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

There is more than one concubine in the harem!

Shen Wei felt extremely regretful. When Mo Xun left the palace last year, she should have secretly asked Mo Xun to give Li Yuanjing a strong medicine to reduce his strong physical strength.

Shen Wei was passive for a while, then got up quickly as if she had been given an injection of chicken blood. After a simple wash, she started jogging around the yard to exercise.

Li Yuanjing is as strong as a tiger at the age of thirty, so she also needs to work hard to keep fit.

Shen Wei refuses to admit defeat and never slacks off for a moment.

Just work hard and see who can squeeze the other dry!

After jogging twenty laps and stretching her whole body, Shen Wei began to busy herself with today's palace affairs.

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Li Yuanjing was busy with court affairs, while Shen Wei was busy with harem affairs. They were both busy during the day and in the hibiscus tent at night.

The days fly by in the busyness of life, and another year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Shen Wei was generous and allowed plum trees to be planted in Yuxiu Palace, so dozens of plum trees were transplanted to the bare soil. When spring came, the plum trees began to grow green leaves.

Liu Ruyan saw the plum tree in the yard, but she couldn't feel happy at all.

Every time when she was painting in the study, Liu Ruyan looked up and saw the plum trees all over the yard. She always felt that it was Shen Wei's charity.

It was a pity, so much so that when Liu Ruyan saw the plum tree with its green leaves spreading out in the yard, she felt a little disgusted.

The emperor never set foot in Yuxiu Palace again. The other concubines in the palace were unwilling to associate with Liu Ruyan, and even the palace maids who served her did not want to talk to Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan felt depressed.

She felt lonely and confused, and she felt that she was rotting and withering away bit by bit during the long period of solitude.

No matter how warm the sunshine was, it could not dispel the coldness in her heart. She felt like she had turned into a winter plum blossom, out of tune with the flowers of other seasons.

Liu Ruyan didn't want to stay in Yuxiu Palace, so she took the palace maids to the Imperial Garden to see the spring scenery.

The Imperial Garden was full of life, with peach, apricot and pear blossoms in full bloom and butterflies fluttering. Liu Ruyan, dressed in white, walked among the flowers, her eyes tinged with sadness.

Suddenly, Liu Ruyan heard lively laughter coming from the pavilion.

The laughter was as sweet as a silver bell.

The maid calmly reminded: "My Lord, those are Princess Nanzhi, Princess Leyou and Concubine Yu. When you see Concubine Yu, please remember to greet her."

There was a hierarchy in the palace, Zhang Miaoyu was a concubine and Liu Ruyan was a concubine. They were of lower rank and had to perform formal greetings.

Liu Ruyan did not answer. She looked into the distance and saw Zhang Miaoyu and the other two not far away through the pink peach blossoms blooming on the branches.

It was spring, and Zhang Miaoyu took the two princesses to fly kites in the open space.

Leyou made a majestic eagle kite and Li Nanzhi made a beautiful butterfly kite. Both princesses flew their kites high and far.

But Zhang Miaoyu's kite couldn't fly. Li Nanzhi handed her kite to the palace maid and ran over happily to help Zhang Miaoyu fly the kite. The scene was full of joy and warmth.

"Princess Yu, we need to run first and use the wind to fly the kite." Li Nanzhi wore a beautiful pink spring shirt, had cute double spiral buns, and her eyes were curved into crescents.

Zhang Miaoyu panted, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and sat down on the rosewood chair: "I can't run anymore, I can't run at all, I'm almost dying of exhaustion."

Li Nanzhi held Zhang Miaoyu's hand and acted coquettishly: "The Imperial Concubine said that you should exercise every day. Being too fat is not good for your body. Concubine Yumu, why don't you run and fly kites with Nanzhi, okay~"

The little girl's voice was soft and her big eyes were full of anticipation.

Zhang Miaoyu couldn't bear to disappoint Li Nanzhi, so she nodded with difficulty: "I'll only run for a while. If the kite can't fly, I won't run anymore."

Li Nanzhi said happily: "Okay!"

The spring breeze blew, and Li Nanzhi took Zhang Miaoyu to fly a kite. The kite swayed in the wind and slowly rose into the air.

"It's flying!"

Li Nanzhi clapped her hands happily.

The spring flowers were in full bloom, and the girls' laughter was sweet and melodious. This warm and beautiful scene pierced Liu Ruyan's eyes.

Liu Ruyan lives in seclusion and ignores worldly affairs. She hasn't seen her daughter for a long time.

She had also never seen Li Nanzhi smile so happily, so carefree, so lively and cute.

"Princess Yu, the kite has fallen! Ouch!" Li Nanzhi noticed that Zhang Miaoyu's kite string broke, and the kite fell straight down and landed on the peach tree with a thud.

Li Nanzhi hurried to pick up the kite.

She ran to the peach tree and stood on tiptoe to touch the kite on the branch. The kite fell from the branch. Li Nanzhi held the kite and looked up to catch a glimpse of Liu Ruyan behind the peach tree.

The mother and daughter's eyes met.

Li Nanzhi's smile froze. She didn't expect to run into Liu Ruyan in the Imperial Garden. She lowered her head and said in a calm tone, "Mother, I'm fine."

Liu Ruyan said calmly: "Yeah."

Li Nanzhi took the kite and turned to run towards Zhang Miaoyu. She handed the kite to Zhang Miaoyu, but Zhang Miaoyu did not take it. Instead, she took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off Li Nanzhi's forehead.

After a while, the kite flew up again.

The girls' laughter rang out again.

Liu Ruyan stood behind the peach tree, looking at her lively daughter not far away. The daughter who used to call her "mother concubine" carefully has now become someone else's daughter.

An unconcealable bitterness swept through her heart, and Liu Ruyan was filled with grief.

Liu Ruyan returned to Yuxiu Palace in a daze, and found that the plum trees in the yard were growing vigorously.

Liu Ruyan looked at the plum trees. As the wind blew, her vision gradually blurred.

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The children in the palace grew up day by day. After Li Wan'er and Li Yao, Li Nanzhi also reached the age of marriage, and a grand marriage ceremony was held in the harem.

Yuxiu Palace.

Liu Ruyan was leaning on a chair and reading a book, looking sickly. Her face was pale and haggard, and there was no life in her pupils. She was like a wooden man without a soul.

The maid brought tea and reminded Liu Ruyan, "My Lord. Today is Princess Nanzhi's coming-of-age ceremony. All the concubines in the palace are here. Do you want to go?"

Liu Ruyan lived like a lonely person, staying at home all day and rarely attending banquets in the palace. The palace maid only asked about it as a routine matter and did not think that Liu Ruyan would go to Princess Nanzhi's coming-of-age ceremony - even though Liu Ruyan was Princess Nanzhi's biological mother.

Unexpectedly, this time Liu Ruyan put down the Book of Songs in her hand and said calmly, "I'll go take a look."

The maid was quite surprised.

Liu Ruyan stood up and was about to go out with the palace maid. When she stepped over the threshold of Yuxiu Palace, Liu Ruyan suddenly stopped and lowered her eyes to look at her snow-white skirt.

Li Nanzhi is a young girl who has reached the age of 15 and is in the prime of her life.

It wasn't a good look for her to wear all white.

Under the astonished gaze of the palace maids, Liu Ruyan returned to the bedroom, opened the wardrobe, and selected a lavender cross-collared satin skirt that she seldom wore from among the long plain cloth dresses.

After changing her clothes, Liu Ruyan called the palace maid and said, "Dress up for me."