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

A man should have great ambitions, and Li Yuanjing never cared about his appearance.

But since he abdicated, Li Yuanjing has become more and more concerned about his appearance. He knows that Shen Wei has little affection for him, and Li Yuanjing has no other choice but to use his handsome appearance and superb skills to attract Shen Wei.

Shen Wei is like a blooming peony, showing no signs of withering for many years, attracting flowers and plants from the outside world. Li Yuanjing looked at himself. He had been working hard in recent months, and fine lines had appeared at the corners of his eyes and nasolabial folds.

Hey.

Shen Wei listened to his endless sighs. Shen Wei turned around and patiently said to Li Yuanjing: "Birth, aging, illness and death are normal for human beings. There is no need to take it too seriously."

Li Yuanjing sighed deeply.

Even so, Li Yuanjing still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart. He sadly rubbed behind Shen Wei, hugged Shen Wei's waist, and exuded a dull and depressed aura, like a king who was expelled from the wolf pack.

Shen Wei felt sorry for him and let him hold her.

It was dark, and the candlelight seeped in through the curtains. Li Yuanjing held Shen Wei's waist, and as he held her, his hand quietly moved down.

Shen Wei: ? ?

The candle burns out, and the embroidered quilt turns red waves in the night.

After dawn, Li Yuanjing got up refreshed, and the little confidence he had lost yesterday returned.

Shen Wei was still resting in the quilt, too sleepy to open her eyes, with traces of tears still in the corners of her eyes, just like a lotus in Luoyue Lake soaked in dew. Li Yuanjing carefully checked Shen Wei, and only then did he secretly breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that she was not injured.

Li Yuanjing put on his clothes contentedly and left the bedroom quietly.

What does it matter if your appearance is slightly damaged?

He is still as good as ever.

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A few more days passed.

In the afternoon, the summer breeze was gentle and pleasant. Shen Wei and Li Yuanjing were playing chess on the green grass by the lake.

In the past, when she was in the royal palace, Shen Wei deliberately pretended to be "not good at chess" so that Li Yuanjing would often transform himself into a teacher and teach her how to play chess tirelessly.

But in fact, Shen Wei has a strong learning ability. She was not good at playing Go at first, but after several years of patient study, her Go skills improved by leaps and bounds, and she has already shown the style of a national player.

Li Yuanjing played chess with her, and the two were evenly matched. They fought back and forth on the chessboard, which was very enjoyable.

"Master, this is a letter from General Shen." Caiping handed over a letter.

Shen Wei stopped playing chess and opened the envelope.

Shen Mieyue and Sun Qingmei have been guarding the border these years, and they send one or two letters every year. After reading the letter, Shen Wei told Caiping: "Clean up the house in Dongyuan."

Cai Ping: "Okay, I'll do it right away."

Li Yuanjing put down a white chess piece, and a hint of worry appeared in his eyes: "Weiwei, why are you cleaning up the house in Dongyuan?"

Are you planning to have him move to Dongyuan?

Li Yuanjing doesn't want to!

He had been pestering Shen Wei recently and finally succeeded in staying in her bed every night. Li Yuanjing secretly reflected on whether he had gone too far in recent days and had annoyed Shen Wei, so she prepared another room for him.

Shen Wei glanced at him and was about to answer when the chief steward of the Royal Manor came over and reported: "My two masters, the King Wu of Donglin Kingdom wants to see you."

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Li Yuanjing's face turned cold and he threw away the chess piece in his hand: "Come here, throw that guy into the lake and drown him!"

Shameless boy!

Coveting the Queen Mother is a capital crime! Last time, Li Yuanjing reluctantly spared his head, which was already a mercy.

This kid doesn't even know how to repent and dares to come here to seek death!

Shen Wei held Li Yuanjing's hand and turned to ask the butler, "Why did he come here?"

The housekeeper replied respectfully: "King Wu of Donglin claimed that he was going back to Donglin. Before leaving, he wanted to bid farewell to the Queen Mother."

When Shen Wei was stranded in a fishing village in Donglin Kingdom, King Wu helped her a lot, which was considered a favor.

The King of Wu was a frivolous person, but he was not a bad person by nature. So Shen Wei said to the housekeeper, "Go to the storehouse and get him 1,000 taels of silver. Tell the King of Wu that he has a safe journey."

The butler took the order and left.

In front of the chessboard, Li Yuanjing felt sour in his heart. He knew about the past between Shen Wei and King Wu, but Li Yuanjing did not dare to ask, for fear that Shen Wei would not let him into the house tonight.

Shen Wei held the black chess piece in her hand and put it on the chessboard with a click. She looked up and told Li Yuanjing, "King Wu is a good boy. Why do you have to bother with him?"

She particularly emphasized the word "children".

This means that in Shen Wei's heart, she only regards King Wu as an ignorant junior.

Li Yuanjing's mood indeed improved. He picked up the chess pieces and happily continued playing chess with Shen Wei.

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By the Luoyue Lake, King Wu was waiting anxiously.

Princess Donglin was afraid that he would cause trouble, so she decided to send King Wu back to Donglin to avoid the limelight temporarily. King Wu was not at peace, and he could not let go of Shen Wei.

This feeling is very strange.

King Wu asked his bodyguard Zhang Wuge, "Do you think Queen Mother Shen and Yuan Xier look a bit alike?"

Brother Zhang Wu shook his head tremblingly: "No... I don't think so. The two are completely different! Prince, let's leave the city quickly. I am still unmarried and don't want to die young."

King Wu sighed. He and Shen Wei had only met once, but he felt as if they had known each other for a long time. Especially Shen Wei's temperament and movements were vaguely similar to Yuan Xier's.

But the King of Wu knew that this was impossible.

Yuan Xier is dead, but Empress Dowager Shen has never left Qing Kingdom.

With a myriad of emotions mixed up in his heart, King Wu knew only one thing: he wanted to meet Shen Wei again.

Let's see each other once before we go, at least once...

After a long and agonizing wait, the gate of the imperial manor opened, and the old butler in brocade robes came out and told the King of Wu: "My guest, my master gives you a thousand taels of silver. I wish you a safe journey."

The butler handed over the box containing the banknotes.

The King of Wu did not take the box, but asked earnestly, "The Queen Mother does not want to see me?"

The butler smiled wryly and warned, "Please leave immediately. This is not a place for you to stay. If you anger the noble, your life will be in danger."

The King of Wu lowered his head sadly.

He turned around silently and looked at the sparkling Luoyue Lake not far away. The water of Luoyue Lake was his sad tears.

I am afraid that I will never have the chance to return after leaving Yanjing City today. The King of Wu is twenty years old this year. For the first time, he feels the vicissitudes of life, the coldness of the world, and the pain of a broken heart.

He became a lonely man with no one to rely on before he could even touch the edge of the eternal love in the picture book.

Brother Zhang Wu supported the King of Wu and advised him earnestly: "Your Highness, there are many better fish in the sea, why do you worry about that one?"

The King of Wu suddenly stopped.

He turned his head and hurried back to the imperial estate.

Zhang Wu was so frightened that he thought the King of Wu was going to have another seizure, so he hurried to chase him to stop him. However, he saw the King of Wu quickly return to the steward of the imperial manor and take the box of banknotes from the steward.

He could be heartbroken, but he couldn't refuse the money Shen Wei gave him.

It’s at least one thousand taels!

If you don’t take it, you won’t get it!

The King of Wu held the box, reluctantly took one last look at the majestic imperial estate, and left heartbroken.

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