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

Shen Wei was slightly surprised.

She didn't think much about it. Li Yuanjing was sometimes so busy that he had no time to have meals with her.

Time passed quietly, the sun was setting, and night fell. The exquisite and delicious dinner from the imperial kitchen was delivered to Yongning Palace. Shen Wei was starving and waited and waited, but Li Yuanjing did not come back.

Shen Wei sent Cai Ping to the Chang'an Palace for questioning. Half an hour later, Cai Ping ran back and told Shen Wei: "My Lord, the Emperor will have dinner with several officials from the Ministry of War tonight. The Emperor asked you to go to bed early, and he will not come tonight."

A strange emotion surged in Shen Wei's heart.

After returning from the ploughing ceremony, Li Yuanjing seemed to be acting strangely. Shen Wei scratched her head, unable to figure it out.

She could only blame it on the fact that Li Yuanjing was too busy dealing with the Lu family to spare any time.

Since Li Yuanjing did not come to Yongning Palace, Shen Wei was happy and at ease alone. She enjoyed a table full of delicious food, took a leisurely walk after the meal, and went back to the study to look through the shop's spring profits.

The moon was at its zenith. Shen Wei lay alone on the soft and comfortable big bed. She rolled around happily for a few times and fell into a sweet dream hugging her pillow.

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Shen Wei originally thought that after Li Yuanjing had dealt with state affairs, he would have time to come to Yongning Palace to rest.

However, three days passed.

Li Yuanjing didn't even step into the Yongning Palace, nor did he summon Shen Wei to accompany him for meals, and he didn't even look at the small vegetable garden he had carefully cultivated.

During the day, Li Yuanjing discussed the details of dealing with the Lu family with court officials, and at night he slept alone in Xuanming Hall.

Shen Wei realized the seriousness of the matter. She had been with Li Yuanjing for many years, but they had never gone three days apart.

"The aristocratic family has fallen. Is the emperor planning to take action against the Shen family?" In the study room of Yongning Palace, Shen Wei held a brush in her hand, worrying about the future.

As aristocratic families fell one after another, the Shen family was at its peak.

Shen Wei is a royal concubine with both a son and a daughter. Her brother is a general commanding an army of 100,000 men, and her younger brother is a new noble in the court. The poor families in the court, represented by Yang Xuanji, have close relations with the Shen family.

In the imperial court, the Shen family's prestige grew stronger and stronger.

Li Yuanjing has been distancing himself from Shen Wei these days, perhaps because he wants to deal with the Shen family. The brush fell on the rice paper with a clatter. Shen Wei didn't dare to think about it anymore. She stood up quickly: "Cai Ping, change your clothes! I want to go to Chang'an Palace!"

Let’s go and test Li Yuanjing’s attitude first.

Cai Ping ran into the room and opened the wardrobe: "Master, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a peach and flower embroidered skirt today. The embroidery is very good. Do you want to wear it?"

Shen Wei thought for a moment: "Just wear this one. Then put on some haggard makeup for me."

The king is seen in new clothes, and his haggard face shows sorrow.

The imperial concubine's sedan chair passed through the long palace road and arrived at the Chang'an Palace where the emperor handled state affairs. When Eunuch Deshun saw Shen Wei, he hurried over to pay his respects: "My lady, the imperial concubine, is well."

Shen Wei got off the sedan chair and asked Deshun in a low voice: "What's wrong with the emperor recently?"

Deshun was also bewildered: "Master, I really don't understand. After the emperor finished his work, he said several times that he wanted to go to Yongning Palace - but for some reason, he always changed his mind."

The emperor's thoughts are hard to guess.

De Shun had served in the imperial court for many years, but he still could not grasp the emperor's temper.

Deshun said, "Master, please wait a moment. The emperor is resting and drinking tea. I will go in and pass on the message."

Shen Wei was waiting in front of the Chang'an Palace.

The spring sun was shining brightly, and the two peach trees in the flower beds on both sides of Chang'an Palace were full of peach blossoms. Shen Wei's hay fever had not yet fully recovered, and when she smelled the faint fragrance of flowers, her nose began to itch again.

She covered her mouth and nose and sneezed.

After a while, Deshun came out with a look of regret on his face: "My Lady, the Emperor will summon officials from the Ministry of Rites to discuss matters later. The Emperor asks you to go back first."

Shen Wei's face was slightly cold.

She glanced at Deshun, who tactfully stepped aside. Shen Wei strode into Chang'an Palace.

Deshun cleared his throat and said to the guards on duty in front of the palace, "Move forward ten feet. We can't hear the emperor and the imperial concubine talking."

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Li Yuanjing was not in the main hall of Chang'an Palace, he was drinking tea in the side hall. Shen Wei stepped in and saw the cold curve of his profile.

Shen Wei lowered her eyes and called softly, "Your Majesty."

Li Yuanjing put down the celadon teacup.

He said: "I still have government affairs--"

Shen Wei interrupted him softly, "Your Majesty, I have been with you for many years, how can I not notice your mood changes. If I have done anything wrong, just tell me, don't keep it in your heart, lest I worry about it day and night."

The side hall was quiet, and the sound of birdsong could be heard outside the window.

Li Yuanjing turned around, and the sleeves of his black and gold dragon robe brushed across the table. His inky black eyes looked at Shen Wei.

Shen Wei wore a gorgeous new dress today, and it was obvious that she had dressed up carefully, but the haggardness and sadness in her eyes could not be concealed by makeup. There were so many beauties in the palace, and Li Yuanjing always felt that his Weiwei was unique and made him fall in love with her for a long time.

But he was not the only one who was moved.

Shen Wei spoke again, her eyes reddening: "Your Majesty..."

His voice was light and soft, with a hint of grievance that was hard to conceal.

Li Yuanjing closed his eyes, stood up and walked towards Shen Wei. Li Yuanjing was very tall, had practiced martial arts for many years, and had long and slender limbs. He stopped in front of Shen Wei, and his shadow enveloped Shen Wei.

Li Yuanjing's bony fingers slowly stroked Shen Wei's fair chin. He asked, "Weiwei, when did you have any contact with Yuan Li?"

Shen Wei stood there in a daze.

She looked confused and stunned.

A series of vile words rolled through her mind.

She thought that Li Yuanjing had been deliberately ignoring her these days in order to take action against the Shen family. But it turned out that Li Yuanjing was just secretly jealous and suspected that Shen Wei and Li Yuanli were having an affair.

"I have no dealings with King Heng." Shen Wei answered truthfully.

She was telling the truth.

She and Li Yuanli had only met a few times, and Li Yuanli was the only one who knew her true character.

Shen Wei recalled the day of the Silkworm Ceremony when Li Yuanli ran to her for no apparent reason, with a strange and crazy look in his eyes, and wanted to take her back to Nanchu.

Shen Wei felt that this guy was mentally ill!

Li Yuanjing had been jealous for a few days, and finally couldn't help asking, "If you were innocent, why would Yuan Li risk his life to save you?"

Shen Wei asked blankly, "When did Prince Heng save me?"

An idea flashed through Shen Wei's mind.

In the river?

Could it be that the figure who jumped into the water to save her was Li Yuanli?

Shen Wei had the misfortune to fall into the river, shivering from the cold, with her consciousness blurred. She vaguely sensed someone grabbing her hand and pulling her out of the icy water.

She thought it was Li Yuanjing who jumped into the water to save her.

Now from Li Yuanjing's tone, it was Li Yuanli who saved her that day...

"Someone, send the imperial concubine back to the palace." Li Yuanjing looked out the window and sent someone to escort Shen Wei out of Yongning Palace.

He needs some time to calm down.

Perhaps, there was really no contact between Shen Wei and Li Yuanli, but the thorn had already pierced into the heart and could not be removed in the short term.

Shen Wei was his unique treasure, and Li Yuanjing had never thought that one day an outsider would covet his treasure.

That feeling is unpleasant.

Shen Wei opened her lips slightly, as if she had a thousand words to say, but in the end she said nothing more.

She lowered her eyes and said, "I'll take my leave."