The Little Consort's
Eps. 3: Poor Concubine

In a land that was not recorded in this history, Li Anlan could only rely on himself to survive. Since Li Anlan in this world was an unrecognized concubine, he decided to carry on with the role.

For him, being estranged was safer and more enjoyable. She just needs to be a showgirl concubine who every month receives a salary and alimony to keep her life.

Li Anlan would not compete with other concubines. He will try so that he never met let alone be the king's favorite. For Li Anlan, being a darling was a great disaster. Li Anlan's happiness came not from affection, but from the money he earned. Li Anlan would not beg for love with anyone, especially the king, a husband he had never met.

The woman took out her entire backpack on the floor. Fortunately, the backpack is waterproof so that the items are not wet when at the bottom of the lake. The expensive backpack he bought with his savings for a year. The price exceeds the price of a cell phone.

So, Li Anlan could not let the backpack just disappear. That big backpack went flat when all the contents came out. All his stuff is intact. Li Anlan took out a small, round-shaped object that was closed. Close the thing and then open it.

“Yesterday this thing died. Now why live again?”

Li Anlan closed the compass. Strange, the compass is alive again. His needle twitched as he twirled the compass in all directions. As he was on the climbing path, the compass died. Now, it is miraculously alive again, along with its life itself in this strange world.

The woman picked up the instant noodles she always carried with her every climb and brewed them with hot water that she carried in a small flask. His stomach was rumbling from last night. This servant and eunuch inside Xingyue Palace did not give him any food other than bland tea water. They said, Li Anlan had to diet so that his body would become thin so that the king could be attracted to him. If the king was interested, then Li Anlan would be lucky.

Huh! Any luck? Not lucky, but lucky!

While enjoying his instant noodles, Li Anlan observed every form of his body in the large mirror. Although his body was a real body, but here, he was indeed a little fat. Li Anlan's character in this world seems to like eating so much that he does not realize the change of his body shape. It was only fitting that the waiter and eunuch told him to diet. In the modern world, Li Anlan was always free to enjoy any food. He can eat up to five times a day when he wants. The portion of the meal is also very large, but his body remains slim because he diligently exercises and trains his physique.

“Mistress, what strange worm did you eat?”

Xie Roulan entered carrying Li Anlan's ration of food.

“Ah you happened to come. Bring me that food.”

Li Anlan looked at the two small bowls of white rice and vegetables. A small portion like this is only able to prop her stomach for a quarter of an hour. Li Anlan stuffed the white rice into the instant noodles she had already brewed. Now, that portion of instant noodles has doubled.

“Mistress, what's wrong with your forehead?”

Xie Roulan pointed at his employer's forehead wrapped in cotton and plaster. When Li Anlan returned from the lake last night, the blood on her forehead had already frozen. The woman immediately pulled out the P3K box she always carried with her whenever she went hiking, because she knew accidents could never be predicted. Li Anlan cleaned the wound with alcohol, then dripped the betadine liquid and covered it with cotton. This wound treatment technique is very easy and anyone can do it.

“The salary of each concubine is different depending on the level. Since Madam is a low-level concubine who only has the title of concubine, your salary is only around one hundred and fifty taels of silver per month. The allowance is about twenty-five taels, so the total is one hundred and seventy-five taels.”

Li Anlan complained. In this world, she turned into a very poor concubine. One hundred and seventy-five taels of silver were enough to eat for two weeks. Although the food here is free, but Li Anlan will die of boredom because of that menu. The food supplies in his mountain backpack were few and he could not tell or share them with anyone.

“How about my family money?”

“They completely forgot? The madam was the daughter of the Noble Li Han. Since you entered the palace and your parents died, no one has given you any more money.”

Li Anlan complained again. Li Anlan in this world is a very poor concubine. Being an orphan and the poorest concubine was his misfortune in his lifetime. Li Anlan stared at the items in his room. There were no dazzling luxury items, no precious antiques.

“The girl has no talent until not a single young man comes to propose to you. In order to save your reputation and the reputation of the family, Lord Nobles Li Han sent you to the palace as a concubine of the king.”

Is this waiter complimenting you? Or insulting? Why did Li Anlan feel that this personal servant was revealing the misfortune and misfortune that had happened to him?

Li Anlan was sick of hearing all the bad stories about his life story in this world. There was not a single part that made him feel comforted because he became a Li Anlan. The woman told Xie Roulan to stop talking. Li Anlan even pushed him out and drove him away.

When no one was watching him, Li Anlan opened a box containing a cell phone and a headset. The phone is also water resistant. The price is three times the price of his backpack. Li Anlan jumped up and down as soon as the sound of her favorite music sounded. It is also good, he said in his heart.

Without him noticing, someone was watching him from the roof. The man was dressed all in black with his face also covered in a black cloth. The ability to hide oneself is so great that no one can see it. That person's luck increased because the servants and eunuchs in Xingyue Palace were very few.

Feeling informed, the man dressed in all black then jumped off the roof without a sound and ran as fast as lightning to report something he got to someone who commanded him. That person disappeared behind the lush trees behind Xingyue Palace.

Not long after the departure of the man in all black clothes, came people dressed all in white. Because of the white, milk alone loses its color. The white man also alighted on the roof of Xingyue Palace to drink wine while watching the people below him. The empty wine bottle the white man threw into the courtyard of Xingyue Palace causing a sound.

Even though the voice was loud enough, there was still no one to hear or notice it. The white man then shook his head. The white man's face was flushed with drunkenness. His balance was lost until he rolled over to greet the brown tiles from the clay covering Xingyue Palace. The body of the white man fell right near the broken bottle of wine thrown earlier, followed by a voice of a startled cry from a woman.

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