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

Liu Ruyan sighed, looking at the yellowing autumn leaves not far away: "What's the point of fighting? Like leaves falling in the wind, prosperity will always wither."

The queen lost her power and the harem was in turmoil. The concubines all coveted the position of queen. Liu Ruyan just found it ridiculous.

Wealth, fame, fortune and power are all fleeting.

Shen Wei turned around and said, "Cai Ping, go back to the palace."

Liu Ruyan is really beautiful, and her brain is really weird. You can only admire her from a distance, and you can't talk to her.

Shen Wei ran away in a flash.

In the East Pavilion, the palace maid Xuemei, who was hiding behind a pillar, poked her head out. She walked back to Liu Ruyan and said cautiously, "My lady, the wind is blowing. You are not feeling well. The imperial physician said that you will catch a cold if you are exposed to the wind too much. How about we go back to the palace?"

The autumn wind is chilly, and Dongting is located at the windward side of the Imperial Garden, so Xuemei is really cold.

But the master insisted on sitting alone in the East Pavilion, admiring the dead leaves slowly turning yellow and the maple leaves gradually turning red in autumn.

Liu Ruyan said: "The autumn is very beautiful, and the maple leaves are as red as blood, which is also a unique sight."

Xuemei wanted to pinch her philtrum. If it weren't for the fact that the Empress Chen had raised the salaries of the maids in each palace since she took over the management of the harem, Xuemei really wanted to quit.

Back in the East Pavilion, Liu Ruyan sat quietly on the stone bench, watching the flowers bloom and fall and the leaves turn yellow.

No matter how turbulent the harem is, she only wants to be a plum tree in the deep palace, away from the storm, admiring her own beauty.

Xuemei silently counted the days until she could leave the palace on her fingers. Palace maids could leave the palace when they reached the age of 25, and if she could endure one more year, she would be able to escape from the sea of ​​suffering.

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The former court and the harem were all waiting for the emperor's decree to depose the queen.

But strangely, time passed quickly, and it was already nearly Mid-Autumn Festival, but the decree to depose the queen had not yet come down.

The Xie family was the first to lose patience, and joined a dozen ministers to submit a memorial, detailing the Queen's crimes, hoping that the Emperor would depose her. In the court, the Emperor was furious, reprimanded the ministers, demoted most of them, and fined their salaries.

The emperor claimed that although the queen had committed many crimes, she was the biological mother of Princess Li Yao. Because of their old relationship, the emperor did not intend to depose the queen.

Only then did everyone realize that although the Tan Tai family had fallen, the emperor did not intend to depose the queen.

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Kunning Palace.

The queen was in agony every day. She was waiting for the imperial edict to depose her, and for the white silk and poisoned wine that would sentence her to death.

Unfortunately, I didn’t wait.

Only Eunuch Deshun came. Eunuch Deshun conveyed the emperor's oral order, asking the queen to "recuperate" in Kunning Palace and not to step out of Kunning Palace for the rest of her life.

The palace maids were dismissed, and only an old nanny brought meals to the queen every day, and the imperial guards guarded the door.

After Eunuch Deshun left, the Queen slumped on the ground, staring blankly at the empty courtyard. She murmured, "He didn't depose her... He, he didn't depose her..."

Could it be that because she burned incense and prayed to Buddha every day, the Bodhisattva appeared and saved her life as a devout believer?

The queen returned to the temple in a daze, knelt on the cushion, and stared blankly at the compassionate Bodhisattva statue: "For the rest of my life... I can only stay with the Bodhisattva..."

She lost completely.

There were light footsteps outside the house, and Li Yao came to the front of the Buddhist temple. She called softly, "Mother."

The queen turned around and saw the timid little girl at the door.

Li Yao whispered, "It's cold, Yaoer brought you a thick quilt. Please take good care of yourself. Yaoer will come to see you once a month at the beginning of the month."

The palace maid next to her put down a thick quilt.

Li Yao didn't dare to get close to the queen.

The queen, kneeling in the Buddhist temple, was skinny, with bulging eyes and high cheekbones, like a scary skeleton. When she looked at Li Yao, she looked ferocious.

Li Yao felt a sour nose. After putting down the quilt, he quickly left with the palace maid.

It's just the relationship between mother and daughter, nothing more. After she gets married, she will no longer come to visit the queen. She has her own life, and she will never follow the queen's old path.

The queen sat in the Buddhist temple, looking at her daughter's departing back. She was suddenly overwhelmed by a heavy sadness.

The family collapsed, the sons died one after another, and her husband despised her... In the end, the only one left by her side was the daughter she despised the most.

The queen lowered her head and whimpered in sorrow and pain.

I don’t know how much time passed.

There were footsteps outside the house again.

The one who came this time was Shen Wei.

The sunlight was clear. The courtyard of Kunning Palace had not been taken care of for a long time, and weeds were growing rampantly. The chrysanthemums bloomed wildly and blended in with the weeds.

Shen Wei stopped to admire the wild chrysanthemums. Most of the flowers and plants in the palace were neatly trimmed, but the wild flowers growing wildly had a unique beauty.

The queen dragged her numb feet and walked out of the Buddhist hall, staring at Shen Wei with sinister eyes: "What are you doing here? Are you here to see me make a fool of myself?"

Shen Wei looked back and smiled: "Yes."

The yard was full of wild chrysanthemums. Shen Wei stood among them. She was beautiful and more charming than the flowers.

The queen's eyes were full of jealousy. In the deep palace, Lanpin, Shufei, and Meifei had slowly faded away. Only Shen Wei could always be ostentatious and bright, as if she would never fade.

Many years ago, the Queen promoted Shen Wei to be a concubine. She could never have imagined that the lowly concubine whom she had never taken seriously would one day become the most favored one in the harem.

The Queen taunted sarcastically: "Shen Wei, no one can be successful all their lives. There will always be a day when you fall into the mire."

Shen Wei smiled: "Even if I fall into the mud one day, I can stand up again. But you will never leave Kunning Palace."

The Queen is kept alive now in order to check and balance the aristocratic families.

Once Li Yuanjing has wiped out all the noble families, the Queen's life will be over.

The Queen dug her fingernails into her palms.

Shen Wei walked over slowly, tilted her head to look at the queen, and whispered to her: "I manage the harem very strictly, and I have spies all over the harem. Any movement in Kunning Palace cannot be hidden from my eyes."

The queen was stunned and asked in confusion: "What do you mean!"

Shen Wei smiled and said, "You sneaked out of Kunning Palace again and again recently. You sent messages to the Tan Tai family, went to Li Chengzhen's palace to reprimand her, and colluded with Tan Tai Yinxue in private... Do you really think that the guards didn't keep a close watch?"

The Queen froze in place.

A terrible chill ran from her ankles to her scalp, and the queen was shrouded in a terrible chill.

terrible!

Shen Wei is so scary!

The queen's eyes were red, and she rushed towards Shen Wei in despair, screaming, "It's you! You are the one behind this! You killed my son! You ruined my family! Aren't you afraid that I will tell the emperor your true identity?"

Shen Wei took two steps back to avoid the queen's attack.

Shen Wei shook her head: "You are an unvirtuous wife, an unkind mother, an unfilial daughter, unkind to your superiors, and disrespectful to your subordinates. Everything is your own fault."

After a pause, Shen Wei's eyes were cold, and she continued, "I remember that when you were in the palace, you boasted that you were as pure as a chrysanthemum. For the rest of your life, you will spend it with these chrysanthemums."

Shen Wei left Kunning Palace.

She instructed the guards at the door: "Fix the dog hole in the backyard and check the wall every month for any damage."

The guard bowed and accepted the order: "Yes."

Shen Wei took the sedan chair and returned to Yongning Palace.

From then on, there were no more mistakes for the Queen to exploit, and she could never step out of Kunning Palace again.

As soon as Shen Wei's sedan chair arrived at Yongning Palace, Cai Lian in the courtyard ran over happily to report:

"Congratulations, Master. Congratulations, Master. Happy event!"