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

She was wearing a light yellow autumn dress, and her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque. The soft candlelight in the hall cast a halo of light on Shen Wei.

Like a harbor, like a home.

Li Yuanjing held Shen Wei in his arms. Shen Wei stroked his back and whispered, "Your Majesty, you are back."

Li Yuanjing replied: "Yes."

Shen Wei: "Let's have dinner first."

"it is good."

The affairs of the country and the family were on Li Yuanjing's shoulders. Only when he returned to Yongning Palace and to Shen Wei could he breathe smoothly. Over the long years, Shen Wei had taken deep root in his heart.

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In Huayang Palace, Tan Tai Yin Xue was extremely worried and had not slept well for several days. Important members of the Tan Tai family were dismissed from their posts one after another, leaving only the direct lineage safe for the time being.

Tan Tai Yin Xue had a bad feeling in her heart - her family seemed to be finished.

Fortunately, Tan Tai Yinxue's parents and younger brother were far away in Yanzhou and were not affected for the time being.

"Master, the queen wants to see you." Late at night, the palace maid tiptoed back to Huayang Palace and informed him of the news she had obtained.

Tan Tai Yin Xue was stunned and quickly shook her head: "No."

When Tantai Yinxue thought of the queen, she couldn't help but shudder. Some time ago, she was playing the zither in the imperial garden in the middle of the night when she was called by the concubine to serve the queen.

Tan Tai Yinxue was forced to go several times, and was insulted and scolded by the Queen every time. The Queen even used lit incense sticks to burn Tan Tai Yinxue's hands, using despicable and vicious means.

Now, there are more than a dozen burn scars the size of rice grains on Tan Tai Yin Xue's delicate hands.

"Master, your family is on the brink of extinction, and sooner or later the emperor will vent his anger on you." The maid whispered, "At this time, you should put aside your grudges and join hands with the queen to save yourself. You and the queen are from the same family, so you should share the joys and sorrows together."

Tan Tai Yinxue is not stupid either. She knows that if her family collapses completely, she will become an abandoned child.

If you are lucky, you can save your life and live alone for the rest of your life;

She was unlucky and was given the white silk and died young.

Tan Tai Yin Xue sighed deeply. She was extremely regretful now. The palace was not as simple as she thought. The women in the harem were like a flood and beast, each of them was vicious in their own way.

The emperor is not a king who is obsessed with beauty. In his eyes, women are nothing more than tools that can be used. He does not cherish old relationships and is decisive and ruthless.

Tan Tai Yin Xue closed her eyes and said, "Go and get ready. I'm going to meet the Queen."

Late at night, in the middle of the night, the oil lamp in Tan Tai Yin Xue's palace went out, pretending to be asleep to deceive Lan Concubine opposite. The early autumn night was cold, Tan Tai Yin Xue disguised herself as a palace maid and headed to Kunning Palace with her head down.

The gate of Kunning Palace was guarded by fully armed guards. The once magnificent and solemn palace gate had become a cage that trapped the queen.

Tan Tai Yin Xue walked around and came to the backyard wall, and entered Kunning Palace through a hole covered by weeds. The autumn night was cold, and Kunning Palace was dead. The tall sycamore trees rustled in the wind, and the chrysanthemums planted in the yard were unattended and fell all over the ground.

It was quiet.

Only the candlelight was on in the temple. On the stone steps at the entrance of the temple, the skinny figure of the queen sat blankly, motionless, almost blending into the darkness.

Tantai Yinxue came to the entrance of the Buddhist temple under the moonlight. She whispered, "Queen..."

The queen slowly raised her head, and Tan Tai Yin Xue took a breath of cold air, almost screaming out of fright. The queen was so thin that she looked like a skeleton covered in human skin.

The Queen opened her mouth and said in a hoarse voice: "You are here."

Tan Tai Yin Xue was shocked and frightened. She mustered up her courage and asked, "What do you want from me?"

With the death of her two children and her biological mother, the family was about to fall. The Queen's thoughts, which had been blinded by hatred, suddenly became clear. The Queen said, "A centipede will not die without being stiffened. The Tantai family is about to fall. The Emperor is heartless and will definitely sentence me to death, and you to death as well."

Tan Tai Yin Xue clenched her fingers.

She knew that the queen was right.

The Queen looked at the crooked chrysanthemums in the yard and said calmly, "I'll die if I want to. I wish I could die sooner. But before I die, you must take that bitch, Concubine Chen, away with me to be buried with me."

Tan Tai Yin Xue was stunned: "You want to kill Chen Fei?"

The queen turned her head, her bloodshot eyes rolling slightly: "She took away my power, snatched my husband, and killed my child... If nothing unexpected happens, she will be the next queen."

After so many years, Li Yuanjing still favored Shen Wei the most. The queen had no doubt that after she was sentenced to death, Li Yuanjing would support Shen Wei as the successor.

She is not reconciled!

The Queen said, "I am trapped here, with no one to help me... Tantai Yinxue, you claim to be smart, so you must have a way to get rid of Concubine Chen."

Tan Tai Yin Xue stood up. She was unwilling to poison Chen Fei. She refused: "I won't help you."

The queen smiled and said sinisterly, "You are from the second branch of the family. Your parents and brother are far away in Yanzhou, doing silk business for the family. With the fall of the Tantai family, your family should be planning to seek refuge in the neighboring Southern Chu State - but, can they escape?"

Tan Tai Yinxue paused in her steps and turned back suddenly, looking at the queen with eyes full of resentment.

The Queen said quietly, "Be obedient. I only want to bury Concubine Chen with me."

There was deathly silence in Kunning Palace. The dead leaves on the ground rustled in the night wind, and the crooked chrysanthemums swayed crookedly.

After a long time, Tan Tai Yin Xue left without saying a word.

As soon as she left, Kunning Palace fell into a terrible silence again. The queen forced herself to stand up, her gray skirt sweeping across the dusty floor like a broom, and she walked back to the Buddhist temple step by step.

The white jade statue of the Bodhisattva still sat on the altar, enjoying the incense offerings. The Queen lit a stick of incense and murmured, "Bless the Bodhisattva."

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At dawn the next day, the palace maids in the harem were busy as usual, each doing their own job, and everything went on in an orderly manner.

The eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said with a smile: "Aunt Cailian, please tell the mistress Chen Fei that all the monthly silver in the palace has been distributed, and the money for the imperial merchants has arrived."

Cai Lian smiled and said, "Well done."

The eunuch in charge once again responded with a fawning response, which Cailian listened to but did not take to heart.

After finishing her master's orders, Cai Lian returned with two palace maids. In the afternoon, her master wanted to check the porcelain and fabrics sent by the imperial merchants, so she needed to make arrangements early. She also had to do some shopping outside the palace.

The master likes high efficiency and doesn't like his servants to be slow.

Cailian walked along the long palace road, thinking about her work plan for the day. When the palace maids and eunuchs along the way saw her, they would greet her warmly - Aunt Cailian.

"Aunt Cailian, your things fell." An unfriendly voice sounded.

Cai Lian paused and pulled herself out of her thoughts. She looked up and saw a young palace maid beside the stone pillar lamp.

Cai Lian has always had a good memory. She can remember the names of most of the eunuchs and maids in the palace, and knows their positions.

The thin and shrewd palace maid in front of me is Xiao Meng, who serves Concubine Xue of Huayang Palace.

Cai Lian asked, "You said I lost something. What did I lose?"