Harem for a living

Chapter 68

The queen looked sideways at Yang Guifei: "Why did the noble concubine come to the Hall of Worship?"

Concubine Yang smiled slightly: "A few days ago, I heard that the crape myrtle flowers in the Chongjing Hall were in bloom, and I sent people here today to bring back some crape myrtle flowers. I didn't expect that Concubine Hu would fall into the water here, my concubine As soon as I heard the report from the palace servants, I came here in a hurry."

It's not a secret that the crape myrtle flower bloomed. Concubine Shu said it when she went to pay her respects to the queen the day before yesterday. All the concubines knew about it, so there is no flaw in Concubine Yang's saying that. .

The queen nodded and looked at Chen Manrou.Chen Manrou smiled embarrassingly: "The concubine is the same as the concubine sister. After paying her respects, she felt that it was too early to go back, so she wanted to take a walk in the Imperial Garden. Suddenly, she thought that the concubine Shu said that the crape myrtle flowers were blooming. I wanted to come over and pick some branches. However, when I walked to Chuxiu Palace, I suddenly felt a little tired, so I went to Chuxiu Palace to visit sister Qi and the others."

"Chuxiu Palace can't hear the movement of the Hall of Worship?" The queen asked after a pause.Chen Manrou was a little annoyed: "I heard the noisy voices here, but at that time, I was asking sister Qi to measure the size. I saw that sister Qi's female celebrity was very good, so I wanted sister Qi to make a suit of clothes for me. .If my concubine could come here sooner..."

Concubine Hu had already fallen into the water when she rushed over earlier, everyone knew it without saying anything.

"Qi Meiren's female celebrity is very good?" The queen looked at Qi Meiren who was following behind Chen Manrou, and Qi Meiren hurried out to salute: "I have met the empress, please greet the empress, it is not a concubine boasting, my concubine's female celebrity is indeed Not bad. It’s rare for Concubine Hui to appreciate it, so I will try my best to measure Concubine Hui’s size and try to make a particularly good-looking dress for Concubine Hui.”

The queen looked at the clothes on Qi Meiren, then turned to the emperor and said, "Why don't you ask after Concubine Hu wakes up? Now it seems that Concubine Hu may have accidentally fallen into the water. Concubine Hu is also true, could it be her own Don't you know you're pregnant?"

The emperor was also a little unhappy, and frowned and took a sip of tea: "Just deal with Zitong. If you can keep the child, try to keep it. If you can't keep it, let it go. I have something to do in the previous court, so I won't delay."

"Yes, don't worry, the emperor, the concubine will definitely figure this out." The queen knew that the emperor had left the matter to herself, she smiled and got up and sent the emperor to the door, and watched the emperor leave before turning to go to the inner room Look at Concubine Hu.

Chen Manrou felt a little sad, Concubine Hu was still pregnant with his child, and he didn't know if the child was alive or dead, so he could leave so easily.Sure enough, the love for Concubine Hu before was just love for a plaything, right?
However, this sadness just flashed across Chen Manrou's body in an instant.No matter what, she doesn't have much time to sympathize with other women now, she should first find a way to get rid of her disgust.

Concubine Hu, who doesn't come sooner or later, why does she come to the Hall of Worship at this moment?Moreover, according to her court lady, someone should have asked Concubine Hu to come over.If this is the case, then Concubine Hu is also a pawn?
But how did Concubine Hu fall into the water?If you walk well, how can your feet slip?She has a body, so she must be very careful, and there are two maids supporting her, even if her foot slips, if the two maids are cautious and quick enough, there should be no time to hold her back, right?She was walking in the middle, not by the edge of the pond.

"Empress, the slaves have already checked." When Chen Manrou lowered her head to analyze, she saw Xin Lan, who was beside the queen, hurried in, and said to the queen inside: "There are no other traces on the edge of the pond. The road we passed was very clean and smooth. The people in the Hall of Worship have also said that it is cleaned every day, and it was cleaned just this morning, and there will be absolutely no stones, beads, or the like, and no moss."

The queen didn't speak, and after a while, I heard the voice of the imperial doctor again: "Madam, I have temporarily saved the child in the womb of Concubine Hu, but from now until the child is born, Concubine Hu cannot have too much For major emotional changes, it is best to rest in bed, and not to touch anything that is unfavorable to pregnant women, otherwise, the next time, Weichen will not be able to do this."

"Thank you, Imperial Physician, I will definitely tell Concubine Hu to pay attention to these things. However, I don't know when Concubine Hu will wake up. After she wakes up, can I send her back to Yuhua Pavilion?" The empress asked gently.

"Wait for Weichen to give Concubine Hu a few needles, she will wake up immediately. It is still possible to send someone to send her back, but she must not be allowed to walk back by herself." After the doctor Cheng's voice stopped, No other voices were heard.

About a cup of tea, I suddenly heard a scream from inside: "Ah, child! My child!"

"Concubine Hu, the child is still there." The queen's voice was somewhat comforting, and Concubine Hu's voice quickly dropped: "My child is still there? Is he still there?"

"Yes, your child is still there, he is fine." The queen said gently, through the slightly transparent screen, Chen Manrou could vaguely see that the queen took Hu Fei's hand and touched Hu Fei's stomach: "See for yourself, is he still there?"

"It's still there, my child is still there." Concubine Hu was stunned for a long time, and she said hoarsely until she was sure that her protruding belly was still there.Then, she suddenly raised her voice again: "Empress, please make the decision for this concubine. Someone wants to kill the child in my concubine's stomach! The child in my concubine's stomach is the emperor's heir. They want to kill the emperor's child and my concubine!"

"Talk slowly, don't get too excited. The imperial doctor said that you are in a more dangerous situation now. Although the child in your stomach has been saved, but your mood changes too much, which is not good for the child. You may still lose the child." The queen sat down on the bed, her voice was as lukewarm as water, it was completely the same as before, not even the slightest mood swing.

Concubine Hu was a little panicked: "Really?"

"Of course it's true. I'm sitting here. You can calm down and tell me slowly that if someone really harms your child, I will definitely make the decision for you." The queen turned her head and looked at Wang Xiang. , Wang Xiang cleverly made a gesture towards Imperial Doctor Cheng and others.

Therefore, Imperial Doctor Cheng followed Wang Xiang to prescribe a prescription, and Wu Yao led the remaining imperial doctors out of the inner room and went directly back to the Imperial Hospital.

After a while, Concubine Hu's voice came out: "My concubine went back to rest after greeting the empress this morning. Later, a little maid came and said that concubine Hui had invited me to the Hall of Admiration to enjoy flowers." The concubine was a little heavy at the time, and didn't want to come over. The maid said, Concubine Hui still has something very important to tell the concubine, which is related to the life and death of the child in the concubine's stomach. So the concubine brought someone over."

Chen Manrou lowered her head and pinched her sleeves. It seemed that this situation was really arranged for her.It's just that I haven't offended anyone recently, right?If you really want to say it, then only Yang Guifei is the only one. It seems that since she entered the palace, she didn't win him over, so she didn't like her.

"After I came, I didn't see Concubine Hui, so I waited here. Later, I saw that the crape myrtle flowers were blooming very well, so I wanted to go and have a look." Concubine Hu continued, Chen Manrou curled her lips, very Disdain, I knew I was pregnant before and didn't want to walk around, but now I dare to walk to the pond?
This Concubine Hu is really smart and smart, otherwise she wouldn't have won the emperor's favor as soon as she entered the palace.But it's kind of stupid to say it's not smart.She just got pregnant and didn't know if she would be able to give birth, so she lost face to Concubine Shu first.At this moment, he actually asked for a dead end again.

"When I walked to the pond, I was about to turn around and come back. Who would have thought that my foot slipped... Empress Empress, I must have stepped on something and slipped. The thing was round. I didn't see it clearly at the time, but There must be something, I beg the empress to be the master for my concubine!"

What Concubine Hu said was almost the same as what her court lady said, but no one saw the round thing she stepped on, not even her court lady said about it.

The queen called Chen Manrou inside, and Chen Manrou hurried in.

"Did you hear what Concubine Hu said just now?" The queen looked at Chen Manrou with no expression on her face.Chen Manrou bowed to the queen first, then shook her head and said, "I heard that, but I didn't invite anyone to invite Concubine Hu to enjoy the flowers. Concubine Hu, why don't you ask the maid who invited you to come out, let's confront him on the spot?"

Concubine Hu's eyes were about to burst into flames, and she stared at Chen Manrou: "The palace lady is holding Concubine Hui's twig phoenix fairy and emerald green butterfly hairpin. That hairpin was given to you by the emperor during the Lantern Festival this year. The whole harem, You are the only one, does Concubine Hui think I can't even recognize this?"

"Empress, the things that the emperor bestows on concubines are all recorded in the book. If they are used every day, they will be noted in the book. If they are not used, they will be written where they are stored and who put them away. You can check this. All right. The concubine is very sure that during these days, the concubine has not brought the hairpin, so the hairpin should be in the warehouse. It is absolutely impossible for someone to take the hairpin to prove to Concubine Hu that she is a concubine. "

"Besides, Concubine Hu is really easy to deceive." Chen Manrou smiled at Concubine Hu, and quickly got angry.Before Concubine Hu's face turned red, Chen Manrou turned her head and continued: "It's just a hairpin. In Quan Daqing, there are many craftsmen who are good at making jewelry. How can Concubine Hu be sure that the hairpin must be mine? Is it possible?" , can't it be that someone saw my hairpin, drew a pattern and asked someone to type the same one, and then used it to fool Concubine Hu?"

Chen Manrou glanced at Concubine Hu, ignored her, and only turned to the queen and said.At the beginning, she felt that it was too dangerous for a random hairpin purse in the harem to be used to frame people, so she put all her things on the books.

Although troublesome, it is safe.From the looks of it now, this approach is indeed very wise, so it will come in handy now?
The queen nodded: "Then ask your court lady to bring the account book and your hairpin."

(End of this chapter)