Harem for a living

Chapter 152

"Today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent Spring Festival couplets over. When Xiao Si saw the Spring Festival couplets, he insisted on reading them. Some words he didn't know, so he only read half of them. There were a lot of jokes." Chen Manrou said, and someone took it A few Spring Festival couplets came over, pointing to Xiao Si's mispronounced words for the emperor to read.

The emperor laughed out loud immediately, and called Xiaosi to hug him: "Did you mispronounce these words?"

"Yes, father, my son has never learned these words, so I don't know them." Xiaosi blushed and said embarrassingly.The emperor finished laughing and educated: "Next time you can't make such a joke. You have to be frank and open. If you don't know him, you don't know him. It doesn't matter if you say it. But if you know him, you have to say that you know him. Then you make a typo. It would be a joke."

"The queen mother also educated her son today, saying that he must be honest, and his son will definitely correct himself in the future." Xiao Si bowed his head and pointed at his fingers, as if admitting his mistakes well.The emperor became interested, and instructed him to read those couplets. He also brought a pen and ink and taught him to write it twice.

"After all, the emperor is amazing. On weekdays, my concubine teaches Xiao Si to write a few words, but he can't remember them." After sending Xiao Si away, Chen Manrou hurriedly flattered the emperor. The emperor smiled and took a sip of tea: "Xiao Si Si is smart, he knows quite a few words now, isn't it all thanks to you, Zitong?"

"Your majesty, I have a request." Chen Manrou leaned against the emperor with a smile on her face, and took advantage of the emperor's mood to make a request: "Seeing that Xiaosi will go to Chongwen Museum next year, I will take the eldest princess to deal with some matters in the past two days." , I don’t have time to guide Xiaosi’s homework, why don’t the emperor help my concubine take care of Xiaosi for these two days?”

This matter is new. The emperor has inspected the prince's homework, but he has never experienced teaching his son to read and write.At the time of the First Prince, he was busy seizing the throne, and then he was busy securing the throne.It was the second prince's turn, and Concubine Shu took care of it all by herself.The third prince was even in Ci'an Palace, so he only met when he was paying his respects.

Therefore, the emperor was a little moved by Chen Manrou's proposal, and after thinking about it, he replied: "Okay, then from tomorrow, I will guide Xiao Si. However, if I am strict with Xiao Si, don't feel bad. "

"What did the emperor say? It's too late for the concubine to be happy. I heard that the emperor's previous homework was among the best. It is Xiaosi's luck to get your advice." Chen Manrou said with a smile on her face, and the coaxing emperor even more is happy.

In the next few days, the emperor seemed to have found fun, and spent most of the day in Zhongcui Palace, not teaching Xiao Si to read and write, or watching Xiao Si teach the fifth princess to speak, but unfortunately, the fifth princess was young, Every time, she dealt with it with a few ahhhs to her brother.

Soon it was the first day of the new year, and Chen Manrou went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony early in the morning.As soon as the women of the imperial court heard that this year's congratulations would be held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, they put away their contempt for the successors, and they were all cautious, and they did not dare to speak loudly when they entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Chen Manrou sat for a whole noon, her face almost froze from laughing, after giving a few tables of banquets, she hurriedly left.Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen went to Ci'an Palace first, and then went to Zhongcui Palace to pay their respects.

"Your Majesty..." Mrs. Chen held Chen Manrou's hand, her eyes turned red, and she was a little speechless.Mrs. Chen stretched out her hand to pat the back of Mrs. Chen's hand: "Okay, just wipe away your tears. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, so don't bring bad luck to your mother."

"What mother said is that I lost my temper." Mrs. Chen hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and as Mrs. Chen sat down beside her, she looked around the Zhongcui Palace twice, with a worried look on her face: " Empress, why are you still living in Zhongcui Palace? But the emperor treats you..."

"Mother, don't worry, I don't want to move there for the time being. The things in the Yongshou Palace were used by the empress before, and the eldest princess was reluctant, so I asked the emperor to move out the things in the Yongshou Palace first. Move over there."

Chen Manrou hurriedly said, Mrs. Chen nodded: "It's good to move away, you can rearrange it again, there are still a few pots of coral trees in the house, I'll send someone to bring them to you later, the bright red ones look happy."

"Grandmother, no need, the emperor has rewarded many things in the past, and there are also coral trees." Chen Manrou quickly refused, and just as she was talking, Xiao Si came over, and Chen Manrou hurriedly waved: "Little Si, didn't you say that you miss too much?" Are you grandma and grandma? Come and greet me."

"Xiao Si greets my grandma, please greet my grandmother." Xiao Si approached, holding his fists in salute, his body was chubby, very naive, old Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen smiled instantly, and hurriedly helped Xiao Si up : "I don't dare to accept the ceremony from His Royal Highness, it should be us who pay His Highness the Fourth Highness."

"Grandmother, mother, you are elders, and Xiaosi is still young." Chen Manrou said angrily at the side: "It's okay to receive a gift from him, besides, he was taken care of by you last year."

"What did you say, you can't let the fourth highness salute at will in the future, the fourth highness is a prince, and his status is very precious." Old lady Chen said, for fear that Xiao Si would become vague about his identity in the future and lose the dignity of the Tian family.

"Grandmother, don't worry, I'm thinking about it. It's just that Xiaosi is still young, if he is too alienated from others, I'm worried that he will develop an aloof personality." If you are approachable, you will lose your identity.Telling Xiaosi not to get too close to people, and worrying that Xiaosi's eyes will grow on the top of his head in the future, and he may not even have one or two friends to talk to. Sometimes Chen Manrou is really worried that she can't grasp the speed well.

"When you enter the Chongwen Museum, teach it well, it's almost done." Mrs. Chen told her softly, and Xiaosi didn't care if she understood it or not, just leaned against Chen Manrou and didn't speak. Chen Manrou stretched out her hand to rub him Head: "I'm even more worried about going to the Chongwen Museum. The Chongwen Museum is taught by a gentleman. Back then, the eldest prince invited another gentleman because of his high status. When I got to Xiaosi, I haven't figured out who the emperor is. What do you think. However, I can't interfere in this matter, I can only take one step at a time."

"Will there be a draft next year?" Mrs. Chen asked after a pause, and Chen Manrou shook her head: "I'm not sure, there are still too few people in the harem, and even the fourth concubine's position is not full. Someone submitted a booklet for the emperor to draft."

The previous draft was stopped due to the drought, and this time the draft was delayed again because of the queen's affairs.Calculated, from the sixth year of Yonghe to the present, it has been five or six years without a draft.

The emperor is in his prime, but there are only five sons under his knees, which is really a bit empty. There is an [-]% chance of being drafted next year.Chen Manrou was also very depressed. She had just become a queen, and the first major event she faced was the draft, so she was a bit aggrieved.

"You, don't think about it. Now that you are the queen, whoever of them enters the harem can still pass you?" Mrs. Chen saw the displeasure flashing across Chen Manrou's face, and quickly persuaded: "You Just put your mind on His Highness the Fourth Highness now."

Chen Manrou asked Lichun to take Xiaosi out to play, and then said with a smile: "I don't want the emperor to favor me alone, but I'm worried that just after I was canonized, another beautiful girl will enter the palace again, I'm afraid it will make people upset." With contempt."

"It's hard to say." Mrs. Chen also frowned a little, thought for a while and said: "Up to now, you can only take one step at a time, but you have to be sure of your status, you are the mother of a country. , you are already the biggest in the harem now, don't use the old concubines' methods of fighting for favor, being a wife is not the same as being a concubine. If the emperor favors you, just accept it; if the emperor doesn't favor you, then do well It's a matter of duty."

Saying that, she lowered her head and leaned into Chen Manrou's ear and said, "As for the one from Ci'an Palace, you just hold your hand, the Empress Dowager Ci'an is almost sixty, seventy is rare in life, you just have to get through it. Besides, you still have the fourth prince under your knees, I thought, even if she made things difficult, it wouldn't be too difficult."

"Well, I've remembered it all. No matter how you say it, she is also the emperor's biological mother, and I must respect and obey." Chen Manrou nodded in response, and Mrs. Chen taught a few more tricks to deal with the "evil mother-in-law" ", seeing that it was getting late, that's why he left the palace with Mrs. Chen.

In the evening it was a family banquet, held in Ci'an Palace.When Chen Manrou went to Ci'an Palace, the emperor hadn't come yet.The Eldest Princess was leaning against the Empress Dowager and talking with a smile. When she saw Chen Manrou, she came over to greet her with a smile.

"The eldest princess is doing really well today." Chen Manrou quickly grabbed the eldest princess, looked up, and saw that there was a white hibiscus jade hairpin on the eldest princess's head, which looked familiar, she paused, then smiled Said: "This hairpin is very beautiful, it complements the eldest princess's complexion as white as jade, there is no one more beautiful than the eldest princess."

"You are becoming more and more able to talk." The Empress Dowager Ci'an said with a smile on the top: "The eyes are also getting better. Just as Aijia brought this hairpin to Yi'an, you looked right at it."

"Ah, this hairpin was given to the eldest princess by the empress dowager. Let me tell you, where can I find such a beautiful hairpin, and only the eldest princess can match it. This really complements each other." Chen Manrou quickly praised Ci'an Two words from the Queen Mother.

On a good day, the Empress Dowager Ci'an is also very easy to deal with, as long as she touches her hair smoothly.

After a while, Concubine Hui Defei and others also came over one by one.The Empress Dowager Ci'an chatted with the second princess for a while, and asked about the study of the second prince for a while. She didn't have time to find out what was wrong with Chen Manrou, and Chen Manrou didn't have to always be stretched.

"Your Majesty looks very good today." The eldest princess sat meekly beside Chen Manrou and said, Chen Manrou reached out and touched the eldest princess's clothes: "Why do you wear so little clothes today? Why don't the people around you give you any clothes?" Add a piece of clothing?"

"Don't blame them. They were also wearing thick jackets when they came out. When they got to Ci'an Palace, it was a bit hot, so they changed it." Ci'an Palace has repaired geothermal heating, so the inside is as warm as spring. Chen Manrou feels a little hot at the moment .

"Then you should wear more when you come out." Chen Manrou explained a few words, and then asked again: "A few days ago, I begged the emperor to find another palace to store your mother's things in Yongshou Palace. I have already agreed. After thinking about it, I think it is safer to leave this matter to you. "

Chen Manrou didn't want to talk about this with the eldest princess at the family banquet on the first day of the new year, but since she was sealed up to now, she only saw the eldest princess once among the crowd who went to the court.Until now, the Eldest Princess has always stayed in the Compassionate Ning Palace.Chen Manrou had a lot of things to do, so it was delayed until now.

The smile on the eldest princess's face faded, and after a while, she forced a smile and said, "Well, it's just that I don't have enough manpower..."

"I'll ask Director Qin to bring a few people there later." Chen Manrou said, she didn't really want to care about the princess' mood anymore. Now that the princess saw her, she only called her mother, so why should she take care of the princess? Princess mood?

Understanding and caring are two-way, not to mention that the eldest princess is not young anymore.I am fourteen this year, and I will be able to get married in two years.

It's just a pity in the end. Chen Manrou originally wanted to take good care of the eldest princess. In the future, finding a good family can also help Xiaosi.It's just that she underestimated the influence of the former queen's nanny, nurturing nanny and the like on the eldest princess.

Speaking of it, she thought it was too smooth.It's okay to be ignorant of a toddler, the eldest princess is already sensible, so how could she accept the person who takes the position of her own mother without any psychological barriers?

(End of this chapter)