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

Shen Wei rubbed her nose. She had been sneezing too frequently recently. Sometimes she would sneeze for no apparent reason even when she was sleeping in the middle of the night.

My nose is itchy and very uncomfortable.

Shen Wei looked in front of a bronze mirror, adjusting her wedding dress and hair accessories. Cai Ping came in with hot soup and snacks: "Master, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat too much at the welcoming banquet tonight. Please eat some dinner first to fill your stomach."

Shen Wei drank two mouthfuls of hot soup and asked Cai Ping, "Has Meipin changed into her wedding dress?"

Caiping shook her head.

Shen Wei's face was slightly cold: "Go tell Meipin that if she refuses to change into auspicious clothes to attend the banquet, she can't go out tonight."

In solemn occasions, concubines cannot wear clothes in different styles.

According to the rules and regulations, when attending large-scale events, the concubines in the harem must wear the same auspicious dress. The auspicious dress is a symbol of the concubines. The dress has a gorgeous satin surface, the main color is golden red, and it is embroidered with patterns such as peonies, phoenixes, and cranes, with a unified style.

In such occasions, Liu Ruyan must not wear white clothes, otherwise she would be criticized if it got out.

"Yes, I'll pass the message on right away." Caiping turned and headed for Yuxiu Palace. Caiping was wondering, Meipin was just an ordinary concubine now, if she didn't want to attend the banquet, there was no need to communicate again and again, just pretend that there was no such person as Meipin in the harem.

But judging from Shen Wei's attitude, it seemed that Shen Wei really wanted Meipin to be there. Caiping was full of doubts and could not guess what Shen Wei was thinking, so she could only lower her head and quickly go about her business.

In the room, Shen Wei managed to eat half full.

Cai Lian came into the room and reported that Doctor Mo had arrived.

Shen Wei received her in the inner hall.

Doctor Mo was wearing a blue official doctor's robe and a black hat, with a look of obvious sleepiness on her face. She sat down on the soft chair next to her and took Shen Wei's pulse.

After a while, Mo Xun tilted his head and said, "My dear concubine, you are in good health and not seriously ill. Tell me, what is wrong with you?"

Shen Wei pointed to her slightly red nose and said, "I always sneeze after the spring."

Sneezing is not a big problem, but it is not a small problem either.

Sneezing every day and having a runny nose occasionally is really unsightly. Shen Wei has always pursued perfection, and she must solve the problem of sneezing.

During the day, Shen Wei couldn't help sneezing while dining with Li Yuanjing. Li Yuanjing didn't mind and even asked Shen Wei to put on more clothes. But Shen Wei felt uncomfortable.

Although Li Yuanjing verbally expressed that he didn't mind, if Shen Wei really sneezed in front of him every day, Li Yuanjing might have already felt a little disgusted in his heart.

A beautiful woman is very pleasing to the eyes, but a beautiful woman who sneezes and has a runny nose is not that beautiful.

Shen Wei must prevent such things from happening.

"Allow me to ask you in detail." Mo Xun came closer, "My dear concubine, what are the specific symptoms of your sneezing?"

Shen Wei thought for a moment and answered truthfully: "My nose is itchy, and my eyes are itchy sometimes, too. I have a runny nose, but it doesn't sound like a cold."

Mo Xun stroked his fair and smooth chin, thought for a while, and looked around the furnishings in the inner hall. Finally, he stood up and ran to the lush courtyard of Yongning Palace.

After a while, Mo Xun held a dozen kinds of blooming flowers in his hands and put them all on the table. The strong fragrance diffused, and Shen Wei's nose was itchy, and she couldn't help sneezing repeatedly.

Mo Xun saw this and understood: "You have hay fever."

Shen Wei wondered, "In previous years, the palace was full of flowers, and I never sneezed."

Mo Xun said patiently, "Due to improper shelter during the winter, the cold and wind evil accumulated in the body. When the spring came, the yang energy was generated, and then there was pollinosis. This is easy to treat. I will prescribe a prescription for replenishing qi later. Drink two doses of decoction every day, and you will recover soon."

Shen Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out she was allergic to pollen.

Shen Wei ordered the palace servants to boil the medicine, and then looked at the spring courtyard full of flowers. She said sadly: "Move these flowers away and send them to the concubines in the palace."

Cai Lian wondered: "If all the flowers are moved away, the courtyard of Yongning Palace will be empty."

Shen Wei sighed: "Let's plant some vegetables first."

After her hay fever is cured, I will transplant some flowers and plants back.

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It was dark, and a crescent moon hung in the sky, above the willow branches.

In the Qinghua Hall in the palace, where foreign guests were received, the ministers took their seats one after another, and the concubines also sat at the women's seats. The Queen Mother had not yet fully recovered from her illness, so she did not attend tonight.

Accompanied by Deshun's crisp voice of "The Emperor has arrived" and "The Imperial Concubine Chen has arrived", Shen Wei accompanied Li Yuanjing and followed him into the magnificent hall.

All the ministers bowed and paid their respects.

The main seat, a pearl curtain separated the emperor from his ministers. Shen Wei sat beside Li Yuanjing, looking at the ministers and women kneeling in front of her, with an indescribable complex emotion in her heart.

No wonder everyone wants to be an emperor. How can one not be moved by such majesty and dominance over the world?

"Everyone is safe."

The emperor spoke, and the ministers and female relatives returned to their original seats. Shen Wei sat in the honorable seat to the right of Li Yuanjing and glanced at the female guest seat on the right.

The concubines all wore golden red auspicious clothes, and the female family members all wore imperial robes. Liu Ruyan sat quietly at the table. She rarely wore luxurious and colorful clothes. Today, she rarely wore a gorgeous auspicious dress, and she was still very beautiful.

Liu Ruyan's eyes were cold and indifferent from beginning to end, like a gorgeous ice sculpture. Occasionally, her beautiful eyes glanced at the dragon throne, hoping that Li Yuanjing would look at her.

Unfortunately, I have feelings for you, but you are heartless.

Liu Ruyan felt bitter. She endured the discomfort and changed into the gaudy wedding dress tonight, just wanting to see Li Yuanjing. But the emperor didn't even look at her. Liu Ruyan held the wine glass, wept in grievance, and drank the wine in one gulp.

"Your Majesty, the Nanchu delegation has arrived." Eunuch Deshun bowed and reported.

Li Yuanjing said: "Announce."

The dragon-carved sandalwood hall door opened, and the armored imperial guards divided into two rows, and the envoys of the Southern Chu delegation strode into the Qinghua Hall. Shen Wei looked at these Southern Chu envoys curiously.

There were fifty or sixty envoys entering Yanjing, and the six envoys with the highest official positions were present at the banquet today. The oldest was sixty years old, and the youngest was in their twenties, all wearing crimson-purple robes with wide sleeves.

"Foreign officials pay their respects to the Emperor of Daqing." The six envoys bowed and greeted him with an attitude neither humble nor arrogant.

Li Yuanjing nodded slightly: "Please take a seat."

The six people sat down one by one.

Today was a welcoming banquet, and we didn't talk about state affairs or business trade, but only drank and ate. The music hall was singing and dancing, and the scene was quite joyful. However, Shen Wei knew very well that the Emperor of Southern Chu, Li Yuanli, was a stingy man. He sent this delegation to Yanjing, not just to discuss trade peacefully.

It must be a demon.

As expected, a 30-something Southern Chu envoy deliberately put down his wine glass with disdain. He frowned and looked at the wine on the table with disdain: "This wine is really hard to swallow, even worse than the swill of Southern Chu. Your Majesty the Emperor of Daqing, is there no good wine in Qing Kingdom?"

The voice was neither high nor low, and the tone was full of sarcasm.

The food and drinks for the welcoming banquet were arranged by Shen Wei and the Ministry of Rites, who took care of every detail to ensure that nothing was overlooked. The wine used to entertain the Nanchu envoys tonight was Daqing's unique plum wine, which tasted sweet and rich.

The envoy from Southern Chu was obviously trying to find fault on purpose.