Chapter 8 Why must I be a favorite concubine?
After the whole afternoon, Zhao Miaomiao worked hard and finally caught two fish.
Zhao Miaomiao excitedly took the fish back and saw that the old lady had also gotten up and was basking in the sun in the yard.
She held up the fish and said happily to the old lady, "Grandma, we have a snack today!"
Upon hearing this, the old lady opened one eye and glanced at Zhao Miaomiao, then replied lightly, "Yeah."
But the conditions in the cold palace were poor, and Zhao Miaomiao could not afford boiled fish, so she could only make grilled fish.
She and the old lady each had a fish. Just as they were full, the little palace maid came to bring them food.
The old lady put down the fish bone, wiped her mouth gracefully with a rag, and said, "The palace maid who brought the meal was late today. Something must have happened in the palace."
"Um?"
Zhao Miaomiao was puzzled. When she opened the door for the palace maid, she casually asked, "Hey, Miss, did something happen in the palace today? I see you were a little late in delivering food today."
Several palace maids were a little panicked. Although Zhao Miaomiao was in the cold palace at the moment, she was the daughter of Prime Minister Su after all, so they did not dare to slack off.
Then several palace maids lowered their heads and whispered, "Lan agreed to atone for his sin. It's not that I'm late, it's that the kitchen was late in cooking."
"Oh? What happened to the kitchen?"
One of the young palace maids said, "Today, Rong Jieyu of Ronghua Palace got angry about something and threw the dinner away. She also punished a large number of palace maids, with some getting beaten with sticks and others having their salaries fined.
Except for the palace maid that Concubine Rong brought into the palace as a dowry, all other palace maids were punished.
The kitchen was busy making Rong Jieyu's meal, so the food here was late."
"Concubine Rong of Ronghua Palace?"
Zhao Miaomiao raised her eyebrows and couldn't help but think of what happened during the day. Was this little emperor so impatient that he went to find Concubine Rong so soon?
Then Concubine Rong was very angry because she thought that the maids in her palace were having an affair with the emperor, but she couldn't find such a person among her maids, so she punished all the maids?
The more Zhao Miaomiao thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case, so she couldn't help but become anxious. What if Concubine Rong came to find her?
Although I am not afraid of the emperor, Concubine Rong is still troublesome.
Women are very jealous, especially when it comes to men, and they are very narrow-minded.
Judging from what happened tonight, it can be concluded that Concubine Rong is particularly narrow-minded.
But now I am just a promise, and a promise that has been sent to the cold palace.
What if Concubine Rong finds that pond, finds me, and wants to beat me, then I'm doomed, right?
Zhao Miaomiao frowned, but that didn't stop her from eating.
The old lady looked at Zhao Miaomiao like this and couldn't tell for a moment: Is this girl worried about something? Or is she simply hungry?
The old lady thought about it and asked Zhao Miaomiao: "What did you do wrong?"
"ah?"
Zhao Miaomiao reacted, "Grandma, what did you say?"
The old lady asked again, "Did you do something wrong? Did you get into trouble?"
"Maybe... maybe."
Zhao Miaomiao hesitated for a moment, then told the old lady what happened. "It's nothing, actually. I was fishing today and met a man. He thought I was a palace maid and asked me which palace I was from.
I just made up a name, Ronghua Palace, and I didn’t expect that such a palace really existed.
Just now, those young ladies came to deliver the meal, and I asked them why the meal was delivered late today.
The young lady said that the master of Ronghua Palace was furious and punished all the palace maids.
After listening to the story, the old lady asked Zhao Miaomiao, "You should know who the man you met today is, right?"
Zhao Miaomiao nodded, "Yeah, I know."
The old lady thought, that’s not bad, this girl is not stupid, just a little silly.
The old lady said again: "Then what are you afraid of? We are both concubines, and only one of us can condemn you."
Zhao Miaomiao frowned and said awkwardly, "But I don't want to compete for favor. So I think it's fine to just stay in the cold palace."
The old lady smiled. "That's because you haven't encountered any trouble yet. When you do, you'll find that in this harem, not being favored means death. It's your choice, whether you want to save your life or live a more comfortable life."
"well……"
Zhao Miaomiao went back to the room with a sad face and thought, if she wanted to compete for favor, it would be too uncomfortable to be a favorite concubine. The little emperor was not yet an adult and was a pervert.
I won’t compete for favor. If Concubine Rong finds me, I’ll be dead.
The old lady was right. Once you enter the palace, it is like entering a deep sea. Without favor, you will die.
"Forget it, forget it. Let's save our lives first, and then think about how to avoid being favored."
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