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

After finalizing the "White Moonlight" plan, Shen Wei soon "fell ill."

The news soon reached the ears of the King of Yan. Since ancient times, when the old and new emperors took over, there were always countless things waiting to be handled. At this time, the King of Yan was still in the palace of Qing State, discussing the enthronement with his trusted court officials.

"Are you sick?" Prince Yan's heart tightened.

The affairs on the desk were piled up like a mountain. The Prince of Yan hesitated for a moment and decided to go back to the palace to take a look. As soon as he stood up, the palace servants outside came to report that the Queen had arrived.

The Prince of Yan temporarily dismissed his trusted aides.

The winter weather was getting colder and colder, and the queen wore simple clothes. She walked into the palace, raised her hand, and the maids and eunuchs who served her walked out of the palace with their heads lowered.

"Mother." Prince Yan stepped forward, supported the Queen's arm, and helped her sit down. "It's cold in winter, and you have been in poor health. You should rest in the palace."

The Queen said, "Yanjing is cold in winter and windy in spring. I plan to go to the Donghua Mountain Villa in a few days to recuperate for two or three years."

King Yan was stunned.

The queen smiled and took a sip of hot tea to moisten her throat. "Mother knows that you will implement new policies after ascending the throne, which will surely be opposed by many old ministers. I will temporarily leave the palace, and those old ministers will have nowhere to complain, so they can only swallow their anger."

The queen left the palace, firstly to live a quiet life, and secondly for the sake of Prince Yan.

As the old and new regimes alternated, the new ministers under the King of Yan came to power, which always squeezed the living space of the old ministers. The queen came from the famous Xie family, which represented the power of the old ministers and would definitely ask the queen for help.

How can a mother's family be more important than her own son? The queen chose to leave the palace and not get involved in government affairs.

"Mother, you have suffered." Prince Yan was grateful for the Queen's understanding.

The Queen put down her teacup and said, "It would be boring for me to go to Donghua Mountain alone, so I plan to take Shen and my three little grandchildren with me."

The King of Yan never thought that the Queen would say such a thing, and he refused subconsciously: "Mother, no!"

In the King of Yan's plan, he intended to bring his wives and concubines into the palace after ascending the throne. He would make Shen Wei his concubine and have her accompany him all the time, just like when they were in the palace.

He can no longer live without Shen Wei.

The queen sighed and advised, "The imperial physician reported today that Shen has been suffering from palpitations, night sweats, abdominal pain and insomnia. Giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell. She risked her life to give birth to three children for you. Two months after giving birth to the twins, she almost died from an assassin's arrow. She has experienced many twists and turns and her body has been damaged. Donghua Mountain is like spring all year round and is suitable for recuperation."

King Yan was silent.

He didn't want to be separated from Shen Wei, and Prince Yan said, "Don't worry, mother, I will take good care of Shen."

The Queen shook her head: "You were busy with the affairs of the previous dynasty, how could you take good care of her? Eighty years ago, Emperor Mingzu favored Concubine Zhen. Concubine Zhen got pregnant seven times in ten years, and died before she was thirty. Do you want Shen to follow Concubine Zhen's path?"

King Yan hesitated as he was about to speak. He thought of Shen Wei's back pain. Shen Wei used to be bright and healthy, but after giving birth to the twins, she suffered from back pain and could not sleep at night.

The damage left by the twins is difficult to erase.

The Queen said earnestly, "After you ascend the throne, you must accept new people into the palace for the sake of peace in the former dynasty. If you favor Shen, won't she become a thorn in the eyes of others? How can the new and old officials sit by and watch? What will the common people think?"

"If you want to favor Shen, you have to wait until the government is stable. If you can cover the sky with one hand, who dares to disobey you?"

Prince Yan lowered his cold eyes, thinking that what his mother said made sense.

He wanted to favor Shen Wei before he had even secured his throne, which was like pushing her into a fire pit. But when he thought about separating from Shen Wei, the King of Yan felt as if his heart was cut by a knife.

I can't bear to let go, and I don't want to let go.

But in the end, Prince Yan nodded silently and agreed to the Queen's proposal.

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...

It snowed in Yanjing at night, and the whole palace was covered in a sea of ​​white snow after dawn. Several carriages stopped at the back door of the palace, and the maids loaded the packed bags onto the carriages.

Shen Wei was afraid of the cold, so she wrapped herself in a thick fox cloak. The fox fur cloak was a gift from the King of Yan. It was made of snow-white fox fur satin, with a circle of red-dyed silk velvet wrapped around the outermost circle. It was very warm when she put it on.

"Can you not leave?" Li Yao clutched Shen Wei's cloak reluctantly, her face full of tears, "Yao'er go and beg father not to let you go."

Shen Wei is leaving, and Li Yao is the most reluctant to let her go.

Shen Wei touched Li Yao's little face and smiled gently, "Don't cry, I'll come back when I'm well. When you enter the palace and become a princess, no one will bully you."

Li Yao lowered her head, her nose sour: "Yao'er doesn't want to be a princess... Yao'er wants to go with my aunt."

The walls of the palace were so high and so far from the Yanjing market that she could not hear the hawkers outside the courtyard, nor could she see the spring scenery outside the city. Li Yao did not like the place because it was too big and cold.

"I'm not feeling well and need to go out to recuperate." Shen Wei comforted her, "I'll write to you every month from now on."

Li Yao sniffed and nodded sullenly. Shen Wei was in poor health, afraid of the cold in winter, and had lost a lot of weight. She had to take a lot of medicine every day, and Li Yao saw it all.

Shen Wei half squatted down, held Li Yao in her arms, and patted her back gently: "Remember to take care of yourself. Wear more clothes when it's cold, and don't use too much ice when it's hot. Don't be patient if you are bullied, tell your father and Aunt Zhaoyang directly."

After repeated instructions, Shen Wei left with her maid.

Li Yao stood in the snow, watching Shen Wei's back as she left. It was cold and snowy, and Li Yao couldn't help but burst into tears.

...

The palace carriage drove to the royal road at the East City Gate and joined the Queen's carriage team. It was cold in the morning, with heavy snow and wind, and there was no one at the East City Gate.

The carriages met and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, there was the sound of cavalrymen rustling not far away. The horses' hooves stepped on the white snow, and the Prince of Yan, wearing a black cloak, rode towards them.

The Prince of Yan dismounted from his horse, his dark robe fluttering in the wind.

Shen Wei lifted the carriage curtain and ran over quickly, ignoring the maid's attempts to stop her: "Your Majesty."

The snow was very deep, and Shen Wei ran towards King Yan with a bright smile. King Yan looked stunned, as if the world was left with only a vast expanse of sky and earth, and Shen Wei was a unique red touch in the snowy white sky and earth.

King Yan opened his arms, and red and black collided.

Shen Wei threw herself into his arms and smiled sweetly: "My Lord."

It's snowing again, white flakes are falling.

Prince Yan held Shen Wei in his arms, and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Weiwei, come back soon."

Shen Wei's eyes were red, and her voice was filled with tears: "When I'm away, Your Majesty, please take good care of yourself. Wear more clothes when it's cold, and don't use too much ice when it's hot."

King Yan: "I know."

Shen Wei's tears fell, and she choked up and said, "You have ascended the throne, and the world cares about how high you stand... But I only care about whether you are tired. It is lonely at the top, and you will definitely face more wind and rain when you stand at the highest position... I am heartbroken."

Ripples appeared in Prince Yan's heart.

Everyone else cares about how high he flies, but only his Vivi cares about whether he is tired.

Prince Yan looked at Shen Wei deeply with his black eyes, which were filled with undisguised love.

"Father~Father~"

Suddenly, from not far away, there came the babyish call of Xiao Leyou.

Perhaps it was because of the smell of Prince Yan that little Leyou, who was sitting in the Queen's carriage, became very excited. He lifted the curtain with his chubby little paws and poked out his little head lively. His big black eyes looked around and accurately saw Prince Yan in the snow.

She called out sweetly: "Father, Father~~"

The child is over one year old and has a sweet and soft voice.

King Yan was extremely reluctant.

But in order to protect Shen Wei and the young child, he had to let her go temporarily and bring Shen Wei back after the political situation stabilized.

"Weiwei, wait for me to take you back to the palace." King Yan hugged Shen Wei again and sent her to the carriage.

Snow was flying all over the sky, and the carriage team gradually disappeared on the white official road.

In the carriage, Shen Wei took the gilded copper stove handed to her by Cai Lian to warm her hands, and then quickly drank some ginger soup to keep warm.

It was not easy to act out a tender farewell in the snow. It was so cold outside that her face was frozen.

Cai Lian reported in a low voice: "Master, we have already found out. After the prince ascended the throne, the families of new and old officials would send people to the palace. Among them, the most notable ones are the Xie family and the Lu family."

"The Xie family is the queen's maternal family. The Xie family has an 18-year-old legitimate daughter, Xie Fanglan, who is the prince's cousin and will definitely enter the palace. Lu Xuan, the granddaughter of Duke Lu, is famous. It is said that she could read at the age of three, read poems at the age of four, and was familiar with ancient books at the age of five. She is a well-known talented woman. These two are most likely to be favored."

Shen Wei put down the ginger soup and thought: "Xie's daughter, Lu's daughter..."

They might be strong opponents, but Shen Wei will not encounter them for the time being.

Speaking of the Xie family, Shen Wei thought of the queen, and asked: "The queen is from the Xie family. Why doesn't she help the Xie family?"