Don't be a salted fish, the daily life of the concubine in the palace

The princess' heart skipped a beat.

This clear idea, like a wildfire, burned fiercely in my heart and could not be stopped.

"Master, you don't look well. Are you scared?" Nanny Liu's worried voice rang out, breaking the princess's thoughts.

The princess woke up as if from a dream.

The princess quickly turned the Buddhist beads in her hand, feeling very upset. She was the legitimate wife of the King of Yan, how could she have such a terrible thought? She actually hoped that the King of Yan would die?

Amitabha, sin, sin, sin.

The princess suppressed the terrible thought and felt deeply annoyed. The Buddhist beads in her hand moved quickly on the ground, but her steps as she walked out of the yard slowed down unconsciously.

"Princess, do you want to inform the two young masters of the Imperial College about the assassination of the prince?" asked Matron Liu.

The princess moved her Buddhist beads and said, "No. Your Majesty is blessed by heaven and will be safe. Cheng Ke and Cheng Zhen should focus on their studies and not be distracted."

The carriage was already harnessed, and the princess led her people to the Ministry of War to visit. At least in front of the world, she had to play the role of a caring wife and maintain her good image as the wife of the royal palace.

...

The princess left through the main gate.

As soon as he stepped out of the door, Li Yao's crying voice came from behind him: "Mother! Mother, Yao'er also wants to go see father."

There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. The eight-year-old Li Yao naturally knew that the life and death of the Prince of Yan was uncertain. Li Yao was very worried and ran to the door holding her skirt, just in time to meet the princess who was leaving.

Li Yao wants to go with us.

The princess said impatiently: "Stay at home."

Li Yao's eyes were filled with tears: "But..."

The princess frowned unhappily: "Your elder brother and younger brother are studying hard in the Imperial College, and you go to your father and pretend to be filial. Who are you doing this for?"

Li Yao stayed where she was, her face blank.

She was just worried about her father's injury and wanted to go see him. Why did her mother say that she was "pretending to be filial"?

The princess ignored him and left.

Li Yao rubbed the tears from her eyes. Although she was only eight years old, she had clearly sensed her mother's alienation and indifference since she had experienced food poisoning.

It seemed as if her mother didn't want her anymore.

Li Yao lowered her head in disappointment and slowly walked towards her boudoir. As she walked, Li Yao saw Shen Wei, Rong Mama and Cai Lian sitting in the pavilion in the front yard. In the pavilion, Shen Wei was "anxiously" looking forward to it, looking towards the door every once in a while.

Li Yao ran over, raised her head and asked, "Aunt Shen, are you waiting for father too?"

Shen Wei nodded: "Yes."

Li Yao's eyes were filled with tears. She sat down on the stone bench beside her and said to Ye: "Aunt Shen, Yao'er will wait with you. Yao'er will be relieved when she sees that father has returned safely."

The two of them waited in the front yard.

By the afternoon, King Yan had not yet shown up.

The princess was away, the prince's life or death was uncertain, and the whole palace was in a panic, with rumors spreading. This made the rich steward of the palace very tired. He sent people to maintain order in the palace and prepare arrangements for the prince to go home to recuperate.

In theory, the preparations for the prince's recovery, such as boiling medicine, cleaning the house, preparing clothes, purchasing medicinal materials, etc., were all supervised by the princess, the head of the family. But before the princess left the palace, she did not leave any instructions.

Fugui had to take over the mess and was exhausted.

When Fugui passed by the pavilion in the front yard, he saw Shen Wei and Li Yao and hurried over to greet his two masters. Shen Wei saw the sweat on Fugui's forehead and asked, "Master Fugui, where are you going?"

Fugui wiped his sweat and said, "I am just about to send someone to the pharmacy to buy some medicines to remove toxins and nourish the body. The Imperial Hospital just sent the prescription. Oh, I am really busy."

Shen Wei said, "Madame Rong in my courtyard is very experienced. Let Liuli Pavilion do the preparations for the prince's recovery. Is that okay?"

Rong Mama was quite good at handling things, and immediately took over the task: "General Manager Fugui, let me do this, you can focus on other things, don't worry. The prince was assassinated, and the rumors in the palace still need General Manager Fugui to suppress them."

Fugui certainly understood Rong Mama's abilities, and thanked Shen Wei repeatedly: "Thank you, Master Shen!"

Fugui wiped his sweat and kindly reminded: "It's hot outside, Master Shen is pregnant, she should go back to the yard to rest."

Shen Wei sighed and looked towards the entrance of the palace with a worried look: "I can't go to the Ministry of War to visit you. I can only wait here for the prince to return. I won't feel relieved until I see that the prince is safe."

Fugui sighed in his heart, saying that a friend in need is a friend indeed. This time when the Prince of Yan was shot, the concubines ignored him and the princess was perfunctory, but Shen Wei was the only one who was devoted to him.

Fugui still had a lot of things to deal with, so he left quickly.

The weather was not too hot in the afternoon. Shen Wei fanned herself with a silk fan, took a sip of tea, and then looked towards the door regularly.

The old nanny who served Li Yao looked around and finally found Li Yao in the pavilion in the front yard. The old nanny said with concern: "Sister Yao, it's hot outside, you should go back to the yard and wait."

Li Yao shook her head and said firmly: "I want to wait for my father to return with Aunt Shen."

The old lady looked at Shen Wei.

Shen Wei looked listless, with slightly swollen eyes. It was obvious that she was as concerned about King Yan as Li Yao.

The old nanny was sent by the queen to take care of Li Yao. Seeing Shen Wei's actions, she was even more amazed. Although Shen Wei was a concubine, she was full of affection. It was a great blessing for the King of Yan to have such a good woman.

The old nanny felt relieved to leave Li Yao with Shen Wei, and turned to leave.

...

The Ministry of War meeting hall.

The Prince of Yan and the Prince of Heng were assassinated, and the meeting hall was temporarily used as a place for healing. Imperial doctors flocked to treat the injuries of the two noble princes.

The Prince of Yan was stabbed in the left shoulder by an arrow and fell into a coma.

Prince Heng was stabbed in the thigh, the wound was very shallow, but he remained conscious.

The treatment was timely, and the toxins in the Prince of Yan's wound were cleared. He was fine, but he hadn't woken up yet. The Crown Prince came over after hearing the news. He stared at the awakened Prince Heng with cold eyes: "You did it?"

Prince Heng shrugged, looking helpless: "Brother Crown Prince, today's assassination was not done by me! I really want my second brother to die, but I will only do it when my second brother is alone."

Prince Heng felt that he was innocent.

Today, he and the Prince of Yan went to the Ministry of War together, and they were walking along the road peacefully. Who knew that two cold arrows would suddenly appear in the dark, and both were aimed at the Prince of Yan, not at him, the Prince of Heng.

The second brother of Prince Yan, who was always brave and good at fighting, was easily stabbed in the shoulder by a cold arrow, and the tiger guards who escorted Prince Yan all the way were completely unaware of it!

King Heng seriously suspected that the assassination of King Yan today was staged by himself! After all, to capture the three cities of Yue, a reasonable excuse for launching an army was needed - what better excuse is there than the assassin of Yue to murder King Yan?

In fact, this move by the Prince of Yan was a plan that killed two birds with one stone. First, he had an excuse to start a war; second, he could put the blame on the Prince of Heng who was traveling with him.

Prince Yan was injured, but Prince Heng was intact, so Prince Heng is the biggest suspect.

So when the case happened, King Heng thought about the cause and effect in an instant. He immediately picked up the poisoned arrow on the ground and stabbed himself in the thigh, pretending that he was also assassinated.

Cleared himself of suspicion.

Prince Heng shook the white jade fan in his hand, his phoenix eyes filled with resentment, and said sarcastically: "The assassins from Yue State assassinated the two princes of Qing State. Our Great Qing State has more excuses to start a rebellion."