The concubines in the palace were like flowers, each beautiful in her own way, and they divided up all the emperor's favor. The queen wanted to set a fire and burn all these beautiful women to ashes.
But she couldn't, she was the queen.
Countless eyes were staring at the queen's throne, picking out her mistakes and trying to pull her down from the position of queen.
She must be virtuous and generous. The palace is not Prince Yan's residence, and she has no way of strangling the throats of these vicious women.
The queen took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Shufei, the spring night is cool. You must serve the emperor carefully."
The queen decided to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the two tigers. She deliberately provoked conflicts and let Chen Wei and Lu Xuan fight with each other. She sat on the mountain and watched the fight between the tigers and reaped the benefits.
After Shen Wei returned to the palace, she took away most of the emperor's favor. Lu Xuan will definitely not accept this and will definitely target him secretly.
Let’s fight, it’s best to fight to the death.
Lu Xuan's red lips curled slightly, and her face smiled as usual: "Thank you for your reminder, Queen. I will keep it in mind."
Lu Xuan secretly despised him in her heart. Did the Queen really think she would be fooled by such a clumsy method of sowing discord?
Lu Xuan looked at Shen Wei who was sitting opposite her. Shen Wei looked normal, drinking tea calmly, and was obviously not provoked by the Queen.
"She is not jealous at all..." Lu Xuan murmured secretly.
The emperor stayed in Lu Xuan's room last night, but Shen Wei didn't show any anger at all.
Aren’t you worried that the emperor will be kidnapped?
Where does she get her confidence from?
The Queen put down the white porcelain teacup and continued, "General Shen escorted the Yue envoy back to Yanjing. The Emperor will host a banquet in Qinghua Palace tomorrow. All concubines in the harem with the rank of concubine and above must wear auspicious clothes to attend the banquet."
"Everyone, please remember the rules for concubines in the palace and do not misbehave in the palace."
All the concubines responded in unison: "Yes."
The morning meeting ended quickly and the concubines bowed and left.
The queen stood under the eaves of the inner hall of Kunning Palace, watching the graceful and beautiful figures leave, silently clenching the Buddhist beads in her hand.
After reciting the Buddhist scriptures silently in her heart, the queen's anxiety finally dissipated.
She turned around and told Madam Liu: "Go to the kitchen and check if the ingredients for the palace banquet tomorrow night are ready. Before the palace banquet begins, be sure to send someone to keep an eye on it. Also, send the health-preserving soup prepared for Chengzhen to Anguo Temple later."
Madam Liu forced a smile to hide the fatigue in her eyes: "I obey your order."
...
Shen Wei returns to the palace.
As she had some free time today, Shen Wei took out her archery tools and continued to practice archery.
"Master, don't you hate archery?" Cai Lian asked with a frown.
Shen Wei has indeed lost interest in archery recently.
But Li Yuanjing was in high spirits. He liked to hug her whenever he had nothing to do and taught her archery tirelessly. The two often hug each other, have physical contact, and finally roll onto the bed...
Shen Wei has many ways to keep fit, and archery is not the most effective way. She went to practice archery just to frame Li Yuanjing and let him teach his two sons archery personally.
Shen Wei doesn't like archery.
Shen Wei touched her chin. She had to think of a way to make Li Yuanjing give up teaching her archery.
...
Dusk and sunset.
After finishing his government affairs, Li Yuanjing went to Yongning Palace. The spring sunset glowed with golden light, and the Yongning Palace seemed to be covered with a layer of gold.
Li Yuanjing did not let the palace servants inform him.
He walked straight in. After Shen Wei returned to the palace, she was not satisfied with the original layout of Yongning Palace, so she sent people to renovate the flowers and plants in the yard and planted a lot of bright red crabapples.
Shen Wei also opened a small vegetable garden.
But she was too lazy to grow vegetables, so the vegetable garden was left abandoned after it was opened, and weeds were allowed to grow. Li Yuanjing passed by the vegetable garden several times. Looking at the bare vegetable garden, he always felt upset.
Li Yuanjing asked someone to send over some vegetable seedlings.
He planted the seedlings himself. Li Yuanjing felt relieved only when the bare vegetable garden had a few seedlings.
"Where is the Concubine Chen?" Li Yuanjing asked the palace concubines.
The maid bowed her head: "The master is in the backyard."
Shen Wei is practicing archery.
He rolled up his sleeves, revealing his fair arms, and drew his bow and arrow.
Li Yuanjing stopped to watch, and saw that Shen Wei's bow-drawing posture had become much more standard. The arrow in her hand shot out and hit the edge of the target steadily.
But I still can't shoot accurately.
Seeing Shen Wei persist in practicing, Li Yuanjing felt inexplicably satisfied. He walked over, hugged Shen Wei from behind, and held her hand: “The movement is crooked again.”
Shen Wei seemed to have just realized that he was coming, and turned around in surprise: "Your Majesty, you are back."
Her eyes sparkled, filled with admiration and joy for her lover.
Li Yuanjing raised his thin lips, and was about to continue teaching Shen Wei archery. With a glance, he suddenly saw a bruise on the inside of Shen Wei's wrist.
Li Yuanjing put down his bow and arrow, held Shen Wei's arm, and frowned: "Why don't you wear protective gear?"
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