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

Obviously, Mo Xun came here not to eat chicken legs, but to find out the situation from Shen Mieyue.

Shen Mieyue said calmly: "Never found it."

Mo Xun breathed a sigh of relief, looked back at the bright moon in the sky, muttered a few dirty words, then returned to the inn to rest yawning.

Shen Xiuming scratched his head and muttered, "Brother, this Yue official is really weird."

Shen Mieyue didn't answer. He stood up, picked up the knife at hand, and began to patrol around the post station.

His hawk-like eyes scanned every corner, looking for possible pursuers.

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The next morning, Shen Wei got up for morning exercise, jogging around the yard. Cai Lian and Cai Ping waited by her side to serve her.

After running about ten laps, Shen Wei finally stopped and took the handkerchief handed to her by Cai Lian to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

Cai Lian said, "Master, there is news from Kunning Palace that the Queen wants you to come over. Tomorrow General Shen will escort the Yue Kingdom delegation to Beijing. It should be for this matter that the Queen summoned the concubines."

Shen Wei paused while wiping her sweat and told Cai Lian, "Change your clothes."

After a pause, Shen Wei added meaningfully, "Let Aunt Rong accompany you as well."

After washing and dressing up, Shen Wei went to Kunning Palace.

The Queen has many shortcomings, but there is one advantage that Shen Wei has always admired - the Queen does not like to hold morning meetings.

Perhaps it was to show her sympathy for the harem, or perhaps it was because she didn't want to see those beautiful faces every day. In any case, the queen exempted the concubines from the daily morning and evening visits.

Kunning Palace is solemn and majestic.

When Shen Wei arrived at Kunning Palace, many concubines were already waiting outside the main hall. As Shen Wei stepped into the threshold of Kunning Palace, those beautiful concubines looked over one after another.

Some looked envious, some looked indifferent, some were secretly dissatisfied, and some were happy... Shen Wei observed everyone's looks without leaving a trace, and then raised the corners of her lips: "Good morning, sisters."

Everyone returned the gift one after another.

Lanpin came over with a smile, her beautiful eyes swept over Shen Wei's embroidered silk dress, and then looked at Shen Wei's fair face, and deliberately said: "The Empress Chen looks very good, I think she had a good rest last night."

On the surface, he was praising Shen Wei for her good complexion.

In fact, there was a bit of mockery hidden in it. After Shen Wei returned to the palace, she was favored by the emperor. Until last night, the emperor did not stay in Shen Wei's palace, but went to Concubine Lu Xuan's palace.

It can be seen that the emperor's novelty towards Shen Wei is almost worn off.

Shen Wei's mood was always stable. She also looked Lanpin up and down, and the corners of her pink lips curled up: "Lanpin also looks very good. I think she has rested well in the palace in the past two years."

This hints that since Lu Xuan entered the palace two years ago, Concubine Lan has completely fallen out of favor.

As expected, as soon as Shen Wei finished speaking, Lanpin's pretty face twisted in anger. She glared at Shen Wei angrily, but did not dare to continue to mock her.

A concubine is a concubine, and a concubine is a concubine, and there is a huge difference in their status.

And Shen Wei's general brother will return to Beijing tomorrow, and Shen Wei's popularity will only grow. Lanpin could only grit her teeth secretly, racking her brains to plan and think about how to return to the position of concubine.

Overthrow Concubine Mei and regain the throne.

By then, she and Shen Wei will be on an equal footing, and she will have the courage to confront each other head-on.

"Please come in, ladies and gentlemen." Nanny Liu came out of the room and cleared her throat to remind them.

The concubines entered the main house one after another.

Cai Lian entered the room and served beside Shen Wei, while Rong Mama waited outside.

Rong Mama is the oldest person around Shen Wei, she is experienced and capable. Rong Mama and Liu Mama around the Queen also had a good relationship in the palace.

"Madame Liu, you look so pale. Did you stay up all night again last night?" Madam Rong took the initiative to get closer.

Aunt Liu replied calmly, "Yes."

He didn't reveal more and was very cautious.

Rong Ma said with a pleasant face, "We are all old bones, so let the children do the work. Why should we get involved in everything? The other day, the concubine rewarded me with two old ginsengs. I will bring you one ginseng when I have time to replenish your body."

Aunt Liu felt sour inside.

The queen's reward was very small, just an occasional cup of tea and a plate of snacks, and she would also ask the servants to kowtow and express gratitude.

As a palace maid with rich experience, Liu Ma followed the queen and had to help her with palace affairs every day. She also had to go to the Imperial College to pick up Li Chengzhen and accompany the child to complete his homework at night.

Every day's hard work brings few valuable rewards.

Madam Liu looked at Madam Rong with envy. Madam Rong was two years older than her, but she looked younger and in great health.

Rong Mama was wearing a jacket embroidered with gold thread patterns, heavy Hetian jade bracelets on her wrists, and a little powder on her face to cover the wrinkles on her face.

Low-key yet luxurious.

Matron Liu felt jealous. Matron Rong was lucky to have met a generous and capable master.

Although the Concubine Chen was scheming, she was very generous to her servants and would not take human life lightly. Unlike the Queen, who seemed kind and carefree, she was actually a piece of mud that could not be helped. She repeatedly refused to listen to advice and kept courting death.

Rong Mama sighed and casually said, "We are both old and don't have many years to live. We will be alone without children. In addition to serving the master, we also have to make some plans for our own old age."

Nanny Liu said nothing.

The wind blew against the wall of Kunning Palace, and the flowers and plants in the corner swayed and rustled in the wind.

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The main hall of Kunning Palace.

The queen wore dark-colored formal attire, holding a string of emerald Buddhist beads in her hand. She sat high up in the main seat, her dim eyes sweeping over the concubines in the room.

The concubines were as beautiful as flowers, each with her own beauty, and they took away all the emperor's favor. The queen wanted to set a fire and burn these beautiful women to ashes.

But she couldn't, she was the queen.

Countless eyes were staring at the queen's throne, picking out her mistakes and trying to pull her down from the position of queen.

She must be virtuous and generous. The palace is not the Prince of Yan's residence, and she can't strangle these vicious women.

The queen took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Shufei, the spring night is cool. You must serve the emperor carefully."

The Queen decided to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between two tigers. She deliberately provoked conflicts and let Shen Wei and Lu Xuan fight with each other. She sat on the mountain and watched the fight between the two tigers, and reaped the benefits.

After Shen Wei returned to the palace, she took away most of the emperor's favor. Lu Xuan would definitely not accept this and would definitely target her secretly.

Let’s fight, it’s best to fight to the death.

Lu Xuan's red lips curled slightly, and her face smiled as usual: "Thank you for your reminder, Queen. I will keep it in mind."

Lu Xuan secretly despised him in her heart. Did the Queen really think she would be fooled by such a clumsy method of sowing discord?

Lu Xuan looked at Shen Wei who was sitting opposite her. Shen Wei looked normal, drinking tea calmly, and was obviously not provoked by the Queen.

"She is not jealous at all..." Lu Xuan murmured secretly.

The emperor stayed in Lu Xuan's room last night, but Shen Wei didn't show any anger at all.

Aren’t you worried that the emperor will be kidnapped?

Where does she get her confidence from?

The Queen put down the white porcelain teacup and continued, "General Shen escorted the Yue envoy back to Yanjing. The Emperor will host a banquet in Qinghua Palace tomorrow. All concubines in the harem with the rank of concubine and above must wear auspicious clothes to attend the banquet."

"Everyone, please remember the rules for concubines and do not misbehave in the palace."

All the concubines responded in unison: "Yes."

The morning meeting ended quickly and the concubines bowed and left.

The queen stood under the eaves of the inner hall of Kunning Palace, watching the graceful and beautiful figures leave, silently clenching the Buddhist beads in her hand.

After reciting the Buddhist scriptures silently in her heart, the queen's anxiety finally dissipated.

She turned around and told Madam Liu: "Go to the kitchen and check if the ingredients for the palace banquet tomorrow night are ready. Before the palace banquet begins, be sure to send someone to keep an eye on it. Also, send the health-preserving soup prepared for Chengzhen to Anguo Temple later."

Madam Liu forced a smile to hide the fatigue in her eyes: "I obey your order."

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Shen Wei returned to the palace.

Shen Wei had some free time today, so she took out her archery tools and continued practicing archery.

"Master, don't you hate archery?" Cai Lian asked with a frown.

Shen Wei has indeed lost much interest in archery recently.

But Li Yuanjing was in high spirits, and he loved to hug her and teach her archery tirelessly. The two of them often hugged each other, had physical contact, and finally rolled onto the bed...

Shen Wei has many ways to keep fit, and archery is not the most effective way. She practiced archery just to trick Li Yuanjing into teaching his two sons archery in person.

Shen Wei doesn't like archery.

Shen Wei touched her chin. She had to think of a way to make Li Yuanjing give up teaching her archery.

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Dusk and sunset.

After finishing his official duties, Li Yuanjing went to Yongning Palace. The spring sunset shone with golden light, and Yongning Palace seemed to be coated with a layer of gold.

Li Yuanjing did not let the palace servants inform him.

He walked straight in. After Shen Wei returned to the palace, she was not satisfied with the original layout of Yongning Palace, so she sent people to renovate the flowers and plants in the yard and planted a lot of bright red crabapples.

Shen Wei also opened a small vegetable garden.

But she was too lazy to grow vegetables, so the vegetable garden was left uncultivated and weeds were allowed to grow. Li Yuanjing passed by the vegetable garden several times, and looking at the bare vegetable garden, he always felt upset.

Li Yuanjing asked someone to send over some vegetable seedlings.

He planted the seedlings himself. Only when the bare vegetable garden had a few single seedlings did Li Yuanjing feel relieved.

"Where is the Concubine Chen?" Li Yuanjing asked the palace concubines.

The maid bowed her head: "The master is in the backyard."

Shen Wei is practicing archery.

He rolled up his sleeves, revealing his fair arms, and drew his bow and arrow.

Li Yuanjing stopped to watch and saw that Shen Wei's bow-drawing posture had become much more standard. The arrow in her hand shot out and hit the edge of the target steadily.

But I still can't shoot accurately.

Seeing Shen Wei persist in practicing, Li Yuanjing felt inexplicably satisfied. He walked over, hugged Shen Wei from behind, and held her hand: "Your movements are crooked again."

Shen Wei seemed to have just realized that he was coming, and turned around in surprise: "Your Majesty, you are back."

Her eyes sparkled, filled with admiration and joy for her lover.

Li Yuanjing raised his thin lips and was about to continue teaching Shen Wei archery. Suddenly, he saw a bruise on the inside of Shen Wei's wrist.

Li Yuanjing put down his bow and arrow, held Shen Wei's arm, and frowned: "Why don't you wear protective gear?"