Zhao Qing was the only wife he recognized.
As for Sun Qingmei, Shangguan Xuan was willing to make her a concubine because of her hard work in taking care of the housework. Having no worries about food and clothing and living a wealthy life for the rest of his life would not be considered a waste of Sun Qingmei.
The carriage drove all the way and arrived at the gate of Zhennan Marquis Mansion. The gate was already crowded with people. The old lady, Sun Qingmei, and uncles, aunts and uncles from each family were all standing at the gate waiting.
Zhao Qing lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the solemn, magnificent and majestic marquis's mansion, as well as the neatly trimmed flowers, plants and trees at the door, and his heart was filled with joy.
What a wealthy mansion!
If she could become the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion, she would enjoy endless wealth and glory for the rest of her life.
Shangguan Xuan got off the carriage first, stretched out his hand, held Zhao Qing's hand and walked down. Zhao Qing stood politely beside Shangguan Xuan, who was reminiscing about the past with his mother and sister.
Zhao Qing remained calm and quickly glanced at the people at the door. She wanted to know what the rumored Sun Qingmei looked like.
After looking around, Zhao Qing's gaze froze.
Under the eaves stood a young woman with an extremely outstanding appearance. She had her hair in a bun, with a blue and gold silk flower in her hair and two gold and jade hairpins in her hair. His face was like a silver basin, and his eyes were round like black chess pieces. She seemed to be very afraid of the cold. She wore a thick fox fur cloak over her skirt and held a hot water bottle in her hand.
She is dressed in a noble and gorgeous manner.
Zhao Qing felt ashamed and lowered his head.
Is this Sun Qingmei?
In Liangzhou City, from Shangguan Xuan's brief description, Zhao Qing thought that Sun Qingmei was an ordinary-looking official's wife. But when I saw her today, Sun Qingmei was radiant, like a peony blooming in early winter.
Zhao Qing prided herself on her beauty, but she paled in comparison to the woman under the eaves.
Just when Zhao Qing felt sad, a gentle voice came from the mansion: "Husband!"
Zhao Qing looked up in surprise and saw another young woman in a silk dress walking out of the mansion. She had a pretty face, elegant manners, and a gentle and virtuous demeanor.
This is Sun Qingmei.
Zhao Qing suddenly felt relieved, it turned out that he had recognized the wrong person.
Zhao Qing looked at Sun Qingmei. She was a pretty girl from a small family, and her appearance was not particularly outstanding. Zhao Qing's lost confidence returned, and the corners of his lips rose slightly.
Sun Qingmei walked up to Shangguan Xuan, smiling: "Husband, it's cold outside, come in and have some hot tea to warm yourself up."
Shangguan Xuan frowned.
Looking at the gentle and virtuous woman in front of him, Shangguan Xuan felt calm. She is too virtuous and boring, and is not even a bit comparable to Zhao Qing.
But because there were so many people at the door, Shangguan Xuan couldn't get angry. He just nodded and walked into the marquis's mansion surrounded by the crowd.
In the inner courtyard, Shangguan Xuan saw the unfamiliar Shen Wei. He asked doubtfully: "Who is this?"
Sun Qingmei took the initiative to introduce: "This is Concubine Shen from the Prince of Yan's Mansion. She learned that my mother's birthday is tomorrow, so she came to give her two pots of marigolds."
Zhao Qing understood in his heart that she was the concubine of the prince's palace. No wonder she was so beautiful and dressed so exquisitely. Zhao Qing looked at the gold and jade hairpin in Shen Wei's hair with envy, wishing he could have one...
Shen Wei nodded slightly and said politely: "The Marquis of Zhennan has returned home, and it is inconvenient for me, an outsider, to disturb him. There are many things going on in the palace, so I'll take my leave."
Shen Wei took the palace's carriage back to the palace.
She was pregnant, and the carriage in the palace was moving slowly. Shen Wei leaned back on the soft embroidered cushion, Zhao Qing’s face repeatedly appearing in her mind.
This Zhao Qing was slender, with big eyes and red lips. Although she wore her hair in a man's bun, Shen Wei took a closer look and realized that she was a woman dressed as a man.
The somewhat famous military advisor Zhao was actually a girl.
After a brief encounter, Shen Wei couldn't tell Zhao Qing's personality for a moment.
She lifted the curtain and told Cai Lian outside the car: "During this period of time, find out the detailed information about Zhao Qing, the military advisor."
Cai Lian nodded happily: "I understand."
Although there was sunshine in early winter, Shen Wei still felt cold. She returned to the warm room of the Glazed Pavilion, leaned on the couch, looked at the account book, and calculated the winter expenses of the palace.
The floor of the warm room was covered with a thick wool blanket. Ten-month-old Xiao Leyou, accompanied by his maid, is supporting himself to stand up and learn to walk, giggling from time to time.
Shen Wei looked at the account book for a while, then looked up at her daughter playing. She smiled and told the maid: "Let her crawl for a while, there's no need to rush her to stand up and learn to walk."
The maid asked in confusion: "Master, isn't it good to let the little master learn to walk earlier?"
Shen Wei shook her head: "The child has to crawl enough."
Because I didn't crawl enough when I was a child, my sensory system is disordered. Children who learn to stand up too early will have poor vestibular development. When they grow up, they will be prone to motion sickness, lose their sense of direction, and are prone to bumps and bruises.
When raising a baby, you must remember: roll over at three, sit up at six, crawl at eight, walk at twelve.
That is to say, the baby should learn to roll over at three months, learn to sit up at six months, crawl at eight months, and only after twelve months can she be taught to walk.
The maid didn't understand the reason, and didn't dare to disobey Shen Wei's order, so she had to continue crawling on the wool blanket with little Leyou.
Shen Wei continued to look at the account book, thinking about the expenses in the palace during the winter. This winter is cold, so there must be enough charcoal for the concubines. Since Shen Wei took over the household, the concubines in the palace had lived a much better life.
A concubine who has children can see her children three times a month. I can also see my children on holidays and birthdays.
The walls of the courtyards where the concubines with the lowest status in the palace lived were renovated. Shen Wei was impressed by their excellent embroidery skills and asked the cloth merchant to purchase the concubines' embroidery works at a very good price on a long-term basis.
The concubines were able to save money by selling embroidery, and they had hope for life in the lonely backyard of Prince Yan's Mansion.
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