Harem for a living

Chapter 33

Wei Lejin said that when Concubine Liu came to visit, Chen Manrou was still lying on the bed and taking a nap.She got up in a panic and went out of the room, only to see Concubine Liu sitting on the couch looking at the belt she embroidered, she raised her head and smiled when she heard the movement, "I also said that if you slept deeply, I'll come and look for you tomorrow." , why did you wake up?"

"Sister Concubine Liu kindly came to see me. What do I say when I lie on the bed?" Chen Manrou said with a smile, and after a half-gift, she sat opposite Concubine Chen: "I didn't sleep well yesterday, and I had a nightmare all night. Asked Dr. Hu to prescribe a prescription to soothe the nerves, and I fell asleep at noon, so I neglected my sister, so don't be offended."

"No wonder, you are young, and seeing this kind of thing for the first time, you will inevitably feel scared." Concubine Liu waved her hand, curled her lips and said, "However, you don't have to be afraid, there is karma, there is something wrong with them. If something happened, it should be punished.”

"I know, thank you sister for comforting me." Chen Manrou stayed up all night before her face became a little pale. She was afraid that she would turn red after sleeping, so when she got up, she put on some white powder. It wasn't very obvious, but it could be fooled. .

"It's good to know, but Concubine Yang is innocent and has been involved. Liu Xiurong's child back then has nothing to do with Concubine Yang." Concubine Liu carefully looked at Chen Manrou's expression, and seeing her curiosity, she smiled and said: " You are not surprised, since Concubine Yang Guifei lost Liu Xiurong's child, why would Concubine Yang dare to eat the shortbread Liu Xiurong sent?"

"Sister knows the reason? I'm also surprised, but Liu Xiurong's child was conceived before entering the palace, so I don't know what's going on." Chen Manrou asked gossipingly, if Yang Guifei really had sex with Liu Xiurong Her child is involved, she must be suspicious of Liu Xiurong in her heart, how could she easily eat the shortbread Liu Xiurong sent?
Even if it was the poetic and picturesque two people who checked it, there was no smell of sweet-scented osmanthus powder.However, there are so many tasteless things in this world. The oleander in the imperial garden is blooming right now, just a little bit, not much, just one or two drops of juice can make people dizzy long time.

"This is all about the hidden mansion. How would you know about it. Besides, this matter was also banned by the empress, so naturally no one else will know about it." Concubine Liu said with a smile, although she said that the empress was coming. After issuing the password ban, his face was full of gossip, as if he was saying to Chen Manrou, hurry up and beg me, and I will tell you if you beg me.

Chen Manrou hurriedly stretched out her hand to grab Concubine Liu's arm and shook it: "Good sister, just tell me, I just entered the palace, and I don't know much about the affairs of this palace, what if I say something wrong one day?" What should be said, I will definitely be beaten, it hurts so much..."

As he spoke, his face turned pale as if recalling yesterday's Cui Lan Cui Zhu, and even his eyes shrank a little.Concubine Liu quickly patted her hand and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I treat you like a younger sister, and I will definitely not watch you make mistakes and get beaten. How about this, I will tell you secretly, don't tell it when you turn around."

"I will never say it. I swear, if I leak a word or two of what Sister Concubine Liu said today, I will be struck by lightning." Chen Manrou quickly raised her hand to promise, and Concubine Liu gave her hand to her. Break it off: "I believe in you, this oath is not something that can be said indiscriminately."

"Back then, Liu Xiurong was the maidservant who married Concubine Yang as a dowry, and she was the most favored by Concubine Yang. The other one, Mo Xiang, was also Concubine Yang's maidservant, but Mo Xiang had an unruly temper, and Concubine Yang didn't value her much. "

After Concubine Yang entered the mansion, she was very favored by the emperor at that time. The current Empress Dowager Ci'an was afraid that her son would be fascinated by female sex, so she immediately hired Meng Qianqian, the daughter-in-law of Dali Temple Qingmeng Shuli's family, as a side concubine.

But in the following year, no children were born in the palace.When the Empress Dowager Ci'an was in a hurry, she found Liu Menghua, the daughter of Liu Changting's family, who seemed to be a good-looking Xuanwei envoy, to be her side concubine.

That is to say, Concubine Liu had just entered the mansion when the big drama started in the backyard of the palace, and this news happened to be found out.

"Concubine Yang is the side concubine that the emperor personally asked for, and she was favored as soon as she entered the mansion. The queen didn't even have a child at that time. Seeing that Concubine Yang was being favored, she made a fool of Wang Xiuyi, who was still her big maid at that time. Auntie, Wang Xiuyi's appearance is also very good, and that is a dowry specially prepared by the empress's natal family for the empress. After opening her face, she really took away some of the emperor's favor."

Concubine Liu said casually while eating melon seeds. The expression on her face was like she was telling an irrelevant story. Chen Manrou was very surprised.Concubine Liu is already a member of the backyard at this moment, so it's a little strange that she is indifferent to these things.

"Subsequently, the queen became pregnant. The emperor finally had a baby after more than two years of marriage. Naturally, he was very happy, and even fewer went to Concubine Yang. Concubine Yang was not angry. In order to make her forget her duty, she also fought in the ring with Queen Xiang, so she slapped Liu Xiurong beside her."

"What about Concubine Shu?" Chen Manrou held back for a long time, but finally couldn't hold it back. At that time, the backyard wasn't just the Queen and Concubine Yang. How come Concubine Shu and Concubine Liu are like transparent people?
"Concubine Shu is sick." Concubine Liu looked at Chen Manrou with a half-smile, as if she knew what Chen Manrou was curious about, so she simply said: "At that time, although I was young and ignorant, my mother also knew about it before entering the mansion. He told me not to let me get involved between Concubine Yang Gui and the Empress, so naturally I enjoyed watching the show."

Chen Manrou immediately raised a cordon against Concubine Liu in her heart. Concubine Liu was only about sixteen or seventeen at that time, right?Entering the mansion full of girlish sentiments, but able to hold back her thoughts, keep a low profile and sit on the mountain to watch the tigers fight. It can be seen that she is not as straightforward and harmless as it seems on the surface.

There is also Concubine Shu, who doesn't get sick sooner or later, but Concubine Yang Guifei fights with the queen, and she gets sick. This is not a person with a shallow mind.

"Let Liu Xiurong open his face because of Liu Xiurong's sincerity to her. In fact, Liu Xiurong is indeed sincere to Concubine Yang." Concubine Liu couldn't see what Chen Manrou was thinking, and continued: "In the next year, Whenever the emperor goes to Liu Xiurong's place, Liu Xiurong will always push the emperor to Yang Guifei's place, come and go, even the emperor said that Liu Xiurong is very loyal."

"During that time, Concubine Yang has often opposed the Queen. It's just that the Queen is pregnant with a child, and she doesn't bother to talk to Concubine Yang, but the backyard cannot be dominated by Concubine Yang's family." Concubine Liu squinted her eyes and recalled: " So occasionally, at the queen's request, the emperor will come to sit with me or concubine Shu."

Chen Manrou suddenly realized, no wonder Concubine Shu and Concubine Liu were following the Queen's footsteps that day, while Concubine Yang seemed a little lonely.

"Sister, let's make a long story short, what happened to Liu Xiurong's child?" Chen Manrou became a little impatient after listening to the story in the backyard for a while, and took advantage of Concubine Liu's pause to hurry up and ask.

Concubine Liu lightly pinched her face: "You, don't worry, I'll talk about it right away."

"Later, two years later, the queen's little prince was also born. Although the emperor doted on Concubine Yang, he did not break the rules. Only now did he stop taking medicine for the women in the backyard. As soon as the eldest son was born, the women in the backyard started If you can get pregnant, Concubine Yang Gui is naturally looking forward to getting pregnant."

"But the feng shui of the palace is probably not very good. Concubine Yang Guifei never got pregnant, but Liu Xiurong served the emperor once when Concubine Yang Guifei couldn't go to bed, and she became pregnant just like that. Liu Xiurong was afraid that Concubine Yang Guifei would be angry, so she got pregnant as soon as she got it." With accurate information, I hurried to Concubine Yang's yard to plead guilty. Concubine Yang naturally comforted Liu Xiurong a lot, and said that when the child came out, she would bring her to Concubine Yang and raise her. Thanks Dade."

Concubine Liu said with a sarcastic expression on her face, Chen Manrou listened raptly, it was a genuine house fight drama, it was the first time she had heard such a story in two lifetimes.

"But something happened before Liu Xiurong's child was born." Concubine Liu deliberately lowered her voice when she said this: "Remember the Mo Xiang I mentioned at the beginning? She is also quite beautiful, prettier than Liu Xiurong If there are too many, the mind is not so pure."

Chen Manrou suddenly realized: "You mean, that Mo Xiang wanted to climb onto the emperor's bed, but she didn't expect Liu Xiurong to snatch the opportunity, so she held a grudge against Liu Xiurong, and got rid of Liu Xiurong's child when she found the opportunity. gone?"

Concubine Liu gave Chen Manrou a thumbs up: "You are so smart, that's the truth. Afterwards, Concubine Yang comforted Liu Xiurong in every possible way, but she didn't have much use around her, so she couldn't dispose of Mo Xiang for the time being." Concubine Yang probably thought that Liu Xiurong had taken revenge after the matter passed like this and Mo Xiang didn't enter the palace. But unexpectedly, Liu Xiurong finally shifted the responsibility to Concubine Yang."

After all, Concubine Yang Gui was too careless, she thought that she had already avenged Liu Xiurong, and broke Mo Xiang's mind, first to reduce her opponents, and second to appease Liu Xiurong.From then on, Liu Xiurong was still her most loyal servant.

After all, whether it was before or after the event, Liu Xiurong's attitude towards her didn't change much, and he was still as loyal as ever.Even if Liu Xiurong was suspicious before, but after a long time, the wariness disappeared.

What's more, Concubine Yang's temperament is very arrogant, she probably never thought that Liu Xiurong's family's life is in her hands, Liu Xiurong would dare to harm her.

However, she never expected that a mother's obsession would be so deep.Even if more than three years have passed, he is always looking for opportunities to take revenge on Concubine Yang Gui.

Hey, in this deep palace, one cannot let go of one's guard all the time.Concubine Liu came to tell her these things, but she didn't know that she had some kindness, some kind of joke heart, and some kind of heart to take advantage of it.

"You, you have to be careful in the future. If you are not careful in the struggle of women in the backyard, you will die." Concubine Liu said with a smile, and Chen Manrou nodded quickly: "Thank you, sister Concubine Liu, for telling me this today." As he said that, he hesitated a bit: "However, I see that the Empress and Concubine Shu don't compete with others for favor or anything on weekdays."

"What kind of good person do you think the queen is?" Concubine Liu blurted out, and quickly covered her mouth after speaking, and looked around nervously. Her forehead: "If she is a good person, why is she the only one with children in the harem? The emperor got married at the age of 16, and now he is 23 years old. How many years has it been? How many children are there in the harem?"

Excluding the three years and four years of keeping filial piety, only the queen had a pair of children.Concubine Shu's baby is still unknown if she can keep it.

Chen Manrou looked terrified, and Concubine Liu sneered: "You, just be careful, this harem, if it looks like a good person, it must be a good person. It's getting late, I should go back too Come on, don't get up either."

"Then sister, go slowly, come back when you have time." Chen Manrou stood at the door and watched Concubine Liu leave, then turned back and continued to lie on the beauty bed, thought for a while, and sighed.Jin Huan and Dui Yue came in, hurried over and asked, "Ma'am, what's bothering you?"

"Yes, there are a lot of troubles. The empress is unpredictable. There is nothing in the harem that the empress does not know. Concubine Shu hides her secrets. When she should be low-key, she should be low-key, and when she should be public, she should be public. Concubine Yang is very favored. Concubine Liu is very scheming and sows discord everywhere. Concubine Cheng is tall and arrogant, and the water in the harem is very muddy." Chen Manrou sighed and really wanted to resign.

"Concubine Liu to sow discord?" Yuyue was very puzzled, she was able to match the number a few times before, but this Concubine Liu, is here to sow discord today?
"If I were a fool, if I turned around and showed a look of wariness to everyone in the harem, wouldn't I offend everyone? In this harem, you can't get too close to anyone, but you can't offend them openly." All the people can't do it in secret. The women in the harem are sisters, and the emperor is happy when they kiss."

Chen Manrou said listlessly, continued to be depressed for a while, and was going to let Jinhuan lead the people to get dinner.Before he finished speaking, Xiao Dingzi came in hastily: "Your Majesty, Mr. Liu Cheng is here."

Chen Manrou hurriedly got up: "Please."

"I have seen Concubine Chen." Liu Cheng smiled and stood in the yard to salute Chen Manrou, who quickly raised her hand to stop her: "Eunuch, what's the matter?"

"Holy decree: Order Concubine Chen to accompany you in Qianqing Palace." Liu Cheng raised his head and chest, and then bowed his body after speaking: "Chen Concubine, please pack up as soon as possible, and go to Qianqing Palace with the younger one."

(End of this chapter)