Harem for a living

Chapter 2

Looking at Chen Manrou's slightly puzzled and curious eyes, Zhang Wanting acted like a strong man cut off his wrist, and said cruelly: "It's not that my sister is unwilling, but in this capital, although my sister is the daughter of the Duke's mansion, she is the most unpopular." Chong, my grandmother and mother go out every day without taking me..."

Therefore, she has no communication.Zhang Wanting looked at Chen Manrou with sad, aggrieved and sorry eyes, a look that expressed thousands of meanings, and Chen Manrou's brainpower was fully activated to interpret it.

An apologetic smile immediately appeared on Chen Manrou's face: "Sister Zhang, I'm really sorry, I just arrived in the capital too..."

"Those who don't know are not guilty." Zhang Wanting smiled softly, and then continued: "It's just that I still know a thing or two about the things in the harem. I met my sister today, which can be regarded as fate. With my sister's Identity, you will definitely enter the palace in the future..."

Chen Manrou's face was panicked, and she hurriedly took a step beside Zhang Wanting: "Sister Zhang, you can't talk nonsense, the palace is important, we are all beautiful women, who will enter the palace and who will not, this is all the emperor, the empress dowager and The Empress Dowager says it all."

Favors are not easy to owe. If Zhang Wanting enters the palace, the news of the harem is equivalent to selling favors to herself, and she will have to pay back in the future.If Zhang Wanting did not enter the palace, no one would be sure of the situation in the harem in the future, and her favor would still be valuable.

Chen Manrou's thoughts changed sharply. If you want to sell favors, you have to see if I want to buy them.Therefore, looking at Zhang Wanting's eyes became more sincere: "We shouldn't discuss this harem matter, after all, we are not married yet, if something gets out, our reputation will be ruined."

Zhang Wanting also covered her mouth with a handkerchief, carefully looked around, and after the aggrieved and angry flashes in her eyes were all over, she turned her head and tugged at Chen Manrou's sleeve and said, "What my sister said is that my sister didn't think well. My sister also It wasn't intentional, I thought it was our turn to go in, and I didn't know when it would be, so I said something to pass the time."

As he said that, he said in a mysterious and low voice: "Actually, you can find out about this harem matter once you go outside. My sister is just talking for nothing. You have nothing to do at the moment, so you can treat it as a pastime. "

Chen Manrou raised her eyebrows slightly in her heart. This Wanting would rather turn favors into gossip than tell the news to herself. Could it be that she thought she was a fool?Or, in fact, she can be sure that both she and herself can enter the palace?
"My sister is relieved when she says this." Chen Manrou also lowered her voice, pretending to listen, and assured by the way: "Sister, don't worry, what you said today will come out of your mouth and come in from me. After leaving this place, my sister will not know what my sister has said."

Zhang Wanting's face was very pretty, this Chen Manrou looked young, but unexpectedly, she acted so cautiously.There was no third person who said this today. What she meant was that if she left this place, if she wanted to use today's news in the future, she would have to find another way. She, Chen Manrou, absolutely didn't know about it.

However, Maggie Cheung has other considerations in her heart, she is smart, and if she is smart, she will find a way to climb up, and her own news will be more valuable.

"Don't worry, sister, I know what you can say, please don't say anything." Zhang Wanting smiled slightly, still looking soft and weak, approaching Chen Manrou, and said softly: "In this harem, there are two queen mothers, one The empress has a noble concubine, the fourth concubine has only one concubine Shu, the eighth concubine has only one concubine Liu, not counting Jieyu below, there are not many beauties in total, and today she is a womanizer. "

Chen Manrou secretly calculated in her heart that there are many positions on the top, and it depends on which of this year's show girls has a higher net worth.My own father is of the third rank, according to the rules of the harem, the father of the noble concubine is at least the first rank, from the first rank, the fourth concubine is above the second rank, the eighth concubine is above the third rank, and those below the fourth rank are somewhat inferior.Like the Hou's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion, it is super-grade, at least it must be a concubine.

But, my situation is a bit special.The emperor ascended the throne for three years and kept his filial piety for three years. This means that three years ago, the old emperor was still in power, and his own father was promoted by the old emperor, so he was regarded as the old emperor's confidant.When standing in line, he didn't make a statement.

Now, although the emperor is in power, the power is unstable, otherwise the two queen mothers in the harem would not come to the draft.If you don't enter the palace, you are telling the emperor that I have no confidence in you.This is asking for a quarrel and annihilation of the family. The emperor is far away, and his own father's political opponents are not allowed to dance hard?Not entering the palace is a bad thing, entering the palace is a pawn plus a proton.Well, in fact, my elder brother is the proton, and he has to stay in the capital in the future.

A pawn, if the emperor is willing to give face, the eighth concubine is not unable to fight.But if the emperor wants to show off someone, it is very difficult to get Zhaoyi who is about the third rank.

So, after thinking about it for a long time, there is no room for fighting?

Chen Manrou was depressed for a moment, and Zhang Wanting's voice continued to be heard in her ears: "The queen is the eldest daughter of Dingguo's family, but Dingguo's family has begun to go downhill now, and she only leads the title of first-class duke. But there is no real difference, but the empress's belly is strong, and she has given birth to the emperor's eldest son and eldest daughter. The empress is good-looking, and she is very gentle, she is virtuous and virtuous, and she can be a model for the world."

"Concubine Yang is the eldest daughter of the Commanding Mansion of the Guards. The Empress entered the mansion when she was pregnant with the eldest prince. Originally, she was not qualified to be a noble concubine, but because the emperor liked her a lot, she was named a noble concubine. The noble concubine is the eldest. Well, I have a straight temper."

As Zhang Wanting said, she looked at Chen Manrou's face, and then felt very frustrated. Chen Manrou's face was concealed so well that she couldn't even see the slightest fluctuation.Or, this woman is not interested in entering the palace.Or, this woman is very scheming.

"However, the imperial concubine comes from a military general's family after all. In terms of upbringing..." Zhang Wanting said with a little disdain, Chen Manrou hurriedly waved her hands nervously: "Sister Zhang, I think the sun is a little too big, should we change it?" place to stand?"

Zhang Wanting secretly regretted that she was really smart, but she was a little impatient.

"Really? I didn't even notice." Taking advantage of the opportunity to look up, Zhang Wanting quickly tore off the handkerchief in her hand to cover her forehead: "It's really big, and I don't know how many people are ahead. If there are more people , let’s just find a gazebo to sit in.”

As soon as Zhang Wanting finished speaking, she heard a young eunuch standing at the door and shouting: "Group A Ziwu, Group A Ziwei, Group A Ziyou!"

Shocked, Chen Manrou hurriedly stood up, turned her head and smiled at Zhang Wanting, "Sister Zhang, my sister is the first member of Group A, it seems that I will go first now."

Zhang Wanting smiled gracefully: "Sister Chen, hurry up and go in, my sister first wishes my sister's wish."

"Thank you, Sister Zhang." Chen Manrou smiled, and turned to go in the direction of the little eunuch. The other two girls who were named also came over. One was standing in front of her in a pink skirt and a jacket of the same color.A girl in a bright green skirt stood behind her, and the three of them followed behind the little eunuch, entered the door of a small room, and then walked around into the main hall from the side.

Chen Manrou glanced up quickly when entering the hall, two old ladies were sitting on it, a beautiful woman was sitting on the side with a smile, the three of them were talking, the beautiful woman smiled softly: " Since the queen mother likes it, let's give it a pearl hairpin."

One old lady nodded with a smile on her face, the other nodded with a serious face, and then the beautiful woman turned her head and told the maid standing beside her: "Go, give Miss Lin a pearl hairpin."

The court lady smiled and held the pearl hairpin and sent it to the girl kneeling in the center of the hall: "Congratulations, Miss Lin."

"My daughter, I thank the Empress Dowager for the reward, and I thank the Empress Dowager for the reward." Miss Lin thanked her with a happy face, then got up and followed another young eunuch to the other side, bypassing the pillars and the screen, and went out the door. Even if the draft is over up.

Then, the gazes of the two old ladies and the queen met the three people who had just entered.Chen Manrou lowered her head and could feel that the eyes of the three were like searchlights, sweeping the three of them from beginning to end.

Chen Manrou didn't ask for a spotlight, and shouted along with the other two girls: "My daughter Yang Cai'er (Chen Manrou, Liu Qingqing) has seen the two queen mothers, and the empress."

"Get up, you're all juicy." The smiling old lady said first, looking at Yang Cai'er in front of her and asked: "Which family are you from? What kind of talent do you have? "

"The courtier is the daughter of Yang Lianting, the magistrate of the fourth rank. The courtier has a little understanding of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but her talent is limited. So far, she is only a little in the art of piano." Yang Cai'er lowered her head. From Chen Manrou's perspective, she can Seeing that Yang Cai'er's face was flushed, her fingers were all cramped together.

This passage is fluent, but too fluent, almost without a pause, it seems more like memorizing it.

"Then play a piece of music." The old lady with a serious face said, and immediately a court lady brought the Yaoqin, Yang Cai'er saluted, went to sit behind the piano, took a deep breath and started playing, nothing to say Emotional or non-emotional, the technique is quite smooth, and there is no staccato in the middle.

Her behavior was quite ordinary, and finally the queen gave a few words of comfort, but she was not rewarded with the pearl hairpin, so she was taken out.Then, it was Chen Manrou's turn.

"My daughter is the daughter of General Zhaoyi of the third grade. My daughter has been fond of painting since she was a child, and she is good at it." Chen Manrou said very well. Anyway, her entry into the palace is well known to both parties. It's just a cutscene. some will do.

(End of this chapter)