and then said solemnly, "Does your Majesty feel sour? It's fine for me to eat."
"It's so sour, so you can eat it." Xiao Junye saw that he had already eaten a few, so he said, "You also eat less, be careful that you can't eat anything if you lose your teeth."
"I just want to eat this." Tao Yuan turned around and told the eunuch, "Go pick more and bring it back to the Royal Court to eat."
"No." The little eunuchs standing next to each other quickly left to pick Tao Yuan's green plums.
"Qing loves sour food so much?" Xiao Junye asked after a sip of tea.
"Yeah." Tao Yuan nodded. "The minister has always loved sour."
Tao Yuan passed the green plum in his hand and said, "Your Majesty still want to taste it? You won't feel sour after eating too much."
Seeing a playful look in his eyes, Xiao Junye knew that he wanted to tease himself again. He looked at him with helpless and pampering eyes and said, "I don't eat, and you are not allowed to eat more, otherwise even the porridge will make your teeth sour." "
"After eating these few, I won't eat it." Tao Yuan said while looking at the few green plums left on the plate. He was indeed afraid that his teeth would fall from the acid, so he really couldn't bite anything.
The two of them looked intimate and behaved intimately. Others looked at them and felt that they were like a normal newlyweds, and they were as happy and sweet as a normal newlywed couple. They were all irrelevant decorations, and the emperor did not even look at them. Look at them more.
They didn't even feel jealous, but felt sad and sad, and couldn't help complaining about themselves. It is said that people who have pets can compete for pets, and those who don't even have pets, why should they compete for pets?
Now it is obvious that Tao Yuan's family is dominant, and they can see that Xiao Junye actually doesn't have much thoughts about Ye Rong.
Now the situation at the border is getting better and better, Xiao Junye has relied on, so he didn't bother to cover up, and no longer deliberately acted like he cares about Ye Rong. In other words, he didn't even want to pretend to pretend now, and he didn't directly kill Ye Rong, which was already his greatest patience.
After the rest, Xiao Junye led the crowd and started to go out. The vegetarian food at Luo'an Temple was also very famous. They naturally had to eat the vegetarian food before leaving.
In a large courtyard of Luo'an Temple, there is a towering tree that is hundreds of years old. The little eunuchs have already placed low tables and seats under the tree, waiting for Xiao Junye to take his concubine and ministers to Zhai Zhai. Dishes.
After Xiao Junye and Tao Yuan took their seats under the big tree, the others also took their seats after saluting.
Tao Yuan used a wooden spoon to scoop up a piece of tofu boiled in various vegetable soups. It tasted very good. No wonder the Zhai dishes here are so famous. He quickly drank a bowl of tofu soup, and asked the palace attendant next to him to serve him another bowl, and then tried other dishes.
Tao Yuan had walked a lot just now and ate another plate of green plums. Now his appetite is very wide. Although these dishes are all vegetarian, they taste very good to his appetite, refreshing and not greasy at all. He quickly ate up all the dishes in front of him and drank several bowls of vegetable tofu soup.
Seeing that he has such a good appetite today, Xiao Junye said, "Do you like these dishes?"
Tao Yuan looked at him and nodded. Although he ate a lot, he also ate elegantly, so only Xiao Junye saw him ate up the table full of vegetables and ate two bowls of rice.
"Then I will let people stay and learn how to cook these dishes, and I will cook them for you when I return to the palace." Xiao Junye was inexplicably happy when he saw that he had eaten a lot, thinking that since he likes to eat, he will wait until he returns to the palace. Let him eat it often.
"Okay." Tao Yuan answered happily. He was thinking about waiting for him to make this kind of non-greasy, light but delicious dishes. Since Xiao Junye wants to send someone to learn to cook these dishes, he also saves money. He went to teach others to do it himself.
After eating the food, the palace waiter waited on Xiao Junye and Tao Yuan to rinse their mouths. After sitting for a while, they got up and prepared to return to the Royal Courtyard.
The host personally walked over with a tray and said after saluting, "Your Majesty, the pearl mussel raised in the small lotus pond of Guanyin Hall, suddenly opened the shell by himself today, and there are two smooth and round ones inside. Pearls. The poor monk thought that this was a good omen. It was the Avalokitesvara Avalokitesvara's manifestation, and he wanted to send the two sons to the world. Only the royal family could make the Avalokitesvara Avalokitesvara manifest and give off his son. So the poor monk brought these two pearls to present With your majesty."
"Oh? Bring it over and show me." Xiao Junye motioned to Father Xu to bring Pearl over. He was very happy after listening to his host. He was just thinking of his son, so he sent the son Avalokitesvara to appear. With two pearls, he was naturally happy.
Xiao Junye picked up one of the pearls and took a closer look. Such a large and round pearl is rare even in the palace, and it is bright and soft, and looks very comfortable.
Xiao Junye handed both pearls to Tao Yuan, and then cried "Xu Ming."
"The old slave is here." Father Xu stepped forward and responded.
"Add ten thousand taels of golden sesame oil money to the Guanyin Hall of Sending Children, and you will prepare again. We and the queen will come tomorrow to offer incense to Master Guanyin." Xiao Junye ordered.
"promise."
Although these two pearls are large and of good quality, in essence, they cannot be worth as much as ten thousand taels of gold. The main reason is that this auspicious sign and meaning are rare. Xiao Junye felt very happy, so he added ten thousand taels of sesame oil money.
Xiao Junye gave Tao Yuan both pearls, and it was completely taken for granted. The concubines couldn't help but look at Ye Rong, and even they couldn't help but sympathize with him. They must have no share for those two pearls, even if they are jealous, they dare not think they can get them. But since there are two, there should be one of Ye Rong's, but Ye Rong didn't even touch it.
After returning to the Royal Palace, Xiao Junye sat on the bed, Tao Yuan leaned in his arms, playing with the two pearls.
"These two pearls, is it true that Master Guanyin is telling us that we will have at least two sons?" Xiao Junye said, looking at the two pearls in Tao Yuan's hand.
"Can I only give birth to two?" Tao Yuan touched his stomach. He knew he already had one in his stomach now, but the month was too small for the imperial doctor to tell it, so he didn't plan to say it now. But he knew in his heart that there was a reason for these two pearls, and he couldn't have only two children.
Xiao Junye also touched his stomach and said, "Why is it more bulging than usual? Is it already there?"
"Because I ate a lot today, the imperial doctor gave me the safe and secure pulse yesterday." Tao Yuan said.
"Since there is a good omen, the child will have it soon." Xiao Junye said, kissing his face.
"Well, there will be soon." Tao Yuan leaned his head on his shoulder.
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Ye Rong sat on the bed and beat the quilt hard to vent his emotions. This is not a royal palace. He didn't dare to throw anything because he was worried that Xiao Junye would know about it. Otherwise, he would have to smash all the things in the house.
Ye Rongqi's chest was painful, because those two pearls were also important content set in the game. According to the setting in the game, he and Mu Xi should have each of the two pearls. Then his husband gave the prince’s eldest son, and then gave Mu Xi medicine, so that he could not have a child. In this way, Xiao Junye would feel that the good omen only works on his child, and he will love him more and more. Pay attention to the children he gave birth.
After that, he will be the queen dowager who will listen to politics. This auspicious statement will also play a big role. But now, Xiao Junye gave Tao Yuan both of the two pearls, not even one, so how could he not be angry.
After Ye Rong let out a vent, he panted tiredly. He put his hand on his stomach and thought in his heart that even if he didn't get the lucky pearl, he would have to conceive a child first, he had to give birth to the eldest son.
However, Wang Yu didn't come this time. He was very worried that Tao Yuan would conceive a child before him. He felt that the only way to prevent Tao Yuan from having a child was to give him medicine. He actually wanted to give Tao Yuan a medicine a long time ago, but he never found a chance. He felt that he had to think about other ways.
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The next day, Xiao Junye and Tao Yuan went to Luo'an Temple again, specifically to send incense to the Zi Guanyin Hall, and did not bring concubines and ministers.
The two traveled around the temple again. This time there was not a large group of people following. They really looked like an ordinary couple who came out to play. Even when walking uphill and steps, they walked together hand in hand. When they were tired, they found a place directly, put a cushion on it, and took a rest.
They slowly admired the scenery, flowers, plants, and mountains and rocks, and looked at it for a while if they found it interesting, and went straight to it if they were not interesting.
They were enjoying the cool in the bamboo shed. Tao Yuan leaned against Xiao Junye. The breeze made him feel very comfortable, and then he suddenly felt sleepy. Xiao Junye was worried that he would catch a cold when he fell asleep here, so he took him back to the Royal Courtyard.
A few days later, Xiao Junye took the ministers to see Zhenjiang Stone in person. Although the characters carved on it were not as good as those written by Tao Yuan, it was already quite good to be able to engrave such fonts.
Xiao Junye looked up, feeling very satisfied, and the ministers also praised him.
Zhao Xiu looked at the contents of the town stone seriously, still thinking about the Fu written by Tao Yuan himself. He thought about it these days and nights. For that Fu, he could not eat well during the day and sleep well at night. Not getting the Fu, his heart felt as uncomfortable as being caught. If the person writing this fu is the emperor, he can dare to plead again and again, but it happens to be the emperor's wife and queen autograph.
Ke Mingji glanced at the listless Zhao Xiu. Although the two of them disliked each other, he could best understand the thoughts in his heart. He also wanted the Fu written by the Empress, but the emperor said that the Empress could only treasure it himself. Even if it is the regular wife of a general minister, in order to avoid suspicion, he can't chase after others, let alone the emperor's regular wife.
Tao Yuan got a lot of fans by relying on this Luojiang Tide Fu. After seeing this Fu, the scholars copied it, read it repeatedly, and circulated it. People who knew it more and more. too much.
This was originally a very important task for Ye Rong as the protagonist to complete. This task can help him gain a certain popularity. After he succeeds in becoming the queen mother, it will allow him to have a certain popularity and prestige among scholars of scholars. . But this time Tao Yuan blocked his task again, and he couldn't help but be angry, so he had already decided to attack Tao Yuan.
After another two or three days, they set off back to the imperial city.
The first thing Tao Yuan and his concubines did when they returned to the palace, of course, was to greet the Queen Mother.
Tao Yuan talked to the Queen Mother about the magnificent scene when watching the tide. Because of the vivid image he described, the Queen Mother could only imagine what kind of picture it was like by just listening.
The queen mother was very happy to hear that, suddenly remembering the tributes that had just been sent to the palace two days ago, she said to Gonggong Liu, "Go to the tribute storeroom and bring the two silk fabrics."
"No." Gonggong Liu took the order.
The silk fabric is only two pieces in three years. It is very rare and precious. Only two days after they were sent to the palace, just when they came back, the Queen Mother was going to give Tao Yuan and Ye Rong a horse.
After Liu Gonggong walked out, Tao Yuan slowly pressed his stomach, showing a very dissatisfied look.
Seeing that his face seemed unfavorable, the queen mother asked with concern, "Axi, are you uncomfortable?"
"No, it's just that the stomach feels a bit uncomfortable. It may be because of the long ride in the carriage..." Tao Yuan just finished speaking, and almost fell from the seat to the ground.
"Quickly pass on the royal doctor." Seeing that he was about to faint, the queen mother immediately ordered.
Sitting on the opposite side, Ye Rong looked at Tao Yuan’s uncomfortable look. He didn’t feel very happy. Instead, he had a very bad premonition. Because he hadn’t taken a shot yet, he knew that Tao Yuan was uncomfortable. It was definitely not because He was poisoned.
The imperial doctor came soon, and after giving Tao Yuan a serious pulse, he immediately said to the Queen Mother, "I have reported to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is pregnant. It has been about two months."
The queen mother was stunned for a moment, and then asked excitedly, "You said Axi is pregnant?!"
"Yes, the queen has been pregnant for about two months." The imperial doctor repeated it again.
"Great!" The queen mother stood up excitedly, walked to Tao Yuan, and shook his hand and said, "Whether it is a boy or a girl, they are all the majesty's protagonists. You must take good care of your body and pay attention to your cultivation. Yes."
Tao Yuan also stood up and said with a smile of joy and earnestly, "Nuo, the minister will take good care of his body, and he will definitely give birth to a healthy and lively child."
"Congratulations to the Queen Mother, congratulations to the Queen." The concubine and the maidservants all knelt and congratulated in unison.
Ye Rong endured his unwillingness to anger, stood up and walked in front of Tao Yuan and the Queen Mother, respectfully saluting, "Congratulations to the Queen Mother, congratulations to the Queen, this is really a great event."
Tao Yuan looked at him and smiled and said, "Ye Huangguijun should work harder to get pregnant with the dragon seed as soon as possible, so that he can spread the branches and leaves for your majesty."
Ye Rong felt like he had been shot an arrow after hearing Tao Yuan's words.
"That's right." The Queen Mother also said, "If you are both pregnant, I don't know how happy you will be."
Xiao Junye has not been lucky enough to other people in the harem. The queen mother must have some opinions. She has talked to him many times, expressing and suggesting that he will be lucky in the harem. Xiao Junye didn't want to sleep with other people. He only wanted to sleep with Tao Yuan at night. Being urged by the queen mother again and again made him very upset. Then he simply said to the Queen Mother that he was already unable to go to Tao Yuan and Ye Rong due to physical problems, and he really didn't have the energy to go to other concubines.
When the queen mother heard that it was because of a physical problem, she was not fortunate enough for other concubines, and regretted forcing him to press too hard, and then she never said anything to him to let him go to the harem. The queen mother was always worried that it would be difficult for him to have children because of his body poisoning. Now that Tao Yuan is pregnant, she is not to mention how happy she is.
"Starting from today, you will be well in Fenghua Palace. You don't have to come every day to ask for peace. Especially in the morning, you can sleep well. If you are bored, come and talk to Lae's family." As he said, he took Tao Yuan and walked out, "Go, Ai's family will send you back to Fenghua Palace to rest."
"Queen dowager, the courtiers can go back by themselves, how can the queen dowager send the courtiers?" Tao Yuan said quickly.
"The Ai's family has to send you back to be at ease." The queen mother turned her head and saw Gonggong Liu carrying two batches of silk fabrics, and immediately said, "These two batches of silk fabrics, one for you, one For the child in your stomach. This kind of fabric, made of close-fitting clothing, is good for the body."
"Thanks to the Queen Mother for the reward." Tao Yuan said, "The Queen Mother should let the courtier go back by herself, and let the queen dowager send the courtier, it is really a shameless courtier."
Tao wished to know that the Queen Mother was too excited and her brain was still hot, so she wanted to send him back. But after all, they are not the mother-in-laws of ordinary people. There are many rules in the emperor's family. If you let the minister know that the queen mother will send him back to the palace, I am afraid that the emperor will criticize him.
"Alright, then you go back on your own and walk carefully on the road." The queen mother said, "The Ai family will go to the warehouse for a visit, pick out some things that you and your children need, and have them send it to you."
"Queen Mother Xie, the courtier retired." After Tao Yuan bowed, he turned and walked away slowly.
Those two silk fabrics, the queen mother obviously wanted to give Tao Yuan and Ye Rong one one, and now both of them were given to Tao Yuan. The concubines were jealous, sympathetic, and gloating, but when I thought about it again and again No matter what, I don't have my own points, and my heart is only sad.
Ye Rong barely maintained a normal expression. In fact, when the queen mother said that the two pieces of fabric should be given to Tao Yuan, he couldn't control the anger in his heart, but he was sensible, so no matter what Dissatisfaction and unhappiness are expressed here.
The Queen Mother couldn't take care of them either. After Tao Yuan left, she immediately asked them to withdraw, and then directly took the people to the warehouse, carefully selecting the things Tao Yuan needed to use.