Harem for a living

Chapter 181

Before the emperor, Chen Manrou and the others arrived at the paddock, another group of people had arrived first, and they had already set up tents and other accommodation.The emperor took it for granted that the largest tent is the main tent. This tent is divided into three parts. The largest one in the middle is used to receive courtiers. The one on the left is for the emperor to review the memorials, and the one on the right is for resting.

And Chen Manrou's tent is only ten meters away from this tent, at the left rear of this tent, and the eldest princess's is at the right rear. .Concubine Xian's is further back, Concubine De's is next to Concubine Xian's, and then Concubine Fu's.These tents were surrounded together, and curtains were drawn around them. Outside the curtains were the tents of the princes in turn. Anyway, the second prince and the others are still young at this moment, so they don't need to pay too much attention to the issue of male and female defense.

Then, there are the tents of the clan princesses, officials and women's family members, and then outside are the clan and officials, and then outside are the tents of the guards.

At a glance, the entire paddock, just these large and small tents, took up a lot of space.Fortunately, the entire paddock is also large enough.

Chen Manrou left Chuyun with two young maids and two young eunuchs to tidy up the tent, while she took Chuxia to the main tent.Before he got there, he saw Concubine Xian leading the little palace lady over, and the little palace lady was still holding a food box.

Chen Manrou couldn't help raising her eyebrows slightly, Concubine Xian's preparation is really sufficient.It's only now that she's in the paddock, and within a short time of burning incense, she has already prepared the meal?Or, is the tonic soup cooked?

"I have met the empress, please greet the empress." The concubine Xian also saw Chen Manrou, and hurried over to salute, Chen Manrou smiled and helped the concubine Xian: "Sister Xianfei, you are polite, are you going to the main tent? "

"Yes, my younger sister thought about being exhausted, so she wanted to prepare some soup for the emperor to nourish her body." Concubine Xian smiled sheepishly.Chen Manrou nodded with a smile: "You are very thoughtful, it just so happens that I am going to the main tent, so let's go together."

Concubine Xian lowered her head, a little bit reluctant, but she couldn't refuse now.They had no choice but to follow behind Chen Manrou, and the two went to the main tent together.

"Why is Zitong here?" The emperor was probably asking about the guards' garrison. Hearing the announcement, he waved his hand to make the armored guards retreat first, and let the queen go in. He smiled and pulled Chen Manrou to sit beside him. .

Chen Manrou said with a smile: "I want to come over to see if the emperor's side has been cleaned up properly. If not, I can clean up."

The emperor looked at the people behind Chen Manrou, and brought a big court lady and a small court lady. Could it be that he planned to do it himself?Thinking about it, the emperor shook his head and said: "I haven't packed it yet, Liu Cheng personally took care of my things and got them here, and they are still in the tent right now."

"Since this is the case, I will go over and tidy up for the emperor." Chen Manrou said, then turned to look at Concubine Xian: "Sister Xianfei has prepared soup for the emperor, and the emperor will use some here for now, and I will clean it up soon of."

"Then I'll trouble Zitong." The emperor nodded with a smile, and Chen Manrou didn't say much, she got up and walked to the tent.Sure enough, many things in the tent were left unpacked.There was only a thin blanket on the bed, and a bundle was piled on it, revealing the bright yellow quilt inside.

Chen Manrou ordered the little maid to fetch water, and asked Chu Xia to clean all the utensils in the tent, while she went to make the bed.After making the bed, I took out the tea set and other things from the box and put them in order, as well as the aromatherapy cage and hanging ornaments, and put them all in order.

It was almost done, so I took a cloth towel and wiped the sweat off my forehead just right.After listening carefully, there was no other sound from the main tent.Frowning, Chen Manrou led the people out, and saw Concubine Xian sitting on the side with a blushing face, while the emperor above was casually stirring the bowl with a spoon.

"Your majesty?" Chen Manrou went over and called out. The emperor raised his head, and saw his queen's hair was slightly wet on her forehead, and her hands were also a little red. Thinking about the movement of the bed tent before, she also knew that her queen really cleaned it up by herself. Feeling a little happy, she stretched out her hand and pulled Chen Manrou to sit beside her: "You've been tired for a long time, and you just need some soup. This one's not hot anymore, try it."

As she said that, she pushed the soup bowl in her hand over, and Chen Manrou quickly waved her hand: "Your Majesty, this is a wish from Concubine Xian, and I still don't want this concubine."

"Isn't it right for a concubine to serve you?" The emperor said casually, pinching Chen Manrou's palm: "Drink quickly, it's getting late today, you can stay here after drinking the soup, and start hunting tomorrow , when the time comes, you will be with me."

"Really? I can go too?" Chen Manrou suddenly became excited. At first she thought that she could just follow and have a look, and then wait for the emperor and the others to go hunting, and just ride a pony around the area by herself. I didn't expect that , There is still such a surprise.

"You are my Zitong, who can go if you can't go?" The emperor said with a smile, Chen Manrou was about to say something happily, when she suddenly thought that Concubine Xian was still in the tent, she turned her head, and she saw Concubine Xian's grim face.

Chen Manrou's heart moved, she hugged the emperor's arm with both hands, pretending to be surprised, and then put it down quickly.But this brief contact still caught the emperor's attention, following Chen Manrou's gaze to see the resentful and angry Concubine Xian, he frowned slightly.

Concubine Xian also came to her senses suddenly, adjusted her complexion in an instant, and said with a smile: "The relationship between the emperor and the empress is really good. Your majesty, this concubine wants to go hunting with the emperor tomorrow, so let the concubine go too? When the time comes, concubine You can take care of your mother."

The emperor waved his hand: "I have my own arrangements, it's getting late, you should go back quickly."

Concubine Xian was very unwilling, and secretly stared at Chen Manrou secretly. Chen Manrou sipped the soup with her head down and didn't look at Concubine Xian at all.In the end, Concubine Xian had no choice but to stomp her feet and leave. Liu Cheng, who was guarding the door, couldn't even finish the words "Farewell to Concubine Xian", so she couldn't see Concubine Xian.

"Your majesty, concubine is thinking, let sisters Xianfei and Concubine De go with them tomorrow." Chen Manrou thought for a while and said, put down the spoon with a smile, stood up and squeezed the emperor's shoulders: "It's hard to come out once, concubine thinks So, they must be very happy to be able to ride around. What's more, you have to hunt with those ministers tomorrow, isn't it a burden to bring a concubine?"

As he said that, he made a mournful look: "Although I feel that my riding and archery skills are pretty good, I also know myself."

The emperor laughed loudly, and stretched out his hand to pat the back of Chen Manrou's hand: "Don't worry, I didn't intend to let you hunt with me at first. What I said before is that before hunting, you will be with me. When I go hunting, you will go hunting with me." Just wait, and continue to follow me when you come back."

The hunting on the first day was all about men's activities. How can I let my queen follow me all the time?When the time comes, should we take care of the queen or hunt by ourselves to show off our majesty?

So, throughout the whole process, I represented myself as a wallflower?Just stand and wait?Chen Manrou realized instantly,

"Your Majesty, if that's the case, take Concubine Xian and Concubine De with you. You go hunting, so you can leave someone to talk to my concubine." Chen Manrou looked at the emperor innocently and pitifully.The emperor paused for a while, sighed, and stretched out his hands to rub Chen Manrou's head: "As long as you are soft-hearted, that's fine, I will bring Xianfei and the others with me tomorrow."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chen Manrou didn't care that the Emperor messed up her hairstyle at all, she responded with a smile, rolled her eyes and said, "In order to thank the Emperor for being so kind to my concubine, this concubine has decided that I am going to do it myself today." The chef cooks some dishes for the emperor."

The dishes made by Chen Manrou were quite delicious, and the emperor liked them more, so he immediately nodded and said, "Then let Liu Cheng take you there, I still have some things to attend to."

"Okay, I'll go over now." Chen Manrou responded with a smile, and after walking two steps, she turned around and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to call the eldest princess and the second prince over? It's their first time to besiege the city, and I don't know at night." Are you afraid, you are their father, it should be much better to comfort them during dinner."

The emperor was about to refute that it is not good for boys to be timid, but suddenly thought of the eldest princess, he changed his mind, nodded and said: "I will let someone notify them, you don't have to do too much, come back early."

"Yes, that concubine has resigned." Chen Manrou said with a smile, and took Liu Cheng and another eunuch to the back kitchen.

After making four dishes, Chen Manrou hurried back to the tent to take a shower.Then he took people to the main tent in a hurry.The eldest princess and several princes have already arrived, and the emperor is currently examining their homework.

The third prince was not absent this time, although the Empress Dowager Ci'an really wanted to keep the third prince in the palace, but the third prince could only be more useful if he first pleased the emperor, so there was no hindrance.

Although the third prince and everyone else came in a carriage, the third prince has always been weak, and now his face is a little pale.The emperor directly offered a few words of condolences, and then turned around to examine Xiaosi.

After asking, he smiled and said, "Very good. I didn't forget to do the homework assigned by my master even when I was away from home. I can't delay my homework in the future. You must know that studying is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will fall back."

"Son, thank you father for your teaching." Xiao Si clasped his fists in a respectable salute, and the emperor smiled and asked him to get up and rewarded him with a set of the Four Treasures of the Study.The second prince looked at Xiaosi's grinning expression, feeling rather dissatisfied, pursed his lips, lowered his head and only looked at the ground.

The emperor didn't care about the different expressions of the sons, he just greeted Chen Manrou, and the group of people sat down and began to eat.

After dinner, the eldest princess and others were sent away, so that the emperor and Chen Manrou could rest.The emperor is very concerned about keeping in good health, he has just arrived at the paddock today, and he will be hunting tomorrow, so naturally he will not do other things tonight.

Chen Manrou was also very tired, and the two of them just slept under the quilt.In the morning, Liu Cheng yelled outside the bed tent, and the two of them got up.Chen Manrou still didn't pretend to be someone else, she personally served the emperor to get dressed, and then started to take care of herself.

Chu Yun had already brought Chen Manrou's jewelry and clothes over, so she didn't need to go back to dress up now.Chen Manrou is wearing riding clothes today, and the fiery red riding clothes make Chen Manrou look very different from before.

The emperor stood aside and looked at it for a long time, then nodded with a smile and said: "My Zitong, this dress is very good."

"Your Majesty~" Chen Manrou pulled the tassel on her waist in embarrassment, feeling a little uncomfortable.Haven't worn something like this in years, almost never.

"Let's go." Seeing Chen Manrou's blushing, the emperor laughed for a while, then pulled Chen Manrou out of the tent, got on the horse, looked sideways at Chen Manrou, and saw that her movements were quite skillful, so he was completely relieved.

(End of this chapter)