What the hell? Imperial Concubine?! When did she become an Imperial Concubine? She had only been in the palace for less than half a day. Did anyone inform her? Liao Tingyan was confused, but looking around, she seemed to be the only one confused. This made her look stupid, so she quickly forced herself to adjust her expression and calmly said yes.
Liao Tingyan looked at Sima Jiao, who leaned forward slightly and stretched out a hand to her, and resigned herself to her fate by lifting her skirt and walking forward. Fine, he can do whatever he wants, after all he is the emperor.
But if she remembered correctly, when the heroine in the original novel was with the emperor, she seemed to be one of the nine concubines. Why did she become one of the three ladies of the first rank, a noble concubine second only to the queen? Is it the different treatment for those who entered the palace obediently and those who were forced to enter the palace after escaping
In addition, considering that Sima Jiao does not have a queen yet, this means that she has now been directly ranked first in the harem. This feeling of cheating is too strong.
Is the heroine's halo so strong? When Liao Tingyan walked to Sima Jiao's side, looking at his pretty face that she had seen for several days, she felt like an innocent audience who had missed ten episodes and could not connect with the previous story, causing her to be confused for a while.
"Come and sit next to me." Sima Jiao grabbed her and pulled her to sit next to him.
Liao Tingyan sat down straight, and as she sat down, her eyes followed the aroma she smelled and looked at the table in front of her. It was filled with all kinds of delicious dishes. She was really hungry.
But Sima Jiao was next to her, so she didn't dare to do anything.
Sima Jiao looked at her calm and gentle face and suddenly said, "Eat if you want to. Aren't you hungry?"
Liao Tingyan muttered to herself, she thought she had concealed it well, how did Sima Jiao find out her true thoughts? He looked like a murderer with a weak brain, but he was surprisingly sharp.
"Then...I'll eat it?"
"Eat." Sima Jiao looked at her with a smile.
His attitude was so gentle that it made people shudder. Liao Tingyan just stretched out her chopsticks towards a plate of fried meatballs when she suddenly had a terrible guess - Sima Jiao's tone was so gentle, could it be that this meat was some strange kind of meat? Could it be... human flesh? According to Sima Jiao's bad personality, it was not impossible.
Liao Tingyan was so frightened by his imagination that his chopsticks stopped in mid-air.
Sima Jiao looked at her expression, then suddenly moved closer to her and whispered softly in her ear, "Why don't you eat it? Don't you like this dish?"
Liao Tingyan did not answer, so Sima Jiao turned to ask the eunuch next to him, "The imperial concubine did not seem to like it. Who made this dish?" His voice was chilling, a complete reversal of what he said just now.
Liao Tingyan: The tone is so scary, could he be going to kill someone again
With that in mind, she picked up a meatball and put it in her mouth. The crispy and fragrant feeling instantly filled her mouth. After biting the crispy meatball, there was fresh and fragrant juice inside, which was simply delicious. Liao Tingyan also tasted that it was venison.
Sima Jiao propped up his chin and watched her eat. He stretched out a finger to ask her to turn her face and asked with a smile: "Are these venison meatballs delicious?"
Liao Tingyan felt that his hands were frighteningly cold, almost like ice. However, she was naturally afraid of heat but not cold, so she was not afraid at all. She just swallowed the meatball and replied, "It's delicious."
Sima Jiao quickly let go of his hand and put it on the armrest, "I heard it, the imperial concubine said it was good, reward."
The eunuch beside him bowed, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Sima Jiao looked at Liao Tingyan again and said, "Try more."
A maid was about to come forward to serve Liao Tingyan, but Sima Jiao said, "Did I ask you to serve the imperial concubine?"
The maid fell to the ground in fear, her face pale and trembling, but she dared not say a word. The palace maids all understood the emperor's temper. If they cried for mercy at this time, they would only die faster, because the emperor would feel irritated when he heard the noise. If they knelt down immediately and kept silent, they might have a chance of survival.
Liao Tingyan was not used to this kind of scene, a Sima Jiao who changed his face at any time, and a group of palace beauties who would be scared to death even if Sima Jiao breathed a little loudly. No wonder the atmosphere here was so depressing, everyone seemed a little neurotic - in the end it was all Sima Jiao's problem, just listening to his violent tone, it felt like he wanted to kill someone, no wonder they were afraid of him, to be honest she was also starting to be afraid.
Liao Tingyan was chewing a meatball when he was frightened by Sima Jiao. He choked and started coughing with his hands covering his mouth.
She felt a cold hand touching her back, and it felt like a spitting snake crawling up her back. Sima Jiao stroked her back and whispered in her ear, "What are you afraid of? I'm not being mean to you. Just eat your food."
Liao Tingyan couldn't speak and could only shake his head. "Brother, your tone is so abnormal and scary that even if you're not talking to me, it's still scary to hear it, okay?"
Sima Jiao saw her shaking her head, frowned, and said to the waitress irritably: "Go down."
The maid who was prostrating herself on the ground kowtowed in gratitude and hurried downstairs.
Although she didn't know why Sima Jiao didn't have an attack, Liao Tingyan was relieved that she didn't have to face the death of others, and her coughing gradually subsided. Suddenly, her face felt cold, and Sima Jiao touched her face, frowning a little unhappy, "You can't eat when you see a dead person, why are you so squeamish."
Liao Tingyan thought of what she had said to him in the carriage, and she felt a little uncomfortable. Generally speaking, most normal humans would lose their appetite when seeing a dead person. How could she, a heroine who could sit beside him and eat meatballs without changing her expression, be called delicate
Liao Tingyan was simply stunned.
Sima Jiao saw her expression, leaned back on the wide armchair, and looked around at the other beauties in the hall who had been ignored for a long time. "If you don't believe me, ask them and see if they can still eat after seeing a dead person. You must be the most delicate one."
Originally, she thought she was weak, pitiful and helpless enough, but when Liao Tingyan looked at the rows of beauties on both sides, she found that these beauties seemed to be even weaker, pitiful and helpless than herself. After hearing Sima Jiao's question, almost everyone had an expression of uncontrollable fear on their faces. They tried desperately to appear calm, but couldn't help trembling when they saw Sima Jiao, which made Liao Tingyan feel pity for them.
But even though they were so frightened, they still had to answer in unison according to Sima Jiao's words, "We can eat it."
Liao Tingyan seemed to be able to imagine the scene, Sima Jiao killed someone when he was unhappy, and the beauties were forced to watch, not daring to spit or make a sound. Sima Jiao also forced them to continue enjoying the delicious food in front of the corpse, and after many times, they were forced to get used to it.
It's too awful.
Her face felt cold again. Sima Jiao rubbed her cheek, propped up his head and said lazily, "Look, are you the most delicate one?"
Liao Tingyan had nothing to say. At this moment, she saw some beauties below secretly looking up at her. Sitting on it, she could see clearly all kinds of small movements of the people below, so Liao Tingyan also looked at those beauties a few more times.
At this time, Sima Jiao asked, "My noble concubine, what do you think of my harem?"
Liao Tingyan: How? Probably like a group of sheep being raised around wolves, because the wolves are staring at them and may bite them to death at any time, so they can only huddle together and tremble. It is really a unique style. Even with her quality of reading all the palace fighting literature and bloody palace fighting TV dramas in her original world, she can't comment on it.
But she couldn't say that, she could only smile and whisper, "Each of these beauties has their own merits, and they are all very good-looking."
Sima Jiao waved his hand, "No one can compare to you."
Liao Tingyan: Haha, of course. Don’t you see the appearance of the heroine? If she didn’t look like a fairy, she wouldn’t have been spared from death if she was caught by you after she disobeyed the order and eloped with someone in the original novel.
"Does the imperial concubine like these beauties?"
Liao Tingyan became alert. What did this mean? It felt like no matter whether she said she liked him or not, it might lead to some bad consequences. For a moment, she actually had the illusion that she was playing a strategy game, and the two options in front of her now both led to tragic endings.
After thinking for a moment, she replied, "I like quietness, and all of you beauties are very quiet." Okay, that's right, this indirect answer is both offensive and defensive, perfect.
But she still couldn't catch Sima Jiao's trick, because Sima Jiao smiled at everyone in the hall and said, "Since the imperial concubine likes quietness, then you should not disturb her peace."
As soon as these words came out, the already silent hall was so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard, and everyone's breathing was almost silent. Liao Tingyan felt that if she ate with Sima Jiao every day, she could lose about ten pounds in a month. She reasonably suspected that all the beauties under her seat might have stomach problems - who could bear being teased by Sima Jiao like this during meals
"Your Majesty, don't you have an appetite? Why don't you eat?" Liao Tingyan asked bravely so that he could finish his first meal in peace. He really hoped that he would eat quickly and shut up and stop scaring people.
Sima Jiao, who was full of devilish aura, was stunned by her question. He showed a sullen look and glanced at the dishes on the table with annoyance, "I have no appetite. These dishes are unpalatable."
Liao Tingyan really wanted to condemn this tyrant. How could he dislike such delicious food? In all these years in Hexia, she had only eaten a few dishes that were more delicious than these. With this cooking skill, she, a modern person who had tasted all kinds of food, could be conquered. How could Sima Jiao still be picky? Being an emperor was really great.
"What does your majesty usually eat?"
Sima Jiao frowned, "I don't remember, I'll tell you when I'm hungry."
Liao Tingyan was really impressed. With Sima Jiao's desire to commit suicide, even if the male protagonist in the original novel didn't kill him, he probably wouldn't have lived long. Such a casual lifestyle was simply chronic suicide.
Sima Jiao stared at her, "Why, do you need me to eat with you before you can eat?"
Liao Tingyan: “…” It’s not that I don’t have you, don’t talk nonsense.
Just as she was about to explain, Sima Jiao picked up the chopsticks and said, "Forget it, I'll eat something with you."
Liao Tingyan saw the middle-aged eunuch next to Sima Jiao, who had been smiling all the time, and he couldn't hide his surprise when he saw this situation, as if Sima Jiao had done something magical.
Liao Tingyan complained in his heart, it's just a meal, is it so exaggerated? Does Sima Jiao really not eat normally? Looking at the beauties under the table, they all showed surprise. Even though they quickly lowered their heads to restrain themselves, Liao Tingyan saw it.
Liao Tingyan: “…”
Sima Jiao threw down his chopsticks after taking two bites of the food. Eating was like a death sentence to him. Are you the five-year-old kid in my cousin's family who doesn't like to eat and needs three people to coax him to eat a meal? Liao Tingyan complained in his heart.
After finishing this dinner which they didn't know what to say, the beauties took their maids back to their own palaces on their own initiative. A maid of higher rank came to Liao Tingyan with a team of palace servants, knelt down and kowtowed, "Your servant Guiye, pays homage to the imperial concubine." The palace servants behind her also knelt down and saluted.
Sima Jiao shook his wine glass and pointed at Gui Ye, "She will serve you, go ahead."
Surrounded by Gui Ye and others, Liao Tingyan came to a huge palace by the water and was invited into the inner room. The palace servants came and went to prepare her for bathing and sleeping. Lying alone on the soft bed, touching the smooth silk quilt, Liao Tingyan smiled with relief.
Great, Sima Jiao really had no intention of sleeping with her, just like in the original novel! Yes, in the original novel, when the heroine was with Sima Jiao, Sima Jiao never slept with her. As for why he didn't sleep with her, the original novel didn't explain it. But in the original novel, whether the heroine was slept with by Sima Jiao or not, the hero and the heroine were entangled in another "You love me, why don't you believe me" entanglement, which made her feel tired.
Liao Tingyan also had no intention of exploring the reason. Anyway, it was best for her if Sima Jiao didn't sleep, at least she could have a good rest at night. She pulled the quilt over her head, curled up in the quilt, closed her eyes and slept in a relaxed manner.