Harem for a living

Chapter 183

Soon the emperor and the others came back from hunting. Chen Manrou went up to meet them, glanced at the prey dragged by the guards behind them with net bags, and smiled in surprise and admiration: "The emperor has really gained a lot this time. Give it to someone else."

"I don't keep this chip for myself." The emperor laughed, and pointed out: "You send these to the kitchen, and use them for dinner tonight. I will serve the wine and drink, and today I will have a good time with all my lovers." Get drunk!"

All the ministers and guards who followed applauded loudly, and the emperor asked people to count all kinds of prey. In the end, the winner was given to the Seventh Prince Feng Mingjing.

At the banquet in the evening, except for Chen Manrou who was with the emperor, the rest were seated separately for men and women.In the end, it was naturally Chen Manrou who served the emperor back to bed.The eyes of Concubine Xian, Concubine De and others were burning, but there was nothing they could do.Although the emperor drank, he was not drunk yet.

In the next few days, Chen Manrou can be regarded as out of the cage, either hunting with the emperor, or leading the women's army to a horse race, or holding a barbecue party with Xiaosi, or drawing and writing with an easel, the small days are leisurely. very.

However, no matter how much Chen Manrou didn't want to go back to the palace, the day to go back to the palace came quickly.After getting into the carriage, Chen Manrou still looked at the scenery outside reluctantly, feeling depressed, when the curtain of the carriage was lifted, the emperor came in, saw Chen Manrou's reluctance, and said with a smile: "If you like it, I will return it next year." bring you here."

"Really?" Chen Manrou was overjoyed, turned to look at the emperor, and stretched out her little finger: "The emperor means what he says?"

The emperor looked at Chen Manrou's finger, and suddenly burst out laughing. After laughing, he stretched out his finger, the little finger hooked with Chen Manrou's little finger, and the thumb pressed against Chen Manrou's finger: "Don't worry, I am the emperor!" , you keep your word, never lie, next year I will definitely bring you here."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I like you the most." Chen Manrou leaned her head and kissed the Emperor's face, then turned her head to look out the window with a flushed face, not looking at the playful smile on the Emperor's face.

When they arrived at Jingyun Gate, they saw Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui leading a group of concubines standing outside to welcome them.Chen Manrou lifted the curtain of the car, glanced left and right, and her heart sank. Standing behind Concubine Hui, Concubine Hua supported her waist with one hand and touched her belly with the other, with a happy smile on her face. Ninety-nine percent are pregnant!

Before myself, I missed a step!It didn't occur to her that Concubine Hua might not follow her to the paddock because she was pregnant!

"Welcome to the emperor, welcome to the empress." Seeing the emperor and Chen Manrou in the car, and everyone saluting together, the emperor just hummed, and Chen Manrou raised her hand to signal everyone to get up: "Everyone is interested."

Then, she turned to look at the emperor: "Your Majesty, let's go to Ci'an Palace first?"

"Okay." The emperor nodded. Chen Manrou put down the car curtain, glanced at Concubine Hua again, and smiled. This person must have wanted to tell the emperor earlier if he could appear at this moment. It would be great to go to her place at night, and by the way, you can give yourself, the queen, a show of authority. This idea is really clever.

Just, it's a pity.

Chen Manrou stretched out her hand to take the emperor's hand, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen Xiaowu for a while, so I really can't think about it. Later, I will cook by myself and cook some that the emperor and Xiaowu like to eat." Let’s talk to Xiao Wu together? Let Concubine Hui and the others bring the second princess, third princess, fourth princess, and fifth prince over, and let’s hold a small family banquet.”

Thinking of the clever and well-behaved little girl, the emperor smiled slightly, and replied with a smile: "Well, okay, the deer I hunted was also made by the way, and I used it together tonight."

The emperor attaches great importance to offspring, and when Chen Manrou talked about the family banquet, the emperor put his daughter and son first.Even if the emperor doesn't like the second princess very much on weekdays, he still hates iron but not steel. It doesn't mean that the emperor is not happy to see the second princess.

Chen Manrou also knew the emperor's heart, so she helped the emperor to confirm tonight's itinerary in advance.What is a Seder?A family banquet is a banquet for the male master and the female master plus a group of children. No matter how the concubines are, they cannot be regarded as the female master.

As for the Empress Dowager Ci'an, she is too old to eat venison.

After achieving the goal, Chen Manrou smiled with the corners of her mouth curled up.He scratched the emperor's palm with his fingers, and stared at the car door with a reddish face, which made the emperor laugh again.Such a queen, Zhuang Xianshu in front of outsiders, looks like a little girl in front of herself, she is really cute.

The Empress Dowager Ci'an had been guarding her for a long time, and when she saw the Emperor, she almost cried in her arms, "You've worked hard." I miss it, but the son brought good things to the mother."

"What good thing?" The Empress Dowager Ci'an asked curiously, the emperor smiled and said nothing, and Chen Manrou hurriedly picked up: "Empress Dowager, you don't know, as soon as the emperor arrived at the paddock, he wanted to hunt a silver coin with all his heart." Fox, I will make you a big fur coat. During this period of time, the emperor went out to look for silver foxes every day. By the day before yesterday, he had already hunted seven of them. It seemed that there would be eight of them, but he couldn't find the last one. "

Chen Manrou continued to speak vividly: "There are not enough eight, the emperor was very angry, and almost ordered that he would not come back for the time being. Later, even God was moved by the emperor's care, and today the emperor went out early in the morning. Unexpectedly, I really met a silver fox. The emperor was so happy, he immediately drew his bow and set up an arrow, and with such a whoosh sound, the arrow shot out, and then directly shot into the eyes of the silver fox, even a little No fur was hurt."

"My son really has a heart." The Empress Dowager Ci'an was very moved, and took the emperor's hand and sighed: "This fox must have been given to my son by God. My son is filial and capable, and he is also a wise king. To help my son."

The emperor also laughed: "If you can do your best for the mother, let alone a fox, even a tiger, a son can fight for the mother."

"What the empress said is really clear. Could it be that the empress followed the emperor?" The one above was being filial to the mother, and the concubine Shu suddenly spoke with a smile. Chen Manrou glanced sideways at Concubine Shu, a little surprised. Unexpectedly, The first one to jump out to find fault was Concubine Shu instead of Concubine Hua.

"Of course I didn't follow, but the emperor is a man of gold, and he must bring his guards with him when he goes out. I also heard what they said." Chen Manrou said with a smile: "Those people are also loyal. Yes, there is absolutely no possibility of telling lies, Concubine Shu, don't get me wrong."

It doesn't matter that Chen Manrou is telling lies, what matters is the emperor's reputation of filial piety.Therefore, Empress Dowager Ci'an's face darkened instantly, and she glared at Concubine Shu: "Concubine Shu's complexion is not good recently, is it because she is too tired to manage the palace affairs? This harem, after all, the queen is the mother of a country, so the palace affairs are still the queen. It's best to take care of it, Concubine Shu, quickly hand over the matter at hand to the Queen."

Concubine Shu's face turned pale, and she secretly glanced at Chen Manrou.Thinking that Chen Manrou doesn't like to deal with these things on weekdays, she should refuse.

But I didn't expect that Chen Manrou was not a fool, the queen mother said so herself, if she is still unwilling to take back the palace power, then she will not give the queen mother face.As for the empress dowager, she wants to be touched, so Chen Manrou just smiled and said: "The empress dowager loves her, so the concubine will take over."

The Empress Dowager Ci'an's complexion improved a bit, but when she turned her eyes, she saw Concubine Hua again, and immediately said with a smile: "My son, there is one more happy event that I haven't told you. Concubine Hua has been with you for more than two months. body."

"More than two months?" The emperor looked at Concubine Hua in the blink of an eye, and there was some joy in his eyes: "What did the imperial doctor say? Concubine Hua is in good health?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern." Concubine Hua got up shyly and saluted the Emperor: "The imperial doctor said that I am in good health, as long as I pay attention to it." Then, she looked at Chen Manrou with an apologetic expression: "It's just this concubine's paragraph." Time can't be tiring, a few days ago, the empress handed over the palace affairs to the concubine, and the concubine thought, since the empress empress has returned, then these palace affairs..."

Chen Manrou was about to say that you should hand it back, but the corner of her eyes immediately caught a smile on the corner of Concubine Hua's mouth.If Concubine Hua wants to hand it in, it is impossible to only say half of what she said, so, is there a trick?
Thoughts changed sharply, Chen Manrou didn't answer.Concubine Hua waited for a while and didn't get what she wanted to hear, so the smile on her face couldn't hold back. It's been a while, and the queen still hasn't answered, so she can't just let this half-sentence stop forever, right?
"This palace, I want to invite the empress..." Concubine Hua gritted her teeth and repeated, this time adding a few more words.With a flick of Chen Manrou's wrist, half a cup of tea in her hand was poured on her body. Behind her, Chu Yun hurriedly said, "Oh, ma'am, are you hot?"

Chen Manrou waved her hand: "It's okay, the tea is not too hot."

As he said that, he got up very embarrassed to salute the queen mother and the emperor: "I am rude, please ask the queen mother to allow my concubine to clean up the side hall."

"Go." The Empress Dowager Ci'an just smiled, Chen Manrou exited the door, and asked Chuyun to remove the tea stains on her clothes, because she didn't have any clothes for Huanxi, so the tea could only be wiped off with a handkerchief bit by bit Dry.

Chen Manrou waved her hand, and Chu Xia immediately went out with a wink.Ever since Chen Manrou's carriage entered Jingyun Gate, Li Qiu and Li Dong had been waiting, and they followed all the way to Ci'an Palace, and now they were waiting outside the gate.

Not long after, Chu Xia came back again, leaning into Chen Manrou's ear and whispering: "Your Majesty, Sister Lidong said that Concubine Hua came to Ci'an Palace every day a few days ago. She came out of Ci'an Palace to deal with things. It was dealt with afterwards."

That is to say, a few days ago, Concubine Hua had given her part of the palace power to Empress Dowager Ci'an.

If he had accepted the words just now, he would have directly confronted Ci'an.Ci'an has wanted to control the palace power for many years, and finally got some. If he wants to seize the flesh again, then, coupled with the fact that Concubine Hua is pregnant, I am afraid that Empress Dowager Ci'an will let the emperor go to Concubine Hua every day in the future up.

Even if she doesn't go to Concubine Hua's place, Concubine Hua will definitely get her wish tonight.The biggest help for the dismounting was originally waiting here.

(End of this chapter)