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

A few days ago, when Prince Yan was here, the princess did not ask Shen Wei to pay her respects to him every day.

The Prince of Yan was now inspecting the river and water affairs and could not protect Shen Wei, so the princess asked Madam Liu to come to Liuli Pavilion. The princess wanted Shen Wei to know that even though she was now a concubine, she was the only mistress in this huge Prince of Yan's mansion.

Shen Wei said, "I will naturally accept the ancestral rules. But Madam Liu, there is more than one concubine in the Prince of Yan's Mansion. Do the other three concubines also have to pay their respects to the princess tomorrow?"

Madam Liu calmly replied, "Master Shen, don't worry about that. When the other three concubines first entered the palace, they also paid respects every morning and evening. After a while, the princess saw that the three concubines were quite sensible, so she exempted them from paying respects every day."

Shen Wei lowered her eyes: "I understand."

Nanny Liu conveyed the princess' words, snorted, looked Shen Wei up and down, then turned around and left arrogantly.

Cai Lian and Cai Ping followed Shen Wei back to the Liuli Pavilion courtyard. Shen Wei sat beside the baby's cradle. Two-month-old Xiao Le You had already woken up. His chubby little hands tried hard to grab the rattle in the nurse's hand, and he made babbling sounds.

Cai Ping brought some tea to Shen Wei, muttering, "Master, the princess must have bad intentions. Let's be patient for a few days, and wait for the prince to come back and ask the prince to make the decision for you."

After following Shen Wei for a long time, Cai Lian and Cai Ping gradually learned many good ways to deal with people.

Caiping's solution was to ask King Yan to protect Shen Wei.

Shen Wei took a sip of tea and smiled faintly: "The river is long and the inspection is hard. It will take at least five days, at most half a month, for the prince to return."

During the days when Prince Yan was not back, Shen Wei had to get up early every day to pay her respects to the princess, and she endured humiliation for too long.

She doesn't want to suffer unnecessary pain.

Moreover, every time she encountered difficulties, she went to the King of Yan for help, which was really aggrieved. She was now a concubine, and her position was relatively stable. She could completely use her own means to break the situation.

Shen Wei thought for a moment and said to Cai Lian, "Tomorrow is the fifteenth day, which is the day when the palace distributes monthly wages. The rich steward has been overworked recently and is mentally exhausted. Cai Lian, please give him some medicine to calm his nerves and replenish his energy, and ask him to rest for a few days."

Cai Lian nodded happily: "I will do it right away."

Cailian went to the storehouse to get medicine. Caiping tilted her head in confusion: "Master, don't you plan to ask the prince for help?"

Given how favored Shen Wei is now, as long as Prince Yan steps in, the princess will never dare to put pressure on Shen Wei again.

Shen Wei picked up the rattle, tickled the child in the cradle, and replied, "In the palace, the King of Yan is the heaven. I can rely on him, but I can't rely on him every time."

The Prince of Yan is a virtuous and sensible prince who cares about the people. His world is not limited to the small palace, and it is impossible for him to focus all his attention on the disputes between his wives and concubines in the harem.

Shen Wei's next goal is to take away the princess's housekeeper power and undermine the princess. Therefore, she has to rely on her own abilities to solve problems and show her independent and intelligent side.

Caiping nodded, not quite understanding.

"Caiping, come here, I have something for you to do." Shen Wei stretched out her hand towards Caiping.

Caiping lowered her head respectfully and listened to Shen Wei's instructions.

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The next morning, before the sky turned pale, Shen Wei yawned as she got up, had a simple breakfast, dressed up, and headed to Kunyu Courtyard in the morning mist.

The temperature was low in the early morning, and the cold air mixed with the heavy smell of incense in Kunyu Temple made people dizzy.

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Nanny Liu lifted the door curtain, stood under the eaves, and said condescendingly: "Master Shen, the princess hasn't woken up yet, please wait in the yard first."

Shen Wei didn't answer. Cai Lian beside her said, "Madam Liu, it's cold outside. Can my master come in and wait?"

Aunt Liu smiled: "The princess is the mistress, and Master Shen is the concubine. There is no reason for the concubine to wait in the main room until the mistress wakes up."

Cai Lian gritted her teeth secretly.

Shen Wei was not in a hurry. She waited quietly in the yard, thinking about the plan for expanding the Yanjing shop in her mind.

The sky was turning pale, the candlelight went out, and the maids from Kunyu Courtyard, carrying water for washing faces and gargling mouth, lowered their heads and walked into the princess' bedroom.

Shen Wei waited for more than half an hour before the princess slowly got up and spent a long time washing and dressing.

By the time the princess walked to the main house with Madam Liu's hand, it was already daybreak. Madam Liu came over and asked Shen Wei to come in and pay her respects to the princess.

The main room was solemn and dignified, with a huge painting of a crane holding a peach hanging on the wall. The princess wore a dark-colored robe embroidered with gold, her black hair was piled high, and the ends of her hair were inlaid with many gold and jade jewelry. In her left hand, she held a string of deep green and round Buddhist beads, and she looked very majestic.

White smoke from the incense is curling up in the gilded incense burner.

The princess held the Buddhist beads in her hands and looked at Shen Wei who came in. In a trance, she seemed to remember the first time Shen Wei came to Kunyuyuan a year ago. At that time, Shen Wei was charming and beautiful, young and immature, with undisguised ambition in her eyes.

At that time, the princess thought that Shen Wei would fall out of favor in just one month. But who would have thought that Shen Wei, who was of humble origin and unskilled in literary etiquette, would be favored by the King of Yan.

The princess pinched her Buddhist beads, her heart in turmoil. She had personally raised an ambitious tiger.

"I pay my respects to the princess." Shen Wei knelt down, and her etiquette was impeccable.

The princess said calmly: "This princess is thirsty."

Madam Liu immediately brought a tea tray with a cup of steaming tea in it. The meaning was obvious, asking Shen Wei to serve tea to the princess.

The tea was scalding hot, and so was the cup.

The princess deliberately asked Shen Wei to serve tea with both hands to dampen her ambition.

The main room was quiet, and all eyes were on Shen Wei. Cai Lian silently took out a pair of thick sheepskin gloves from her sleeves and handed them to Shen Wei. In front of everyone, Shen Wei calmly put on the gloves, picked up the cup of hot tea, and brought it to the princess.

The princess's face turned pale.

Madam Liu said angrily, "Master Shen, you even wore gloves when serving tea. It shows that you don't respect the princess in your heart! If a concubine talks back to the mistress, she will be punished by the family law!"

Shen Wei raised her eyebrows and asked calmly, "Is there a rule in the family that says you can't wear gloves when serving tea to the mistress?"

Aunt Liu choked: "You——"

There was a stalemate for a moment.

The princess slowly stood up and did not take the hot tea that Shen Wei handed over. The princess said, "You came late today. Come earlier tomorrow to pay your respects."

The princess didn't mind a cup of hot tea. There were many good ways to temper Shen Wei's ambition. For example, asking Shen Wei to get up earlier tomorrow and stand in Kunyu Courtyard for a whole morning would be more effective than verbal arguments.

Or let Shen Wei copy a few volumes of Buddhist scriptures to temper her will.

When the prince is not around, the princess is the boss of the harem. No matter how much Shen Wei can do, she is still just an inferior concubine.

"Go to the study." The princess stood up and left. She spent a lot of money to buy several ancient books, which she wanted to give to her two sons to study.

When it was daybreak, Shen Wei left Kunyu Courtyard.

The sleeves of Shen Wei's dress today were wide, so she deliberately hid her hands in her sleeves. She did not return to Liuli Pavilion immediately, but walked around the front and back yards of the palace.

The servants in the palace who got up early and were busy all saw Shen Wei with her hands hidden in her sleeves and a worried look on her face.