Harem for a living

Chapter 160

Before Chen Manrou could think about it, someone came from the Ci'an Palace. The person who came was the Empress Dowager Ci'an's personal nanny Ping Nanny. Ping Nanny seldom smiled, her face was like a piece of wood, and she just saluted Chen Manrou sternly. , and then conveyed the words of Empress Dowager Ci'an: "Ai's family is getting old, so I want to see her natal family up close. This virtuous concubine should live in the Tai Chi Hall."

Tai Chi Hall is adjacent to Yongshou Palace, Yangxin Hall is not in a straight line with Yongshou Palace, but a little bit staggered in the middle.And the Hall of Tai Chi, at that staggered point, is also next to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

On the hypotenuse of the Tai Chi Hall is the Compassionate Ning Palace.Next to the Cining Palace is the Ci'an Palace.In other words, apart from the fact that the Tai Chi Hall is not as convenient as the Yongshou Palace, the distance from the Hall of Mental Cultivation is the same as that of the Yongshou Palace, and the distance from the Ci'an Palace is more convenient than that of the Yongshou Palace.It can be said that it is the most geographically advantageous palace in the harem except Yongshou Palace and Jingren Palace.

Don't think that being far away from Qianqing Palace is a disadvantage, the emperor goes to Ci'an Palace every day to pay his respects.As for the Qianqing Palace, not anyone can go there if they want.So, in fact, it is relatively close to Ci'an Palace, which can already surpass the benefits of being close to Qianqing Palace.

Chen Manrou rubbed her forehead, and while assigning the prepared manpower to the Taiji Hall, she immediately gave orders to assign the Jingren Palace to Concubine Shu.Concubine Xian took advantage, so Concubine Shu could not be too far behind. Fair distribution was the best choice.

By the way, Concubine Shen was placed in Yanqing Palace, Concubine Jin was placed in Baohua Palace, Concubine Li was placed in Yikun Palace, Concubine Hua was placed in Zhongcui Palace, and Zhaorong and Zhaohua were arranged at will. The main hall is fully arranged.If anyone wants to be promoted in the future, he has to destroy one first.

"Go and invite the emperor." Chen Manrou breathed a sigh of relief, then turned her head and ordered.Manager Ming is now the chief manager of the queen, and his status has been improved a lot, so he doesn't have to go to such errands in person.So he immediately found Xiao Xizi and told him to go to Qianqing Palace.

As it was approaching night, it was estimated that the emperor's government affairs were almost done, so Chen Manrou dared to invite someone.If it was in the morning, even if Chen Manrou had something urgent to do, she would have to postpone it until the afternoon, or go directly to the Empress Dowager Ci'an for instructions.

Soon, Xiao Xizi came back and replied: "Your Majesty, I have already told Manager Liu Cheng, and he said he will tell the Emperor."

"Well, I understand. Go to the small kitchen and tell Nanny Dai and the others to cook some dishes that the emperor likes." Nanny Dai is in charge of the small kitchen. Entering the palace, there are two other court ladies, one named Chuyu, who is proficient in cooking, and the other named Chuxue, who is proficient in medicine. At this moment, the small kitchen is the world of these three people.

"Mother, I'm back." As soon as Chen Manrou ordered, she heard footsteps coming from the door, she turned her head and saw her son coming back with a small schoolbag, followed by two boys of about the same age.

Chen Manrou met before, and they were the two companions of Xiaosi.The two little boys approached and saluted Chen Manrou sternly. They looked very cute. Chen Manrou quickly reached out and pulled him up.

"Why did Xiao Si come back so early today?" Turning around, he wiped Xiao Si's sweat with a handkerchief, and then hurriedly greeted him: "Rui De and Cheng Yuan also hurried to wipe their sweat, so as not to wait for a while My son came up and caught a cold."

After speaking, he ordered the palace servants to bring tea and snacks, and Xiao Si obediently asked Chen Manrou to pull off his collar to wipe off the sweat on his neck, and sat on the side to grab some snacks: "Mr. You can leave after finishing, we are all done. Queen Mother, is this the dessert made by sister Chuyu? I want to eat that rose dessert."

"Don't worry, I'll keep it for you." Chen Manrou nodded his forehead, turned her head and said: "Lichun, go to the kitchen and bring the snacks."

Li Chun won, and Chen Manrou turned her head to look at Feng Ruide and Peng Chengyuan: "What do you two want to eat? I asked them to make it for you."

"Thank you, empress, I like to eat all kinds of desserts." Feng Ruide on the left said with a smile, he belongs to the clan, compared with Peng Chengyuan, he is a little more casual, and he is also round and cute, Chen Manrou couldn't help it He reached out and rubbed his head: "Okay, I will prepare some for you later."

From Peng Chengyuan's brows, he could already tell that he was a gentle and handsome young man, and now he just smiled and said: "Thank you for your kindness, empress, I am not picky about food."

"Queen, my cousin really likes to eat all kinds of dim sum. Brother Peng likes to eat salty dim sum." Xiaosi put down his teacup and said with a smile, Chen Manrou nodded and said, "It's just right, I'll ask someone to make some shortbread."

Li Xia next to him was very clever, and hurried to the kitchen to give orders.Not long after, Chu Yu brought in a tray with four kinds of snacks on it, one was a rose dessert made in the shape of a rose flower, the other was a milk-scented snack made in the shape of a small animal's hoof, and the other was made into a There are square shortbreads, and there is also a round fruit filling made of white and tender cloth.

Xiaosi cheered and went over to get the rose dessert, Feng Ruide was surprised: "Your Highness, why do you like this kind of little girl's things?"

The corner of Peng Chengyuan's mouth twitched, and he poked Feng Ruide, Feng Ruide scratched his head, carefully watching Chen Manrou's expression, Chen Manrou just pretended not to see, turned around and ordered someone to hug Xiao Wu over.

Xiao Si blushed, and rubbed her head in embarrassment: "This is delicious, and, who said that this food can only be liked by little girls? My fifth younger sister doesn't like this, the husband said, food sex Sex, appetite and the pursuit of good things are human nature, this snack looks good and tastes good, why can't I like it?"

Feng Ruide was about to say something when he heard a clear and crisp voice from the door: "Mother, brother!"

Chen Manrou hurried over to hug Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu saw the snacks on the table at a glance, and immediately stretched out her hand: "Cake~"

Xiaosi grinned and squeezed a piece of horseshoe for snacks: "Come on, eat this, Xiaowu let brother hug?"

Xiao Wu stretched out his hand to grab the dim sum, turned his head and lay on Chen Manrou's shoulder, Xiao Si had a pitiful expression on his face: "My sister doesn't like my brother? Then the next time my brother eats dim sum, I won't leave it for my sister..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Wu turned his head and stretched out his hand to Xiao Si with a smile: "Brother hug~"

This face-changing made Chen Manrou sweat profusely, while Feng Ruide and Peng Chengyuan next to him watched with relish, they gathered around to watch Xiao Wu acting like a baby, Xiao Si always regarded her sister as a treasure, now she hastened to show off to her little friends: " My younger sister is smart, she can call me brother in eight months, and she can talk a lot now, come on, Xiao Wu, this is Brother Feng."

Little Wuyuan's big eyes looked at Feng Ruide, and Feng Ruide twisted his body a little embarrassedly: "Hello Fifth Princess, I'm Feng Ruide, does Fifth Princess like this snack?"

As he said that, he also took a piece of snack from the table and handed it over. Xiao Wu immediately smiled, stretched out his hand to grab the snack, and shouted sweetly: "Brother Feng~" The little voice was tender, and the little face was innocent and cute, Feng Ruide who shouted was dizzy.

Xiao Si turned to introduce Peng Chengyuan again, Peng Chengyuan was very kind, and immediately gave him some snacks, and Xiao Wu also sweetly called his brother.Chen Manrou next to her couldn't help laughing, she was a little speechless, this girl, she didn't know who she looked like, she could look at her face and act like a baby, since she was able to speak fluently, she coaxed Xiaosi around.

"I heard laughter outside, what's Zitong happy about?" Just as she was laughing, she suddenly heard the emperor's voice, Chen Manrou was startled, turned around and saw the emperor striding into the door.

Everyone in the room rushed to pay their respects to the emperor, but Xiao Wu stretched out her arms and shouted: "Hold me, father." When the emperor bent down to hug her, she immediately offered one of her three dim sums: "Xiao Wu!" Five is reserved for the royal father, and the royal father will eat it."

Innocent, cute, obedient, filial and generous, the emperor gave the little girl a label without hesitation in his heart, and while receiving the snacks, he ordered: "Get up, why are Ruide and Cheng Yuan here today?"

"Returning to the father, the master left tomorrow's homework, and the son wanted to do it with his cousin, brother Peng, so he invited them over." Xiaosi quickly stood up and replied very respectfully. The emperor watched Xiaosi's movements expression, nodded secretly in his heart.

Girls can act like a baby, but boys have to know the rules.

"Well, since that's the case, let Ruide and Cheng Yuan stay in the palace tonight, I will send someone back to tell your parents." The emperor turned his head and ordered, and Liu Cheng retreated respectfully.

"Little Si, come here, I will test your homework." The emperor sat on the head with Xiao Wu in his arms, turned to call Xiao Si, Xiao Si hurried over, with a confident expression on his face: "Father, please write a question."

Seeing that their father and son were talking, Chen Manrou couldn't get in the way, so she simply picked up Xiao Wu and watched quietly from the side.

After a long time, the emperor's questioning ended: "That's right, I remember the homework well, but memorizing is not enough. You have to understand and know what these words mean. What homework did you assign today?"

"Copy the seventh chapter of the Analects three times, and trace the red ten pages." Xiao Si replied with a smile. When he faced the emperor, he didn't have much timidity. For the sake of thinking, it's not that he doesn't like him.

"Okay, it's not time for dinner yet, you and Ruide Chengyuan can do your homework." The emperor was very satisfied with his son's homework, so he didn't talk much today, and waved his hand generously to show that he passed.

Feng Ruide and Peng Chengyuan both breathed a sigh of relief cautiously, quickly thanked each other, and followed Xiaosi out to the apse.

"Your Majesty, talking about Xiaosi's homework, I think of one thing." Chen Manrou turned sideways and poured a cup of tea for the Emperor, and Xiao Wu also looked at her, seeing that the Emperor was free at the moment, she immediately reached out for a hug.The emperor took Xiao Wu with a smile, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The third prince is only half the age of Xiaosi, and Xiaosi has started school. Where is the third prince..." Chen Manrou asked with some hesitation. In fact, she really didn't want to ask. The third prince was raised by Ci'an. Ordinarily, Ci'an was planning for him.But, no matter what, Chen Manrou is the aunt of the third prince, if she doesn't ask a word, it will be too remiss.

The emperor pondered for a while, then nodded and replied: "I will tell my mother about this matter. Xiaosan is indeed at his age, but he has always been weak. When Xiaosi just went to school, the mother said to let Xiaosan delay for a while. Go, it's been two months, if it's any later, I won't be able to keep up with Xiaosi's homework."

"Well, there is also the second princess. Previously, the eldest princess was brought up by... personally, and did not invite a husband. I met the second princess a few days ago, and felt that she was a little timid. The emperor sees if she wants to do it for her." The second princess is looking for a female husband?"

Chen Manrou paused and said again, the emperor frowned slightly, and replied directly: "I will take a look, if there is a suitable candidate, I will announce it to the palace."

After discussing about the children, it's time to discuss about the emperor's concubine.Chen Manrou explained her own arrangements one by one, but the emperor waved his hand halfway through and said, "You are the empress, you can decide these things."

"Concubine Xian will enter the palace tomorrow, and the emperor will be able to conceive a beautiful woman." Chen Manrou said with a little jealousy: "It's just that the emperor's body is important, but..."

After talking halfway, he didn't continue, and only looked at the emperor with resentment, and the emperor's body was crisp.He really has never experienced such a thing where the queen is jealous.He was too virtuous and virtuous, and he never had any jealousy.When it was the turn of this petite wife, this jealous look was quite interesting.

The emperor smiled and pinched Chen Manrou's palm: "Is Zitong jealous? After all these years, Zitong still doesn't know me? Don't worry, no matter what, I won't pass you by."

(End of this chapter)