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

She is the daughter of the Xie family and has been loved by her father and mother since she was a child. Her father taught her to put the family first.

She shoulders the burden of the family's future. After the incident was exposed, Lanpin decided to take all the blame and not let the Xie family be implicated.

Seeing this, the personal maid knelt down and kowtowed, pleading with Lanpin with tears in her eyes: "My Lady, please understand, it is all my fault! My master is kind-hearted, and it was I who fanned the flames and led him astray! I know I was wrong! Please have mercy on my master, my Lady, and let her go."

Lanpin's eyes were red. "You silly girl, you are talking nonsense. How can you instigate me?"

Shen Wei sat at the main seat, watching the scene of deep affection between master and servant, and smiled silently.

Shen Wei put down the teacup: "I am tired, Cailian, let's go back to Yongning Palace."

Cai Lian said calmly: "Yes."

Cai Lian supported Shen Wei and left the main hall of Huayang Palace. Lanpin was stunned for a moment and hurried to catch up with Shen Wei.

The imperial concubine's sedan chair was ready, and Lanpin stood blankly at the palace gate. She opened her mouth and said, "Imperial Concubine Chen...you, you..."

Concubine Lan thought that she would encounter a devastating disaster today and be banished to the cold palace to die miserably.

But what no one expected was that Shen Wei did nothing, just drank half a cup of tea and left.

In the imperial concubine's sedan chair, Shen Wei put her white fingers on her forehead and asked Lanpin casually, "You have two half brothers and one half sister, right?"

Lanpin didn't understand why, so she nodded and replied, "Yes."

The current head of the famous Xie family is an upright gentleman. He is not interested in women and has only one wife and one concubine in his room.

The legitimate wife, Wu, was born into the famous Wu family and was the mother of Lanpin. Wu was weak and had several pregnancies after marrying the head of the Xie family, but unfortunately all of them were miscarriages. Finally, she gave birth to a daughter, Lanpin, with all her efforts, but her body was completely broken and she could no longer have children.

The head of the Xie family had deep feelings for Wu and vowed not to take another concubine. But how could the famous Xie family not have a male heir? Wu was a virtuous woman. Despite her husband's objections, she took a concubine, Aunt Zhao, for her husband. Aunt Zhao soon gave birth to two sons and a daughter for the Xie family.

But the head of the Xie family was concerned about Wu and was very cold to Aunt Zhao. He spent most of his time with Wu and was extremely fond of their daughter, Concubine Lan.

Both the outside world and Lanpin herself think that the most glorious daughter of the Xie family is Lanpin.

"Why did Concubine Chen suddenly mention my younger brothers and sisters?" Concubine Lan looked confused.

Shen Wei smiled and said, "From now on, you should behave yourself."

Lanpin forced a smile and said politely, "I will definitely behave myself."

She still looked respectful, but Lanpin knew that she had no choice after entering the palace. To stay within her means waiting for death. She had the future of the Xie family on her shoulders, so she had to fight.

After the imperial concubine's guard of honor left, Concubine Lan watched Shen Wei's glorious back, pouted her lips, and turned back to the palace.

"Tong'er, prepare pen and ink, I want to write a letter to my mother!" Lanpin yelled.

The palace maid hurried to prepare writing brush and ink.

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Yongning Palace.

After returning from Huayang Palace, Shen Wei leisurely applied a homemade facial mask and began to study the new palace rules.

On the table, there was a thick stack of detailed information about the Xie and Wu families, recording the major and minor events of the famous Xie and Wu families. Cai Ping picked up the information about the Xie and Wu families and threw it all into the stove.

The paper was engulfed by the flames and turned into black ash.

After Cai Ping finished burning the information, she couldn't help but mutter, "Master, why did you let Lanpin go? We can take this opportunity to make Lanpin unable to turn over."

Shen Wei poked Cai Ping's little head: "You have such a little head, you always think about killing this and that. The palace is not a battlefield, killing people won't solve the problem."

Caiping lowered her head silently.

Shen Wei said: "The Xie family is a century-old family, and they are also married to the Wu family, so their power is intertwined. You can't kill them all, you can only suppress and divide them. In my opinion, Lanpin is the best entry point."

The head of the Xie family married the only legitimate daughter of the Wu family and gave birth to Xie Fanglan (Princess Lan). The Xie and Wu families had a close relationship and supported each other.

The two hemp ropes were twisted together and difficult to cut. It would be much easier to cut the two hemp ropes separately. Therefore, the Xie family and the Wu family had to fall out.

Shen Wei held the brush and quickly wrote the new palace rules. She blew the ink dry and told Cai Ping, "Let's go and take the new palace rules to the Queen Mother and have the Emperor finalize them."

According to the harem rules, only concubines with the rank of imperial concubines can see their relatives once a year. Shen Wei wants to change this palace rule so that concubines and noble ladies in the palace can also see their relatives once or twice a year.

Let Lanpin meet her poor mother, completely recognize the hypocritical true face of the head of the Xie family, and divide the Xie family and the Wu family.

In addition, Shen Wei noticed that the mental health of the concubines in the harem was problematic. For example, Concubine Lan, who was not favored and had a bad brain, became lonely for a long time and had a distorted mentality, so she was prone to do extreme things.

Shen Wei had to think of some measures to make the concubines happier in the depressing palace.

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Yanjing City, Xie Family.

The Xie family was wealthy, and the soil in the garden was extremely fertile, so the chrysanthemums planted there blossomed exceptionally brilliantly. A middle-aged woman with a graceful demeanor was strolling leisurely, wearing a light gold peacock brocade skirt and a brown embroidered robe, with her hair half-shaking and her steps slender.

"Madam, there is a letter from the palace." The maid handed over a letter.

Aunt Zhao took the letter and read it at a glance, with a sneer in her eyes: "She is still hoping that bitch Wu will reply to her letter. How naive! Burn the letter."

The maid took the order and burned the letter that Lanpin sent to Wu.

Since Lanpin entered the palace, she wrote to Wu almost every month. But all these letters were intercepted by Aunt Zhao and burned to ashes.

Aunt Zhao was walking among the chrysanthemums. With her fingers as green as green onions, she gently plucked a precious chrysanthemum and played with it in her palm. Aunt Zhao casually asked the maid, "Has Wu's condition improved?"

The maid smiled and replied, "The imperial physician said that she will not survive this winter. When Wu dies, you will be the only mistress of the Xie family."

Aunt Zhao laughed happily, grinding the chrysanthemum in her hand into powder: "Poor sister, she still thought that the master of the family really loved her."

He was a fool till his death.

Aunt Zhao murmured to herself, "Mrs. Wu is a fool, and her daughter is useless."

The maid laughed in agreement.

After a pause, Aunt Zhao told the maid, "Go and remind Fanghua to imitate Concubine Chen well. She must imitate Concubine Chen's clothing, speech style, even makeup and body shape at least 80% of the time."

Aunt Zhao and the head of the Xie family gave birth to a daughter, Xie Fanghua.

Xie Fanghua is eighteen years old this year and has an outstanding appearance. What's more rare is that she looks 50% similar to Concubine Chen in the palace. Concubine Lan is not favored, and the Xie family plans to send Xie Fanghua to the palace to compete for favor.

Aunt Zhao was quite scheming. She knew that there was never a shortage of beauties in the harem and that her daughter might not necessarily receive the emperor's exclusive favor.

Fortunately, Xie Fanghua and Concubine Chen look a bit alike. The fact that Concubine Chen is favored by the emperor shows that the emperor likes women like her.

Men are all creatures who value appearance. They love the woman and the people in her, and she is just like you. Xie Fanghua is young and beautiful, and she will definitely slowly replace Concubine Chen's position in the emperor's heart.

The maid supported Aunt Zhao's arm and said, "Don't worry, Madam. The Second Miss has been seriously imitating Concubine Chen in the past two months. She is very lifelike."