Harem for a living

Chapter 171

"It's just that you are also concubines of the second rank, and now you are taking care of the palace affairs for me." Chen Manrou leaned on the couch and said slowly, her eyes swept over several people, and she saw resentment flashing across the face of Concubine De, Concubine Hui just hung her head and said nothing, while Concubine Shu had a slightly ashamed look on her face.

"Although this matter has been resolved, it can't change the result that has already happened. The concubine fought violently. To put it lightly, it was a discord between the two people. The point is that there are no rules. They are like this, It is to smear the face of the royal family, and there is absolutely no mercy. It has been many years in this harem, but there has never been a direct fight between two concubines."

Chen Manrou sighed, and then said: "Although you have punished, this palace has to show something. Lichun, you go to pass on this palace's decree. Crown Prince Yuan and Zeng Chuyuan disobeyed the rules and despised the dignity of the royal family. Both of them were demoted. For Xiaoyi from the seventh rank."

Li Chun responded, turned around and took a few young maids to Changle Palace.

Chen Manrou kept her eyes on Concubine Shu and the others, so she could clearly see Concubine Shu's face turning pale and Concubine Hui's handkerchief tightened.As for Concubine De, she didn't care at all, as long as her status wasn't demoted.What's more, for those below the sixth rank, the regular seventh rank is still from the seventh rank, the difference is really not that big.

"As for the few of you, the supervision is not effective and the supervision is not strict, and you didn't make a decisive decision when dealing with it. Instead, you waited until the matter became serious and the Palace received the news, so you went there. You are too childish for this palace matter. "

As soon as Chen Manrou finished speaking, Concubine Hui hurriedly stood up and saluted in fear: "I am ashamed of myself, and I have no face to see the empress. I am ashamed of my entrustment to the empress, and failed to fulfill my duty. I also ask the empress to come down."

Concubine Shu's eyes flashed unwillingness, but she still got up quickly to apologize, and Concubine De followed suit.

Chen Manrou didn't say to let them get up, and her face was a bit resentful: "What did I say when I handed over the palace affairs to you before? There is no distinction between big and small things in this palace. What do you want? Do your best to take care of this harem for me, but if there is something, you have to deal with it quickly, and if you can't handle it, you can tell me later. But you see, what is this matter like today!"

"Since you can't manage the harem in an all-round way, it can be seen that this palace has assigned too many things to you." After Chen Manrou reprimanded Concubine Shu and the others, Li Xia sent the news of Concubine Cheng and Concubine Fu.

"Before this palace said that Concubine Cheng and Concubine Fu were to help Concubine Shu a little bit, but now it seems that Concubine Shu thinks highly of herself." Concubine Shu did not forget to pretend to be a sheep, but the power she got was not very good. Happy to really let people out.

Firstly, Concubine Fu and Concubine Cheng are both old people in the palace, if the power of the palace is divided between them, then I will definitely become a poor commander.Secondly, Concubine Fu has a lot of ambitions, and Concubine Cheng also has a little prince, if these two people get credit, it will be a big threat to herself.

Therefore, Concubine Shu never reused Concubine Fu and Concubine Cheng.Concubine Cheng is fine, she has always been indifferent, except that she is very concerned about the fifth prince, she doesn't pay attention to other things at all.Concubine Fu was different, she complained to Chen Manrou openly and secretly.

"I don't dare." Concubine Shu trembled and saluted quickly, hating Concubine Fu to the point of death.Concubine Fu stepped forward to salute Chen Manrou with a smile on her face: "I have met the empress, empress, don't think that my concubine is too talkative. Concubine Shu always thinks that she is capable, and she rarely talks to concubines and concubines."

Concubine Shu's face stiffened for a moment, and she forced the corners of her mouth to rise: "I was originally afraid of troublesome Concubine Cheng and Concubine Fu, but I didn't expect to let Concubine Fu misunderstand what I was thinking. Forget it, in the future, I will Please trouble Fufei's younger sister a lot."

Concubine Fu was about to speak, but Chen Manrou waved her hand and said, "Okay, you don't have to bother Concubine Fu in the future, I have other arrangements for Concubine Fu here."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper and handed it to Concubine Fu: "After the Hungry Ghost Festival, you have to check carefully the sacrificial items in the palaces, especially the Taimiao and Fengxian Hall, to see if there is any damage or missing. If you do well, I will be able to give you more things with confidence."

With a happy expression on her face, Concubine Fu hurriedly saluted Chen Manrou, expressing that she would definitely do things seriously and would never let down the empress's grace.Concubine Shu was so angry that her liver hurt.

Although there is not much oil and water to fish for the sacrificial items, this matter represents a kind of decency.How important are sacrificial objects?That's the face of royalty!Now she is a second-rank concubine who can only take care of the cloth tea sets and other things in the palaces, but a second-rank concubine Fu can hold chicken feathers as arrows, which is really disgusting.

Chen Manrou didn't even look at Concubine Shu at all, she just looked at Concubine Cheng and said, "I know you've always been lazy, but I really can't separate you here. Just leave it to you to rest assured."

Concubine Cheng sneered, raised her eyebrows, you are almost the most leisurely person in the harem, and you still say you can't leave?How about cheating ghosts.

"It's going to be August [-]th, and I haven't prepared for this. Sister Chengfei, you are capable, so you will take this job for now." Chen Manrou pretended not to see the joke in Chengfei's eyes, just smiled He said, "You've done a good job, I have face on my face."

Concubine Cheng curled her lips, stood up and saluted: "Since the empress said so, the concubine will have to die, please rest assured, the empress, I will definitely do well this time, and will not delay the empress's business. "

Originally, Concubine Shu was in charge of the cloth and tea sets of the various palaces, Concubine Hui was in charge of the monthly money and the affairs of the imperial dining room, and Concubine De was in charge of purchasing and arranging manpower.With just a few words, Chen Manrou cut the jobs of the three of them by half. Although the cuts were not much, it was a matter of face.

You think, originally everyone knew that the three concubines Shu were helping the empress to take care of the palace affairs, but now someone else came out to take care of them.The first three, did they make a mistake and were punished by the empress?
For a while, the complexions of the three of them were not very good, but they didn't dare to show resentment in front of Chen Manrou.

"Concubine Shu Hui and Concubine De, although you have finally dealt with today's matter, you have lost the opportunity. Therefore, each of you should go back and copy the palace rules. Do you have any objections to this palace's handling?" It's not over yet, Chen Manrou is still thinking about the things ahead.

Concubine Shu's eyes were slightly red, she made a big salute and said: "I know that I am guilty, the empress's punishment is already very light, I am willing to accept the punishment."

Concubine Hui won't just show off casually, she just wrote the palace rules once, and she should practice calligraphy.As for the lost part of the power, there will always be a day when it will come back.Although Concubine De was dissatisfied, since Yonghe Palace was the closest to Changle Palace, she had the greatest responsibility, so she could only bow her head obediently.

After dealing with this matter, drive Concubine Shu and others away.Chen Manrou frowned again. Concubine Shu and the others had been taking care of palace affairs for nearly two months, so he took this opportunity to disperse their power a bit, so as to save them from being huddled together.

But, do you want to plead guilty to the Empress Dowager Ci'an?
"Your Majesty, although the Empress Dowager Ci'an is the empress dowager, you are the one who decides the affairs of the harem." Lichun heard Chen Manrou's question and immediately said, Chen Manrou shook her head with a smile: "Although this palace is the master of the harem , but the queen mother is the emperor's biological mother, if she wants to know, I really have to say it."

Don't worry about the emperor, it's just that Ci'an is more difficult to deal with.Chen Manrou stretched out her hand to rub the center of her eyebrows again. She found that after becoming a queen, she thought about more things.Even, she was not as comfortable as when she was a noble concubine.

"Your Majesty, I can't blame you for this matter. Didn't the Empress Dowager herself say that you should hand over the palace affairs to Concubine Shu and the others? Now that something has happened, you are required to clean up the mess. ..."

Li Chun stuffed the unspoken words back into his stomach, and muttered in a low voice: "You don't care about things right now, and if something happened in the harem, naturally you can't be blamed."

Chen Manrou raised her eyebrows, thought for a while, the haze on her face dissipated, and nodded with a smile: "You're right, let's go to Ci'an Palace now. By the way, has the emperor sent someone over today?"

"Returning to your mother, the emperor didn't send anyone over." Li Xia replied at the side, Chen Manrou nodded, and didn't ask any more questions, only asked Li Xia and the others to change their clothes, and then went out to Ci'an Palace.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager Ci'an was not very happy to see Chen Manrou, and talked about today's Crown Prince Yuan and Zeng Chuyuan in a few words.Chen Manrou just lowered her head to receive the training, and when the Empress Dowager Ci'an had finished speaking, she said embarrassingly: "Your Majesty, this concubine was indeed negligent. The concubine has not taken care of the palace affairs these days, so she has become loose. Today, the Empress Dowager The empress's words are really warning words, why don't I take back all the palace power when I go back?"

The Empress Dowager Ci'an choked for a moment, she couldn't reach the edge of the palace power, so naturally she didn't want Chen Manrou to be able to hold the palace power.Moreover, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is the most difficult to deal with in the world. While worrying that her son will value the queen and ignore her, Ci'an feels that as a daughter-in-law, Chen Manrou should listen to her in everything.

Therefore, when he finds an opportunity, Ci'an will always make some obstacles for Chen Manrou.She originally planned to reprimand Chen Manrou for not handling this matter well, and then asked Chen Manrou to hand over the palace power to herself.

In the end, it was blocked now, and the Empress Dowager Ci'an finally remembered that before, it seemed that she was the one who said that Chen Manrou should distribute the palace power to the people below.

For a moment, Ci'an's complexion was not very good-looking.

At this moment, it was announced that the eldest princess was begging to see her, and Ci'an's expression changed, with a kind smile on his face, he ordered in a series of voices: "Hurry up and ask the eldest princess to come in, this child, the sun outside is poisonous." , why are you here now?"

The little palace maid closed the curtain, and the eldest princess smiled as she entered the door: "The granddaughter came here in a hurry, just to catch up with the lunch at the imperial grandmother's place. The granddaughter will never forget the food here once." Yes, I am looking forward to it all the time. Grandmother sees that her granddaughter is not afraid of the scorching sun, so let her granddaughter enjoy a bowl of rice."

(End of this chapter)