Harem for a living

Chapter 98

"Ma'am, Qi Mei asks to see you." Duiyue entered the room and took the book from Chen Manrou's hand: "Ma'am, you are reading again, don't you mean that you can't bother your eyes right now? The light in the room is not good, if you It's really boring, just walk around the house."

There was another heavy snowfall on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Although it caused some inconvenience, it was considered a good omen, and the emperor was very happy.As soon as the emperor was happy, the harem was also happy. From time to time, there would be people admiring the snow and plums, and they would be beautiful little butterflies in the imperial garden.

The emperor is on his annual leave now, and he is also in the mood to have a chance encounter with the concubines.Therefore, during this period of time, Chen Manrou was determined not to go to places unexpected by Zhong Cuigong.Staying in the house has nothing to do, so I can only flip through the books.

Seeing that the book in her hand was taken away, Chen Manrou sighed: "I can touch anything in any corner of this room with my eyes closed. If I walk around, I might even know where an ant is hiding very clear."

"You don't want to go out of the house, so you can only go in the house." Said to Yue, and stuffed the book under the frame: "Can you see Qimei? If you don't, the servant will send him away. "

"Let's see each other." Chen Manrou said, wringing her fingers, "Anyway, I don't have anything else to do right now, let's see what Qi Meiren is here for."

He didn't say anything to Yue, turned around and announced to Qi Meiren, Jin Huan pouted beside him, but Qi Meiren hadn't come for a while.She ran into the emperor twice in the imperial garden before, could it be that she felt like she was flying on a branch?

"My concubine has seen your mother, please greet her." Qi Meiren was wearing a pink padded jacket and a fur shawl, which made her face white and beautiful. Chen Manrou raised her eyebrows slightly. Qi Meiren is usually pretty, but that face The expression on his face made a beautiful face blank.

"Come on, why does Qi Meiren think of coming to this palace now?" Chen Manrou gestured, although Jinhuan was very unhappy, she still poured tea for Qi Meiren with a smile: "Qi Meiren hasn't come for a long time Yes, our empress has mentioned you several times."

"Thank you for your concern." Qi Meiren was overwhelmed, and quickly got up to salute. Chen Manrou pressed her palm down: "It's alright, alright, get up quickly, and you still use it like this with me? What are you busy with on weekdays?"

"My concubine made a few clothes for the little prince some time ago, Madam, have a look?" Qi Meiren sat down, smiled and asked her big maid to take out a package, opened it to reveal the little clothes inside, it can be seen that it was made with heart , There is not even a thread on the clothes.

"That's right, Ben Gong likes it very much, and Qi Mei has taken care of it." Chen Manrou picked it up to look at it, then handed it to Bei Ting, who walked out of the room with his arms in his arms, and went straight to the warehouse.

"It's good if you like it." Qi Mei was a little embarrassed, and asked Chen Manrou how she was doing recently, and said a lot of caring words, and then twisted the handkerchief and said: "My lady, I secretly inquired about the Jingren Palace. Last year, Concubine Yang Guifei and Ma Jieyu called the imperial doctor 33 times in total, but the concubine had limited manpower and couldn't find out the specific prescription."

"If you can inquire about it, the emperor should be worried." Even she herself couldn't inquire about the prescription prescribed by Concubine Yang Gui. , was easily bought.

In fact, these imperial doctors are equivalent to courtiers, and they will always serve only the one person on the dragon chair.No matter how favored the concubine is, she can't do anything to the imperial doctor, let alone control the imperial doctor's family.

And if the imperial doctor reveals which concubine he has a better relationship with, then he will be beheaded.The emperor will not let his women have the opportunity to cuckold him, nor will the women in the harem hold their hands too long.

Of course, except for the faint.

"It's my concubine who said the wrong thing." Qi Meiren hurriedly said awkwardly, but Fang Zi couldn't find out, but he could buy someone to collect the medicine residue and so on, and then find someone to identify it.It's just that the steps are a bit too troublesome, and there are not many court ladies and eunuchs who know medical skills in the palace.

Although Yuyue has such abilities, Chen Manrou will not let her take this risk.She would rather have Xiangyue stay by her side longer to serve her, rather than waste a manpower to find out who gave birth to the child, the child depends on fate.If there is, there is no need to force it.Besides, how healthy can a child who drinks the medicine be healthy?

"The next time you say something, you have to think twice in your head now. It's okay to be here with me. I will cover you up, but if you are in front of outsiders, then I can't save you." Chen Manrou sighed, not waiting. When Qi Meiren spoke, he asked again: "What's happening in Xianfu Palace?"

"The concubine asked Wang Jieyu to sit with the concubine before, and then revealed the matter of the empress's wrestling. Thinking about it, there will be news soon." Qi Meiren said quickly, if Wang Jieyu is smart, she will definitely make good use of it. This time, there are only three people in Jieyu's position.Ma Jieyu gave birth to the second princess, and her position is relatively stable.

There is only one Wang Jieyu and one Ding Jieyu left, the two must compete for the top, and with the support of the Queen and Empress Dowager Ci'an, then Wang Jieyu must have grasped Ding Jieyu's handle. I want to give Ding Jieyu a hard blow.

Chen Manrou nodded, counting with her fingers in her heart, Ding Jieyu, Ma Jieyu, Han Wanyi, Concubine Hu, Concubine Yang, all counted.Take Ding Jieyu first, even if it was done by her court lady and has nothing to do with her, it is absolutely impossible for her not to know anything about it.Therefore, Ding Jieyu was not innocent.

"Han Wanyi, have you sent the news?" Chen Manrou asked, and Qi Meiren nodded with a smile: "In order not to let Han Wanyi think of my concubine, and then think of my empress, I only bought two people who passed by Han Wanyi." On the way, I hid behind the rockery and said a few words."

"Then Han Wanyi didn't arrest those two people?" Chen Manrou was startled. She always felt that it was a ridiculous thing to bribe a maid and eunuch to talk about things behind her master's back. I thought it was too a coincidence, but I didn't expect that Qi Meiren really used this method.

"Why did you arrest me?" Qi Meiren was more surprised than Chen Manrou: "There is no one around, and Han Wanyi is not qualified to dispose of the two maids. She must report to the empress. Those two maids will admit it to the empress stupidly." , Are they really talking about others?"

Of course, Han Wanyi could punish the two court ladies, but without other witnesses, Han Wanyi would fight the court ladies and eunuchs in the imperial garden unless she wanted to save her reputation.

The corners of Chen Manrou's mouth twitched, well, it's because she's so rare.This thing is still limited.

"Then what's the result?" Chen Manrou decisively skipped the process, and Qi Meiren also put back her surprised look with a wink: "Han Wanyi went to visit Concubine Hu yesterday, but she seemed very unhappy when she came out."

Qi Meiren came to report the news, and Chen Manrou told her two things, one was to provoke Wang Jieyu and Ding Jieyu, and the other was to let Han Wanyi and Hu Fei dog bite the dog.In the previous one, Qi Meiren only revealed to Wang Jieyu the news that the people around Ding Jieyu had murdered the emperor's heir.The last one, Qi Meiren let Han Wanyi listen to such a passage - Concubine Hu is going to be promoted, and the position of the virtuous concubine on the fourth concubine is reserved for Concubine Hu.A few days ago, Concubine Hu went to pay her respects to the empress, and said something about murdering the emperor's heir.Concubine Hu gave birth to a prince before and didn't mention her status. Now the queen suddenly let go. Did Concubine Hu make any contribution?

Originally, if two people were in partnership, there must be a relationship of interest.Han Wanyi's ability to work for Concubine Hu is nothing more than two things. One is that Concubine Hu gave birth to a prince and is more favored. She has meat to eat with Concubine Hu.The second is that Concubine Hu may not be able to have children in the future. If she wants to get another child to win over the emperor, she can only push the emperor to her allies.Isn't Han Wanyi a good match?

But at this moment, Concubine Hu was going to sell out the alliance for profit, so Han Wanyi was naturally unhappy.

"You did a good job." Chen Manrou nodded with a smile, the dog bit the dog's lips, neither of them is a good thing, quarrel, quarrel, one day, you will find out the truth.

After seeing off Qi Meiren, Chen Manrou was overjoyed and decided to have an extra bowl of rice for lunch today.

But unfortunately, before she ate, Liu Cheng came over and announced that the emperor was coming.With no other choice, Chen Manrou had no choice but to postpone the meal time, and waited for half an hour before going out to meet the emperor.

"Your majesty, why are you here now? It's cold outside, and you're not wearing thick clothes." Chen Manrou squeezed the emperor's sleeves with a slight complaint: "Why don't you take care of your body? If you continue to do this, The concubine will be sad."

"Okay, okay, so in order not to make my beloved concubine feel sad, I must wear more clothes next time." The emperor pinched Chen Manrou's nose pamperingly and said, then looked down at Chen Manrou's stomach: " Is this child still well-behaved today? Are you all right?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. The child has been very good these two days. When my concubine talks to him, he will move around and respond to my concubine's words." The expression on Chen Manrou's face immediately became loving and joyful, and the emperor was stunned when he saw it. for a moment.

Looking at Chen Manrou again, she realized that her Concubine Hui seemed to have changed quite a bit.The youthful innocence when she first entered the palace is still in front of her eyes, with a cute smile and a lively personality, as cute as a child.Right now, the innocence is still there, and the jerk is still there, but her temper has become gentler.Even people have become mature, like a fruit that has finally changed from blue to red.

Every move seems to have a mature charm.It has the sweetness of a girl and the style of a young woman.

Could it be that after becoming a mother, the change is so big?

Touching his chin, the emperor found it quite interesting, and stretched out his hand to support Chen Manrou's arm: "My concubine, please be careful, you are still pregnant with my prince, next time you don't have to come to the door to pick him up, just wait in the room." Just go."

"That can't be done. I am very grateful for the emperor's grace. However, not only is this concubine anxious to see the emperor, but the child in my womb also wants to see his father sooner." Chen Manrou blinked and stretched out her hand He took the emperor's hand and put it on his stomach: "If you don't believe me, you can feel it yourself. He is responding to my concubine. He also wants to come out earlier to say hello to his father."

The palm moved, the emperor was slightly stunned, and then laughed loudly: "The little guy is quite obedient, and he knows how to support his mother's words, he is a filial piety."

Chen Manrou was overjoyed, she never expected to have such a harvest.Being praised by the emperor for being filial, in the future, this will be a great advantage.

Chen Manrou, who had benefited, smiled even brighter: "Your Majesty, please don't praise him too much. If the little guy is happy and wants to roll in my concubine's stomach, then the concubine will not be able to find more nice words to praise him?"

"My prince, why not boast too much?" The emperor said casually, dragged Chen Manrou into the room, and asked the waiter to take off the cloak before sitting down on the couch with Chen Manrou: "You haven't gone out these few days. , don't you feel bored?"

"How can you be bored?" Chen Manrou shook her head, with a smile on her lips: "I talk to the child every day, and then I look at calligraphy and painting, sit and sew with Xiangyue and the others, and make some small clothes for the child. There are many."

The emperor looked at her expression carefully and saw that there was no dissatisfaction or resentment on her face, so he smiled and said: "I know you were wronged years ago, and now I have vented my anger for you. If you want to go out in the future, you just need to bring Enough people will do.”

The implication is that there is no need to worry about danger.

(End of this chapter)