Harem for a living

Chapter 169

After Chen Manrou's reward, it was the Emperor's reward, followed by the Empress Dowager Ci'an's.In other words, when Qi Xiuyi was talking to Concubine Hui, the news of her pregnancy had already become known to the entire harem.

However, Qi Xiuyi is not the lord of the first palace, so the influence she receives will be discounted by half.At least, those who came to visit had to go to Concubine Hui's side first, and when they came out from Concubine Hui's side, they should leave.

Except for a few acid words at the beginning, the matter of Qi Xiuyi's pregnancy did not cause much trouble at all.Right now, there are a lot of newcomers in the harem. The old people used to be on guard against the newcomers, while the newcomers who have just entered the palace are busy fighting for favor while inquiring about news.

Qi Xiuyi's status is low, and she hasn't been favored very much for more than ten years, she doesn't stand out at all, and her pregnancy is nothing more than accidental luck.Except for everyone muttering a few words about why it wasn't me who stepped on dog shit, basically no one mentioned this matter anymore.

Of course, it's not that everyone doesn't mention it, but they just keep this matter in their hearts now, just to see what will happen to Qi Xiuyi in the future.If it is a princess, there is no need to mention this.If a prince...

Chen Manrou held the teacup and watched Xiao Wu stumbling outside, while the two nuns bent over and stretched their arms nervously to protect her.Xiao Wu is at the age of being curious about everything. When he sees a flower, he wants to pull it down. When he sees a leaf, he wants to pull it down. When he sees a butterfly, he wants to jump on it.

In the afternoon, the sun was not very strong, and Chen Manrou suddenly thought of a sentence - the years are quiet, if only it is so quiet and beautiful on weekdays.

"Your Majesty, Crown Prince Yuan and Zeng Chuyuan are fighting." At this moment, Li Qiu came over to report, with a bit of schadenfreude on his face, but also a bit of depression and resentment.Chen Manrou knew what Li Qiu meant without guessing.

The reason for gloating is that Crown Prince Yuan and Zeng Chuyuan have a very friendly relationship with Concubine Hua who has been in the limelight recently, and the other has a good relationship with Concubine Shu.Depressed and resentful is that Chen Manrou is in charge of the harem, if it is pursued, it will be Chen Manrou's mismanagement.

Chen Manrou was a little surprised. After all these years in the palace, she had never seen a woman fight.This woman in the harem is eager to bite each other twice, and she can also smile on her face.How could such a rude fight happen to a high-grade concubine in the harem?Even if it's just a grade seven, she's still a concubine.

"What's going on?" Chen Manrou asked with rare interest, Li Qiu's mouth twitched, and then said contemptuously: "It is said that it was for a piece of fabric, and the fabric for the Ghost Festival has already been distributed, and it was sent to Crown Prince Yuan The one with Zeng Chuyuan was a moon-white horse and the other a blue-gray one. Both of them fell in love with the moon-white horse, and then they fought for it. Then there was a verbal conflict, and Wang Chuyuan was furious. I slapped Zeng Chuyuan, Zeng Chuyuan couldn't bear it, so she slapped back, and then the two of them started fighting."

The Ghost Festival is the ghost festival. Although the palace does not allow open and aboveboard sacrificial activities, it will reward some things that meet the requirements of the ghost festival, such as plain fabrics, or sugar cakes used for ghost festivals. kind of stuff.

"Which palace do the two of them live in?" Chen Manrou asked after a pause, and Li Qiu immediately replied, "They live in Changle Palace. Changle Palace does not have a main empress, and it is the closest to Yonghe Palace."

"Concubine De." Chen Manrou sighed, lowered her head, took a sip of tea, looked at Xiao Wu who was still playing outside, and then asked sideways, "Who is responsible for the fabric this time? If I remember correctly, it's Concubine Shu?"

"My lady, you have a really good memory." Li Qiu immediately came over to beat Chen Manrou's shoulders and pinch her neck. Chen Manrou smiled. The fabric was distributed by Concubine Shu. Zeng Chuyuan and Concubine Shu have a very good relationship.Crown Prince Yuan was the first to strike. Maybe this is a duel between Concubine Hua and Concubine Shu?
If it's the small moves of the following two chess pieces, then it's nothing. If Concubine Hua picks Concubine Shu to do it, it can only show that Concubine Hua is a little too brainless.However, it is also possible that Concubine Hua is digging a hole for Concubine Shu?
Among the new concubines who entered the palace, only Concubine Shu had access to palace affairs.If the group of concubines below had no envy and hatred towards Concubine Shu, then their arrangements would have been wasted.

So, is Concubine Hua testing or digging a hole?Or the dumbest one, provocative?

After yawning, Chen Manrou didn't want to analyze anymore, so she just waved her hand and said, "Let someone inform Concubine Shu, Concubine Hui and Concubine De, it is the meaning of my palace. Since they are in charge of palace affairs, this matter must be dealt with." Handle it properly for Bengong, if not, don't blame Bengong for being ruthless."

"Yes, empress." Li Qiu responded, thinking that this was a message to the fourth concubine, and making the second-class maid look down on the status of the fourth concubine, so he went out and delivered the message in person.

The three palaces all ran away, Li Qiu was about to go back to Yongshou Palace, his eyes rolled around, and he simply followed for a good show.My mother is not here, so I can go back and broadcast live to my mother.

"Miss Li Qiu, what are you..." Concubine De was a little puzzled, Li Qiu quickly waved her hands: "Three ladies, please deal with the matter directly, the servants are just looking at it, if my mother asks about it when I go back, the servants may have an explanation. "

Concubine Shu's face changed slightly, and she lowered her eyes.The smile on Concubine Hui's face didn't change, only Concubine De curled her lips slightly, she was worried about them, so she wanted to send someone to monitor?Or is it waiting to catch their mistakes so that they can take back the palace power at any time?

Li Qiu lowered his head, observed the faces of the three of them from the corner of his eyes, but didn't make a sound.Concubine Shu and the others couldn't figure out whether Li Qiu meant the meaning of the queen, or what kind of meaning it meant if it meant the queen, so the three of them looked at each other and became more cautious.

Arriving at Changle Palace, Li Qiu couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth when he saw the scene in front of him clearly.Crown Prince Yuan sat on the ground, half of her sleeves were ripped open, and Zeng Chuyuan stood beside her with her waist pinched, panting heavily.

Seeing Concubine Shu and the others, Crown Prince Yuan rushed over and began to cry at the top of her voice: "Concubine Shu, Concubine Hui, Concubine De, I beg you three to be the masters of this concubine. I'm not alive anymore. Although my concubine's status is low , but she is also the emperor's woman, and now the concubine is being beaten like this, this is smearing the emperor's face."

Li Qiu hid aside and couldn't help but want to laugh. As for you, the emperor probably doesn't even know that there is someone like you in the harem!However, Wang Chuyuan's words are quite good. Regardless of whether the emperor knows about Wang Chuyuan or not, Wang Chuyuan is the emperor's woman, and he beat the emperor's woman like this...

Zeng Chuyuan also started to cry with her handkerchief on the side: "Three ladies, I beg you to make decisions for my concubine. I don't want to live anymore. Although my concubine is not from a famous family, I have been thinking of female rings since I was a child. Not to mention fighting with people, even an ant is reluctant to be trampled to death on weekdays, this concubine really can't stand it today."

Li Qiu took a closer look at Zeng Chuyuan, Zeng Chuyuan's appearance was quite handsome, and her crying was a bit like pear blossom with rain.If the clothes on his body are not so dusty, it can be regarded as eye-catching.

Concubine Shu waved her hand impatiently: "What's going on today? Zeng Chuyuan, tell me first!"

Zeng Chuyuan secretly gave Wang Prince Yuan a smug look, and then began to narrate: "Today, the empress sent two bolts of cloth. Originally, the concubine and Crown Prince Yuan each had one, and the concubine took the moon-white one first. Crown Prince Yuan insisted on this concubine's hand. I originally wanted to use this batch of cloth to make a pomegranate skirt for your empress, so naturally I didn't want to give it to Crown Prince Yuan. Crown Prince Yuan said that my concubine is a dog, and my concubine couldn't be more angry. , but also knew the rules, and ignored the crown prince, and only planned to go back to his room, but the crown prince did not let the concubine go, insisting that the concubine keep the cloth..."

Zeng Chuyuan was crying with snot and tears when a sudden announcement came from outside that Concubine Hua had arrived.Contempt flashed in Concubine Shu's eyes, and she turned around and asked Concubine Hua to come in.Concubine Hua has a beautiful appearance and a cheerful and straightforward personality. She smiled before she said a word, and saluted as soon as she entered the door: "My concubine pays my respects to Concubine Shu, concubine Hui, and concubine De. I don't see you for a day. I really miss the three of you." Empress, the three empresses did not mention my concubine's Zhongcui Palace. A few days ago, my concubine made a bag of scented tea with rose flowers in the imperial garden. I originally planned to invite several empresses to taste it, but I don't know how many Does the lady have this free time?"

Concubine Hui smiled first and said: "Concubine Hua, please hurry up, it's hard for you to still think about us, I still have a little free time, if Concubine Hua doesn't dislike it, in a few days, I will go to Concubine Hua to disturb you for a while." fan."

"My lady can come, it's too late for my concubine to be happy." Concubine Hua said with a smile, her eyes fluttered, and she looked at Concubine Shu and Concubine De: "Where are Concubine Shu and Concubine De? Do you two have time? Speaking of which, Shu Empress Concubine and Empress De Fei are in charge of palace affairs, so they must be very busy on weekdays, right?"

Concubine Shu laughed, nodded and said: "It's really busy, you see, even this small matter of my son has to be taken care of by me."

Concubine Hui glanced at Concubine Shu: "Concubine Shu, be careful!" Chen Manrou ordered the three of them to deal with this matter. Concubine Shu meant that this matter was overkill, that is to say, Chen Manrou was looking for something to do when she had nothing to do.

Concubine Shu also came to her senses at this moment, her face turned pale, and she quickly explained: "The fight between Wang Chuyuan and Zeng Chuyuan is naturally not a trivial matter. What I said was that the two of them fought for the fabric, and it was just a piece of fabric. The two of them However, she lost her concubine's demeanor and lost her chastity and virtuousness. It's really ignorant to fight against a concubine who is also a concubine. This matter is very serious. If it is not handled well, the concubines will learn from it in the future , spread the word, do you still have royal face?"

Concubine De said with a smile on the side: "Concubine Shu is right. The cause of this matter is a small matter, but it has developed into a major event now. If one is not handled well, I will be ashamed to even bring you along." People. Wait a moment, Concubine Shu, don't be soft-hearted."

Concubine Shu pursed her lips, glanced at Concubine Hui, then at Concubine De, she lowered her eyes and said nothing, now it's all good, she has wrapped herself in.

Concubine Hua smiled and said: "I heard before that although Concubine Shu has just entered the palace not long ago, she is very good at handling palace affairs. She is the most fair and decent person with clear rewards and punishments. This matter must be handled well. of."

Concubine Shu glanced at Concubine Hua, smiled and shook her head: "Sister Concubine Hua doesn't need to put a high hat on me, I know how much I have. Today, Concubine Hua should be said to be the Queen Empress who is upright and fair."

Concubine Hua is really well-intentioned to praise her concubine directly beyond the queen.

Concubine Hua covered her mouth with a round fan, and she was annoyed to speak: "Oh, my concubine is really not good at talking. I made a mistake for a while, and I ask a few sisters to forgive me. It's also my fault. In the past, I only I heard that Concubine Shu is in charge of the palace affairs, so she made a slip of the tongue at this moment, it is really her fault."

It is also very suitable to use the harem because of its high achievements.Everyone has only heard of Concubine Shu who is in charge of palace affairs, but not the queen who is the lord of the harem. This is putting Concubine Shu on the fire for barbecue.

A sullen look flashed across Concubine Shu's face, and the look in Concubine Hua's eyes was not so good.Concubine Hui coughed lightly at the right time: "Sister Concubine Hua, what are you doing here? If it's not too important, why don't you go back for now? Or you can just wait by the side for a while. Ben Gong and Concubine Shu and Concubine De Empress Yizhi, come here to deal with the matter of Crown Prince Yuan and Zeng Chuyuan, the maid beside the empress is still waiting for the result, we can't let the empress wait, can we?"

(End of this chapter)