Harem for a living

Chapter 164

"Why is the emperor here now?" Chen Manrou followed the emperor into the room, poured a cup of tea for the emperor with a smile, the emperor took it, but didn't drink it, just looked at Chen Manrou.The eyebrows and eyes are very soft, but the eyes are bright, which are a little more lively.

Suddenly, the emperor overlapped the figure in front of him with the one from a few years ago.Originally innocent and cute, now he has become pure and docile. Originally lively and cheerful, now he only shows some truth in front of himself.

Thinking back to the time when he was in Ci'an Palace, the woman in front of him had always been a little apprehensive, and pity suddenly surged up in the emperor's heart.She said years ago that she might not be good enough to be the queen, but in the past six months she has watched with cold eyes. She doesn't love power and doesn't take care of things, but it doesn't mean she can't handle things well.

He is fair and generous, he does everything well, he can comfort Concubine De and Concubine Hui very well, and he can also be considerate for his children.This queen is not bad.

The emperor's heart softened for a moment, and he stretched out his hand to squeeze Chen Manrou's hand: "Why, I'm not welcome?"

"Of course not." Chen Manrou's face was reddish, the corners of her mouth were curved, and her face and eyes were filled with a bit of joyful smile. She sat down beside the emperor sideways, stretched out her hand to hold the emperor's arm, and said in a lively tone: "Concubine I am very glad that the emperor came to see my concubine, even if the emperor does not come today, I plan to invite the emperor to come over."

"Oh, what do you want me to come here?" The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked with a smile. Chen Manrou's face turned redder, and she was a little embarrassed. Didn’t Ri say that he wants to hear my concubine play the piano? I just learned a tune and I want the emperor to comment on it.”

Since entering the palace, Chen Manrou has always been good at painting and writing outside. Although she has a lively temper, she likes to read books.Even playing chess was taught by the emperor, let alone playing the piano and composing poems.

A few days ago, the emperor came over to talk to Chen Manrou about the canonization of a beautiful girl. He occasionally mentioned that Concubine Xian's piano sound is very good, so the emperor laughed and joked with Chen Manrou, saying that he wanted to hear Chen Manrou play the piano.

Even the emperor himself doesn't quite remember these words. Now that Chen Manrou said it, the emperor's heart moved slightly. He reached out to hold Chen Manrou into his arms, and stretched out his hand to pinch her nose: "How many days have you studied?"

"It's been five or six days. I just learned it, and I'm not very proficient. If it doesn't sound good later, the emperor has to save face for my concubine." Chen Manrou said embarrassingly, and buried her head in the emperor's neck inside.

The emperor stroked her hair with his hand: "I promise I won't laugh at you, Zitong will have to behave well later."

"Okay." Chen Manrou replied with a smile, tilted her head and kissed the emperor's cheek. After the kiss, she felt that her actions were too menglang. She looked at the emperor's face carefully, and saw that the emperor did not intend to blame, but instead had a smile on her face. Smiling, he breathed a sigh of relief, got up quickly, and pulled the emperor's arm: "Your majesty, let's go to the compartment, where the piano stand is."

The emperor nodded, got up, and sat down on the soft couch in the next room.Seeing Chen Manrou burning incense and cleaning her hands in a hurry, the emperor couldn't help raising her eyebrows: "Aren't the maids responsible for these things?"

"But the concubine has to do everything to serve the emperor herself." Chen Manrou raised her head and said, sitting by the piano stand spontaneously, watching the emperor smiled sweetly, and then placed her hands with nail covers on the strings superior.

Take a deep breath, then breathe slowly, and then, pluck the strings with your fingers.

At the beginning, the movement was a little disjointed, and the sound of the piano was a little stagnant. After a long time, it gradually became more mellow, but there were still many wrong tunes in the middle.

The emperor was quite interested in picking out the mistakes, and he admired it very much in his heart. It was embarrassing for him, the queen, to be very smart. These mistakes were slipped by her smoothly, adding a little more meaning to the song.

"That's right, Zitong's song, if you tell others, people will never know that you only studied it for five or six days." That's all, the emperor applauded for face, Chen Manrou came over with a happy expression, and asked happily: "Really? That's it You said that my concubine is very talented in this area?"

The emperor choked for a moment, and faced his wife's expectant eyes, he nodded with a smile against his will: "Well, he is very talented." Compared with the child who just learned the piano, his wife's learning speed is really good. quite fast.

As for this talent...it depends on who you compare it with.

"Your Majesty, it's almost time for lunch. Madam, do you want the kitchen to be prepared?" Li Chun came over quietly, looking at the opportunity to reply, Chen Manrou turned her head to look at the emperor, bit her lip, and asked with a smile: "Why don't the emperor stay here for dinner? It will be school time soon, Hong Xu and the others are all coming over, and the emperor will also check their homework?"

Thinking that it was true that he hadn't seen his second son for a while, the emperor nodded, "Well, I'll have lunch here."

Chen Manrou immediately reported the name of the dishes to Lichun happily: "All these dishes are ready, and those that the second and fourth princes like are ready." Lichun smiled and responded, and turned to the small kitchen to inform.

The emperor has been smiling and watching Chen Manrou busy, turning his head and blinking from time to time, as if asking what he meant.After finishing the order, he deliberately came over, the expression on his face seemed to ask him if he was satisfied with the arrangement, not to mention how cute he looked.

Couldn't help reaching out and pinching Chen Manrou's pink cheeks, seeing the pinched person staring at him with wide eyes, the emperor felt a rare embarrassment, and coughed lightly: "By the way, didn't I say before that the second princess's Has the sir invited you? Has she come over?"

"I've already been here." Chen Manrou lowered her eyes to hide the smile in her eyes. This emperor is really easy to please.

"The concubine asked her a few words and asked her to go to the Yonghe Palace. After all, she is the husband of the second princess, and she has to get along with the second princess, so the concubine asked her to stay in the palace temporarily to see what the second princess said tomorrow. "Chen Manrou said with a smile, the emperor picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Then sir, don't treat me badly, as soon as you deal with the matter, just follow..." The emperor pondered for a while, and then continued: "Just follow the order of the second rank."

Seeing the puzzled look on Chen Manrou's face, the emperor explained a few more words: "She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Zeng, the crown prince's grandson. Because of the incident with the crown prince, her family was in trouble, and the man retired. Miss Zeng is a If you are high-minded, you simply won't get married, even if the family is rehabilitated, you will only stay at home and teach the girls in the family."

"So that's the case." Chen Manrou suddenly realized, she thought for a while, and then she was a little worried: "Your Majesty, this kind of character is quite good, and my concubine admires it very much, but isn't this temperament a bit too straightforward?"

Seeing that the emperor was puzzled, Chen Manrou smiled and said: "Although I admire Miss Zeng's temperament, if I am Miss Zeng's mother, I am afraid I will break my heart. The second princess is also the daughter of my concubine. I want to ask someone to change her timid temperament, but I don't want her to have such a high-minded and stubborn temperament in the future. With such a temperament, it is good to be a girl. I am afraid that it will not be so easy to be happy when she is married at that time. "

The emperor frowned: "My daughter of the Tian family, what's the harm in being arrogant?"

"Your Majesty, daughters are of course for your own good, but being a daughter-in-law is not just a matter of status and status. The husband is respectful on the surface, but in fact he is far away. The mother-in-law and father-in-law are holding each other, but they are unwilling to get close. The ladies look at Fu low as petty, but in fact reject everything, so it can only be superficial."

Chen Manrou sighed. Although the second princess was not her own, within the limits of her ability, she was still willing to say something nice to the second princess.First, she had to care about other children in front of the emperor.Secondly, she herself has a daughter, so she should be accumulating blessings for her.After all, when a daughter grows up, she also needs several partners and friends of similar status.

As the first princess, the eldest princess is no longer counted on. If the remaining sisters can't get along well, I'm afraid that my daughter will be alone in the future.No matter what the accompanying reading is, there is still a gap in identity, and there are still some things that cannot be said.

After Chen Manrou finished speaking, she only carefully looked at the emperor's face.The emperor pondered for a while, then nodded and said: "What you said is also reasonable, then Miss Zeng can't be used anymore, I'll pick a few more someday."

"Your Majesty, I don't mean that." Chen Manrou hurriedly waved her hand: "I listen to you, this Miss Zeng's knowledge is very good, if that's the case, why don't you let Miss Zeng stay to teach the second princess how to read, write, and play the piano? Painting and other homework, as for dealing with people, please invite a few more, I have an idea, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Tell me." The emperor put down his teacup and asked, Chen Manrou was a little embarrassed, stuffed the hair on her cheeks to her ears, and then said with a smile: "I know a few court wives, among the wives in the inner house of the capital, They are also pretty people, if they tell the second princess a few words about the world, they won't have to worry about the second princess' temper in the future."

"Let me think about it." The emperor paused for a while and said that. After all, court wives are also of high rank, so it may not be appropriate to enter the palace to be a lady.

Chen Manrou didn't take it to heart, anyway, her daughter was still young, so she had done too much for the second princess.Looking at the time, he turned around and asked, "Your Majesty, it's not early, I guess Hong Xu and the others will be back in a while, and I'm going to the small kitchen to have lunch?"

"Okay." The emperor responded and waved his hands: "You go, I will wait here."

Chen Manrou got up and saluted, then turned and went out.Taking people around the small kitchen, Nanny Dai is instructing people to wash and chop vegetables, Chuyu is good at dim sum, and Chuxue is good at dishes, so Chuxue is busy in front of the stove at the moment.Xiao Xizi squatted on the ground to help light the fire, while Xiao Lezi stood by the water tank, responsible for pouring and passing water.

Seeing Chen Manrou coming in, Nanny Dai was leading the way, and was about to salute Chen Manrou, but Chen Manrou waved her hand: "No need to salute, you are all busy, I just want to see."

Turning around, I saw that there were already several dishes ready on the table in the middle, Chu Yun stood on the side and watched without blinking, Chen Manrou nodded in satisfaction, and led them out of the small kitchen.

(End of this chapter)