Harem for a living

Chapter 210

In the morning when everyone came to pay their respects, Chen Manrou took the opportunity to talk about Concubine Hui and the rest, and praised Concubine Hui and others for their filial piety: "I am very grateful to Concubine Hui and the others. If they hadn't helped take care of the Queen Mother, I would have My son must have been devastated."

Concubine De smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you don't need to praise them too much. It is their duty to serve the Empress Dowager, and it is also their duty to share the worries for the Empress Dowager. , the concubine is also very willing to serve the empress dowager."

The year before last, the Zhang family was finally ransacked.The emperor is not a fickle person, and the affairs of the former dynasty will not involve his women in the harem, so the Concubine De was not affected too much.It's just that the emperor doesn't want the affairs of the previous dynasty to be involved in the harem, but the harem is still related to the former dynasty. It is absolutely impossible for a woman who has lost her natal family to dominate the harem, even if she is deeply loved by the emperor. Doting is also about lifeless enjoyment.What's more, Concubine De was not very favored in the past.

Coupled with the fact that Concubine De is devoted to her adopted daughter, Concubine De has deeply realized that she will never have children in this life. Therefore, the relationship between mother and daughter is not bad, and Concubine De is also very happy. I am willing to plan for my adopted daughter.

Combining various reasons, Concubine De no longer bosses Chen Manrou around when she first entered the palace. A little emotion, so that my daughter can have a backer in the future.

As for why she chose the fourth prince as her backer, Concubine De said that she just short-circuited her head occasionally, and she wasn't a fool. People who grew up in a big family couldn't even see this situation?

Besides, even if something happened to the queen's line in the future, the fourth prince would no longer be able to be her backer, and she had no son, only one princess, so it would be easy to find another backer.Even if there is no backing, the daughter's husband's family will be powerful in the future, so there is no need to worry too much.

But if the daughter wants to have a good husband, it depends on Chen Manrou's strength in the future, so she came back again. For the sake of her daughter, Concubine De can only temporarily choose the Queen's line.

"Sister De Concubine is right. In fact, the concubine also wants to do her part of filial piety." Concubine Jin said with a smile on the side: "However, the Empress Dowager probably despises my concubine for being clumsy and clumsy."

"I know that you all have filial piety, and I will definitely tell the queen mother about your filial piety when I turn back." Chen Manrou also laughed, and then turned to look at Concubine De: "The second princess is 14 years old this year, right? "

Concubine De was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded: "The empress has a good memory, Yihe is indeed 14 years old this year."

"Well, it's time to find someone else." Chen Manrou nodded with a smile, thought for a while and said, "I have a roster here, take it back and have a look, if you like it, tell me that you are the second The princess's mother and concubine, this matter must be done properly."

"Yes, empress, I will pay attention." Concubine De quickly got up and saluted, Chen Manrou sighed: "In a blink of an eye, it is time for the second princess to get married. These years, Concubine De has also worked hard. Raising the second and sixth princesses When you grow up, it is considered a great achievement, and after all the hard work and hard work, the emperor and this palace will not treat you badly in the future."

Concubine De's eyes flashed, and she immediately thought of the previous rumors. It seems that the position of imperial concubine has been vacant for too many years?If I have all the credit and hard work, does that mean that I can also fight for the position of noble concubine?
The position of the fourth concubine is only myself and Concubine Hui. If the normal procedure is followed, the candidates for the concubine must be selected from among myself and Concubine Hui.If the empress were more generous, it would be fine for the two concubines to fill in, but this is unlikely.

Below the queen is the imperial concubine, and below the imperial concubine is the imperial concubine.As for the imperial concubine, unless the queen is in bed for a long time and no one in the palace exercises the power of the queen, this will only appear.Now that the queen is in good health, the one closest to the queen is the imperial concubine.

If the position that has been vacant all year round suddenly needs to be filled, there is a [-]% chance that only one will be promoted.This is also the way to balance, because if two concubines go up, it is possible for the two concubines to join forces to deal with the queen.

Not only Concubine De was moved, but the rest of the people were also moved.They knew that they were unlikely to get the position of noble concubine, but there were still two vacancies for the fourth concubine, not enough for the eighth concubine, and there were still many vacancies for the third rank Zhaoyi.

However, the next moment, Chen Manrou poured cold water on her: "I just saw the draft list yesterday. There are quite a lot of people in this draft. There are more than 200 people in the primary election alone. In the reelection, There are also more than 100 people, those people will be staying in Chonghua Palace from tomorrow on.”

After a pause, Chen Manrou looked sideways at Concubine Jin and Concubine Cheng: "Wait a minute, you two go to arrange the room layout of Chonghua Palace. If there is anything inappropriate, tell me as soon as possible. This is the list for the draft. Take it back and have a look."

Although the show girls are all arranged in the Chonghua Palace, the directions are different and the rooms are also different.Showgirls with higher status can naturally live in a better room, and those with lower status can only condescend.

There is only one reason why Chen Manrou sent out the draft list - to make everyone feel a sense of crisis.Because Cao Lingyu, the daughter of first-class Duke Cao Guogong, is also on the draft list.This is the one with the highest status, followed by Guo Baozhu, the daughter of the first-class Hou Guohou, Jiang Xiuer, the daughter of the first-class Hou Jiang, and Tian Tianer, the daughter of the second-class Hou Tian.

Back then, Concubine De was the daughter of the Duke of England, and she was named Concubine De when she first entered the palace.At that time, the Duke of England did not have the Sacred Heart, and almost no one in the family was an official in court, except for the Duke of England.But Cao Guogong is different now. This Cao Guogong is also very valued by the emperor. The Cao family, in addition to Cao Guogong, also Cao Guogong’s elder brother and younger brother are also officials in the court, and the family is clean, a hundred times better than the British government. .

In other words, Duke Cao's daughter is a head taller than Concubine De.

In addition, the situation at this moment cannot be compared with that at the beginning.Back then, the emperor didn't have that much power to speak in the harem, and with Ci Ning in control of the harem, the emperor could only try his best to win a few places.

But now, the emperor and queen have the final say in the harem.

If Cao Guogong's daughter is really good, it is not impossible for her to be a noble concubine at the beginning.

Of course, Cao Lingyu will not necessarily stay in the palace.But without Cao Lingyu, there are Guo Baozhu, Jiang Xiuer and Tian Tianer.These few are also qualified to be concubines. They are concubines when they enter the palace for the first time, but they will be able to be promoted to concubines next year when they arrive at Jinfeng.

According to the usual practice, high-status show girls will be selected in a ratio of four to one.In other words, Cao Lingyu, Guo Baozhu, Jiang Xiu'er, and Tian Tian'er had a [-]% chance that one of them would be left behind.

Just one, it is possible to occupy the position of the imperial concubine.

Chen Manrou saw that Concubine Jin had taken the brochure, turned her head and smiled at Meng Jieyu: "Xiao Liu is also six years old this year, do you think he should go to Chongwen Museum in the first half of the year, or wait for the second half of the year?"

In fact, honestly, the sixth prince did not celebrate his sixth birthday until November at the end of the year.

Meng Jieyu hurriedly stood up and saluted, and said in a somewhat embarrassed way: "I originally planned to let Xiaoliu go to the Chongwen Museum in the first half of the year, but it's already May..."

"As long as you are willing to let Xiaoliu go, even in June, you can go." Chen Manrou interrupted her, thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, let's go in August, the weather will be good at that time, and the autumn will be crisp and refreshing. Save Xiao Liu from suffering."

"Yes, my concubine, thank you for your kindness." Meng Jieyu hurriedly saluted, and Chen Manrou waved her hand: "Don't thank me, too, and let the sixth prince study hard with my husband later. There is also a set of four treasures of the study here in this palace. The emperor rewarded it, and I will send someone to send it to you later, so that you can enlighten Xiaoliu."

Meng Jieyu's face turned red, she hesitated for a long time, then lowered her head and said, "I don't know many words, I'm afraid I can't enlighten Xiaoliu." She wanted to enlighten her own son, but I'm not capable enough, I'm afraid I'll delay my son.

Meng Jieyu was the son of the Meng family back then, and Meng Qianqian was suspicious, so she didn't mention teaching the maids around her to read.Although Meng Jieyu has been willing to study for so many years, she has no good teachers, so she can only learn a few words by herself.

I can speak, read and read, but I cannot write.After all, things like writing and writing can't be done without a few years of practice.

Although out of the state of illiteracy, there is still a thousand miles away from being knowledgeable.She had thought about enlightening Xiao Liu a long time ago, but there was no empress in her palace, and after she experienced what happened to Concubine Li, she was always worried that others would harm her son, so she kept looking for it. I am completely worried about entrusting my son to others.

So, after such a delay, it has been delayed until now.If Chen Manrou hadn't brought up the matter of going to school, she would probably have to drag it on.

Chen Manrou was also silent, she almost thought that all the women in the harem were talented.After thinking about it, Chen Manrou sighed: "Then you let the sixth prince come to this palace, and this palace happens to enlighten Xiao Ba."

Meng Jieyu nodded quickly: "Thank you, Empress, I will have someone send the sixth prince in when I go back." In any case, with her status, it would be possible to wait until all the princes except Xiaoliu were dead before she would be able to return. The possibility of winning the throne, so at this moment, there is no need to be wary of the queen.

Qi Xiuyi heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince is also five years old, look..."

Chen Manrou's eyes lit up, Qi Xiuyi was very knowledgeable, and when she dozed off, she immediately sent her a pillow.If it was possible, she really didn't want to enlighten the sixth prince. In the future, if the sixth prince studies well, it means that the sixth prince is smart. If he doesn't study well, it might be that she, the aunt, didn't teach well.

However, as a aunt, it is her duty to enlighten the sixth prince.Therefore, Chen Manrou had no choice but to agree after Meng Jieyu spoke.But now, Qi Xiuyi spoke, and the result was different.

"By the way, it's time for the Seventh Prince to be enlightened. If that's the case, then the Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince should be enlightened together. The Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince are similar, and they happen to study together." Chen Manrou said with a smile, paused, and added: "In this way, it will be difficult for me to enlighten them. How about this, I will discuss with the emperor later, and let the emperor send someone to enlighten them two."

When the words fell to the ground, disappointment flashed across Meng Jieyu's eyes, but Qi Xiuyi was still smiling, and stood up to salute Chen Manrou: "Then I would like to thank the empress."

(End of this chapter)