Harem for a living

Chapter 146

"The fifth princess is really beautiful. Her eyebrows and eyes are completely similar to the imperial concubine's." Concubine Fu praised, and Concubine De smiled lightly: "For such a small child, it's thanks to Concubine Fu's eyesight."

"Is it possible that the concubine de concubine thinks that the little princess doesn't look like a concubine? Does that mean she looks like the emperor?" Concubine Fu was still smiling, and Chen Manrou twitched the corners of her mouth, she looked like the emperor, so that's okay see?

The emperor is quite handsome, but, he is handsome!There are still some edges and corners that should be there. If the little princess grows up with edges and corners on her face, then she should start saving the dowry earlier. Even if she looks at the generous dowry, her daughter can marry.

"Concubine Chen, what's the name of the fifth sister?" The eldest princess looked at the little princess and turned her head to ask. Chen Manrou shook her head: "Your father hasn't given her a name yet, so I'll just call her Xiaowu now."

"The Eldest Princess and the Fifth Princess are really sisters." Concubine De said indifferently at the side, and Chen Manrou glanced at her: "That's natural, the Eldest Princess and the Fifth Princess are sisters, how can their relationship be different?" okay?"

Concubine De raised her eyebrows: "From that day forward, please ask Eldest Princess to guide our Second Princess more, don't ask our Second Princess to be as virtuous and intelligent as Eldest Princess, as long as she can learn half of Eldest Princess, I will be satisfied. "

Since Concubine Liu passed away, the second princess was carried to Concubine De's side to raise her.The emperor has always loved his children, so he would not let his daughter hang on to a sinner who murdered the emperor's heir, so even the jade certificate was changed.

As for the second prince, at the request of Concubine Fu, he was placed in Chengqian Palace, but the jade certificate remained unchanged.The emperor only said that he had his own considerations, but he didn't say that he had any plans.

"Concubine Demu has won the prize. What I know in this palace is learned from the nuns. If the second sister wants to learn, Concubine Demu can find some nuns for the second sister." The eldest princess smiled decently, Concubine De's face darkened, but she didn't say much.

Not long after, the rest of the people also came over, and the fifth princess's swaddle was stuffed with a lot of gadgets.What Concubine De gave was a jade pendant, what Concubine Fu gave was a jade ring, what Concubine Wei gave was a jade lock, and the rest were not so precious.

The emperor came here near noon, and everyone saluted, Concubine De smiled and said: "The emperor really loves the fifth princess, and the fifth princess will be No.1 among the princesses in the future."

Chen Manrou looked at the eldest princess, and displeasure flashed across her face.Concubine Fu smoothed things over and said with a smile: "Sister De Concubine said that the emperor is a loving father, which child does he not love? It's not that he loves the fifth princess alone."

The emperor frowned, and looked sideways at Concubine De: "If you have nothing to do, you should care more about the second princess. It's not your turn to tell me which one I love the most."

Concubine De's face turned pale, and she hurriedly pleaded guilty: "I made a slip of the tongue for a while, and I ask the emperor to make amends."

Chen Manrou shook Xiao Wu's arm, and the small golden bell on it made a crisp sound. Chen Manrou smiled and turned to look at the emperor: "Your Majesty, it is also a kind heart for all the sisters to come here to celebrate the full moon for Xiao Wu. You But don't be angry, you see, when you get angry, even Xiao Wu is frightened."

The eldest princess also hurried over to act like a baby, and the emperor's complexion looked better.

Chen Manrou turned to look at Concubine De again: "My sisters are here, I am very grateful, but I am afraid that I can't entertain my sisters today, it's getting late, everyone please come back."

This is still in the filial piety period, even the fifth princess is wearing light-colored clothes today, even if Chen Manrou dared to host a banquet, they would not have the guts to eat it.

Yingying and Yanyan all got up to say goodbye, the eldest princess was a little dawdling, Chen Manrou smiled and took the eldest princess's hand: "If the eldest princess doesn't dislike it, can I have a meal at Zhongcui Palace? The emperor will stay here today, your father Women are also good at whispering."

On weekdays, the Eldest Princess lives in the palace of Xisan Suo, unless she goes to Ci'an Palace to pay her respects, she seldom sees the Emperor, and the Emperor can't go to Xisan Suo from time to time, after all, the fifth princess is already thirteen, so The father and daughter really haven't seen many times.

Hearing Chen Manrou's arrangement, both of them showed smiles on their faces. Chen Manrou asked someone to carry the fifth princess down, and she said she was going to prepare lunch, so she left the house to the emperor and the eldest princess.

"Mother Concubine, when can I go to school?" As soon as Chen Manrou arrived at the apse, Xiaosi followed. Chen Manrou reached out and rubbed his head: "Next year, what's the matter? Do you want to go to school?"

"Well, someone has played with me since I went to school, mother concubine, I miss the big brother." Xiaosi's eyes turned red, and she said as she leaned against Chen Manrou.Chen Manrou understood that the only people in the palace who were about the same age as Xiaosi were the second and third princes.

In the past, the Second Prince was detained by Concubine Shu, and he was not very close to Xiao Si.As for the third prince, he is delicate and fleshy, not to mention that Ci'an is worried, but Ci'an is at ease, and Chen Manrou dare not let Xiaosi and the third prince have more contact.

Therefore, in the entire palace, Xiao Si could only go to the Eldest Prince to play. The Eldest Prince was polite, patient, and did not dislike Xiao Si, so the relationship between the two brothers was also good.Now that the eldest prince passed away, Xiao Si became a lonely person, and it was inevitable that he would feel a little lonely.

"If Xiaosi wants to find someone to play with, how about teaching my sister to talk?" Chen Manrou thought for a while and said, "Look, my sister is still so young, she only cries all day long, if you teach her to talk, maybe she said it The first sentence is to call my brother."

"Really?" Xiaosi was a little hesitant. He didn't have much interest in his newborn sister at the moment. He either slept or nursed, or cried loudly, and couldn't accompany him to catch birds and watch ants. It's so boring that I can't grow vegetables with myself, let alone talk to myself.

"Of course it's true, you have to be more patient, and when my sister grows up so long, I can talk to you." Chen Manrou gestured, and Xiao Si reluctantly agreed: "Okay then, I Stay with my younger sister every day, and when my younger sister can speak, she must be the first to call you brother."

She reported to Yuelai that lunch was ready, and the fifth princess had already been put to sleep by the nanny, so Chen Manrou only took Xiaosi to the main hall.After lunch, the Eldest Princess said goodbye with a wink, and the Fourth also went back to take a nap.

Chen Manrou brought a cup of tea to the emperor: "The emperor's complexion has been a little bad these two days, is it because the servants are careless in serving him?"

"That's not true." The emperor looked at Chen Manrou, motioned her to sit down, paused for a while, and then continued: "Today, someone asked for an empress post."

Chen Manrou was startled. Counting the days, the empress passed away only half a year ago, and Ci Ning passed away only four or five months. These courtiers really did not waste the time at all. After the hot filial piety period, the harem also Just empty.

Seeing that Chen Manrou hadn't spoken, the emperor tapped his fingers on the table: "Do you think I should become queen?"

"Whether the emperor becomes queen or not, he must have his own reasons, and I dare not comment." Chen Manrou lowered her head and said slowly, she really cannot express her opinion on this matter.She said that the emperor should be the queen, so who should be the queen?Although Ci Ning's filial piety has passed, the emperor claims to be a filial son, if there are rumors in the future, who will be responsible?

She said that the emperor should not be a queen, so why can't he be a queen?Is it she, Chen Manrou, who wants to dominate the harem, or does Chen Manrou think that the emperor should be filial to Ci Ning?
It took a long time before Chen Manrou heard the emperor chuckle: "You are cautious, that's all, I know you will not answer. Since you are already out of confinement, you will have to deal with the matter of the harem in the future." Take care, I will entrust you with the Phoenix Seal, you must not betray my trust."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the concubine will definitely take care of the harem for the Emperor." Chen Manrou said quickly, after thinking for a while, she said: "Your Majesty, the eldest princess is already 13 years old, do you think it's time to choose a concubine first? Wait until later." The princess has become a filial piety, so there is no need to rush around."

After this is decided, there is still preparations for the dowry, at least one or two years.So it's really not too early to start choosing a future husband at the age of 13.

The emperor nodded: "I have already made plans for this matter. You usually take care of some eldest princesses. Although the queen mother has a heart, it's just that her age is there after all. I can't bear to let the queen mother be too tired."

"You don't need to tell the emperor about this, the concubine will definitely take it to heart." Chen Manrou replied, as long as the eldest princess is not married for a day, she will have to hold the eldest princess high.As for teaching or something, I really don't need it.

Not to mention that she has taught a lot of things, but the eldest princess still has two nanny and two nurturing nuns by her side, and Chen Manrou can't even interfere with the eldest princess's upbringing.At most, it is to be an old mother, a bosom sister and so on.

This is just right, peace of mind for both sides.

In June, news suddenly came from Shaanxi that the embankment had burst and the river was flooding.The emperor was so busy that he sent people to prepare for disaster relief, and at the same time sent people to investigate the river embankment along the road, so as to avoid breaches in other places.

In this way, the officials in the court can't talk about Lihou's affairs anymore. Whoever talks about it is a moth of the country.

Chen Manrou asked the eldest princess to come over: "The flood in Shaanxi has been going on for several days. I heard that there are starvation everywhere. As women, we can't rescue disasters like men. However, we can do it a little bit." Closer to the heart."

Seeing that the eldest princess was not enlightened, Chen Manrou squeezed her palm and said: "You can donate jewelry and other things that you don't need in daily life in the name of comforting your mother. You have to tell the emperor yourself about this."

The eldest princess came to her senses in an instant, and looked at Chen Manrou with gratitude: "Concubine Chen's mother has treated me so well, I can't thank you enough." Now that she has no queen mother, she can only rely on her father.

Donating this thing is not only to honor the empress, so that the world will not forget the righteousness of the past, but also to accumulate reputation for herself, and it will make the emperor look at her with admiration. It can be said that it can kill three birds with one stone.

Chen Manrou thought of this idea, but gave it to her. How could she not be moved?

"Anyway, I watched you grow up too, so I don't need to say anything about gratitude in the future." Chen Manrou said with a smile, she was naturally selfish.If she sent her ideas and donations directly to the emperor at this moment, it would be easy for the emperor to think of the papers in the court asking for a queen, and think that she, Chen Manrou, was trying to build momentum on her own.

Secondly, I'm afraid that Ci'an will also dislike her, thinking that she is trying to gain fame.She doesn't want to be treated as a rake when she shoots the head bird.

The most important thing is that although the eldest princess set a precedent, if the emperor wants to know, he will be able to find out who is behind this idea.Her whole heart for the eldest princess will definitely not be in vain.

(End of this chapter)