Harem for a living

Chapter 167

Don't look at Chen Manrou's generous allocation of palace affairs, but Chen Manrou is not stupid, she will not let anyone occupy a certain convenience for a long time, and finally put this convenience in her pocket.The policy she implemented was to be the iron-clad steward of palace affairs.

Concubine De was in charge of personnel transfers last month, so this month she will be in charge of the imperial dining room.After managing the imperial dining room for a month, I went to manage the flowers and plants in the imperial garden, and finished managing the flowers and plants in the imperial garden.

While Concubine De was taking care of other things, Concubine Hui followed in her footsteps.Concubine Hui pulled out the hands that Concubine De had pressed down earlier, but if Concubine Hui couldn't pull it out, then we still have Concubine Cheng and Concubine Fu.

As for these concubines, Chen Manrou naturally would not let them unite.Concubine De's temperament is becoming more and more dry now, and she will catch fire at the slightest touch.Although Concubine Hui could hold her breath, she couldn't help but have a weakness - the third princess.

Concubine Cheng is pretty good, as long as Chen Manrou doesn't make trouble with the Fifth Prince, Concubine Cheng will not make trouble.Concubine Fu is even better at commanding. She is dedicated to making progress, and Chen Manrou gave her this opportunity to take care of Concubine De and Concubine Hui.

Now that Concubine Shu is added, Chen Manrou is even more leisurely. The phoenix seal is in her hands, the account book is in her hands, and the head of the House of Internal Affairs still comes to Yongshou Palace to answer. If you are afraid of being ostracized by others, then don't mess around as soon as possible.

"Ma'am, is this okay?" Seeing that Chen Manrou had divided things up, Lichun asked with some concern, and Lixia answered with a smile: "What's wrong? Before the draft, Concubine De and Concubine Hui were in charge Don't you? Don't worry, they are all grasshoppers in the hands of the empress, and nothing can be found."

Chen Manrou let out a chuckle, Lichun shook his head, and poked Lixia once: "I didn't mean that, Concubine Dehui and Concubine Hui are okay to say, the empress has figured out their weaknesses, and before that, Concubine Cheng and Concubine Fu can still restrain Defei and Concubine Fu." Concubine Concubine Hui and Concubine Hui, but this time, Concubine Shu and Eldest Princess are added."

"If Concubine Shu and Eldest Princess unite, I'm afraid De Concubine and Concubine Hui will not be able to resist, right?" Li Chun was worried, and Li Xia was also a little worried when he said it.Li Qiu shook his head on the sidelines: "You guys are all worrying about nothing, and you don't even look at what the empress asked Concubine Shu to host this time, and what the princess asked the eldest princess to host, so if the two of them can still unite, That just means they're too smart."

There were not many people in the late emperor's harem, but there were also many, and one after another, they all died in the past few years.However, there are still many who are not too high-ranking and have always lived in the Shoukang Palace behind the Compassion Palace.

The emperor has been on the throne for more than ten years, and the Shoukang Palace has basically not been repaired much.There was a heavy snowfall a few years ago, and a small Buddhist hall suddenly collapsed for a long time. At that time, there were still two people inside who were chanting Buddha, and they were almost crushed to death.

The emperor couldn't bear the reputation of being a mean concubine, so he planned to repair the Shoukang Palace.Chen Manrou's task for Concubine Shu is to count how many places in Shoukang Palace need to be repaired, how many houses are unoccupied, and whether there are enough manpower, which is equivalent to completely isolating them from the affairs of the harem.

As for the eldest princess, it was even simpler. In order to show how much she valued the eldest princess, Chen Manrou handed over the purchase of the imperial dining room to her.It is estimated that the eldest princess is currently studying the prices of various vegetables reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Okay, don't worry about it. From my point of view, Concubine Shu is a smart person. Since she is smart, it is impossible to find the eldest princess easily. No matter what happens, this biggest backer must be brought into full play. " Chen Manrou smiled, and waved her hand to stop their discussion.

After thinking for a while, he added: "Although I have dispatched the matter, I still have to know the affairs of the harem well. Li Qiu, you have taken care of your news network, Bengong You have to know what they eat for lunch every day."

It is not the same thing to be hands-on and know everything well, nor is it the same thing to make good use of talents and decentralization.

Li Qiu responded, Li Chun and the four of them were all brought out by Duyue and Jinhuan, but their abilities were not in the same range as Duyue Jinhuan's.At that time, the two of Yue Jinhuan almost caught each other, but now, things around Chen Manrou are separated.

In addition, her big palace ladies are not the last four, but also the first four, the first cloud, the first rain, the first snow and the first glow, and the various things are divided into more detailed.

"By the way, are all the things that are rewarded today recorded in the book?" Chen Manrou turned her head and asked, Lidong smiled and saluted: "It's already recorded in the book, ma'am, the weather is good today, and the servants will give away the woolen materials for winter." Take them all out to dry?"

Chen Manrou thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, go and tell me, the day after tomorrow is June [-]th, and the calligraphy and paintings in the study room must be dried. You should separate those books that are exposed to sunlight and those that are exposed to shade. , you won’t have to rush around the day after tomorrow.”

After Lidong received the errand, he went to find the second-class maids, looking for places to dry woolen materials, bedding and clothes.

Chu Yu brought over another iced porridge, and the fifth princess clamored to eat it, so Chen Manrou had to feed her two mouthfuls, not daring to give her too much for fear that she would catch a cold.

"Mother, Qianqing Palace sent someone to say that the emperor's lunch will be served in Yongshou Palace." Just as he was teasing with his own daughter, Lichun came in to report, Chen Manrou nodded: "Got it, go tell Chu Yu and let her have lunch at noon." Prepare two more dishes that the emperor likes."

Just as Lichun was about to go out, Chen Manrou added: "The weather is hot, so prepare two cold dishes. Didn't the imperial dining room deliver kale today? One cold salad. Hang the pears rewarded by the emperor into the well to chill, and watermelon , and put them into the well.”

"Yes, servant girl obeys the order." When Li Chun came to salute, Chen Manrou waved her hand before she bowed and retreated.

Touching her daughter's round face, Chen Manrou wondered if she had cut off her milk.At this moment, Xiao Wu can already speak a lot of song vocabulary, and the meaning of the expression is quite clear, so he has grown up, right?
But, are the two wet nurses going to drive them away or not?If they dare not leave, they are afraid that they will win over Xiao Wu in the future.If you drive them away, which big family's daughter doesn't have a wet nurse these days?Even when noble girls get married, they always bring their wet nurses.

It was okay at the time of Xiao Si, he could easily get rid of the wet nurse with a boy who couldn't outgrow a woman.But when it comes to girls, you have to think about everything three times.This society is stricter on women, so Chen Manrou has to think more about her daughter.

"Mother's Queen!" Probably because Chen Manrou was too engrossed in her thoughts, Xiao Wu became anxious when she saw that she ignored him for a long time, reached out and grabbed Chen Manrou's sleeve and threw herself into her arms, Chen Manrou hugged her quickly, mother, what else Half an arm's length away, that's the ground!This little ancestor is really worrying.

"You can't do this next time." Patting the baby girl's butt, Chen Manrou threatened: "If you rush out casually, the mother will not give you cakes!"

Xiao Wu pouted aggrievedly, and stared at Chen Manrou with big eyes. That expression, innocent and cute, made Chen Manrou's heart itch. She reached out and squeezed Xiaoyuan's face twice, and then retreated on the girl's cute face. : "The queen mother took you out to play?"

"Okay~" Xiao Wu opened his mouth suddenly, and patted the outside of his little finger: "Outside, outside~"

"Okay, let's go." Chen Manrou picked up Xiao Wu and went out to the yard. There is also a small garden in the main courtyard of Yongshou Palace. There are also many seasonal flowers blooming in it at the moment. The cobblestone path is black as a whole, and the words Fu Lu Shou and so on are placed in white in the middle.

Chen Manrou bent down and put Xiao Wu down: "Our Xiao Wu is an older child, can we go by ourselves? The queen mother is too tired to hold Xiao Wu anymore."

Xiao Wu looked at Chen Manrou, and nodded slowly after a long while. Holding Chen Manrou's two fingers in his little hand, he stumbled forward.Chen Manrou's attention was entirely on Xiao Wu. There was no blanket on the road, and if she fell, it would be a big deal.

Staring at Xiao Wu with good eyeballs, he walked half a circle, then bent down and picked him up: "Come on, the queen mother will teach you to recognize things. This is the rose flower. Read it to the queen mother, the rose flower."

"Moon Flower." Xiao Wu followed up in a tender voice.

"Moonflower." Chen Manrou repeated, Xiao Wu said again: "Moonflower."

"What are you doing?" The mother and daughter were talking happily, when they suddenly heard a voice coming from the door, Chen Manrou turned around, and hurriedly saluted the emperor: "I have seen the emperor, please greet the emperor."

"Come on, why is Xiao Wu so happy today?" The emperor stretched out his hand to take Xiao Wu from Chen Manrou's hand, and with a smile pricked Xiao Wu's tender face with the beard on his chin. All the fathers in the world have done such stupid actions?

Back then, Father Chen was still a great general, and he was still a pink and tender lolita. At that time, Father Chen's beard was often pulled off by himself.Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard an ouch, and looked sideways, and sure enough, the emperor's beard was caught by Xiao Wu.

"Xiao Wu, let go, the queen mother will give you cake, okay?" Chen Manrou hurriedly grabbed Xiao Wu's fist, half pulling and half coaxing him into his arms, but the emperor laughed and waved his hands: " No need, my little five is really strong."

Xiao Wu grinned stupidly with a mouth that only had three or four teeth. His silly father was willing to be dragged by his daughter, so Chen Manrou couldn't rush to save him. He just smiled and asked: "Your Majesty, let's go back to the house? The concubine asked someone to prepare I ordered mung bean porridge."

"Well, let's go back." The emperor nodded, and went back to the inner room. Seeing that Chen Manrou personally brought the mung bean porridge, he took a few sips of it, paused, and suddenly asked, "I heard that you will discuss the affairs of the harem." Are they all assigned?"

Chen Manrou was feeding Xiaowu to eat cakes. After listening to the question, she paused her hands, looked up at the emperor with a smile on her face: "Yes, I have always been impatient with this, Concubine De and Hui are all capable, I am very relieved Give them these."

As she said that, her face turned slightly red, and she lowered her eyes in embarrassment and said, "By separating the matter, I will have more time to spend with the emperor. I am very happy."

The emperor looked at Chen Manrou carefully, and after a while, he picked up a spoon and finished the remaining mung bean porridge, then got up: "Serve me to change my clothes, I have eaten at noon, and I will rest here."

(End of this chapter)