Harem for a living

Chapter 103

"Your Majesty, the slaves have already inquired. There are three outstanding girls in this class." Jin Huan entered the door, saw Chen Manrou reading a book with the fourth prince in her arms, and quietly approached her, and replied in a low voice.

"Which three?" Chen Manrou put down the book, pinched Xiaosi's hand that wanted to grab the book in his palm, and Xiaosi said ah ah a couple of times unwillingly, Chen Manrou took the hand bell that was on the side and gave it to him, Only then was he satisfied, and shook the bell vigorously.

He laughed and watched Xiao Si play around, and at the same time distracted himself from answering Chen Manrou's question: "One is Fu Jinyao, the daughter of Grand Master Fu's family, and the other is Chang Wenli, the daughter of Lord Yin Chang of Shuntian Prefecture. One is Cui Yinger, the daughter of Master Cui, Minister of the Ministry of War."

Chen Manrou blinked: "Cui Yinger?"

"Yes, ma'am, this girl Cui is very famous. It is said that although she is not as beautiful as Miss Fu, she is superior in her temperament. She is superb with a long whip. The three second-class guards combined are no match for Miss Cui." .”

Jin Huan hurriedly said that Chen Manrou didn't care what kind of person Cui Yinger was. What she cared more about was that Cui Yinger's father was Minister of the Ministry of War and belonged to a first-rank Beijing official. Not to mention that the third grade is two heads higher than that, and he is just in charge of his father.

"How old is this Cui Yinger?" Chen Manrou stretched out her hand and tugged the rattle in the fourth prince's hand to prevent him from stuffing it into her mouth. She looked sideways at Jin Huan and asked, Jin Huan frowned slightly: "Miss Cui this year 17 years old, Miss Fu is this year, and Miss Chang is also this year."

"Seventeen, the same age as flowers." Chen Manrou repeated it in a low voice, and then asked with a smile: "Is Cui Yinger going to enter the palace?"

Jin Huan hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "The servants found out that most of the show girls this time are going to enter the palace, and these three are no exception. Miss Fu is a kind person. To have a reputation for being gentle and kind to others..."

Chen Manrou sneered and raised her eyebrows: "What about Miss Chang?"

"Ms. Chang is a talented girl. It is said that she read the three-character classic at the age of three, began to read the Four Books and Five Classics at the age of five, began to write articles at the age of six, and wrote a good poem that was praised by everyone in the capital at the age of eight. Even the Eldest Princess praised - this girl has the talent to sing Xu."

"Then tell me, which one is more talented, Miss Chang or Concubine Yang?" The famous talented girl in the village has always advertised that she was favored because of her talent and learned well. If there is another more talented Chang girl...

"How is the empress?" Chen Manrou saw Xiaosi yawned, so she hugged him and patted him lightly, and lowered her voice when speaking, and Jinhuan even lowered her voice so that she could hardly hear her : "There is no movement from the empress's side. For the past two days, the beautiful ladies are only allowed to stay in the Yinghua Palace, but the concubine Liu has sent a few beautiful girls to come and talk."

"Whose family announced it?" Chen Manrou was a little surprised. Didn't Concubine Liu always follow the low-key route?Why is it suddenly abnormal now?
"I announced the girl from the Li family, the girl from the Zhang family, and the girl from the Zheng family this morning." After thinking for a while, Jin Huan said that he had already memorized the information of these people, so he just opened his mouth and said, "Li The family is the natal sister of the princess's husband's family and sister-in-law. The Zhang family has nothing to do with Ying Gong. The two families have already produced five clothes. This is the daughter of Zhang Yushi, the Zheng family..."

"The Zheng family?" Chen Manrou hesitated when she saw Jinhuan, and immediately guessed it, and smiled and handed the fourth prince to Nanny Chen who stood aside as an invisible person: "It's okay, the status of the Zheng family is not high, even if you enter the palace Well, I don’t think there will be any big waves, so let people stare at you to see who these few people are better than on weekdays.”

Jin Huan responded, Chen Manrou yawned, took the book thrown on the table to read again, and when she saw something interesting, she took a pen and circled a few sentences on it.

In the afternoon, Liu Cheng came over to announce the decree, saying that the emperor would come tonight, and Chen Manrou asked Xiangyue to prepare dinner, while she asked someone to pick out clothes and jewelry. This serving to please the emperor is a lifetime thing, and it must not be done just because of it. The child ignored the child's father, otherwise, the consequences would be very serious.

"Your Majesty, is this aqua blue?" The cup stopped and asked, Chen Manrou took a look and nodded: "Well, with that light pink tube top, don't choose too sharp jewelry, just the jade hairpin and Let's save pink pearls and add two silk flowers."

When the emperor came in, Chen Manrou waited at the door as usual. When she saw the emperor, she immediately showed a bright smile on her face. She lifted her skirt and went down the steps to salute the emperor: "I have seen the emperor, please greet the emperor."

"My concubine, get up, why are you waiting outside? Where's Xiaosi?" The emperor lifted Chen Manrou up and glanced into the room. Chen Manrou smiled and pointed to the west corner: "At this moment, Xiaosi is sleeping. The emperor goes in first, my concubine has someone prepare mung bean soup, and the emperor happens to drink a bowl."

The emperor strode inside, and went directly to the west end room, and saw Xiaosi lying on the couch and sleeping sprawled, the blanket covering his stomach was rising and falling with his breathing, his fat face was round and healthy Pink, with five short fingers squeezed into a small fist and stuffed around his mouth, that look is indescribably cute.The smile on his face became more and more cordial, and he went directly to pinch Xiao Si's fist and plucked Xiao Si's fetal hair.

"How many times has Xiaosi had milk today?" The emperor asked with his head turned, and Chen Momo hurriedly stepped forward to answer: "If you go back to the emperor, your fourth highness has eaten milk eight times today, and you are full every time, and your appetite is very high." It's normal."

The emperor nodded in satisfaction, rewarded Nanny Chen with a purse, and let her go down, then stretched out his hand to pick up Xiao Si by himself.Chen Manrou smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't wake him up, the little guy has a big temper, he will cry when he wakes up, no one can coax him."

"Really?" The emperor asked casually, after thinking for a while, he still hugged Xiao Si, but unexpectedly, not only did Xiao Si not wake up, but he rubbed against him hummingly, and continued to sleep faintly It's dark.

Chen Manrou's face was very surprised, and she reached out to poke Xiaosi's arm: "Why is this child like this, I touched him this morning, and he cried for a stick of incense, why don't you cry when you hold him gone?"

"That's because he knows that I'm his father." The emperor smiled proudly. Chen Manrou agreed on her face, but secretly despised her in her heart. If she hadn't woken up Xiao Si before and made Xiao Si cry, Xiao Si would be crying now. There must be a temper tantrum.

Xiaosi was young and fell asleep again. The emperor got bored after hugging her for a while. After returning it to the nanny, he asked Chen Manrou to accompany her for dinner. I'll have someone bring you some later."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chen Manrou said with a smile, the fruits that can be seen everywhere in the previous life have become very precious in this era.The newly released pineapples in June naturally have to be paid in advance before they can be sold on the market.

Even if Chen Manrou is rich, she can't afford everything.

"In order to express my gratitude, my concubine also has a gift in return." Chen Manrou got up and took something like a book from the table: "Now my concubine and Xiaosi are being raised by the emperor, so there are no big treasures, and some are also for the emperor. If it is a reward, it will not be shown. Although this is worthless, it is a wish of my concubine, please don't dislike it, Your Majesty."

The emperor took it over with great interest and flipped through two pages, then laughed out loud. It was a picture book, and the paintings were Chen Manrou herself and Xiaosi. Xiaosi was crying and making a fuss, and the painting was very vivid.

"Aifei is not bad, I like it very much." The emperor smiled and closed the picture album. His sons are too few, there are only four in total, not even half of his father's, and there is a sick child among them, so the healthy son , I have always liked it very much.

Even if Concubine Shu didn't please him, he would often go to Yikun Palace to visit the second prince, and Xiao Si's mother was his favorite, so Xiao Si, the fourth prince, naturally received more attention.

"It's good that the emperor likes it, and I'm afraid that the emperor will dislike it." Chen Manrou said coquettishly. Since having Xiao Si, the emperor has not enjoyed this kind of feeling of being coquettish for a long time. He felt itchy and stretched out his hand to pinch Chen Manrou's cheek: " No matter what Aifei does, I like it very much."

Chen Manrou's cheeks were flushed, and she glanced at the emperor with a bit of charm in her eyes. The emperor was hot all over, and she reached out to hug Chen Manrou into the room.Pressing the person under her body, she rubbed the two round circles on her chest: "After Aifei gave birth, this place is a bit bigger."

"Your Majesty~~~" Chen Manrou pulled the gauze thrown on the bed to cover her face, and she still had a bit of a coquettish aura while holding a pipa half-hidden, and her body that had given birth also exuded a mature charm. As soon as the voice clicked, the emperor immediately tore off Chen Manrou's clothes.

The queen reached out for the scissors and cut off a section of the lamp wick. The light in the room jumped suddenly. Nanny An stood beside her and said with a little dissatisfaction: "Your Majesty, you can't be so nice to Concubine Chen Gui, she is not a province." heart."

The queen sighed faintly: "If you don't treat her well, who will you treat? Anyway, Chen Manrou is a contented person, and she has always been cautious and never shows her head. Look at the other people in the palace, and look at this year's show girl. Why should I be so nice to Chen Manrou if I can come up with something that makes me feel at ease?"

"Mother, it's really not possible, Miss Fourth's age..." Nanny An gritted her teeth, and leaned into the Queen's ear to make an idea. The Queen frowned and waved her hands: "Lizhu is only 15 years old, and she is still young. It's not worth it to take care of her. Besides, this palace is not a good place..."

In the last sentence, the Queen barely made a sound.Momo An's eyes were sore, and she helped the queen's arm: "Don't worry, ma'am, didn't the eldest prince get praised by the husband two days ago? As long as the eldest prince is promising, it's worth the hardship you have suffered now."

"What you said is that as long as Hongwen is good, I will be satisfied." The queen nodded, and after a moment of silence, she suddenly asked, "What is the character of that girl from the Cui family?"

"Returning to the empress, the girl from the Cui family is very lively, and she doesn't look savage, but she is somewhat similar to Concubine Chen when she entered the palace at the beginning of the year." Mother An thought for a while and said, the queen didn't know what she thought of, Suddenly smiled: "Really? That's just right."

"It's getting late, let's serve Bengong to clean up." The queen didn't say anything in detail to Madam An, but turned around and walked outside and said: "By the way, find out the autumn-colored casual clothes of Bengong. to wear."

(End of this chapter)