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

The carriage did not slow down after entering the territory of Southern Chu. Shen Wei was not idle either. She took medicine on time every day to keep healthy. In her spare time, she lifted the carriage curtain to observe the various aspects of the people's lives in Southern Chu.

In the past few years, there was constant civil war in Southern Chu, and the people had a hard life. After Li Yuanli consolidated the throne with thunder and iron-blooded means, he issued a series of reform policies and killed most of the corrupt officials and local bullies. Southern Chu gradually recovered and the people lived a good life.

Probably influenced by the founding empress of Southern Chu, the people of Southern Chu were open-minded, loved adventure and exploration, and were strong-willed. There were many Southern Chu merchants doing business abroad, doing business everywhere, and it could be said that they were flourishing all over the continent.

The carriage set off along the official road towards Lijing, the imperial city of Nanchu. Shen Wei sat in the carriage, tasting the unique Nanchu dregs of small dumplings, while asking the palace maid walking outside the carriage: "I heard that there is a huge Guanyin statue on the southern coast. Is this true? How big is the statue?"

The palace maid was sent by Li Yuanli to take care of Shen Wei. Her name was Caizhu.

Along the way, Shen Wei took Caizhu by the hand and asked her all kinds of questions, like a traveler who had just entered a foreign country, curious about everything.

I am tired of being asked these questions even when I am collecting pearls.

Caizhu replied expressionlessly, "To answer your question, young lady - there is indeed an ancient statue of Guanyin in the South China Sea. A hundred years ago, the empress was seriously ill, and the emperor sent people to cast a statue of Guanyin to pray for the empress. The statue of Guanyin is six feet tall and has been renovated several times over the past hundred years. It still stands by the sea today."

Shen Wei clicked her tongue: "This emperor is quite infatuated."

Shen Wei asked again: "Is there anything fun and delicious in Lijing? What kind of storybooks are popular in Lijing recently? Are there any shops in Qingguo in Lijing?"

Pearl Diving:...

Shen Wei asked Caizhu a lot of questions along the way, and her saliva was almost dried up and her throat was hoarse.

Caizhu really couldn't understand why the emperor, who was so decisive and brave, would travel thousands of miles to personally pick up a fisherman's daughter from Donglin.

There is no shortage of beauties in the palace.

Caizhu's eyes fell on Shen Wei's dark face, and she couldn't help but be secretly shocked. This fisherman's daughter had an ordinary appearance, even worse than the palace maids. Could it be that the emperor's taste had changed and he liked such ugly women?

Caizhu sighed inwardly and continued to answer: "To answer the young lady's question, Lijing is the most prosperous city in Southern Chu, not inferior to Yanjing in Qing Kingdom. Now the most popular thing in the city is..."

Caizhu answered patiently.

Shen Wei listened attentively and nodded frequently.

Caizhu looked at Shen Wei's ordinary face. This fisherman's girl looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, young and tender, and innocent. Once she entered the palace, she would be stared at by many concubines.

Out of kindness, Caizhu reminded Shen Wei: "Miss, when you enter the harem, you should be named a concubine, and if you are lucky, you can be named a noble lady. You must remember that in the palace, besides the emperor, you must not offend two people."

Shen Wei took a sip of Nanchu's special tea, raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked with a smile: "Which two people?"

Caizhu looked solemn and looked at Shen Wei with pity: "One is Qin Fei Tuoba, and the other is the Ninth Prince."

Many years ago, after Li Yuanli ascended the throne with iron-blooded means, there were many concubines in the harem. But he did not favor anyone in particular. To him, women were nothing more than playthings.

Until more than a decade ago, when the Southern Chu royal family was in turmoil, the prime minister's daughter Tuoba risked her life to block a knife for Li Yuanli. After Li Yuanli put down the royal family turmoil, he made Tuoba the Qin Consort. Tuoba gradually took the first seat in the harem and ruled the harem.

Li Yuanli personally went out of the capital to bring Shen Wei back, and the news had spread throughout the imperial city. Shen Wei would definitely be tortured by Concubine Qin if she entered the harem of Nanchu.

Shen Wei held her chin up and said, "What about the Ninth Prince?"

When the Ninth Prince was mentioned, a strange fear flashed across Caizhu's face. She was about to answer when she heard the sound of guards kneeling in unison in front of her.

Caizhu knelt on the ground quickly.

Li Yuanli is here.

He opened the carriage curtain and walked into Shen Wei's carriage. Li Yuanli smiled and said, "I will accompany you to the palace."

Shen Wei asked back: "I don't want to enter the palace, can you lock me up in Lijing City?"

Li Yuanli smiled faintly: "No."

Shen Wei had nothing to say.

The carriage drove along the royal road and slowly entered the majestic and vast Nanchu Palace. Shen Wei lowered her head to drink tea. Li Yuanli looked at her face and said, "You have been eating and drinking all the way, and you seem to be having a good time."

Shen Wei didn't look like a prisoner, she seemed to be traveling to Nanchu.

We tasted a lot of southern Chu delicacies along the way.

Shen Wei stroked the teacup between her fingers and said calmly, "It's a day to cry, and it's a day to laugh. How I spend my life is entirely up to me."

Anyway, I won’t die for the time being, so just treat it as a trip.

Li Yuanli chuckled. As expected, she was Shen Wei. She was still the Shen Wei in his memory.

The carriage drove into the Nanchu Palace. It had rained for several days in a row in Lijing, but today the sun was shining brightly and the imperial city was shrouded in dazzling light. The imperial city, which was originally full of solemnity and depression, now had a bit more warmth.

After Shen Wei appeared, even the foggy sky turned into clear sky.

Li Yuanli thought that even if Shen Wei was not the flower of this era, he would force her to stay and let her take root deeply in this soil.

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The residence that Li Yuanli arranged for Shen Wei was the Changle Palace in the harem, the residence of successive empresses of Southern Chu.

The palace walls were majestic, there were twenty palace maids and eunuchs, it was magnificent and the courtyard was planted with bright roses.

Shen Wei's eyes fell on the roses all over the yard, and the corners of her mouth twitched silently.

She hates roses!

Li Yuanli took Shen Wei around Changle Palace, and after settling her down, he went to handle state affairs. Shen Wei sat alone on the luxurious main seat, looking at the palace servants kneeling on the ground. She had the illusion of being locked in a golden cage.

"Prepare water and new clothes. I want to take a bath." Shen Wei put her fingertips on her forehead.

Her tone was calm, but it carried the authority of a superior without even getting angry.

The palace servants were secretly shocked and hurriedly lowered their heads to do their work.

Caizhu brought tea to Shen Wei and was surprised. During the journey, Caizhu did not take Shen Wei seriously, thinking that she was a girl that the emperor had chosen temporarily.

Who would have thought that the emperor would actually place her in Changle Palace!

Changle Palace was the residence of the Queen of Southern Chu and her husband a hundred years ago, and later became the palace of successive empresses.

Caizhu couldn't help but start to imagine, could it be that the emperor was planning to make a fisherman's daughter the queen?

Shen Wei took a sip of tea to moisten her throat and told Caizhu, "Find someone to cut down the roses in the yard and replace them with other flowers and plants."

Caizhu reminded quietly: "Miss, the roses in Changle Palace were planted by the emperor and cannot be cut down."

Shen Wei glanced at Caizhu indifferently.

The look was light, but like a sharp sword, piercing into Caizhu's heart, making Caizhu think of Concubine Qin in the palace.

She was clearly just a fisherman's daughter, but how come her temperament suddenly changed like a different person after she entered the palace?

Finally, Caizhu had no choice but to go to see Li Yuanli and tell him Shen Wei's request. But the usually serious emperor just smiled and said, "I'll listen to her."