Chapter 3 Isn't it disappointing?
When Xiao Chenglan entered the bedroom, Jiang Yingli had already finished bathing and got into bed.
Hearing the news outside, she got up in a panic again.
She was wearing a plain, soft nightgown that fit her exquisite figure. Her long black hair was a little messy from rolling on the couch and just getting up, making her look a little dazed.
Xiao Chenglan walked into the hall and looked down at her.
"Isn't it too early to go to bed at this hour?"
Being so close, Jiang Yingli felt a slight itch on the back of her hand when it brushed against the hem of Xiao Chenglan's black and gold dragon robe. She scratched it secretly, then shrank her hand and explained respectfully, "I'm a little tired today, so..."
Xiao Chenglan saw her secret little action, a smile flashed in his eyes, but he walked around her and went straight to a chair and sat down.
He leaned forward, placed one hand on his knee, and looked at Jiang Yingli leisurely.
"I haven't run out of shows to choose from all day long."
"Besides, the hour of Xu is when the Jingshifang flips the cards."
Why does your tone sound a bit resentful?
Jiang Yingli pondered in her mind and suddenly woke up.
Xiao Chenglan was reminding her that he had made another mistake.
This is not a place in Prince Su's Mansion where she can sleep whenever she wants. As a palace concubine, she naturally has to be on standby to sleep with him every night!
Even if His Majesty does not come, we must be prepared.
Jiang Yingli bit her lip and thought, it was just a small mistake, and the best thing to do was to admit it.
The second survival rule of the Salted Fish Palace Concubine: Admit your mistakes quickly and be gentle
So, she turned around, looked at Xiao Chenglan with innocent eyes, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I was so sleepy that my mind was not clear, and I didn't wait for Your Majesty to come. But I have admitted my mistake, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
Xiao Chenglan looked at her for a moment, then extended his hand toward her, "Come here."
Jiang Yingli immediately stood up and walked over. When she was one step away from Xiao Chenglan, she was suddenly grabbed by his big hand and pressed into his arms.
She was forced to sit on Xiao Chenglan's lap, her small body nestled in his broad arms and chest.
Xiao Chenglan's hot hands rubbed her lower back. Jiang Yingli raised her head and met Xiao Chenglan's eyes.
His eyes were always deep and cold, as quiet as a bottomless dark lake. Only at times like this would different emotions surge up in them.
After all, they had slept in the same bed for several years, and Jiang Yingli immediately understood Xiao Chenglan's intention.
Her ears turned red, but she remembered what the nanny had said. She placed her small hands on his chest and whispered:
"Your Majesty, I haven't learned the etiquette of serving the emperor in bed yet, and I'm afraid I might offend Your Majesty."
In the past, this was a casual thing in the palace. The two of them were just in the tent, like an ordinary couple.
Today, the couches in the palace are twice as big as those in the royal palace, with soft silk hanging down and bright copper lamps outside.
It's very different from before.
The nanny who taught her the rules hadn't taught her this far.
Xiao Chenglan listened to her and looked at her. His fingertips stroked the back of her neck for a moment, then he picked her up and walked to the couch.
"If you don't learn, just do it the same way as before."
He wanted to say, "If I don't learn, then forget it." But for some reason, he changed his mind.
It's okay to learn more about this kind of thing.
Jiang Yingli was terrified: "Your Majesty! How can I let Your Majesty serve... serve me?"
Xiao Chenglan pressed her slender white waist into the quilt, his voice a little hoarse.
"How about I teach you how to serve me myself?"
"Well...then let's not do that. I'd better wait for Nanny to teach me..." Jiang Yingli's face flushed red, and she lay down obediently in the soft quilt.
Seeing that she was well-behaved, Xiao Chenglan touched her slightly messy and soft hair and whispered:
"Study hard, okay?"
Jiang Yingli nodded rapidly, "Oh."
Xiao Chenglan leaned over and kissed her slowly, and finally used his lips to open the thin belt next to Jiang Yingli's collarbone.
After sleeping in the same bed for four years, Xiao Chenglan knew everything about Jiang Yingli.
The Jiang family treated her badly. When they first met, she was skinny and looked like a sick cat. He kept her by his side for four years.
Today, Jiang Yingli is healthy and well-proportioned, with the flesh growing in just the right places, and her breasts are high and plump.
He did not let her down and could not let her go.
Previously, he took Jiang Yingli's young age into consideration and let her stay in the mansion for a year before she was favored.
Jiang Yingli is now nineteen years old, which is the most beautiful time for a girl.
The baby fat on her face had faded away, and there was an indescribable sense of clarity and grace between her brows. Her every frown and smile was as beautiful as a flower.
Just by looking at it, he felt warm in his heart.
......
Jiang Yingli lay weakly on Xiao Chenglan's chest, and in her sleepiness she heard Xiao Chenglan say to her:
"In half a month, the newcomer will learn the rules and enter the palace. You will give him a lecture."
Jiang Yingli suddenly became much more sober.
She had even asked to be demoted in order to avoid being in the spotlight, so why did Xiao Chenglan insist on her being the first to do so? Although she was the only concubine in the palace, there was still the Empress Dowager, who could also give her a lecture.
Jiang Yingli looked at him and whispered tentatively, "Your Majesty, I am only a concubine. There are some newcomers with higher ranks than me. If I were to lecture them, wouldn't that confuse the hierarchy?"
"Then I made you Zhaoyi but you refused."
Xiao Chenglan said this without any emotion, as if he was just saying it casually.
But Jiang Yingli saw that his face looked a little tense and he didn't look very happy.
Sure enough, he still felt that she was ungrateful and that he would settle the score with her sooner or later.
Jiang Yingli rubbed her cheek against Xiao Chenglan's chest muscles like a cat, and said softly, "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to. Zhaoyi is the head of the nine concubines. I feel that my qualifications are too shallow and my virtue is not worthy of the position."
Xiao Chenglan stroked her hair as she moved, "You are the only concubine in the palace now, so you are the only one who can lecture the newcomers. Although you are only a concubine, you represent me, and no one dares to interfere."
This statement cannot be refused.
Jiang Yingli had no choice but to agree, but she felt a little aggrieved.
Even if someone said something, could she still go and complain?
Never mind, the newcomers have just entered the palace, even if there are troublemakers, there shouldn’t be any fools who would cause trouble on the first day.
Rested for a while again.
Jiang Yingli gently pressed Xiao Chenglan's chest with her palm and said with a blushing face:
"Your Majesty, it's time to call for water."
Xiao Chenglan moved, but did not ask for water. Instead, he picked her up with one hand, lifted the curtain and got off the couch.
The two of them walked among the layers of gauze hanging in the hall, and the candlelight cast their shadows on them, making it ambiguous and dreamy.
Jiang Yingli was shocked. This direction actually led to the bathhouse.
Could it be that Xiao Chenglan wanted to take a long and leisurely bath?
But if he asked someone to serve him, with a bunch of palace servants surrounding the bathing pool, how could she get used to it?
Jiang Yingli hugged Xiao Chenglan's neck and said, "Your Majesty, I'd better wash myself in the tub."
She heard Xiao Chenglan chuckle with an ambiguous meaning.
"Didn't you say the bathhouse is huge? I have to try it anyway, or I'll be wasting my time."
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Excuse me, attached is the table:
Super: Queen
Noble Concubine
First rank: Imperial Concubine
Second rank: Xianfei, Liangfei, Shufei, Defei
From the second rank: concubine
——The above can call themselves concubines, the following are collectively called nine concubines, and call themselves concubines:
Third rank: Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan
From the third rank: Xiuyi, Xiurong, Xiuyuan
Third rank: Chongyi, Chongrong, Chongyuan
——All of the above can call themselves "Ben Gong" and occupy the main seat, while the others occupy the side halls (except for the female host)
Fourth rank: Concubine
From the fourth rank: noble
Fifth rank: Beauty
Sixth rank: Talented
Seventh Rank: Good Man
Eighth Rank: Baolin
The eighth rank of the common people: Cai Nv
Note: Positions and official titles are also referenced, but they are a mixture of fabricated nonsense, so they are mainly based on my settings and do not need to be examined.
Note: 1. The male protagonist will go to other people's palaces in order to keep a balance in the early stage, but in the later stage, he will only favor the female protagonist and be the most favored in the world! The palace fighting drama is between the supporting characters and the male protagonist, and the female protagonist wins easily.
2. Jie, the male protagonist went to other people's palaces to pick people to work and do business, not to sleep with the emperor, which is reasonable and not far-fetched. (To be honest, you will know after watching it, the male protagonist's degree of paranoia towards the female protagonist is unlikely to be the same as that of others)
3. There is a reborn female supporting role in the later period, which is not purely ancient, but there is not much plot.
4. The characters are not perfect. Both the male and female protagonists are a little abnormal. They are both suffering from illness and falling in love (emphasize this!).
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