Harem for a living

Chapter 97

Because Cup Stop and the others apparently made a human mat for Chen Manrou, so they couldn't come out to inquire about the news openly, Chen Manrou was a little anxious.Although, the last time the three-linked man didn't succeed, he might be a little apprehensive.

However, what I am most afraid of is that it will arouse that person's even greater ruthlessness. Besides, at the end of the year, there are already many things. It is fine if she does not come out in Zhongcui Palace now, but can she not come out on New Year's Eve?Can't you come out on New Year's Day?
Therefore, Chen Manrou gritted her teeth and let Xiaoxizi go out of the palace.The next day, the Chen family sent news to the palace, saying that it was Nanny Huang's family members who had been missing for several days.Grandma Huang has a son and a daughter, both of whom are not very old.After Huang Momo entered the palace, Huang Momo's husband became a servant of Concubine Shu's own father, Meng Shangshu.

Although being a nanny to the prince is decent, the prerequisite is that the prince has to grow up and be capable, and he is willing to give you a nanny face.Now that the second prince is just a baby, Huang Nanny's husband will naturally not be able to find any official position, so he can only serve as Meng Shangshu's follower or something.

Just ten days ago, Meng Shangshu was invited to go to a restaurant to drink with a few adults, and the husband of Huang Momo went to the lobby to have a drink with a few other attendants.No one knew what happened during the period. Anyway, after Mr. Meng finished drinking, he would not be able to find his attendant.

Originally, he thought that Nanny Huang's husband had already gone back, but after he couldn't find anyone the next day and got the news that Nanny Huang's children had disappeared inexplicably in the middle of the night, Master Meng panicked.He originally planned to send a letter to Concubine Shu, but where is the palace?
In order to prevent the Empress Dowager Ci Ning from sending messages outside, the emperor didn't even leave a gap for sending messages.Meng Shangshu's letter couldn't be delivered.And Concubine Shu was not in the palace, and Meng Shangshu's hand couldn't reach into the palace.

"There is no need to say more about the Meng family. Anyway, Nanny Huang must have been threatened by someone before killing the second prince. Did grandfather find out who took away Nanny Huang's family? "Chen Manrou heard Jinhuan talk a lot, but still didn't get to the point, so she couldn't help interrupting Jinhuan.

Jin Huan immediately said: "We have found out. Someone found three corpses in the mass grave yesterday. Mrs. Chen asked people to go to Meng Shangshu's mansion to inquire. The dead ones were Nanny Huang's husband and children."

Next to Yue Zai poked on Jinhuan's forehead: "Your Majesty is asking who took those people away, not asking if they are dead or not." This result goes without saying, since the Huang mother in the palace is If he committed suicide, the hostages in the palace would be useless. In order to prevent them from leaking secrets, death was a must.

"Your Majesty, do you know that Prince Gong has a concubine brother?" Jin Huan hurriedly returned to the topic: "The Huangmao's family is the nephew of a concubine son of Prince Gong's concubine, who is now the sixth-rank Lanling guard. bought."

"Since Ci Ning can't pass on the news, how did this person come up with this method?" Chen Manrou frowned and said, curling her lips: "Your Majesty, you must not have imagined that the wife of Lan Ling's guard and Ma Jieyu are cousins .”

Both Yue Yue and Bei Ting opened their mouths wide, so Ma Jieyu actually did this?
"Didn't you say that Concubine Hu and Han Wanyi did this?" Jin Huan looked at Xiangyue who asked the question suspiciously, and gave her a glance at Yuebai: "You're so stupid, how long has it been since Concubine Hu and Han Wanyi entered the palace? Although it is easy to find out when the guards change shifts, one of them lives in Yuhua Pavilion and the other lives in Yanqing Palace, which is far away from Yikun Palace. They must have made their confidantes feel guilty about this kind of murder of the emperor's heir. If you do it, then Wang Jieyu's people will let the two concubines who have not been in the palace for a long time be bribed?"

"But Concubine Hu and Han Wanyi have higher status than Wang Jieyu, and Concubine Hu gave birth to a prince." Jin Huan murmured, wishing to poke her head against Yue: "What about the prince? Sick ..."

"Cough, anyway, this matter has nothing to do with Concubine Hu and Han Wanyi, but how they interfered can only be clarified after careful investigation." Cup stopped aside and coughed, saying that Yue and Jinhuan would also be left behind. The words were swallowed.

"Ma Jieyu lived in Xianfu Palace for four years, right?" Chen Manrou asked after a pause, and nodded to Yue. She lived in Xianfu Palace for four years, and if she wanted to bribe the people around Wang Jieyu, There should still be this opportunity, and the possibility is relatively high.

"So, this time it was Ma Jieyu who did it?" Cup stopped to conclude, Chen Manrou frowned and thought for a while: "Let's first think about what benefits Ma Jieyu can get from this incident."

"Ma Jieyu's second princess is not favored." This is obvious. The emperor dotes on the eldest princess, but it's okay to ignore the second princess. The second princess is the emperor's own daughter. I will take her out to let the emperor have a look, and attract the emperor to go to Jingren Palace several times.Although she is not as favored as the eldest princess, no one dares to ignore her. Moreover, the second princess cannot be compared with the eldest princess.

"Ma Jieyu listens to Concubine Yang. If something happens to the second prince and the child in your womb, you won't be promoted." There will be a draft next year. If there is no accident, all the women in the palace will There is a chance for a promotion.

After all, there is still one person missing in the imperial concubine's seat.Now Chao Gang is considered stable, and all the people who should be wooed have been wooed. There is no need for the emperor to make a new beautiful girl a noble concubine as soon as she enters the palace, and then let more moths come out of the harem.So the most likely result is to choose one of Concubine Hui, Concubine Shu, and Concubine De to go up, and then move the seat for the person behind.

Concubine De is not pregnant, so it can naturally be excluded, the rest are Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu.Concubine Shu has a second prince. Although concubine Hui Chen Manrou is not very favored, but with the support of the Chen family, and occasionally the queen will help out, this opportunity to serve the bed can also be ranked third among a group of women.So even if Chen Manrou gave birth to a daughter in the future, the chances of promotion would be relatively high.

"There is another possibility." Suddenly, Xiangyue thought of a reason: "Ma Jieyu or Yang Guifei may be pregnant."

Anyway, the third prince is weak, so it is absolutely impossible. If the children of Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui are removed at the same time, the children of Ma Jieyu or Concubine Yang will definitely come out.

"No way, so soon..." Chen Manrou muttered, the second princess was born in the fourth year of Yonghe, and Yang Guifei was also a child lost in the fourth year of Yonghe. Years, can the body be recuperated?
Or is it that this harem wants children to die?

However, Ma Jieyu once revealed that she seemed to have a secret recipe for having a baby in her hands, and if she used that secret recipe, she might be really pregnant right now.

So who is pregnant?Concubine Shu has no way to pass the news to the outside, but Concubine Yang is not sure. Her own father is the commander of the guards, so it should not be difficult to bribe a few guards.

If it was Concubine Yang Guifei, how could it be involved with Empress Dowager Cining's natal family?Even if the relationship between Prince Gong and his concubine brother is not close, it can't change the fact that they are a family. These days, the relationship between clans is not just weak because of a bad relationship.

So maybe it was Ma Jieyu?Prince Gong's concubine wants to find another way to hook up with the harem?Prince Gong supported Empress Dowager Ci Ning, and Prince Gong's concubine supported the emperor's concubine, so it counts as a family serving two masters?

All kinds of question marks swirled in Chen Manrou's head, thinking that Chen Manrou's head hurts, it seems that this matter has been found out, either Concubine Yang or Ma Jieyu did it, but how to deal with it?Report to the Queen?Wang Jieyu belongs to the queen, the queen will not favor Wang Jieyu, right?Concubine Yang Gui is not in the palace, is it possible to deal with Ma Jieyu?

"Yue Yue, let someone come to Jingren Palace to watch and see if Ma Jieyu is pregnant or not." Chen Manrou thought for a while and said, the day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve, it's not worthwhile for her to make a fuss today, maybe It will also make the queen feel that she has no winks.

Simply wait, the time after the year is still very long.Anyway, she would fight back against anyone who dared to hurt her child.So what if it's a concubine?Without the value of use, she is just a woman in the harem.

Because there is no Empress Dowager Ci Ning in the palace, Empress Dowager Ci An is quite happy. The banquet wants to be grander, but the emperor does not want to bear the name of being unfilial, and his aunt is still recuperating in the palace, so he can't be too extravagant , So the Empress Dowager Ci'an was stopped.

This made Empress Dowager Ci'an a little unhappy, there were not many smiling faces at the New Year's banquet, except for the Seventh Prince and Seventh Concubine who explained a few words to Empress Dowager Ci'an, the rest of the people pretended not to see it.This old woman is simply getting old and confused, and she is not as smart as she was when she was young.

"Brother Huang, didn't Tongcheng pay a tribute to a batch of Langjiu last time? Take out a few jars and let the brothers open their eyes." The Seventh Prince held the wine glass and winked at the emperor, who laughed and scolded: "You have a good nose, how can I be here?" It’s easy to hide a few jars of wine, and you have to quickly pull them out.”

"That's because the emperor and the seventh prince are brothers." The queen smiled gently on the side, "If you, the emperor, don't love your younger brother, how dare the seventh prince directly ask you for drinks?"

"That's right, the emperor's sister-in-law can understand it clearly." The seventh prince said quickly, the third prince next to him snorted, and the third princess coughed quickly: "If you want me to say, the emperor is a friendly brother, the queen empress can also be worthy of it." Empress Xian, seeing how clever the Second Prince is, in the future, he and the First Prince will definitely be good brothers."

"The second prince is smart, and I like his cleverness." The queen didn't say much about the second prince, but changed the subject: "The hairpin that the third sister-in-law is wearing today is pretty, but it was newly made this year? "

"The empress has a good eye. This is a new model from Lao Fengxiang this year." The third princess stretched out her hand to support the hairpin on her head, and said with a smile.Chen Manrou was quite boring listening to these conversations, and since she had almost eaten, she motioned for Xiangyue to send a message.

Soon, Wuyao said a few words in the queen's ear, and the queen glanced at Chen Manrou and nodded.Not long after, Wuyao came over and bowed to Chen Manrou: "Empress Hui, Empress Empress said, if you feel unwell, you can go back and rest first, and the rewards will be sent directly to Zhongcui Palace later. You There are not many people with you, so the empress asked the servants to take you back."

"Then I'll have Miss Wuyao." With the support of Duyue and Jinhuan, Chen Manrou got up and left the banquet clumsily, only to hear the queen behind say: "Concubine Hui is too heavy to sit for a long time, so I will let her Go home, everyone, don't take offense."

"No wonder, no wonder, the empress is virtuous and dignified, she is worthy of being the mother of the country." Someone's concubine said something, which attracted many people to praise the empress.

Chen Manrou pretended not to hear. She had been sitting for a long time, and with the last wrestling, she was more vigilant.At this moment, only Xiao Xizi, Xiao Lezi, Xiao Chengzi and Xiao Dingzi were allowed to walk in front carrying eight lanterns.Next to her, she poured wine into Yue Jinhuan's cup to protect her, followed by Le Hongmei Liuyue and Liucai, plus a Wuyao and four palace maids from Yongshou Palace, the formation was particularly large.

She even tried step by step, and only changed her foot when the step was firm.When we returned to Zhongcui Palace, it was almost Haishi.

(End of this chapter)