Harem for a living

Chapter 82

"The two of you have overlooked this matter today." The empress sat with her eyes closed for a while before she spoke.Chen Manrou hurriedly stood up and saluted: "I am ashamed of how much I value my empress. I didn't stop the imperial concubine and empress from reconciling...Cheng Zhaoyi, it was my concubine's dereliction of duty. I ask my empress to punish me."

"Concubine too, please forgive me, Empress Dowager." Concubine De quickly followed suit, and the Empress waved her hand: "Forget it, I don't blame you, even if you found out where Concubine Yang is going, you probably won't be able to stop her. Temper, I'm really in a hurry. The reason why I left you is because of this matter. Concubine Yang's child has been around for a year, and now she was suddenly brought up to talk about it, and it happened to be told to Yang Guifei. The noble concubine heard this, and this matter is really strange."

"Your Majesty is right, and this concubine also doesn't understand." Chen Manrou said with a smile, but didn't say much.He just glanced at Concubine De from the corner of his eyes. Next, it should be Concubine De's performance. Whether he can completely separate himself from this matter depends on Concubine De's acting skills.

Concubine De had a veil covering the corner of her mouth, she was a little annoyed: "Your Majesty, this concubine did something wrong..."

"What did you do wrong?" The queen took a glass of water from Wang Xiang, took a sip, frowned slightly, and looked at Concubine De and said.Concubine De first bowed in fear and trepidation: "If the concubine said it, please don't blame the concubine. It's because the concubine is too careless. Two days ago, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent the winter cloth, and the concubine was busy dividing the cloth. Concubine Shu hasn't been out for more than two months, I was too busy and forgot to deliver the fabric to Concubine Shu."

The queen's eyes sank, and the lid of the teacup in her hand touched the teacup, making a crisp sound.After a pause, the queen smiled and said: "It's only two days, you send it to Concubine Shu as soon as possible, and add another one, it will be your apology, please explain to Concubine Shu carefully."

"The concubine will be sent to you when I get back." Concubine De hurriedly saluted, and the queen raised her hand slightly: "Thinking of your first management of these matters, it is inevitable that you will make mistakes. I will not care about you this time, so I will not neglect you next time." .”

"Yes, I will definitely not make mistakes again." Concubine De made a promise, and the queen waved her hands while propping her head: "Okay, I'm tired, so you can go back for now, remember to go back and investigate, if there are any gossips in the palace , they will all be sent to the Punishment Division.”

Chen Manrou and Concubine De had just saluted and were about to leave when the Empress suddenly asked, "By the way, Concubine Hui, do you have a girl called Huiyin?"

"Yes, empress, she used to come with her concubine to pay her respects. The empress still remembers it. It's her luck." Chen Manrou hurriedly said with a smile: "That girl is very good at making dim sum, but the concubine's staff follow the instructions. There is one more rule, so I want to send her to the imperial dining room."

"You don't need to send it to the imperial dining room. I happen to be short of a snack maker here. Besides, Huai Xin was sent to you by me. It's a little wronged for you to send another maid out. You turn around and send that If the girl is sent to this palace, it will be treated as if we have changed to a maid."

The queen ordered very simply that she is now pregnant to use the small kitchen of Yongshou Palace.However, both the Eldest Princess and the Eldest Prince still use the Imperial Dining Room.The person who will drink is Concubine Shu, will she let go of this good opportunity?
I don't take care of the palace affairs right now, and I don't have the energy to put my son and daughter under my nose, so I can only pull them out from the root.Could it be that, as a queen, I can't dismiss a little maid?As long as she arrives at Yongshou Palace, she has the final say on what she can do and what she can't do.

Chen Manrou quickly thanked her, her lowered eyelids covered the smile in her eyes.She is not afraid of the queen's nails in her palace, in fact, she even hopes that she has the eyes and ears of the emperor and queen.But what is Concubine Shu?It's fine to put nails in, but you still dare to plot people?Then I'm sorry, the nail is not stable, so I have to pull it out.

The queen waved her hand again, and Chen Manrou and Concubine De walked out of Yongshou Palace one after the other.As for what the queen said before, to find out the source of the gossip, are you sure the queen really said such a thing?

"Concubine Hui has been really leisurely these few days. Poor Bengong, I'm so busy that I'm getting dizzy." Concubine De looked at Chen Manrou with a smile on the corner of her mouth, with a hint of complacency in her eyes. Chen Manrou suppressed the desire to yawn and nodded: "Well, I also think I'm too idle, it's not good, otherwise, I'll ask the Empress Dowager to take over the Empress Dowager's birthday as well? Take over half of your business?"

For the queen mother's birthday, after receiving the news from Huai Xin, the queen went to discuss with the emperor that night.After all, this is an oversized hat, if the queen ignores it, it would be considered unfilial.

No matter how important the child in your stomach is, it can't compare to an arm of the Empress Dowager Ci'an.That is, when the first emperor passed away, the third prince's concubine had to drag her body for four months to cry, and the crying child disappeared in the end?

Well, one is a happy event and the other is a funeral, they cannot be compared.However, Chen Manrou deliberately raised her heart that day, that is filial piety!Even though the empress hated Ci'an very much, she had to act like she was very, very filial to Ci'an. Therefore, the empress could only attend the birthday banquet in person.

Fortunately, she was still able to discuss with the emperor, and smoothly met with the emperor for dinner, and slept together at night.Even if you can't have sex, it will let the emperor know that she is carrying a child for him.Kill two birds with one stone, the queen is happy.

Naturally, Chen Manrou didn't say this to compete with the queen, she just couldn't see Concubine De's arrogance too much.Sure enough, after she finished saying this, Concubine De's expression changed. As long as Chen Manrou said the original words to the queen, the power in her hands would definitely be reduced by half!
"That's not necessary, I can handle it." With a sideways glance at Chen Manrou, Concubine De smiled and said, "I'm more worried about you. It is said that the Zhending Mansion eats yellow sand every day, and there are few things. Well, I guess there aren't too many things going on in your house, this is your first time in charge, so don't make mistakes."

"Well, Zhending Mansion is indeed not as prosperous as the capital city, and our Chen family is not as busy as your Zhang family. Hey, yes, I heard that the eldest son of the Zhang family is going to marry the second wife again, right? It's really pitiful, I don't know who The girl at home will be unlucky."

After finishing speaking, without looking at Concubine De's face, she directly said to the servant in front: "Hurry up, I still have things to do when I go back."

Concubine De was gnashing her teeth angrily in the back, feeling a little hungry in her heart.They resent and despise Chen Manrou, but they also have some vague envy. Although the Chen family lives in the wilderness of Zhending Mansion all year round, the members of the Chen family treat Chen Manrou with sincerity.

My family is considered a wealthy family in the capital, but I'm afraid even my parents can't trust me at will, right?

The queen leaned on the couch and sighed, and Nanny Zhang quickly brought over a bowl of porridge: "Your Majesty, you can't sigh right now, you have to think about happy things, so that the little prince will be healthier."

"Can I be happy? Concubine Shu is very big-hearted. It's half a month away, and I'm starting to calculate. Concubine Yang is a restless person. The Queen Mother is still staring at me. Even if you are pregnant with a child, you can't live in peace for a while."

As he spoke, he felt a little annoyed: "At first I thought Concubine Hui and Concubine De were capable people, but you see, I only had a rest for a long time, and the two of them couldn't keep things under control? Concubine Yang went to make a fuss , Could it be that the two of them didn't receive any news at all? Are you fooling a fool? In the end, no one went there!"

"Concubine Cheng is also a piece of mud that can't support the wall. How good it is for you to hide and watch the show. This palace just allows Concubine Yang to copy Buddhist scriptures for two more years. You have to rush to get rid of Concubine Yang!" The queen is really right. Concubine Cheng was disappointed, sometimes she was smart, sometimes she was stupid, I really don't know how the Cheng family taught her daughter!

"And Concubine Hu, I'm going to die. I really think that I will be precious when I'm pregnant? Today I want ginseng, tomorrow I want Ganoderma lucidum, and the day after tomorrow I want Tianshan snow lotus. Why doesn't she want dragon meat?" The queen couldn't control it anymore. The mood is changeable, and all the women in the harem are still non-stop, she is almost suffocating to death!

"Your Majesty, please speak softly." Zhang Momo hurriedly appeased the Queen: "According to my maidservant's opinion, Concubine Hui can still support her a bit. If it works well, you will have more helpers in the future. Look at these recent things, De From time to time, the concubine would send some things to the Palace of Compassion and Ci'an, and as soon as Concubine Hu said she was feeling unwell, she immediately rushed to ask for an imperial doctor, and she must have some small calculations in her heart."

"So what if you have a small calculation? With her alone, she can't even fight Concubine Yang Gui, and she still wants to climb on top of me?" The queen sneered: "I'm not feeling well today. You can go and ask the imperial doctor later. Let’s just say that I’m so angry. And the emperor must explain the matter of Concubine Yang and Concubine Shu clearly!”

Nanny Zhang nodded quickly, and the queen sighed again, leaned back on the chair softly, and picked up the porridge with a spoon: "It's only been a few months, and they have become like this. Let's make trouble." , the more trouble I make, the more the emperor values ​​me."

"In two days, take the eldest princess to me. She should learn some ways to manage things." After a moment of silence, the queen said again, and Zhang Momo hurriedly responded: "Don't worry, my maidservant, I'll be here tomorrow morning." Go invite the eldest princess."

Nanny Zhang waited for the queen to eat the porridge, and helped the queen walk around the house twice before turning around and calling the two little eunuchs over.One went directly to the imperial hospital, and the other went in the direction of Qianqing Palace.

Although the emperor dotes on Concubine Yang Gui, he is not a concubine who spoils his wife.Seeing the emperor's face, the empress would not punish her too severely, but if the emperor personally took action, no one could say anything.

And concubine Shu, do you really think that if you make a fuss, the emperor will think of you?Don't be funny, it's too late for the emperor to get angry.

The queen bent her mouth and reached out to touch her belly. It's better to be a little noisy in this harem.As long as they don't make trouble on her head, she is willing to help the leader. Isn't it fun to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight?

(End of this chapter)