After The Scumbag Alpha Consort Chose To Lie Flat, The Princess Rebelled - Chapter 7

After Gu Xianyu received the flowers, she was so happy that she smiled all morning. She asked someone to bring over some vases, but after choosing and choosing for a long time, she still could not find a pretty one.

“If only there were glass bottles. These bottles aren’t bad either, but the craftsmanship isn’t very good, and the technique isn’t very mature.” Gu Xianyu did not understand history, nor did she know what era this was.

Perhaps this was not the past history of the world from her previous life at all.

Because in her previous life, during the apocalypse, there had only been women and men. But here, there were Omegas, Betas, and Alphas, and each was further divided into women and men. At first, when she had to add the special category of eunuchs on top of those six genders, it had made her brain ache quite a bit.

But she did not understand much about the world of her previous life either. Before she turned seven, she had still been a child. After she turned seven, she had been locked in a cage for ten whole years. At seventeen, she had been released, and when she was eighteen, the base had fallen, and she had come here.

Gu Xianyu lay sprawled over the table, looking at the blooming winter plum blossoms. In her mind, she thought of the cool, clear bamboo fragrance she had smelled before.

She leaned close and gently sniffed the winter plum’s scent. It was also a cold fragrance, carrying a little elegant, refined flavor.

“The princess still smells better.” Gu Xianyu flicked the blossom with her fingertip. “You’re barely passable.”

Silver One was already numb. Stroke by stroke, she wrote it down, hoping Her Highness would not take her anger out on anyone else. If she had to punish someone, then just punish the consort alone.

At noon, Gu Xianyu grew sleepy again.

Although she now had her ability, the hidden illness in this body had not yet healed. For the time being, she still looked sickly, and what she felt was also exhaustion and drowsiness.

She took a short nap, got up in the afternoon to eat something, then continued lying on the table and looking at the flowers the princess had bestowed on her.

That night, Meng Qianyan received the booklet Silver One submitted.

According to the rules, if something major happened, it had to be reported immediately. If there was nothing major, a report would be submitted once every three days.

But recently, the consort had been gravely ill, and Meng Qianyan also placed particular importance on the chili peppers the consort had spoken of, so she had ordered them to report twice a day.

—The consort napped for two shichen at midday. In her dream, she shouted that she was hungry three times.

Meng Qianyan read it again. “Two shichen. Heh.”

What decent person could nap for two whole shichen?

—After the consort woke, her appetite greatly increased. She ate two bowls of bird’s nest, half a basin of venison, four steamed flatbreads, three bowls of rice, six pieces of hundred-flower cake, three cups of milk curd drink, one cup of clear tea, one bowl of chicken soup, two bowls of ginseng soup, and one box of roasted shrimp. After the meal, she went for a walk to aid digestion, holding seven strips of dried meat and eating as she walked. Once she finished digesting, she ate four pieces of dragon-whisker candy in the cool pavilion and drank half a pot of brewed tea.

“She can eat quite a lot.” Meng Qianyan silently calculated it. Even she could not eat this much in an entire day.

—The consort sat before the plum blossoms for a long time and often said, “The princess’s fragrance surpasses the winter plum.”

“Impudent!” Meng Qianyan snapped the booklet shut. “Silan.”

The person outside the door entered.

She was somewhat worried. After all, she had just heard from outside that Her Highness had flown into a rage in the study again.

After coming in, she saw the booklet Silver One had submitted in Her Highness’s hand, and Silan suddenly relaxed. It was another “impudent” caused by the consort. Then it probably was not a major problem.

“Your Highness. What are your orders?”

Meng Qianyan tossed the booklet to her. “Tell Silver One that from now on, she is not to send every messy, nonsensical thing to this palace.”

Silan opened the booklet and looked through it, then felt deeply shocked. The consort could actually eat this much?

Then she turned another page and discovered that the consort had once again said the princess smelled very fragrant.

Silan came to a realization. So it was still because of this matter.

Afterward, Silan could not make sense of it again. What exactly did the consort mean? If one said she was teasing Her Highness, her expression and words were completely frank, without the slightest hint of vulgarity.

She was like an ignorant child, saying words that made people embarrassed and angry again and again.

“Your Highness, should this subordinate go give her a warning?”

Silan asked this cautiously, then fell silent and waited for Meng Qianyan’s response.

After quite a while, Meng Qianyan’s emotions calmed. She spoke faintly. “She is this palace’s consort.”

Silan understood. The consort was still that consort, but her status in the princess’s residence could no longer be compared to before.

“This subordinate overstepped. This subordinate deserves death.”

“Enough. Go handle your duties. While you are at it, urge her about the seed-breeding matter. Do not let her idle about all day, knowing only to eat, drink, drink, and sleep. She is a consort, not a pig.”

The next morning, Silan came to Gu Xianyu’s residence.

The reason she came in the late morning was that the consort had still been asleep in the early morning.

Only after receiving permission did she walk gracefully into the room. At this moment, Gu Xianyu had just finished eating her combined breakfast and lunch, and was leisurely holding the flowers while slowly transferring ability energy into them. Just now, she had discovered that one blossom had wilted.

This was the second gift she had ever received. She wanted to preserve it.

This branch was very beautiful and also very healthy. She planned to nurture it for a while, then once it grew roots, she would plant it. After it grew up, she would be able to keep it forever.

Silan did not understand the meaning behind this. Seeing Gu Xianyu carefully tending that one branch of plum blossoms, she somehow found it a little strange.

“Consort. Her Highness sent this subordinate to ask you when the breeding of the red fruits can begin.”

“Now is fine.” Gu Xianyu reluctantly withdrew her hand.

“What does the consort need? This subordinate will arrange it at once.” Silan also cared greatly about this matter. She was the registrar of the princess’s residence. At present, the princess did not yet have a fief, but the princess had many shops, estates, and mountain forests, and all of these were managed by Silan. When it came to the people’s livelihood, she understood more than anyone else in the princess’s residence.

Gu Xianyu thought briefly. “I need a quiet, spacious place.”

“Only that?” Silan asked again. “Do you need any manpower? Her Highness has instructed that for the sake of successfully breeding the red fruits, the consort may act as she sees fit. All the people in the princess’s residence may be mobilized, and any resources needed may be taken and used at will.”

Gu Xianyu froze. “The princess is this good?”

But after thinking carefully, she really did not seem to need anything, nor did she need people to help.

In her previous life, after the old base chief passed away and she was locked up, she had only one meal of minced meat and rice porridge every day, plus one bucket of drinking water.

Although crystal cores were supplied without limit, she had to constantly accelerate the growth of grain every day. She could not retain much ability energy in her own body at all. She could only ensure that she would not faint from her ability being completely drained.

Because fainting would delay the next day’s production.

Silan considered it for a moment. Her Highness was indeed very good, but judging from the current situation, Her Highness was not truly that good to the consort. She was merely maintaining a level of dignity that could pass before outsiders.

“Her Highness is kindhearted and benevolent, so naturally, she is good.”

Gu Xianyu smiled. “Mm. She’s good.”

“Does the consort need anything else? Her Highness has instructed that this subordinate follow you for this period and be at your disposal.”

“Oh. An assistant.” Gu Xianyu rubbed her chin and thought for a long while. “Can I eat four meals a day?”

“Ah?”

“At night, add a midnight snack.” Ever since Gu Xianyu had tasted the feeling of being full, she could not endure the slightest hunger. It always made her remember her previous life, so she wanted to stay full all the time.

“Naturally, that is possible.” Silan could decide this matter directly.

The consort was originally the second master here. All the servants here existed only to serve the two masters. The master merely wanted to eat something. It was not as if she wanted to burn, kill, loot, and pillage.

Even if the master truly wanted to burn, kill, loot, and pillage, they, as servants, would still have to obediently obey.

“Do you need anything else?” Silan asked again.

Gu Xianyu shook her head. “No. Being full is already very good.”

That afternoon.

Silan found a side courtyard, then had guards surround the outside. She left two reliable maids inside the courtyard to await orders.

As for the rest, they followed Gu Xianyu’s instructions and delivered three meals a day, with the addition of one roast chicken and half a roast rabbit for her midnight snack.

“Seven days is enough.” Gu Xianyu could accelerate growth instantly, but she knew she could not be too conspicuous, so she left herself seven days.

She did not know that even seven days was still considered extraordinary for raising seedlings in the depths of winter.

Silan brought the news back to report.

Meng Qianyan was currently speaking with Yun Rou. After Silan entered, she did not immediately speak and only stood at the side.

Meng Qianyan said to Yun Rou, “This palace has noted everything you said. In a few days, this palace will have guards follow a merchant caravan south and search for it for you.”

“You must find it. That is the medicinal catalyst I need for my next research.”

“Very well. This palace will make sure they take it seriously. Once they find it, they will send it back at full speed.”

“That’s good. Thanks.” Yun Rou stood and gave a salute that was neither fish nor fowl, making Silan’s eyelid twitch nonstop.

After Yun Rou left, Meng Qianyan looked at Silan, and Silan immediately spoke. “Your Highness, everything has been arranged on the consort’s side. The consort said the seed breeding can succeed in seven days.”

“Only seven days?”

“That is what the consort said.”

“Very well. Then this palace will wait seven days.” Meng Qianyan lifted her teacup. “Does she have any other requests?”

“The consort seems to have been starved quite badly before. She eats three meals every day, and just now, she asked if another meal could be added at night.”

Meng Qianyan paused slightly in the middle of drinking tea. She slowly took a sip, then said, “Nothing else?”

“Nothing else. She only wants to eat until she is full.”

“Heh. How ambitious.” Meng Qianyan set down the teacup. “Go to the estates and see whether there are any sick, old, or crippled cattle.”

Silan’s thoughts wound around and around, then finally landed on something practical.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Since the princess had spoken, there would definitely be a cow at the estate that just so happened to be sick.

“In seven days, if the breeding succeeds, reward her with one sick cow,” Meng Qianyan said.

After thinking for a moment, Silan asked, “And if it does not succeed?”

Meng Qianyan sneered. “Punish her by withholding half.”

Silan pondered this and inwardly found it somewhat amusing. Was that not just rewarding her with half a cow anyway?

“This subordinate understands.” Silan bowed. “If there is nothing else, this subordinate will take her leave first.”

“You may go.” Meng Qianyan waved her hand. She rose and went to look at a newly obtained rare book, but no matter how she looked, her thoughts would not settle on the pages.

At dusk, after eating, Meng Qianyan took a walk to aid digestion and wandered to the side courtyard.

The guards waiting outside happened to be changing shifts. The two groups knelt together, crowding the gate completely.

“Rise. Each of you, attend to your own duties.”

After Meng Qianyan said this, she had someone open the door and entered the courtyard herself. The chill was heavy on this winter evening. Meng Qianyan drew the fox-fur cloak around herself.

After entering the courtyard, she walked through the main hall and passed through the side room. No one was attending here, so naturally, no one announced her arrival. Thus, she entered the bedroom alone.

After stepping inside, she saw that Gu Xianyu was already curled up on the bed. The thick quilt bulged into a mound, and even from outside, one could tell what shape the person inside had curled herself into.

She was probably like a child, hunching her body, hugging her knees, and burying her head against them.

Meng Qianyan then saw a vase placed on the cabinet beside the bed. Inside it was the plum blossom branch she had broken off a few days ago.

Meng Qianyan raised her brow slightly, somewhat surprised.

This flower—she had actually kept it?