Harem Daily Life

Chapter 224: Losing your temper is also cute

Gu Yi picked a docile horse, carried little Jinan on it, climbed onto the horse himself, held the child in his arms, and ran slowly around twice.

"Wow - I'm riding a horse! I'm so tall on the horse!" The excitement on Xiao Jinan's face was beyond words, and Tao Yanyan seemed eager to try it too.

After running another round, they stopped and Gu Yi picked up little Jinan and landed him steadily on the ground.

"Mother, riding a horse is so much fun, do you want to try it too?" Little Jin'an shared his joy.

Tao Yanyan looked at the horse. It was a bit high and he didn't know if he could climb up it.

Gu Yi smiled: "I'll help you up, just hold on to the rope and you won't fall down."

Tao Yanyan was indeed moved. She followed Gu Yi's instructions, stepped on the stirrups, and got on the horse with Gu Yi's help. Gu Yi patted the horse's head and said, "Go slowly, don't let anyone fall."

The horse seemed to understand what he said and walked very slowly. Gu Yi held the reins and led her around the field.

"Sorry, I made your shoes dirty." The soil in the horse farm was a little muddy because of the snow. Gu Yi didn't ride a horse, and after walking around, his shoes were covered with mud.

Gu Yi smiled indifferently: "Are you feeling better now?"

Tao Yanyan was stunned and said with a pouty face: "Who said I was in a bad mood? I'm fine!"

Gu Yi looked at the servants in the distance: "Did he make you angry? Don't worry, you can pour out your troubles to me, and I won't tell anyone." Apart from that man, who else could make her emotionally unstable?

Tao Yanyan sighed. She really needed to vent the anger in her heart, so she whispered: "A concubine harmed me, but he didn't help me. He knew that I was wronged, but he didn't stand on my side. It's quite... angry."

Gu Yi suppressed the dark light in his eyes: "Who is the person who harmed you?" If he couldn't enter the palace to seek justice for her, he could still find trouble with the concubine's family outside the palace.

"Xian Fei, when he suppressed the rebellion, Xian Fei's brother died because he saved him, so he couldn't bear to punish Xian Fei because of their affection. Whenever I confronted Xian Fei, he was always partial." Tao Yanyan finished speaking and sighed again: "Although he values affection and is a kind of virtue, I can't understand it. Am I too petty?"

Tao Yanyan looked at Gu Yi with big eyes and a little confusion.

Gu Yi was amused by her appearance: "It's normal for girls to have some temper. Besides, if you just swallow your anger, can you live a good life? If you lose your temper a little, others won't dare to look down on you."

Tao Yanyan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Are you instigating me to quarrel with him and lose my temper?"

Gu Yi choked and coughed lightly: "How dare I? I... just... thought of my sister. I felt that Concubine Tao was about the same age as my sister. They were both young girls. Even if they lost their temper, they were still cute."

Tao Yanyan blushed when she was suddenly praised for being cute. "By the way, is your sister okay? Did the Marquis go to the Shu family to avenge your sister?"

Gu Yi smiled and said, "I heard that the son of Lord Shu's concubine's sister was stopped in the alley outside Miaoyin Pavilion last night and severely beaten, but the perpetrator was not caught."

Tao Yanyan felt a little better, feeling that he had gotten some revenge.

After walking four circles and chatting with Gu Yi for a long time, Tao Yanyan dismounted and said, "Thank you, General Gu, for bringing Jin'an and me here to play today. It's getting late, so we have to go back."

Gu Yi nodded, took out a handkerchief, squatted down, and wanted to use the handkerchief to wipe her shoes and brush off the sticky dirt.

Tao Yanyan felt a little uncomfortable, and Dong Fang immediately stepped forward: "Let me do it!" Dong Fang was quick to take over Gu Yi's work and finished wiping it in no time.

Gu Yi was a little embarrassed: "It's all my negligence. The horse farm is muddy. Please go back and be careful on the way."

Gu Yi escorted the person to the carriage, then rode beside him on horseback and personally escorted him to the outside of the palace gate before leaving.

When Tao Yanyan came back with his men, Qingfeng and Mingyue immediately handed the hot water bottle to the two masters.

Qingfeng said, "Eunuch Zhang was ordered to send a vase over, saying that it would look best with some winter plum blossoms in it. I have already gone to the Imperial Garden to cut a few winter plum blossoms and put them in the room of the Concubine."

Tao Yanyan returned to his room and immediately saw the vase of winter plums. He said calmly, "The plum blossoms and snow are fighting for spring and are unwilling to give in. The poets put down their pens and stop commenting. The plum blossoms are three points less white than the snow, but the snow is less fragrant than the plum blossoms."

Seeing that Concubine Tao was not in high spirits, Qingfeng glanced at Mingyue and asked her to think of a solution.

Mingyue was also at a loss. Concubine Jieyu had never been angry for such a long time like this time.

"Put this bottle away. No need to put it out. In the future, all these conciliatory rewards of giving a slap in the face and a sweet date in return should be stored in the storeroom. You can use them to reward people in the future so that they won't be an eyesore."

After saying that, he went into the inner room to change his clothes.

Qingfeng and Mingyue looked at each other and frowned deeply.

Before dinner, Tao Yanyan asked Chang Tai to close the palace gate early, so when He Linzhang came, he was locked outside.

Eunuch Zhang looked at the emperor's face and wanted to go forward and knock on the door. He Linzhang said, "It has always been open at this time, and there were even voices of laughter inside. It is closed so early today. Doesn't it mean you don't welcome me?" Feeling that his dignity as an emperor was challenged, He Linzhang returned to the Qinzheng Hall with a gloomy face.

Inside the door, Chang Tai and Dong Fang were waiting. If someone knocked on the door, they would open it and let the person in. Unfortunately, after waiting for a while, no one came forward to knock on the door. The emperor and his entourage just left directly. The two were speechless.

"What should we do? No one is giving us a way out. Is Concubine Yu going into a confrontation with His Majesty?" Dong Fang scratched his head, feeling a little anxious.

Chang Tai frowned: "Jieyu is usually kind and doesn't take things to heart. She is so angry this time, it means she has really been irritated. Let's go first, it seems that we can rest early tonight."

It was cold at night, so the two of them didn't stay in the gatehouse for long and went back to the house early.

After Tao Yanyan coaxed little Jin'an to sleep, she went to the study. She wrote down some ideas about business and did not fall asleep until late at night.

On He Linzhang's side, the deserted Qinzheng Hall seemed even more deserted during the New Year holidays.

"What time is it?" He Linzhang couldn't sleep, so he asked the eunuch who was on guard nearby.

The young eunuch rubbed his sleepy eyes and said, "Your Majesty, it's already Chou hour." It would be dawn in a few hours, but He Linzhang still had no desire to sleep.

He simply put on his clothes, got up and found a book to read.

The young eunuch didn't dare to disturb or persuade him, so he could only wait on the side, yawning.

It was almost five o'clock in the morning when He Linzhang went to bed, and when he woke up, it was almost noon.

Eunuch Zhang knew that His Majesty had not slept all night, so he did not dare to disturb him in the morning. Fortunately, only the Queen sent someone to invite His Majesty to have lunch, and there was no movement in other palaces.

"Then let's go to Fengyi Palace." After He Linzhang finished washing up, he got on the imperial sedan chair. "Did you leave the palace again today?" The person he asked was naturally Concubine Tao of Changle Palace.

Eunuch Zhang immediately replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, early in the morning, Concubine Tao took the Second Prince to the Imperial Manor outside the city, saying that they might have to stay there for a day."