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

Shen Wei was drunk as a daze, slumped in Li Yuanjing's arms, raised her head, and looked at him with confused eyes: "Your Majesty?"

Then, he seemed to mutter to himself: "It turned out to be the emperor... Oh no, the emperor emeritus..."

Li Yuanjing held Shen Wei's waist to prevent her from falling. His heart felt warm as he whispered, "From now on, you don't have to call me the Emperor. Just call me Yuanjing."

Shen Wei was drunk and didn't seem to understand.

Li Yuanjing coaxed, "Weiwei, call me Yuanjing."

Shen Wei was dizzy and subconsciously called out: "Yuan Jing..."

In an instant, Li Yuanjing felt his heart being invaded by overwhelming warmth. His whole body was in turmoil, and his excitement and happiness were beyond words.

Apart from his deceased father and brother, and his mother who was still recuperating in Jiangnan, Shen Wei was the fourth person to call his name.

The feeling is very subtle and happy.

Li Yuanjing felt himself enveloped in deep happiness.

"Try calling me again." Li Yuanjing was still not satisfied, and patiently coaxed Shen Wei into almost calling his name.

Shen Wei smiled, raised her slender white hand slightly, and patted Li Yuanjing's face: "Yuanjing, Yuanjing, hahaha..."

As she spoke, Shen Wei began to laugh.

Shen Wei looked confused, burped, and said confidently: "In that case, don't call me Weiwei. What Weiwei, it's so ugly, like the name of a cat..."

Li Yuanjing only felt that the drunk Shen Wei was very different from usual in terms of vitality and cuteness. He curved his lips and asked, "What do you want me to call you?"

Shen Wei tilted her head and thought for a moment, then raised her index finger and waved it in front of Li Yuanjing: "Call me - President Shen! That's what they all call me."

Li Yuanjing looked confused.

Mr. Shen?

What kind of weird name is this?

Just as Li Yuanjing was about to ask more questions, Shen Wei's head slumped and she fell asleep in his arms. Li Yuanjing smiled but said nothing. Seeing that it was getting late, he ordered someone to prepare a hangover soup, then picked up Shen Wei and took her back to the lakeside manor to rest.

It was late at night, the moonlight was like water, the surroundings of the imperial manor were quiet, and the sound of the water of Luoyue Lake could be faintly heard. In the bedroom, Shen Wei lay quietly on the bed, her sleeping face peaceful.

In the dim candlelight, Li Yuanjing looked at Shen Wei's sleeping face. He had been through ups and downs for half his life, from a prince to a supreme position. He thought he would spend half his life in submission to power and officialdom.

But he is lucky, he has Shen Wei.

"Weiwei." Li Yuanjing embraced Shen Wei and showed a satisfied smile.

...

Shen Wei and Li Yuanjing's retirement life began in the midsummer with the lake reflecting in the distance.

In Li Yuanjing's expectation, he and Shen Wei would continue to treat each other as equals, walk hand in hand by the lake every day, grow vegetables together, study calligraphy and painting together. After a while, they would go to Jiangnan and other places in Qingguo to enjoy the mountains and rivers.

but...

Li Yuanjing gradually discovered that something was wrong.

First of all, Shen Wei became "lazy". Specifically, Shen Wei would sleep until noon every day, and then get up yawning! She would not eat breakfast, and sometimes she was too lazy to put on makeup, and would walk barefoot by the lake in the breeze.

Being in the royal family, all princes and princesses have been taught since childhood to get up at the hour of Mao and not to sleep in.

Over the years, Li Yuanjing has developed the good habit of getting up early.

But after Shen Wei retired, she actually slept in every day! This was totally unlike the Shen Wei of the past - you know, the Shen Wei of the past almost always got up at the same time as Li Yuanjing!

"Master, you sleep too long every day...even the emperor is suspicious." Near noon, Caiping helped Shen Wei get up and muttered softly.

Shen Wei washed her face with cold water to refresh herself.

Shen Wei wiped the water stains off her face and yawned: "I have been looking forward to going to bed late and getting up early for twenty years. I finally have the chance to sleep in. Of course I have to sleep a little longer."

Now that you're retired, why bother getting up early?

When she was serving Li Yuanjing, Shen Wei didn't get much sleep. Li Yuanjing practiced martial arts all year round and was very energetic in bed. Shen Wei was often made uncomfortable by him and couldn't sleep well.

Before dawn in the morning, Li Yuanjing had to attend the morning court. Shen Wei had to endure her physical discomfort and accompany him for meals and send him to the morning court.

After enduring for so many years, she finally doesn't have to endure anymore and naturally has to act according to her own nature.

Cai Ping took back Shen Wei's handkerchief and frowned slightly: "Master, if you continue like this, the emperor will see through you..."

Shen Wei stretched her muscles and said unconcernedly: "It's OK if you see it clearly. He can't do anything to me now."

...

...

Shen Wei sleeps late every day, and Li Yuanjing thinks there is something wrong with Shen Wei's health.

When Shen Wei was "poisoned" before, she was also drowsy and lacked energy every day. Li Yuanjing was extremely worried and hurriedly called the imperial physician to treat Shen Wei.

The imperial physician took Shen Wei's pulse.

After a thorough inspection, the doctor stroked his beard. Li Yuanjing frowned secretly and asked, "What's the situation?"

The imperial physician praised: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's pulse is steady and strong, and her body is healthy, comparable to a woman in her twenties. There is nothing wrong with her body."

Li Yuanjing was stunned.

Li Yuanjing asked: "Since you are in good health, why do you sleep until noon every day?"

The doctor replied: "I don't know about this."

Li Yuanjing looked at Shen Wei.

Shen Wei's face was calm. She answered, "I'm not sick. I sleep until I wake up naturally every day. It's just because I'm sleepy."

Li Yuanjing: ...

The imperial physician picked up the medicine box and ran away quickly.

After the doctor left, Shen Wei slowly stood up and said to Li Yuanjing, "You go ahead and do your work. I'm going to go boating on the lake to pick lotus pods today. I won't be back until dusk. You don't have to wait for me for lunch."

After that, Shen Wei happily called out to Cai Lian and Cai Ping, "Is the boat ready?"

Cai Lian replied: "My Lord, it is ready."

Shen Wei smiled, quickly changed into a short-sleeved dress commonly worn by lotus-picking girls, revealing her two white arms, and put on hemp rope sandals, happily preparing to board the boat.

Li Yuanjing was stunned.

Li Yuanjing stepped forward, grasped Shen Wei's arm, glanced at Shen Wei's clothes, and frowned slightly: "Weiwei, you are the Queen Mother of Daqing after all, how dare you dress like this?"

Shen Wei smiled brightly: "I disguised myself as an ordinary woman and rowed a boat to pick lotus pods. The people didn't recognize me."

Li Yuanjing felt bad.

Shen Wei has an extraordinary appearance and is well maintained. She looks like she is in her thirties but her age is not obvious. When she puts on the clothes of an ordinary lotus-picking girl, she sparkles like pearls, and her temperament cannot be concealed.

If I go out like this, I might be seen by other boatmen.

Li Yuanjing's face turned cold: "Stop messing around, go back and change your clothes."

In the past, Shen Wei would have listened to him and gone back to change her clothes.

But this time, Shen Wei just glanced at Li Yuanjing lightly, ignored him, and turned to call Cai Lian and Cai Ping to go boating. Shen Wei boarded the long-tail boat lightly. The boat swayed slightly, the refreshing lake breeze blew Shen Wei's hair, and the summer sun fell on her face.

Shen Wei smiled and said, "Go to the depths of the lotus flowers!"