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

Rong Mama nodded and said, "When I was sent to the Confucian Temple that day, your brother wrote a letter and asked me to pass it to you. When I was holding the letter, the coachman looked at me with a strange look in his eyes."

Aunt Rong handed Shen Xiuming's letter to Shen Wei.

Shen Wei opened it and saw that it was full of caring words. Shen Xiuming asked Shen Wei to hold on, and he would study hard and try to save Shen Wei from the fire.

There is true emotion between the lines.

Shen Wei held the letter and thought for a moment: "Madame Rong, I will write a letter to my brother later. Go to the Confucian Temple again tomorrow to deliver the letter and see if anyone is following you."

Aunt Rong: "Yes."

Shen Wei ate two lotus seeds. The lotus seeds were not very tasty, wet, crunchy and a little bitter. Shen Wei put down the lotus pod and started talking about the third thing: "The princess chose a girl from Jiangnan. Do you have her detailed information?"

The princess chose a merchant girl from Jiangnan, and her purpose was self-evident.

Perhaps it was because Shen Wei had been favored for too long and had yet to get pregnant, so the princess was looking for a newcomer to share her favor.

In order to prevent newcomers from taking the throne, the princess deliberately selected merchant girls with the lowest social status.

Shen Wei has never been afraid of competition.

If new employees want to compete for performance, then come on, everyone will rely on their own abilities.

Hunting in Dongshan, Shen Wei has completely squeezed into the heart of King Yan. But she will not slack off, and she never forgets to fight for her own success.

Cai Ping had a good memory. She told Shen Wei in a chattering voice, "Master, I have inquired about it in detail. The merchant girl's name is Ye Qiu Shuang, and her family is in the silk business."

"Ye Qiushuang is actually quite pitiful. The family has fallen on hard times, and she is the only one running the business. She revived the dying business and it has a profit every year. But her brother is addicted to gambling and lost all the family fortune."

"Ye Qiushuang is quite famous in Jiangnan. She is beautiful and her pipa playing is well-known. For the sake of her family, she accepted the princess's invitation and came to the palace to be a concubine. Master, if she came to the palace, she would definitely spare no effort to win your favor."

Caiping was very worried.

Although Shen Wei is favored, she has not yet gotten pregnant. If the newcomer Ye Qiu Shuang gets pregnant early, Shen Wei's position will be in jeopardy.

Shen Wei looked calm as she threw the remaining lotus pods onto the table and grasped the key words: "Ye Qiushuang is good at business?"

Cai Ping was stunned. She didn't expect Shen Wei to pay attention to such details, but she still answered: "It is said that the Ye family was on the verge of collapse. It was Ye Qiushuang who turned the tide and brought the family business back on track. She made great contributions to the Ye family, but the Ye family abandoned her..."

Shen Wei smiled.

Her dessert shop was in need of an excellent manager.

When you fall asleep, someone gives you a pillow. Isn’t this the result of an excellent shopkeeper?

Shen Wei ordered: "Cai Ping, find someone to watch in secret. Once Ye Qiu Shuang comes to Yanjing, tell me the first time."

Caiping nodded vigorously.

After the discussion, Shen Wei did not forget to reward Rong Mama and Cai Ping with ten taels of silver. An excellent boss must be a generous boss who will give employees appropriate rewards to improve their enthusiasm.

Cai Ping and Rong Mama should be rewarded for their hard work in gathering information. The other employees of Liuli Pavilion will also work hard in secret after seeing this.

Maintaining healthy competition among employees is beneficial to the development of the company.

...

At dawn the next day, Rong Mama left the palace in a low-key manner. She used the excuse of going out on business and asked the palace's groom to take her to the Confucian Temple.

The coachman driving the carriage was Zhang Yue’s lover Sanlang.

Sanlang lowered his head and caught a glimpse of a letter in Rong Mama's hand. On the envelope was written "Personally from Xiu Ming".

Sanlang sneered secretly. It seemed that Shen Wei asked Rong Mama to be the messenger to deliver the letter to her lover.

The carriage drove through the deserted streets of Qingcheng and arrived at the Confucian Temple in the suburbs of Beijing half an hour later. Rong Mama walked into the Confucian Temple and came out after less than a cup of tea. The letter in her hand had disappeared.

Rong Mama returned to the palace in a low profile, and specifically instructed the horseman Sanlang: "My master will go to Baihu Temple to burn incense tomorrow morning, remember to feed the horse tonight."

Sanlang suddenly thought about it and pretended to be respectful and said, "I will feed the horses well and drive the carriage for you tomorrow."

Rong Mama stuffed a tael of silver into Sanlang's hand and warned him in a low voice: "Drive the carriage for my master well in the future, and you will have your own benefits."

Sanlang's face was filled with gratitude: "Thank you, Aunt Rong!"

Aunt Rong turned and left.

Sanlang narrowed his eyes, and a strange smile appeared on his dark face.

Go to Baihu Temple to burn incense?

I'm afraid she's going to meet her lover in secret.

Sanlang put the silver in his pocket and went to the remote Rose Garden in the palace to report the news. When passing by the Glazed Pavilion, Sanlang suddenly saw Cailian, the maid of the Glazed Pavilion, looking around furtively.

Sanlang had an idea and followed secretly.

Cailian walked to a corner, lit a few pieces of paper, and then left in a hurry. Sanlang hurried forward to check, and found that the paper had been burned to pieces, with only a small piece of unburned letter paper left.

Sanlang could roughly recognize a few large characters and made out the words written on it: [I worry about you day and night, and I can't sleep because of worries], [I wish you peace from afar], etc.

"Is it really a love letter to Shen Wei?" Sanlang immediately put away the unburned letter paper and quickly went to the Rose Garden.

...

In the Rose Garden, Zhang Yue leaned on the bed and slowly drank the bitter pregnancy-preserving medicine.

She was irritable.

When the Prince of Yan returned to the palace, he was the first to know about her pregnancy. Zhang Yue thought that the Prince of Yan would be overjoyed, come to the Rose Garden to visit her, and give her countless gold and silver rewards.

But the King of Yan did not show any reaction at all, not even sending any reward. Only the princess took some action, sending her pregnancy-preserving medicine every day and making her meals a little more refined.

This was completely different from what Zhang Yue had expected.

"I'm pregnant, why doesn't the prince favor me?" Zhang Yue was puzzled.

Could it be that Shen Wei persuaded the prince to stop coming to see her?

After all, after Zhang Yue became pregnant, the one who was most threatened was Shen Wei.

Zhang Yue clenched the medicine bowl tightly. She must suppress Shen Wei! Only when Shen Wei falls out of favor can she have a chance to gain the favor of the prince.

Zhang Yue was taking medicine when there was a noise from the window and Sanlang sneaked in through the window.

Sanlang told Zhang Yue everything that happened today.

Zhang Yue was overjoyed when she saw the few pieces of letter paper that were not burned cleanly. Shen Wei was so stupid, thinking that if she secretly burned the love letters, no one would know about her dirty deeds?

Zhang Yue washed and dressed herself up, and couldn't wait to go to the princess's Kunyu Pavilion to complain.

At the same time, in Kunyuyuan in the early morning, the princess was burning incense devoutly in the Buddhist temple.

The semi-annual examination of the Imperial College is about to begin, and the princess hopes that her two children can come out on top and bring honor to her.

"Princess, Zhang from the Rose Garden is here." Nanny Liu walked into the small Buddhist hall and reminded softly.

The princess lit three incense sticks and said casually, "Let her go back to Rose Garden to take care of the baby."

Madam Liu said, "Ms. Zhang said she has something important to report to the princess. Why don't we meet her?"

The princess placed three incense sticks in the altar: "What big deal can she have? I guess it's just some boring struggle in the harem."

After burning incense, the princess slowly returned to the main hall. Zhang Yue had been waiting in the hall. She was pregnant now, and her belly had not yet shown any shape, but her complexion had become much rosier.

The princess sat at the main seat, took the tea handed to her by Nanny Liu and took a sip before she spoke calmly, "Zhang, why are you here to see me?"

Zhang Yue knelt down gently and said with a firm face: "Princess, I am reporting Shen Wei for having an affair and defusing the palace!"