Harem for a living

Chapter 172

"The eldest princess has always been filial, and she often comes to make Aijia happy on weekdays." The Empress Dowager Ci'an patted the eldest princess who was holding her arm, turned her head and smiled at Chen Manrou, who nodded: "The eldest princess is naturally a good person, The emperor always praises the eldest princess for being sensible and filial."

The eldest princess blushed slightly, and shyly hid from the Empress Dowager Ci'an: "Grandmother, Queen Mother! You two are laughing at me!"

"No, no, who would dare to laugh at our Yi'an?" The Empress Dowager Ci'an laughed, and sat down beside her with her arms around the eldest princess, reaching out to tap her forehead: "You are the most beloved granddaughter of the Ai family, who dares to laugh at you, Aijia will teach her a lesson for you!"

"The emperor's grandmother is the best." The eldest princess smiled innocently, tugging at the queen mother's sleeve and laughing, then her face became a little dark, she got up and saluted Chen Manrou: "My queen, my daughter apologized to you. "

Chen Manrou was surprised, and quickly stood up to help the eldest princess up: "What is the meaning of the princess? Could it be that she was bullied by something? If this is the case, the eldest princess will tell the matter quickly, and I will make the decision for you. "

"It's not that someone bullied me." The eldest princess pursed her lips and said with an embarrassed smile: "What happened today, Concubine Shu didn't mean it..."

"Eldest princess!" Chen Manrou's face darkened, and she raised her voice and shouted. The eldest princess was startled, and her eyes were filled with suspicion. She looked at Chen Manrou, and then turned her head to look at the Empress Dowager Ci'an.Seeing that the eldest princess was frightened, Chen Manrou immediately lowered her voice: "Princess, I am impatient, so the tone is not good, princess, don't mind."

Empress Dowager Ci'an said sullenly, "Yi'an is still a child, if you are unhappy, just come to Aijia!"

"Empress Dowager, this concubine is not happy. You always ask my concubine to ask the eldest princess a few words." Chen Manrou said helplessly, Ci'an didn't speak, and Chen Manrou turned to look at the eldest princess directly: "Eldest princess, what is the identity of Concubine Shu?" What is her relationship with the emperor? Who are you? What is the relationship with the emperor?"

The eldest princess's face flushed red at first, and then turned pale.She had listened to Concubine Shu's words and thought that Chen Manrou wanted to suppress Concubine Shu, so she seized Concubine Shu's palace power. Then she thought that since she was in Ci'an Palace, she would bring this matter to the Queen Mother. Chen Manrou It is bound to give yourself some face.

But he didn't expect that Concubine Shu is the emperor's concubine and his own father's concubine!My majestic eldest princess came to intercede for a concubine!

Chen Manrou patted the eldest princess's hand earnestly and said: "The eldest princess is young, these human affairs should have been taught one after another in person, but they were not envied by God one after another. After that, it should be taught by me personally, but Bengong was negligent and didn't send anyone to tell the eldest princess about these things."

In fact, the eldest princess is surrounded by well-educated mothers, who were left by the former queen for the eldest princess.The eldest princess has always trusted them, and later Chen Manrou mentioned the matter of the eldest princess's education, but the Empress Dowager Ci'an refused, saying that the eldest princess often came to serve her, and she would educate the eldest princess.

Now that Chen Manrou said this, she took all the mistakes on herself, but she also slapped Empress Dowager Ci'an fiercely, so even Ci'an's expression changed.

Chen Manrou took the eldest princess's hand, and continued: "I know that the eldest princess is concerned about the succession, so once Concubine Shu enters the palace, the eldest princess will help Concubine Shu a lot. Call Concubine Shu your aunt, right?"

The eldest princess nodded with embarrassment. When Concubine Shu didn't enter the palace, she pretended to be her aunt.After entering the harem, the two of them get along in private, Concubine Shu also calls herself aunt every time.After a long time, the eldest princess's feelings towards Concubine Shu are more inclined to her mother's younger sister, rather than her father's emperor's concubine.

Therefore, after Concubine Shu cried and complained in the past, she became dissatisfied with Chen Manrou, and then recklessly came to intercede.

Chen Manrou's face was heavy, but her heart was full of joy. Originally, she thought that it would take a big opportunity to separate the eldest princess and concubine Shu.She had thought it all over, maybe this matter would be delayed until Concubine Shu was pregnant.

Unexpectedly, because Concubine Shu had lost her palace power, she was in a panic and made such a foolish trick.

Sure enough, smart people are not smart all the time.Concubine Shu took control of the palace power as soon as she entered the palace, and now she couldn't let it go, so she basically ignored other things, and made a good move, but she was forced to ruin it by herself.

After what happened before, Chen Manrou no longer wants to be intimate with the eldest princess.It's just that the Eldest Princess is a character anyway, and she absolutely doesn't want the Eldest Princess to go to Concubine Shu's side.Now Concubine Xian is suppressed as soon as she enters the palace, and Concubine Shu is not restrained by anyone, she has been a little too flamboyant these days.

Since Concubine Xian can't get out, Concubine Shu's backer must also be pressed down.As for Concubine Xian after she was released, with such a big stain as before, Concubine Xian probably won't be able to jump around for a while.Even if she can jump up and down, there will be other ways to suppress her by then.

"According to Ai's family's wishes, the nuns around the eldest princess are really bad-hearted. Ai's family handed over the eldest princess to them. They didn't say that they tried their best to teach the eldest princess some things, but they let Concubine Shu take advantage of the loopholes." , It's really too hateful!"

The Empress Dowager Ci'an said angrily, and Chen Manrou apologized: "This concubine was negligent. I only thought that those people stayed one after another, but I didn't expect..."

"It's not your fault." The Empress Dowager Ci'an said aggrievedly, in fact, she wanted to say that it was your fault.But when he thought that he was the one who held the eldest princess by his side before, he couldn't justly accuse Chen Manrou.

The eldest princess wanted to intercede for her foster mother, after all, that was the person arranged by her mother during her lifetime.

But the eldest princess is also a smart person, she just thought about it for a while, and she understood the position of those nuns.Although she is the daughter of the queen mother, if she gets married, she will belong to someone else's family.Concubine Shu is another hope of the Zhu family.

At the beginning, the queen mother was afraid that the mother-in-law would be careless, or that the slaves would bully the master in the future, so those family members who raised the mother-in-law were all controlled by the Zhu family.At this moment, the attitudes of the nuns are, in fact, reasonable.

It's just that it's a bit difficult to understand.

"After all, they have served their granddaughter for several years." The eldest princess hugged the Empress Dowager Ci'an's arm, and said with a little sadness: "It is also the person left by the mother to the granddaughter. If the granddaughter disposes of it all at once, it will inevitably make people feel chilling." The imperial grandmother loves her granddaughters, so let's keep them for now."

The Empress Dowager Ci'an sighed, and poked the princess' forehead with her hand: "You are just too soft-hearted."

The eldest princess leaned on the Empress Dowager Ci'an with reddish eyes.Seeing that she couldn't get in the conversation, Chen Manrou counted the time and saw that Xiao Si would be out of school soon, so she quickly got up and left.Ci'an will not keep Chen Manrou, and the eldest princess will not let Chen Manrou see her jokes right now, so Chen Manrou came out of Ci'an Palace soon.

In Zhongcui Palace, Concubine Hua is sitting on the couch looking at the chessboard, on which the black chess pieces and the white chess pieces occupy one side.Lin Lang stood aside, occasionally looking at the teacup in Concubine Hua's hand, and then replaced the cold tea.

Pearl hurried in and whispered something in Concubine Hua's ear.Concubine Hua raised her eyebrows slightly, and threw the chess piece aside: "The news is true?"

"Yes, empress, the Eldest Princess is still in Ci'an Palace right now, and Nanny Ping from Ci'an Palace personally went to Xisan Institute to scold those nuns who are being educated." Pearl nodded affirmatively.The corners of Concubine Hua's mouth were slightly curved, her eyebrows and eyes were sharp: "It seems that our empress is really not to be underestimated."

Lin Lang was a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, why is the Empress Dowager so powerful? What does it have to do with the Empress Empress being scolded for the eldest princess' nurturing mother?"

"You're just stupid." Concubine Hua poked Lin Lang's forehead with a smile, but it was because of her stupidity that she was so relieved of her.

"We let Crown Prince Yuan act like that before to test the status of the Empress Empress in the harem. After all, if a Empress Empress who is not in power speaks without weight, we don't have to worry about her in the future. If her words have weight , we have to curry favor with the empress for the time being."

"It's just that I didn't expect that this queen empress is really powerful. With this incident, she knocked down Concubine Shu at once, divided Concubine Shu's palace power, beat Concubine Hui and Concubine De by the way, and then It also alienated the Eldest Princess and Concubine Shu, and finally provoked the attitude of the Eldest Princess towards the nuns, it can be said to kill four birds with one stone."

Concubine Hua said with a smile in her voice: "In turn, I used this palace completely. This ability cannot be underestimated."

Lin Lang looked shocked: "The empress is so smart?"

Concubine Hua thought for a while, then suddenly clapped her hands and laughed: "I still underestimated the Empress Empress. This time, there is another gain, which I didn't count just now!"

Lin Lang asked stupidly: "Is there another gain? Madam, what is the other gain or loss?"

"Who asked the empress to disperse the power of the palace?" Concubine Hua's eyes fluttered, and there was a bit of deep meaning in her words and smiles: "Who took over the responsibility of raising the eldest princess?"

"If one thing is the empress dowager's negligence, then two things have happened, the empress dowager must show some performance, either she chooses not to intercede with the concubine Xian, or she will never intervene in the affairs of the harem for a while, our Empress, you are really calculating."

Chen Manrou is filial, and took all kinds of mistakes on herself. The queen mother is wronged. No matter how much she wants to release the concubine Xian, or ask Chen Manrou to hand over the palace power, it will be too late to speak again. up.

Unless, the empress dowager doesn't want that fig leaf anymore, and she has to tell the world openly that she wants to fight for power with her daughter-in-law, and she wants to support her natal family in an open and honest manner.The Empress Dowager loves power, but she didn't say it was bad face.

And the emperor is not a fool, he must be aware of Chen Manrou's grievances.Then, feeling ashamed of Chen Manrou in her heart, she would naturally value this kind and filial empress more.

Well, in this way, in this matter, the Queen has really killed seven birds with one stone.The one who can rise from the concubine position of the second rank to the empress position is indeed a smart person.It seems that I should not act rashly for the time being.

If you're not sure, it's best not to confront the empress.Otherwise, he would end up with Concubine Xian Shu.

(End of this chapter)