Harem for a living

Chapter 142

Chen Manrou was startled, waved her hand and ordered: "Replace the things up and down in Zhongcui Palace."

After changing here, she still has to rush to Yongshou Palace. The death of the empress is a major event. It is estimated that officials from the Ministry of Rites will also enter the palace at this moment, and Qin Tianjian, even if she doesn't care about the harem at the moment She also has to go to the vigil.

When we arrived at Yongshou Palace, Concubine Yang was already inside, and was instructing people to change clothes for the queen. The eldest princess put her arms around the queen's body and drove away the palace people: "You all, the queen mother is not dead! The queen mother is still fine, she was still with you just now. I'm talking!"

"My condolences to the princess, the empress has passed away." Concubine Yang intended to comfort the princess, but it is a pity that she usually opposes the queen, and her tone is not very gentle now, and the princess is even more resentful Pushing away her hand: "Go away! It's you, a bitch, who killed the queen mother!"

Concubine Yang's complexion changed, and the eldest princess probably realized that what she said was wrong, she turned her head and cried to the queen again: "Mother, wake up, look at me, didn't you say that Watch me grow up, watch me get married? Queen Mother, I beg you..."

Chen Manrou's eyes turned red, and she stepped forward and patted the princess on the shoulder: "Princess, my condolences, if the empress sees you so sad, she won't be able to leave at ease."

The eldest princess was silent, she just lay down by the window and wept. Chen Manrou signaled Concubine Yang to continue to decorate the mourning hall, while hugging the shoulders of the eldest princess to comfort her. After a long time, the eldest princess raised her head and said: "Why? Why is the queen mother Or did you leave me behind? I followed what Concubine Chen said, the empress regained strength and opened her eyes, and she talked to me, it was only half an hour, half an hour!"

While comforting the eldest princess, Chen Manrou thought over what the eldest princess said.It seems that the queen was sober for a while, and said a few words to the eldest princess. It seemed that the situation was stable, but then another accident occurred.

"Princess, this is not the time for you to cry. Think about it, your mother just left, and you are the eldest princess, the only daughter left by your mother. If you don't become strong, help fight from the side. Take care of your mother's affairs, if someone neglects you, won't your mother be wronged?"

Chen Manrou wiped the princess's tears with a handkerchief, carefully watching her expression.When I came to Yongshou Palace by myself before, when I talked to the eldest princess at the door, although the eldest princess listened to it to save face, she was a little impatient.Could it be that the queen said something before she died?
The expression on Chen Manrou's face became more gentle. She comforted the eldest princess and found something to distract her. Then she began to think about the queen's behavior before she died. Judging by the eldest princess's performance, the queen must be speaking well of herself.

Why is that?Could it be that she thinks she can be of any use to the eldest princess?
Useful for princesses!Chen Manrou's thoughts stopped at this point for an instant, she thought about it carefully, and instantly felt that fortunately Ci Ning's explosive power is not small.If the empress hadn't been so unlucky and happened to be targeted by Ci Ning, then after hundreds of years of the emperor, it was really uncertain who would own the throne.

Concubine Yang has no son, Concubine Shu may be the culprit, Concubine De has no son, Concubine Liu has no brains, Concubine Wei is too insidious, Concubine Fu is too young, in this harem, Chen Manrou is the only one who is qualified to fight for the post. .

Even if the emperor wants to canonize a new empress, Chen Manrou has already established a firm foothold in the palace. If the new empress wants to do something to Chen Manrou, then it is probably time for the eldest princess to get married.

Who is the eldest princess?It is the eldest princess, the eldest princess left behind by the Yuan Dynasty, the emperor is a sage, as long as the eldest princess does not intend to rebel in the future, it is estimated that no one in the harem can surpass the status of the eldest princess.Even if it is a successor, it is estimated that he has to be careful with this eldest princess.When he grows up, he only needs a dowry to get rid of it, and even if he gets married well, it can also bring help to himself. Unless Chen Manrou is a fool later, he will definitely not touch the eldest princess.

And Chen Manrou wanted to please the eldest princess, and if the eldest princess wanted to live a good life, she had to get along with Chen Manrou.Because even if the emperor is very wise, he will not stare at the harem every day, and the privacy of the harem is always carried out in secret.

Therefore, the eldest princess must not hate Chen Manrou, not even hate her.

All the arrangements made by the queen before she died were all for the eldest princess.The queen and Chen Manrou have been together for so many years, and she can be sure that Chen Manrou is not stupid, and it is absolutely impossible to murder the eldest princess.

After thinking about this, Chen Manrou couldn't help but smile in her heart, Empress Empress, since you have given me this favor, then I also guarantee that in the future I will treat the eldest princess as my own daughter.

"Mother, Qin Tianjian has already selected the auspicious time for encoffining." Lidong came over and whispered, the eldest princess has already gone to the front, she knew that the queen and Concubine Yang were at odds, and she was afraid that Concubine Yang would be at the queen's funeral What to do, it has been decided to accompany Concubine Yang the whole time.

"Has the emperor sent someone out of the palace to report the funeral?" Chen Manrou got up and asked, Li Qiu nodded: "Already sent out, empress, the fourth prince..."

"Yesterday, didn't Li Yuyi say that Xiaosi is almost healed now? Let my grandmother send Xiaosi back to the palace, and see the empress and the eldest prince again." Chen Manrou sighed and Lidong responded quietly. out the door.

When Chen Manrou came out of the side hall, she saw Concubine Shu had arrived, with a haggard face, and she was wiping away tears at the moment: "Empress Empress, you are a good person. When you were in the residence, you were tolerant and kind, and you have a good reputation. When he entered the palace, he was even more respectful and respectful, respectful to the world, such a good person, how could he..."

The mourning hall has been arranged in a decent way, and it is waiting for the auspicious time to be encoffined.

Concubine Liu hugged the second princess, and shrank back a little bit. Concubine Wei hugged the third princess, just quietly wiped her tears. Wang Wanyi was the Queen's person, and now she lost her backing, crying louder than Concubine Shu. Still big.

Cheng Zhaoyi was standing on the other side with his arms around the fifth prince, saying a few words from time to time to comfort the eldest princess.The eldest princess cried a lot, and now she is a little more rational, she doesn't treat other people like she treats Concubine Yang, but her eyes are still looking around, and when she sees someone's expression is not right, she secretly remembers it in her heart.

"Imperial concubine, the emperor welcomes you." Chen Manrou was also wiping away tears, Liu Cheng quietly walked around her and said something.Chen Manrou nodded, got up and followed Liu Cheng out, the emperor had already changed into plain clothes, and his eyes were a little red, seeing Chen Manrou, he reached out to help her up: "I heard that you had someone pick up Xiaosi?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Empress is the mother of a country and the mother of Xiaosi. In terms of ethics, Xiaosi has to come back." Chen Manrou said in a low voice, glanced at the emperor, and quickly explained: "Your Majesty, don't worry about Xiaosi. As for the illness, yesterday, Li Yuyi also said that Xiao Si will be fine as long as she is raised again. By the way, how is the second prince?"

"Still in Qianqing Palace." The emperor said after a moment of silence. As soon as the eldest prince died, the emperor immediately ordered the second prince to be brought to Qianqing Palace. The imperial physicians were also divided into two groups. It is led by Cheng Yuyi, who is good at pediatrics.The queen was not rescued, and the second prince was still unconscious.

"Since Xiaosi is back, take good care of him and the child in your womb, and don't make any mistakes." The emperor paused for a while, and said a few words slowly: "For matters in the palace, you should Take care of it with Concubine Yang first, if you have anything to do, you can make the decision directly, if you can't, you can ask the Empress Dowager Ci'an."

As he spoke, he signaled Liu Cheng to bring over a box: "This is the Phoenix Seal, which will be used for many things in the future, you take it first."

Chen Manrou was a little surprised. What these words meant was that she had put the management of the harem into her hands.However, Concubine Yang was in charge before, could it be that Concubine Yang made some mistake?
"Yes, please rest assured, Your Majesty, this concubine will definitely live up to your Majesty's entrustment." Chen Manrou didn't dare to think too much, took the phoenix seal in person, and gave a big gift to the Emperor. Seeing the Emperor waved his hand, she led her back quietly. out.

Now that Concubine Yang had already arranged it in Yongshou Palace, Chen Manrou simply took people to Yuqing Palace to arrange it.The Empress Dowager Ci'an was crying with her arms around the First Prince's corpse, she didn't look good when she saw Chen Manrou.

Knowing that she was sad, Chen Manrou persuaded her for a while, and then Cheng Zhaoyi sent the fifth prince over.Not long after, Xiaosi was also sent over. After a few days of not seeing each other, Xiaosi's face became a little thinner. As soon as he entered the door, he rushed straight to Chen Manrou: "Mother, where is the eldest brother? I want the eldest brother!"

Ci'an's tears came out again, and he stretched out his arms to hug Xiaosi: "Ai family's good grandson, Ai family said a few days ago that he wanted to find a good prince and concubine for Ai family's good grandson, in such a blink of an eye... Woohoo, dear grandson, why are you so cruel, how can you live without your old woman!"

Xiaosi also cried. Chen Manrou comforted the elder one and the younger one. When the eldest princess came over, her mouth was on fire.

The queen's funeral is very grand, and so is the eldest prince's.After encoffining, the coffins were suspended for seven days. Concubines, princesses, princes, clan princesses, and court wives all went to kneel at the Yongshou Palace. Civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty first kneeled at the Yongshou Palace, and then went to Yuqing Palace to kneel.

Afterwards, the emperor issued an imperial decree, posthumously conferring the eldest prince Feng Hongwen as crown prince, posthumously titled Mingrui.

At the end of October in the tenth year of Yonghe, the empress was named Empress Xiaoci, Zhenhua, Renyi, Zheshun, Cixizhuang, Minfu, Tianxie Shengwen, and was buried in the East Garden of the Imperial Mausoleum.

Afterwards, Empress Dowager Ci Ning became ill because of her grief.The emperor personally served day and night in front of the hospital bed, but the Empress Dowager Ci Ning still couldn't make it through. In November of the tenth year of Yonghe, the Empress Dowager Ci Ning died of illness in the Ci Ning Palace.

After attending three funerals in a row, Chen Manrou's chin was originally round, but now it became completely pointed. Even Xiaosi was a little too thin.Fortunately, the Empress Dowager Ci'an sympathized with the grandchildren of the emperors and grandchildren, and took a few little princes and princesses to Ci'an Palace to rest every day.

As for whether it was supplemented secretly, Chen Manrou said she didn't know.She wasn't worried at all, with the Eldest Princess around, Xiao Si would definitely have no problems.I don't know if it's because of the good relationship between Xiaosi and the eldest prince before, or the scene where the eldest princess cried when she saw Xiaosi in Yuqing Palace. In short, the eldest princess took good care of Xiaosi.

By the time Ci Ning's funeral is over, it will already be December.

(End of this chapter)