Harem for a living

Chapter 220

Even if the emperor pledged the lives of all the imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital, the Empress Dowager Ci'an still did not wake up, not for a day, but for three consecutive days.Tang Wan'er cried heart-piercingly, expressing that she would stay by the bedside and serve tea and water for the empress dowager to feed ginseng soup.

The emperor was so disturbed by the quarrel, thinking that the empress still had to manage official affairs and take care of Xiao Si, so she complied with Tang Wan'er's request and asked Tang Wan'er to move to the side hall of the Ci Ning Palace, taking care of the Empress Dowager Ci'an every step of the way.

Chen Manrou no longer brings concubines to Ci'an Palace to pay her respects, but instead brings the princes and princesses.Every morning, a team of princes and a team of princesses followed Chen Manrou to the Ci'an Palace.

Regardless of whether the Empress Dowager Ci'an could see it or not, a group of princes and princesses would kowtow to pay their respects.Then, Chen Manrou would leave behind the second princess, the third princess, the fourth princess and her own little fifth, so that the younger generation would serve the sick, which is also a filial piety.

On the fourth day, Chen Manrou always felt a little uneasy.Seeing that the time was almost up, it was time to ask for greetings. He was about to call someone to leave, but suddenly he saw Manager Ming running in with a panicked face: "Madam, it's not good, something big happened in the previous court!"

Chen Manrou stood up instantly, her face pale: "Is something wrong with the emperor?"

Manager Ming shook his head, Chen Manrou breathed a sigh of relief, and laughed at himself for his reaction. The emperor has been sitting on the throne for more than ten years, and the three thorn-headed princes have been trained to behave. Such things as usurpation.

"What's going on?" Chen Manrou asked in a deep voice, steadying her mind. Manager Ming gasped for breath twice, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said quickly: "Master Tang wrote a booklet, saying that the reason why the queen mother is unconscious I woke up because I was suppressed by people."

"Suppressing Nightmare?" Chen Manrou was startled for a moment. She thought that she would never encounter such a thing in her life as a puppet and stick a talisman on it. Unexpectedly, she encountered one at this moment.

Since it is said that the Empress Dowager Ci'an was suppressed, there must be a puppet, and even if there is no puppet, there must be a talisman.With all the tools for committing a crime, there must be a perpetrator.The Empress Dowager Ci'an has no enemies. Her close relatives, from the emperor to the prince, if they have enemies, they will basically not implicate her.

After all, the enemy of the emperor or the prince will basically be involved in the previous dynasty.As for the people in the previous dynasty, it didn't do much good to kill a harem woman.As for the people in the harem, usually they would attack the concubine or the prince and daughter, who would attack the queen mother?
If you think about it this way, the scope of the perpetrators will be narrowed.Who doesn't know that Empress Dowager Ci'an is most dissatisfied with Chen Manrou, the empress?He often finds faults for nothing, or makes some problems, or is physically punished. In the entire harem, there is no one with more motivation than Chen Manrou.

Chen Manrou's heart turned cold, she stared at Director Ming, and asked word by word: "Master Tang?"

"Uncle Yuan Zhongyong's clan brother." Manager Ming said in a low voice, Chen Manrou bit her lip, which made it clear that this game was aimed at her.Since they positioned themselves as the perpetrators, they must have some stolen evidence.

Chen Manrou took a deep breath, comforted herself not to be nervous, and at the same time called Lichun: "You search the Yongshou Palace thoroughly, and if there is anything that doesn't match, bring it to me immediately."

Fortunately, her things in Yongshou Palace, even a pillow and a teapot, are all recorded in the account book.When she first entered the palace, she had this good habit of keeping a clear record of all her belongings, no matter whether they were rewarded by others or rewarded by herself, for the convenience of future reference.

In the past, when Concubine Hu framed her, she avoided it because of this account book.This time, she still gave some hope to her account books.After ordering Lichun, Chen Manrou ordered Manager Ming again: "Take people and search through all the places where the soil has been moved in Yongshou Palace since January. Third class eunuch."

Manager Ming agreed, and immediately called Xiao Xizi, Xiao Lezi and others. These are Chen Manrou who followed Chen Manrou before she became queen, and they are all very reliable people, so there is no need to worry about being hidden during the search. something.

Chen Manrou walked up and down the room anxiously, thinking about all the confrontation between herself and Tang Wan'er this year, as well as all the people who came to Yongshou Palace, who were most likely to put down their stolen goods. again.

She usually makes the Yongshou Palace like an iron bucket, but whenever someone comes to the Yongshou Palace, she will let the people around her follow him every step of the way until that person leaves.And Chen Manrou would never leave any concubine with her alone, even if it was something important, she had to keep a good eye on her.

So after thinking for a long time, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she didn't bury something in her Yongshou Palace, she would have a chance of survival.

After Li Chun and Manager Ming came to report, Chen Manrou was even more relieved.However, she didn't worry about it for long.Because the emperor brought people over, the emperor was followed by Tang Wan'er with a face of resentment, and a group of concubines who were watching the show.

"Rou'er." The emperor yelled as usual when he entered the door. Chen Manrou looked up at the emperor while saluting: "Why is the emperor here now? Is the morning court over? Can the emperor have breakfast?"

In the past few days, after the emperor left the court, he would go to the Ci'an Palace first, so Chen Manrou was going to be surprised at this moment.According to her observation, the emperor didn't have any particularly angry expression on his face, that is to say, the emperor believes in himself?Or was it not him who was framed by the Tang family?

Regarding the last guess, Chen Manrou said that it was really the sun coming out from the west.

"I came here because I have something to ask you." The emperor pursed his lips, sat down on one of the chairs, bent his fingers and tapped the back of the chair twice, looked at Chen Manrou and asked, "I ask you, half a child!" A month ago, after Yi An entered the palace, did he come to you first, and then went to Ci'an Palace?"

Chen Manrou nodded. The eldest princess seldom entered the palace this year, either living in Zhuangzi, or fasting in that temple for a few days.Half a month ago, on the eldest princess's birthday, Chen Manrou gave him something, and then the eldest princess entered the palace to thank her.

The relationship between the eldest princess and Concubine Zhu is not very good now. After the eldest princess entered the palace, she went to the Yongshou Palace to thank her, and then went to the Ci'an Palace, and then left the palace immediately. The whole process did not exceed two hours. .

"Master Zheng made a note today, saying that someone reported a temple outside the city for practicing witchcraft." The emperor paused for a moment, probably not knowing what to say, but Chen Manrou immediately came to his senses.

First I asked about the princess, and then I talked about a temple.Before, the eldest princess often went to that temple to burn incense and worship Buddha because of what her cousin said.If that temple is not clean, then the eldest princess may have made...

The more Chen Manrou thought about it, the more frightened she became. Could it be possible that this plan was to beat the princess to death with a stick?

Thinking about it, Chen Manrou turned her head to look at Tang Wan'er.It is clear in my heart, yes, if I fall from power and give birth to Concubine Zhu who is the Ninth Prince, she may be the next Empress.After all, Concubine Zhu stood behind the Zhu family, supported by the Eldest Princess, and had a prince.

From the fourth concubine to the eighth concubine, the highest ranking ones, Concubine Hui has no son, Concubine De has no son, and Concubine Cheng's son is not her own, so Concubine Zhu's status can be considered. Concubine is even the most promising one.

If Tang Wan'er wanted to ascend to the next position, she had to get rid of Concubine Zhu.This strategy is really vicious, killing two birds with one stone, killing herself and Concubine Zhu, she has three points of confidence, for this three points, Tang Wan'er must be very willing to take risks.

"Your Majesty?" Chen Manrou withdrew her gaze and looked at the Emperor suspiciously. The Emperor turned the wrench on his hand and was about to speak when Tang Wan'er screamed next to him, "Queen! I misread you. You actually acted together with me for your own sake. The eldest princess suppresses the nightmare and the empress dowager!"

Weirdly, Chen Manrou breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted twice in her heart—she said it out!She really spoke up!She actually said it!She finally spoke out!

Chen Manrou was shocked, and her face was furious: "Tang Zhaorong! What did you say? Do you dare to say it again?"

"What am I afraid to say? If you dare to do it, I dare to say it!" Tang Wan'er raised her chin high, and looked at Chen Manrou with disdain: "It's you, because you resented that the Empress Dowager didn't like you, so you and Daddy Let the princess suppress the nightmare of the empress dowager together!"

The corners of Chen Manrou's mouth twitched. How did this godlike logic come about?However, if the strategy is used properly this time, maybe the two eagles, himself and the eldest princess, can really be shot down.

Judging by Tang Wan'er's usual IQ, she probably couldn't think of such a good solution, let alone the Empress Dowager Ci'an.In ancient times, witches and Gu were always regarded as snakes and scorpions, not to mention doing it, but occasionally mentioning it would be trembling.

It's about her personal safety, surely the Empress Dowager Ci'an won't take any risks, right?No matter how important she valued the Tang family, it was definitely not as important as her own.

So, there is an expert behind the Tang family?Is it the help of the Tang family, or the enemy of himself or the eldest princess?
Chen Manrou turned her head quickly, and looked at Tang Wan'er with a sneer: "Tang Zhaorong, you have to use evidence to speak. If you say that this palace and the eldest princess suppressed the queen mother, then you have to show the evidence. Otherwise, this palace will punish you." You are a crime of framing!"

Chen Man shivered softly, and was secretly evaluating whether the frequency of her shaking was high enough, when she felt her fingers were being grabbed.Turning around, I saw that the emperor was looking at her comfortingly, and gently patted the back of her hand: "Rou'er, don't be in a hurry, of course I have to investigate this matter thoroughly, Rou'er has never done it before, Then no one can wrong you and Yi An."

Chen Manrou immediately put on a deeply moved look, this time it was Tang Wan'er's turn to get angry, she turned pale with anger, glared at Chen Manrou fiercely, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, now you still want to Protect her? The empress dowager hasn't come to her senses yet."

The emperor tilted his head and looked at Tang Wan'er with cold eyes: "I haven't investigated who did this kind of thing, Tang Zhaorong, you should also be careful when you speak, and don't just take people you don't like as a scapegoat. "

Chen Manrou applauded the emperor in her heart, she was not overwhelmed by anger, the emperor's rationality was evident.Now it is pointed out that Tang Zhaorong is not pleasing to the eyes of the queen on weekdays. One shows that Tang Zhaorong has no rules on weekdays, and the other shows that Tang Zhaorong has a reason for blaming the queen.

On weekdays, watching the emperor love the harem is lukewarm, but unexpectedly, when the critical moment comes, the emperor is a real man!

"Your Majesty, do we still need evidence? Isn't everything obvious?" Tang Wan'er looked at the Emperor sadly, her eyes were red, she pressed a handkerchief on the corners of her eyes twice, and began to accuse.

"The eldest princess must be very dissatisfied with the forehead that the empress dowager chose for the eldest princess. Since that incident, the eldest princess seldom went to Ci'an Palace in the past. Even if she went to Ci'an Palace, she often couldn't say it. A few words. Then, the Empress Dowager doesn’t like the Empress Dowager either, and the Empress Dowager holds a grudge, so she hit it off with the Eldest Princess, and the two of them will find a way to murder the Empress Dowager.”

Tang Wan'er began to cry, and the pear blossoms were crying with rain, just like her own mother died: "So, the eldest princess went to that temple, inquired about the method of suppressing others, and put the empress dowager in the temple. Didn’t the nun in the house also say that it was the eldest princess who gave her the birth date of the empress dowager? Then half a month ago when the eldest princess entered the palace, she gave the empress dowager something made of talisman paper. to be unconscious."

Chen Manrou was dumbfounded. It turned out that the whole story happened like this.

In modern times, Tang Wan'er might become a famous screenwriter. The plot of this story is well planned and reasonable.The perpetrator's means of committing the crime, the means of committing the crime, the time of committing the crime, the place of committing the crime, and the most important motive of committing the crime have all been arranged.

At this moment, Chen Manrou no longer felt afraid, but was a little bit ridiculous.If the empress dowager knew about Tang Wan'er's actions and cooperated, then it can only be said that the empress dowager is really great. She puts the interests of the family first and devotes herself to the family. She should be set as an example.

But if the empress dowager didn't know that Tang Wan'er did all of this, or that there was someone behind Tang Wan'er, she didn't know what the empress dowager's face would look like then.

She was looking forward to the day when Empress Dowager Ci'an would wake up.I hope that Tang Wan'er is not so mad that she even wants to kill her own aunt who loves her the most.

(End of this chapter)