Chapter 27 Xiao Tongfang sneaks up on the prince
Aunt Zhang held Li Ruanruan's hand and comforted her with pity: "I think they are all vulgar people and can't compare with you."
Li Runrun lowered her head and smiled, looking so well-behaved and innocent, but a sour and painful feeling rose in her heart.
Would the prince like those beauties? Would he hug them like he hugged her? Would he ask them for money? Would he ask them to pay for something they broke, kissing them until their lips hurt, only to find out that it was worth a copper coin?
Would he sleep in the same bed and hold them like he held her?
Will the prince be so nice to every concubine?
Then will you still...think of her?
With so many beauties around him, how could he still remember her, a lowly maidservant.
Li Ruanruan lowered her eyes and used a smile to hide her heartache.
Aunt Zhang pulled Li Ruanruan aside and whispered to her, "Have you succeeded in pleasing the prince with the methods I taught you? Does he like you?"
Li Runrun thought of what Aunt Zhang had taught her, and her face turned red again.
Then he shook his head slightly: "The prince didn't ask me to come over."
Aunt Zhang clapped her hands and sighed, "Really? You haven't even had a chance to use one, and another beauty has been sent over. But I don't think the prince is a womanizer. Just look at the maids around him, each one is as beautiful as the other. If he coveted them, it wouldn't be your turn."
Aunt Zhang continued, "Good Ruanruan, you must have something special. Don't worry too much. As long as the prince likes you, there is still a chance! The next time you see the prince, you should put what I taught you into practice. If you want the prince to like you and use all his strength on you, then you will have a place."
Li Ruanruan lowered her head, her face turning even redder, under Aunt Zhang's encouraging gaze.
She nodded gently: "Yeah."
Aunt Zhang patted her head and said, "We all survived this way. We can get a concubine and have illegitimate sons and daughters. This is the only hope for women like us in our lifetime."
Aunt Zhang held Li Ruanruan's hand and gave her the future: "If the concubine can pass the imperial examination and set up his own household, then he will have finally made it. After all, when you are alive, there is always hope. Just like me, I will do everything I can to please the Marquis so that I can find a good marriage for Qiao'er."
Ye Qiaoqiao happened to have just changed her clothes when she heard this. She immediately went over and hugged Aunt Zhang's arm, saying coquettishly, "I don't want to get married."
Aunt Zhang pinched her nose and said, "Of course there are women who don't want to get married. I don't ask you to marry someone from a prominent family, I only ask you to marry someone from a good family background, and most importantly, to be the principal wife."
Ye Qiaoqiao hugged Aunt Zhang's arm and said, "Mom, I'm still young."
"You're three."
"Only three years old."
Ye Qiaoqiao stuck out her tongue at Aunt Zhang, took Li Ruanruan's arm and left.
She packed some more food and pastries for Li Ruanruan and consoled her in a childish way: "Big brother is shortsighted if he wants to find another concubine. Let's open the shop together. When we make some money, I'll ask Grandma to release your indenture. Then, Ruanruan will find someone better and make Big brother regret it."
Li Ruanruan opened the food box: "Give me all the roast chicken. Do you have anything to eat tonight?"
"I'm tired of eating it every day. Your brother needs to nourish his body. I've been getting irritated lately, so I need to eat something lighter."
Ye Qiaoqiao said it nonchalantly, but Li Ruanruan felt as if the softest part of her heart had been severely burned.
She urged her: "If you want to embroider well with the embroidery method I taught you, there is no shortcut. You can only practice more."
"Okay, I know."
"Don't practice too late, it hurts your eyes."
"Okay, go back quickly. It's not easy for you to walk after dark."
"Um."
Li Runrun walked out of Mingyueju carrying the lunch box. Her smile disappeared and she pursed her lips.
She thought about it, so she passed by the East Courtyard and took a look.
Are those beauties really beautiful? Is the prince's place still lively?
She just took a look from a distance, but even though there was a high wall between them, she couldn't see anything.
Li Runrun took a detour and walked through the east courtyard.
Ye Yunchu came back late from outside and it was already dark, but he still saw the sneaky little concubine at a glance.
He was holding a food box in his hand.
I ate out and drank two extra glasses of wine, Ye Yunchu thought to himself.
This little concubine made him some delicious food? When did she become so considerate that she even knew to come to see him under the pretext of making him some delicious food?
I finally got it.
An Ba noticed that the prince's pace was getting faster and faster, so he hurried to catch up.
The prince's pace suddenly slowed down again.
An Ba didn't brake in time and hit Ye Yunchu. An Ba thought it was over.
As expected, the prince's cold eyes did not look at him. An Ba looked carefully and saw a smile on Ye Yunchu's lips.
An Ba hadn't seen the Crown Prince smile like this for a long time, and he could tell at a glance that the Crown Prince was in a good mood.
An Ba followed the prince's gaze and saw the concubine who was looking up at the east courtyard.
An Ba thought, isn't this just craning his neck to wait for the prince?
He also smiled secretly. No wonder the prince was in such a good mood.
An Ba jumped up and landed on the wall in the distance, then disappeared silently.
There were still so many lanterns hanging in the east courtyard, and they were so bright. The door was closed, and just as she expected, she couldn't see anything.
Li Ruanruan held on tightly to the hanging food box. She didn't know what she was expecting.
She closed her eyes. Whatever she expected was just wishful thinking.
The prince will have many beauties tonight, and he will change one every day without repeating himself. He will soon forget about her and will no longer remember who she is.
Li Runrun glanced towards the east courtyard again, and was shocked to find that it was already completely dark.
She had to get back to her place before all the doors were bolted, otherwise she would have to sleep outside. It was too cold now and her small body couldn't bear it.
Li Ruanruan was both upset and regretful. She shouldn't have come and shouldn't have had such strange thoughts.
Li Runrun was ready to jog back, thinking that she should still have time. Thinking of this, she became a little anxious.
She turned around in a hurry and was about to run, but bumped into Ye Yunchu.
The collision caused her head to hurt a bit, and she thought she hadn't seen the road clearly and hit the wall, but how could there be a wall on the corridor?
Li Runrun covered her forehead and looked up, she saw Ye Yunchu's handsome appearance in the hazy night, which was impossible to ignore and made her heart beat fast and suffocate at a glance.
Li Runrun was so frightened that she couldn't even hold the food box steady. She stepped back and saluted: "Prince, Prince..."
He wasn't inside spending the night with the beauty, so how could he suddenly appear behind her?
Although Li Runrun came to see him, she was still scared when she actually met him, and she also had a sneaky feeling of being caught doing something wrong.
Ye Yunchu just stretched out his hand, caught the food box that was about to hit the ground, and curled his thin lips slightly.
Although he knew she was just there to bring him food, he still deliberately tried to interrogate her: "You little concubine, what are you doing sneaking around here?"
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