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

Shen Xiuming was so angry that his face turned red: "You old bitch, I'm going to tear your mouth apart."

Shen Wei hurriedly grabbed Shen Xiuming's hand and begged: "Brother, be obedient and don't offend Rong Mama."

Shen Xiuming was filled with anger and tried hard to control his impulse.

He knew that if he beat Rong Mama today, his third sister's life in the palace would become even more difficult.

Rong Mama looked even more contemptuous, and said in a sarcastic tone: "It just so happens that the palace is in need of a servant to serve as a night incense servant. Your younger brother is young and quite suitable for serving as a night incense servant."

Shen Xiuming's face felt burning with pain.

He is a juren after all, how can he go to sell night incense! These slaves in the palace are just taking advantage of others’ power!

Shen Wei looked cowardly. Seeing her brother being bullied, she clenched her fists and retorted, "Mammy, my brother learned to read at the age of three, memorized texts at the age of four, and entered a private school at the age of five. He will definitely have a bright future!"

Aunt Rong sneered: "Just him?"

Aunt Rong shook her head mockingly and said angrily, "Shen, let's go. If you don't return to the palace soon, you will be beaten again."

Shen Wei trembled with fear and returned the silver to her mother. She held her mother's hand and said, "Mother, leave the ten taels of silver you collected for my brother to marry. I am an unfilial daughter. I will serve you in my next life."

Shen's mother shed tears.

Madam Rong became even more impatient. She stepped forward, grabbed Shen Wei's sleeve, and pulled her out rudely.

"Brother, take good care of mother..." Shen Wei stretched out her hands in pain, as if she still wanted to hug her family again.

But she couldn't resist and could only be dragged out like garbage.

Shen's mother and Shen Xiuming chased after her to a remote alley, where they saw Rong Mama roughly grabbing Shen Wei's hair and stuffing her into a shabby carriage.

"Third girl! Third girl! Let San girl go!" Mother Shen staggered after her.

The two young eunuchs beside the carriage frowned and said angrily, "How dare you bump into the carriage of the palace! You are tired of living!"

Seeing his mother about to be beaten, Shen Xiuming stepped forward to stop them: "I am a juren after all, how dare you touch my mother?"

The young eunuch Jixiang chuckled and said viciously, "You? Bah, who do you think you are? If you were the top scholar, I would look up to you. How dare a poor scholar show off in front of me? Deshun, beat him!"

Jixiang and Deshun have some skills.

They grabbed Shen Xiuming's arm, pressed him against the wall and beat him severely.

Shen Wei lifted the car curtain and cried loudly: "Stop fighting! Brother, take mother with you!"

I thought to myself: Hit me hard.

He stole his mother's life-saving money to gamble, causing his sister to sell herself into slavery. This unfilial man must be punished.

Jixiang Deshun started beating him up.

Shen Xiuming was beaten black and blue, but he was not killed.

Jixiang looked ferocious and spat at Shen Xiuming twice, and the sticky saliva stuck to Shen Xiuming's face.

Jixiang and Deshun laughed and mocked: "Your sister is just a concubine of the lowest rank in the palace. Everyone in the palace can bully her. Who do you think you are? You are not even worthy of carrying my shoes!"

After cursing, Jixiang jumped on the carriage and drove away.

Shen Xiuming lay paralyzed on the ground for a long time before he staggered to his feet. His eyes were bloodshot and his fists were clenched tightly.

After suffering such a great humiliation today, Shen Xiuming's self-esteem was completely destroyed.

Mother Shen's knees went weak and she collapsed to the ground, sobbing.

She angrily beat Shen Xiuming and cursed in pain: "It's you, it's you who caused your sister to go to that cannibalistic palace... If you hadn't stolen my medical treatment money, would your third sister have sold herself to the palace as a maid? Would she have become a concubine? Oh, God, why did I give birth to such a fool like you!"

"How have I ever done anything wrong to you? Your second sister and third sister have never done anything wrong to you! But you have broken up our entire family!"

Mother Shen cried heartbreakingly.

Shen Xiuming lowered his head, feeling guilty, self-blaming, angry, and unwilling.

He bit his lips so hard that blood came out from the corners of his lips.

His father died early, his eldest brother died in the battlefield, his second sister suffered torture in Shu, his third sister lived a life worse than death in the palace, and his mother is now old... There is no one in this family who can shelter him from the wind and rain, and this family can only rely on him to support it.

Thinking of his past misdeeds, Shen Xiuming wanted to bang his head against the wall.

With a bruised face, Shen Xiuming knelt down in front of his mother and raised his hand to swear: "Mom, I will study hard, pass the imperial examination next spring, and save my third sister from danger!"

Shen Wei was trapped in the palace all her life. She had no one to rely on and her mother's family was still an ordinary peasant family.

Shen Xiuming decided to study hard and pass the imperial examination in the future to enter the officialdom.

He has to shoulder the heavy burden of the family's prosperity. He is Shen Wei's backer. With him around, those servants in the palace who look down on others will never dare to bully Shen Wei again.

Shen Xiuming supported his mother and went to a Confucian temple outside Yanjing, where they rented two small rooms.

Everything is of inferior quality, but reading is of high quality.

Shen Xiuming decided to study hard here until he took part in the imperial examination next year.

...

Fangfei Garden.

After Rong Mama, Jixiang and Deshun finished their performance, they knelt on the ground and apologized. They played the villains and offended Shen Wei.

Shen Wei smiled and helped them up, saying in a friendly manner: "No need to apologize, you did a good job - but don't publicize this matter."

The more vicious Rong Mama and the other two behaved, the more Shen Xiuming would work hard. Shen Wei gave each of the three a reward of one or two taels of silver.

Jixiang and Deshun received the reward money and kowtowed happily to express their gratitude.

Shen Wei left Rong Mama behind and whispered to her, "Mama, my brother is really not worth much. You must go to the Confucian Temple in the suburbs on time every month and give a small amount of money to my mother and brother. You must act fiercely."

Shen Xiuming looks like he has changed for the better, but who knows if he will give up halfway?

Shen Wei needs to knock him over regularly.

Only because of her brother's hard work, Shen Wei has a bright future.

Rong Mama was so smart that she understood it immediately: "Master, rest assured, I will definitely take care of this matter for you."

Today Shen Wei performed a play to inspire Shen Xiuming's ambition.

Shen Xiuming was originally a genius in studying. As long as he worked a little harder, he might not become the top scholar in the future, but at least he could be on the list of the Spring Examination.

Shen Wei needs Shen Xiuming to enter the officialdom to improve the status of the entire Shen family.

Shen Wei was born in a humble family, and even if she gave birth to a child in the future, she could only be promoted to a concubine at best.

The status of a concubine was very awkward, neither up nor down, and she was not even qualified to be included in the royal family. The children born by a concubine were only registered under the name of the princess.

Shen Wei's goal is to become a concubine, whose status is second only to that of a princess. She can raise children independently and her name can be included in the royal genealogy.

But concubines value family background more. The fathers of the three concubines in the Prince of Yan's Mansion - Liu Ruyan, Zhang Miaoyu, and Liu Qiaoer - are all officials in the court.

If Shen Xiuming could enter the officialdom, even if he was a minor official, Shen Wei would be qualified to be a concubine. At that time, Shen Wei could secretly manipulate Shen Xiuming to join the King of Yan, and there would be no worries about his future.

Shen Wei took a sip of hot tea and looked out the window at the gray night: "Cai Ping, where will the prince stay tonight?"

Cai Ping said angrily, "Master, the prince went to the Rose Garden next door tonight."

Prince Yan had originally planned to come to Fangfei Garden today, but the princess said that Shen Wei was injured at the Spring Banquet and needed to rest well.

So Prince Yan changed his mind and decided to go to his new concubine Zhang Yue tonight.

Shen Wei drank her tea slowly and didn't take Zhang Yue to heart.

She was not pursuing "one person for life", she only regarded Prince Yan as her ATM and a springboard for her retirement.

The prince could come to her ten days a month, which was considered a favor.

As for the remaining twenty days, the King of Yan could sleep with whomever he wanted. If the King of Yan slept in her room every day for a month, that would be terrible. The bastard was so fierce in bed that even Shen Wei's iron body couldn't stand it.

"Caiping, go get the four treasures of the study. I still have to practice calligraphy for half an hour before going to bed tonight." Shen Wei put down the teacup, her mood as calm as water.

Never waste time, insist on internal competition.

...

The Rose Garden next to Fangfei Garden.

Prince Yan had not arrived yet, but Zhang Yue could not wait to take a bath and dress up with the help of two maids.

"Master, you are so beautiful." The maid Fang'er flattered.

Zhang Yue curled her red lips slightly.

In the small silver mirror, her beautiful face was reflected. With a white oval face, big watery eyes, and a graceful and slender figure, Zhang Yue was very satisfied with her appearance.

When Prince Yan arrives later, she will do everything she can to win his heart.

If Shen Wei, a humble peasant girl, could be favored by King Yan for two months, then Zhang Yue would definitely be able to do it too.

"The prince is here." The eunuch's voice came from outside the house.

Zhang Yue stood up happily and went out with two maids to greet him. It was dark, the moonlight was dim, the lanterns on the eaves of the courtyard lit up, and the tall and majestic figure of the King of Yan slowly appeared.

Zhang Yue's heartbeat quickened. She bowed gently and said delicately, "I am Zhang Yue, and I pay my respects to the prince."

The King of Yan was absent-minded.

Just now, when passing by Fangfei Garden, King Yan saw two mandarin duck lanterns hanging on the eaves of Fangfei Garden, with exquisite and unique shapes. Walking past the wall of Fangfei Garden, King Yan could also faintly smell the elegant fragrance of gardenia.

He wanted to meet Shen Wei from Fangfei Garden, and also wanted to see the purple eggplants that were almost ripe in Fangfei Garden.

When he arrived at Zhang Yue's Rose Garden and saw the dilapidated courtyard wall and the uneven trees in the yard, the huge sense of disparity made King Yan quite dissatisfied.

When Prince Yan entered the bedroom of the Rose Courtyard, Zhang Yue came up to him impatiently and said, "Prince, let me help you change your clothes."