Harem for a living

Chapter 14

"Sister Concubine Chen, did you get tired from serving the emperor yesterday?" Just as Chen Manrou was seriously considering when she could disband and go back to sleep, she suddenly heard a question from Zhang Wanting diagonally across from her. Chen Manrou raised her head and looked at Chen Manrou shaking her head with a smile : "How can I be so tired from serving the emperor? It is my great blessing to be able to serve the emperor. I am too happy to be happy."

As he said that, he glanced at Zhang Wanting suspiciously: "Could it be that Sister De Concubine feels that serving the emperor will be tiring?"

Zhang Wanting's face turned red, then turned pale, and she didn't dare to look back at the emperor's expression, and forced herself to say: "How could it be, I have the same thoughts as Concubine Chen's sister, I am very happy that the emperor can go."

Chen Manrou blinked, said oh, then lowered her head and continued to think, actually looking for an opportunity to slip away.This made Zhang Wanting hold back. She had already thought about what Chen Manrou would say next, and how she should refute it. In the end, Chen Manrou just said one thing!

Zhang Wanting opened her mouth, but she still couldn't find anything to say, so she had to close her mouth.Then, she heard the emperor chuckle lightly: "It's getting late, I should go back and read the scriptures. If the queen mother is bored, I will keep them for fun."

The Empress didn't speak, Concubine Yang Gui and Concubine De turned pale, the former felt a bit precarious, while the latter bit her lip with a bit of resignation.The rest of them seemed to be used to it, they didn't have any strange expressions, then they all got up, smiling sweetly and watching the emperor leave Ci'an Palace.

The villain in Chen Manrou's heart is active again, making fun of it, this is quite interesting.It seems that although this emperor loves beautiful concubines, just like Qianlong in history, he has good wives and beautiful concubines, but when it comes to handling the relationship between wives and concubines, this emperor is still reasonable.

"Okay, Ai's family is getting tired, so I won't keep you guys here." After the emperor left, the Empress Dowager Ci'an didn't have much interest anymore, so she waved her hand to make everyone leave quickly, and the queen saluted the Empress Dowager Ci'an He smiled and said, "Then Queen Mother, you should have a good rest, and my daughter-in-law will leave now."

The Empress Dowager Ci'an nodded casually, and the queen led everyone out of the Ci'an Palace, and then got on the phoenix chariot first to leave.Concubine Yang Guifei glanced at the queen's car, with indescribable complexity in her eyes, turned her head to look at Chen Manrou again, and then got into the car.

Chen Manrou's status was not too high, and when Concubine Shu, Concubine De, and Concubine Liu had all left, she turned her head and waved to the Jieyu Xiuyi who saluted her, "Excuse me, time is too late." It's getting late, you should go back separately."

After getting on the chariot, Chen Manrou sighed silently. No wonder all the women in the harem want to climb up. Even the rule that you have to salute once when someone higher than you is walking is enough to encourage people climbed up.If the concubines and concubines in front of her are all complete, it is Chen Manrou, a second-rank concubine, who has to perform seven salutes after a round, and her waist will probably be broken after she finishes.

If she gets pregnant again or something, it will probably be a toss.

However, what did Yang Guifei's look mean before she left?Rewinding forward, I took a look at the queen's car.Could it be because she was firmly on the queen's side, causing her to think that she and the queen joined forces, and then there was some conspiracy against her, so she wanted to frighten herself with her small eyes?
But no matter how you look at that look, it doesn't seem to have a sharp meaning.Could it be that the beauty of a person, even the meaning expressed by the eyes, can reveal a different demeanor?

Going forward, the Queen and the Queen Mother bid farewell. The farewell words of these two are not new, and no information is revealed at all. Well, it has nothing to do with me.Going forward, it was the emperor who said it was teasing, except that the queen was not there for teasing, but he and she were both for teasing, could it be that he hated himself because of this sentence?

That's a bit too much, right?She just entered the palace yesterday, and she has been teasing her for three years. Could it be that she feels wronged because she entered a palace with teasing her?
After thinking about it, Chen Manrou felt that Concubine Yang Gui might be a little hostile towards her, but she didn't understand how this hostility came about.It may be that the deep palace is empty and lonely, or it may be that the emperor's first draft after taking the throne stimulated her.As for why she didn't target Concubine De, it was probably because she felt that Concubine De was not worthy of being an opponent.

As for Concubine Shu, they are all old colleagues from the former residence, so they are not hostile to old colleagues, only new colleagues.Well, this is easy to solve, either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, people will definitely enter the palace, and Concubine Yang Gui will have a new object to vent to.

After figuring it out, Chen Manrou felt even more tired, not only physically, but also mentally.I knew that the palace was difficult to mess with. If I didn't want to work so hard, then I just need to keep a low profile. Anyway, the palace will not be short of her food.But if you want a high-quality life and want to create a higher starting point and more choices for your children, you have to go up.Just like modern society.

As a small employee, you can take care of yourself and don't worry about food and clothing, but when it comes to dinner parties, when colleagues and friends get married, when they get seriously ill, and when relatives and friends have troubles, they feel deeply. Hate yourself for not being a great leader.

Chen Manrou stretched out her hand to poke her temple, to wake herself up from the pain, the path she had already decided on, wouldn't she walk if she was tired?No, she is not reconciled if she has to leave when she is tired, and she is even more unwilling to wait for one day when she is sick and lying in the cold palace, even a little medicine boy from the Tai Hospital cannot be called.

"Your Majesty, we've arrived." Hearing Jin Huan's voice, Chen Manrou stretched out her hand and came out with Jin Huan's hand in her hand. She gave a reward to the person who carried the chariot, and then turned and entered the Zhongcui Palace.As soon as Xiao Mingzi and the others saw Chen Manrou coming back, they hurried over to salute.

Judging by their expressions, they were very curious about today's invitation, but Chen Manrou waved their hands and let them all disperse, and she led Jinhuan and others into the room.

"Your Majesty, you wash up first, and then go to bed?" Tuiyue helped Chen Manrou to sit down, took a pillow and put it behind Chen Manrou, Chen Manrou shook her head: "Wait a little longer, so I don't have to get up again."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a voice from outside: "The imperial decree has arrived~"

Chen Manrou hurriedly came out holding the hands of Xiangyue and Jinhuan, and after kneeling and worshiping, the eunuch began to announce the decree: "Sacred decree, because of Concubine Chen's meritorious service, I will reward Concubine Chen with four pairs of gold bracelets and two golden lotus hairpins." There are two emerald peony hairpins, six ruby ​​gemstones, four emerald jade pendants, four green jade pendants, four white jade pendants, four red gold silk inlaid bead rings and belts, There are pairs of coral gilt and emerald hairpins, pairs of red coral and gold silk hairpins, pairs of green and white jade hairpins for fortune, wealth and longevity, pairs of Hetian white jade carved Xishangmei hairpins, and pairs of sapphire carved phoenix hairpins.

Two boxes of tribute rouge, two boxes of eyebrow cream, four boxes of lotus hair oil, four bottles of rose water, four bottles of toilet water, six boxes of lip rouge, and six boxes of jasmine cream.

Two bolts of multicolored satin, two bolts of gold-dotted satin, two bolts of brocade satin, twenty bolts of palace gauze, and twenty bolts of silk, hereby~"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." Chen Manrou saluted again, and stood up to accept the edict handed over by the little eunuch with a smile: "Thank you, Eunuch."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I have to go back to answer the order, so I won't delay Concubine Chen." The little eunuch took the purse, squeezed it twice secretly, and then left with a smile.

"Mother, this thing..." Waiting for the little eunuch to leave here, Jin Huan hurriedly asked, just as Chen Manrou was about to speak, the voice of the little eunuch came from the door again. This time it was a reward from the queen. That is not official, this is official.

Then it is Empress Dowager Ci'an's. After Empress Dowager Ci'an comes, it will be Empress Dowager Ci'an's.

A few waves of people came and went, and Chen Manrou also came in and out. When Empress Dowager Ci Ning's people left, she almost collapsed there from exhaustion, and waved to Jin Huan feebly: "The empress and the empress dowagers of the two palaces Rewarded things are stored in the warehouse and registered in the book. Those rewarded by the emperor are placed in the house."

Jin Huan responded, and came over to feel Chen Manrou's pulse. After a while, he said softly: "Madam, this servant has stewed medicine to nourish blood and regulate qi. After you drink it, go to rest first? The servant will send you over for lunch, you What would you like to eat?"

Chen Manrou stood up staggeringly, and said casually: "I want something hearty, I really need supplements right now, well, I want braised pork and sweet and sour fish, and you can figure out the rest."

Jinhuan hurriedly helped Chen Manrou in, helped her take off her clothes, and then went out to reconcile the account with Xiangyue, and directed the little eunuch to deliver all the things to the warehouse.

Chen Manrou wanted to stay awake, but at noon, Xiangyue dutifully dug her up. After lunch, he asked her to walk around the yard for two incense sticks before letting her go back to take a nap .

This time, she slept until sunset.Not long after waking up, Liu Chengcheng came to pass the decree, saying that the emperor would come tonight. Chen Manrou couldn't help being overjoyed on the spot, but after sending Liu Cheng away, he immediately called Jinhuan and Duiyue: "Grandpa Didn't it mean that Concubine De was favored on the first day and was given a chance by the concubine on the second day?"

Having said that, she immediately thought of the look in Concubine Yang's eyes again. Could it be that Concubine Yang knew that the Emperor would come to her tonight?Then the hostility I guessed before can be countered.

But how did Concubine Yang know?Did the emperor tell her, or did she find out by herself?If it's the former, it seems that the concubine's favor is not ordinary; if it's the latter, the strength of Concubine Yang cannot be underestimated.

Chen Manrou slightly raised her eyebrows. She had previously analyzed that the emperor was a good person and would not spoil concubines and kill wives. Then, will the emperor tell Concubine Yang about this matter?Does the Queen know or not?
(End of this chapter)