Harem for a living

Chapter 75

"I would like to thank Empress Dowager Cining for your concern, but..." The queen was a little embarrassed, she smiled and glanced at Feng Minghao who was sitting under the empress dowager Cining, and then said: "It's just that you are busy taking care of the Ninth Prince, concubine I really dare not bother Empress Dowager Ci Ning."

"The empress is a person who thinks of others." Empress Dowager Ci Ning said with a half-smile, what the empress said just now was actually a threat to the Ninth Prince. The words have been moved out of the Compassion Palace.In the future, if the Ninth Prince separates himself from his heart, the gain will outweigh the loss.

Therefore, there is no need to weigh, Empress Dowager Ci Ning let go of the topic of palace power.But she was willing to let it go, but Ci'an was unwilling, coughed lightly, and the Empress Dowager Ci'an said: "Since the queen asked, Aijia will give you an idea."

As he spoke, he glanced around at the concubines below, pondered for a while, and then said: "It's really hard to decide, Concubine Yang is going to take care of the second princess, Concubine Shu has been grounded, Concubine Hui is still young, Concubine De is also familiar with palace affairs, Concubine Hu is weak, while Concubine Liu and Concubine Cheng are not bad, but their rankings are a bit lower."

With a stick, all those who were qualified to take over the power of the palace were beaten to death. The Empress Dowager Ci'an turned her head to look at the Empress, and waited for the Empress to answer. Look, Concubine Hui and Concubine De are not bad. Although they are a little younger and have just entered the palace, they are not familiar with palace affairs, but they are both daughters-in-law of the family after all, and they should have learned about housekeeping since they were young. .”

"Besides, it's not that I can't move at all. I just ask them to help. If there is something they can't handle, I will give pointers. As long as they run errands, take care of the servants, and Nothing major."

The queen said, and glanced sideways at Chen Manrou and Zhang Wanting: "Concubine Hui, Concubine De, did you two do these things when you were at home?"

Concubine De had a happy expression on her face, she got up and saluted the queen, she couldn't hide the excitement in her words, and said with a bright smile: "Thanks to the empress's attention, when I was at home in the past, I also helped my mother with housekeeping, although it can't be said It was well managed, but there were no major mistakes."

Chen Manrou was a little embarrassed, she stretched out her hand and tugged at her hair, with a look of embarrassment on her face: "Although I have learned it, I have never done it."

The queen raised her eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "It's good if you have learned it. With Ben Gong guiding you, you won't make too many mistakes." Then, she turned to Empress Dowager Ci'an and continued: "Palace affairs This matter needs to be handled by the Empress Dowager. However, it is not such a small matter that I want to ask the Empress Dowager to help me."

The Empress Dowager Ci'an laughed at the side: "The empress is relieved to leave this palace affairs to the two of them. Since this palace affairs is not a big deal, what is a big deal?"

The empress also heard the meaning of Empress Dowager Ci'an's words, and glanced at the emperor next to him, seeing him holding a glass of wine and watching the singing and dancing on a smiling face, she felt a little more at ease. The relationship between them has been thoroughly analyzed, otherwise, it might be impossible to say who the emperor is helping today.

The emperor is smart and tolerant. Although he is filial to the Empress Dowager Ci'an, he also understands that if the palace power falls into the hands of the Empress Dowager Ci'an, then Ci Ning will definitely not let it go.For the sake of the stability of his harem, this palace power cannot be offered as filial piety, so he can only wrong his mother first.

It's just that the emperor has always felt a little regretful. The queen mother was originally a smart person, otherwise she wouldn't have given birth to two sons in the late emperor's harem, and would have become the queen mother in the end.It's a pity that sometimes she doesn't think carefully, she thinks that the overall situation is stable, her son becomes the emperor, and she is above ten thousand people.In the harem, she should be able to dominate Ci Ning, so she always wanted to stand out in everything, and wanted to show Ci Ning a little bit of strength, but she never thought that although Ci Ning had no backing, she was not a toothless tiger.

Sure enough, when people are old, it is easy to get confused.Fortunately, his queen is still a smart one.

"It's Concubine Hu's business that I want to ask the Queen Mother for help." As she said that, the Queen's expression became a little embarrassed: "Concubine Hu accidentally fell into the water last month, she was a little weak, and she happened to be pregnant with a child. The concubine has to take care of Concubine Hu carefully, so that Concubine Hu can give birth to the prince safely. It's just that I may neglect Concubine Hu in the future, so I want to ask the queen mother to help me Busy, take care of Concubine Hu in my spare time. After all, Concubine Hui and Concubine De are young and have never had children, so I am afraid that they will delay things."

Empress Dowager Ci'an's eyes flickered, and she carefully calculated in her heart that if Concubine Hu's child was born a prince, it would be a bargaining chip in her Ci'an Palace.Even if she is not a prince in the future, the little princess can accompany her to relieve boredom.If you get married in the future, it will also be an aid.

Thinking about it, the Empress Dowager Ci'an will no longer fight for power in the palace. Anyway, the days are still long. Concubine Hui and Concubine De are young, how can they not catch any mistakes?It is better to sell the queen in front of the emperor now, and it will be easier to get the palace power in the future.

"The queen has always been a virtuous person. At this time, I still remember Concubine Hu. That's all, the old lady will help you. However, the old lady is old after all, and she can't go to Yuhua Pavilion every day, so some places may not be able to take care of her. Let the old lady say, you should move Concubine Hu to Ci'an Palace."

After all, Yuhua Pavilion and Ci'an Palace are separated by the Ci'an Palace, if you don't pay attention, the old witch of Cining might take advantage of her loopholes, so you must be on guard.

The Empress Dowager Ci'an looked at the emperor and said, the emperor smiled and put down the wine glass: "What the empress mother said is that Concubine Hu should move to another place. Concubine live there for the time being?"

Empress Dowager Ci'an thought about it for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, just do as the emperor said, and you will let Concubine Hu move to the palace later."

In this way, everyone has achieved their goal.The empress did not lose the palace power, Ci'an had a child who might be the prince, and Ci Ning was able to keep the Ninth Prince to live in the Palace of Compassion for a while, it can be said that everyone is happy.Of course, the premise is to ignore the very dissatisfied eyes of Ci Ning and Ci An looking at the queen.

Chen Manrou and Concubine De were hit by a pie that fell from the sky. Chen Manrou felt that the pie was as hard as a rock and smashed her head. The benefits were not as bad.Concubine De felt that this pie was very sweet, and it was an unbeatable delicacy in the world.

As a result, one expression was a little stiff, and the other was an expression of uncontrollable ecstasy, which made the corners of the queen's mouth crooked.

After the banquet, Chen Manrou went back to Zhongcui Palace, fell on the bed as soon as she entered the door, and couldn't help moaning.He was so frightened that Xiangyue hurried over to take her pulse: "Your Majesty, what's wrong? I drank a lot of wine at the banquet, so I'm having a good time. Hurry up and bring the hangover soup."

Jin Huan had already prepared hangover soup, and now he was bringing in the door: "I thought about it a long time ago, so I don't need you to remind me. Madam, hurry up, it's lukewarm right now, just in time for the entrance, and the servants put a lot of honey , would you like to drink something to refresh yourself?"

Cupping and Jinjiu also came in, with a basin in one hand and a towel in the other, seeing that Qingxing and Weile removed the jewelry from Chen Manrou's head, they hurried forward to wipe Chen Manrou's face and hands, and served What's more, Chen Manrou didn't even have to lift a finger.

"I didn't drink too much, I just feel a little tired." Chen Manrou waved her hands listlessly, and handed back half a bowl of hangover soup to Jinhuan: "I went to prepare hot water, I want to soak for a while."

The weather is not very hot now, and there is almost always hot water in the small kitchen of Zhongcui Palace.Not long after, Xiao Dingzi and Xiao Chengzi carried the bathtub in, and poured hot water into it in a hurry.

Duiyue and Jinhuan helped Chen Manrou into the room, and after she soaked in the bathtub, he squeezed her shoulders and rubbed her neck: "Ma'am, what's bothering you?"

"It's not because of the palace affairs today. You have two empress dowagers on top, a queen in the middle, and a concubine de concubine below. I'm almost like a sandwich." Chen Manrou leaned on the tub, beckoning to enjoy herself. While washing her hair, she wondered if she could find an excuse to push this palace affairs out.

She saw clearly the situation last time. Although the queen said that she would leave the matter to everyone, she actually held the palace power in her own hands. It was Concubine Yang who helped the queen deal with the matter for a while. I haven't even been able to take half of the advantage, let alone myself.

If it is done well, at most the empress will give it a few words of praise. If it is not done well, then it will be charged with crimes, and maybe it will no longer have the qualifications to be contaminated with palace power in the future.When others mention it, they will definitely say, oops, she is incompetent. Last time the empress gave her instructions, she couldn't do it well, so why don't she handle it?What if it goes wrong?
So, she will wait to be idle in the future.

"Mother, why don't you pretend to be sick?" Jin Huan gave Chen Manrou an idea, and Chen Manrou shook her head: "How can I do that? Don't say that the imperial doctors are not fools, even just looking at the current situation, I can't pretend to be sick. "

The queen is pregnant, which means that within a month, at least seven or eight days are free for bedtime.If she doesn't hurry up and have a baby right now, will she have to wait until next year's draft to have a baby?
The emperor is not a fool, as soon as he heard that his concubine was ill, he hurried over to have a look.The emperor is paying attention, but if the concubine is sick, she has to withdraw the green head card within half a month or a month, so as not to give the emperor the sickness.

Half a month and a month is not long, but she might be able to conceive a child one time, and she must not miss this opportunity.

In May of next year, the newcomer enters the palace, and you are hiding for ten months pregnant, will there still be a place for you when you come out of the harem?

After thinking about it, Chen Manrou couldn't think of any good solution. She really didn't want to work with Concubine De, nor did she want to be a puppet.Going to Yongshou Palace tomorrow will definitely be arranged by the queen. She must come up with a solution today.

(End of this chapter)