Harem for a living

Chapter 59

After the first month, the queen found another excuse to take all the palace affairs back into her hands.Although Concubine Yang and the others were not angry, there was nothing they could do.Because the border war has not subsided for a long time, the emperor asked Empress Dowager Ci Ning to pray for blessings.

As the aunt empress dowager, she can't give up things like praying for the country to the empress dowager Ci'an at all, unless she wants people to know that she has the same status as the empress dowager Ci'an.Then, all the privileges of the empress dowager, the aunt's mother, were revoked from now on, and she became the parallel empress dowager with the empress dowager Ci'an.So even though she knew that this was an excuse made by the emperor, Empress Dowager Ci Ning still had to stay in the Great Buddha Hall of Ci Ning Palace every day.

Soon, spring will bloom.In March, the border war still hadn't stopped.Chen Manrou was listless all day long, and Xiangyue and Jinhuan were always by her side, trying to relieve her as much as possible. At least, there is no bad news now.

"Ma'am, now that your body is at its best, the servant girl is thinking, are you going to have a child?" Looking at the moon, Chen Manrou was in a daze again, and hurried over to talk to her.Chen Manrou frowned, nodded after thinking for a while and said, "Well, having a baby is not bad."

At least, you can draw your attention away.

"Children in May cannot be born, so they cannot be conceived in July, and children in July cannot be born, so they cannot be conceived in May..." Chen Manrou murmured and counted the days, and she was speechless while listening. , It took a long time before he said: "Your Majesty, you think too much. If you really arrive at that time, the imperial doctor will be able to prescribe some medicines to induce labor."

"Someone will know about the prescription." Chen Manrou glanced at her and said, and poured her a cup of tea with a smile: "If you don't have a prescription, you can think of other ways. Look at Ma Jieyu This time, didn’t you just avoid May and July?”

"Well, it's still early, I'm not in a hurry, just count the days slowly." Chen Manrou closed her eyes and said, she is pregnant, and she can be pregnant.

"For Yue, whose sign did the emperor turn over today?" After a while, Chen Manrou opened her eyes and asked, looking at Beiting, who hurried over and said, "The emperor turned over Concubine Hu's sign, it is estimated that at this moment It has passed."

"Well, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the emperor must go to the Zhongcui Palace." After speaking, Chen Manrou got up: "Let's go, let's go and greet the empress."

A group of people arrived at Yongshou Palace in a mighty way. Chen Manrou waited outside for a while, and after hearing the pass, she led Dui Yue and Jinhuan in. The queen was wearing a pink dress, and she was playing nine games on the beauty bed with her arms around the eldest princess. Serial.The First Prince was sitting upright beside the copybook, and when he saw Chen Manrou coming in, he just looked at it in surprise.

"My concubine has met the empress, the eldest prince, and the eldest princess." Chen Manrou bowed to the three of them, and the queen signaled the eldest princess to go and play by herself, and asked Chen Manrou to sit on the chair: "It's been a long time I've seen you leave the Zhongcui Palace, what's the matter here today?"

Ever since Chen Manrou said that she wanted to worship Buddha and pray for blessings, she would go back to Zhongcui Palace every day after paying her respects. That's why the empress said so.

"Look at what your mother said, can I come to pay my respects only if I have something to do?" Chen Manrou smiled, and motioned to Yue to bring the food box in his hand: "I have been a vegetarian for a while, but I always feel that they do The taste was not right, so I tried to make some myself, I thought it was delicious, so I brought it for my mother to taste."

The queen looked at the food box with interest: "Really? Concubine Hui made it herself, and I definitely want to try it."

Talking, let Wang Xiang go over to pick up the food box and take out the plate inside. It is a very simple Vegetable Vegetable Roll with Vegetable Bean Curd, but the arrangement is quite pleasing to the eye. On the tofu skin, the eyes and nose are pasted with carrots, etc., and the limbs are spliced ​​with mushrooms. It looks cute and funny.

The first prince and princess were also attracted by the interesting bean curd rolls. However, both of them were well-bred, and they just watched curiously. The queen didn't say anything, and they didn't come over either.

"Well, not bad, very tasty." The queen tasted one, and said with a smile, Chen Manrou then put on a reassuring look: "It's as long as the empress likes it, I've been doing it for a long time, but I can't eat too much, my spleen and stomach are weak People who eat too much will get diarrhea."

Seeing the eldest prince and eldest princess beside them, he continued to smile and said: "The eldest prince and eldest princess are still young, if you want to eat, it's best to steam it again."

The queen nodded and asked Wang Xiang to bring the plate down to steam it. As for whether she would give her a chance to check it, that was not Chen Manrou's concern.

"My lady, I want my mother and sister-in-law to come to the palace, can my lady give me some kindness?" Chen Manrou asked with a smile when she saw that the queen was in a good mood.The queen took the water handed by the palace man, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and said slowly: "Well, I agree. Later, if you ask Mrs. Chen to pass the sign, I will let them enter the palace directly." .”

"Thank you, empress." Chen Manrou happily stood up to thank her, and chatted with the empress for a while before leaving.

Wang Xiang brought in a plate, which contained steaming hot bean rolls, the queen gave one to the eldest prince and princess, and asked Wang Xiang to bring the plate down.

The eldest princess leaned beside the queen, and after eating the bean rolls, she asked suspiciously: "Queen, why did you agree to let Mrs. Chen enter the palace? Didn't you say that during this period of time, everyone in the palace will pray for the soldiers at the border, so Wouldn't it be better not to let the family members enter the palace?"

"Concubine Hui is different from Concubine Yang. When Concubine Yang's mother enters the palace, she must give advice to Concubine Yang and let Concubine Yang control more palace affairs, so she cannot let Concubine Yang's mother enter the palace. Concubine Hui Well, her father is still on the battlefield, and your father also said that if she wants to see her family during this period, she can see her at will. Concubine Hui knows the rules, and she comes to greet me in advance every time. So I also sold her face."

The eldest princess is already seven years old, it is time to know some ways to deal with things.The queen put her arms around her and said softly: "For these women in the harem, blind suppression is not enough. After all, if there is no one, there will be another. There are at least [-] women in the palace, so we can't suppress all of them, we have to choose a few." From the past, there are not so many crooked minds, although they can't form an alliance, they can still talk and so on. Concubine Hui has always been a careless person, and she doesn't pose much threat now, so we don't have to worry too much about it."

"But Queen Mother, didn't you say that Concubine Hui's father is a general? If Emperor Father values ​​it very much, will Concubine Hui be the same as Concubine Yang?" The eldest princess blinked and continued to ask.

The queen pinched her nose: "It's good to think of this. The two are different. Concubine Yang's father is the commander of the garrison in the capital, and the army in the capital is very important. Your father will definitely not just hand it over to you." Alone. Concubine Hui's father alone controls an army of [-] soldiers, even though he is very trusted by your father right now, but after a long time..."

Therefore, Concubine Hui has never been a threat, and it is impossible for the emperor to place Concubine Hui in a higher position.Unless, the Chen family can give up their military power.

However, now that Chen Manrou can have the position of Concubine Hui, isn't it because of the Chen family's military power?Without military power, what is the Chen family?As for Tanhualang, he probably can't even be considered a third-rate family in the capital, right?

The eldest princess is ignorant, she is not very interested in the emperor's power and tactics, but the eldest prince listens with great interest.Ask a few questions about the court from time to time.Although the queen is a woman, she was very knowledgeable when she was in her boudoir, otherwise she wouldn't have been in the back seat for four or five years when there were two queen mothers in the harem.Therefore, he can answer the eldest prince's questions.

The mother and son were teaching to explain their doubts, chatting and laughing, but diverted the topic away, and no one mentioned Chen Manrou again.

Chen Manrou didn't know what the empress mother and son were talking about, so she went back to Zhongcui Palace, and originally planned to let Xiao Xizi pass the message, but seeing that the palace gate was about to be locked, she could only wait for the next day.

Mrs. Chen's action has always been very fast. As soon as Xiao Xizi went to deliver the message, she passed the sign and entered the palace.As usual, Chen Manrou first asked about Father Chen's affairs at the border. Mrs. Chen patted Chen Manrou's hand and smiled, "Don't worry, your father sent a letter back last month, saying that there will be another two months. The war is over, and this time the fight was a bit ruthless, and it is estimated that the Khitan people will not come here again in two or three years."

"How is big brother doing in the Imperial Academy recently?" Chen Manrou asked again, and Dong Chunni smiled and said: "My husband said that he has already gained a firm foothold in the Imperial Academy, so my sister doesn't have to worry."

"Well, that's good." After asking about the health of the old lady and the old man, Chen Manrou felt relieved after making sure that there would be no accidents at home in the past year.Now that she is ready to have a child, she will never allow anything to affect her emotions.

It's okay to be overjoyed, but things about great sorrow must be avoided.

After seeing off Mrs. Chen and her sister-in-law, Chen Manrou began to think of a way to get the emperor to come over tomorrow night.After thinking about it for a long time, she didn't think of any good solution. She had been pretending to be naive before, and never took the initiative to send any food to the emperor. The latter took the initiative to meet the emperor by chance. For a while, she really couldn't think of anything good Method.

"Ma'am, the weather is just right now, why don't you go for a walk in the Imperial Garden." Aunt Bai stood aside, seeing Chen Manrou's frown, she suggested aloud.Chen Manrou waved her hand: "I have to find a way to make the emperor look through my brand tonight, tomorrow night, and the day after that. I don't have time to go to the imperial garden."

"Ma'am, just sitting here, what good solution can you think of? Go to the Royal Garden, maybe you can just think of it." Aunt Bai thought for a while and said, Chen Manrou turned her head to look at Aunt Bai, and saw Aunt Bai's face Smiling, with affirmation in his eyes.

Chen Manrou paused, and got up: "Okay, since Aunt Bai said so, I will go out and take a good walk."

(End of this chapter)