Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 183
The emperor refused to tell her, perhaps because they were having a quarrel, and the emperor just used the matter of Yu Chang's presence to stimulate her.

Perhaps it was because this was a major political event, and the emperor didn't want to reveal it for fear of delaying the matter.

No matter what it was for, she felt relieved when she figured this out.

Let the emperor go about his national affairs, and she can play happily at home with peace of mind, waiting for the emperor to pick her up and return to the palace.

In fact, she should have thought of it long ago. Although the emperor is suspicious and arrogant, he is not a person who sees things differently.

Suddenly, I realized how stupid it was to worry about it a few days ago.

Everyone in the Chen family looked at her expression and wanted to understand the whole story of this matter.

In order to punish the disrespect of Prince Horqin Darling, the emperor decided to take advantage of Yuchang's presence to beat Horqin.

However, Chen Wenxin and the emperor had some conflicts at this time, and being involved in the matter of being favored by Yuchang, it was even more difficult to explain clearly.

The misunderstanding between the two became bigger and bigger, which led to the current situation.

One was thinking in the center of the palace, and seeing each other again, he had no choice but to express his feelings with rewards.

One who insists on leaving the palace. Although he is at home leisurely, he still can't forget the bondage in the palace...

This time, Chen Wenxin felt more at ease, and everyone didn't have to worry about her having a hard time in the future.

They can also ignore the rumors about her being divorced from the palace.

Zheng Shi couldn't help but say something in front of everyone.

"Nian Nian, you have to remember. No matter who the emperor likes or dislikes, you are already the emperor's concubine, and this cannot be changed."

The emperor made a vow of eternal love to her, which was the emperor's favor, not the reason why she regarded herself as the emperor's only wife.

There are so many women in the Sangong and Sixth Courtyard, who doesn't want to monopolize the emperor's favor?

If the emperor doesn't favor or love him for a while, so he can't bear his temper, how many women will die in the harem?

She shouldn't pin her hope that the emperor will never disappoint her, but she should see the reality clearly and recognize her own identity.

Chen Wenxin was taken aback for a moment, after trying to understand what he said, he didn't say a word.

Isn't what Zheng said is the way of women who obeyed three things and obtained four things in ancient times?
As a wife and concubine, she is neither jealous nor impatient, and pleases her husband with a dignified and elegant appearance.

She is a person, not a thing.

She comes from a society of democracy and equality, and she absolutely cannot accept this idea that men are superior to women.

She expresses her feelings, asserts her dignity, and she is right.

Chen Wenxin said: "If father takes a concubine, mother will not feel sad at all, doesn't she care?"

Ethics restrict women's rights as human beings, but this injustice does not make all women compromise.

Zheng Shi was taken aback when she heard the words, not knowing how to answer her.

She is very old, if Chen Xihai takes a concubine, she must be a young and beautiful girl.

Young girls even liked her look, how could Chen Xihai not like it?
When that time comes, will Chen Xihai still eat with her every day, and sit in her room and talk when he is free?

I'm afraid that more than half of his time will be allocated to those young wives and concubines.

Those concubines naturally have to do a lot of tricks to make the house restless...

When she often chats with the wives of other officials and officials, they always talk about how restless the aunts at home are.

On the founding day, some dress up beautifully to seduce the masters of the family.

Some came to rape the wife of the main house by precipitating pregnancy or giving birth to a son.

There are also some competing for favor with each other, fighting with cocks and geese every day...

They often envy Zheng Shi, envy that Chen Xihai doesn't have concubines by his side, Zheng Shi doesn't need to deal with those concubines.

If Chen Xihai took a concubine, then she would rather the Chen family never made a fortune, and be as poor as Chen Xihai used to be a second-class guard.

Mrs. Zheng was taken aback by her own thought. How could she would rather the Chen family be poor and poor than Chen Xihai take a concubine...

Chen Xihai coughed, and said: "Since there is nothing wrong here, let's go, let Niannian take a good rest."

With Lu Zong staying in Nianxin Garden to take care of Chen Xihai, his body is much better and his complexion is no longer ugly.

Of course, Chen Wenxin is right under his nose, living a comfortable life is his best medicine.

Everyone left Tingyu Pavilion, Chen Wenxin grabbed Chen Wenyi who was walking at the end.

"Second brother, come here."

She ordered Bai Lu to fetch the presents from Nalan Yulu and Guo Luo Luo Mingyuan and show it to Chen Wenyi.

Bai Lu seemed a little reluctant, these two ladies were obviously interested in Chen Wenyi, could it be that his master really liked one of them?
Looking at Bai Lu's expression, Chen Wenxin couldn't help laughing secretly.

After Bai Lu left, she winked at Chen Wenyi.

Gave him one, did you see how much Bai Lu likes you? She doesn't usually look like this.

Chen Wenyi felt as if she was in love with her, with naked eyes saying, there are so many women who like me in this world, can I still accept them all?

Chen Wenxin was suddenly frightened by such a narcissistic second brother, and was speechless for a while.

Bai Lu fetched the two gifts, one was from Nalan Yulu, it was an ancient book on mathematics.

Among them are many uncommon manuscripts whose authors are not even known, and some are solitary manuscripts that she copied by herself.

Chen Wenyi nodded, and couldn't help but praise: "Miss Nalan put her mind to it. The handwriting in this book is so neat and beautiful, so the copying speed must have been very slow."

Writing slowly takes more time.

Moreover, Chen Wenxin won the math competition with the Spanish envoys, and the emperor personally ordered her to teach her elder brothers to learn math. These ancient books on math are just suitable for her.

With Chen Wenyi's praise, Bai Lu almost trembled.

He actually praised Miss Nalan, does this mean he likes her?

Without changing his face, he looked at Guo Luo Luo Mingyuan's gift again.

It was actually a cloak made by herself.

The shawl is made of tulle, one end is fixed on the chest belt of the half arm, and then it is draped over the shoulder or the elbow.

A piece of silk is two or three meters long, hanging from the body to the back, looking very elegant and beautiful.
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This thing is not used by people, it can only be used in Hanfu.

Especially the women of the Tang Dynasty, when paired with such a shawl over the chest-length Ru skirt, they looked like celestial beings.

Guo Luo Luo Mingyuan, a Manchurian woman, actually made these Hanfu accessories by herself, which shows her intentions.

Now Chen Wenyi stopped talking.

He praised Nalan Yulu, but chose to remain silent about Guo Luo Luo Mingyuan's gift, Bai Lu thought he liked Nalan Yulu more.

What Chen Wenxin thought was exactly the opposite, he probably liked Guo Luo and Luo Mingyuan more.

She deliberately said: "These two gifts were sent to Tingyu Pavilion almost at the same time. And the two gifts are so thoughtful, I don't know how to return them."

Gifts are reciprocated, and if someone gave her a gift, she naturally wanted to give it back.

But these two young ladies obviously gave her presents for Chen Wenyi's sake, and her gift in return more or less represented her choice between the two young ladies.

It even represented the Chen family's feelings for the two young ladies, and even——
It was Chen Wenyi's affection for the two ladies.

So she didn't make the decision without authorization, and felt that she should ask Chen Wenyi before making a decision.

Looking at her expression, Chen Wenyi knew what she was thinking.

"What's wrong with this? You have been in the palace for a long time, and you still receive few gifts, big and small? Just two official ladies who have not left the cabinet, just return the gifts as usual."

Chen Wenxin was a little discouraged. He didn't give any special hint, which meant that he was not interested in these two ladies.

Seeing her discouraged appearance, Chen Wenyi couldn't help laughing and said, "Why, are you so anxious to let me marry your second sister-in-law?"

She nodded.

He was a little anxious, Chen Wenyi was like a butterfly, all the flowers in the capital were in full bloom for him.

He has also reached his age, so it is better to get married early, so as not to delay the marriages of the girls in the capital.

One must know that in the past year, the number of marriages of officials and eunuchs in the capital has been reduced by half, and it is not known whether the ladies are all waiting for Chen Wenyi.

Naturally, such an evildoer should get married early.

"In your opinion, is Nalan Yulu better, or Guo Luo Luo Mingyuan?"

Chen Wenyi asked her back, he wanted to know how she viewed these two women.

Chen Wenxin thought for a while, and then told the truth.

"Guo Luomingyuan is still young, lively and bold, and behaves casually. I like her innocence, but my parents probably don't like her messing around like this."

"What's more..."

She frowned slightly, "It's a trivial matter that Guo Luoluo's family is low, but the family style is not right, just look at the fact that they collected the formula of Xiangjiwan for Yifei."

Can such a family who do everything they can to fight for power and gain raise a kind and upright girl?
I'm afraid that Guo Luo Luo Mingyuan will become a vicious person after being polluted by her parents and sisters in a few more years.

"As for Nalan Yulu, if Nalan Rong is your friend, Nalan Mingzhu has a good reputation as an official. At first glance, Nalan Yulu is a bit scheming, not as straightforward as Guo Luo Luo Mingyuan."

"However, in the couplet, I saw her natural and delicate side."

In her mind, Nalan Yulu and Guo Luo Luo Mingyuan each have their advantages and disadvantages.

She was just evaluating based on facts, which one she likes still depends on Chen Wenyi's own thoughts.

Chen Wenyi raised his eyebrows, "I see that you have a good impression of Nalan Rongruo, and you have a better opinion of Nalan Yulu."

Nalan Rongruo?

That is a great talent with a long history and a famous poet in the Qing Dynasty.She was the author of those sad poems she loved to recite when she was young and frivolous.

She had a good impression of Nalan Rongruo, but it was the kind of good impression she would have when any famous writer or great man stood in front of her.

She couldn't laugh or cry, how to explain this to her second brother, how to tell him how famous Nalan Rongruo is in later generations?
"Second brother, I just think he's talented in poetry, don't think about it..."

After thinking for a long time, she could only say this sentence.

The second brother shouldn't suspect that she has any affection for Nalan Rongruo, right?

Chen Wenyi's thin lips curled up into a clear smile.

Wait, is it because the second elder brother fought with Nalan Rongruo in the couplet a few days ago because he didn't want to make himself think highly of Nalan?

She couldn't help laughing, "Second brother, you really..."

"Are you sure, Guo Luo Luo Mingyuan's gift shouldn't be given back a bit heavier?"

Chen Wenyi heard the words and said seriously: "Don't think about it, I don't like her."

He just felt that Guo Luo Luo Mingyuan treated him too persistently, causing her own boudoir reputation to be damaged, and he felt a little guilty.

That's all.

He can't let Chen Wenxin misunderstand that he likes Guo Luo Luo Mingyuan...

(End of this chapter)