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

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Xuanming Hall.

Shen Wei lay on the bed in a daze, her forehead burning hot and her cheeks an unhealthy red. She vomited after drinking the cold medicine sent by the Imperial Hospital, and her stomach felt terribly uncomfortable.

She lay there drowsy, and in her daze she even felt her body become very light, as if her soul had left her body.

After three days of lying down, Shen Wei's illness did not get better. On the afternoon of the third day, Shen Wei regained consciousness. She leaned weakly on the soft pillow, opened her mouth and drank two sips of the bitter Chinese medicine, and asked Cai Lian: "Is this the medicine prescribed by Doctor Mo?"

Cai Lian shook her head: "Master, Doctor Mo is also sick. Maybe it's because the weather has turned cold in the past few days, and Doctor Mo likes to stay overnight at Qiuliang Palace, so he caught a cold."

Shen Wei rubbed her brows and ordered in a hoarse voice: "You and Cai Ping go visit Doctor Mo every day... take good care of her."

Cai Lian said, "Master, rest assured. I and Cai Lian go to see Doctor Mo every day to take care of you. Rong Ma and Yu Fei manage the palace affairs together, and there is no trouble in the harem. The Queen Mother and several princesses and princes are very worried about you. They came to visit you this morning, but you were asleep at that time."

Shen Wei drank half a bowl of medicine with difficulty, and then lay back on the bed to rest. Shen Wei stared at the bed curtains and suddenly found that something was wrong with them: "Cai Lian, where is this?"

Cai Lian said, "My Lord, this is Xuanming Palace. The Emperor was concerned about your illness and felt that Yongning Palace was far away, so he brought you back to Xuanming Palace to recuperate."

Xuanming Palace is the palace where the emperor rests alone. It is next to Chang'an Palace where the emperor works. Concubines are not allowed to stay overnight. Li Yuanjing has been busy dealing with the mess of the Xie family recently, and he is thinking about Shen Wei, so he takes Shen Wei to his side to recuperate.

Shen Wei closed her eyes in confusion: "So that's how it is..."

She was too lazy to think about how much truth was hidden in Li Yuanjing's behavior. She just felt that this illness was too strange.

She has been exercising for a long time, has an excellent physique, and seldom gets sick.

Why did you suddenly fall ill?

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In the afternoon, in Chang'an Palace, Li Yuanjing and a group of confidants discussed how to deal with the Xie family.

The Xie family had deep roots, and it was difficult to uproot them in a short period of time. Li Yuanjing planned to gradually deprive the Xie family of their land and taxes, demote Xie Ji to another state, and take back several important official positions occupied by the Xie family.

Gradually losing power and money, the Xie family will definitely collapse completely within three to five years.

The trusted minister took his leave.

Li Yuanjing put his index finger on his forehead and asked Deshun, "Is Concubine Chen feeling better?"

Deshun lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Chen is still the same. She can't drink the medicine and her high fever won't go away."

Li Yuanjing's heart skipped a beat.

He has been busy dealing with the Xie family these days, and he is always restless. Whenever he has a little free time, he thinks about Shen Wei's condition. Many concubines and princes in the palace have been sick before.

Only Shen Wei's illness this time made him feel confused and even a little panicked.

"Let's go to Xuanming Palace." Li Yuanjing stood up.

Soon we arrived at Xuanming Hall.

The Xuanming Palace was filled with the smell of medicine, and the palace maids carefully guarded the room. Shen Wei hadn't woken up yet, lying sickly on the bed, her face thinner.

Li Yuanjing opened the curtain and went in, immediately seeing Shen Wei's obviously sick face.

Li Yuanjing asked the palace maid: "Did the imperial concubine drink the medicine?"

The maid replied tremblingly, "Your Majesty, the master woke up today, drank half a bowl of medicine, and vomited it out. The imperial physician came to see her and said that the master had symptoms of a cold and was very ill. The newly prescribed medicine is still boiling."

Li Yuanjing sat on the bedside and held Shen Wei's cold hand. He didn't like Shen Wei's cold hand very much. The coldness seemed to penetrate his skin and get into his heart.

So much so that his heart turned cold.

Li Yuanjing felt uncomfortable. He stared at Shen Wei's tightly closed eyes and whispered, "Weiwei, open your eyes quickly."

Shen Wei couldn't open her eyes. Her mind was floating in the ocean. She was sick and uncomfortable, and she was mumbling something. Li Yuanjing bent down and leaned close to Shen Wei's lips to listen carefully.

Shen Wei was murmured - "Go home" "Go home".

Li Yuanjing's heart trembled slightly. He didn't quite understand where Shen Wei meant by "going home". Maybe it was Shen Wei's hometown in the south, but that place had been eroded by war and floods, and he could no longer go back.

He could only hold Shen Wei's cold hand: "I am here."

Half an hour later, the cold medicine was brought up. The maid wanted to feed Shen Wei the medicine, but Li Yuanjing held Shen Wei in his arms.

Outside the curtain, Eunuch Deshun said, "Your Majesty, Shu——"

Li Yuanjing interrupted him: "Shut up."

Eunuch Deshun had no choice but to shut up in disappointment.

Through the beaded curtain, Li Yuanjing picked up the medicine bowl, tested the temperature with a spoon, and then put a spoonful of warm bitter liquid medicine to Shen Wei's lips. Shen Wei drank a few sips in a daze, and her stomach felt uncomfortable, so she vomited again.

The medicine stained Li Yuanjing's black dragon robe.

Li Yuanjing patted Shen Wei on the back, as if coaxing a child to drink medicine, and said in a soft voice: "Drink more."

Shen Wei leaned her head in Li Yuanjing's arms, opened her mouth subconsciously, and slowly drank half a bowl of medicine.

Shen Wei was awakened by the bitter medicine, but she had not yet regained consciousness.

She pushed the medicine bowl away irritably, mumbling, "I don't want to drink it anymore...my head hurts...I'm almost burned to death..."

The medicine bowl fell to the ground, and most of Li Yuanjing's clothes were wet.

Shen Wei looked sick, staring at Li Yuanjing with red eyes. Li Yuanjing touched her face and said, "Be obedient. When you get better, I'll take you riding a horse."

Shen Wei leaned in Li Yuanjing's arms: "No, I don't want to ride a horse..."

Her voice was weak, her breath was uneven, and every word she spoke was sickly. Li Yuanjing said patiently, "If you don't want to ride a horse, then what does Weiwei want?"

Shen Wei opened her mouth, her pupils unfocused, as if she was looking at Li Yuanjing, but also as if she was looking at another world. Two hot tears fell from her eyes: "I miss home..."

Li Yuanjing said: "When you recover, I will let your mother come to the palace to accompany you."

Shen Wei stopped talking.

The maid brought a bowl of medicine. Li Yuanjing was very patient. He fed the medicine to Shen Wei little by little with a spoon. Shen Wei resisted the urge to vomit and drank the medicine reluctantly.

The room was quiet, with only the crisp sound of the jade spoon touching the medicine bowl and Shen Wei's occasional inaudible muttering.

Outside the beaded curtain.

Concubine Lu Xuan stood there for a long time.

The beaded curtain could not cover anything. The image of Li Yuanjing taking good care of Shen Wei was imprinted in Lu Xuan's pupils.

Eunuch Deshun gently reminded: "Madam Shufei, Concubine Chen is still ill. Why don't you come visit her another day?"

Deshun finished speaking and waited for Concubine Shu's response.

But Lu Xuan seemed to be nailed to the spot, lost in thought for a long time.

Deshun had no choice but to say it again: "Madam Shufei, would you please come back another day?"

This time Lu Xuan heard it clearly, and she forced a smile: "Okay, I'll come back another day..."

Lu Xuan supported the palace maid's hand and walked out of the inner room of Xuanming Palace in a daze.

With every step she took, her thoughts spread and her heart was broken.

The Imperial Concubine Chen suddenly caught a cold these days and showed no signs of improvement. Lu Xuan planned to go there under the pretext of "visiting the patient" to get some information.

But he learned that the emperor had taken Concubine Chen to Xuanming Palace to recuperate.

When Lu Xuan arrived at Xuanming Hall, she saw this dazzling scene. There were many concubines in the harem who had fallen ill, but the emperor had never taken such good care of a concubine.

He fed Shen Wei medicine one mouthful at a time, and he didn't feel disgusted even though his clothes were stained by the medicine.

Even ordinary couples in the world cannot be so caring.

Even when Lu Xuan was the most favored, she had never received such care from the emperor.

Lu Xuan's heart was in turmoil. The past that she had deliberately ignored and didn't want to think about was revealed in a bloody way.

It turns out that the emperor treats Shen Wei differently.