Harem for a living

Chapter 48

Chen Manrou stood in the yard for a while, then turned back to the room and took a sip from the teacup on the table, when Xiangyue came in with a tray, she quickly put down the tray and snatched the teacup from Chen Manrou's hand: "Madam, this tea has already cooled down. !"

"I'm not the kind of person who would be out of breath after taking two steps. I'm not that expensive." Chen Manrou curled her lips, turned around, and went into the yard again.Dui Yue hurriedly followed: "Niang Niang, you have been walking around like this for at least an hour."

"Hey, I can't sit down." Chen Manrou sighed, turned around and grabbed Duyue's hand: "Tell me, have you posted a list right now?"

"Niang Niang, the posting of the list is only at noon." The corners of Dui Yue's mouth twitched. Since half a month ago, Chen Manrou has been like this. She is restless all day long, and even eats half less than usual.

"Your Majesty, the servant has brought back the lunch." A cheerful voice suddenly sounded at the door, and Chen Manrou waved her hands listlessly: "Put it in the room first, I'm not in the mood to eat right now."

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry at all. The young master's talent is praised by all the Confucian scholars in the Imperial College." Jin Huan motioned to put the lunch box in the room for fun and drinking, then walked to Chen Manrou and said, "You You have to have confidence in the young master. After you finish your meal, maybe the news that the young master won the number one prize will come back."

Chen Manrou stretched out her hand and pinched her tender face: "You can talk, but the capital is full of talents. This year, not only people from Guozijian will take part in Chunwei, but two people from Chongwenguan will take part in the imperial examination."

Chongwenguan is a royal academy, and Guozijian is an ordinary university.In Chongwen Hall, there are princes and grandchildren and descendants of ministers with particularly high status, while Guozijian is an ordinary student.The status of the Chen family is not very high, so Chen Huaijin can only study in the Imperial College.

"Does your lady know which two they are? Can they compare with our young master?" Jin Huan asked gossipingly, and Chen Manrou rolled her eyes: "How do I know which two are they? I just heard from others that this year's Chongwen Museum Two people must take the imperial examination."

The status of people in Chongwenguan is precious, so naturally they don't need to take the imperial examination to find a way out, so this matter is really big news now, many people say that, that's why Chen Manrou knows about it.If Chen Manrou really found out by herself, she would become a little tail, waiting to be caught.

Chen Manrou stood for a while, went around to the small garden and pulled a flower, and began to tear the petals, murmuring in the innermost part, even if she followed Yuehe, she heard Chen Manrou tear a petal and say a word, repeatedly, There are only three words circulating - No. [-] Scholar, No. [-], Tan Hua.

Both of them twitched the corners of their mouths, and stood behind Chen Manrou to watch her tear the petals.

Before a flower was torn off, Xiao Xizi stumbled in and ran in: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Chen Manrou threw the flowers in her hand, and ran over quickly: "Did the result come out? How is it? Did you find my elder brother's name? Did he win? What number did he win?"

"Middle..." Xiao Xizi was a little out of breath. He and Xiao Lezi went out of the palace early in the morning to look at the list. After squeezing there for a long time, they finally saw the imperial list. Reported to the palace.

From leaving the palace to now, I haven't even had a glass of water.

Director Ming was also guarding the yard, and now he came over with a teacup and stuffed it into Xiao Xizi's hand. Xiao Xizi gulped down a glass of water, then wiped her mouth with her sleeve, and said with a happy face: "Ma'am , hit! Young Master Chen hit Tanhua!"

Chen Manrou immediately burst out laughing: "Okay, okay, there are rewards for everyone in Zhongcui Palace today! Xiaoxizi and Xiaolezi get double rewards!" After finishing speaking, she suddenly asked with a sullen face, "Who are the number one scholar and the second place winner?" Who?"

"The number one scholar is Wang Shizhong, I have never heard of this name before. The second place is Mr. Su Changqing, the eldest son of Duke An." Xiao Xizi said immediately, Chen Manrou frowned slightly, and thought for a while before passing the information on Mr. An's family. To think of it.

On the day of the draft, the Su Rongrong whom Zhang Wanting struck up a conversation with was the eldest daughter of the Anguo family. She also left a sign on the day of the draft, and later pointed out that she was married. Who's gone.

Because at that time I thought that Su Rongrong was cold and didn't seem to like to interact with people. After returning from the draft, I told the old lady about this person.The old lady talked about the affairs of Mrs. An's family. The current wife of Mrs. An is not the biological mother of Su Rongrong and Su Changqing, but the stepmother.

Su Rongrong's mother lost her hair when Su Changqing was six years old, and later An Guogong married his step-wife.In the first two years after her stepwife came in, she didn't dare to do anything to Su Rongrong and Su Changqing. After she gave birth to a child, she began to treat Su Rongrong and her brother poorly.

Su Rongrong protects herself and her younger brother at the same time, thus she has developed a temperament that is not easy to get close to, and she is always somewhat wary of people.

Chen Manrou just thought about it for a while, and felt that the affairs of Duke An's family had nothing to do with her, so she immediately turned her head and said to Jinhuan, "Have you prepared all the rewards I asked you to prepare?"

"It's ready, send it over now?" Jinhuan hurriedly took out a list from his sleeve. Chen Manrou had read it several times before, and now he looked at both sides carefully to make sure that there were no omissions and mistakes. If it was beyond the norm, it was handed over to Director Ming: "Director Ming, you go in person, remember to be polite."

Originally, he wanted to say, tell him not to put on airs to the guests who went to the Chen Mansion, but when he thought of Manager Ming's performance in the past, he omitted this sentence.

Manager Ming responded, called Xiao Ding and Xiao Chengzi, and asked them to carry the box, and the three of them left the palace in a hurry.

Chen Manrou stood on the spot thinking about it and smiling, but she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.Xiangyue and Jinhuan glanced at each other helplessly, and Xiangyue stepped forward to give Chen Manrou a nudge: "Madam, you were worried about not being able to eat before, but now you are finally relieved, the food is getting cold, Don't you want to eat first and then enjoy yourself?"

"Okay, even I dare to make fun of you." Chen Manrou turned around and wanted to pinch Xiangyue's cheeks, but she hurriedly hid to the side, and replied with a smile: "I don't dare to make fun of your mother, this is to make your mother happier. "

The two were fighting, when they heard an announcement from outside: "The emperor is here!"

Chen Manrou hurriedly turned around, she was laughing and arguing with Xiangyue, she didn't pay attention to her footsteps, turned around hurriedly, stepped on her skirt, and was about to fall on a big horse, and shouted anxiously to Yueyue from behind: "Ma'am!"

Jinhuan anxiously shouted on the other side: "Be careful!"

Chen Manrou hadn't finished thinking about it, you guys have the time to shout, why don't you hurry up and help me, and then she felt her waist tightened, and there was a bright yellow color in front of her eyes, Chen Manrou patted her chest and exhaled: "I was scared to death, Your Majesty, thank you Otherwise, I will be out of luck.”

"Why do you want to fall down every time I see you?" The emperor said helplessly, and let go of his hand. Seeing that Chen Manrou wanted to kneel down to salute, he stretched out his hand to grab her arm again: "Okay, there's no need to salute. If I fall again later, I won’t be able to hold back.”

Chen Manrou smiled awkwardly, and quickly changed the subject: "Your Majesty, why are you here now? Is lunch available? If it's useless, my concubine just brought it here. Would you like to use it?"

The emperor pondered for a while, then nodded along the way: "I happen to be useless, so I will use it with you."

Chen Manrou thought about it in her heart, and felt that her portion should be enough for herself and the emperor, so she immediately turned her head and ordered Jinhuan: "Go and serve the lunch, and then go to the imperial dining room to ask for a soup and some snacks .”

After lunch was finished quietly, the emperor lazily sat on the beauty's couch and looked through the painting book on Chen Manrou's desk. After reading it, he said with a smile: "The painting is getting better and better. Several banners."

"Where is the emperor going to hang it?" Chen Manrou didn't refuse at all, she also felt that her painting was pretty good.The emperor glanced at her with a smile, and said slowly: "It's just hanging in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

"What do you want, Your Majesty?" Chen Manrou's eyes lit up, and she asked a little shyly. The Hall of Mental Cultivation is the place where the emperor lives, and hanging there is an attitude of the emperor.

"You looked at the painting by yourself. By the way, did you know that your eldest brother got into the Tanhua business?" The emperor continued to ask, and Chen Manrou nodded happily: "I knew it before lunch. When you came, my concubine just Let Chief Ming send some rewards to the Chen Mansion, Your Majesty, you won't blame the concubine, will you?"

"No, I really should give it away, and I will give you a reward later on." The emperor shook his head and said, pondered for a while, and knocked on the table twice: "I will give you a favor later, will you meet your elder brother?"

"Really?" If the previous surprise was faked, then it is a real surprise now.Chen Manrou entered the palace in May last year, and now it will be a whole year in a few days. Let alone the elder brother of the Chen family, she also met the old lady of the Chen family during the Chinese New Year.

"Of course it's true, I keep my word." The emperor reached out and patted Chen Manrou's hand holding his arm, and said with a smile: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose a day. Today I will announce him into the palace. You can take care of him later." Talk to your big brother."

"But..." Chen Manrou looked at the emperor with a sad face, and then said in a low voice: "If it were today, the concubine would still be gone. The concubine has already entered the palace. She is the emperor's concubine. Naturally, the most important thing is to serve the emperor. .”

After a pause, Chen Manrou shook her head resolutely: "The concubine is gone, anyway, the concubine also knows about the eldest brother."

The emperor stared at Chen Manrou for a while, saw that her eye circles were a little red, but he suppressed a smile, and the hand holding his arm tightened, then sighed and said: "Tomorrow then."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chen Manrou froze for a moment, the smile on her face suddenly became very bright and dazzling, she poked her head forward, and kissed the Emperor's cheek with a bang.Then, he suddenly came to his senses, his face was completely red, like a big red cloth, he lowered his head, with the handkerchief in his hand, he didn't dare to look up at the emperor for a long time.

The emperor didn't come back to his senses. After a long while, he laughed and stood up, stretched out his hand and rubbed Chen Manrou's head: "Okay, don't be shy, didn't you say you wanted to learn to play chess last time? Go get the chessboard, Zhen teach you."

(End of this chapter)