Harem for a living

Chapter 173

If Chen Manrou knew what Concubine Hua had summed up for her, she would definitely say with a smile that it was all a coincidence.However, Chen Manrou didn't know that she was worrying about another matter right now.Last year, a group of palace servants were released from the palace. Now the manpower is somewhat insufficient. Although it is not enough to make the masters of the harem useless, it is also a little tight, and many places have been transferred away.So, we have to start the small election.

If things like small elections are done well, you can also get some benefits from it.What Chen Manrou worried about was, who should host this small election?It would be a bit too low-key for a queen like herself to do it.

In the entire harem, no one is more noble than the queen.Of course, Ci'an does not belong to the category of the harem, she has already surpassed the harem.Then the most honorable person looks at other people in charge of the palace affairs, but chooses the maids and servants himself, which is shameless to say.

"Mother, Concubine Li sent someone over." Just as Chen Manrou was worrying, Lichun came in to report, Chen Manrou raised his eyes, Lichun stepped forward and said with a wink: "The lady next to Concubine Li is here, saying that Li There is less ice in the concubine's palace, the Sixth Highness is precious and cannot bear the heat, so I beg the empress to give me more ice."

Chen Manrou raised her head and looked out of the window. It's almost the end of July, and it's hot in July. The heat is gone long ago, okay?What's more, it's almost night, children can't use ice, right?

"Where's Meng Jieyu?" Chen Manrou frowned and asked, the Sixth Highness is Meng Jieyu's own son, Meng Jieyu wouldn't watch Concubine Li use ice cubes for the Sixth Prince, would she?

"Meng Jieyu ran into Concubine Li today and was punished by Concubine Li. She is still picking up Buddha beans in Yikun Palace." Li Chun said in a low voice, and Chen Manrou rubbed the corners of her eyebrows. His sister couldn't help but explode Swearing.This woman who has just entered the harem, everyone is a moth!
Concubine Xian is too arrogant, Concubine Shu likes to pretend too much, Concubine Hua is too smart, Concubine Li is too stupid, and there is a concubine Jin who likes to take the path of sickness and beauty.Isn't there a normal one?For example, do you just count ants in your own palace when you have nothing to do?

"Who is in charge of the ice basin?" Chen Manrou asked in a deep voice, Lichun thought for a while before saying, "It's Concubine Hui."

"Go and ask Concubine Hui if there are enough quotas at Concubine Li's." Chen Manrou reached out to take a sip from her teacup: "If it is enough, then you can go to Yikun Palace and tell me that I want to eat Meng Jieyu's food." I asked Meng Jieyu to prepare the bergamot cakes and send them over to me. In addition, I haven't seen the sixth prince for many days, and the Fourth Highness also misses his sixth brother very much, so I brought the Sixth Highness here for me to have a look. .”

Li Chun responded, turned around and went out to handle errands.

When it was dark, Lichun came back. While serving Chen Manrou for dinner, she reported her itinerary: "The concubine Hui took the account book for the slaves to see. The ice cubes from Yikun Palace were delivered according to the order. Meng Jieyu One piece a day, Concubine Li three yuan a day, and the sixth prince two yuan a day because he is young. I also called the eunuch who delivered the ice cubes from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to inquire, and made sure that no one was greedy for ink, and the amount sent over was enough."

"What did Concubine Li say?" Chen Manrou asked casually while wiping Xiao Si's mouth after drinking the last sip of soup. Xiao Si looked at Li Chun curiously with big round eyes and heard everything she said. went in the ear.

This started after June this year. Before, Chen Manrou felt that Xiaosi was young, so she planned to wait until Xiaosi was seven or eight years old before letting him in touch with the harem.But Chen Manrou became queen several years earlier than she expected.

The queen and the imperial concubine are different. The imperial concubine can hide under the queen and plot against others.But being a queen is more about being tricked by others.

What's more, Xiao Si is now six years old and has already started school.Therefore, Chen Manrou resolutely advanced the plan, and asked Xiaosi to listen in on weekdays when she was handling the palace affairs by herself. Of course, Xiaosi must not tell these things to the outside world.

"The servant girl asked the people around Concubine Li. Concubine Li put two pieces of ice in the morning, and another piece at noon, so that it would be useless in the middle of the afternoon, and then these days, she directly put Meng Jieyu The quota there was taken away, and Meng Jieyu hasn't used ice since the beginning of July."

Just like that, Concubine Li also said that she didn't have enough ice cubes, and almost used up the sixth prince's.

Chen Manrou hugged Xiao Wu who was full to her side, and asked Xiao Si to help Xiao Wu to walk on the soft couch.After thinking about it, he turned his head and said to Lichun: "Tomorrow, go to Yikun Palace and tell Concubine Li, and say that I have heard that Concubine Li likes Buddhism, so I want Concubine Li to copy a few volumes of Buddhist scriptures for me. You will wait Find the one that is particularly thick, find three or five copies, and send it to Concubine Li tomorrow."

"Yes, ma'am." Li Chun replied with a smile. Chen Manrou is not a bad person. First of all, she is the queen. If she doesn't ask about this matter, when Meng Jieyu makes a scene by herself, it will not only be Concubine Li who will be ashamed .What's more, although the sixth prince was raised by Concubine Li's side, the jade certificate has not been changed, so Meng Jieyu can be regarded as someone who has a prince by her side.Secondly, when Concubine Shu Meng Qianqian asked Chen Manrou to go to Yikun Palace to talk, Meng Jieyu, who was still Meng Xiaoyi, sold Chen Manrou for a favor.

Xiao Wu giggled and threw the little cloth tiger at Xiao Si's body. Xiao Si smiled and reached out to take the cloth tiger, pinching Xiao Wu's face: "Sister, call me brother. If you call me brother, I'll give you some cake."

Xiao Wu turned to look at the table, the dining table had just been taken down, not to mention pastries, even the dishes were gone.And on the small table on the soft couch, there are a book, a stack of paper, an inkstone and a brush, and even cakes, not even a pot of tea.

So, Xiao Wu turned his head and ignored Xiao Si.Xiao Si reached out and grabbed Xiao Wu's belt to drag Xiao Wu back who was crawling towards Chen Manrou: "Xiao Wu, be good, there are pastries in the kitchen, brother can go to the kitchen to get pastries."

Little Five rolled his eyes, his little tender face was full of seriousness, after thinking for a while, he probably felt that what his brother said was true, so he showed a "toothless" smile, and shouted sweetly: "Brother, Little Five Eat cake~"

More than half an hour after dinner, it was time for Chen Manrou and his sons and daughters to talk and have fun.Therefore, Lichun and the others went down with winks.

Chen Manrou let out a chuckle from the side, and rubbed Xiaosi's head with her hands: "Your sister ate three yuan today, and now she just had dinner, and you fed her pastries, she must be feeling unwell at night. "

Xiao Si quickly shook his head: "Then I won't take it."

Xiao Wu heard Xiao Si's meaning, immediately became upset, and stared at Xiao Si: "Bad brother!"

"Xiao Si just promised to bring cakes for my sister, but now you don't keep the promise, and your sister will not believe you in the future. Didn't your husband say something before? People are untrustworthy, so I don't know what to do Also. And that sentence is too much to break your promise, can you be fat? You explained it to the queen mother before, how can you go back on your word now?"

Chen Manrou said slowly, with a gentle look on her face.Xiaosi's face turned red, and she was a little embarrassed. Chen Manrou said again: "What's more, if a gentleman says something, it's hard to chase after a horse. Didn't you keep saying that you want a gentleman and a gentleman?"

"Mother, it's my son who made a mistake." Xiaosi was a good boy, and when he realized his mistake, he immediately apologized, but when he looked at his little sister, he didn't know how to correct it, so he turned to Chen Manrou for help.

Chen Manrou pinched his cheek: "Did you tell your sister when to get her pastries?"

Although she intends to teach her son to be Renjun, she doesn't want him to be too stupid and naive, otherwise he will die faster.A smart benevolent gentleman, or a black-bellied benevolent gentleman, this is the ultimate goal.

Xiaosi's eyes lit up immediately, and she quickly shook her head: "I didn't say that, then I'll bring cakes for my sister tomorrow."

"Then have you ever thought that before you took it, someone else brought over the pastry? What if my sister chooses the pastry that was placed here and the pastry you brought over?" Chen Manrou continued patiently Asked: "Or, before you brought it, my sister was already full and didn't want to eat the pastry you brought, so what should you do?"

Xiao Si wrinkled his face again, and continued to think hard.

"The queen told other people not to bring the cakes, and let them bring them after I have eaten them for my sister tomorrow." Xiao Si thought for a while, and said with a curved eyebrow, Chen Manrou stretched out her hand to poke his forehead: "Why did the mother help me?" You? If it were someone else, would they help you?"

"Because I am the queen mother's son, the queen mother will help me." Xiaosi is a smart child, and he understands what Chen Manrou means without answering the second question, and his little face is a little gloomy.

Chen Manrou stretched out her hand and hugged him into her arms: "So, you have to find a way to get other people to help you too. For example, Lichun is here right now, and you want her to help you, what should you do?"

"I'll just tell her." Xiaosi immediately replied, and Chen Manrou nodded: "This is right, but it's not right. You are right because Lichun is the queen's personal maid, and you are also her master. So she will definitely listen to you. If you say you are wrong, it is because Li Chun is the queen's personal maid, not yours. If the mother says that Li Chun can't help you, she still can't help you. "

Xiaosi nodded with a clear face: "Then I will ask Su Shengshu and the others to help, and they will definitely listen to me."

"By the way, that's it, because Su Shengshu belongs to you." Chen Manrou nodded. Originally, she wanted to say that this idea was still wrong, but thinking about Xiao Si's age, if she wanted to understand the complicated human heart, she had to work hard. After waiting for two years, I swallowed this sentence and asked another question: "Think about it again, what if you want your second brother to help?"

Xiaosi's brows and eyes were all tangled together. After thinking for a while, he shook his head in frustration: "Brother Erhuang won't listen to me, and he doesn't treat me as well as his mother, so Brother Erhuang will definitely not help me." busy."

"If your second brother himself needs help right now, and you help him, will he help you?" Chen Manrou Chunchun induced, Xiao Si's eyes lit up immediately, and he nodded quickly: "Maybe help me."

"If your second brother happens to want something, and you happen to have it, and you give it to him, will he help you?" Chen Manrou continued to ask, Xiao Si thought for a while, pursed her lips and nodded : "I understand what the queen mother means. The queen mother is my closest relative, so she will help me unconditionally. Lichun and others are the queen mother's servants, so they will listen to me. Su Shengshu and the others are my servants, so they will definitely help me." Will listen to my words, and other people, either exchange benefits for help, or exchange conditions for help, just like the queen mother said, there is no free lunch in the world, right?"

"Yes, Xiaosi is really smart." Chen Manrou kissed Xiaosi on the forehead and said, Xiaowu saw his mother and brother only talking to him and ignoring him, so he got a little angry and stood up. Grabbing Chen Manrou's arm, she shouted, "Queen! Brother!"

"Good girl, mother will play games with you later?" Chen Manrou turned her head and pinched Xiao Wu's nose and smiled. Xiao Wu immediately smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Play games! Puzzles!"

Chen Manrou smiled and said: "Okay, puzzle. Lichun, bring the puzzle board here." Shouting outside, Chen Manrou turned to look at Xiaosi again: "Don't you have homework today? You can't be distracted by writing now. "

Little Four nodded, turned to the other side of the little table, took the paper and started to practice calligraphy.Chen Manrou looked at Xiao Si with a smile, and carried Xiao Wu to the other side to play puzzles.All of a sudden, the only sound in the room was the slight crackling sound of Xiao Wu holding the jigsaw puzzles together and Chen Manrou's low voice.

(End of this chapter)