MTL - My Beloved Concubine Only Wants to Eat Melons-Chapter 1

The cold wind swirled in the yard and snatched away the last dead leaf on the old tung tree.

Liandong trotted with the food box, and finally returned to Yongning Hall.

Compared with other palaces in the harem, this place is secluded and remote, and the furnishings in the palace are also somewhat simple.

A charcoal cage made the room barely warm.

Yan Shu was warming up by the charcoal cage, when she saw her come back, she immediately asked, "What's for dinner today?"

Lian Dong took out the contents of the food box one by one, and said, "There are stuffed mushrooms, roasted bamboo shoots and ducks, stir-fried assorted vegetables, eight-treasure tofu, by the way, today's Laba, and Laba porridge!"

Yan Shu followed to the table, "I like stuffed mushrooms the most, and the laba porridge in the palace is also delicious, not bad!"

After saying that, a shiitake mushroom stuffed with three delicacies stuffed into the mouth.

Well, the taste is delicious and the juice is thick, the meat filling is fragrant and glutinous without losing the slight springy feeling of mushrooms, it is the most suitable for rice!

Of course, this is also due to Lonicera's sharp legs and feet. If the food is cold when walking slowly on the road, the taste will definitely be greatly reduced.

The hierarchy in the harem is strict, and the high-ranking concubines have their own food delivered by the servants of the Shangshan Supervisor, but Yan Shu is just a beauty, so she can only ask her own people to pick it up.

There are no more than eight eunuchs and maids of Yongning Palace, only the honeysuckle brought by her mother's family knows her taste best, so every time the one who goes to pick up the meal is the honeysuckle.

"By the way, master,"

Liandong said again, "I heard that there is a New Year's Eve feast tonight, just now Dewang from Sizhen's place went to Zhang Cairen's place with a bag, and I don't know what to send."

As soon as this was mentioned, Liandong felt aggrieved for the master—

The concubines have their own rules for food and clothing, Yan Shu's status is low, so her clothes can't be compared with the concubines above, but Zhang Cairen's status is obviously lower, but he insists on bribing the eunuchs in the palace with his natal family's money, From time to time, I search for some high-quality clothing, jewelry, rouge, gouache, etc. from various places, trying to keep the master down.

"I think other ladies are not as good-looking as you,"

She lowered her voice melancholy, "If we can also have some spare money to manage, so that you can dress better, we must compare them all."

Yan Shu didn't care, "It's all useless, even if you dress up as a fairy, His Majesty won't come tonight."

Tsk, this is already her third year in the palace, yet she has never even glanced at the corner of the emperor's robe.

Speaking of it, he can be called a legendary figure today. Back then, the emperor's lineage was weak, and the clan kings were eyeing him. He broke through the siege at a young age, and inherited the great line in the **** wind. It only took three years to make him The country is stable and the government is orderly, which can be said to be quite skillful.

Most importantly, it is rumored that he is very handsome, comparable to extraordinary people.

However, in the past three years, this king has never set foot in the harem, and he doesn't even show up easily at festival banquets.

Yan Shu's status is low, and she is not qualified to go to the imperial court to pay her respects, so she has not yet had the opportunity to verify whether her rumored appearance of a celestial being is true.

However, despite this, the concubines in the palace still did not give up hope. They hugged each other and stood in line, like Zhang Cairen, doing their best to hope to enter the king's sight as soon as possible, except for Yanshu.

Hearing what she said at this time, Liandong hurriedly persuaded, "Even if Your Majesty doesn't come, it's okay to show your face in front of the Empress Dowager. If the Empress Dowager likes you, she often asks you to go to Ci'an Palace to talk, and the chances of seeing Your Majesty will be great." ?”

Yan Shu was putting a piece of burnt-yellow eight-treasure tofu into her mouth, and said vaguely, "Let's put it down, the concubine Zhou was still the niece of the empress dowager, isn't she still the same? Well, this tofu is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside!"

Honeysuckle, "..."

Alas, just based on the master's appearance, anyone who has a little bit of ambition is probably already ahead of others! But she only cares about what to eat all day long, and all kinds of gossip she doesn't know where to hear.

At this time, she heard her say again, "By the way, Concubine Zhou's parents are fighting with each other in the mansion these two days, I don't know if she and the Queen Mother have heard about it."

Liandong's eyes lit up, "Could it be that Mrs. Cheng'en has found Cheng'en's sixth chamber?"

"good."

Yan Shu nodded while eating, "This Xiaoliu is really scheming. He took advantage of the timing of his pregnancy to let out the wind, which made Mrs. Cheng Engong quite fussy, but Cheng Engong always loves his own flesh and blood, Mrs. Cheng Engong The arm can't twist the thigh, and it's likely to watch Xiao Liushou go into the mansion and become a regular."

Liandong tsk-tsk, "If Xiaowu had this kind of scheming last time, he wouldn't have passed away. Speaking of which, at what age is Cheng Engong, he still has a belly full of rotten intestines all day long, so he doesn't feel ashamed."

"Men, most of them are like that."

Yan Shu took a sip of the Laba porridge, and felt that it was sweet and dense, and the fragrance reached her stomach.

Try another piece of duck meat, well, the imperial chef cooks it properly, the duck meat is soft and delicious, and the fragrance of bamboo shoots permeates between the textures, the meat is not greasy, and it is salty and delicious.

She came here through time travel from a later life. She was in poor health in her previous life. Since she was a child, she was holding a medicine jar, and she couldn't eat this or that. She managed to survive until she was young, but she still died from the torture of illness.

Although she lived in ancient times in this life, she was already grateful for having a good body and not worrying about food and drink.

Also, after she entered the palace, she got a melon-eating system, from time to time, she could eat all kinds of first-hand fresh melons, and each family had a secret harem love history, which made people overwhelmed every day, don't mention it.

At this moment, a systematic voice appeared in his head, 【Xingua, Marquis Linwu's heir is not his. 】

Yan Shu almost choked on the Laba porridge, 【What else? 】

Everyone in the capital knew that Marquis Linwu had only one son, who usually hurt like his eyeball, but it wasn't his?

…

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After lunch, the cold wind outside blew harder.

Yan Shu was eating the big melons from the Marquis of Linwu's Mansion, but she heard someone outside the door asking, "Is Beauty Li here?"

Hearing this voice, it was Zhang Cairen that Rendong had mentioned just now.

Yan Shu's status is low, and the concubines next to her don't bother to talk to her, and she doesn't come to work with others. This Zhang Cairen is very different. Although she is the lowest-ranking concubine in the palace, she often comes to her penultimate place to find her presence.

Everyone was at the door, and it was hard to see them, so Yan Shu saw Liandong go to open the door.

Sure enough, Zhang Cairen stepped into the room and greeted her, "Sister Li has finished her meal, I have nothing to do and come here to talk to you for a while."

Yan Shu smiled politely, "Please sit down, is it cold outside?"

"Fortunately, I wear thick clothes, but I don't feel it."

Zhang Cairen smiled and slowly took off the brocade cloak with dark patterns that was worth a lot at first glance, and even straightened the snow-white velvet on the brim of the hat before he sat down on the chair slowly and said, "Tonight There is a New Year's Eve banquet, and I heard that His Majesty will also attend, is my sister ready?"

While speaking, the red golden plum blossoms on her temples trembled and trembled, and the sun shining into the room in the afternoon was so bright that it dazzled people's eyes.

Liandong was furious, this talented man came here wearing a new cloak and new jewelry, didn't he deliberately come here to make fun of the shabby master?

But Yan Shu frowned, rubbed her forehead tiredly, covered her mouth and coughed twice, pretending to be weak and said, "Unfortunately, I caught a cold yesterday, and I feel a little uncomfortable today. I'm afraid I won't be able to go tonight." .”

Honeysuckle, "???"

uncomfortable? Didn't he just swallow a bowl of rice and two bowls of hot porridge raw?

Zhang Cairen's eyes lit up, but he tried to cover it up and said, "It's really a pity, it's a rare chance to see Shengyan. I was thinking that if my sister doesn't have jewelry, I can lend you two pieces!"

Yan Shu covered her lips and coughed twice, "Thank you for your kindness, I'm afraid I won't be able to use it anymore."

Probably because he was afraid of getting sick, Zhang Cairen hurriedly got up and said, "Then sister is resting, so I won't bother you."

After speaking, he put on the newly made mink velvet cloak again, and led the maid out of the door.

The room was quiet, and Liandong looked at Yan Shu with a broken heart, "Didn't you hear that His Majesty will go tonight? What a chance, why are you pretending to be sick?"

Yan Shu didn't care, "I'm at the bottom even if I go, there are about ten people in between, Your Majesty can't see others, can you see me?"

Instead of watching those boring concubines vying for favor, it's better to stay in the house and continue to eat melons. The love history of Mrs. Linwuhou has just reached the first half, and it's exciting!

But Liandong said, "You are the hope of the people of Ande County! There has been a queen in the history of our county, how can you be so self-defeating and self-defeating?"

Yanshu, "..."

She just wants to be a happy salted fish, can't bear such a heavy moral shackle, okay?

However, before he could speak, he saw the little maid Lian Xin enter the room and said, "Beauty, just now the Empress Dowager came to order, and His Majesty will be here tonight. Please be sure to attend the New Year's Eve banquet in Rouyi Hall."

Yanshu, "..."

This is good, even if you want to be lazy.

~~

The twilight is all together, the lanterns are just coming on, and the palace garden is brilliant.

Living in a remote place with a low status and no sedan chairs to ride in, Yan Shu struggled all the way to Rouyi Hall in the cold wind, her little face turned red from the cold.

Fortunately, the warmth in the hall soon faded away her blushes, making her complexion look good.

Because of the news of His Majesty's personal visit, the concubines came very early tonight, all of them are gold-headed and silver-faced, and they are very gorgeous.

Even Zhang Cairen was dressed more splendidly than when they met in the afternoon. The palace dress clustered with golden plum patterns, golden branches, precious stones, flowers, butterflies and pearl hairpins, bright red lips, looked very eye-catching.

In contrast, Yan Shu was wearing a taupe-coloured jacket and skirt with light stripes, and she only wore pearl bracelets on her hair bun, which seemed a little pathetic.

Liandong was very helpless, she wanted to dress up her master well, but Yan Shu insisted on light makeup, so light that she didn't have any sense of presence, so she had no choice but to do so.

At this time, Yan Shu was sitting almost at the end of the banquet, compared with the concubines who were in front of her with heavy makeup, she really had no sense of presence.

However, Zhang Cairen at the same table was different. Liandong could clearly feel that Concubine Zhou, Concubine Ning and the others were staring at her intentionally or unintentionally.

In an instant, she suddenly understood, and she finally understood the master's intentions - to stand out on such occasions was clearly to find enemies for herself, and they were all high-ranking and powerful enemies!

Zhang Cairen is very courageous.

However, Zhang Cairen himself didn't seem to feel it. At this time, he was sitting upright, with his waist upright, and he put on his best posture and waited for the imperial driver to arrive.

In contrast, Yan Shu is just a fake, listening to the system's melons while looking at the pastries on the table, wondering when they can start eating.

Well, the cakes for this kind of banquet are different at first glance, this lotus cake is really attractive.

Not long after, with the sound of "Your Majesty is here...", the protagonist of tonight finally appeared on the stage.

Everyone saw a figure wearing a black dragon robe stepping into the hall. He was tall and majestic, and his face under the golden crown was carved like a knife, and every step was windy.

The concubines in the palace were excited, they all got up and saluted, and called softly, "Long live greetings."

Yan Shu followed the routine. After all, the opportunity was rare, and she deliberately took a sneak peek. Unfortunately, she was too far away, and she could only vaguely discern that the other party had a straight nose, thin lips and swallow jaws. It seemed that she was really good-looking.

At this moment, there was a ding in my ear, and the system's voice sounded, [There is an emperor's big melon. 】

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System: There are emperor's melons.

Yan Shu: What melon?

A certain emperor: Your husband is very handsome.

Yan Shu: ...