Harem for a living

Chapter 53

"Concubine Hu's canonization ceremony is after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Concubine Hu has to prepare well before that." The queen sat on it, touching her long nails gracefully. Concubine Hu hurriedly stood up and saluted: "I understand, thank you Empress Empress reminded."

"I still say the same thing. You all serve the emperor with your heart. If you serve well, I will naturally give you a promotion. If you don't serve well, don't blame me for being rude." The queen glanced at everyone and did nothing. In summary, look at Chen Manrou again: "Concubine Hui, Mrs. Chen handed over the sign yesterday. I thought that tomorrow will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I will allow Mrs. Chen to enter the palace. Go back and wait."

"Really?" Chen Manrou was pleasantly surprised. After asking, she suddenly felt a little impolite. She hurriedly corrected her posture in embarrassment, and got up to salute the queen above: "I thank the queen for your kindness."

She tried her best to look dignified and serious with a slightly childish face, which was a bit funny, the queen smiled and gave her a false nod: "No need for Xie En, I heard that the cats and dogs you drew are quite interesting , let’s draw a few tricks for Bengong later.”

The embroidered appearance of the cat and dog is quite popular with children.Chen Manrou gave the princess some embroidered pictures of cats and dogs on her birthday, which the queen remembered.

Chen Manrou hurriedly nodded in response: "Thanks to your empress, I will draw a few pictures carefully for your empress when I get back."

Concubine Shu smiled and said: "Since Concubine Hui's cats and dogs are so well drawn, she must like cats and dogs very much. Why don't you let the cat and dog room send two of them to keep?"

Chen Manrou first had a happy face, then shook her head and said, "I don't want it anymore. Although I like cats and dogs, I'm not very good at raising them. If they die, it's better for them to stay in the cat and dog room to live well. Besides , cats and dogs are lively, and they are not as smart as humans, if they don't have long eyes and bump into some noble person, my sister, I can't afford it."

Concubine Yang snorted coldly at the side: "Cats and dogs are also spiritual. I think Concubine Hui can't raise them well, or else she wouldn't be able to raise them well."

"The imperial concubine is right, the concubine really doesn't know how to raise her." Chen Manrou was in a good mood and didn't fight Yang Guifei. Her mother is going to enter the palace today, and she has to think about what to prepare for her when she goes back. dear.

Moreover, this time my mother entered the palace, I don't know if she will talk about the elder brother's marriage.

"Does the imperial concubine still have research on cats and dogs?" The queen asked on the top, Yang Guifei pursed her lips, and shook her head after a while: "I have never raised these things, and the empress knows that the concubine is not healthy. Dogs have dirt on them."

The queen glanced at her, thinking that this palace is a fortress to give you a cat or dog?I'm not a fool, the second princess is still in your Jingren Palace, why would I suddenly give you such a dangerous thing?
Concubine Yang Guifei saw the sarcasm in the empress's eyes, blushed, and felt a little resentful in her heart, she just turned her head away from the empress' expression.Concubine Cheng said with a smile on the side: "Sister Guifei, I learned to write a poem by myself a while ago, can you help me read it later?"

"What poem did my sister write? Our sisters are fine right now, so why don't you tell me so everyone can read it for you?" Concubine Liu interjected, and Concubine Cheng shook her head quickly: "That's not okay, I won't As I said, I didn't know how to compose poetry, but now I just started to learn, and I just learned a little bit, so I won't show it to embarrass myself."

With that said, Concubine Cheng squinted at Concubine Hu.Concubine Hu just lowered her head to study the embroidery on the skirt, pretending she didn't hear Concubine Cheng's words.On the contrary, Wang Xiuyi pursed her lips and said disdainfully: "Sister Concubine Cheng is really too modest. You have been taught by Concubine Yang, so you must have good knowledge. Sister Concubine Cheng is still hiding it, she is really very self-aware."

Before Concubine Cheng's face turned black, she moved her eyes to the side, glanced at Concubine Hu, and continued: "It's not like some people, who know a few words and read a few crooked poems, just show off every day." Like a great poet, there is no need to bore people."

Wang Jieyu covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a soft smile: "My concubine listened to what Sister Wang said, and it seems to be somewhat reasonable. The sages have said that a woman's lack of talent is virtue. This poem, do it No matter how good it is, it can’t compare to female celebrities.”

Although Concubine Hu has always been patient, she would not be polite to such a blatant bully, otherwise, she would not have confronted Concubine Cheng as soon as she entered the palace.Now that Wang Xiuyi and Wang Jieyu sarcastically said such a thing, he felt displeased and frowned: "Wang Jieyu, the sage never said that a woman's lack of talent is virtue. There are sages who said that jade cannot be polished, it can’t be made into a tool, and people don’t learn, and they don’t know righteousness. It can be seen that sages say that reading is good, and if you don’t read, you won’t understand etiquette, justice, and shame.”

She looked at Wang Jieyu as if she was looking at some rubbish, with a bit of pity, Wang Jieyu was very angry, but because of Concubine Hu's position, her face was flushed and her eyes were angry.

Concubine Hu was not afraid of this look, she continued to turn her head and said to Wang Xiuyi: "There is also Wang Xiuyi, you said that the one who knows a few words can read a few crooked poems, this is wrong, knowing a few words, there is no way Read poems. I heard that Wang Xiuyi used to be a person close to the empress, so Wang Xiuyi must be literate. If I say a poem, Wang Xiuyi will tell me what words it is after listening to it once?"

Wang Xiuyi opened and closed her mouth, she was very self-aware, although she knew some characters by the queen's side, but it was only some simple characters, very complicated ones, she couldn't recognize them at all.Since Concubine Hu said that, the poems she read must be deliberately making things difficult for her. If she didn't know those words, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing?It's better not to talk now.

Fortunately, Concubine Hu also knew who these two people were, and she didn't intend to make a big fuss, so seeing that Wang Xiuyi had stopped talking, she let Wang Xiuyi go.

The queen glanced at Wang Xiuyi and Wang Jieyu, turned her head to look at Concubine Hu, and said in a calm tone: "I thought Concubine Hu's temper was quite gentle, but now it seems that I am wrong."

The implication is that Concubine Hu is not what she is.Concubine Hu was about to speak, but the queen was not interested in listening: "Okay, I don't know how to appreciate poems. Concubine Hu knows a lot, and I can't say much about it. I'm a little tired today, so you just go away." Alright."

Wang Xiuyi glanced at Concubine Hu triumphantly, and stepped forward to salute the queen in a doggy manner: "Then empress, you should rest first, and the concubine will leave first. If the empress is idle and bored, let People go to call concubines, and concubines come to talk with you."

The queen waved her hand, and asked Wang Xiang to help her get up, and turned to the inner hall.Concubine Yang sneered, stood up, walked towards the entrance of the main hall first, passed by Concubine Hu, stopped for a while, and said sideways: "There are some people who look very smart, but in fact, they are straws in their heads."

After finishing speaking, she walked away with her head held high. She had been dissatisfied with Concubine Hu for a long time.Since last year's Wanshou Festival, when Hu Zhaoyi presented a collection of poems, the emperor took a different look at this bitch.And that bitch Chen Manrou, why are these two promoted?

One pretends to be like an idiot every day, and the other Ban Jieyu who thinks that she is talented, capable of poetry, poetry and Fu, is not a good thing!

That Chen Manrou is sensible, she won't talk to herself easily.Concubine Hu, really thought she had reached the sky in one step?Isn't it just that from Zhaoyi to concubine, isn't it just that the emperor has been lucky a little bit more?Only when she stumbled back can she have a long memory and know what she can say and what she can and cannot do in this palace!

With a bit of sternness in Concubine Yang's eyes, she quickly stepped onto the chariot, and lowered the sedan chair curtain to hide the expression on her face.

Concubine Shu didn't speak, she got on the sedan chair and left in the opposite direction.Concubine De ignored the rest of the people, and after getting on the sedan chair, she ordered: "The weather is fine today, I want to take a walk in the imperial garden."

Concubine Liu stretched out her hand angrily and pulled Chen Manrou: "Look at Concubine De, obviously you, Concubine Hui, are in front of her, does she take you seriously? How dare she leave without saying hello?" In front of you, it is too deceiving!"

In fact, Concubine Xian, Concubine Shu, Concubine Hui, Concubine De, these four concubines are listed as the second-rank concubines, and there is no priority.It's just that in the records such as the Jade Document History, they have always been arranged according to virtuousness and virtue, so there is a distinction between them.

This is the unspoken rule, if you say that Concubine De has offended Concubine Hui, then you can compare it with the palace rules to see which rule De Concubine violated.But you said Concubine De did not make a mistake, but Concubine Hui's face was thrown to the ground by Concubine De and trampled on.

"I understand that my sister is thinking about me. However, Concubine De was appointed concubine before me, so there is some grievance in my heart. I don't need to argue with her." Chen Manrou waved her hand very generously. The corner of his mouth twitched.

Chen Manrou didn't care what Concubine Liu was thinking, she just smiled and said to herself: "Sister, my mother will enter the palace soon, I'll go back first, and when I'm free, sister will go to see me, we'll still be the same as before , do needlework together, and talk together."

Concubine Liu nodded, smiled and pushed her: "Okay, go back quickly, it's getting late, maybe when you go back, Mrs. Chen will also enter the palace."

Chen Manrou nodded with a smirk, turned around and got on the sedan chair, and hurried back to Zhongcui Palace.Stopping the cup and drinking the wine were instructing the little maids to dry the quilts and woolen clothes for winter. When they saw Chen Manrou coming in, they hurried over to salute.

"You guys get busy, Xiao Xizi, you go to the Kunning Gate to guard, and when you see Mrs. Chen, come back and tell me immediately." If Mrs. Chen wants to enter the palace, she must first go to greet the queen, and then go to Chen Manrou's place .

When Xiao Xizi got the order to go, Chen Manrou started to rummaging through boxes and cabinets again. It was still the same as when Chen Huaijin came last time. Chen Manrou dressed up however she looked, and she was more attentive than when she received the emperor.

He also ordered Jin Huan to take the account book and see what items on it could be taken out of the palace. If her elder brother wanted to get married, it would be very honorable to use the rewards from the palace to give the dowry.For example, the fabrics and jewelry produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs are very important to use.She couldn't go back to see her elder brother get married anymore, so she naturally wanted to give her family more confidence.

I don't know if it's okay to ask the emperor to give me some more rewards now, or give me an imperial edict to grant marriage?

(End of this chapter)