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

The answer to Li Yuanjing was still deathly silence.

The bedroom was quiet, and one could faintly hear the sound of waves in Luoyue Lake outside the courtyard at night.

Li Yuanjing almost suspected that Shen Wei had been taken away by someone. He stared at Shen Wei's pretty face, and after a while, he left angrily.

After Li Yuanjing left, the bedroom became even quieter. Shen Wei lowered her eyebrows, hiding the unspeakable emotions in her eyes.

Her eyes fell on the bright glass palace lantern. She walked forward, opened the lid of the glass palace lantern, and blew gently. The candle in the glass palace lantern went out.

Shen Wei lay back on the bed, covered herself with the quilt, closed her eyes, and soon fell asleep.

Late at night, there was a whistling sound in the yard. Shen Wei was suddenly awakened, she opened her eyes sleepily and smelled the faint cold fragrance on Li Yuanjing's body.

Li Yuanjing sat on the bedside, and he spent half the night enjoying the breeze by the lake. He still couldn't accept the reality, so he went back to the bedroom to wake up Shen Wei.

Li Yuanjing held Shen Wei's slender arm and asked angrily, "Weiwei, is it because I have pissed you off recently that you said this nonsense? How could you not love me? Back then, you fell in love with me at first sight in Prince Yan's mansion! You even cared about how tired I was from going out and said that I had lost weight and become darker."

Shen Wei yawned continuously and said sleepily, "Love at first sight? At that time, I had just sold myself to the palace as a maid. I had never seen you before, so how could I fall in love at first sight? As for you getting darker and thinner, that's all made up."

Li Yuanjing: ...

Li Yuanjing did not give up, he continued to question: "If you did not have me in your heart, when I and Prince Heng fought for the throne, why would you risk your life to go to Yanjing City to look for me!"

Li Yuanjing still remembers that scene.

When he and Prince Heng fought for the throne, Yanjing City was in turmoil. He placed Shen Wei in a small courtyard in the suburbs. Shen Wei was worried about his safety and rushed out of the courtyard to find him.

Isn’t this love?

Shen Wei yawned sleepily. She glanced at Li Yuanjing lazily: "Actually, I wanted to abandon my husband and children and run away alone... I didn't want to enter the palace as a concubine. Unfortunately, I was unlucky and ran into you when I went out."

Li Yuanjing:!!!

Li Yuanjing was so angry that he couldn't speak.

He looked at Shen Wei's sleepy face. The palace lanterns were lit up, and Shen Wei's appearance was still the same as before. Li Yuanjing could never have imagined that such a beautiful Shen Wei had carefully planned for many years.

Feelings are all fake!

Li Yuanjing couldn't accept it. He said, "I will give up the throne for you!"

Shen Wei glanced at him lazily: "You can just lie to yourself, why bother to say it out loud. Deep down in your heart, you don't want to stay on the throne for long, and letting Chengtai inherit the throne is just a matter of convenience."

Li Yuanjing was angry and annoyed.

He voluntarily abdicated, not only because he did not want to be emperor, but also because Shen Wei was "ill".

In Weiwei's heart, did she actually think of him as such a despicable person?

Shen Wei rubbed her eyes, patted Li Yuanjing's hand soothingly, and sighed, "Don't go crazy in the middle of the night. Why bother worrying about whether love is true or false? Judging by deeds rather than feelings, I have been very good to you over the years."

"Besides, you can't do anything to me now. My elder brother and his wife are generals with military power, my confidant is the richest man in Qing, my sister is a large farmer, my younger brother is the head of the civil officials, my eldest son is the emperor, my youngest son and precious daughter have a bright future, my best friend Zhaoyang is the queen of Yue, and I am also close friends with Dr. Mo."

"You can't deal with me, and I can't deal with you. If we really end up in a fight, it will be the people of the world who will suffer. Let's just make do with our lives. What's the point of getting a divorce?"

After saying that, Shen Wei fell back onto the bed and quickly fell asleep.

Li Yuanjing: ...

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The next day, Shen Wei slept until noon again. Cai Lian and Cai Ping came into the room to serve her.

Shen Wei washed her face and asked Cai Lian and Cai Ping, "Where is the emperor?"

The two had a quarrel last night, and Li Yuanjing disappeared in the middle of the night. Shen Wei was very sleepy at the time, and didn't think much about it, because a grown man wouldn't get lost anyway.

Cai Ping replied, "Last night the Emperor was wandering by the lake, and late at night he rode his horse towards Yanjing City. Perhaps he returned to the palace."

Shen Wei shrugged and continued washing her face.

...

The Imperial Palace of Qing.

The young emperor Li Chengtai had just ascended the throne and the court situation was not stable. He was busy every day. But when he was the busiest, his father ran back to the palace.

For no other reason than to complain.

In the Chang'an Palace, memorials were piled up on the imperial desk. Li Chengtai was writing quickly with a red brush. Li Yuanjing paced back and forth beside him with his hands behind his back.

Li Yuanjing said angrily: "Chengtai, do you know that in your mother's heart, I, your husband, am not the most important! All these years, she has been pretending to love me! I have never seen such a cunning woman! I have been deceived by her for most of my life!"

Li Chengtai quickly read through a memorial and replied perfunctorily while writing his reply: "Oh oh."

Li Yuanjing continued, "What a vicious woman! She actually wanted to abandon her husband and children! She actually wanted to abandon her three children and me!"

Li Chengtai finished writing his comment: "Hmm."

Li Yuanjing said angrily: "Although I was not sincere to your mother in the early years, I was devoted to her later and made many exceptions for her! But she has no feelings for me at all! I did not return home last night, and she has not sent anyone to look for me yet!"

Li Chengtai picked up another memorial and saw his father chattering on and on. He sighed deeply.

Li Chengtai put down the memorial and said to Li Yuanjing, "Father, when you gave up the throne to me, you once told me that there is no such thing as long-lasting love in the royal family. The country comes first, and love between children comes second. Queen Mother did not put you in the most important position in her heart, which is also in line with the situation in the royal family. After all, in your heart, Queen Mother is not the most important."

Li Yuanjing's defense was broken instantly.

He said angrily: "How can this be possible! In your mother's heart, I must be the most important!"

Lee Seung-tae: ...

Li Chengtai rubbed his brows, feeling extremely powerless: "Father, you are being a little unreasonable. I asked Deshun to prepare herbal tea. Would you like to go to the side hall and have a drink?"

Filled with indignation at Shen Wei's deception, Li Yuanjing stayed in the palace for a full ten days.

During these ten days, Shen Wei did not come to the palace to look for him, but only sent palace servants to deliver some daily necessities for Li Yuanjing.

Li Yuanjing felt uncomfortable.

Even though he was very angry, even though he was unwilling to accept the reality that Shen Wei did not love him - he still couldn't help missing Shen Wei.

On the eleventh day, Li Yuanjing rode out of the palace and returned to the shore of Luoyue Lake.

In midsummer, Luoyue Lake is full of lotus flowers, the sun is shining, and the scenery of the lake and mountains is extremely beautiful.

Shen Wei is fishing by the lake.

She was lucky and caught a plump mandarin fish. Li Yuanjing pulled the reins of the horse and watched from afar as Shen Wei picked up the lively fish and held it in her hands. Her smile was bright and free, fresh and beautiful.

Li Yuanjing couldn't help but look at it for a long time.

It was not until the twentieth year of owning Shen Wei that Li Yuanjing began to understand his wife.