The Slacker Consort
摆烂妃子
Synopsis
After working overtime until I dropped dead, I transmigrated into a consort of the Daqi Kingdom.
When I opened my eyes, the sky outside was dim and overcast.
Inside the bedchamber, a puffed-up Little Glutinous Rice Ball was circling me, chattering nonstop:
“Mother Consort! Third Imperial Brother memorized one more poem than I did, and the Grand Tutor praised him today! I’m going to memorize two more tonight!”
“Mother Consort! Second Imperial Sister wore a new step-shake hairpin. She said Father Emperor bestowed it on Noble Consort Chen! Why didn’t he give one to Mother Consort? Mother Consort should have one too!”
“Mother Consort, Auntie Zhang said Concubine Li snatched away your medicinal meal. That’s awful! I’m going to tell Father Emperor!”
He was so noisy.
I reached out and poked his little cheek. He jumped in alarm and shook his small head with all his might. “Mother Consort!”
I kept poking.
He kept shaking his head. “No, no!”
Poke, shake, yelp. Poke, shake, yelp.
After playing like that for a while, realization dawned on me: this child was a Little Pellet Drum.
The Little Pellet Drum threw his arms around my leg, looking pitiful. “Mother Consort, stop playing. I don’t know how to do the homework the Grand Tutor assigned. Please teach me.”
I bent down with a beaming smile. “Homework, schmomework. It’s time for us to eat.”