Harem for a living

Chapter 76

Chen Manrou thought about it for a long time but didn't think of any good excuse. After all, the empress asked you to help manage the palace affairs. It was so comfortable.

"Ma'am, the water is already a little cold, and you've been soaking it for a long time." Duiyue whispered in Chen Manrou's ear, Chen Manrou opened her eyes, stood up and asked Duiyue to help her out, stopped the cup and drank the wine She had been waiting by the side, and now she quickly took a dry cotton cloth and wiped her body.

When Jin Huan came in with her underwear, Chen Manrou stretched out her arms for Jin Huan to serve.After dressing up, she was about to go out when she suddenly felt dizzy and staggered. Fortunately, Jin Huan and Dui Yue stayed close to her, which prevented the close contact between Chen Manrou's face and the ground.

"Your Majesty, your complexion is a little ugly." Said Yue Yue, frowning, carefully looked at Chen Manrou's face, and couldn't help but reach out to feel Chen Manrou's pulse. When Chen Manrou came back before, she just took a simple look and said Did not put carefully.

This time he calmed down, and the expression on his face kept changing for a long time.After a long time, Chen Manrou became impatient: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with me?"

"Your Majesty, I'm not sure." Xiangyue took a deep breath, saying that such things as pulse condition are really amazing.There is no reference at all, and only by relying on one's own understanding can one correspond to various pulse conditions.

According to medical books, the micropulse is as thin as a string, deep and extremely thin and most continuous, and the weak pulse is heavy, thin and soft like a weak pulse, which can be detected lightly without board.Both are Shen Xi, how do you tell the difference?Therefore, learning Chinese medicine requires not only hard work, but also talent.

He has studied with Yueyue for several years, practiced with all the servants in the Chen Mansion, and then asked a doctor to guide him, but he can't be regarded as a doctor.She can feel the pulse, can identify whether there are bad things in various foods, and can read prescriptions and so on. It doesn't mean that she is really omnipotent.

Especially this kind of pulse, she has only seen it two or three times, and now she is even more nervous, so naturally she is not sure.Hearing Chen Manrou's question, he asked Yuemu with a straight face: "Madam, you are six or seven days late for confinement, right?"

"Isn't that normal?" Chen Manrou covered her mouth and yawned. Because she was too young when she entered the palace, she was not considered an adult, and because she had been taking care of her, her menstruation had always been normal. Some are not quite right.It wasn't until the beginning of this year that menstruation began to be somewhat regular, and it was precisely because of this that she decided to have a baby.

No, menstruation is regular.Chen Manrou reacted suddenly, she turned her head in a flash, her eyes fixed on Xiangyue: "You mean..."

"Your Majesty, I'm not sure about it. I only checked Liu Mama's pulse at the beginning. Besides, your month is too shallow, not even a month and a half. I'm really not sure about it." Said, while enjoying the excitement on his face, he couldn't restrain it for a long time: "Your Majesty is really pregnant? That's great, my servant will let them spread the carpet on the ground. Madam, you should go to rest quickly, and your servant will go tomorrow." When you go back to Empress Empress, just say that you are pregnant, and the management of palace affairs should be left to others."

"Wait!" Chen Manrou quickly grabbed Jin Huan, and Jin Huan stopped quickly, and supported Chen Manrou with his backhand: "Look at the slaves are so happy and silly, this is not the time to talk about these things, ma'am, let's go back to the dormitory to rest , By the way, on the moon, the empress had a lot of drinks tonight, it should be all right? She also drank hangover soup when she came back, how is the empress feeling now? Do you feel uncomfortable? Or do you want to eat? When the maidservant's mother was pregnant with a child, she always wanted to eat, Madam, is this servant going to make you some snacks?"

"Stop!" Chen Manrou interrupted Jinhuan, walked towards the dormitory, and said, "Jinhuan, you are too happy, and you told Yue that you can't be sure at all. If you can be sure, the imperial doctor came the day before yesterday. We should know when we ask for a safe pulse. Besides, the empress only said today that she is pregnant, and I will tell the empress tomorrow that I am also pregnant, how will the empress feel?"

After being said by Chen Manrou, the excitement of Jinhuan calmed down a little bit. Although he was still smiling, his tone was not as jumpy as before: "Then what do you mean..."

"We can't say these two days. We have to wait for the imperial doctor to make a diagnosis. The Ping'an pulse is requested once every five days. There are three days left before the time is up. If the imperial doctor can get it out, it will be a good thing. If it can't , let's wait another five days, and it will be almost a month by then, and the joy of the empress's pregnancy will be over, and we won't be able to steal the limelight from the empress."

Chen Manrou said while thinking, she still felt a little unbelievable in her heart at the moment.She has been preparing for more than half a year. She thought she would have to wait, but she didn't expect the surprise to come so quickly.But thinking of what she said to Yue just now, she felt a little indescribable again, like panic, like fear, and a little worried about gains and losses.

Seeing her deep thought on her face, Jin Huan and Dui Yue didn't say a word, they just helped her into the inner room, covered her with a quilt after she went to bed, and went out quietly, ordering to put the clothes in the storeroom overnight. I found out all the fur, first made a few sets to cover the corners of the table or other angular places, and then sewed a large piece, ready to be spread on the ground the next day.

Chen Manrou was tossing and turning on the bed and couldn't fall asleep. Sometimes it was a problem of palace power, and sometimes it was a problem of pregnancy.

If she was really pregnant, it would not be a good time to directly resign Gong Quan tomorrow.Leaving aside De Concubine's hostility towards her, it is her own Zhongcui Palace, where a Huiyin and a Qingxing are locked up. After the palace power is handed over, the Huiyin and Qingxing can be replaced by someone else. .

If she is not pregnant... this possibility, Chen Manrou just thought about it for a moment, and immediately strangled it to her mind.But if you don't resign the palace power, will that sharp concubine De concubine stop when she turns around?There are Ci Ning and Ci'an staring at her above, and there is a beautiful eyeball of Concubine Hu who hates her deeply, so she is going to be unlucky?
After much deliberation, Chen Manrou suddenly thought that before, Jinhuan seemed to suggest that she pretend to be sick.At that time, I thought that I had to seduce the emperor twice more as soon as possible, so I didn't make this plan.At this moment, if he pretended to be sick, he could hide the palace authority.

No, I entered into a misunderstanding, just now I was thinking that the palace power could not be released.Otherwise, just take care of it for half a month?When the imperial doctor confirmed the news, he immediately declined?

You have to think of a way to get rid of Yin and Qingxing first. Huiyin belongs to Concubine Shu, so keeping it is a bomb. Although Concubine Shu is grounded now, no one knows when she will come out again. Bad idea.

Qing Xing is restless, if she is really pregnant, she won't be able to sleep with her.If the emperor came to Zhongcui Palace at that time, wouldn't it be clear that he would give Qing Xing a chance?I don't want another emperor's woman to enter Zhongcui Palace.Even if you have to enter next year, that is also next year's business.

After thinking for more than an hour, Chen Manrou finally made a decision. Gong Quan cannot be let go first, and she can't refuse until she confirms the news that she is pregnant.Before that, she had to think of a way to get rid of Yin and Qingxing.

"Young lady, wake up." After thinking about it, Chen Manrou fell asleep.But she felt that she had just fallen asleep when she heard the voice of the moon, and then a warm veil was covered on her face.

Chen Manrou didn't want to open her eyes, so she closed them and sat up.Jinhuan quickly took the clothes and put them on for her.On the other hand, he put the veil aside first, and stretched out his hand to feel Chen Manrou's pulse. The feeling was still the same as last night, not too sure.

But now I don't dare to be careless, what if she is really pregnant?
When Chen Manrou was done tidying up, Tuyue came over with a bowl of porridge in person: "Madam, this is the chicken feet soup stewed by the slaves early in the morning. You should drink it while it's hot."

Chen Manrou looked inside, the carrots and onions were so conspicuous, she immediately lost her appetite.Just looking at the ardent eyes of Xiangyue, she couldn't refuse it a little bit. The chicken paws knew that it had been boiled for more than an hour, and it was almost transparent. She and Jinhuan have been busy for most of the night again, isn't this equivalent to not sleeping all night?

"Your Majesty, the servant has put tomatoes in it for seasoning, so it won't taste bad." Seeing Chen Manrou frowning, he knew what she was thinking, and said with a smile, "You don't believe me? The servant is not even above The oiliness is gone."

Chen Manrou took the spoon and took a sip slowly. It really wasn't too bad to drink.At this moment, she really should eat something delicious, and don't waste all her love for Yue.Thinking about it, he nodded with a smile, signaling to Yue to put the bowl on the table.

After drinking nearly half a bowl, Chen Manrou would have had a bowl if she hadn't been afraid of going to the toilet on the way.However, since there were no public toilets on the way to please An, Chen Manrou controlled her appetite.

"My concubine has met the empress, please greet the empress." When the empress came in, Chen Manrou followed the crowd and saluted.The queen raised her hand and said with a smile: "Sit down, the clothes the imperial concubine is wearing today are really pretty, are they made of the brocades that Jiangnan paid tribute to?"

"The empress has good eyes." Concubine Yang said with a smile as she caressed the non-existent folds of her clothes. There were only five or six bolts of this kind of soft and soft satin from the south of the Yangtze River, and the emperor kept two. One horse, one for the queen, and the rest of the horse were all given to Concubine Yang.

Concubine Yang Gui came here today, her purpose is self-evident.However, the queen doesn't care, it's useless to show off, and this palace has it too.Besides, Bengong is red, you are red, what are you showing off in front of Bengong?
"This color suits the complexion of the imperial concubine." The queen said something indifferent, and turned her head to look at Chen Manrou: "Concubine Hui's complexion is not very good today, but she is not feeling well?"

"Thank you Empress Empress for your concern. I'm fine. It's just that what the Empress Empress said yesterday made me worry for half the night. To tell the truth, Empress Empress, I never touched these things when I was at home. Suddenly Being valued by the empress for a while, my concubine is really terrified."

Chen Manrou hurriedly stood up and saluted. After thinking for a long time, she finally came up with a good solution. Whether she can succeed or not depends on the queen's attitude.

As a result, before the queen could say anything, Yang Guifei took Chen Manrou's words aside: "Since you are panicking, then leave this matter to others. There are too many people in the harem, and you are not the only concubine Hui. The empress is a big Sure, you don’t know how, could it be possible that the Empress can force you?”

While speaking, he also looked at the queen meaningfully.What I said was a bit of a run.It seems that if the queen does not find someone else to replace Chen Manrou, she will become a vicious person who persecutes others, or it is just to suppress others.

Chen Manrou also rushed to speak in front of the queen: "Your concubine, don't misunderstand the concubine's meaning. It's too late for me to be happy for the empress. Why do you think it's the empress who is forcing the concubine? Up and down, who doesn't know that the empress is the most lenient and merciful?"

(End of this chapter)