Harem for a living

Chapter 155

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager announced Miss Tang and several other beautiful girls to go and talk." Li Qiu came in and whispered back to Chen Manrou. Chen Manrou paused: "The princess is still in Ci'an Palace these days?"

"Yes, the Eldest Princess has been in Ci'an Palace for the past two days, Madam, do you want to mention it to the Eldest Princess and let her come over to pay her respects?" Li Qiu hesitated and asked, Chen Manrou shook her head: "No, she didn't want to come, It's useless to remind anyone. The emperor is very tolerant of the eldest princess for the sake of success. We can't argue with the eldest princess at the moment, let's ignore her, and when she suffers in the future, I will naturally know that we should rely on her Where is it?"

Although she is currying favor with the Empress Dowager Ci'an now, how long can the Empress Dowager Ci'an live?Does the Eldest Princess still think she can die with the Empress Dowager Ci'an?Moreover, even if the Empress Dowager Ci'an is there, there are some places that the Empress Dowager Ci'an cannot reach out to.

"Yes, let's leave the princess alone?" Li Qiu replied again, and Chen Manrou shook her head: "We don't do anything, but we have to look at the princess, don't forget, there is Miss Zhu among the show girls .”

Li Qiu nodded, and saw that Chen Manrou had nothing to say, so she quietly retreated out.Chen Manrou covered her face with the book in her hand, closed her eyes and thought slowly.The girl of the Tang family is high enough, so the fourth concubine's position should not be lost.

The girl from the Zhu family is a concubine, normally speaking, she should be below the fourth concubine.But in this way, the status of the two people will be separated, and it will not be easy to fight in the ring in the future.Otherwise, think of a way to get the girl from the Zhu family to take the position of fourth concubine?
"Mother, the fifth princess is awake." Just as she was thinking, a voice suddenly came from beside her, and when she looked up, she saw Xiaowu's nanny, Nanny Ping, standing aside and answering, Chen Manrou waved her hand, and Nanny Ping immediately backed out, not long after He hugged Xiao Wu over.

As soon as Xiao Wu saw Chen Manrou, he came over like a twisted sesame candy: "Mother~"

"Is the sweet baby sleeping well?" Chen Manrou took Xiao Wu and asked, Xiao Wu put his head on Chen Manrou's chest, and replied in a childlike voice: "Xiang, I miss my mother, where is my brother?"

"Your brother has gone to school, and we won't be able to see him until a while later, can mother take you to play in the imperial garden?"

"Okay~" Xiao Wu nodded quickly, Chen Manrou hugged Xiao Wu up, and the group quickly followed.Along the way, Chen Manrou pointed to the surrounding things for Xiao Wu to see, and taught her some colors or the names of flowers and plants.

As soon as the mother and daughter entered the Royal Garden, Chen Manrou found a pavilion to enter because her arms hurt too much from holding Xiao Wu.The nanny carried Xiao Wu to pick the flowers, and Chen Manrou brought tea by herself, and rested her legs by the way.

"Have you heard? Among the show girls this time, there is Miss Tang. She is so beautiful, she is very kind to others, and she is generous. That time, one of my little sisters went to deliver hot water to Miss Tang. , then Miss Tang is a golden plum blossom when she makes a move."

"Really? I only heard that there are a few high-status show girls this time, so Miss Tang is the niece of the Empress Dowager, right?"

"Yeah, everyone in this palace knows it, don't say you don't know."

"Of course I know. Miss Tang is really blessed. She has a queen mother aunt who is kind and beautiful. Maybe she can become a noble concubine this time."

"That's for sure. Apart from the empress, the noble concubine is the biggest in the palace. If..."

"If you're going to die, can you say that?"

As he said that, there was a rustling sound from behind the rockery, and then there was no movement.Chen Manrou waved her hand, and Liqiu quietly exited the pavilion.

"Everyone is in danger." Chen Manrou sighed. She had just spread this word to Concubine Hui and Concubine De some time ago, and someone immediately used this trick on her. It really is a turn of events.

Not long after, Li Qiu came back, and whispered something in Chen Manrou's ear.Chen Manrou laughed softly. She thought she hadn't moved at first, but she didn't expect to hit her head directly.

"Did Chang Meiren stay in Chengqian Palace recently?" Chen Manrou squinted her eyes and asked, and Li Qiu nodded. In fact, since Chen Manrou put Fu Concubine Cui Wanyi and Chang Meiren together, there is basically nothing but greeting , These three don't come out very much.

"Let Chang Meiren move, she has been silent for several years, and without Concubine Yang, Chang Meiren should also get some pampering." Chen Manrou's voice was so low that she could hardly hear her, and Li Qiu nodded invisibly.

Seeing that she had enough rest, Chen Manrou was about to get up, but she heard a clear laughter from the other side of the path: "Sister, this dress is so beautiful, did you embroider the butterflies on it yourself? It's just like the real one, far away." See, I thought it was a living butterfly sitting on your skirt."

Then a slightly shy voice rang out: "My sister has won the award. This sister doesn't know much about other things, and only this embroidery can meet people a little bit. Unlike my sister, she is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting."

"Actually, I just use it to pass the time in my spare time." The girl with a crisp voice said with a smile: "The weather is just right today, how about I play the piano, and our sisters also watch the falling flowers?"

"It's my sister's wish to listen to my sister's fairy songs." The shy girl smiled, and then someone ordered to get the piano. While talking, a group of people also bypassed the path and appeared outside the pavilion. Several people saw someone in the pavilion, Shocked, everyone shut their mouths.

After regaining her senses, she hurriedly said hello: "The courtier Tang Wan'er (Zhu Lirong) has seen the empress, please greet the empress."

"Let's get up." Chen Manrou raised her hand slightly, and carefully looked at the two girls standing outside the pavilion. The one standing on the left, wearing a light green chest-length skirt, was Tang Wan'er, with a jade hairpin stuck in her head. It is a golden Bingdi lotus the size of a thumb belly, with emerald jade drop earrings on its ears, a white jade gourd around its neck, and its long hair is loosely draped behind it.When she bowed her head, her hair fluttered, bringing out a bit of beauty.

The one on the right is Zhu Lirong, a girl from the Zhu family, wearing a water-red twill blouse with an ivory-coloured twelve-panel floral skirt underneath.There is a flower hairpin made of pink pearls on her head, butterfly wings outlined in gold silk are trembling, and there are golden butterfly earrings on her ears, with gold silk tassels hanging below.Half of her hair was coiled up, and the remaining half hung on her chest. When she lowered her head, a section of her snow-white neck was exposed.

The two girls, one delicate and beautiful, the other shy and charming, are both beauties.

"My daughter didn't know that the empress is here, and disturbed the empress, so I beg her to forgive me." Tang Wan'er gave another blessed gift generously, and Chen Manrou shook her head, signaling her and Zhu Lirong to enter the pavilion: "It's okay , it’s because I didn’t let anyone clear the way. You two just came out of Ci’an Palace?”

"If you go back to the empress, my daughter has indeed just come out of Ci'an Palace." Tang Wan'er said with a smile: "My daughter saw the beautiful scenery in the imperial garden before, and she was telling sister Zhu that she wanted to play the piano here."

"Well, the scenery here is really nice." Chen Manrou took another sip from her teacup, and seeing Zhu Lirong keeping her head down, she said with a smile, "Miss Zhu thinks I'm ugly, so she doesn't dare to look up?"

"No, Your Majesty, forgive me." Zhu Lirong glanced up quickly, then hurriedly stood up and saluted: "I don't mean that, the empress is gentle and generous, with a dignified demeanor, and my daughter admires her very much. It's just that my daughter is naturally timid and afraid I dare not look directly at you for disturbing the empress, and I ask the empress to forgive me."

"You're also pretty, so how could you disturb me?" Chen Manrou covered the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and smiled, "Come on, sit next to me. In the past, I had to take care of you one after the other. As soon as I see you, I feel good about you."

"Look at this face, it's so tender and tender. I'm really worried. I accidentally squeezed out the water." Chen Manrou reached out and touched Zhu Lirong's cheek, with a very intimate gesture, as if she also had a good impression of Zhu Lirong, repeatedly He praised Zhu Lirong's appearance.

"I can't afford to be praised by the empress, but the minister thinks that your skin is better, the empress." Zhu Lirong was a little timid, but after seeing Chen Manrou speak softly, she became a little more casual: "The empress is naturally beautiful, and the minister is beyond my reach. "

"What can't be expected, I just entrusted the blessing of the Empress Dowager. A few days ago, the Empress Dowager rewarded me with some tortoise jelly. After I ate it, my skin felt much better. Hey, I'm going too I'm getting older, and I can't compare to you girls of seventeen or eighteen, who are just pink and tender flowers."

Chen Manrou sighed and said, Tang Wan'er smiled and shook her head: "My lady, you are not old, even with your current appearance, you look only the same size as the court ladies. You are a bit more dignified than the court ladies. , it makes the courtiers feel ashamed when they see you."

The smile on Chen Manrou's face was even brighter. Hearing that the maid beside Tang Wan'er said that Qin was coming, she raised her eyebrows and said, "I've heard that Miss Tang is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Why don't Miss Tang let me open my eyes?"

"It's all rumored by outsiders. It's not so exaggerated. The servant girl only knows a little bit. Since the empress wants to hear it, the servant girl should present a song for the empress." Tang Wan'er replied with a smile, and asked people to burn incense. Go clean your hands, and then start playing.

Nanny Ping brought the fifth princess over, and Chen Manrou took it and hugged her in her arms.Xiao Wu first stared at Tang Wan'er who was playing the piano curiously for a long time, then he couldn't sit still anymore, and reached out to reach for the teacups and snacks on the table.

Chen Manrou lowered her head to coax the fifth princess, fed her half a cup of tea and half a piece of snacks, and didn't listen to Tang Waner's piano very carefully.After the song, Chen Manrou put her arms around Xiao Wu and clapped her hands: "Miss Tang's piano sound is really like the sound of heaven, it's rare for me to hear such a beautiful piano sound, thank you Miss Tang."

"I am very honored to be able to win your empress's smile." Tang Wan'er got up and saluted. Chen Manrou pulled out a golden hairpin from her head and inserted it in Tang Wan'er: "I am really happy to hear that, even my five The princess likes it very much, so I will reward you with this hairpin."

Saying that, he took off a bracelet from his hand and gave it to Zhu Lirong: "I like you very much when I see you. If you have time, you can come to Yongshou Palace in Bengong, so we can talk."

That bracelet, at first glance, is not ordinary.

After Zhu Lirong saluted, Chen Manrou got up with Xiaowu Shi in her arms: "Okay, it's getting late, I will leave first. If you have nothing to do, go back to Chonghua Palace. If you want to come in the future Imperial Garden, let someone bring a message to Ben Gong, and Ben Gong will send someone to send you in."

The implication is that if you have nothing to do, don’t visit the Imperial Garden at will, and the Imperial Garden is not something you can stroll around if you want.The expressions of Tang Wan'er and Zhu Lirong changed, they turned their heads to look at each other, and then lowered their eyelids to salute Chen Manrou.

(End of this chapter)