Harem for a living

Chapter 147

On that day, the eldest princess wrote to the emperor, expressing that she would halve her monthly payment and donate half of her property.The emperor was deeply moved, and for several days in a row, the eldest princess had meals with her in the Qianqing Palace.

With a start, you can drive others.Chen Manrou also had more intentions, so that her fourth son was the first prince to contribute money, and the fifth princess was still young, only monthly, and she hadn't saved a fortune, so she was excluded.

In less than five days, the harem donated a large sum of money.At the same time, Chen Manrou wrote that there were too many maidservants in the palace, and some of them should be released to pray for the world.The emperor immediately complied. Anyway, several masters died in the palace, so there is indeed a lot of extra manpower at the moment.

Chen Manrou looked at Duiyue and Jinhuan who were standing in front of her with the small package on their backs, feeling very reluctant.But these two grades are not too young, and if they don't go out of the palace to marry, I'm afraid they won't be able to find any good partners in the future.

"Your Majesty, you have to take care of yourself. Li Chun's medical skills are almost mastered, and even a little better than a slave girl. Your Majesty, you will let her serve you personally in the future." Said Xiangyue, wiping away tears, and Jin Huan also cried: "The account book has been handed over to Li Xia. She can settle the accounts quickly now, and her memory is good. She can remember everything after reading the account book. In the future, if you want to find anything, just look for her."

"I know that you have served me for so many years, and I will remember it in my heart." Chen Manrou felt uncomfortable, and turned her head to let Li Xia carry two boxes: "This is the dowry I gave you. If you meet in the future Whatever happened, just go to the Chen Mansion to find someone, and I will solve it for you."

"Thank you, ma'am." The two of them saluted Chen Manrou again, no matter how reluctant they were, they had to leave after all, and followed Manager Ming out of the Zhongcui Palace. The two of them looked back as they walked, showing their internal strength, so they couldn't help crying I cried a bit.

Chen Manrou personally sent her most valued palace lady out of the palace. No matter how unwilling the other concubines were, they could only pick out the people around them.There are quite a few people around the concubines who were brought in from their natal families and have served them for many years. Not only do they know the secrets of the masters, but they are also very valuable helpers.

With Chen Manrou's meddling, a group of people felt resentful, but they didn't dare to resist.

Especially Concubine Fu, one of the two maids brought into the palace was also released this time.The two beside Concubine De were all released.

As a result, the palace was even more empty. Of the main halls, only Zhongcui Palace, Yonghe Palace, and Chengqian Palace were inhabited.The courtiers immediately began to submit papers again, saying that the emperor's harem was empty and he should be drafted.

The heirs are bigger than the sky, especially the emperor's heirs.

The emperor was quite impatient, and reprimanded the three ministers who submitted the papers for drafting one after another, which calmed down the shouts of the previous court.

After Chen Huaijin returned to the mansion, he told the story of the court at home. General Chen sighed: "During these days, more and more people came to our house to give gifts. According to your grandfather's wishes, we are closing the door to thank guests. I live in trembling throughout the day, and I don’t know when it will end.”

Chen Huaijue came in from the outside, took a cup of tea and poured it down, and then showed a big smile: "It's almost there, I found someone to make the recipe my sister said a few days ago, there are only a few flaws, and there are three more In a few days, I can send it to the emperor."

Now he appears to be a sixth-rank official. In fact, he can be regarded as a top-ranked official in front of the emperor.The glass business handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the past two years, as well as the shipbuilding plans submitted, as well as textile machines and threshing machines, made him slowly become the emperor's confidant.

"If you send it up this time, you will make great contributions again, and Manman will be a little more sure." General Chen also said with a smile, Chen Huaijin nodded, and suddenly asked: "Are you going to be in court this time?" Give it?"

"Of course not. I'll send it up with a secret package as usual." Chen Huaijue shook his head. He didn't like to inherit his father's ambition to become a general, and he didn't like to hold his original idea every day like his elder brother, so my sister was at that time Show him another way.

The so-called talent is what the emperor values ​​most. He does not fight for power or profit, does not divide parties or cliques, but can benefit his heirs.It's like in the court, there are civil servants and military generals, all of which can be infinitely beautiful, but the Qingliu faction is the most brilliant and the longest-lived.

"It's better to use the secret fold, or to tell the emperor, no matter whether there is Manman or not, our Chen family is sincere to the emperor. Only when the emperor sees that the Chen family is sincere, Manman may benefit. If the emperor thinks that our Chen family has a big heart , I'm afraid Manman's life will be difficult in the future."

General Chen stroked his beard and said, Chen Huaijin and Chen Huaijue got up and stood up together: "Follow father's instruction."

"Okay, let's talk about it, you don't need to be so formal." General Chen waved his hand and asked the two sons to sit down, and then continued: "What do you think about the accompanying reading?"

"I understand what my sister means. Our Chen family is already bound together with the fourth prince. There is no need to send another companion to read it. If the quota is vacant, we can win over another one. I originally thought, one civil and one military, one each. But my sister said that it was good at the beginning, but when Xiao Si gets older and the emperor gets old, looking back, it is not appropriate."

Chen Huaijin paused and said, "Sister said, on the general's side, as long as the grandfather is still alive, as long as the father is still alive, there is no need to be too close."

In fact, even if Mrs. Chen passed away, there was no need to worry too much.Mrs. Chen is now the dean of the Martial Arts Academy in the Imperial College, and there are quite a few students under him, who can be regarded as full of peaches and plums. If their Chen family still lacks people in the army, then the face of these generations will be worthless. All gone.

Chen Huaijue nodded in agreement: "My sister has always been smart. It is really inappropriate to choose military generals. It is better to choose civil servants. First, the world will be stable, and the status of civil servants will be greatly improved in the future. Isn't our Chen family also undergoing transformation? Second, , the emperor is definitely not allowed to change his mind, no matter what, as long as the emperor is alive, he is the master of the world."

"Then tell me, what good candidates are there?" General Chen paused and Chen Huaijin started first: "There is a young grandson in Wang Taifu's family. Next year at the latest, the queen's candidate will be determined, and by then, this status will be a little low."

"My lord Ling Chun has a youngest son in his family. He is six years old this year. It's just that this child seems to be spoiled too much by the family and has a bad temper." Chen Huaijue also said: "We would rather choose someone with a lower status than If you choose someone with a bad temper, you don't have to spoil the Fourth Prince."

"Prince Zhuangjun also has a little grandson, who is also seven years old this year. I heard that he is very smart since he was a child, and he is very fond of King Zhuang." Chen Huaijin thought for a while and then said, General Chen waved his hand: "No, before King Zhuang It's a bit of a relationship with the Yang family, now that the Yang family is gone, maybe at some point King Zhuang will be implicated."

After the death of Concubine Yang, the emperor immediately took away the post of admiral of Concubine Yang's own father, and sent another confidant to take over.Now that the Yang family has been ransacked, and the macaques are scattered when the tree falls, the people around the Yang family will definitely be implicated as well.

The discussion between the three father and son was extremely lively. Xiao Si didn't know that his companion was about to be determined. He was fooled by Chen Manrou into taking the task of teaching his sister to speak, so he held the book in front of the fifth princess all day long. read.

"Mother, I've been reading for so long, why didn't my sister respond?" After reading for half an hour again, the fourth prince turned to ask Chen Manrou, who smiled and pinched his nose: "Why didn't you respond? Look, you just read When you read, my sister always wants to turn her head to look at you, but now that you don't read, she wants to cry."

Xiao Si saw it, oh, sure enough, my sister was about to cry.So, I quickly picked up the book and read it again.

Chen Manrou smiled at the side, bowed her head and continued her sewing.Li Chun opened the door curtain and came in: "Your Majesty, Qi Mei is here."

"Let her wait in the side hall." Chen Manrou paused and told the nanny to take care of the fourth and fifth princesses. Then Chen Manrou got up and walked to the side hall. Qi Meiren stood aside with her arms folded. Seeing Chen Manrou come in, Hurry up and salute.

"Come on, why are you here today?" Chen Manrou waved her hand slightly, Qi Meiren came to help Chen Manrou, but Chen Manrou motioned her to sit beside her.Qi Mei smiled awkwardly and sat on the side: "I miss my mother, the tea and snacks here are good, my wife came here with the cheek."

"As far as you can tell, what kind of tea is good? I heard that Concubine Fu held a tea party in the Imperial Garden a few days ago. Did you go?" Chen Manrou raised her eyebrows and smiled. There is no queen in the palace now, and the women in the harem It's all like crazy.

Concubine Fu held a tea party, Concubine De held a flower viewing party, and Concubine Wei, who always regarded herself as a transparent person, visited various palaces.The remaining Zhaoyi and others are too low in status, and they don't have much extravagant expectations for the latter, but it doesn't prevent them from currying favor with others.

They flocked to curry favor with Concubine Fu, concubine De, or Concubine Wei to congratulate Concubine Wei on her birthday, causing quite a commotion.

Her Zhongcui Palace was almost stepped on by others. Fortunately, because the fifth princess was young and could not bear the noise, she asked the imperial decree to keep those people from visiting her, and she would never leave the Zhongcui Palace easily, otherwise, Noisy will be killed by those people.

"I didn't go. I heard that concubine Fu's tea meeting is for poetry. I don't have much knowledge, so I don't want to be ashamed." Qi Meiren said with a smile: "The flower viewing party of the concubine de concubine is quite interesting. Many people like it." I went, even Sister Song went, saying that Concubine De is very generous and rewarded a lot of things."

"What are you rewarding?" Qi Meiren now came over from time to time to talk about other people's movements, and Chen Manrou would listen to it when she was free, taking it as a pleasure.

"There are jewelry and cloth. Chang Meiren is special. Empress Defei gave her a pot of flowers. Cui Wanyi didn't go, saying she was unwell." Qi Meiren said cautiously. Chen Manrou thought for a while and asked, "Where is Cheng Zhaoyi?"

"Whether Cheng Zhaoyi was invited by Concubine Fu or Concubine De, he never went. He only said that the Fifth Prince was unwell." At that time, the four concubines were all under their feet.

After having the fifth prince, it slowly fell silent.Now, it is almost comparable to the transparency of Concubine Wei back then.

"She's really smart." Chen Manrou sighed in her heart, she used to pull Concubine Yang's hind legs in the open.After having the fifth prince, they hid away. The poison in Concubine Yang's palace could not be obtained by those who were only compassionate.Only Concubine Yang and her personal maid knew about the poison.

If Cheng Zhaoyi hadn't stepped in, it is estimated that Ci Ning and Concubine Shu's plan would have more twists and turns.

(End of this chapter)