Chapter 441 I'm Sorry for His Indulgence
Yulan felt sorry for her master and hurriedly comforted him, "Master, calm down. Concubine Chen clearly did it on purpose. She is so spoiled by your favor that she will be disliked by your Highness sooner or later."
The Third Princess did not feel comforted at all when hearing these words.
How early is early?
Before Chen Ruijin was disliked by His Highness, she felt like a fishbone stuck in her throat.
In the days that followed, she would watch her and His Highness being in love with each other every day, and she would take advantage of His Highness's favor and not take her, the legal wife, seriously.
Chu Qingyun pulled Chen Ruijin all the way out of the house and stuffed her into the carriage, his face as black as a pot of charcoal.
It was not until the carriage started moving that Chen Rujin belatedly said, "Your Highness, I haven't had breakfast yet."
Chu Qingyun was so angry at Chen Rujin's heartless look that he laughed, "Eat, eat, eat. You're still thinking about eating even when you're being bullied like this. Where was the courage you showed when you came to me with the contract to sign after the marriage? Didn't you say you were going to take advantage of my favor to bully me? You just let Cao Bingbing bully you like this."
He was so mad.
Outside, Cao Bingbing is the main wife, and relying on her status, Chen Ruijin cannot act presumptuously. But in the mansion, under his protection, this woman can actually be suppressed by Cao Bingbing and cannot raise her head. She really doesn't deserve his indulgence.
Since he had promised to let her run wild in the mansion and to pamper and indulge her, it was definitely not just talk.
Chen Rujin looked at Chu Qingyun gritting his teeth and suddenly smiled.
This smile is like a tree of crabapples in full bloom, so beautiful that one cannot take their eyes away.
Chu Qingyun was no longer angry, so he glared at her fiercely.
Chen Rujin was not afraid either. She slowly moved to Chu Qingyun's side, held his arms with both hands, and smiled softly, "Your Highness, you are so kind."
She knew that Cao Bingbing would show her a warning today and would not let her finish serving tea so easily. She was also prepared to be suppressed. If she showed weakness today, she would not have any psychological burden when she fought back in the future. Moreover, everyone in the mansion was watching. The Third Imperial Concubine was bullying others by taking advantage of her power, and she was the pitiful one. Therefore, any rebellion would be forgiven and sympathized.
It's not difficult to be tough, but you have to be tough with confidence.
It was one thing that the Third Prince agreed to the contract she had written and signed it, but when he really stood behind her to protect her for no reason at all, Chen Ruijin's heart couldn't help but tremble and feel a little hot.
Chu Qingyun was immediately flattered, but he snorted in a proud manner.
Chen Rujin said: "Today is the first day after my marriage, I am giving in to her. I will never give in easily in the future. Your Highness, you must protect me firmly as always."
"If you don't protect me, I'll make your knees hurt before you learn your lesson."
Chen Ruijin's mouth twitched slightly, and she thought to herself why the Third Prince was so difficult to please.
"I'm hungry." She touched her stomach and looked at Chu Qingyun with resentment.
Chu Qingyun's heart softened immediately and he took out food from the cabinet in the carriage.
Steamed dumplings, spring rolls, beef patties, etc...
The last casserole served contained hot millet porridge.
"It was prepared in a hurry, so just eat whatever you want."
Chen Rujin was stunned: "..."
With such richness, you still have to make do with it?
Emperor Chengde was still in the morning court. When Chu Qingyun and Chen Ruijin entered the palace, they went to Jingren Palace first. After paying their respects to the Queen, they went to pay their respects to Concubine Yi.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of Jingren Palace, I heard Concubine Yi laughing.
Chu Qingyun rolled his eyes speechlessly at his mother's loud voice.
"Your Majesty, the Third Prince and Concubine Chen are requesting an audience outside the palace." Sang Ye walked into the palace and bowed.
"Hurry up and let them in." The queen said with a smile.
Sang Ye responded, turned around and walked out of the hall, leading the person in.
Two people walked in hand in hand, one handsome and elegant, the other bright and beautiful, like a beautiful scenery.
"Your son pays homage to the Queen Mother. May your Majesty be blessed with good health. I pay homage to the Queen Mother." Chu Qingyun bowed and saluted.
Chen Rujin wanted to serve tea to the Queen and Concubine Yi.
Shaohua took a cushion and placed it in front of her, and Yunlu stood beside her with a tray.
"Your servant pays her respects to Her Majesty the Queen. Please have some tea." Chen Ruijin knelt in front of the Queen, holding the teacup in both hands and handing it to her. Her pretty face revealed the charm of a new wife, and her expression was respectful.
Queen Song took the tea with a smile, took a sip, and then waved to Zi Su who was standing beside her.
Zi Su walked up to Chen Ruijin holding a pearwood box.
Queen Song smiled and said, "Now that you have married into the royal family, I hope you will abide by the palace rules and not do anything that would tarnish the reputation of the royal family. Take good care of the Third Prince."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will follow your instructions." Chen Ruijin kowtowed and said.
Lu Luo stepped forward to accept the reward from Queen Song.
Chen Rujin then knelt down in front of Concubine Yi and respectfully served her tea.
Concubine Yi took the tea, drank it with a smile on her face, and was also rewarded with a complete set of sapphire head ornaments.
"I don't have any requests, just one thing, no matter how the harem fights, the children will not be harmed."
Chen Rujin was the one her son loved and took great pains to marry, so it goes without saying that she was favored. As a woman, Concubine Yi could guess the resentment and jealousy in Cao Bingbing's heart without asking.
The concubine has her own son to protect her, so there is no need to worry about her being bullied by the main wife. But no matter how they fight, neither of them can harm the child in her future womb.
There are so many concubines in the palace, but only a few of them have grown up as princes and princesses. Not to mention the royal heirs who became victims of palace fighting, even those who were not born suffered miscarriages. Concubine Yi has seen quite a few of them in her decades in the harem.
Concubine Yi considered herself to be a tough person. In this deep palace, anyone who survived, took the throne of a concubine, and successfully raised a son to adulthood had blood on their hands, but she never harmed her children.
But if anyone else dared to attack her son, she would definitely make that person know what it means to live a life worse than death.
She had only this one son, and if her son wanted to fight for the throne, she would naturally help him with all her might. However, her son had no such intention and only wanted to be an idle prince and get along well with the Eighth Prince. So she retreated from the throne and made friends with the Queen, without fighting or competing for the throne.
No woman is willing to share a husband with someone else. Concubine Yi was a concubine herself, so she understood how difficult it is to live under the rule of the main wife. Except for the first empress who was mean and domineering, the second empress Yao and the current empress Song were not vicious people. But Cao Bingbing is neither Empress Yao nor Empress Song, so it is unknown whether she will be radical because of jealousy or magnanimous and accepting.
Concubine Yi felt that she had to summon the three imperial concubines to the palace to give them some advice in the next few days.
Chen Rujin nodded heavily: "Yes, mother."
Concubine Yi just refused to say anything, and the "grudge" between her and Cao Bingbing would not be transferred to the child.
After serving tea, Chu Qingyun pulled Chen Ruijin to sit down.
Near noon, Emperor Chengde came straight to Jingren Palace after court. Chen Ruijin offered him tea and greeted him according to the etiquette, and then Emperor Chengde asked Hu Qian to bestow the gift that he had prepared earlier.
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