Harem for a living

Chapter 15

"Your Majesty, it's fine or not..." Xiangyue thought about it for a while, and seeing that Chen Manrou didn't stop her, he went on to say: "If it's a good deal, then the emperor treats you differently, Your Majesty. As long as we don't make big mistakes, our life won't be too bad. If it's not good, the imperial concubine and the others will definitely have a bad opinion of you, but the queen's attitude is hard to say. We can indeed share the favor of the imperial concubine and empress. , to relieve the pressure on the harem for the empress, but in case the empress thinks you are too favored..."

Chen Manrou raised her eyebrows lightly: "Even if the Empress thinks I'm favored, as long as I don't become a noble concubine or give birth to a son who is more favored than the eldest prince, the Empress won't think I'm in danger. In the position of the empress, it is right not to move, and it is wrong to move too much. I look at the empress today, she is really smart."

"As for Concubine Yang Gui and Concubine De..." Chen Manrou thought for a moment and shook her head: "They won't move, and we won't move either. After all, the draft isn't over yet, and there's still half a month left. There are more special ones."

"Well, this servant thinks the same way. Anyway, we just need to be blocked by water and soil. We don't have many people right now. Even if we want to do something, we can't do it at all." Jin Huan said with a smile: "It's getting late Madam, are you going to wash up first? Or have dinner first?"

"Dinner first." After thinking for a while, Chen Manrou said, although she wasn't hungry at all, she had to eat, and she didn't plan to lose weight.

Last night, Chen Manrou didn't intend to change her style. She was as dignified as a queen, refined as Concubine Yang, gentle as Concubine Shu, gentle as Concubine De, and cheerful as Concubine Liu. The route is too backward.

It's just that the hairstyle and dress need to be changed. I thought, in this world, apart from the things from the Qing Dynasty, there are clothes and decorations from other dynasties. She doesn't like the cheongsam of the Qing Dynasty, but she can still use the initials.Of course, the little tail at the back is not necessary. If you sleep at night and tie it into your head, braid it directly and hang down on both sides, which looks much more beautiful.

"The hair combed by the empress herself is much more beautiful than the ones combed by the servants." After watching her finish her work, Jin Huan said with a smile, and tidied up all the things on the dressing table: "The empress wants to use the emperor's hair today." The reward hairpin, then this rouge..."

"Your Majesty, I'm at the age when I'm still in full bloom without makeup. Those things, just wait for rewards." Chen Manrou waved her hand casually. Cosmetics in this era are absolutely lead-free and made from natural ingredients. , is very good for the skin.However, it is not very easy to use, because it is not waterproof or sweatproof, and its adhesion is relatively poor.

Anyway, Chen Manrou is still young and invincible, she is still a little beauty without makeup.

"Yes, this is made inside." Jin Huan took a look at the rouge box, said with a smile, curled his lips at the side of the moon and said: "So what about the built-in thing? I don't know how much time has passed by this thing. Hands. Ma'am, I just remembered something."

Chen Manrou chewed two mouthfuls of tea leaves, spat them out, and only took the teacup to rinse her mouth. She nodded her head and motioned to Yueyue to continue talking, and then put the teacup aside, and then said: "Today, I have listened to all the talk, and it will be big in a month and a half. The prince's birthday will be the ninth prince's birthday in two months, do we need to prepare any presents?"

"Supposedly it is not necessary. The eldest prince is the eldest son, and I am just a little concubine. In someone else's house, I will be my aunt. Whose son will receive gifts from his aunt for his birthday? But leave this matter to the royal family. There are some exceptions. What we give is not a birthday gift, but a birthday gift."

Chen Manrou sighed, she only made a profit today, and it will be handed over in a month or so. This matter is really worrying.Forget it, anyway, there will always be a hemorrhage.Whether it’s a birthday celebration this time, or a birthday celebration next time, it’s the same.

"Sort out a set of belt rings from the emperor, bonsai gifts from the queen, and golden scorpions from the Empress Dowager Ci'an. Get them ready first. After two days, let's see what other people have prepared. What, let's add and subtract again."

Chen Manrou thought for a while and said, got up and walked to the west tip: "Okay, Jinhuan, you first observe the few newly promoted people, and you take care of the account book for Yueyue. In a few days, wait for the flowers to bloom more." Now, everyone is going to enjoy the flowers, so we can't take care of us here."

Jin Huan and Dui Yue responded, one went to ask Wei Le and Hui Yin to make the bed, and the other went to call Jin Jiu and Cup Stop to accompany Chen Manrou.As for Xiao Mingzi, he ordered people to prepare hot water and other things.

The emperor came a little late tonight. After Chen Manrou picked him up, he followed the emperor to Xishaojian: "Your Majesty, would you like a cup of tea?"

The emperor nodded, and Chen Manrou immediately happily brought over a cup of tea: "Your Majesty, this concubine brewed tea by herself, but you have to bear with me, Your Majesty, I am quite self-aware, and my tea art is actually not very good."

The emperor just took a sip of water and almost couldn't help spitting out the tea, it's not good, the tea leaves are overcooked, and the sweetness in the tea has been boiled into the smell of rancid water.Moreover, there is actually sugar in it!
"How long have you boiled this water?" The emperor put down the tea and asked, Chen Manrou immediately replied: "The water is boiled, just pour it into the teapot." She cooked it like this in her previous life, and the tea is still drinkable.

In this life, although she also learned tea art, she was naturally ignorant of this thing. Either the water was boiled for too long, or the tea was not selected well, or the timing of making tea was wrong. Can't make so-called good tea.

The emperor looked at Chen Manrou's natural look, and couldn't help being speechless for a while. He put down the teacup, turned his head to look at the furnishings in the room, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Is there no incense?"

"Your Majesty, do you like some incense?" Chen Manrou said, turning her head and yelling, asking her to get the incense, and then turning her head and smiling, she said to the Emperor: "I don't know what kind of incense the Emperor likes, so I didn't order it." .”

"You don't order it yourself?" The emperor asked suspiciously, Chen Manrou nodded: "Well, I don't like that smell very much, and now the weather is just right, there are flowers and plants in the garden, I like that smell better."

Seeing Jinhuan brought the incense, Chen Manrou checked a few: "Your Majesty, which flavor do you like? I don't have ambergris here, only rosin, styrax, tulip, clove and agarwood."

The emperor glanced at it and shook his head: "Since you don't like it, then don't order it, it's getting late, let's rest."

Chen Manrou's face immediately turned red, and she hesitated, watching the emperor get up, walking to the west, watching the emperor sitting by the bed, and finally said cruelly: "Your Majesty, let's talk tonight. ?”

The emperor was a little puzzled. Seeing Chen Manrou standing beside the bed twisting her belt, and then looking at Chen Manrou's red face with pale lips, she immediately came to her senses. Thinking about how young she was, she had just been favored. Indeed it might be unbearable.

He has never been short of women, so there is no need for such a girl who has not grown up, and it is not convenient to change places at the moment, so he nodded and said, "Okay, what do you want to say?"

"Does your majesty like playing chess?" Chen Manrou asked after racking her brains for a while. It's not that she is hypocritical and doesn't want to serve her bed, but her body really doesn't allow it. She was young and her bones didn't open up. After a day of hard work, my son may have a problem with his body if he sleeps continuously.

Competing for favor is very important, but Chen Manrou knows better than competing for favor is the body.Without a good body, what's the use of winning favors?This is life to earn money but not life to spend, tossing around.

When a child is born, the child is the most important thing.The emperor can go wherever he wants.

"Play chess? Well, you like it." The emperor responded, opened his arms and let Chen Manrou change her clothes.Chen Manrou said with a smile: "I don't like playing chess very much, it takes a lot of brainpower, but my father, elder brother, and younger brother all like playing chess. Does the emperor like painting?"

"I like painting. I have a husband named Lu, whose name is Shangcaixiayi. My mother said, Mr. Lu is a famous master. Has the emperor heard of it?" Chen Manrou also took off her clothes and got up from the end of the bed. Going around the emperor and lying on the other side, staring at the emperor with wide eyes.

The light at the head of the bed was not very bright, but because of the close distance, Chen Manrou could still see it. At that moment, the muscles on the emperor's face moved slightly, because the emperor was lying flat, and she didn't see the emperor. eyes.

"Lu Caiyi? This name is quite familiar." After a while, the emperor's voice came, and Chen Manrou nodded quickly: "Have you heard of it before? I thought at the beginning that the emperor might know him."

As he spoke, he repeated the questioning of the two empress dowagers on the day of his draft, but he was careful not to mention the expressions of the two empress dowagers.After hearing this, the emperor just hummed: "Maybe he stayed in the palace for a while, too many people were released from the palace, I don't remember."

Chen Manrou nodded, just enough to make the emperor feel that she was nodding, and then changed the subject: "Your Majesty, when I draw a picture, how many words will you write for my concubine? I want to hang it on On the wall between the west ends."

The emperor nodded: "Okay, let's wait until Aifei draws it."

"Does your majesty like tea? If so, I'll learn how to make tea tomorrow. Well, I remember that there seems to be Biluochun in the storeroom." Chen Manrou continued to ask, the emperor hummed casually, and then waited for a while, only to find that there was no sound Yes, the sound of breathing in the ear has calmed down.

Turning around, the girl was indeed asleep.However, looking at the lively and lovely person, he is a little more peaceful and gentle now.The emperor turned his head to the side, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and was about to go to sleep.

(End of this chapter)