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

Shen Wei smiled, put her arms around Li Yuanjing's neck affectionately, and said confidently: "With the emperor here, what else can I do?"

His words were full of dependence and trust on Li Yuanjing.

Li Yuanjing felt warm in his heart.

His Weiwei always depends on him like this.

After a while, Li Yao returned from the side hall. Li Yuanjing told her that the queen would not be deposed and her life would be spared.

Li Yao's pale face instantly showed joy, tears welled up in her eyes: "Thank you, father."

Li Yao had lost a lot of weight recently, and her cheeks were almost fleshless. Li Yuanjing called her over and took a closer look. Li Yao's face was pale and her eyes were red and swollen.

Apparently cried for a long time.

Li Yuanjing comforted him, "Go back and have a good meal, and don't cry anymore."

The tone is rarely kind.

Li Yao vaguely felt that in her father's heart, she, his biological daughter, still had a place. In order not to make herself sad, her father decided not to depose the queen.

Without staying in Chang'an Palace for too long, Shen Wei took Li Yao away from Chang'an Palace.

Li Yao was obviously in a much better mood. She held Shen Wei's hand and said from the bottom of her heart: "Mrs. Chen, you are so kind."

Shen Wei paused.

Shen Wei tilted her head and said softly, "I can help you once, but that doesn't mean I can solve your problems every time."

Li Yao stood there in a daze, the smile on her face froze.

The autumn wind blew, and Li Yao's hair on her temples spread out in the wind. She looked at Shen Wei guiltily and lowered her head awkwardly.

Shen Wei knew what the little girl was thinking. She said, "You went on a hunger strike, and you relied on your tears to gain the mercy of this palace and the emperor. But Yao'er, begging for mercy is the lowest form of tactic."

A princess raised in a golden nest is always a bit naive and thinks she can get everything she wants with tears.

Li Yao is still young, and the adults will lend a helping hand and make some concessions because of her young age.

But in the future, when Li Yao gets married, she will face many problems in life. At that time, tears can't solve the problem, and seeking sympathy from others is useless.

If a teenage girl hides in the house and cries helplessly, people will feel pity for her and want to help her; if a woman in her forties hides in the house and cries helplessly, people will just think that she is useless and has lived in vain.

Shen Wei asked: "Do you know why the queen is disliked?"

Li Yao opened her mouth and answered: "Because my mother did a lot of wrong things."

Shen Wei said: "That's part of the reason. But more importantly, the queen thinks she has someone to rely on. I heard that before the queen got married, she was doted on by the whole family. When she cried, the whole house would revolve around her and solve her problems. Every time she got into trouble, the Tan Tai family would always cover for her.

After the fall of the Tantai family, she had no one to lean on, so she was naturally abandoned. "

Li Yao lowered her head gloomily.

Shen Wei said softly, "Yao'er, your father can pity you for a while, but he can never pity you forever. Your father didn't depose the queen this time because he weighed the pros and cons, not because he sympathized with you."

In Li Yuanjing's heart, his own daughter's tears are worthless.

He did not depose the queen only to prevent a new family from coming to power.

Li Yao blinked, and her usually innocent pupils became clearer. She vaguely understood what Shen Wei meant.

"It's getting late, you should go back to Cining Palace first." Shen Wei wiped Li Yao's face and said gently, "Eat on time and go to bed on time in the future. You are your biggest support. It's useless to rely on others."

Li Yao nodded as if she understood, said goodbye to Shen Wei, and left with a heavy heart.

Shen Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

Little girls from ordinary families can cry and make a fuss for candy; but little princesses in the palace, no matter how much they cry, it is difficult for them to get candy.

Princesses cannot be naive and must recognize the cruelty of imperial power as soon as possible.

"Master, do you want to go back to Yongning Palace for a nap?" Caiping asked in a low voice.

Shen Wei was not sleepy. She said, "Let's go to the East Pavilion of the Imperial Garden. There are two new precious chrysanthemums named 'Phoenix Zhenyu' planted there. It is said that they are very beautiful."

The sedan chair turned towards the imperial garden.

Autumn has arrived, and most of the leaves in the Imperial Garden have begun to change color, with red, yellow and green patches everywhere. Along the way, there are lush blooming chrysanthemums, which is a beautiful sight.

Come to the East Pavilion of the Imperial Garden.

Shen Wei walked over and saw from afar a graceful sick beauty sitting in the East Pavilion. The cool autumn wind blew, and the sick beauty's white clothes swayed, and she seemed to be ascending to heaven in the next moment.

It’s Liu Ruyan.

Shen Wei stopped and admired Liu Ruyan's stunning beauty. She was indeed the most beautiful woman in Beijing. Even though she was sick, she was still as beautiful as an ancient painting.

Elegant and unworldly beauty.

No wonder Li Yuanjing liked her and occasionally stayed at Liu Ruyan's place. With such a beautiful face, even a woman like Shen Wei would be moved.

After pausing to admire Liu Ruyan's beauty for a while, Shen Wei slowly walked to the east pavilion. She turned her sight and soon saw the two pots of the precious "Phoenix Feathers".

The chrysanthemum is just like its name, like a golden phoenix, spreading its wings and flying high, bright and dazzling.

The more Shen Wei looked at it, the more she liked it.

Shen Wei instructed Cai Ping: "Tell the clothing bureau that this palace's new autumn shirt will use this chrysanthemum pattern."

Cai Ping nodded immediately: "Okay, I will convey your message later."

Shen Wei was in charge of the six palaces and was the most favored among them, so she would naturally not treat herself badly. Whatever she wanted to eat or whatever she wanted, she only had to give orders, and naturally the palace servants would efficiently fulfill her needs.

This is the meaning of competing for favor, to make your life more comfortable.

The commotion here startled Liu Ruyan, who was watching the autumn leaves in the East Pavilion.

Liu Ruyan slowly stood up, glanced at the gaudy golden chrysanthemum with her beautiful eyes, and sneered, "How vulgar."

Shen Wei was speechless.

Liu Ruyan has a very bad reputation in the palace, largely because of her indiscriminately attacking mouth, which seems to be poisonous.

That year, Concubine Lan wore a flower and butterfly skirt at the palace banquet. Liu Ruyan coldly mocked it as "vulgar and ugly", and Concubine Lan was so angry that she almost overturned the table.

Liu Ruyan dared to criticize even the emperor in person. For example, last year the Emperor of Yue gave Li Yuanjing a precious jeweled gold belt inlaid with twenty emeralds, which was extremely gorgeous. Li Yuanjing liked it very much and wore it for five or six days in a row.

As a result, Liu Ruyan saw it and said "vulgar". Li Yuanjing was so angry that he didn't step into Liu Ruyan's palace for three months.

Shen Wei waved the round fan in her hand. She was in a very good mood and was not angry. Instead, she told Liu Ruyan: "Flowers and plants are meaningless. It is just people who give them qualities."

Liu Ruyan looked at him with disdain.

Shen Wei kindly told Liu Ruyan: "The plum blossom blooms in winter not because it has noble qualities. It's just that its flower buds grow in late autumn, so it has no choice but to bloom in winter."

The plum blossoms bloom in winter, which is influenced by multiple factors such as climate, environment, and their own physiological characteristics.

But unfortunately, modern knowledge cannot squeeze into the brains of ancient people. Liu Ruyan's beautiful eyes were filled with coldness, and she said lightly: "The queen is about to be deposed. It can be seen that you, Concubine Chen, are very proud."

Shen Wei: "..."

How can you tell that I'm proud?