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In the laundry room at the backyard of the palace, Zhang Yue was washing clothes for her masters. As she washed, she stroked her hands tenderly.
She was a merchant's daughter and had never had to worry about food and clothing since childhood. If her family had not fallen into decline, she would never have become the lowest servant in the palace.
She could have been content to be a maid, but Shen Wei's glory pierced her heart like a thorn.
Zhang Yue stared at her hands and muttered to herself, "My hands used to be green as scallions... but now they are covered with calluses."
Just as I was distracted, the wooden door of the yard slammed open. Nanny Liu, who was beside the princess, walked in with two burly guards.
Madam Liu took a sharp look and saw Zhang Yue washing clothes. She said sternly, "Catch her and beat her with twenty sticks."
Before Zhang Yue could react, she was taken to the torture bench by the security guards.
Bang, bang, bang——
A stick as thick as a bowl fell on Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue screamed in pain: "Madame Liu, why did you hit me?"
Madam Liu said coldly, "You said something you shouldn't have said, you deserve to be beaten to death."
Zhang Yue had no way to defend herself as she was hit hard by the stick. She was in so much pain that she broke out in a cold sweat, let out a cry, and suddenly fainted.
When Zhang Yue woke up again, it was already late at night.
Zhang Yue was lying in the woodshed, covered in blood. Her clothes and torn flesh were stuck to her back. It seemed as if all the bones in her body were about to break, and her face was distorted with pain.
She couldn't help feeling a little sad.
As servants, their lives and deaths are in the hands of their masters, and human lives are worthless.
The door of the woodshed creaked open, and Aunt Liu, dressed in gray, walked in with a bowl of medicine. The moonlight made Aunt Liu's face look pale, like the enchanting White Impermanence.
Zhang Yue was so scared that her whole body was shaking.
Madam Liu sneered, "You're lucky you didn't get beaten to death. So drink this bowl of medicine and be on your way. The fact that Shen took the contraceptive soup will rot in hell with your death."
Nanny Liu wants to feed Zhang Yue poison.
Zhang Yue's desire to survive was overwhelming. She shook her head frantically, thinking about ways to stay alive.
As if she had thought of something, Zhang Yue seemed to grasp the last straw and sobbed, "Madame Liu, please don't kill me. I am willing to serve the prince! I am willing to be a loyal dog of the princess! I will be more obedient than Chen Wei!"
Nanny Liu seemed to be thinking about something.
She put down the poison, stretched out her skinny fingers, and pinched Zhang Yue's white chin.
She has a pretty face and is a beauty.
Recently, Nanny Liu has been collecting young and beautiful women to fill the palace's backyard. The princess has the leverage over Zhang Yue. If he can be used by the princess, he will be a good dog in the future.
"You are lucky to have a pretty face." Aunt Liu smiled and overturned the poison bowl. "I will give you a side yard to stay in temporarily. You should take good care of your injuries. Good days are still to come."
Zhang Yue burst into tears: "Thank you, Aunt Liu!"
Nanny Liu was very efficient. She asked the guards to carry Zhang Yue to a simple courtyard and sent a doctor to take care of her.
Zhang Yue escaped death and saved her life.
After applying the medicine, Zhang Yue lay on the bed in the courtyard in pain, looking at the frosty moonlight outside the window. Zhang Yue's face became more and more gloomy, and his fingernails dug deeply into his palms.
"Chen Wei, wait for me."
"If you can climb up, I can climb up too."
"Isn't it just a fight for favor? How difficult can it be?"
...
Night fell over Fangfei Garden, and Shen Wei was doing Pamela aerobics.
The Spring Banquet of the Prince's Palace is approaching. Although Chen Wei is the lowest-ranking concubine, Prince Yan makes an exception and allows her to attend the Spring Banquet.
Shen Wei had inquired about it, and found that the Spring Banquet at Prince Yan's Mansion in previous years was actually quite good. But there was a Prince Heng who found fault everywhere and mocked Prince Yan's woman for dressing like she was attending a funeral, which led to a bad reputation for the Spring Banquet at Prince Yan's Mansion.
As a subordinate, Shen Wei is best at figuring out her leader's thoughts. Prince Yan might want Shen Wei to show up and dampen Prince Heng's enthusiasm.
Shen Wei, the king of involution, will never let down the leaders' requirements. She works hard to exercise, maintain her figure, and improve her temperament, striving to shine at the spring banquet.
"Master, I've found out about Zhang Yue." Cai Ping, a gossipy expert, sneaked into the main house and told Chen Wei about Zhang Yue in detail.
After listening to this, Shen Wei said while doing exercises: "After beating Zhang Yue with twenty sticks, they suddenly sent her to a remote place to recuperate... It seems that they are preparing to train Zhang Yue as a concubine."
Cai Ping lowered her voice and said, "Master, we must be on guard early."
Shen Wei smiled and took the handkerchief handed to her by Cai Ping to wipe her sweat: "Not everyone can be a favored concubine."
Zhang Yue was too naive and thought that she could attract King Yan with her beauty alone.
But there are many tricks to being a concubine.
Chen Wei wiped the sweat off her face and sat on a chair drinking mint tea. "The weather is getting warmer. Let Jixiang and Deshun plant lotus leaves in the backyard pond tomorrow. Remove the roses by the wall and plant wormwood to repel mosquitoes and insects."
"When most of the peach blossoms have withered, remove all of them, leaving only the best-growing peach tree, so that peaches can be picked in the summer. In the summer, replace the peach tree with a crape myrtle tree and a bougainvillea. Also, replace the rabbit lanterns outside the moon gate with flower lanterns. Erase the graffiti on the outer wall and paint lotus and lotus leaf pictures instead."
Caiping wrote everything down on paper.
In addition to the flowers, plants and trees in the courtyard, the sheets, bed curtains and curtains in the bedroom should also be changed frequently, and the varieties of flowers on the desk should also be changed frequently.
Chen Wei wants to redecorate Fangfei Garden according to seasonal changes to bring a sense of freshness to Boss Yanwang.
Caiping left the room, and Cailian came in with a letter: "Master, your mother has sent a letter."
Shen Wei paused while drinking tea. Mother?
The original owner's memories emerged in her mind - the original owner was born in a poor peasant family, her father died early, and her mother did not remarry, raising four children with great difficulty.
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