Harem for a living

Chapter 215

"Why doesn't the queen mother love you?" Xiao Ba was howling at the top of her voice. Chen Manrou had no choice but to hug Xiao Ba and looked at the eldest princess with embarrassment. The mother and son shook their heads slightly, expressing that they didn't care.

"The one who hurts the most is Xiao Ba. Look at the cheese made in the small kitchen on weekdays. Does the mother save the most for Xiao Ba?" That's because Xiao Si doesn't like sweets, and Xiao Wu wants to keep fit. Most of them are cheaper than the small four.

"Does the father hurt me?" Xiaoba thought for a while, and felt that he had more pastries than his brothers and sisters, so he stopped crying and asked while lying in Chen Manrou's arms, sobbing. Chen Manrou touched him Head: "Of course it hurts you. You see, your father gave you a small carriage yesterday. You like it very much, don't you?"

"But, but they all said that my father doesn't love me anymore." Xiao Ba wiped away tears for a while, finally couldn't hold back, and started to cry again: "Wow, I don't want my father to love others, my father loves me the most." I!"

Chen Manrou's eyes suddenly sharpened, and she turned to look at the nuns and maids standing by the door, they were all following Xiao Ba.According to Xiao Ba's identity, there should actually be four nuns and four court ladies by her side, but Chen Manrou was worried that Xiao Ba would be affected by the long time in the makeup pile.

So, just like Xiaosi back then, Xiaoba was accompanied by only four nuns, two court ladies, and two little eunuchs.

At this moment, the faces of the group of people were a little pale, and one of the nuns was more courageous. He paused and stepped forward and said, "My Majesty, just now His Highness the Eighth Highness went to play in the Imperial Garden. The little maids were gossiping, one said that the eighth prince is the most favored little highness in the palace, and the other said that soon the eighth prince will not be the most favored."

Mammy's narrative ability is still very good, and she quickly explained things clearly.

It turned out that it was caused by the Ninth Prince's full moon banquet today.The two little maids gossip, saying that the Ninth Prince's full moon banquet is very big this time, much bigger than that of the Eighth Prince's back then, so it is speculated that the emperor should love the Ninth Prince very much.

In addition, Xiao Ba was the youngest son of the emperor before, and the youngest son and grandson were all the elders' favorites.So the eighth prince is very favored, but now that the youngest son has become the ninth prince, the most favored prince is about to change.

After listening to Chen Manrou, there was no smile left on her face, and she was so annoyed to death.It was definitely not a coincidence that these two little maids were gossiping there!She never believed that things in the harem happened by chance.

Yes, the Ninth Prince's full moon banquet was bigger than Xiaoba's at that time, but wasn't it because Xiaoba had dystocia and had to confine for two months, that's why there was no big deal?But this reason must not be told to Xiaoba, so as to save Xiaoba from thinking wildly.A child who knows that his own mother almost died in order to give birth to him, will there be no shadow?Chen Manrou didn't just want her son to have a strong body, her son also had to have a healthy mind!
As for the matter of the Ninth Prince, it was because the Empress Dowager Ci'an had just recovered from a serious illness, and the emperor said that he wanted to make a happy event to make the Empress Dowager happy.The addition of a golden grandson is naturally regarded as a great happy event, and naturally it must be done in a big way.Second, the second princess's in-law's family has been settled, and she will be married next year. Taking advantage of Xiaojiu's full moon, the palace will also be lively.

The emperor was not the only one who made this request, Ci'an also suggested it. Chen Manrou just refuted the Empress Dowager Ci'an on Tang Wan'er's matter a while ago, so naturally she would not be in a hurry to object , but a full moon banquet.

Who would have thought that such a small matter could be used by others.

Taking two deep breaths, Chen Manrou was about to ask the nanny if she saw who the gossip was, when she suddenly thought that the eldest princess was still there, she quickly turned her head and said with a slightly apologetic smile: "I made the eldest princess laugh, Xiao Ba has always been naughty, and Bengong is not willing to arrest him, so this rule is inevitable..."

The eldest princess quickly shook her head and smiled: "It's okay, the eighth brother is still young, and he has to be six years old to learn the rules. What's more, Xiaoba and I are siblings. This complicated etiquette is too polite." Touching Xiao Ba's cheek, he asked with a smile, "Does Ba Brother still know me?"

Xiao Ba stared at the eldest princess with a pair of round eyes, and after a while he called out: "Elder Sister." The eldest princess would go to the palace every year and festival, and Xiao Ba had met her a few times, so she naturally knew her.

The eldest princess was very happy, and nodded repeatedly: "Well, I am the elder sister, the eighth brother, the elder sister brought you a gift, let's go out and have a look together?" She came out of the palace, so naturally she knew that she would wait What is Chen Manrou going to do, so she doesn't get in the way here, and by the way, sell it well, and take Xiao Ba away who is in the way.

Xiao Ba turned to look at Chen Manrou, Chen Manrou rubbed his head with a smile: "Why don't you hurry up and thank your eldest sister?"

"Thank you, Big Sister." Xiao Ba was immediately happy, showing a big smile, and got out of Chen Manrou's arms, and then pulled the big princess out: "Sister, what gift did you bring me? Is it Xiaotong?" People? Can you punch?"

When Xiao Ba's voice gradually disappeared, Chen Manrou's face darkened: "Which palace are those two gossiping little maids from?"

"Returning to the words of the empress, the servants did not see clearly. The two little maids were wearing the clothes of the third-class palace maids. After hearing what they said, the eighth prince was very angry and sad, so he ran away crying. The servants and others were in a hurry. Chasing the eighth prince, so I didn't see the front."

The mother's face turned pale, knowing that she had done something wrong today, even if she was in a hurry to chase after the eighth prince, she had to leave one behind to arrest the two little maids, but in the end, not only did they not see clearly People, just leave them there!

Chen Manrou understood what Mammy meant, and her face turned even colder.After being silent for a while, I said: "I see that you have taken care of the Eighth Prince in the past. For this matter, you will only be fined for three months. If there is another time, I will not be lenient. !"

As he spoke, he lowered his tone: "You all have been with the Eighth Prince for several years, and you should know what will happen if you don't serve your master well in this palace. Don't let me remind you again. Your chance!"

The nuns hurriedly apologized, Chen Manrou didn't say much, and after letting them go down, she called Liqiu: "Tell me tomorrow, who is behind this incident!"

Li Qiu responded, and Chen Manrou was about to say something when she heard a notification from outside that the emperor had come.Chen Manrou turned her head to look at the hourglass, it was getting late, the emperor should be here by now.

"Where is Xiaoba?" The emperor helped Chen Manrou, who was saluting, to stand up, looked around and asked, Chen Manrou followed the emperor into the room with a smile: "The eldest princess took Xiaoba to play outside, would the emperor have a cup of tea first?" ?”

"Well, no need, let's go directly to Jingren Palace." The emperor paused, turned around and said, Chen Manrou nodded: "The concubine asked someone to inform the eldest princess and Xiaoba."

When they arrived at Jingren Palace, almost everyone had arrived, except Empress Dowager Ci'an.

The nanny hugged the Ninth Prince, the Emperor glanced sideways, smiled and praised, Chen Manrou only nodded to show that she agreed, and followed in the footsteps of the Emperor, and rewarded Concubine Zhu with a lot of things. When the Emperor retreated, They also retreated.

Back at Yongshou Palace, Li Qiu hadn't come back yet, so Chen Manrou was not in a hurry, so she asked someone to call the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Garden to come over, and held a discussion for half an hour on the subject of whether the maids could chat in the Imperial Garden.

After the eunuchs in charge expressed their sincerity and trepidation that they would strengthen the management of the imperial garden and would never let the court ladies and eunuchs chat in the imperial garden at will, Chen Manrou ended the meeting with a month's money as punishment.

"Your Majesty, the slaves have already found out that the two young maids belong to Concubine Zhu." The next day, Li Qiu delivered the investigation report on time. Crazy, do you really think that after giving birth to a son, Ben Gong can't do anything to her?"

Li Qiu hesitated for a moment, Chen Manrou turned to look at her: "What else did you say?"

"The Empress Dowager Ci'an rewarded Concubine Zhu with a Jade Buddha." Li Qiu muttered for a while before saying it. Chen Manrou frowned and thought for a while before asking: "Is it the tourmaline Jade Buddha?"

Everyone in the palace knows that the Empress Dowager Ci'an has a tourmaline jade Buddha, which is the empress dowager's beloved eyeballs, which are wiped with fragrant dew three times a day in the morning, noon and evening, and then lit with the best incense candles in the palace.

It is said that when the Empress Dowager Ci'an gave birth to the emperor, this thing was bestowed by the previous emperor. Since then, the Empress Dowager Ci'an has wiped it with her own hands every day. The Queen Mother could sleep with that thing in her arms.

Chen Manrou wanted to gnash her teeth, no wonder Concubine Zhu dared to be so arrogant!His son is only one month old, so he dares to challenge himself, the queen, first!

"The emperor is still in Qing Palace?" Chen Manrou sneered, since Concubine Zhu couldn't see the situation clearly, she would help Concubine Zhu.

Li Chun answered from the side, and the expression on Chen Manrou's face became gentle and dignified: "Go invite the emperor, just say that Xiaoba misses the emperor very much, and I want to invite the emperor to have dinner." Normally, just after confinement The concubine, the emperor is going to spend a few days, it is a kind of gratitude to the concubine for having children.

Concubine Zhu just gave birth yesterday, the emperor should have flipped Concubine Zhu's sign.

"Xiao Ba had a nightmare last night, otherwise, I wouldn't dare to disturb the emperor." Chen Manrou smiled and poured tea for the emperor. Before the emperor asked, Xiao Ba was already chattering about what happened in the imperial garden things said again.

"The queen mother said that those people are all liars. The emperor likes me the most, so the emperor will accompany me for dinner tonight. I have also decided that I will still like the emperor the most in the future." Xiao Ba carried a Looking at the emperor with a small face, he clenched his fist and shook it: "Let me catch those two people again, and I will definitely beat them up!"

The emperor held Xiao Ba in one hand to prevent him from falling over, and gave Chen Manrou a meaningful look. Chen Manrou was a little embarrassed, with a blush on her face, and tried to defend herself: "The concubine has been made The patrols have been strengthened, and no one will talk nonsense in the imperial garden in the future."

The emperor likes to see Chen Manrou's indifferent expression the most, and he doesn't want to pursue Chen Manrou's inappropriate behavior of calling him over today. He squeezed Chen Manrou's hand with a smile, turned to Xiaoba and said with a smile: "Royal father I will always like Hachi the most."

(End of this chapter)