This Shen Wei's younger brother is so capable!
The Queen was delighted, and the depression that had been accumulating in her heart for days dissipated.
She originally thought that Jin Chenwei would encounter many obstacles as a concubine. But now it’s good. Shen Wei’s family has worked hard and secured the best future for the whole family.
The Queen smiled widely, "Very good! Very good! I will discuss this with Your Majesty later and have the Ministry of Rites draw up a booklet!"
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The palace examination list has been released, and Daqing Kingdom will welcome a new batch of officials. After the palace examination list was released, the Princess of Yan, who was supervising her children writing essays, also received a list of Jinshi candidates.
The list of top scorers is very long.
But the princess only looked at the names of the top three in the first class: number one, Zhang Fenghua, from Yanjing; number two, Shen Xiuming, from Dingzhou in the south; and number three, Liu Zhang, from Yunzhou.
The princess took a quick look and casually put the list of candidates on the desk.
The princess sighed and told the two children who were reading books: "Mother does not ask you to be as talented as the top scholar, but only asks you to have a promising future. When you inherit your father's throne in the future, you will be known as a virtuous person, not a useless idiot."
As long as her son can be successful, she, as a mother, will be proud.
The two children held their brushes and concentrated on writing, and it was unknown whether they had taken the princess' words to heart.
"Princess." Nanny Liu walked into the study, "Tomorrow, Shen from Liuli Pavilion will hold a full moon banquet for the child."
The princess raised her eyebrows and twitched the Buddhist beads in her hand twice: "Clean up the east wing and let the child live there."
The princess hasn't had a baby in a long time.
Although she had many dissatisfactions with Chen Wei, the princess still had to do her best to look good.
The princess will raise Shen Wei's daughter and give her enough food and drink, but she will not raise her in the same way as she would raise a legitimate daughter. After Shen Wei's daughter reaches the age of 15, she can choose anyone to marry her off, which will be considered as fulfilling her responsibilities as a mistress.
The princess sneered: "Giving birth to one child is not enough, Shen Shi had better give birth to more. This princess will raise the children for her."
Concubines were merely tools for the royal palace to expand.
Shen Wei, who was born as a peasant girl, could never climb to the position of princess no matter how glorious she was.
Madam Liu echoed, "I'm afraid that Shen is hiding in the room crying secretly right now - who is outside?"
Nanny Liu keenly heard the footsteps outside the house. She hurried outside and saw Li Yao standing at the door.
Li Yao was holding a beautiful kite in her hand, staring blankly at Nanny Liu and the princess.
Seeing Li Yao's stunned look, the princess said coldly, "Cheng Ke and Cheng Zhen are studying hard, don't disturb them."
Li Yao pursed her pink lips, a look of disappointment on her face. Li Chengke and Li Chengzhen in the room only dared to glance at Li Yao secretly, and quickly lowered their heads for fear of being discovered by the princess.
"Then...then Yao'er will leave first." Li Yao clutched the kite and turned around sullenly.
Seeing this, Madam Liu stepped forward and said, "Oh, Master Yao, are you going to Liuli Pavilion to look for Shen again? Master, please be more careful. Shen has her own daughter, so how can she care about you?"
Li Yao was stunned, with cool tears in her round eyes.
Now that Aunt Shen has her own daughter, does she no longer like Yao'er?
Li Yao thought about it carefully, Aunt Shen has been very busy recently, and the time she sees her is getting shorter and shorter.
"The princess is your biological mother, and only she treats you as her daughter. That Shen is just using you." Nanny Liu added fuel to the fire.
Li Yao lowered her head silently, feeling very aggrieved. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her little hands, and returned to her yard silently, clutching the kite.
Nanny Liu was secretly delighted.
The growing estrangement between Li Yao and Shen Wei is also beneficial to the princess.
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In Liuli Pavilion, Shen Wei is very busy.
Tomorrow is the baby’s full moon celebration. Chen Wei is currently a concubine, but in the Prince of Yan's Mansion, all concubines below the rank of concubine are "concubines", servants of the prince.
To the child's full-month banquet, no nobles from Yanjing could be invited, so only the mistresses and concubines in the backyard of the palace could be invited.
Chen Wei was sorting out the newly bought ingredients, and Cai Ping walked into the room to report: "Master, the dishes in the kitchen are ready and placed in the well water to cool down. We will start cooking tomorrow morning. Sister Cai Lian has prepared all the cups, bowls and plates needed for the banquet. Master, don't worry, nothing will go wrong tomorrow."
Shen Wei nodded happily.
After long-term training, the servants of Liuli Pavilion have become a highly efficient work team. Chen Wei doesn't need to worry too much, Cai Lian and Cai Ping are already able to take care of all the matters in the yard for Chen Wei.
Cai Ping then told Chen Wei, "Master, the rich steward is here and has brought you two boxes of tribute spring tea. This spring tea is tribute from Nanchu to your majesty. Our Prince Yan's Mansion received five boxes. The prince gave two boxes to the master and one box to the princess."
Shen Wei put down the cloth, her eyes flashing: “The rich steward came in person to deliver things, I should see him out.”
Shen Wei left the house and expressed her gratitude to Fugui who had come to deliver the gifts. Shen Wei looked at Fugui and couldn't help but said, "Manager Fugui, I haven't seen you for a few days. You seem to be more haggard."
The former wealthy steward was fat and round.
The current wealthy steward has lost a lot of weight, the skin on his face is loose, and he has dark circles under his eyes. His eyes were dull and haggard, and he reeked of being a classmate.
Fugui sighed and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "It's a busy spring, there are too many chores in the palace, this old servant's legs are almost broken from running, naturally I am haggard."
The princess has been getting more and more lazy lately. The maids and nannies around her are useless, and most of the housekeeping affairs in the palace are thrown to the rich butler.
Fugui was so exhausted that he became thinner and was in great pain.
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