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

Shen Wei was stunned.

Sun Qingmei has left Yanjing?

Zhaoyang told Shen Wei the whole story.

Three days ago, Sun Qingmei took the imperial edict and divorced Shangguan Xuan. Sun Qingmei stayed in the princess's mansion for two days. During these two days, Sun Qingmei calmly calculated her dowry and the 10,000 taels of silver owed to her by the Marquis's mansion.

Sun Qingmei asked Princess Zhaoyang for help and urged the Marquis's Mansion to pay back the money they owed her. Sun Qingmei took some silver and rode out of Yanjing City with her maid this morning, heading towards Liangzhou City.

In Liangzhou City, there were old subordinates of Sun Qingmei's father. If she went there, she might be able to get some care.

In short, the seemingly weak Sun Qingmei just left without any hesitation.

Princess Zhaoyang said with admiration: "Madam Sun said that this is called [speed is of the essence in war]. Rather than getting entangled with those people in the Marquis' Mansion, it is better to just cut it off and put an end to it all."

Shen Wei admired him immensely.

Sun Qingmei was stronger and more decisive than Shen Wei had imagined. In just three days, she completely let go of the past and made a clean break without any compromise.

Zhaoyang smiled and said, "The Marquis' Mansion owes Madam Sun a dowry, and I will come forward to ask for it back for her! If the Marquis' Mansion does not give me this face, I will complain to my father and mother. It is disgusting that the Marquis' Mansion uses a woman's dowry."

After a pause, Zhao Yang lowered his voice and told Shen Wei: "Father agreed to the divorce of Madam Sun and Shangguan Xuan so quickly. Not only because the Sun family has done a favor to father, but also because they want to suppress the Zhennan Marquis Mansion."

The ancestor of the Shangguan family defeated the bandits of Southern Chu State and was granted the title of "Marquis of Zhennan".

When the current emperor was still in the palace, the Marquis of Zhennan Mansion was surrounded by another prince. After the emperor ascended the throne, the Marquis of Zhennan Mansion was suppressed and could not recover.

Shangguan Xuan made great military achievements this time, and the declining Zhennan Marquisate showed signs of rising again. Now that Prince Yan and Prince Heng were fighting for power, the emperor was afraid that the Zhennan Marquisate would participate in the struggle between the princes. The emperor wanted to suppress the Zhennan Marquisate, so he promised Sun Qingmei a divorce to destroy the reputation of the Marquisate.

As for the Princess Pingyang, who is full of talent in making weapons, the emperor will never let her leave Yanjing and must keep her under his nose and supervise her at all times.

Princess Zhaoyang clicked her tongue twice, her eyes full of disdain: "This time we defeated the Yue bandits. The main credit goes to General Shen, not Shangguan Xuan. General Shen didn't even ask for any reward, but Shangguan Xuan used his military merits to force my father to agree to demote his wife to a concubine. He's really bold."

Shen Wei thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the case.

Shangguan Xuan was quite "arrogant" when he returned to Beijing this time. The more arrogant a person is, the easier it is for him to fall from the altar.

"Did General Shen really not ask for any reward?" Shen Wei was very interested in this General Shen.

Zhaoyang nodded: "I heard from my father that General Shen Mieyue of Liangzhou City is a natural genius in war and is a master of military tactics. My father wanted to give him a title of nobility, but he refused and only wrote to my father, asking the court to provide more cotton clothes, food, and medicine to the soldiers at the border. My father really appreciates him——"

As he was speaking, Zhaoyang's personal maid Yun'er walked into the warm room. Yun'er whispered to Zhaoyang, "Princess, the Marquis of Zhennan and the Princess of Pingyang County want to see you."

Zhao Yang raised her eyebrows and said bluntly, "If he comes to pay the dowry money he owes to Madam Sun, I will meet him. If he comes to cause trouble, I will have him beaten out directly."

Yun'er gladly accepted the order.

After a while, Yun'er came back to report: "Princess, the Marquis of Zhennan said he has a letter in his hand, which is very important. If you don't want to see him, he will throw the letter away directly."

Zhaoyang suddenly became interested.

What kind of letter is so important? Anyway, Zhaoyang was free, so he told Yun'er, "Let them in."

After a while, Shangguan Xuan and Zhao Qing both came to the warm room. There was a white jade screen between men and women, and only vague figures could be seen through the screen.

Shangguan Xuan bowed to Zhaoyang and greeted him. He looked up and saw a woman's figure beside Zhaoyang through the blurry screen.

Shangguan Xuan subconsciously thought that it was Sun Qingmei.

Shangguan Xuan did not hesitate and went straight to the point: "Your Highness, Princess. I came here today for two things. One is to ask Madam to return to the Marquis' Mansion; the other is to give the Princess an important letter."

The Marquis' Mansion has been in a mess these past few days, with all kinds of bad things happening one after another.

Shangguan Xuan had never expected that Sun Qingmei would go to the palace overnight to ask for a divorce decree. He was very surprised, but even more angry.

Sun Qingmei actually disregarded his dignity and made a small matter known to the whole city.

Shangguan Xuan wanted to find Sun Qingmei, and the two of them sat down to discuss calmly. But who knew that Sun Qingmei would not talk to him at all, and left the inner house of the Marquis' Mansion and moved directly into the Princess' Mansion!

After Sun Qingmei left, there was no one in charge of the mansion, and the old lady's 60th birthday party was a mess, becoming a joke. The old lady was so angry that she fell ill, and all the good medicinal materials piled up in the warehouse disappeared. It turned out that those precious medicinal materials were also Sun Qingmei's dowry, and the princess directly sent people to move them all away.

There was no one in the mansion who could manage things, and the uncles from the second and third rooms just stood by and watched. At this time, the old lady remembered how good Sun Qingmei was, but no one could bring themselves to go to the princess's mansion and call her back.

Finally, the old lady called Shangguan Xuan and said, "Women are all soft-hearted. You brought Zhao Qing back this time, and Sun Qingmei got angry. You should take the initiative to admit your mistake and trick her back first. When the Marquis's mansion is stable, it won't be too late to find a way to divorce her."

Shangguan Xuan gritted his teeth and went to the princess's mansion.

Zhaoyang drank a sip of hot wine and said, "Madam Sun has left Yanjing and is no longer in the princess's mansion. The money owed to her by the Marquis's mansion must be repaid within this month. This princess will collect the debt personally."

Shangguan Xuan frowned: "Your Highness, isn't the person next to you my wife?"

Shen Wei coughed slightly at the right time.

Zhaoyang curled his lips in disdain and cursed, "The one next to me is the concubine of Prince Yan. Marquis Zhennan, you have a very sharp eye. You can even mistake your own wife."

Shangguan Xuan stood there in a daze.

Sun Qingmei left the princess's mansion?

This is impossible. She is a weak woman with no relatives or friends. How could she be willing to leave the rich mansion and run away to the outside world alone?

"Come with me to the study and write an IOU for the dowry." Zhaoyang stood up slowly, "Take the letter in your hand with you. I want to see what kind of crappy letter is so important."

Shangguan Xuan had no choice but to obey the order.

Before leaving with Zhaoyang, Shangguan Xuan was unwilling to give up and secretly took a look behind the screen. Behind the screen was the beautiful Shen Wei, not Sun Qingmei.

For some reason, Shangguan Xuan felt a little disappointed. He had always thought that Sun Qingmei was a typical lady from a noble family, weak and tolerant. But Sun Qingmei's heroic act of knocking on Kunning Palace at night made Shangguan Xuan see her fearless courage.

It is rare, and few women dare to risk their lives.

Even Zhao Qing doesn't have such courage...

"Aqing, wait for me here, I will be back later." Shangguan Xuan told Zhao Qing softly.

Zhao Qing nodded obediently.

Shangguan Xuan and Princess Zhaoyang left, leaving only Shen Wei and Zhao Qing in the warm room. The maid moved away the tall white jade screen that was blocking the view, and Shen Wei's bright face caught Zhao Qing's eyes.

Zhao Qing felt ashamed of himself.

The concubine of Prince Yan's mansion is like a bright and blooming peony, which makes people unable to take their eyes off her.

Zhao Qing couldn't help but start to fantasize that if she became the mistress of a marquis's family in the future, she would be as beautiful as Concubine Shen in front of her, wearing gold and silver and dressing gorgeously.

"County Princess, drink some wine to warm yourself up." Shen Wei chuckled, and the maid brought the hot wine from the princess's mansion to Zhao Qing.

Zhao Qing held the exquisite wine glass in his hands, secretly surprised. The princess's mansion was indeed luxurious, even the wine glasses were made of the finest white jade.

The warmed wine has a fresh and fruity taste.

Zhao Qing was about to drink when he heard Shen Wei say, "Palace Jade Liquor."