The eldest son joined the army at the border when he was eighteen years old. He disappeared in the war with the Kingdom of Yue and was most likely killed in the battle.
The second daughter, Chen Qiang, married a merchant in the southwestern Shu area five years ago. She was bullied by her mother-in-law and lived a hard life. After her marriage, she never had the chance to come back to visit her mother.
Shen Wei is the third child. In order to pay for her mother's medical treatment, she sold herself to work as a maid in the palace.
He also has a younger son, Shen Xiuming, who is only seventeen years old this year. He is a good student and passed the imperial examination at a young age. However, Shen Xiuming was a useless person. He loved drinking, drinking and gambling. He also stole the life-saving money for Shen's mother's medical treatment and bought jewelry for the courtesan in the brothel.
Recalling the original owner's background in her mind, Shen Wei sighed silently. The original owner was also a pitiful person. Shen Wei opened the letter sent by Shen's mother and read it.
The letter mentioned that Shen’s mother and youngest son would come to Yanjing next month and wanted to visit Shen Wei in the palace.
Shen Wei seemed to be thinking: "Come to visit relatives next month..."
In my impression, Shen's mother treated her four children equally and did not favor boys over girls. But people's hearts are hidden, so Shen Wei decided to investigate first.
If Shen's mother really cared about Shen Wei, Shen Wei could try to help the family.
If Shen's mother attempted to suck Shen Wei's blood to pave the way for her younger son, don't blame Shen Wei for destroying her own relatives for the sake of justice.
Ignoring her family for the time being, Shen Wei’s current focus is on the upcoming Spring Banquet.
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Time flies, and it is late spring in May.
The spring banquet at Prince Yan's Mansion kicked off. The princess made careful preparations and asked the greenhouse to fill the banquet venue with lush flowers in layers.
Before the banquet started, Princess Yan was busy running around, asking the maids and servants to arrange the banquet items.
"Second sister-in-law, are you okay?" A teasing and joking voice came from behind the princess.
The princess's face fell.
The princess got a headache when she heard the sound.
But the princess still tried to adjust her expression, pretending to be happy, turned around and said to the young prince holding the jade fan: "It turns out that Prince Heng has arrived. The banquet has not started yet. Please take a seat and wait."
Every year at the Spring Banquet at Prince Yan's Mansion, Prince Heng is always the first to arrive. His main purpose was to find fault and make the King of Yan unhappy.
Prince Heng waved the jade fan in his hand, his handsome eyes smiling, "I got a piece of floating brocade some time ago, and made a new set of clothes for it, and wore it to the banquet."
Prince Heng was handsome, with a pair of slightly upturned phoenix eyes and a charming look. He was wearing a light silver round-necked, wide-sleeved robe and a red jade belt with gold patterns tied around his waist, exuding an air of nobility that could not be concealed.
He looks good, but has a weird temper.
The princess forced a smile and said, "Please take a seat, Prince Heng."
Prince Heng held the white jade fan and said with a smile, "Don't worry, don't worry. I heard that Prince Yan has three thousand beauties in his harem. I wonder if I can see any of them today..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the three concubines of the palace slowly came to the venue of the Spring Banquet.
Prince Heng narrowed his eyes and looked at Liu Ruyan. He smiled and said hello, "Sister-in-law Liu, you still like to wear mourning clothes. I thought the palace held funerals every day."
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