Pregnant Before the Royal Marriage-Chapter 853 - : Annoying me_1

Chapter 853: Chapter 853: Annoying me_1

But Li Yuanyuan, the Side Concubine, was a very competent woman, an expert in managing accounts and dealing with mundane affairs. All the needs and issues in the East Palace, such as food, clothing, housing, traveling, and household maintenance, were immaculately taken care of.

Jiang Ning was happy to give her the reins, allowing herself to enjoy leisure and freedom.

She liked being in a high position, but she wasn’t fond of fretting over everything herself. After all, what else would those serving her do?

Given Li Yuanyuan’s competence, finding some tasks for her also prevented her from becoming bored and creating unnecessary problems for herself.

Li Yuanyuan was aware that the Princess Consort must have placed a lot of trust in her in order for her to handle the affairs of the East Palace, and so, she was truly grateful.

She paid her respects every morning and evening, and also took good care of Jin Man.

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As for the children, Li Tingqian was a bit older now. He spent each day studying with the scholars at the Elegance Palace, and both Wenzan and Lingzi followed him there too.

Now that the glamorous Chief Lin had come to the Elegance Palace, they were even more excited.

This left Jiang Ning even freer.

She couldn’t just stay in her room eating and sleeping all day. The Imperial Palace was so large, and since the weather was good, she would go out for a stroll. She would roam from one Highness’s residence to another.

Wherever she went, she was warmly welcomed.

She didn’t really care who was genuine and who was just pretending.

She was simply killing time, visiting from place to place.

While doing so, she also appreciated the beauty of the three thousand beauties in the Emperor’s harem.

Given her status, she usually saw only those concubines of higher positions. There were also many thrown-in-the-shadows concubines who had never seen the Emperor’s face, let alone served him.

Some concubines were stuck living with others their age, with no personal attendants, simple living conditions without any attention from eunuchs or maids, and no rewards or title promotions either.

Although they were technically the Emperor’s women, in reality, their lives were only marginally better than that of lifetime prisoners.

During her strolls, Jiang Ning would meet such people multiple times a day.

It was truly pitiful.

Some lived in bad conditions with damp and dark rooms, suffering from illnesses. If Jiang Ning could help them, she would. But if she couldn’t, there was nothing she could do.

After all, she was not the Empress, and technically, these were not her affairs to meddle in.

After having walked around for most of the day, on her way back, she passed by Crystal Frost Hall and decided to go in, much to the surprise of Gufeng who had no time to stop her.

He was lost for words.

This was the Emperor’s sleeping quarters!

She couldn’t just walk in as she pleased like she did with lower-ranked concubines’ quarters!

The eunuchs at the door were used to her and knew that the Emperor never refused her audience. Nevertheless, they still went ahead and announced her arrival as was customary.

As expected, the Emperor, upon learning of the Princess Consort’s arrival, immediately allowed her in.

Jiang Ning walked in with hands at her back, but as soon as she got a whiff of the medicinal smell, she immediately covered her nose and stepped back, saying, “I can’t stay in here with this smell. Take care, old man, I have to leave.”

“You come back here.”

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The Emperor put down his bowl and scolded her with a laugh, “These are supposed to be sweet fragrances, but why does it seem like they smell worse than shit to you?”

“I wouldn’t know about that. After all, I’ve never eaten shit.”

“…You scoundrel, why do you keep showing up here every few days just to annoy me? You just do whatever you want! Are you truly that idle? Don’t you have more important things to do?” The Emperor slammed his hand down on the table.

“No, I don’t.”

“You — ” The Emperor was at a loss for words.

There were very few people in the world who could speak to him like this with such audacity.

Since he had never encountered this kind of situation before, the Emperor was momentarily unsure of what to say next.