Harem for a living

Chapter 158

"That's how things are, Empress Dowager, I don't want to bother you with this kind of thing, it's just that this is the first time I host an audition. If there is a big mistake, the royal family's face will not be good when it comes out, so my concubine I can only come here and ask the Empress Dowager to give me some advice."

While beating the queen mother's shoulders, Chen Manrou said in a soft voice. She patted the old lady's ass from the side, which showed that she was young and inexperienced, and that the old lady had to take charge of the job. younger generation.The old lady said that she now has face, and her complexion is not so ugly.

Besides, according to what Chen Manrou said, Tang Wan'er was also involved.If she didn't show up, Tang Wan'er might not be able to stay in the palace, and she really came out on her own in this matter.

"You handled it well before. You sealed up the news and didn't disclose it." Seeing that Chen Manrou was acquainted, the old lady stopped trying to make things difficult, and casually comforted her: "Since you have asked Aijia to come, The Ai family can't just sit idly by. Are those beautiful girls still waiting outside?"

"Without the order of the Empress Dowager, how could I dare to bring people here to disturb the purity of the Empress Dowager?" Chen Manrou hurriedly laughed: "If the Empress Dowager is free at the moment, I will ask someone to bring them in."

"Well, let someone bring them here." Empress Dowager Ci'an nodded, and Chen Manrou responded, then turned around and ordered Lichun to go to Chonghua Palace.Not long after, it was reported from the outside, saying that those beautiful girls had all announced their arrival.

Chen Manrou supported the Empress Dowager Ci'an from the back hall to the front hall. Several beautiful girls stood in two rows, each with their heads bowed respectfully. When they heard footsteps, they didn't dare to look up. They waited for the footsteps above After stopping, they knelt down and saluted one by one.

"Zhang Caiyun?" The Empress Dowager Ci'an asked first, Zhang Caiyun took two steps on her knees, kowtowed on the ground: "My daughter Zhang Caiyun pays her respects to the Empress Dowager, and to the Empress Dowager."

"Tell me what happened today again." The Empress Dowager Ci'an said, Zhang Caiyun didn't delay, and told the whole thing from the beginning to the end, including the interrogation process after Chen Manrou went to Chonghua Palace, not letting go of every detail .

"So, the hairpin was found under Zhu Lirong's pillow? Zhu Lirong, are you guilty?" The Empress Dowager Ci'an turned her head and asked, Zhu Lirong's face was pale: "I am wronged, I have never seen you before." Pass the beaded hairpin, by the way, someone must have put that hairpin under the servant girl’s pillow this morning. When they went out for a walk this morning, the servant girl went to talk to the eldest princess, but she was not in the Chonghua Palace. , it must have been at that time, someone put the hairpin there."

Chen Manrou didn't say anything now, no matter whether Tang Wan'er did it or not, in the end Ci'an would excuse Tang Wan'er.As for Zhu Lirong, she can only take care of the eldest princess now.Just in time, let the eldest princess see whether her grandmother dotes on her more or values ​​her family more.

Just thinking about it, I heard the report from outside, saying that it was the eldest princess who asked to see her.The Empress Dowager Ci'an frowned slightly, and was announced as the eldest princess.The Eldest Princess didn't even look at the kneeling people when she came in, she first greeted the Empress Dowager Ci'an, and then saluted Chen Manrou.

"Princess, sit here." Chen Manrou waved her hand, motioning for the princess to sit beside her: "Have you been with Miss Zhu this morning?"

"Well, a few days ago, I saw that Miss Zhu's netting was very beautiful, so I said I wanted one. Today, Miss Zhu sent me a peony netting. The queen mother has a look, isn't it beautiful?" The eldest princess stretched out her hand. Pulling the webbing on the skirt, she asked a little ostentatiously.

Chen Manrou nodded, and replied with a smile: "It looks good." Now she has changed her address, it seems that the eldest princess is still the same as before, quite smart.

Zhu Lirong smiled gratefully at the eldest princess, but the eldest princess didn't look at her, she just lowered her head and stroked her skirt.Empress Dowager Ci'an frowned and asked, "Yi'an, why are you here now?"

"Grandmother, doesn't the granddaughter usually come to pay her respects at this time?" The eldest princess said with a smile, and went to the Empress Dowager Ci'an to beat her shoulders and arms, and the Empress Dowager Ci'an had a smile on her face : "You are filial. It's just that Ai's family has something to deal with right now, why don't you go to the side hall to play for a while?"

"Grandmother, did something happen?" The eldest princess hesitated, looked at the beautiful woman kneeling below, and then turned to look at the Empress Dowager Ci'an.Chen Manrou said with a smile: "Empress Dowager, let the Eldest Princess listen. Didn't Ms. Zhu say that she is with the Eldest Princess? If this matter is not dealt with clearly, it will also hinder the Eldest Princess' reputation in the future. Elder Princess The princess is also involved, so it's not good to avoid it completely."

If the princess really wanted to go away, wouldn't that be Ci'an's decision?

Ci'an glared at Chen Manrou, but she couldn't deny Chen Manrou's words.If she really blamed Zhu Lirong for everything, it would really damage the princess's reputation.The draft is essentially to fill the harem for the emperor. Whose girl has a particularly good friendship with the future concubine of the father?
Besides, there is another charge of assisting the father's concubine to murder another concubine. Even if the eldest princess is the emperor's daughter, she will have to worry about marrying.

The eldest princess smiled gratefully at Chen Manrou, and someone stepped forward and told the eldest princess what happened.The eldest princess widened her eyes: "Oh, I found it at my aunt's place? Could someone frame my aunt? That hairpin is so obvious, if it has been placed in my aunt's pillow, how could no one find it? Didn’t the little palace maid make the quilt and tidy the bed every day? I didn’t realize it a long time ago, but I discovered it now, and I must have come here to frame my aunt while my aunt was away!”

Chen Manrou glanced at Zhu Lirong. This girl is quite powerful. It took only a while for the eldest princess to be dragged onto the boat.Thinking about it, Chen Manrou touched her chin. Zhu Lirong must have been to the palace before the queen passed away, and she must have been with the eldest princess.Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to visit the eldest princess directly on the second day after entering the palace.

Or, what did the Zhu family say to the eldest princess?That's right, the queen passed away, and although there was an eldest princess left behind, the prince was gone.Zhu Lirong is the empress's own sister, and when she gave birth to a prince, the emperor wanted to give Zhu Lirong a bit of dignity for the sake of the former empress.

It is not impossible for Zhu Lirong's children to plan for that seat in the future.No matter how good I am to the eldest princess, the eldest princess's natal family is also from the Zhu family, and I am the daughter of the Chen family.

Besides, Zhu Lirong still has the reputation of Zhu's daughter tied to her body, so this time, Zhu Lirong must not be charged with murdering a beautiful girl.The eldest princess knew this, and she bowed her head to Chen Manrou when she entered the door.

Anyway, Chen Manrou is the queen at the moment, if Chen Manrou wants to attack Zhu Lirong, it is not without chance.The eldest princess sold well, but she was begging Chen Manrou not to make trouble.

"Princess Mingjian, I really haven't seen that hairpin before." Zhu Lirong said hastily. The pillows in their room are all porcelain pillows distributed uniformly. If there is a hairpin inside, it must be There will be a sound.The little maid cleaned up the room for so many days, but she never found it once, which is too unreasonable.

Tang Wan'er couldn't move, and Zhu Lirong couldn't move now, so there was only one person left.Sun Yun also reacted now, her face was pale, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.

Empress Dowager Ci'an's eyes were fixed on Sun Yun. This time, Empress Dowager Ci'an didn't intervene personally, but directly called two nuns over and asked them to bring Sun Yun to the side hall.Bai Qiangwei was a little nervous. Seeing Sun Yun being taken away, her expression was not very good-looking.

Of course, the Empress Dowager Ci'an would not forget about this instigator, and called two more nuns to take Bai Qiangwei to another room for interrogation.

Chen Manrou couldn't help laughing at herself. Seeing the Queen Mother's posture, how leisurely she is, she can just order something, and she has to work hard to interrogate herself.This is the difference between the empress dowager and the empress, one word difference...

The Empress Dowager Ci'an held the teacup and did not speak, and the eldest princess was ordered not to interrupt, so Chen Manrou naturally would not pick this moment to speak.For a moment, the hall was quiet and only the sound of breathing could be heard.The queen mother still felt sorry for Tang Wan'er, she graciously asked the remaining beautiful girls to get up, and gave Xiu Dun to let them sit down.

Half an hour passed, and seeing that Xiaosi was about to leave school, and the nuns hadn't come out yet, Chen Manrou put down the teacup in her hand, and looked up at the Empress Dowager Ci'an above: "Mrs. I still need to comfort you, you see..."

"Go." Empress Dowager Ci'an waved her hand expressionlessly, Chen Manrou saluted with a smile, turned and left.Before she came here in person, she was just waiting for the eldest princess. Now that the eldest princess is here, she is not afraid that Zhu Lirong will be knocked out.

After going around the Chonghua Palace, Chen Manrou went straight back to Yongshou Palace. Xiaosi was finishing school right now, and she was lying on the soft couch talking to Xiaowu: "Xiaowu, call me brother. If you call me brother, I'll give you some cakes." .”

"Brother!" Little Fifth Nanny yelled childishly, and then stretched out her hand: "GongGao~"

"Here, you can only eat this little, or the queen will spank your ass when she comes back." Xiaosi smiled and broke some pastry and stuffed it into Xiaowu's mouth. Si stepped forward and grabbed the pastry in Xiao Si's hand.

Xiao Si hurriedly raised his hand to move away, but Xiao Wu grabbed his arm and refused to let go: "GaoGao, hide it well~"

Chen Manrou couldn't help laughing, Xiao Wu, this girl, is really a ghost.Coughing at the door, the two children hurriedly looked up to the door, Xiao Si looked happy, and Xiao Wu pouted, let go of Xiao Si's wrist, and stretched their arms towards Chen Manrou: "Mother~"

"Hey, my mother's good girl, did my brother teach you how to read today?" Chen Manrou kissed Xiao Wu, and then took Xiao Si for another kiss. grown up."

"No matter how old you are, you're still my mother's obedient baby. How was school today? What did you teach?" Chen Manrou held the struggling Xiao Wu in her arms, looked at Xiao Si and asked, and Xiao Si puffed out her small chest: " Master taught the Three Character Classic."

"Recite it for mother." As always, Chen Manrou wanted to listen to Xiao Si repeat her homework, and Xiao Si was familiar with the process, so she stood upright, recited it first, and then explained the meaning to Chen Manrou.If there is something that I don't know, Chen Manrou will add it.

Xiao Wu's attention was also slowly attracted by Xiao Si, looking at Xiao Si with his round black eyes open, and making ah-ah sounds from time to time, as if he was echoing Xiao Si's words and following Xiao Si's endorsement.

(End of this chapter)