He is no longer the tireless wolf in Prince Yan's Mansion. He was busy with state affairs and lacked exercise, so problems arose in that area.
No wonder only two or three concubines in the harem became pregnant in the three years after the emperor ascended the throne. It’s not that the concubines didn’t work hard, it’s that there was something wrong with the oxen plowing the fields.
Shen Wei was worried. I started thinking of a solution in my mind - should I secretly tell the Imperial Hospital to give the Emperor some nourishment?
In fact, it is better not to treat it. The emperor cannot be inhumane, and no concubine in the harem will get pregnant again. In the competition for the throne, Shen Wei's son also has several fewer potential rivals.
Shen Wei fell into deep thought and slowly fell asleep.
...
The next day was dawn.
Chen Wei got up despite her sleepiness and helped Li Yuanjing change his clothes. She went to bed late and was very sleepy. Li Yuanjing bent down slightly, pinched Shen Wei's fair and round chin, and looked at her sleepy little face.
Very beautiful.
The other concubines in the palace dared not take a nap when serving the emperor to change his clothes. If you stay in a high position for too long, everyone around you will start to wear false masks and be insincere. But his Weiwei always shows her truest side.
The more Li Yuanjing looked at her, the more he liked her. He couldn't help but press her against the pillar and kiss her for a long time, kissing away Shen Wei's sleepiness.
Shen Wei: ...
He could still eat even though he hadn't rinsed his mouth so early in the morning.
"I'm going to court first and will come to see you in the afternoon." Li Yuanjing's eyes were gentle.
Shen Wei smiled and nodded.
In the front yard of Yongning Palace, Jixiang was picking roses with a few young eunuchs. The roses were in full bloom, and Li Yuanjing was quite surprised: "Weiwei, why did you pull out the roses?"
Li Yuanjing has a great liking for roses.
During the three years since Chen Wei left the palace, he had people plant a lot of roses inside and outside the palace walls, so that people would remember her when they saw them. Gradually, everyone inside and outside the palace knew that the emperor loved roses. Roses were planted in the courtyards of every concubine, and even many ministers planted roses in their homes.
Chen Wei said, "When I was in Donghua Mountain, a rose pricked my hand. The thorn pierced my palm for a long time before I could pull it out. Le You also scratched his hand when he went to pick roses, so I don't like flowers with thorns."
These are all excuses she made up.
Shen Wei hates Qiang Wei. Because when she wanted to abandon her husband and children, her skirt was caught on the roses, and she lost her freedom for the rest of her life.
Li Yuanjing nodded, thinking: "Roses have many thorns, which is indeed not good."
There is no need to miss him when seeing things in the future, because his rose is back.
Li Yuanjing went to court, and Chen Wei returned to the palace for breakfast. Just after breakfast, Cai Ping walked into the room and reported: "Master, the Queen Mother asks you to go to the Cining Palace. The Emperor's imperial edict for canonization has come down."
Shen Wei did not delay. After dressing up, she took the palace servants to the Cining Palace.
Along the way, Shen Wei was thinking about what title Li Yuanjing would give her.
Empress Xian? Concubine De? Concubine Hui? Or did you think of a single word?
The Cining Palace is magnificent, solemn and dignified.
Shen Wei held Cai Ping's hand and walked into the main hall, where she found the queen, concubine Shu, Zhang Miaoyu and other concubines were all there.
As soon as Shen Wei showed up, pairs of inquiring eyes looked over at her.
Concubine Lu Xuan narrowed her beautiful eyes and observed Chen Wei without any expression. Shen Wei is in good spirits, has fair skin, and walks normally. Lu Xuan felt a little relieved. Judging from Chen Wei's condition, she probably didn't sleep with him last night.
After a long separation, there was no joy at night. The emperor's feelings for Chen Wei were just like that.
Chen Wei knelt down and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "I pay my respects to the Queen Mother and the Queen."
Then he turned his gaze and said, "How are you, sisters?"
The Queen Mother said lovingly, "Stand up. Don't sit down yet. Madam Qian, have the people from the Ministry of Rites come in and announce the Emperor's decree."
Nanny Qian immediately went to ask for help.
After a while, the Minister of Works and the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet walked into the Cining Palace holding the imperial edict, and the eunuch chief Zhou Gonggong holding the imperial edict. The three of them first paid their respects to the Empress Dowager and the Queen, and then Eunuch Zhou read out the imperial edict.
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: Shen of Yongning Palace is of a noble family, graceful and virtuous... In compliance with the Empress Dowager's benevolent order, she is conferred the title of Chen Fei by imperial decree. I decree this."
Shen Wei kowtowed and accepted the order.
Cai Lian and Cai Ping who were standing by put away the book of treasures and the gold seal.
Eunuch Zhou glanced at Shen Wei with a smile, said a few words of congratulations, and then left respectfully.
Shen Wei returned to the Cining Palace and thanked the Queen Mother politely. The Queen Mother offered her a seat, and the palace maids served her hot tea smoothly.
The queen frowned secretly, she thought that the emperor would confer the title of "De Fei" or "Hui Fei" on Shen Wei.
But unexpectedly, the emperor actually chose the character "Chen" himself.
The word "Chen" has a broad meaning and special significance. It is another name for Ziwei Star and North Star.
There is an old saying: [The movement of heaven is infinite, but the pole star does not move], [It is like the North Star, which stays in its place and all the other stars revolve around it]. The emperor named Chen Wei "Chen Fei", which was enough to show her importance in the emperor's heart.
Sitting on the main throne, the Queen Mother calmly ordered: "Queen, Concubine Shu, you two are in charge of the harem. Prepare well for tonight's family dinner and make no mistakes."
The Queen and Lu Xuan stood up together: "Please rest assured, Queen Mother."
"It's getting late, everyone should go." The Queen Mother rubbed her brows, "Concubine Chen, you stay."
The concubines bowed and left one after another. They looked at Chen Wei with different expressions, some happy, some calm, some jealous, and some fearful.
Lu Xuan was calm. No flower lasts forever; temporary honor and favor mean nothing. Lu Xuan will not take action against Shen Wei for the time being. The harem is very large, and there are many concubines who want to drag Shen Wei down.
For example, Concubine Lan Xie Fanglan.
Xie Fanglan was born in the Xie family, and the Queen Mother was her aunt. Now that the Queen Mother has returned to the palace, Xie Fanglan's day of rejuvenation should have come.
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