Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 727 Drinking alcohol with Ye Ge_1

Chapter 727: Chapter 727 Drinking alcohol with Ye Ge_1

These palace maids and eunuchs may seem like passing bystanders, but in reality, they are carefully orchestrated by the masters of various palaces in order to check on the state of the Virtuous Concubine.

Upon their return, these palace maids and eunuchs have something to report:

For instance, to Concubine Ning Liangpin of the harem, her own servants cautiously stand before her to report:

"Your Highness, the Virtuous Concubine has returned to the palace, she appears to be very exhausted."

"Very exhausted?" Ning Liangpin’s face is filled with annoyance, what does this exhaustion imply? It implies that she has received the most favor, it’s truly frustrating.

Having been in the palace for so long, she was only summoned once. The one and only time was spoiled by her own nerves. She trembled uncontrollably from head to toe as soon as the Emperor lay down. At the mere touch of the Emperor, she became unspeakably nervous. Sensing this, the Emperor immediately had the eunuchs send her back.

Ever since then, her placard has never been turned over again. Ning Liangpin was filled with regret.

Every time Ning Liangpin thought of her own beauty failing to win favor while the Virtuous Concubine’s placard was chosen daily, she became incredibly irritated.

At this moment, a eunuch arrived to report, "Your Highness, the cucumbers you requested yesterday have been reported to the Siyuan Bureau. However, they say that the demand for cucumbers these past few days has been too high and our palace has temporarily run out, we’ll have to wait until tomorrow."

The usually domineering Ning Liangpin, already irritated, couldn’t help but burst into a rage when she heard that there were no cucumbers left: "The Emperor does not favor me, and even a small bureau like the Siyuan Bureau does not have me in their eyes. Are we, concubines who do not receive favor, supposed to be bullied?"

The palace maids and eunuchs were panicked and quickly knelt down, "Your Highness, calm down!"

"Summon the person in charge of Siyuan, I want to ask him if the cucumbers are really out, or if they were distributed to others first and ran out by the time they got to me. As a respectable concubine, am I not in charge of even a small Siyuan?"

...

Although spring is nearly over, the northern winds still howl fiercely, with some accumulated snow yet to fully melt.

Yege has been leading the army for over a month. Under his leadership, Shouchun City was retaken from the Huns in half a month. When Shouchun City was first invaded by the Huns, the citizens lived under oppression, enslaved, and the Huns committed all kinds of atrocities. Now that it has been recaptured, the scattered citizens returned upon hearing the news. For a time, the city was filled with joy. Even those whose homes had been plundered by the Huns celebrated heartily with the soldiers in the city.

But Yege could never accept anything from common folk, he issued an order forbidding anyone from taking even a single grain from the people. Any violators would be subject to military law.

However, when the imperial court learned that Shouchun City had been recaptured, they quickly sent a batch of food - rice, meat, and wine - as rewards for the soldiers’ hard work.

Since it was given by the imperial court, Yege did not hold back. He allowed his soldiers to celebrate within the camp, feasting on meat and wine, delighting in the merriment.

Yege picked up a jar of wine, went around to personally toast the soldiers one by one, "Here, brothers, a toast to you. You’ve all worked hard, drink up. Let’s take Tiandu City within a month, and show those Huns the might of our Dajin’s army, we are no less than them!"

The lower-ranking soldiers, usually overlooked, were shocked and excited that Yege himself was toasting to them. They felt valued and were thrilled, raising their cups in unison to drink with Yege.