Shen Wei smiled, put her arms around Li Yuanjing's neck affectionately, and said confidently: "With the emperor here, what else can I do?"
His words were full of dependence and trust on Li Yuanjing.
Li Yuanjing felt warm in his heart.
His Weiwei always depends on him like this.
After a while, Li Yao returned from the side hall. Li Yuanjing told her that he would not depose the queen and would spare her life.
Li Yao's pale face instantly showed joy, tears welled up in her eyes: "Thank you, father."
Li Yao has lost a lot of weight recently, and there is almost no fat on her cheeks. Li Yuanjing called her to his side and took a closer look. He saw that Li Yao's face was pale and her eyes were red and swollen.
Apparently cried for a long time.
Li Yuanjing comforted him, "Go back and have a good meal, and don't cry anymore."
The tone is rarely kind.
Li Yao vaguely felt that in her father's heart, there was still a place for her as his biological daughter. In order not to make himself sad, the emperor decided not to depose the queen.
Without staying in Chang'an Palace for too long, Shen Wei took Li Yao away from Chang'an Palace.
Li Yao was obviously in a much better mood. She held Shen Wei's hand and said from the bottom of her heart: "Mrs. Chen, you are so kind."
Shen Wei paused.
Shen Wei tilted her head and said softly, "I can help you once, but that doesn't mean I can solve your problems every time."
Li Yao stood there in a daze, the smile on her face froze.
The autumn wind blew, and Li Yao's hair scattered in the wind. She looked at Shen Wei guiltily and lowered her head awkwardly.
Shen Wei knew what the little girl was thinking. She said, "You went on a hunger strike, and you relied on your tears to gain the mercy of this palace and the emperor. But Yao'er, begging for mercy from others is the lowest form of means."
A princess raised in a golden nest is always a bit naive and thinks she can get everything she wants with tears.
Li Yao is still young, and the adults will lend a helping hand and make some concessions because of her young age.
But after Li Yao gets married in the future, she will face many life problems. At that time, tears could not solve the problem, and seeking others' sympathy was useless.
If a teenage girl hides in the house and cries helplessly, people will feel pity for her and want to help her; if a woman in her forties hides in the house and cries helplessly, people will just think that she is useless and has lived in vain.
Shen Wei asked, "Do you know why the queen is disliked?"
Li Yao opened her mouth and answered: "Because my mother did a lot of wrong things."
Chen Wei said: "That's part of the reason. But more importantly, the queen thinks she has someone to rely on. I heard that before the queen got married, she was doted on by the whole family. When she cried, the whole house would revolve around her and solve her problems. Every time she got into trouble, the Tan Tai family would always cover for her.
After the fall of the Tan Tai family, she had no one to rely on, so she was naturally abandoned. ”
Li Yao lowered her head gloomily.
Shen Wei said softly, "Yao'er, your father can pity you for a while, but he can never pity you forever. Your father did not depose the queen this time because he weighed the pros and cons, not because he sympathized with you."
In Li Yuanjing's heart, his own daughter's tears are worthless.
He did not depose the queen only to prevent a new family from coming to power.
Li Yao blinked, and her usually innocent pupils now looked a little clearer. She vaguely understood the meaning of Shen Wei's words.
"It's getting late, you should go back to Cining Palace first." Shen Wei wiped Li Yao's face and said gently, "Eat on time and go to bed on time in the future. You are your greatest reliance. It's useless to rely on others."
Li Yao nodded as if she understood, said goodbye to Shen Wei, and left with a heavy heart.
Shen Wei breathed a sigh of relief.
Little girls from ordinary families can cry and make a fuss for candy; but little princesses in the palace, no matter how much they cry, it is difficult for them to get candy.
Princesses cannot be naive and must recognize the cruelty of imperial power as soon as possible.
"Master, do you want to go back to Yongning Palace for a nap?" Caiping asked in a low voice.
Shen Wei was not sleepy, she said: "Let's go to the East Pavilion of the Imperial Garden. There are two new precious chrysanthemums named 'Phoenix Zhenyu' planted there. It is said that they are very beautiful."
The sedan chair turned towards the imperial garden.
Autumn has arrived, and most of the leaves in the Imperial Garden have begun to change color, with red, yellow and green patches everywhere. Along the way, there are lush blooming chrysanthemums, which is a beautiful sight.
Come to the East Pavilion of the Imperial Garden.
Shen Wei walked over and saw from afar a graceful and sick beauty sitting in the East Pavilion. The cool autumn wind blew, and the white clothes on the sick beauty swayed, as if she was about to ascend to heaven in the next moment.
It’s Liu Ruyan.
Shen Wei stopped and admired Liu Ruyan's stunning appearance. She was worthy of being the most beautiful woman in Yanjing. Even though she was sick, she was still as beautiful as an ancient painting.
Elegant and unworldly beauty.
No wonder Li Yuanjing liked her so much that he would occasionally stay overnight at Liu Ruyan's place. With such a look, even a woman like Shen Wei would be moved.
After stopping to admire Liu Ruyan's beauty for a while, Shen Wei slowly walked to the East Pavilion. His eyes turned and he soon saw the two pots of the precious "Phoenix Spreading Feathers".
The phoenix spreads its wings, and the chrysanthemum lives up to its name. Like a gorgeous golden phoenix, spreading its wings and flying high, bright and dazzling.
The more Shen Wei looked at it, the more she liked it.
Chen Wei ordered Cai Ping: "Tell the clothing bureau that this palace's new autumn shirt will use this chrysanthemum pattern."
Cai Ping nodded immediately: "Okay, I will convey your message later."
Chen Wei is in charge of the six palaces and is the most favored one among them, so naturally she will not treat herself badly. No matter what she wanted to eat or what she wanted, she just had to give the order and the palace servants would naturally fulfill her needs efficiently.
This is the meaning of competing for favor, to make your life more comfortable.
The commotion here startled Liu Ruyan, who was watching the autumn leaves in the East Pavilion.
Liu Ruyan slowly stood up, glanced at the gaudy golden chrysanthemum with her beautiful eyes, and sneered, "How vulgar."
Shen Wei was speechless.
Liu Ruyan has a very bad reputation in the palace, largely because of her indiscriminately attacking mouth, which seems to be poisonous.
That year, Concubine Lan wore a dress with flowers and butterflies at the palace banquet. Liu Ruyan coldly mocked it as "vulgar and ugly", and Concubine Lan was so angry that she almost overturned the table.
Liu Ruyan even dared to criticize the emperor to his face. For example, last year the Emperor of Yue gave Li Yuanjing a precious jeweled gold belt inlaid with twenty emeralds, which was extremely gorgeous. Li Yuanjing liked it very much and wore it for five or six days in a row.
As a result, Liu Ruyan saw it and said "vulgar". Li Yuanjing was so angry that he didn't step into Liu Ruyan's palace for three months.
Chen Wei shook the round fan in her hand. She was in a very good mood and was not angry. Instead, she told Liu Ruyan: "Flowers and plants are meaningless. It's just that people give them qualities."
Liu Ruyan looked at him with disdain.
Chen Wei kindly told Liu Ruyan: "The plum blossom blooms in winter, not because it has noble qualities. It's just that its flower buds grow in late autumn, so it has no choice but to bloom in winter."
The plum blossoms bloom in winter, which is influenced by multiple factors such as climate, environment, and their own physiological characteristics.
But unfortunately, modern knowledge cannot fit into the minds of ancient people. Liu Ruyan's beautiful eyes were filled with coldness, and she said calmly: "The queen is about to be deposed. I can see that you, Concubine Chen, are very proud of it."
Shen Wei: “…”
How can you tell that I'm proud?
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