Everyone in my harem is talented

Chapter 195 Ice Example

The seventh prince, wearing a red bellyband embroidered with a pig pattern, was sleeping soundly in the cradle. Qinghe rocked the cradle slowly and non-stop.

"Mother, has my brother's red Qilin bellyband been sewn yet? Every prince and princess in the palace has one of these twelve zodiac-style red bellybands. I'm tired of seeing them."

"You only see your own brother, where can you get tired of him?"

Meng Wuyue burst out laughing.

"I don't care. Qilin represents peace and longevity. But I spent several days searching ancient books and personally selected the embroidery pattern for my brother. Is the efficiency of the Shangfu Bureau so low? I don't know why the evaluation last year was top-notch."

As she spoke, Princess Wuyang Qin Ronglu picked up her long-awaited brother, the Seventh Prince, who was from the same mother as her.

The Seventh Prince felt that his sleep was disturbed and his posture was awkward and uncomfortable. He did not cry out, but kept his eyes closed, frowned, and struggled completely on instinct.

He stretched out his hands and legs and flapped and kicked them wildly. Qin Ronglu almost couldn't hold down his brother who was jumping around like a ferocious carp.

In a flash, Qin Ronglu ignored the Seventh Prince's head-down posture and first locked the Seventh Prince in his arms. Then he quickly stuffed the Seventh Prince into Qinghe's arms, who was protecting him with his arms outstretched and his eyes alert. The movements were done in one go.

Qin Ronglu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Seventh Prince enter Qinghe's arms, be rocked and soon calm down.

Meng Wuyue, who heard Qin Ronglu's words, was holding a stone jar and pounding the Impatiens and alum with a pestle and mortar, and paused when he heard what Qin Ronglu said.

She was about to speak and try to get it over with, but she was frightened by the sight of Qin Ronglu fumbling with his brother in his arms. She was still in shock and speechless for a moment before Weixia answered for her.

"Your Highness, when I went to get the bellyband, someone from the clothing department said that the bellyband was taken away by Concubine Jiang who went to get her summer clothes herself."

"Concubine Jiang from Yilan Palace? Doesn't she know that it was our Luanyi Palace that asked her to make these things? Or did she feel more energetic after giving birth to the prince?"

Qin Ronglu pursed his lips and gritted his teeth. He was afraid of getting angry and scaring his brother, so he suppressed his anger and spoke in a low voice.

"Concubine?"

"Just take it, it's just a bellyband."

Meng Wuyue continued to stir the juice of the Impatiens as if nothing had happened.

"Weixia, go get me the brush for dyeing my nails. Ronglu, do you want to dye them? The pink Impatiens flowers are in full bloom in July and August. Mother picked too many and we won't be able to use so many. It would be a waste if we throw them away if we can't use them all."

"Mother, a mere noble dared to offend you, the dignified Consort Yi. You are magnanimous and don't bother with her. It's because you have a good temper. But if you don't teach her a lesson, how can you convince the public?"

Meng Wuyue smiled and said amiably:

"Why get angry? Do you think I'm easy to bully? I'm not so low as to need a little girl like you to help me."

"Has mother already taught her a lesson?"

"Not really, it's just that it's hot this summer, so ice may not be enough. The princes in Shangxiang Palace need to study, and the hot weather makes it hard for them to calm down. Don't they need ice more than the bored concubines in the harem?

I suggested that the Shanggong Bureau give some of the concubines' ice cubes to the princes."

"Won't mother's actions affect other innocent ladies? Wouldn't it cause their disgust?"

"I have used my share to make up for the other concubines, but my Luanyi Palace has two children, the Seventh Prince and Princess Wuyang, so it is not enough. It just so happens that when it comes to Concubine Jiang, there is no more.

Alas, I can only ask Concubine Jiang to spend it more frugally, and not to use up all the allocated money without any planning like in previous years, and then jump out to make trouble.

Everyone has enough, why doesn't Concubine Jiang have enough?"

"Then wouldn't our Luan Yi Palace be even more in need of ice? I don't think it's worth it just to teach a little noble a lesson."

"Except for His Majesty and the Empress, there will be no shortage of us in any other palace, silly girl."

Weixia interrupted, "Your Highness, in previous years, the Ci'an Palace was the biggest user of ice."

Qin Ronglu nodded, thoughtfully.

"From now on, Ronglu will live in his own princess's mansion. Even his parents-in-law will have to pay respect to him. The power of life and death of the servants in the mansion is in your hands. There is no need to resort to these means."