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

An old house where a treasure.

Shen Wei treated the Queen Mother as her teacher and asked for advice humbly.

The Queen Mother was indeed Li Yuanjing's biological mother. She also enjoyed the process of teaching Shen Wei, so she patiently told Shen Wei: "This is very simple. You and the Emperor are of the same mind, so he will naturally protect you."

The Empress Dowager was born into the famous Xie family, a century-old family that was prominent and prosperous. When the Empress Dowager married the late Emperor, it was supposed to be a cold political marriage.

But after the marriage, the empress dowager's heart and eyes were filled with the late emperor. She was submissive and had no contact with the Xie family at all. Later, she even broke off relations with her own family.

In the end, the late emperor always had the empress dowager and her son in his heart, and the Xie family was not suppressed.

The Queen Mother held Shen Wei's hand and said patiently: "It's lonely up there. If you can be the only warmth left for the Emperor, and the two of you work together, he will naturally treat you well."

After spending three years with Shen Wei, Shen Wei often tried different ways to please the Queen Mother. The two of them would often go to the theatre, climb mountains, and take walks to admire the moon. When the Queen Mother was sick, Shen Wei would take care of her without taking off her clothes.

Discuss the deeds but not the heart.

Regardless of whether Shen Wei has bad intentions, her respect and care for the empress dowager are real and cannot be faked.

So the Queen Mother was willing to support Shen Wei.

"I understand. Thank you mother for your teachings." Shen Wei's eyebrows curved into crescents.

Shen Wei knew that she made the right move!

Since ancient times, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been the most difficult to handle. Shen Wei handled the relationship well, making her powerful mother-in-law stand on her side, and the queen mother became her strong backing.

Even if Li Yuanjing no longer loves her in the future, she still has a powerful mother-in-law to support her.

"Grandmother, the peach blossoms over there are so big and red." Leyou's call came from not far away.

Four-year-old Leyou ran over with his chubby little legs, and said to the Queen Mother in a baby voice: "Grandma, can you go and see the flowers with Leyou?"

Leyou was raised by the Queen Mother to be fair and tender, and as beautiful as a little Fuwa.

The Queen Mother smiled lovingly: "Okay, Grandmother, take Leyou to see the flowers."

Le You took the initiative to hold the Queen Mother's hand and reminded her considerately: "Grandma, please walk slowly. There are stones on the road. Brother, come and hold Grandma's hand."

Li Chengyou immediately threw the crane kite in his hand at a speed as fast as a top: "Here it comes!"

The two little grandsons, one on the left and one on the right, held the empress dowager's hands obediently, and the three of them slowly walked towards the sea of ​​flowers.

The picture is warm and beautiful.

Shen Wei sat in the pavilion, holding her chin and looking at the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren, with the corners of her lips slowly rising. The life that the Queen Mother is living now is the retirement life that Shen Wei has always dreamed of.

What a pity, Shen Wei will have to endure at least another ten years before she can retire.

Just as Shen Wei was thinking about the future, a soft voice suddenly came from behind her: "Mother."

Shen Wei turned her head and saw her eldest son Li Chengtai.

Li Chengtai wore a purple double-breasted shirt and a milky white hood. He frowned and looked worried on his chubby face. "Mother, is father going to take us back to the palace?"

Shen Wei smiled and looked at her: "Yes. Your uncle is the famous Shen Mieyue. No one will dare to underestimate our Shen family anymore."

Li Chengtai became even more worried: "Father took us back to the palace because of my uncle. If it weren't for my uncle, Father would have definitely forgotten Mother."

In the children's picture book that Li Chengtai read, there is a terrible story - in ancient times, a great general was so powerful that the emperor married the general's sister as a concubine. Later, the emperor killed both the general and the concubine.

Li Chengtai had a lot of worries in his little head. He was worried that his kind and simple mother would also follow the same old path.

Shen Wei touched her eldest son's head, her tone full of trust in the emperor, and said with a smile: "Your father is not that kind of person."

Li Chengtai was speechless.

Mother, you have been abandoned by our father for three years!

In the past three years, my father has not shown up once! He hasn't even sent a letter home! He is so cold and heartless, but my mother still hasn't seen my father's true face and still thinks he is a good husband!

Hey.

Li Chengtai looked at the innocent mother in front of him, and then at his sister and brother who were laughing in the peach blossom forest. Suddenly, a strong sense of responsibility surged in his heart.

For the sake of his mother, his sister and his brother, he must work hard to be a man and protect his mother from the wind and rain.

With his small body, he shouldered a great responsibility. Li Chengtai said goodbye to Shen Wei: "Mother, I will go to study with the teacher. I need to recite a few more poems today."

Shen Wei held his little arm and said softly, "You are still young, so you don't have to study too hard. Just study for one or two hours every day."

Children are at the age of growing up, so they should run and jump more and enjoy the beauty of childhood.

Staying in the house reading and writing every day really destroys children's nature.

Li Chengtai shook his head like a little adult and answered: "As the old saying goes, if the body is worked without rest, it will be damaged, and if the mind is used without end, it will be exhausted. The child will combine work and rest."

Shen Wei didn't hear clearly, and rubbed her ears: "What's that?"

Li Chengtai held his forehead and said, "Mother, you should read more books when you have time."

I heard that most of the concubines in my father's harem were from prominent families, well-read and talented.

Looking at the mother in front of me, although she is beautiful and has a kind and good personality, it is a pity that she lacks knowledge.

Li Chengtai became even more worried. Would his father dislike his mother after she returned to the palace?

Li Chengtai, who was full of thoughts, left with a heavy heart.

Shen Wei sighed as she watched her eldest son leave. In order to raise her children's vigilance, Shen Wei showed her two sons books such as "The Case of the Chopping of the Beauty" and "The Song of the White-haired Lady".

The eldest son, Li Chengtai, is gifted. He learned great truths from small stories and started working hard at a young age.

After reading the storybook of "The Case of the Chopping of Beauty", the youngest son Li Chengyou made a fake paper guillotine with some paper. He then caught frogs in the pond every day and beheaded them with the paper guillotine.

The two sons born from the same womb have completely different personalities.

"Master." Cai Lian came over happily, her eyes smiling, "The Emperor sent you a letter."

Shen Wei took a sip of hot tea and tore open the paper.

In the envelope, there was only a thin piece of rice paper, with a short sentence on it, and the black ink was steady and powerful.

The Emperor wrote:

[Flowers are blooming on the roadside, you can go home slowly. ]

Shen Wei smiled and put the letter away.

In the Donghuashan Villa in the spring, peach blossoms on the back hills were blooming like crimson clouds. Children were chasing each other in the sea of ​​flowers, and their silver bell-like laughter reached Shen Wei's ears.

Shen Wei stood up: "Cai Lian, we will leave for Beijing tomorrow."

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The news that the Queen Mother and Shen were about to return to the palace quickly spread throughout the inner court of the imperial palace.

Inside Changxin Palace, the roses in the courtyard were in full bloom. Concubine Lu Xuan was sitting beside the cradle, looking after the sleeping baby with a few old maids.

"Shen returns to the palace?" Lu Xuan paused while fanning herself with a silk fan.

Shen, an old friend of the Emperor in his former residence, was said to have been very favored and gave birth to a daughter and two sons for the Emperor.

However, during the three years since Shen left the palace, the emperor never mentioned Shen, so that the palace gradually forgot about this person.

Xiao Qin said, "Master, Shen is extremely lucky. Her brother is the great general Shen Mieyue. The emperor brought Shen back to the palace for the sake of General Shen."

If it weren't for General Shen, perhaps the Shen family would have been forgotten in Donghua Mountain and would never have been able to return to Yanjing in their lifetime.

Lu Xuan asked: "What title did the emperor give to Shen?"

Xiaoqin replied: "The emperor hasn't given Shen a title yet, and hasn't even decided on a palace for her to live in. It's clear that the emperor doesn't think highly of Shen."

Lu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor was ultimately heartless, and no woman could become the emperor's exception. Shen was also a pitiful person, having spent three years alone outside, and after returning to the palace, she became a tool for the emperor to stabilize the previous dynasty.

Lu Xuan murmured to herself: "Shen has two sons and a general brother, so he should not be underestimated."

In the future, we have to find a way to get rid of all Shen’s children.

And she, Lu Xuan, will give birth to more children.

Lu Xuan stroked her flat belly. She had asked the imperial physician to check yesterday and found that she was pregnant with another child. When the time was right, Lu Xuan would tell the emperor the good news.

Lu Xuan said to herself: "Maybe this pregnancy can make the emperor change his mind."