vrcanaries Chapter 39 Concubine
Chapter 39 Concubine
"Xier, come with me!" Ye Ranqing said shockingly
Hearing this, Xier exclaimed, "Ah!"
Ye Ranqing: "What's wrong?"
Xier: "It's okay, I just got pricked by a needle"
"I am not as talented as you, I just want to live a peaceful and simple life, which is enough for me."
Ye Ranqing knew that everyone had different ambitions. As the saying goes, people with different ideals cannot work together. "I was just kidding. Such a good life, with tiles to shelter from the rain and people to serve, was something I could never have imagined in the past."
Xier: "Yes! Miss, the prince really loves you. I have never seen the prince treat other women like he treats you."
"But he can't fulfill my wish of being together for the rest of my life," Ye Ranqing whispered.
Xier: "What?"
Ye Ranqing: "Nothing, maybe I asked for too much."
"My lady doesn't want anything, that's why your Highness is distressed. I've never seen you wear the embroidered and gorgeous clothes I gave you, nor have I seen you wear the jewelry and clothes I gave you."
"The prince doesn't know what to give you." Xier's eyes flashed with envy.
"It would be better to give some gold, silver and treasures." Ye Ranqing was not such an arrogant person, but those clothes and jewelry were too cumbersome to wear. It would be much more convenient if they were replaced with gold and silver. After all, it is easier to get things done with money. She had always planned to open a herbal medicine restaurant, and it would be no problem for her to revitalize the restaurant with her own abilities.
It's just that the capital is not enough. She has been saving money over the years, but the speed at which she earns money from working is too slow. She worked as a cook in the inn for a year, but she still hasn't saved enough to pay the rent.
She had thought that the prince, seeing her taking such great pains to take care of her, would reward her with some money or something, but the prince gave her clothes and jewelry all day long, the jewelry even engraved with the Qi Palace logo. She wanted to sell them but there was no place to buy them. As for the clothes, poor people couldn't use them, and rich people wouldn't wear second-hand ones.
Who would have thought that instead of making money, I got a baby. This baby can’t be taken away.
Thinking about it, Ye Ranqing felt that she was at a loss. "I have become a surrogate mother, and it's free."
"When you see the prince, tell him that I only like gold, silver, and jewelry, and I don't want anything engraved with the palace's logo."
"I dare not mention it," Xier said with a smile
"Qing'er wants gold, silver and jewelry?" Song Zhixing walked in from outside.
Xier knelt on the ground: "This servant pays homage to the prince."
“Get up!”
"Recently, I have been very busy and haven't had time to see Qing'er. Does Qing'er blame me?" Song Zhixing no longer called Ye Ranqing Sister Ranqing after he and she became husband and wife.
Qing'er called out particularly smoothly, and he was not as childish and naive as before. This performance made Ye Ranqing feel that Song Zhixing was deceiving her before, and now he was his true self.
Ye Ranqing thought to herself, "It's just as well that she doesn't come. I wonder how free she is these days."
"Your Highness, since you are busy with business, business is more important. I am fine. Xier takes good care of me. It's just that I am short of money. It's inconvenient for me to buy anything." Ye Ranqing looked at Song Zhixing with a face full of grievance.
Song Zhixing sat down next to Ye Ranqing and said, "The entire Qinghe County belongs to the Prince's Mansion. If you want something, tell the boss and put it on the account of Prince Qi's Mansion."
Ye Ranqing rolled his eyes in his heart. He really misjudged him. He thought it was a little bastard, but it turned out to be an old fox who obviously didn't want to give him money.
Seeing Ye Ranqing silent, Song Zhixing held Ye Ranqing's hand and said, "Qing'er, I can give you anything you like, even the entire palace, as long as you are willing to stay."
Ye Ranqing: "I can stay."
"Really? You really want to stay?" Song Zhixing excitedly held Ye Ranqing's hand tighter.
Ye Ranqing nodded: "However, I have a condition..."
Song Zhixing: "As long as you are willing to stay, I will agree to any conditions you ask."
"Will you grant me the position of principal wife?"
"Qing'er, is the position of the principal wife so important? As long as I am happy with you, it doesn't matter whether I have the position or not." Song Zhixing loosened his grip on Ye Ranqing's hand.
"To tell you the truth, I don't get to decide who I'll be my wife. It was decided when my mother was still alive."
"My mother is the late Empress Dowager, a woman of high moral character and prestige. As a son, how can I easily change the marriage she arranged? Do you want me to be despised by the world?"
Ye Ran had guessed early on that he wouldn't agree, and she didn't expect him to agree. "Then you can give me some monthly salary. That's not too much, right?"
When Song Zhixing heard that this was his only request, he just smiled and said, "Of course my concubine has a monthly salary. Just tell me how much you want."
Ye Ranqing stretched out two fingers
"Twenty taels, okay, I'll arrange it right away. You and I haven't gotten married yet, so you can't be the head of the palace. After we get married, how about you take charge of the entire palace's income and expenses?" Song Zhixing said excitedly.
Ye Ranqing originally wanted to say two taels of silver. You know, she only earned less than twenty taels of silver a year at the post station. Now it suddenly became two hundred taels, which was ten times more. Thinking about it this way, she could be a concubine temporarily.
She originally thought that Song Zhixing was stingy, but it seemed that she hadn't used the right method. It turned out that as long as she relaxed a little, the money would come to her.
Two hundred taels a month, that's one thousand two hundred taels for half a year. Then I can rent any shop I want and find a good-looking and obedient son-in-law...
She just had to greet the little bastard with a smile, "Just think of it as a payment!" Ye Ranqing thought and smiled widely.
Song Zhixing said, "Since we're getting married, I'll talk to Madam about picking an auspicious date. What do you say?"
Ye Ranqing, "It's not appropriate. I'm pregnant now. Getting married at this time will make people laugh at me."
"Besides, the prince hasn't married a wife yet. If he marries a concubine like me, I'm afraid it will attract criticism."
"That's right. Look, I'm so happy that I'm confused. The most important thing for you now is to take good care of yourself. We can talk about this after the baby is born..." Song Zhixing paced back and forth happily in front of Ye Ranqing.
Ye Ranqing was also happy! He had to marry his first wife before marrying her, so she had enough time to escape from the palace and live the life she wanted.
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A few months later, it was winter again.
Ye Ranqing lazily lay on the seat, stroking her increasingly bulging belly, "Counting the days, it's almost time for the birth!"
Xier, "Yes, Madam, Doctor Chu calculated the date for you to be in the middle of this month."
Ye Ranqing, "I heard that giving birth is painful, and if you are not careful, there will be two deaths."
As a modern person, Ye Ranqing has never given birth to a child, but after all, she has seen pork even if she has not eaten it.
Even with such advanced medical technology in modern times, giving birth to a child still carries a certain degree of risk, not to mention in ancient times when the mother could only rely on the midwife and the midwife, and the risk factor was greatly increased.
Although Dr. Chu always checked her pulse and found the fetus to be in the right position, she was still a little worried since it was her first time giving birth.
Xier, "Madam, your blessings are yet to come! You can't say such unlucky words. Madam, please spit three times. I heard from my mother that words won't work if you spit three times."
Ye Ranqing obediently spat three times.
"I've been feeling very lazy lately, so I won't be going to Doctor Chu these days. I'll go and tell him tomorrow."
Xier bit off the thread used to sew the hat and said, "Tomorrow I will tell Quan'an to go and tell him that Madam is about to give birth and is in poor health. I'm sure Doctor Chu will understand."
Ye Ranqing waved his hand, "No, after all, Doctor Chu is my master and taught me medical skills. In the end, I should go there in person. Please prepare some gifts for me tomorrow and I will take them with me."
Xier said, "Okay, tomorrow I will go with you, Madam, in a sedan chair."
"The gifts can't be shabby, the New Year is coming soon."
"Qing'er, who are you planning to give the gift to? I have nothing to do tomorrow, so you can go with Qing'er." Song Zhixing came in from outside and just heard Ye Ranqing talking.
"Ye Ranqing, "Doctor Chu taught me medical skills. The New Year is coming soon, so I asked Xier to prepare some gifts. I will send them tomorrow, and the cost of the gifts will be deducted from my monthly salary."
It has been more than five months since the monthly silver was first distributed, and the monthly silver is about a thousand taels, so she still has some capital to be generous. However, she added the last sentence, not really wanting to pay for it herself.
"Doctor Chu has been very dedicated to me over the years, and he has given his all to the concubine. It is only natural for him to send her a New Year gift. How can I let Qing'er pay for it?" Song Zhixing said generously.
Although Ye Ranqing felt a little awkward when she heard the word "concubine", she couldn't help but smile when she heard that she was not allowed to pay. "The prince is the prince, and Doctor Chu is my master. I should do my best."
Song Zhixing approached Ye Ranqing and said, "Of course, Qing'er, just prepare it yourself."