Harem for a living

Chapter 213

Chen Manrou took the scriptures and Guanyin statue to Ci'an Palace, and happened to meet the emperor.The emperor's expression was not very good. When he saw Chen Manrou, he twitched the corner of his mouth stiffly: "Why is Rou'er here now? Didn't you come to greet me this morning?"

"Although I greeted you in the morning, I am worried about the Queen Mother's health, so I came to take a look." Chen Manrou said with a smile, reaching out to touch the emperor's arm: "The emperor's face is not very good, is there something wrong? Worrying things? But worrying about the empress dowager's body? The empress dowager is blessed with great blessings, and her blessings are profound, so she will be fine."

"Cheng Rou'er has auspicious words." The emperor said with a smile, and Chen Manrou supported the emperor and took two steps towards the side hall with concern: "The emperor is the master of the world, and all the people in the Daqing Dynasty depend on it." What about the emperor, so the emperor must take care of his health."

The emperor smiled and was about to speak, when he saw what Chen Manrou was holding in the other hand, he asked suspiciously: "What is Rou'er holding in her hand?"

"It's the Buddhist scriptures and the Avalokitesvara statue, which were made by two beautiful girls who heard that the Empress Dowager was unwell." Chen Manrou said with a smile, and took the emperor to sit down beside him, and opened the Avalokitesvara statue: "This Avalokitesvara embroidered The ones are really good, they are so lifelike, the concubine looks as if she can touch the auspicious clouds beside Guanyin. After asking the nuns next to her, she realized that it would take at least two months for the embroidery of the Guanyin statue to be so embroidered. "

Chen Manrou is not a good-natured person, others are going to step on her, and she has not reacted at all.Since Jiang Xiu'er wants to use her to get her position, then she should give Jiang Xiu'er a favor first.

"Ms. Jiang, the daughter of Master Jiang, embroidered this in person. I have heard that Ms. Jiang is very popular, and now I have seen it." Chen Manrou praised sincerely: "Your Majesty, look, does this Guanyin seem to be embroidered?" Is it particularly beautiful?"

The emperor nodded, but did not answer.Chen Manrou didn't care, just smiled and continued: "There is also this Buddhist scripture, which was copied by Miss Cao. I read two pages, and there is no typo. I heard from Miss Jiang that she brought a few books before entering the palace. , and thought that it happened to be lent to Ms. Cao, but who would have thought that Ms. Jiang didn’t bring any Buddhist scriptures, and Ms. Cao wrote it down completely by herself.”

It is probably relatively easy to write one Buddhist scripture silently, but writing three Buddhist scriptures silently is not something ordinary people can do.Buddhist scriptures are not the Four Books and Five Classics. They are logical and easy to recite.

Chen Manrou praised Cao Yuling's memory very much, and also praised the copying of the Buddhist scriptures in various ways, which is so good that it can be confessed.

The emperor smiled when he heard it, and stretched out his hand to pinch Chen Manrou's cheek: "Since they have the heart, let them copy a few more volumes of Buddhist scriptures until the Queen Mother is safe." He is not a fool, he can't even listen to his little wife clear.

A two-month-old Guanyin statue would be embroidered in half a month, unless Miss Jiang had six hands.And the Buddhist scriptures, I haven't heard that the Cao family girl likes Buddhism, how can she write three volumes of scriptures casually?
The little wife was jealous of herself, and the emperor said that this is really a very beautiful thing.

But when he thought of Empress Dowager Ci'an, the emperor became a little unhappy again.The Queen Mother is a bit stubborn, if she wants to praise someone, she really likes that person, from the top of the head to the heel, she likes everything.

Now it is Tang Wan'er, if Cao Yuling and Jiang Xiu'er also please her, then life will be really difficult for her little wife in the future.Anyway, I don't need to use marriage to maintain the balance of the previous dynasty. This kind of big-eyed and empty-minded woman should be dismissed.

Thinking of Empress Dowager Ci'an, then the emperor thought of Empress Dowager Ci'an's condition, and couldn't help but want to sigh.Knowing that the Empress Dowager's illness was suspicious, but they couldn't find any evidence, he and Ci'an were well aware of what was going on.

However, the queen mother is his own mother, and he can't force the queen mother to get better.After painstakingly persuading her for two days, the Empress Dowager only sighed every time: "When I didn't enter the palace, my younger brother was only this old. I almost raised that child by myself. When I entered the palace, he was only seven or eight years old. Crying and yelling not to let me leave, in the blink of an eye, more than 30 years have passed, and now I am getting old, and he is getting old too."

"The queen mother doesn't blame you. Your uncle violated the laws of the country and should lose his title." Empress Dowager Ci'an's eyes flushed, and she continued: "It's just that Wan'er and Qingyu are your cousins, you just have to see." Since your uncle only has these two bloodlines, can you treat them kindly?"

The old lady is about to cry, what can the emperor say?Say I didn't treat them badly now?The old lady's next sentence was definitely: "Then when will I be promoted?" Not only was Tang Qingyu promoted, but Tang Wan'er was also promoted.

The emperor is not stingy with a title. Not long after the Tang family was deposed, Tang Qingyu has no credit or hard work. If he is promoted again, how will he rule in the future?

As for Tang Wan'er, let's not talk about her innocence and merit.Only relying on Tang Wan'er's inexhaustible careful thinking, he didn't want to put another poisonous beauty on it.What's more, Tang Wan'er's goal was too clear, she knew at a glance that she was coming towards her queen, and she couldn't tolerate it even more.

What's more, if there is one thing, there will be three, and my mother's body is clear, so it will not be a problem to live another 20 years.If she came here every so often, then in less than ten years, the empress would have to be replaced.

Even if you don't consider his feelings for the queen, just talking about the crown prince and the throne will always involve the issue of world stability.If you don't sweep a house, why sweep the world?The chaos in the Houzhai has always been the beginning of the wars in the previous dynasty, and he must not let this country fall into his own hands.

"Your Majesty?" The Emperor was contemplating when he suddenly heard a voice next to his ear, and when he turned around, he saw his little wife looking at him worriedly.The emperor curled his lips into a smile, and patted the back of Chen Manrou's hand: "It's been a long time for Rou'er, and the queen mother is taking medicine and going to sleep right now. Let's put this Buddhist scripture and Guanyin statue here. When the queen mother wakes up, I personally gave it to my mother to have a look."

Chen Manrou was very happy that she didn't have to look at the empress dowager's orange face, and immediately nodded in response: "Then the concubine won't go and disturb the empress dowager, is the emperor going back to Qianqing palace directly?"

"Well, there are still some things that haven't been dealt with." The emperor said, paused again, and then continued after a while: "The number of people serving the queen mother is a little less, you can see who else is free recently, and send them here too .”

Chen Manrou's eyes flickered, did she know that Concubine Jin wanted spices before?

"Okay, my concubine remembers that it is everyone's duty to take care of the empress dowager, and they are also willing to share the worries for the concubine and the emperor." Chen Manrou nodded with a smile, seeing that the time is almost up, so let's go first Resigned and left.

Later, she passed on the decree, asking Concubine Jin, Concubine Shen, Zheng Zhaohua, Qian Zhaohua and others to serve the sick.

By the end of May, the draft entered the final step.The queen mother was seriously ill and did not show up, only Chen Manrou went to interview those beautiful girls.The emperor gave her a list of which officials and scholars need to be married, and which clan children should also get married. Basically, they all have default quotas.

To Chen Manrou's surprise, no one stayed in the palace.

In this regard, the emperor's words were translated as follows - the queen mother is seriously ill, as a son of man, she should take care of herself.You can't just enjoy yourself and have fun when your mother is seriously ill.

Chen Manrou didn't know what the Empress Dowager's expression was when the edict was delivered to the harem. Chen Manrou just smiled and asked someone to send Cao Lingyu and others out of the palace. In the future, the marriage leave has nothing to do with her.

Then, the Empress Dowager's condition showed signs of improvement.Chen Manrou took everyone to Ci'an Palace to pay her respects again. Tang Wan'er's complexion was slightly yellow and her body was a little thinner, as if a gust of wind could blow her away.

Chen Manrou smiled and praised Tang Wan'er: "Tang Zhaorong has worked hard these days, but Tang Zhaorong's body is really weak. Bengong sees that Concubine Hui is a little thinner, but her expression is not bad, but Tang Zhaorong also seems to be seriously ill. Same. When I go back later, I will send the imperial doctor to check Tang Zhaorong's pulse. If she is really ill, I will send another person from the Queen Mother's side."

Tang Wan'er glanced at Chen Manrou, her expression was not very good, at this point, she no longer needed to laugh at Yan Yan with the queen, it was not only to scare others, but also to scare herself.

"Thank you Empress Dowager for your concern. I should take care of Empress Dowager. I don't feel tired." Tang Wan'er turned sideways, saluted casually, and didn't say much.

Chen Manrou smiled, turned and walked into the inner room.The queen mother was leaning on the cushion and drinking porridge. When she saw Chen Manrou, she didn't make a sound, but the speed of drinking porridge was more than half slower than before.Chen Manrou was not in a hurry, after saluting, she didn't wait for the queen mother to call, she got up on her own: "Let me come."

As he said that, he went to get the porridge bowl in Nanny Ping's hand, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, I was not able to take care of the Queen Mother in person. I really feel ashamed. Today, I want to show my filial piety. The Queen Mother Empress, don't despise me as a concubine."

Just as the Queen Mother was about to open her mouth to speak, a spoonful of porridge was delivered to her mouth.The queen mother did not force herself, frowned, and stretched out her hand to push Chen Manrou's wrist away: "You don't need to serve me." She glanced back and pointed at Tang Wan'er: "Wan'er, come and serve Aijia."

Tang Wan'er smiled and went forward to salute, looked at Chen Manrou and said with a smile: "The Empress is a woman with a rich body, I'm afraid she can't do this job of serving people, why don't I let my concubine come?"

Chen Manrou turned her head to look at Tang Wan'er, and after a while, she nodded with a smile: "It's true that Tang Zhaorong did the job of serving people more easily. In this case, I will leave it to you to take care of the empress dowager. Put your heart into it. The Empress Dowager is well, and you will naturally be well. This Palace and the Emperor will be grateful to you. If there is anything wrong with the Empress Dowager..."

"Are you cursing Aijia?" Before Chen Manrou finished speaking, the Empress Dowager Ci'an said angrily. Chen Manrou shook her head and tucked the quilt into the Empress Dowager Ci'an. Do you know if you are sweating under the quilt?

"The empress dowager misunderstood. How could I curse the empress dowager? The empress dowager is a person who will live a hundred years." Chen Manrou said unhurriedly, pointing to Tang Wan'er: "The concubine is just teaching Tang Zhaorong, after all , the empress dowager is a body of ten thousand gold, but Tang Zhaorong is not allowed to make any mistakes. Otherwise, the concubine will not be very accountable when she goes to the emperor."

(End of this chapter)