Harem for a living

Chapter 18

The emperor stayed with Concubine Cheng for two nights, and on the third day, another Zhaoyi, who was a third grade, and Wanyi, who was a third grade, entered the palace.On the fourth day, one Jieyu and two beauties entered.Then, Yonghe's three-year draft is over.

On the fifth day, Chen Manrou's three-day confinement also came to an end, and she was finally able to go out to meet people.The first thing to go, of course, is the Queen's Yongshou Palace.The queen was very face-saving, in front of the new concubines, she only said that Chen Manrou had been feeling unwell for the past two days, that's why she didn't come out to meet people.

Newcomers Hu Zhaoyi, Han Wanyi, Ma Jieyu and Song Meiren Qi Meiren came to greet Chen Manrou. Chen Manrou took off two or three hairpins from her head, and took off a pair of bracelets from her hands. reward the past.

No wonder this ancient woman's head is full of pearls and emeralds when she goes out, there are not many of them, it's really not enough to see.If you can't come up with a reward at that time, you will be ashamed.

"Thank you, Concubine Chen, for the reward." Hu Zhaoyi's rank was higher, and she led a few concubines with lower ranks to salute Chen Manrou. Chen Manrou quickly raised her hand: "Please, everyone, we will have a long time together in the future." It's on."

"Concubine Chen seems to be a straightforward person, so the concubine will not be polite." Hu Zhaoyi rolled his eyes, smiled a little, and turned around to salute Cheng Concubine. Cheng Concubine's expression was a little bad. With one sound, he said in a low voice: "Hu Meizi!"

Chen Manrou hadn't left the Zhongcui Palace for three days, but she still knew what she should know. For example, Concubine Cheng and Chen Manrou had the same status. When Chen Manrou entered the palace, although the emperor only stayed with Chen Manrou for two days, But on the third day, the emperor didn't invite anyone to sleep with him.Moreover, on the third day, no newcomers entered the palace.

But when she came to her, she only accepted the favor on the first day, and the emperor did nothing on the second day. On the third day, she went directly to Hu Zhaoyi, who had just entered the palace. Comparing the two, she felt that it was Hu Zhaoyi. It ruined her good deed.Of course, Chen Manrou is not a good bird either.

It's just that Chen Manrou's status is higher than hers, so she didn't dare to confront Chen Manrou blatantly, so she had to point the gunfire at Hu Zhaoyi: "Hu Zhaoyi, since you have entered the palace, you must abide by the rules in the future, put away your vicious You look like you! Don't flirt with each other every day, breaking the rules of this palace."

Chen Manrou was about to applaud Cheng Fei's words, they were so straightforward, so poignant and so shameless.Then I saw Hu Zhaoyi raised her head sharply, looked at Concubine Cheng and said, "Concubine Cheng's position is higher than that of concubine, so concubine naturally dare not criticize Concubine Cheng. A woman who has become the emperor must be pure and clean, and the concubine Cheng said that the concubine was cheating on her, so she asked the concubine Cheng to give evidence."

"If there is no evidence, it means that the concubine Cheng is dissatisfied with the empress dowagers of the two palaces and the queen. Does the concubine Cheng think that the emperor is a fool? Or does the concubine Cheng think that the empress is an incompetent person? Even the people in the harem care not good?"

Hu Zhaoyi rattled, and threw a series of words out of her mouth. The concubine Cheng's face was red, and she was a little frightened. If Hu Zhaoyi's words were confirmed, she would greatly offend the empress dowager and queen today. A punishment is inevitable.To be more serious, if the empress said that she had no dignity and even dared to question the order of the king of a country, it would not be an exaggeration to execute her.

"Sister Zhaoyi, I'm really sorry, I didn't think too much about what I said just now." Concubine Cheng was not a fool, she immediately got up with a red face, and hurriedly saluted Hu Zhaoyi: "If my sister is really angry, Just scold my sister a few words."

These words are good, if Hu Zhaoyi really scolds, the situation will be reversed.But if Hu Zhaoyi doesn't scold her, she will suffer from being dumb. In the future, palace officials and eunuchs will definitely scold her in private, and wait for the real rumors to spread in the future. She could just hit her head to death.

Chen Manrou looked at it with relish, and felt that Hu Zhaoyi was not stupid. Look at the few words I responded to before, didn't they cover everything?The draft is presided over by the empress dowagers and empresses of the two palaces. Your concubine suspects that I, a show girl, are not clean. Who are you suspecting?Concubine Feng's orders come from the emperor, you concubine Cheng think I'm hooking up with others because the emperor doesn't have eyes?Or does the emperor himself want to wear a cuckold?

Sure enough, Hu Zhaoyi twisted her body, rushed to the empress, knelt down abruptly, and in the blink of an eye, two lines of tears rolled down her cheeks: "Empress, please give me some advice on this matter, my concubine really I don’t dare to make my own decisions. Although I know that Sister Chengfei didn’t mean it, but Sister Chengfei’s words have indeed polluted the wisdom of the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces, your reputation, and the emperor’s reputation... I’m a humble concubine. You can't scold the concubine Cheng for the emperor, the empress dowager and the empress."

This matter was pushed to the Queen in this way.Concubine Cheng's original words were not aimed at Hu Zhaoyi.In the future, even if someone dares to talk about Hu Zhaoyi's reputation, what Hu Zhaoyi said today can be regarded as a wake-up call for them. I want to say, you have to have the status to say it.If it's not the empress dowager, or the queen, you don't have to open your mouth.

The queen supported her forehead with one hand, frowned and looked coldly, staring at Concubine Cheng for a while, Concubine Cheng's complexion turned pale, and she knelt down in front of the queen with a plop.Concubine Yang suddenly said from the side: "Sister, this Concubine Cheng is just an outspoken concubine, and if she made a mistake for a while, she doesn't have the guts to question the wisdom of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and your elder sister, let alone doubt the eyes of the emperor. "

Before Concubine Yang Guifei finished speaking, Concubine Cheng nodded immediately: "Yes, yes, that's it, the concubine really just didn't have a brain when she spoke, and wanted to deliberately embarrass sister Hu, not because she doubted the emperor's eyes and the queen mothers of the two palaces. As well as the queen's wisdom, please ask the queen to make amends."

Compared with the two evils, whichever is lesser, Concubine Cheng didn't dare to think carefully, and instinctively chose a relatively minor crime.But this is also her recklessness. If she kills her and just says that she speaks without thinking, at most she will be speechless.

Now, by her own admission, it was jealousy.Of course, neither of these two can be compared with the biggest crime, but it is still a question whether the biggest crime can be settled. After all, Concubine Yang is there, and she obviously supports the concubine, and she is very happy to be with the queen. Those who are against him naturally have to find a way to get rid of this crime.

Chen Manrou shook her head while analyzing the situation in her heart, this concubine Cheng is indeed still a little tender, in this case, she should just beg for mercy, and then hand over the matter to Concubine Yang Gui.But speaking of it, what is the relationship between Concubine Cheng and Concubine Yang?
It seems that Concubine Cheng hugged Concubine Yang's thigh right after entering the palace, right?Although the queen is not as favored as Concubine Yang, but with her sons and daughters, how can she have a better future than Concubine Yang? Could it be that Concubine Yang has a greater advantage?
Thinking of this, Chen Manrou's eyes changed, and she glanced at Concubine Yang's stomach in a very subtle way.At this moment, it has been three or four months since the emperor's filial piety, if Concubine Yang is pregnant at this time, it can be justified. ,

With grace and children, can that title be far behind?
However, did Concubine Cheng know that Concubine Yang was pregnant and formed a group with Concubine Yang?So, is it the concubine Cheng whom Yang Guifei wins over, or the concubine Yang Guifei whom Cheng concubine seeks refuge in?In other words, does Concubine Cheng know that Concubine Yang Gui is pregnant with a child?

"Okay, since Concubine Cheng is jealous of Hu Zhaoyi and can't speak out of his head, this matter will be easy to handle." The queen was silent for a long time before opening her mouth, glanced sideways at Concubine Yang Gui, and said slowly: "It's just, Cheng After all, the concubine offended the imperial prestige with her words, so this has to be punished. How about this, Concubine Cheng will go back and copy the women's precepts a hundred times, and she will be locked up for a month. When the time comes, she must get rid of the habit of talking too much."

Concubine Cheng wanted to say something, but the queen glanced at her, and Concubine Cheng immediately shut up, knocked her head on the ground for a while and said, "I thank the empress for her kindness, and I accept the punishment."

"Go." The queen waved her hand casually and said, after punishing the concubine, there is still a bitter master kneeling at this moment, the queen lowered her eyes and held the tea cup and flicked the tea leaves, glanced at Hu Zhaoyi, and then said slowly: "Hu Zhaoyi , you defend the emperor, the empress dowager and the reputation of the palace, which is very good in itself, you are right. But, you have to know when you can say something, some things, even if you understand, you should not say When it is time, it will rot in your stomach."

"So, you have to bear a share of this punishment today." The queen looked at Hu Zhaoyi, waved her hand, and asked the maid to take out two Buddhist scriptures: "Copying Buddhist scriptures can make people calm, you should also calm down and take care of yourself." Think about what happened today, and think carefully about what it means to talk too much without losing it."

"The concubine is punished." Hu Zhaoyi was straightforward, kowtowed on the ground and said, the queen also waved her hand to get her up, and after handing over the Buddhist scriptures, she let her go down directly.

"I'm very unhappy today." After the two people who were punished left, the queen sighed, glanced at the remaining few people, and said with a serious face: "I'm sorry for you when you enter the palace." At that time, I said one by one that when you enter the palace, you will be serving the emperor. No matter what you say or do on weekdays, you must take care of the face of the royal family. Take care of the emperor, you are so boring every day, you will only be jealous, and say things you shouldn't say! How decent!"

Everyone stood up and saluted, each of them said that they dare not.The queen snorted coldly: "Don't you dare? You really dare not! That's fine, I'm upset seeing you all, so go back."

Because today is not the day to pay respects to the queen dowagers of the two palaces, and there is no new concubine entering the palace for the empress dowager to look at, so when the queen waved her hand, today's concubine meeting is over.

(End of this chapter)