Deshun leaves.
The palace maids in Chen Wei's courtyard began to get busy and continued to trim the flowers, plants and trees in the garden.
The spring sun was comfortable, and Shen Wei asked the palace servants to move the benches, tables and stools to the backyard. She sat at the table, looking through the account books sent by the Yanjing shop. Her business was booming, but it was reaching saturation and she could no longer make any more money.
We have to find ways to open up new markets.
Shen Wei touched her chin and set her sights on joining the royal family—earning money from the royal family and becoming a royal merchant.
To make money from the royal family, you need to open internal channels. Chen Wei clutched the brush and muttered to herself: "I have to find a way to gain the authority to manage the inner court of the imperial palace..."
As long as she could obtain the right to be a housekeeper, she could easily open up a channel and turn her shop in Yanjing into a "royal store".
In the current Qing Kingdom's harem, the Queen and Concubine Shu share equal power and jointly manage the harem. Shen Wei began to plan and take away the power from the Queen and Concubine Shu step by step.
Cai Ping came over with tea and told Chen Wei: "Master. Princess Leyou was pushed down by Lanpin, and the Queen Mother punished Lanpin to kneel for two hours."
Shen Wei paused while holding the brush and asked, "Is Leyou injured?"
Cai Ping shook her head: "It's okay. But this Lanpin is really arrogant."
Shen Wei lowered her eyes. In this harem, the more arrogant one is, the more likely one is to get burned.
However, for Leyou, this incident was a lesson and a wake-up call in Leyou's heart.
Shen Wei always felt that Le You was too kind and naive. In the royal family, innocent and kind children are like flowers in a greenhouse. If the flowers lose the protection of the greenhouse one day, they will easily die.
Letting Leyou have a preliminary understanding of the cruelty of human nature can be considered a test of his growth.
"Master. Princess Leyou and the two little princes are here." Cai Lian came to report.
Chen Wei immediately put down the brush in her hand and asked Cai Ping to take the account book away. Not far away, three children were already running towards Shen Wei happily.
"Mother~"
In the afternoon, Le You brought his two younger brothers to Yongning Palace to find Chen Wei. After running around the palace a few times to familiarize themselves with the environment, the three children went to the waterside pavilion to catch fish.
After a while, Cai Lian came again to report that Li Yao had arrived.
Shen Wei hasn't seen Li Yao for three years, but during these three years, Shen Wei would write letters to Li Yao every once in a while and give her some little toys that her daughter would like to maintain the relationship between the two.
"How are you, Madam Chen?" Li Yao showed up and greeted Shen Wei obediently.
Shen Wei took a closer look and found that the thin and well-behaved little girl had grown taller, with a fair and pretty face, and her every move and gesture had the demeanor of a princess.
Chen Wei smiled and held her in her arms, saying in a friendly manner: "Yao'er has grown taller again, let me take a closer look."
Li Yao's face turned red.
Shen Wei's hug was as warm as ever. During these three years, although Li Yao was nominally the eldest princess, she was never valued by the queen, and no one had ever hugged her.
Occasionally, Empress Yufei would remember her and send someone to invite her over to play.
The palace is quiet and lonely, her father is busy with state affairs, and the queen doesn't like her. Li Yao always feels lonely. Only the letters and beautiful little dolls given to her by Shen Wei were the only warmth in the cold night.
"Your clothes seem old." Shen Wei touched Li Yao's spring shirt. The fabric was old and a little prickly.
Li Yao didn’t want to make Shen Wei worry, so she said, “Yao’er likes this dress, so she keeps wearing it—Empress Chen, Yao’er also brought two sisters with her.”
Having said that, Li Yao took a step forward.
At the gate of Yongning Palace, two little girls cautiously poked their heads out and looked around curiously.
One is Li Nanzhi, wearing a snow-white long dress, the daughter of Concubine Mei Liu Ruyan; the other is Li Wan'er, the daughter of the late prince.
Shen Wei glanced at Li Wan'er's clothes and frowned secretly. Not only Li Yao, Li Wan'er's clothes were equally old. Li Yao and Li Wan'er both lived in Baozhu Palace and were nominally raised and cared for by the Queen.
Obviously, the queen doesn't care about Li Yao and Li Wan'er.
Shen Wei smiled gently: "Come in, don't be restrained, treat Yongning Palace as your own home."
The little princesses came in curiously.
Leyou, who was catching fish by the waterside, heard the noise, and ran over with his chubby little legs, looking at his three sisters with his beautiful big eyes.
Before this, Leyou had been living in Donghua Mountain with only two younger brothers and had never met any other sisters.
Leyou felt very curious and a sense of familiarity came over her. She said in a chuckle, "Hello, sisters. Do you want to catch fish with Leyou? It's so much fun!"
Three little princesses:...
Half an hour later, Leyou and her three sisters were having a great time playing by the pool, their laughter like silver bells echoing around the waterside. They said they were catching fish, but in fact the palace servants put the dozen or so fish they caught in a large shallow wooden basin. The princesses used small fishing nets to catch the fish in the wooden basin.
The palace maids stood guard carefully to prevent any accidents from happening.
Li Chengtai and Li Chengyou saw that their four sisters were having fun, so they didn't disturb them and ran to find Shen Wei.
Li Chengyou had sharp eyes and noticed the target that had just been set up in the backyard. Their frail mother was drawing her bow and arrow, aiming at the target with a very unstandard posture.
Snap, the arrow went awry as expected.
"Mother, your archery skills are still very poor." The two sons shook their heads and sighed.
Shen Wei put down the wooden bow and poked her son's head unhappily: "Practicing archery is for fitness, not for aiming."
Drawing the bow and drawing the arrow exercises the shoulders, neck and arms, opens the shoulders and beautifies the back, helps to shape the perfect back curve and enhance the overall temperament of the person.
Before Shen Wei was recuperating in Donghua Mountain, she started practicing archery, but her practice was perfunctory and her archery skills did not improve.
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