Quick, female general, I traveled through time to save my father

Chapter 179 The Maid Who Married in Place 13

As expected, Muchen lived up to his boasts and truly made his way through the various trials and tribulations! First, he successfully passed the provincial examination and made a name for himself; then, in the metropolitan examination held in the capital, he defeated all the other candidates and won first place, becoming the imperial examination champion of the dynasty.

During the palace examination, the emperor saw that he looked so much younger and more handsome than the second-place winner! So pleased was he that he personally appointed Mu Chen as the third place winner.

He was given an official position as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy to help the emperor draft imperial edicts, and from then on he was able to often accompany the emperor.

Sirong has already firmly grasped the financial affairs of Prince Duan's Mansion in her own hands.

Liu Ruyi also had her own yard, for a simple reason.

Not only did Princess Duan send someone to Li Hao, but Sirong also gave Li Hao a lot of concubines.

In this way, Liu Ruyi had to move out of the prince's courtyard. If she continued to live there, her identity would only be that of a maid.

The Prince of Duan can have a Crown Princess and a concubine.

Liu Ruyi was already very angry because she couldn't become the main wife, so of course she couldn't give up the position of concubine.

But her move was actually wrong.

If she didn't leave Li Hao's yard, she would keep a tight hold on Li Hao and not give him any free time.

The people planted by Sirong and Princess Duan are not so easy to deal with.

The two had different styles of sending people. The people sent by Princess Duan were all the maids around her, and they were specially selected because they were obedient and good at giving birth.

Sirong had previously told the princess that she had not yet had her period. In a large family, such a situation would not allow the two to consummate their marriage.

Therefore, Princess Duan is not urging Sirong to have a child now. Instead, she wants to have a illegitimate son from among these maids.

Princess Duan thought that after Li Hao had his own child, he might grow up and focus on his work.

The ones Sirong sent were all beautiful, no matter how plump or thin they were.

Moreover, Sirong also spread the word to all the maids in the mansion that no matter who it is, as long as they can climb into the prince's bed, she will make them his concubine.

This sentence gave a shot of confidence to the clever maids in Prince Duan's Mansion.

Now, no matter where you go in the backyard of Prince Duan’s Mansion, you can see girls dressed up in fancy clothes.

Putting aside other things, just seeing a group of young and energetic girls every day makes me feel a lot better.

Not to mention the several most beautiful women that Sirong found, which An Yuanhou helped her find from the brothels in Jiangnan.

Liu Ruyi has the style of a weak willow leaning against the wind, and is considerate and understanding.

Sirong looks for those who are hot and bright, as well as those who are good at singing and dancing and are good at poetry and painting.

Before An Yuanhou sent them here, his identity had already been changed to that of good families.

Moreover, they are all distant relatives of the Marquis's Mansion and Sirong's nominal cousin.

She is better than Liu Ruyi, the daughter of a minor official.

The old marquis did these things very secretly, and the people he found were all girls from the Jiangnan area, and few people in the capital knew them.

Although Liu Ruyi's current identity is the concubine's daughter of a minor official, this identity was originally arranged for her by Prince Duan himself.

She could maintain her face in front of outsiders, but when facing the prince, she still felt somewhat ashamed.

Although Li Hao said he didn't care, when he saw the concubines being carried in, his attitude was not as firm as before.

Especially the one with bright and elegant appearance, her name is Zhang Caihua.

This girl is truly unique, with an open-minded and cheerful personality, warming people's hearts like the warm spring sun.

Especially when she smiled, that smile was even brighter and more dazzling, as if it could dispel all the haze in the world.

And she also has good riding skills.

Sirong carefully arranged a coincidence, allowing this girl to have an unforgettable encounter with Prince Li Hao at the horse farm.

Li Hao stayed in Zhang Caihua's room that night.

From that day on, it was like a floodgate had been opened. Prince Li Hao, who had never gone to his concubine's room and was cold to everyone except Liu Ruyi, suddenly no longer resisted their closeness.

At first, Liu Ruyi would still show her temper to Li Hao as she did before, or pretend to be sick, in order to gain more attention and love from Li Hao.

Later, these tricks that had once worked well gradually lost their effectiveness.

If Liu Ruyi really makes too much trouble, Li Hao may even give her the cold shoulder, and the exclusive favor that belonged to her will be gone forever.

How should I put it? It cannot be said that the dignified Prince Duan has little experience.

All we can say is that he originally liked Liu Ruyi's type, and with the help of Hong Xiuzhao's madam, she devoted all her efforts to cultivating her, which made Liu Ruyi's emotional intelligence particularly high.

This was a plus point, and it made Li Hao completely lost.

When Sirong arrived, first of all, she was not like the girls from aristocratic families brought up in this dynasty, who always put their husbands first and endured everything.

Instead, it broke the situation between her, Crown Prince Li Hao and Liu Ruyi.

The girls who joined in later were all beautiful and charming, each with their own unique charm.

They are all the Crown Prince's legal concubines. In Li Hao's opinion, there is nothing wrong with favoring them. After all, Liu Ruyi often suffers from heart pain and is not in good health.

Besides, in his heart, the one he loves most is Liu Ruyi.

He favored other concubines only to let them help him have children. In the end, they would be his and Ruyi's children anyway, so what was wrong with that?

As for Sirong, in Li Hao's eyes, sooner or later he would find a way to replace her.

But Li Hao's straight-man thinking, in Liu Ruyi's eyes, was a sign that he was beginning to change his mind.

Liu Ruyi was not that sad. She grew up in a brothel and had seen too many men changing their minds.

But she is also anxious now and wants to have a baby.

If she could give birth to a boy in one go, she was 80% sure that she could squeeze out Sirong.

Li Hao had always been on her side. If she could give birth to a first son, then Prince Duan and Princess Duan would not be so opposed to her.

By then, even if she is not the Crown Prince's Consort, her status in the palace will not be shaken by anyone.

As for Sirong, since I didn't deal with her before she got married, I have to calm down and wait for the opportunity.

Don't worry too much. Life is so long, you will always find a way.

However, Liu Ruyi's plan to have a child was destined to fail.

Because Sirong had already given her sterilization drugs.

At that time, Sirong wanted to give Mrs. Zhou a loyalty pill. She thought it would be fun if this old woman who was devoted to her betrayed her one day.

However, Mrs. Zhou's willpower was so strong that she could withstand the effects of the medicine and failed.

In the end, he gave the pill to a close maidservant of Liu Ruyi, and then asked that maidservant to put the sterilization drug into Liu Ruyi's health-preserving soup.