Harem for a living

Chapter 7

"My little one has met Concubine Chen, please greet Concubine Chen." Liu Cheng saw Chen Manrou coming out, so he hurried over to salute, Chen Manrou hid in a panic, and stretched out his hand to help: "Eunuch Liu Cheng, don't be too polite. Come here, but what's the matter?"

"Sacred decree: The holy decree is coming at the time of You, and Concubine Chen is ready to pick him up." Eunuch Liu Cheng clasped his fists in the direction of Qianqing Palace, and delivered the decree with a serious expression. Chen Manrou immediately led the decree when Liu Chenggang said the two words The people in Zhongcui Palace knelt down to accept the order, and now they hurriedly kowtowed and said, "I accept the order."

Eunuch Liu Cheng smiled and said: "Concubine Chen please get up quickly, the imperial decree has been delivered, I will go back to reply the decree, please, Concubine Chen, please make preparations as soon as possible."

"Excuse me, Eunuch Liu." Chen Manrou smiled, and motioned Xiao Mingzi to send Liu Cheng off. Duoyue had already given the reward to him before, so at this moment, Xiao Mingzi just used the gesture of supporting Liu Cheng to push him over.Looking at the smile on Liu Cheng's face, he was probably quite satisfied with the purse.

"Ma'am, are you taking a bath now?" Seeing that Chen Manrou was about to go back to the room after entering the wine, she hurried forward and asked.Chen Manrou nodded, and pointed to Dong Cijian: "The tub is there, you and the cup stop over to clean it up, and arrange all the things you use in order."

Then he turned his head and told Xiangyue: "Taiyue, go and find my water-red chest-length skirt."

The hot water that Xiao Mingzi had ordered to be boiled before was now in use.Chen Manrou saw that the maids had closed the doors and windows, leaving only a gap, so she waved her hand to let everyone else go out, leaving Xiangyue alone.

Naturally, there are no flower petals in the bathtub, and the bottom of the bucket can be seen at a glance. The rim of the bucket is covered with a soft white cloth, and there are tables on the left and right sides. On top are tea and snacks.

Chen Manrou stretched out her hand to ask Duiyue to take off her clothes, then stepped on the small stool into the bathtub, and the warm water flooded up immediately, and when she sat down on the small stool in the bucket, the The water stopped just above the chest.

Duyue pulled her hair out, and let her lean against the wall of the bathtub. There was a concave arc on it, and it was cushioned with round cork. Resting her neck on it would not cause discomfort at all.

"Ma'am, how's the water temperature?" Duyue let Chen Manrou's hair hang down in a basin next to the bathtub, scooped warm water from another bucket and poured it on Chen Manrou's head, Chen Manrou closed her eyes and hummed, and said to Yueyue So I started to wash her hair with confidence.

More than once, Chen Manrou was very thankful that she was reincarnated into an official's family, otherwise, she would not be able to handle the bathing by herself.

"To Yue, what do you think of our Zhongcui Palace?" After a while, Chen Manrou asked.Xiangyue pursed her lower lip from behind and said: "Look at this servant girl, this Zhongcui Palace is just average. In terms of distance, the Yongshou Palace of the queen empress and the Jingren Palace of the imperial concubine are the closest to the Qianqing Palace. But the Zhongcui Palace is not the same place. Little, in the future, when the empress gives birth to a little prince and a little princess, there is no need to worry about having no place to live."

"Little prince?" Chen Manrou raised her eyebrows slightly, and sneered, "In this harem, it's not your girl who is most anxious to have a baby. Your girl is only 16 years old, and the days to come are long. What are you doing in such a hurry? At this moment?"

"Your Majesty said that the most important thing is to maintain a healthy body." Duiyue rubbed the soap on Chen Manrou's hair twice, rubbed out the foam, and then massaged along the scalp a few times, and then said: "After a while In a few days, there will definitely be people entering the palace, the empress must first grab the emperor's heart."

A blurry figure appeared in Chen Manrou's head. It was seen on the day of the draft, and she didn't even see her face.Does a creature like the emperor have a heart?Well, but she should really think about the path she should take in the future.

The queen is dignified and virtuous, she is a concubine of the second rank and there is no need to act like a regular wife.The imperial concubine is unparalleled in beauty, lofty and aloof, talented, and has all the elements of a favorite concubine.She couldn't go this way either.

Well, why is it like Qianlong's fellow, with a virtuous empress and concubine accompanying her?Then why don't you take the path of waste first and then Ulanara?She was not very favored in the early stage, but she would not be forgotten by others. In the later stage, when the queen and the imperial concubine fought to the death, she happened to be the queen as a matter of course.However, it must be noted that Ulanara's early stage can be used for reference, and the experience after becoming a queen should be completely discarded!
A concubine who doesn't want to be a queen is not a good concubine, even if she goes for the position of a concubine, in the future when your son becomes the idle king, will the empress dowager forget you and her experience of robbing men?Besides, she didn't want to turn her son into a waste.It's really embarrassing for Hong Zhou to go out every day for funerals.

Women are very narrow-minded. Women who share a small cucumber are as affectionate as sisters. This is a myth and legend... So, expecting that others will treat you well after the shared cucumber dies is a dream...

Right now there is the best example. The Empress Dowager of the East Palace is the aunt, and the Empress Dowager of the West Palace is the real mother. Who has seen the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces?
Therefore, there are three ways for a woman to enter the palace. One is to have no sons and wait for the emperor to die, and she can also be buried with him or not. She will live like a shadow in the future.The second is to live a lifetime without fighting or fighting after giving birth to a child, and hand over the son's future to others by the way.

The third path is the one that [-]% of the women in the palace are willing to choose.Those who are unwilling to choose are misplaced generations.Chen Manrou deeply feels that as a good young man with ideals, goals, thoughts and achievements, the real hero is the one who dares to break through!
"Ma'am, is the water cold?" Chen Manrou was agitated, when she heard a question from the side, Chen Manrou almost slid off the stool in fright.Coughed lightly and stabilized my body: "It's a bit cold, add some hot water and help me wipe my back."

Soaking and washing, after more than half an hour, Chen Manrou came out wearing a water red chest-length skirt, taking advantage of her pink and tender complexion, she was a little cute.Chen Manrou knew that her appearance was not particularly outstanding, let alone compared with the imperial concubine, even compared with Zhang Wanting, she was a little inferior, so she decided to take another path.

Sitting in front of the dressing table, Xiangyue stretched out her hand to wipe her hair, while Chen Manrou stretched out her hand to scratch in the dressing box.

The earrings are not worn, so as not to pull the ears when rolling the sheets, besides, it is inconvenient for the emperor to kiss the earlobe, it is said that there is sensitivity.Without the necklace, who knows if it will be a joke if it is wrapped around the neck.

Well, in summer, you can’t bring golden hairpins, and you don’t know which one is harder, hosta or pillows, so why not bring silk flowers?Thinking about it, she stretched out her hand to open another box, which contained several silk flowers that could be mistaken for real ones and a few pearl hairpins. Chen Manrou took a pink azalea, a beaded vermicelli belt, and two pink pearl tassels.

"Your hair is coiled into a bun of ingots." After giving instructions to Xiangyue behind him, he immediately pulled up all his hair, then piled up an ingot shape on top of his head, fixed it with hairpin rings, and inserted azaleas in the middle of the ingots , with vermicelli tape on both sides to draw out the depression, and the ribbon goes around under the bun and tied into a bow at the back.

The hair bun hanging down from the ears was covered with tassel hairpins, and pink pearls dangled around the cheeks, making the skin even more pink and rosy.Chen Manrou with the whole hairstyle is very lively and innocent, with a bit of cuteness.

As soon as she finished packing up here, Xiao Mingzi came in and said that the dinner had been delivered, three meat and three vegetables, the combination was really good.It's a pity that one is sour, one has too much green onion, one has mutton, and one has leeks. Four of the six dishes are not edible.The remaining two, one is stewed out of fatty meat, and the other is light and green leaves are left.

Women these days are very good at eating, fat meat can't be eaten, it will grow meat.Vegetable leaves can not be eaten, it will affect the complexion.

Chen Manrou pursed her lips, she must not be very smart to cook this kind of food, she just entered the palace, and she was not even sure whether she would be favored or not, so she immediately gave her off, it was really ill-considered.And the people behind them have also lost their identity.

"Xiao Mingzi, get someone to bring some snacks over." Chen Manrou picked up the remaining two vegetables and ate something, so she didn't worry about growing meat and changing her face. Her body was just developing, so she couldn't eat it. What should I do if I don't have big breasts?
Even though she didn't eat anything strong, after dinner, Chen Manrou still brushed her teeth with salt water and chewed a little tea.After making sure that there was no sign of it, she just opened the door of the west end room, and she sat on the beauty couch and waited.

Just after You Hour, Chen Manrou asked Xiao Mingzi to wait at the gate of the courtyard, and there were lanterns hanging under the eaves, illuminating Zhong Cui Palace very brightly.Restless, she waited for another quarter of an hour before hearing voices coming from outside. Chen Manrou quickly got up, walked to the door and stopped in two steps.

One was Xiao Mingzi's greeting, and the other was a strange man's voice.Then, I saw a man in bright yellow clothes walking in quite leisurely with a fan in one hand and the other behind his back.

"My concubine, Chen's Manrou, I have met the emperor, and I greet the emperor." Chen Manrou immediately knelt down and made a big salute, and then she heard a rather gentle voice above her head: "Get flat."

Then, a pair of bright yellow boots stopped in front of her eyes, the man bent down slightly, stretched out his hand and gave her a hand: "Have you had dinner yet?"

Hearing this sentence, Chen Manrou's slight unfamiliarity and nervousness immediately eased a little. It really is a classic dialogue among Chinese people. When meeting, ask if you have eaten.Chen Manrou sneaked a glance at the emperor. Anyway, the lanterns under the eaves were red, which just showed that she was blushing.

The emperor looks good, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, straight nose, thin lips slightly curved, he seems to have a good temper, and his personality seems to be a milder one.

(End of this chapter)