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

Shen Wei's younger brother is so capable!

The Queen was delighted, and the depression that had been accumulating in her heart for days dissipated.

She originally thought that promoting Shen Wei to be a concubine would be met with many obstacles. But now, Shen Wei's family has worked hard to obtain the best future for the whole family.

The Queen smiled widely, "Very good! Very good! I will discuss this with Your Majesty later and have the Ministry of Rites draw up a booklet!"

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The palace examination list was released, and Daqing Kingdom will welcome a new batch of officials. After the palace examination list was released, the Princess of Yan, who was supervising her children to write essays, also received a list of Jinshi.

The list of top scorers is very long.

But the princess only looked at the names of the top three in the first class: number one, Zhang Fenghua, from Yanjing; number two, Shen Xiuming, from Dingzhou in the south; and number three, Liu Zhang, from Yunzhou.

The princess glanced at it hastily and casually put the list of candidates on the desk.

The princess sighed and told the two children who were buried in their books: "Mother does not ask you to be as talented as the top scholar on the imperial examination, but only asks you to have a promising future. When you inherit your father's throne in the future, you will be known as a virtuous person, not a useless idiot."

As long as her son can be successful, she, as a mother, will be proud.

The two children held their brushes and concentrated on writing, and it was unclear whether they had taken the princess' words to heart.

"Princess." Nanny Liu walked into the study, "Tomorrow, Shen from Liuli Pavilion will hold a full moon banquet for the child."

The princess raised her eyebrows and twitched the Buddhist beads in her hand twice: "Clean up the east wing and let the child live there."

The princess hasn't had a baby in a long time.

Although she had many dissatisfactions with Shen Wei, the princess still had to put in enough effort to appear positive.

The princess will raise Shen Wei's daughter and give her enough food and drink, but she will not raise her in the same way as raising a legitimate daughter. After Shen Wei's daughter reaches the age of marriage, she can choose a family to marry her, which is also considered to be fulfilling the responsibilities of a mistress.

The princess sneered: "Giving birth to one child is not enough, Shen Shi had better give birth to more. This princess will raise the children for her."

Concubines were merely tools for the royal palace to expand.

Shen Wei, who was born as a peasant girl, could never climb to the position of princess no matter how successful she was.

Madam Liu echoed, "I'm afraid that Shen is hiding in the room crying secretly right now - who is outside?"

Nanny Liu keenly heard the footsteps outside the house. She hurried outside and saw Li Yao standing at the door.

Li Yao was holding a beautiful kite in her hand, staring blankly at Nanny Liu and the princess.

Seeing Li Yao's stunned look, the princess said coldly, "Cheng Ke and Cheng Zhen are studying hard, don't disturb them."

Li Yao pursed her pink lips, and a look of disappointment appeared on her face. Li Chengke and Li Chengzhen in the room only dared to glance at Li Yao secretly, fearing that they would be discovered by the princess, and quickly lowered their heads.

"Then...then Yao'er will leave first." Li Yao clutched the kite and turned around sullenly.

Seeing this, Madam Liu stepped forward and said, "Oh, Master Yao, are you going to Liuli Pavilion to look for Shen again? Master, please be more careful. Shen has her own biological daughter, so how can she care about you?"

Li Yao was stunned, with cool tears in her round eyes.

Now that Aunt Shen has her own daughter, does she no longer like Yao'er?

Li Yao thought about it carefully and realized that Aunt Shen had been very busy recently and the time she saw her was getting shorter and shorter.

"The princess is your biological mother, and only she treats you as her daughter. That Shen is just using you." Nanny Liu added fuel to the fire.

Li Yao lowered her head silently, feeling very aggrieved. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her little hands, and returned to her yard silently, clutching the kite.

Nanny Liu was secretly delighted.

The growing estrangement between Li Yao and Shen Wei is also beneficial to the princess.

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In Liuli Pavilion, Shen Wei is very busy.

Tomorrow is the baby's full moon banquet. Shen Wei is currently a concubine, but in the Prince of Yan's mansion, all concubines below the rank of concubine are "concubines", servants of the prince.

To the child’s full-month banquet, no nobles from Yanjing could be invited, so only the mistresses and concubines in the backyard of the palace could be invited.

Shen Wei was sorting out the newly bought ingredients when Cai Ping walked into the room to report, "Master, the dishes in the kitchen are ready. They are placed in the well water and will be cooked tomorrow morning. Sister Cai Lian has prepared all the cups, bowls and plates needed for the banquet. Master, don't worry, nothing will go wrong tomorrow."

Shen Wei nodded happily.

After a long period of training, the servants of Liuli Pavilion have become an extremely efficient work team. Shen Wei does not need to worry too much, Cailian and Caiping can already handle all matters in the yard for Shen Wei.

Cai Ping then told Shen Wei, "Master, the rich steward is here and has brought you two boxes of tribute spring tea. This spring tea is tribute from Nanchu to your majesty. Our Prince Yan's Mansion received five boxes. The prince gave two boxes to the master and one box to the princess."

Shen Wei put down the cloth, her eyes flickering, "The rich butler came in person to deliver something, I should see him out."

Shen Wei left the house and expressed her gratitude to Fugui who had brought her something. Shen Wei looked at Fugui and couldn't help but said, "Butler Fugui, I haven't seen you for a few days. You seem to be even more haggard."

The former wealthy steward was fat and round.

The current rich butler has lost a lot of weight, his skin is sagging, and he has dark circles under his eyes. His eyes are lifeless and haggard, and he looks like a classmate.

Fugui sighed and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "It's a busy spring, there are too many chores in the palace, this old servant's legs are almost broken from running, naturally I am haggard."

The princess has been getting more and more lazy lately. The maids and nannies around her are useless, and most of the housekeeping affairs in the palace are thrown to the rich butler.

Fugui was so exhausted that he became thinner and was in great pain.

Shen Wei said, "Mr. Fugui has worked hard. It just so happens that the people in my Liuli Pavilion are free. I will ask Rong Mama, Cai Lian and Jixiang to help you later."

Fugui waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no! Tomorrow is the young master's full moon banquet, how dare this old servant use Master Shen's people."

Shen Wei smiled and said, "Don't be polite, General Manager Fugui. Liuli Pavilion has a lot of people. Let Cailian and Jixiang help the father-in-law. They can also learn more."

Shen Wei plans to take away the princess's housekeeping power and make her power irrelevant. But managing the palace is not something that one person can do, and Shen Wei needs an experienced helper.

Rong Mama, Cai Lian and Jixiang were sent to assist the steward Fugui, which was also a way for them to accumulate experience.

Fugui was very smart. He thought about it and quickly figured out the cause and effect relationship.

Fugui bowed respectfully and sighed, "Thank you, Master Shen! My old bones can't hold on any longer. I just hope to retire early and grow vegetables at home to enjoy my old age."

Fugui suspected that he would die of exhaustion if he continued to help the princess manage the harem. Shen Wei was willing to help him escape from the sea of ​​suffering, which Fugui was more than happy to accept.

Shen Wei sent the wealthy steward away and returned to the house to continue choosing fabrics.

She selected a few pieces of cloth and told Caiping, "Send these two pieces of brocade to my daughter to make four summer dresses. Send this piece of jacquard silk to Sister Miaoyu. Also, go to the embroidery room this afternoon and take back the summer skirt and handkerchief made for Yaoer and send them to the Peony Courtyard."

Caiping wrote it all down.

Shen Wei rubbed her sore wrist and said, "I've been busy these days and don't have time to accompany Yao'er. Bring her over to have dinner with you tonight. Don't let her be estranged from me."