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

Just as Shen Wei was about to stand up to greet her, Madam Qian's cheerful voice came from outside the room: "Madam Concubine, please do not stand up! I am here on the orders of the Empress to bring you some pregnancy-preserving medicine."

Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.

Madam Qian, followed by two senior palace maids, walked into the house in high spirits. In the courtyard, the eunuchs brought in a heavy box filled with gifts from the queen.

Most of them are precious pregnancy-preserving and health-preserving medicines.

Madam Qian walked to the bedside and told Shen Wei with a smile, "Concubine Shen, you just need to rest and take care of your pregnancy. You don't need to worry about anything else. The Queen Mother has appointed two experienced old doctors to come to the palace every five days to check your pulse."

"The Queen is worried that you, Concubine Shen, will be too busy to handle all the affairs of the palace. So she specially sent two experienced old maids to assist the housekeeper. The two old maids will not leave until the baby in your belly is born safely."

The queen was very thoughtful. Shen Wei was grateful. She nodded slightly and said, "Please, Madam Qian, convey my gratitude to the queen."

Madam Qian was ordered to deliver something, so she didn't stay too long. Shen Wei asked Cailian to see Madam Qian off. Cailian was very considerate and took out several thick purses and handed one to each of the eunuchs and palace maids who came to deliver the Queen's reward.

The Queen and Prince of Yan attached great importance to Shen Wei's pregnancy. A constant stream of supplements were sent to Liuli Pavilion, and the imperial physician took meticulous and thoughtful care of her.

Shen Wei rested for a while and took good care of the baby in her belly. The housekeeper power in her hands was not taken away.

Shen Wei even had time to care about the revenue of the dessert shop branch she opened in Yanjing. The several acres of fertile land in Nanshan, managed by Shen Wei's sister Shen Qiang, had already shown signs of a good harvest.

Time passed peacefully and smoothly.

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The hot summer was over, and the leaves in the palace garden began to turn yellow. The leaves fell off again in the wind every day, and the weather was getting colder.

The leaves in Kunyu Courtyard were yellow and the ground was covered with dead leaves. The maids picked up brooms to sweep the fallen leaves, and suddenly there was a sound of broken porcelain in the Buddhist hall.

"Clang-"

The maids were used to it and did not slow down in sweeping up the fallen leaves.

In the Buddhist hall, the princess pushed Aunt Liu away and said angrily: "Tomorrow is Chengzhen's birthday. I am his mother, why can't I go to see him!"

Madam Liu staggered and was almost pushed to the ground. Madam Liu gritted her teeth and said patiently, "Princess, tomorrow Young Master Chengzhen will come to Kunyu Court to have lunch with you. You don't have to go out, just wait for him to arrive."

The princess' eyes turned red with anger: "Come to Kunyuyuan to visit me? What's the difference between this and visiting a prisoner in a cell?"

Nanny Liu remained silent.

The queen placed her hopes on Shen Wei's pregnancy. The prince of Yan already had several sons, but the legitimate sons were weak and useless, and the illegitimate sons were timid and weak, and all of them were spoiled.

If Shen Wei could give birth to a boy, with Shen Wei as a smart mother to educate him and the queen to accompany and take care of him, the boy's future would be limitless.

The queen was also well aware of the princess's viciousness. In order to nip the crisis in the bud, the queen simply replaced all the maids in Kunyu Courtyard with her own people.

In Kunyu Courtyard today, the princess only has Madam Liu as her confidant. All the maids outside are the queen's spies.

They kept a close eye on the princess' every move and did not give her any chance to cause trouble.

"Mother, you have such a cruel heart. Since she can't stand me as her daughter-in-law, why doesn't she just abolish me and let me suffer day by day..." The princess slumped on the futon, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

The princess recalled the painful months, she was like a prisoner in the palace. She recited sutras and chanted Buddha's name day and night, but the compassionate Bodhisattva watched her suffer.

The princess asked Madam Liu to give Shen Wei an abortion drug. Madam Liu knelt down and begged for mercy, not daring to take any action.

The maids in the courtyard were all the queen's spies, monitoring the princess' every move. The princess turned to her parents for help, but her mother and brothers and sisters, who had loved her since she was a child, all turned a cold eye on her.

Now, she wanted to go out to see her own son, but was also stopped. The princess knelt on the mat, tears streaming down her face. She looked at the Buddha statue sadly. No one in the world helped her.

After a long while, the princess pinched the Buddhist beads in a sad voice, staring at the Buddha statue with her eyes fixed: "Buddha, if you are really effective, please help me... let Shen's bitch die with one body and two lives, and let all those who stop me die miserably..."

Nanny Liu lowered her eyes and pretended not to hear.

The temple was quiet, with only the smoke from the incense and candles. For some reason, the princess suddenly recalled the words of King Heng.

King Heng once said: [If my second brother dies unexpectedly, my two nephews will inherit his business].

The princess clenched her Buddhist beads tightly, and a thought came to her mind uncontrollably: Shen is now five months pregnant and has not given birth to a son. If Shen's baby dies in her womb, the King of Yan will also die unexpectedly...

Even if the Queen repeatedly objected, the Prince of Yan's Mansion, without its male owner, would still be in the hands of the Princess's two sons.

The princess' eyes were sinister, full of malice. In the decaying courtyard on an autumn day, a little maid who was sweeping dead leaves suddenly raised her head and looked at the princess in the Buddhist temple with deep meaning.

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Early winter is approaching and the weather is getting colder day by day.

The baby in Shen Wei's belly is already five months old. Under the careful care of the imperial physician, the fetus is very stable.

During pregnancy, you can't lie in bed every day, you have to exercise every day. So on this day, Shen Wei put on soft and thick winter clothes, wrapped herself in a furry fox fur cape, and held a hot water bottle in her hand. She took two maids and two guards and took the carriage of the palace to the Zhennan Marquis Mansion.

The gate of Zhennan Marquis Mansion is magnificent, with festive red silk hung in front of the gate.

Shen Wei supported Cai Lian's hand and just as they got off the carriage, Sun Qingmei from the Zhennan Marquis's Mansion came over after hearing the news. Sun Qingmei stepped forward and embraced Shen Wei warmly: "Madam Shen, it's cold today, why do you need to come and deliver the flowers in person! Send someone to let them know, and I will go to the palace to get the flowers."

Shen Wei smiled and said, "The imperial physician told me to walk every day. I came to visit the Marquis' Mansion to stretch my muscles. Madam Sun, take a look at these marigolds. Are the colors suitable?"

The maids carried out two pots of marigolds from the carriage. The flowers were bright and colorful, like the orange-red sunrise in the morning.

The old lady of the Zhennan Marquis's Mansion will celebrate her birthday tomorrow. The old lady loves marigolds very much, but the early winter is coming and the chrysanthemums are withering.

Sun Qingmei learned that Shen Wei had two pots of marigolds in her yard, which were carefully cultivated in a thatched greenhouse and bloomed luxuriantly. So Sun Qingmei wrote a letter, asking for the two pots of marigolds.

Shen Wei delivered it to her personally.

"Send the flowers to the warm room so they can bloom tomorrow. Ask the maid to keep an eye on them at all times and not let the cold wind get in." Shen Wei instructed Sun Qingmei.

Sun Qingmei was very grateful: "Madam Shen, come into the house and have a bowl of red dates and snow frog soup to warm your body."

Sun Qingmei personally led Shen Wei into the Marquis' Mansion. The courtyard was busy with people preparing for the old lady's birthday banquet tomorrow. Shen Wei looked around and saw that the servants were doing their jobs in an orderly manner without making any mistakes.

The Marquis's Mansion has a large population. The deceased old Marquis had three younger brothers, and the four branches of the Marquis' Mansion lived together in a crowded crowd, with wives, concubines, children and servants crowded together, and it was a mess to sort out the big and small matters.

Sun Qingmei can manage such a large mansion in an orderly manner, which shows that she is quite capable.

It was cold outside, but the room was warm. Sun Qingmei personally poured a bowl of hot red dates and snow clam for Shen Wei.

The red dates and snow clam tasted mellow and fragrant. Shen Wei was about to take a sip to drive away the cold. Suddenly, there was a rustling sound of footsteps outside the house. The steward of the Marquis's Mansion hurried in and told Sun Qingmei in surprise:

"Madam, good news! The Marquis has returned to the capital!"