Harem for a living

Chapter 10

When they arrived at the gate of Yongshou Palace, Chen Manrou obediently got out of the chariot. Seeing the little maid standing at the gate, she motioned for a glance at Jinhuan, who went over and blessed the little maid: "Sister, please go in and inform the empress. It is said that Concubine Chen has come to pay her respects."

The little maid glanced at Concubine Chen's position, saluted hurriedly, turned around and went inside.After a while, she came out again, and came to salute Chen Manrou: "My servant has seen Concubine Chen, Concubine Chen, please come in, the empress is already waiting inside."

"I'm sorry to trouble you to lead the way." Chen Manrou smiled slightly, indicating that he had rewarded Le with a purse, and then slowly followed the little palace lady in.Because of the injuries on her body, she couldn't walk fast even if she wanted to, cursing the emperor again in her heart, Chen Manrou looked around the hall with curiosity in her eyes.

First of all, the high-ranking queen, very noble and dignified, is almost the same as when she was in the draft, that is, last time she was wearing a bright yellow queen's service, and this time she was wearing a bright red slanted skirt with a golden phoenix spreading its wings .

The first person on the queen's left did not come, and Chen Manrou immediately thought of the imperial concubine who was said to be the most favored in the sixth palace.The second from the left is Concubine Shu, and the third from the left is Concubine De. These two have different looks.

Concubine Shu has a virtuous face, with willow-leaf eyebrows, phoenix eyes, oval face, combed with eight treasures falling into the clouds, and there are different hairpins on each layer, but the two sides are the same. It can be seen that the eight hairpins belong to the same set, all carved from jasper .Taking advantage of the white pearl fringe in the middle, the whole person looks beautiful and gentle.

This concubine Shu is not an ordinary one, she followed the emperor when she was in the hidden mansion, when the emperor ascended the throne, once she became a concubine, she didn't have her own heirs like a queen, nor did she have the emperor's favor like a noble concubine.My father is just the minister of Dali Temple, an official of the third rank, so he was concubine at once, which is a bit too much.

Ordinarily, this person should be the public enemy of all other women except the empress and concubine, but this person has a reputation of being virtuous and virtuous. He lived in the palace for one year and lived in the palace for three years. Not because of good luck.

The concubine Zhang Wanting has seen it before. She looks weak, has a natural white face, and the ability to cry when she wants to cry. Chen Manrou has already seen it on the day of the draft.

There will be nothing further down, and the fourth concubine is not yet Fengquan, and there are still two vacancies for the remaining women to work hard.On the queen's right hand seat, sat a rather heroic woman, with a long sword-like hairpin on her head, and a long purple silk tassel on the tail, looking clean and heroic.

Going down, Chen Manrou didn't have time to look at it anymore, so she stepped forward to salute the queen first: "My concubine, Mrs. Chen, pays her respects to the empress, best wishes to the empress."

"Get up, I feel pity for this juicy look." The empress smiled and raised her hand, signaling Chen Manrou to get up. There is no need to serve tea to a concubine in this palace, but there are rewards .

Sure enough, the next moment, Chen Manrou heard the Queen say: "Yesterday was a good day for Concubine Chen. I will have time to congratulate Concubine Chen in the future, so I will make up for it now." Saying that, she turned to look at her eldest maid, The palace lady immediately brought over a tray with a jasper lotus hairpin, matching bracelets, earrings and necklaces on it.

"This is my wish, Concubine Chen, please accept it." The Empress threw out a big gift with great wealth, and Chen Manrou knelt down in fear to thank her. Concubine Chen is a member of this palace, and she must not forget her duties that she should abide by. I don't ask you to do more, but serve the emperor with all your heart, and I am very grateful."

"Yes, my concubine would like to follow the instructions of the empress, and I will definitely abide by the rules in the future, and I will serve the emperor first in every word and deed." Chen Manrou solemnly assured that you should thank me first at this moment, because I am serving your husband .

"Okay, Concubine Chen, get up and say hello to your other sisters and sisters." The empress expressed that she was satisfied with Concubine Chen's answer, and she didn't drag the care of the emperor into her own obligation, which meant that she recognized clearly own identity.So, without further ado, Chen Manrou was asked to kneel for a while.

As soon as Chen Manrou got up, she heard an announcement at the door: "The imperial concubine is here!"

Chen Manrou shook her body in her heart, this imperial concubine was really favored, when others came in, they just announced it, and when she came in, she just reported it directly.Although there is only a one-letter difference between this report and the report, the behavior is absolutely different.

As soon as Chen Manrou finished thinking, she saw a peerless beauty walking in from the entrance of the main hall with a smile on her face.The beauty didn't wear a bun on her head, but simply wore a hollow gold headband with a ruby ​​inlaid in the middle and a ruby ​​tassel on the bottom. From one forehead to the other, it made the beauty's skin as creamy and white as snow. .Two strands of black hair hang down from the temples, and six gold hairpins protrude from the braids behind her. She is wearing a bright purple strapless, chest-length skirt, with her hands folded in front of the bow at her waist. To the thigh.

Along the way, the beautiful lady seemed to be stepping on clouds. In a more elegant way, she was graceful and graceful, floating like a fairy.It's not like a mortal at all, just like a fairy daughter descending to the mortal world.

Chen Manrou almost straightened her eyes, no wonder the emperor loves her so much, such a woman is so pleasing to the eye.

"My concubine has met the empress. My concubine greets you late, and asks the empress to punish you." The concubine did not notice Chen Manrou who was distracted at all, and only greeted the empress softly.Chen Manrou secretly glanced at the queen, oh, there is a smile on her face, not angry.

"Please, Concubine, I know that your health is not very good, but it's just a little late, I don't care about it. However, Concubine Chen has just entered the palace after all, and I want to introduce you to you sooner. As for the noble concubine, in the future, your sisters and sisters will live in harmony and serve the emperor together."

The queen smiled dignifiedly, what she said didn't look like a needle in the cotton, if it wasn't for herself, she was the one who provoked, Chen Manrou wanted to applaud the queen.

The imperial concubine is also very intelligent, and she didn't frowned to refute the queen's sister's argument, but turned her head to look at Chen Manrou with a smile, and walked over to hold Chen Manrou's hand, asking kindly: "This is Chen Manrou who just entered the palace. Sister concubine, right? I am Concubine Yang Gui, if my sister doesn’t dislike her, please call me my sister.”

Adding the word "Ben Gong" in front of this sister is not a good intention to digest.Chen Manrou was panicked, and quickly took out her hand to greet Concubine Yang: "I have seen the concubine, the concubine has a high status and is loved by the emperor, how dare the concubine despise it? The concubine must never say such a thing, in case Once people heard it, they thought it was a concubine who had no rules."

What I said sounds smooth, but something is not quite right.After all, Yang Yu'er is not stupid. After thinking about it for a while, two ironic smiles appeared on the corners of her mouth: "I made a mistake. Concubine Chen is a law-abiding person, but it seems that this palace is not following the rules."

Chen Manrou was stunned for a moment, her face full of confusion: "What's wrong with you, my concubine? I have listened to the teachings of the empress before, so I have to abide by the rules. I don't understand what the empress said."

As she said that, Chen Manrou blushed slightly: "I'm a stupid concubine. If you have something to say, please speak up. How could you be unruly? The emperor didn't confer you a concubine because of your appearance."

As soon as these words were said, the smile on the corner of the queen's mouth became a little more sincere, while Concubine Yang turned pale, and glared at Chen Manrou. She wanted to say something, but she couldn't find the right words.Sarcasm, this girl will tell you straight up, even if you argue, you won't be able to refute.If you say you are a good man, then what you said before is self-deprecating, and if you say you are not a good man, then you can be called an Israeli sex worker?

Chen Manrou shrinks her neck, turns to look at the queen, well, I offended one, we have to hug this thigh.I can't help but hug, the queen's move is too straightforward, as soon as the imperial concubine comes, she first provokes the imperial concubine and herself.The imperial concubine is smart and not fooled, so she wants to make peace with her, which is even worse.

No matter when, the thighs of the main wife are the thickest. What's more, although the current emperor loves the concubine, he will never spoil his concubine and destroy his wife. Based on this alone, there is no future for following Concubine Yang, unless the queen is dead .

Of course, the queen probably won't die easily, because her son and daughter are still young.As for the imperial concubine, she has no children.

The queen's attitude was really better, and she raised her chin to relieve Chen Manrou: "Concubine Chen, since the concubine has arrived, you should meet your sisters first."

Chen Manrou took the order, and first saluted the noble concubine, who pulled a pair of golden hairpins from her head.Then he bowed to Concubine Shu, who pulled out a pair of emerald green jade hairpins from her head.Then she saluted Zhang Wanting, and Zhang Wanting pulled a golden step shaker from her head.

Well, it's no wonder everyone is carrying so many things on their heads today. They have gained experience. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, they should bring more jewelry.

Concubine Liu's rank is as high as Chen Manrou's, but Concubine Liu is an old man in the hidden residence, and Chen Manrou is new to the palace, so naturally she has to salute.Concubine Liu readily helped Chen Manrou up: "Sister, hurry up and get up, my sister didn't bring any good things today, this bracelet is very interesting, I always carry it, and I gave it to you."

"Since it's my sister's love..." Before Chen Manrou finished speaking, Concubine Liu waved her hand generously and said, "It's okay, I can find someone to make another pair later."

Chen Manrou really never heard that gifts from senior sisters or bosses could be returned at the welcome meeting, so it was just for fun, seeing that Concubine Liu didn't care, and even accepted it immediately, the same generous pair Concubine Liu said with a smile: "Then I would like to thank my sister."

(End of this chapter)