Favored Concubine

  She couldn't see Rui Cheng anymore after running out, and Yuwen then covered her chest to catch her breath, feeling like her heart was going to jump out. How did he suddenly come up with such a sentence? She thought he didn't quite understand, but it turned out that he knew everything. It seemed that she had indeed been too careless, thinking that he was still young and might not be very clear-headed. But in the imperial palace, who is truly a child?

  I don't even know how I behaved just now. She was really surprised at the time and didn't know how to react, so she could only pretend to be shy and muddle through, it's all over for her, she can't say anything either.

  She smoothed her hair, Yu Wei adjusted her clothes and complexion, then walked into the palace with a joyful expression. Cai Wei smiled and asked: "Is the young lady back? Where did you go to play, with sweat all over your head, hurry up and wipe it off."

  Wan Yu took over the handkerchief and wiped away the sweat on her forehead, smiling at her, "Thank you, Auntie."

  Jing Fei walked out of the inner chamber, the Emperor had already left. "Where did you all go to play? Why are you sweating so much?" She lovingly pulled Yan Yu to help her wipe away her sweat.

  Wen Yu smiled shyly, "Brother took me to see his little dog, a small white ball of fluff, so cute, and when it walks, it wags its tail." She gestured with her hands and feet to describe the cuteness of the little dog, her face flushed with a hint of baby fat, looking very adorable.

  "Where's Rui Cheng? Has he run off again?" Jing Fei glanced outside but didn't see her son.

  "Empress Dowager, what bad things are you saying about me again?" Rui Cheng walked in from outside.

  Jing Fei suddenly lost her smile. "I asked you where you went? Look at this sweat, Cai Wei, go and pour them a cup of tea."

  Wan Yu took advantage of their absence to quietly open the box she had brought with her, inside which were several small boxes. She arranged them in front of Jing Fei like a treasure, "Aunt, I made these rouge and powder myself, take a look, are they good?"

  Jing Fei gave a polite smile as she opened it and took a sniff, dabbed some rouge on her hand to check the color, then looked at the water powder, applied a bit on her hand, nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad, this color looks good. Last time's was too red, except for formal occasions, can't use it otherwise, too gaudy."

  "This time I made peach blossom red, this is light pink, can be used at ordinary times, this water powder is very moist, not a very white color, with a little bit of purple jasmine seed, wipe on the face white and translucent red, looks great." Yuwen wiped a little bit on her face to show her.

  Jing Fei compared her left and right cheeks, nodded with a smile, "Really, I'll try it tomorrow too. The things you gave me are all very useful, they asked me how I did it, but I won't tell them." She proudly raised her chin.

  Wan Yu covered her mouth and giggled, "Auntie, don't tell them that this is an old recipe I found in a book. It took me a lot of effort to make it, and it's not cheap either. It wouldn't be worth it if outsiders got it for free."

  Jing Fei also nodded happily, "Mmm, you're right. The pastries you gave me last time smelled so good, the light flavor even impressed the Emperor." She couldn't help but laugh out loud.

  Wanyu was a flower demon, and she had an extremely accurate grasp of the characteristics of various plants and trees. As a result, every time she gave gifts, she could always find the right thing to tickle Jingfei's fancy, or else Jingfei wouldn't have been so fond of her.

  Rui Cheng watched as the Queen Mother was coaxed into smiling by Wan Yu, and couldn't help but smile and shake her head. The little girl was clever, but also timid like a mouse.

  The sky slowly darkened, Cai Wei came and went, saying, "Your Majesty, Ma Niang sent someone to say that a moment later, Wang Niang will be waiting at the palace gate."

  Wanyu immediately stood up upon hearing this, "Auntie, I should be going now. I'll come back to visit you again tomorrow."

  Jing Fei didn't stay, nodded her head, "Good child, follow your Wang Ayi back, Rui Cheng, you see them off, don't let those with no eyesight (idiomatic expression for people who can't appreciate good things) be present."

  Rui Cheng stood up and nodded silently, sending Yuanyu out of the Yonghe Palace. On the way, he quietly glanced at Yuanyu and said in a low voice: "I like the fan bag very much, next time embroider a purse for me, I want it to have flowers."

  Wan Yu's face was slightly red, oh dear! She shook her head slightly and lowered it, not daring to look at him. This is really troublesome, mother will scold me.

  Rui Cheng's face was sullen as he pursed his lips, suddenly reaching out to pinch her earlobe. He looked around and saw that the attendants were all far away before lowering his voice to say, "You won't embroider for me?" His tone carried a hint of menace.

  Wan Yu thought that her big brother was still by his side as a study companion, and in two more years he would be able to go to the department to do errands. She didn't want to offend him, so she said awkwardly: "Embroider something else." Her voice was soft and delicate, her small face under the sunlight had a radiant glow, like beautiful jade, tender and enticing.

  "I just want flowers, will you give them to me?" Rui Cheng's face turned cold, his bad temper flared up, and his voice also cooled down, his patience was almost exhausted.

  Wan Yu pouted, her eyes shining with unshed tears as she glanced at him quickly, nodding slightly, "Mm."

  Rui Cheng smiled contentedly, tugged at her little braid and said with a very good mood: "Next time I go to find you, will you be good? I'll bring you nice things, fun ones." He seemed delighted again, softening his tone to coax her.

  Wan Yu glared at him, turned her head away, with an air of "I don't care about you". Rui Cheng smiled and said, "If you're not interested in me, I can give my sister to you instead?"

  Wan Yu turned her head around with a scowl and glared at him, her expression furious. "You dare to? If you send me away, I'll never speak to you again."

  "If you have it, I want a copy too." Rui Cheng took advantage of the opportunity to open his mouth.

  Wan Yu was silently holding back her breath, neither responding nor speaking up. Rui Cheng also knew that this was the limit, she had a small temper and was afraid of others gossiping, the little girl was very concerned about saving face, fearing that others would say she was trying to curry favor with herself.

  "Alright, I won't tease you anymore, I have an embroidered purse to work on."

  Wan Yu smiled slightly and nodded slightly, with a hint of reproach in her eyes.

  They soon arrived at the palace gate and saw Wang and Ma. Rui Cheng hastily bowed to Ma, "Auntie is well, why did you trouble yourself to come?"

  "No big deal, it's rare to see old sisters, we just chatted a bit more. You guys hurry up and go, don't be late, it'll be dark soon." After finishing, she gave Rui Cheng and Wan Yu a meaningful glance.

  Rui Cheng put his fist to his lips and coughed lightly, "Mother said I should see my cousin off."

  The old woman smiled with a hint of kindness in her eyes.

  The queen smiled and said to Ma Niangniang: "I'm leaving, you must insist on using that medicine, use it up and I'll send more in, that's personally made by Yuwen Yuxuan, I only gave it to you after trying it myself."

  Ma's mother also had the same waist and leg rheumatism, Wang's mother was cured by Yuwen with a few doses of medicine and a point of Lingquan. Wang's mother brought in the remaining few doses for Ma's mother to use, which is also considered as paving the way for the child.

  The old woman just smiled and winked at her, "Alright, you old thing, I know this is your heart's desire. You make me sound like a tigress, hurry up and go, seeing you annoys me."

  The old lady Wang hehe smiled twice, "You must use it, her wet nurse's family is a Miao doctor, the prescription is very powerful, you try it and you will know."

  "I understand, nagging." Ma Niangniang smiled and shook her head as she saw them off.

  Hua Hua needs everyone's motivation.