Harem Competing Raiders 3
Tao Yuan and Sun Yuan were assigned to the same room. When they entered the palace, they could not bring anything with them, and all the items they needed were brand new items just sent by the palace attendants.
Sun Yuan closed the door of the room, and the two of them prepared to change into the uniform of the servants.
Tao Yuan watched him close the door, and then went behind the screen to take off his clothes. After closing the door, Sun Yuan also walked over.
"My father told me that he took care of everything for me. As long as I act more ordinary, after three months, I will definitely become a servant, and I will be able to go home after two or three years in the palace." Sun Yuan said in a low voice.
While changing his coat, Tao Yuan said in the same low voice, "Your father still loves you. He knows that this harem is not a good place. He doesn't want to trade your happiness for family honor."
"I am average in appearance and talent, so I can't attract the emperor, nor can I please the queen mother. Even if I stay in the harem, I can't win the family any benefits." Sun Yuan poked his head out, glanced at the door, and used more The small voice said, "But you must stay in the palace. Those people think that you can only be an emperor, but I overheard my father's conversation. He said that the emperor will probably canonize you as a queen." .”
Tao Yuan said with a helpless smile, "No matter what you do, your destiny is controlled by others."
Sun Yuan sighed, "Your father is a general of soldiers and horses. The emperor and the queen mother will definitely keep you in the palace, but even if you become a queen, so what, let alone share your husband with so many people, just those in the harem A life of intrigue, if you are not careful, you will never be able to recover. Anyway, I don't want to live this kind of life at all, but there are people who regard entering the harem as great luck."
"It's just that everyone has different ideas. It's just that they can't decide their own fate, but what can they do? Although there are some who don't want to resign themselves to fate and want to fight for it, no matter what the result is, they have to bear it themselves. "
"In the future, if you stay in the palace, whether you are a queen or an emperor, you must be more careful and guard against others."
"I know, since I entered this harem, I'm already mentally prepared to face anything. But I'm not easy to bully, it should be mine, and I will never give it to anyone."
Because of the family background of the original owner, Tao Yuan had to enter the palace, and he also had reasons for staying in the palace. Because his lover is the emperor in this life, so he must stay by his side. But even if his lover is the emperor, he will never share him with other people. They can come and fight for it, but whatever the result, they have to bear it by themselves.
After they changed their clothes, they put the changed clothes in the closet, then walked to the table and sat down to drink tea and chat.
Early the next morning, they went to pay their respects to the Queen Mother under the leadership of the head of Chuxiu Palace.
All the show girls wear pink, and all the servants wear light blue. The simple and elegant style makes them look very energetic. But when everyone is wearing the same clothes, the contrast between appearance and temperament is even more obvious.
The queen mother sat on the top of the main hall, looked at the people standing below, and felt that Tao Yuan and Ye Rong were the most outstanding. Although the appearance of the other people is also very good, but standing beside the two of them, they can only be regarded as a foil.
Although they all had to learn the rules and etiquette in the palace for three months, only Ye Rong and Tao Yuan had the opportunity to receive the Queen Mother's personal instruction. This also confirmed the statement that one of the two would be the queen and the other would be the emperor, but in the hearts of others, Ye Rong would definitely be the queen.
Although the Empress Dowager knew very well, Tao Yuan would definitely be the one who would eventually become the Empress Dowager. But in the queen mother's heart, she didn't have much hope for Tao Yuan to be a good queen. She felt that Ye Rong would definitely have to help her manage the harem in the future, and at the same time, it was also to show how much she valued Ye Rong, so she also asked him to learn in advance.
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two months later.
Tao Yuan got up early as before, made a few snacks in the small kitchen with the ingredients prepared the night before, and took them to Jingshou Palace to pay his respects to the Queen Mother.
When Tao Yuan entered Jingshou Palace, the other beautiful ladies and servants were already waiting outside the palace, ready to go in to greet the Queen Mother. Because Tao Yuan made dim sum, he came later than them. The supervisor of Chuxiu Palace also turned a blind eye, because the queen mother ordered him to make dim sum.
When the others saw Tao Yuan approaching, they stepped out of the way one after another and let Tao Yuan stand at the front. Seeing the snacks in his hands, they couldn't help feeling envious and jealous.
Eunuch Liu, the chief eunuch next to the queen mother, came out and said to them, "You can go in and pay your respects to the queen mother."
The Empress Dowager had just gotten up and dressed, and was sitting upright in the main hall of Jingshou Palace, waiting for them to come in to say hello.
Tao Yuan and Ye Rong walked in the front, and the others followed them in two rows. After entering the main hall, everyone saluted the Queen Mother together, "Greetings to the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother looked at them with a smile and said, "Excuse me."
"Thank you Queen Mother."
After everyone got up, Tao Yuan took two steps forward, and respectfully said to the Queen Mother, "I report to the Queen Mother, this minister got up early today and made some appetizing snacks for the Queen Mother."
The queen mother said directly yesterday that she wanted to eat the dim sum he made, and Tao Yuan naturally made it for her.
The maidservant next to the queen mother walked over, took the tray in his hand, and sent it to the queen mother.
The queen mother glanced at the exquisite snacks on the tray and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard work, the queen mother loves to eat, it's the blessing of the courtiers." Tao Yuan said respectfully.
Just smelling the aroma of those snacks, the queen mother immediately whetted her appetite. She has had a bad appetite these days, and only the snacks made by Tao Yuan can give her appetite.
In the past two months, the queen mother has greatly changed her opinion of Tao Yuan. She feels that he is not a person who does not know the rules and has no education as she thought before. Not only was he well behaved, but he behaved generously, and he knew everything she taught him.
The most rare thing is that he still has good cooking skills, and the dim sum he cooks is many times better than that of the imperial dining room.
In the past two months, Tao Yuan has gained a lot of favor with the Queen Mother by relying on these delicacies. Although the Queen Mother still favors Ye Rong in her heart, at least now she has shown that she treats both of them equally.
The Empress Dowager just picked up the chopsticks and was about to taste the dim sum when she suddenly heard a sound from outside the palace.
"The emperor is here!"
The Queen Mother immediately put down the chopsticks, looking outside the gate.
The others also immediately stood aside, knelt down on one knee, and saluted the emperor who was striding in, "See you, Your Majesty!"
The emperor walked to the front and bowed to the queen mother to salute, "Mother queen."
The Queen Mother asked, "Why didn't you go to court?"
"The court has already retreated." The emperor replied, and then walked to the seat on the lower left of the empress dowager and sat down.
"Has the emperor had breakfast?" asked the queen mother.
"Not yet, thinking that I haven't had breakfast with my mother for a long time, so I retired early today, so I came to have breakfast with my mother." The emperor replied.
"How about the emperor try these dim sum?" The queen mother raised her hand and signaled the servant girl to share some of the dim sum in front of her with the emperor.
The palace maid carried the table and put it in front of the emperor, and then put the divided snacks on the table.
Xiao Junye looked at the dim sum on the table, then picked up a small soup dumpling with chopsticks, just put it in his mouth and took a bite, the delicious soup flowed into his mouth.
Xiao Junye was stunned for a moment and said, "Is there a new cook in the imperial dining room? I have never eaten such a delicious soup dumpling."
"It wasn't made by the Imperial Dining Room, it was made by Mu Xi." The queen mother said with a smile
"Oh?" Xiao Junye was stunned for a moment in surprise, then turned his head to look down, and seeing Tao Yuan standing there with lowered eyebrows, he couldn't help but look at him twice more. He thought to himself that after he entered the palace, he had never "coincidentally met" him, and Ye Rong, who entered the palace at the same time as him, had already "coincidentally met" him several times in the Empress Dowager's palace.
Xiao Junye thought to himself, with such good cooking skills, after he entered the palace, he didn't even give him food once. Didn't he want to draw his attention
"Try this puff pastry milk again. Not only does it melt in your mouth, but it also tastes salty and sweet, not greasy at all. The empress especially loves this."
Xiao Junye took a sip, and it really melted in the mouth, sweet but not greasy.
"You can also try this egg yolk cake, you will definitely like this taste." The queen mother said again.
"During this time, my mother must have eaten such good dim sum, why didn't I ask my son to taste it?" Xiao Junye deliberately complained to the queen mother, but he was actually praising Tao Yuan's craftsmanship.
"In the future, there will naturally be opportunities for you to eat your fill." The Queen Mother said with a smile.
The jealousy of the others was like being scratched by a cat's paw. It was painful and itchy. Since they entered the palace, they hoped to meet the emperor every day when paying their respects to the queen mother, and then he would take another look at them. Unlike Ye Rong, they can often stay in the queen mother's palace and have more chances to meet the emperor. I thought that it would be useless for them to be jealous if they were favored by the Queen Mother like Ye Rong, not to mention there is another person who must be more jealous than them.
But I didn't expect that after entering the palace, the man would be more and more recognized by the queen mother, and the queen mother would be full of praise for him for a few delicacies he could cook. Now in the conversations between the queen mother and the emperor, mother and son, they also praised his cooking skills openly and secretly.
Xiao Junye was eating happily, when he suddenly frowned, when the Queen Mother noticed it, she immediately said to the people below, "You all step down."
"promise."
Tao Yuan and Ye Rong took the lead to go out, and the others followed behind them.
After returning to Chuxiu Palace, Tao Yuan and Ye Rong looked at each other, they didn't say a word, but sparks were already shining in their eyes. After staring at each other for a while, the two turned and went back to their rooms.
The people behind looked at them, thinking that the harder they fought, the better. In the end, the emperor who fought hated both of them at the same time, so they would have more chances.
Ever since Tao Yuan entered the palace, Ye Rong felt very regretful every time he watched Tao Yuan use delicious food to gain favor with the Queen Mother. If he had known this, he should have bought a level 10 cooking skill when buying skills. . At that time, because cooking skills were too expensive, and every time he cooked, his appearance value would be reduced by a certain amount, so he didn't buy it.
But recently, he has asked his family to find a servant who is good at cooking and send him to the palace. After he becomes the emperor, he will be able to have a servant to serve him. He still felt that cooking should be done by servants. But even if he doesn't know how to cook, he has to admit that using food to gain favor is a good way, so he must not lose to him.
According to the progress of the plot in the game, the three months to be selected are the time for Ye Rong, as the protagonist of the game, to find a way to get enough of the emperor's favor. Because of the game setting, the emperor will marry Mu Xi and Ye Rong at the same time. On the night of the wedding, he will go to Mu Xi who is the queen, or Ye Rong who is the emperor. Is Rong Brush's favorability value high enough
After Tao Yuan and the others left, the Empress Dowager said to the maidservants, "Retire too."
"promise."
All the other palace maids retreated, only a few confidantes of the Queen Mother stood guard outside the hall.
"How's your health these past few days?" The Queen Mother asked with concern, "Have you had many headaches? Have you coughed up blood?"
Thinking of Xiao Junye's body, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but feel pain in her heart, even the delicious food was tasteless.
"I haven't coughed up blood in the past few days, and I only have a few headaches. It's not a special pain, but it's bearable." Xiao Junye comforted the queen mother and said, "You don't have to worry, the new medicine this time is good, maybe it can cure me. Part of the poison in the body is removed."
"It's because the queen mother didn't protect you well, it's the queen mother who hurt you." Every time this matter was mentioned, the queen mother couldn't help but want to cry.
When Xiao Junye was young, he was drugged with chronic poison. From then on, he often felt unwell, but the imperial doctor couldn't diagnose the problem. A few years later, he suddenly vomited blood and almost died. He turned out to be poisoned. Although he managed to save his life, the poisoning was too severe and there was no cure, so he could only rely on other medicines to maintain his life. Because he couldn't get rid of the poison, every time the poison occurred, his head would hurt very much. When the attack was severe, he would vomit blood.
But for so many years, the Queen Mother has never found out who poisoned him. In order not to shake Xiao Junye's status as the crown prince, and to prevent people from knowing that he might die from poisoning at any time, the Queen Mother tried a way to hide this matter until he Successful enthronement.
Xiao Junye comforted the Empress Dowager for a while, and when the Empress Dowager's mood improved, she began to change the topic, "The empress mother seems to have changed her opinion of Mu Xi. It seems that his performance after entering the palace makes the empress mother very satisfied."
"These days, the Ai family's opinion of him has indeed changed a lot. He doesn't look like a child raised by a military general's family. He not only behaves generously and decently, but also speaks with grace and demeanor. He is more like a scholar. He was brought up by the gentry of the family. At the beginning, the Ai family thought he was pretending, thinking that he would show his true colors in a short time. But in the past two months, the Ai family also saw it. If it wasn't for the habits he cultivated since he was a child, he would never be able to pretend to be like him. What's more, his good cooking skills can't be learned in a day or two."
"The queen mother was not worried about him being the queen before, but now she seems to be relieved?" Xiao Junye said.
"I can't say rest assured. I can only say that he is not as bad as the Ai family thinks. Whether he can be a queen depends on himself, whether he has the ability to survive in this deep palace. If the mother chooses The queen mother still wants to choose Ye Rong as the queen, but now she doesn't look down on Mu Xi as much as before."
"It takes time to see people's hearts. I met Ye Rong several times in the mother's harem, but I never met Mu Xi alone. From the point of being calm, I think Mu Xi may be more suitable to be a queen. "
"Really?" The queen mother was stunned for a moment and said, "Mu Xi has been in the palace for two months, and you haven't met alone yet?"
As long as Xiao Junye was in the palace and not particularly busy, he would definitely come over to pay his respects to the Queen Mother. He had met Ye Rong several times in Jingshou Palace, but Tao Yuan had never met him once, so he and the queen mother were very surprised.
In order to get enough of the emperor's favorability points as soon as possible before the wedding, Ye Rong met Xiao Junye many times purposefully. He has almost completed the strategy of King Yu, and gained a lot of goodwill from the Queen Mother. After that, the main target of the strategy is the emperor Xiao Junye, so of course he wants to meet him more often, and wants to use the protagonist's halo and appearance to attract him. He, leave an impression in his heart, and it will be easier to attack later.
But what he didn't know was that Xiao Junye, who had already changed his lining, was immune to the aura of his protagonist. When he appeared in front of him several times, it would only make him feel that he was restless and ambitious. And he didn't know what kind of incense Ye Rong used, every time he got a little closer to him, the smell made him very uncomfortable
After talking with the queen mother for a while, Xiao Junye got up to leave.
The Queen Mother also stood up and said to him, "Yesterday, Mu Xi said that the roses in Jingshou Palace were blooming just right, and he wanted to pick some roses to make flower cakes. Aijia allowed him. He must be picking rose petals at this moment, waiting for him When it’s done, the queen mother will send it to you to taste.”
The Queen Mother suddenly said such a sentence, Xiao Junye naturally understood what she meant.
During this period of time, the queen mother ate so much food cooked by Tao Yuan. Although her heart had not been subdued yet, her stomach had already been subdued. She felt that no matter whether she was satisfied with Tao Yuan before or not, at least from the looks of it now, he was still pretty good, so she wanted to create a chance for Xiao Junye and Tao Yuan to get along with each other a little bit before they got married.
This is also because Tao Yuan worked hard to increase the queen mother's favor for him, so the queen mother made such a move.
Although Xiao Junye understood the meaning of the Queen Mother's words, he still had other things to attend to, so he was going to leave directly.
Xiao Junye was walking on the corridor, and suddenly saw the figure passing by at the corner in front of him, he stopped in his footsteps, then stopped involuntarily, and said to the eunuchs following him, "Stay here, don't follow."
After Tao Yuan had breakfast, he carried a basket to the garden to pick rose petals. The days in the palace were actually quite boring most of the time. So when he didn't need to learn the rules and had nothing else to do, he would make food to pass the time, and by the way, he could gain the Queen Mother's favor.
As for Xiao Junye, he was not in a hurry, anyway, after the wedding, he was sure that he would fall in love with him soon. Moreover, only he can detoxify Xiao Junye's poison. Even Ye Rong, who is at the eighth level of dispensing skills, can't detoxify Xiao Junye's poison. What's more, in order to achieve his own goal, it would be good if he didn't poison Xiao Junye. How could it be possible? Will detoxify him.
Xiao Junye stood at the corner, looking at the picture in front of him, he suddenly froze. The person standing in the rose bush is a hundred times more beautiful than those flowers, as if the god of flowers descended, so beautiful that it is unreal.
Tao Yuan picked half of the basket of petals and thought it was almost done, so he prepared to go back to Chuxiu Palace. As soon as he raised his head, he saw Xiao Junye standing not far away, and then he was taken aback for a moment.
Without realizing it, Xiao Junye had already walked into the garden.
After Tao Yuan came to his senses, he walked over to salute him.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Xiao Junye suddenly coughed violently. He felt unwell, and was about to turn around and leave, when suddenly a fishy sweet smell rose from his throat, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, "Pfft!"
"Your Majesty!" Tao Yuan dropped the bamboo basket on the ground, and ran towards him quickly.
Xiao Junye's headache started to strike, his eyes turned black and the severe pain made him unable to stand still. Although I used to have frequent headaches before, it was rare that I had such severe headaches.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Tao Yuan supported him when he was about to fall.
Xiao Junye swayed and fell on Tao Yuan. Although he had been poisoned for many years, he was naturally tall. In addition to practicing martial arts and riding and shooting these years, his physique was still strong. He completely fell on Tao Yuan. Well, Tao Yuan's body cannot support him at all.
The two squatted on the ground together, Xiao Junye's head was weakly leaning on Tao Yuan's shoulder, he suddenly smelled a very sweet smell, this scent made him feel a lot better, he couldn't help breathing hard, wanting to inhale More scents like this.
Xiao Junye buried his face in Tao Yuan's neck and breathed hard, Tao Yuan could only tilt his head, and carefully noticed if anyone was coming this way.
The sweet smell entered his chest cavity from Xiao Junye's nose, and then spread throughout his body, his headache gradually eased, and the consciousness of his brain slowly returned.
Tao Yuan waited for him to feel better, then shook his body and said, "Your Majesty, are you okay? Do you want me to send someone to call the imperial doctor?"
Hearing Tao Yuan said that he was going to call the imperial doctor, Xiao Junye immediately woke up. Enduring the headache that he could still endure, he looked at Tao Yuan and said, "You don't need to call the imperial doctor, I'm fine."
"Your Majesty, you, look, you don't seem to be okay." Tao Yuan said looking at his pale face.
"If I say it's okay, it's okay. Don't tell anyone about this, understand?" Xiao Junye said seriously with a straight face.
"Understood..." Tao Yuan said, "I will never tell anyone."
Smelling the fragrance of Tao Yuan's body, Xiao Junye couldn't help but leaned his face towards his neck.
Tao Yuan stepped back and said, "Your Majesty, if you are like this..., it will not be good if someone sees you."
It was only then that Xiao Junye remembered that there might be maids passing by here, and it was really not good to see the two of them being so intimate in broad daylight.
The two stood up, and Xiao Junye warned him again solemnly, "Don't tell anyone what happened just now."
"No." Tao Yuan bowed his head and replied respectfully and seriously.
Xiao Junye took another deep breath, then turned around and left quickly.
Tao Yuan looked at his back, stood for a while, turned around to pick up his bamboo basket, and left calmly as if nothing had happened.