"Ah?" Hong Yi was startled and quickly regained her senses, "I... I just saw the General and the madam went into the kitchen, wanted to ask if they needed help..."
"The General and madam are back?" Nanny Lou frowned imdiately upon hearing this, "Weren’t they dining in the front hall?"
Hong Yi twitched the corner of her mouth and said nothing.
"Then what are you doing standing here? Aren’t you going to hurry over to serve them?"
"Well..." Hong Yi showed an embarrassed expression, "Nanny knows, when the madam and the General are together, if they don’t call for anyone, they generally don’t want to be disturbed... so I didn’t dare to go over..."
Nanny Lou glanced at the kitchen, then nodded: "If that’s the case, don’t just stand here, if madam needs assistance, she’ll call for it. Go gather everyone, it’s ti to distribute the monthly pay."
Hong Yi glanced at the kitchen, then turned around to call people.
In the kitchen, Yang Ruxin and Gu Qingheng naturally heard the conversation outside, but didn’t take it seriously, each holding a bowl of egg noodles while eating.
"I didn’t expect your cooking skills to be quite good." Yang Ruxin ate with satisfaction. Strictly speaking, this was the first ti Gu Qingheng cooked for her.
Even in this ancient ti, let alone the 21st century, many n wouldn’t bother to cook a al for their wives, so a man like this was worth entrusting her life to.
"Compared to you, I’m still far behind. In the future, I will slowly learn, and anything you want to eat, I’ll make for you."
"I’ll rember that." Yang Ruxin smiled radiantly, truly happy.
After their playful banter, the people outside also moved away from the kitchen, allowing Yang Ruxin to glance at Gu Qingheng: "It’s understandable for Xiao Jin to keep an eye on us, but I can’t figure out what’s up with Virtuous Concubine. She doesn’t even have a son, could it be that she wants to beco the next Wa Zetian?"
"I can’t understand it either." Gu Qingheng’s expression grew solemn, "But I did manage to dig up so information these days."
"Tell about it."
"...Cui ng and Xiao Jin are from the sa hotown and entered the palace together, but Cui ng first gained the Emperor’s affection, even his exclusive favor, so soon she was pregnant. Unfortunately, shortly after, she slipped and the child was lost... Later, during one drunken night, the Emperor favored Xiao Jin, and fortunately, she got pregnant too, giving birth to Prince Yun the following year, and was then titled Virtuous Concubine..."
Yang Ruxin couldn’t help but sigh, such brutal palace struggles.
"However, when Xiao Jin was about to give birth, Cui ng and the then Consort Hui, Hui Jianing, were also pregnant at the sa ti, and later gave birth on the sa day. The Emperor, pleased, granted Cui ng the title of Virtuous Concubine, but..."
Yang Ruxin raised her eyes, was there more to the story?
"But her son died before his first full month..."
Yang Ruxin frowned: "This woman has suffered enough tragedy."
"The Imperial Physician at the ti said the child had a congenital weakness, caught cold, and couldn’t be saved. Actually, what I later uncovered was that the child was likely poisoned... this was actually thanks to your connection, because Hen Ziyue likes you, Hen Yizheng ntioned it to , but at that ti it wasn’t him who treated the child, it was another old Imperial Physician. Unfortunately, that Imperial Physician soon retired to the countryside, probably no longer around..."
Yang Ruxin took a deep breath: "Poisoned? Could it have been Xiao Jin? But such a small child..."
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