Chen Wei rubbed her nose. She had been sneezing too frequently recently. Sometimes she would sneeze for no apparent reason even when she was asleep in the middle of the night.
My nose is itchy and very uncomfortable.
Chen Wei looked in front of a bronze mirror and adjusted her wedding attire and hair accessories. Cai Ping came in with hot soup and snacks: "Master, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat too much at the welcoming banquet tonight. Please eat some dinner first to fill your stomach."
Chen Wei drank two mouthfuls of hot soup and asked Cai Ping, "Has Meipin changed into her wedding dress?"
Caiping shook her head.
Chen Wei's face was slightly cold: "Go tell Meipin that if she refuses to change into auspicious clothes to attend the banquet, she can't go out tonight."
In solemn occasions, concubines cannot wear clothes in different styles.
According to rules and regulations, concubines in the harem must wear the same auspicious dress when attending large-scale events. Auspicious clothing is a symbol of concubines. The clothing is made of gorgeous satin, with the main color being golden red. It is embroidered with patterns of peonies, phoenixes, cranes, etc., and has a unified style.
In such occasions, Liu Ruyan must not wear white clothes, otherwise she would be criticized if it got out.
"Yes, I'll pass the message on right away." Caiping turned and went to Yuxiu Palace. Caiping was puzzled. Meipin was just an ordinary concubine now. If she didn't want to attend the banquet, there was no need to communicate again and again. She could just pretend that there was no such person as Meipin in the harem.
But judging from Shen Wei's attitude, Shen Wei seemed to really want Mei Bin to be present. Cai Ping was full of doubts and couldn't guess what Chen Wei was thinking, so she could only lower her head and do her work quickly.
In the room, Shen Wei barely ate half full.
Cai Lian came into the room and reported that Doctor Mo had arrived.
Shen Wei received her in the inner hall.
Doctor Mo was wearing a green official robe and a black hat, and his face was obviously sleepy. She plopped down on the soft chair next to her and felt Shen Wei's pulse.
After a while, Mo Xun tilted his head and said, "My dear concubine, you are in good health and not seriously ill. Tell me, what is wrong with you?"
Shen Wei pointed to her slightly red nose and said, “I always sneeze after the spring.”
Sneezing is not a big problem, but it is not a small problem either.
Sneezing every day and having a runny nose occasionally looks really unsightly. Shen Wei has always pursued perfection, and she must solve the problem of sneezing.
While dining with Li Yuanjing during the day, Shen Wei couldn't help sneezing. Li Yuanjing didn't mind it, and even considerately asked Shen Wei to add a piece of clothing. But Shen Wei felt uncomfortable.
Although Li Yuanjing verbally said that he didn't mind, if Shen Wei really sneezed in front of him every day, Li Yuanjing might have felt a little disgusted in his heart.
A beautiful woman is very pleasing to the eyes, but a beautiful woman who sneezes and has a runny nose is not that beautiful.
Shen Wei had to prevent such things from happening.
"Allow me to ask you in detail." Mo Xun came closer, "My dear concubine, what are the specific symptoms of your sneezing?"
Shen Wei thought for a moment and answered truthfully: "My nose is itchy, and my eyes are itchy sometimes, and I have clear runny nose, but it doesn't sound like a cold."
Mo Xun stroked his fair and smooth chin, thought for a while, and then looked around the furnishings in the inner hall. Finally he stood up and ran to the lush courtyard of Yongning Palace.
A moment later, Mo Xun held a dozen kinds of blooming flowers in his hands and placed them all on the table. The strong fragrance diffused, Shen Wei's nose was itchy, and she couldn't help sneezing repeatedly.
Mo Xun saw this and understood: "You have hay fever."
Shen Wei wondered, “In previous years, the palace was full of flowers, and I never sneezed.”
Mo Xun said patiently, "Due to improper shelter during the winter, the cold and wind evil accumulated in the body. When the spring came, the yang energy grew and then there was pollinosis. This is easy to treat. I will prescribe a recipe for replenishing qi later. Drink two doses of the decoction every day and you will recover soon."
Shen Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It turned out she was allergic to pollen.
Shen Wei ordered the palace servants to boil the medicine, and then looked at the spring courtyard full of flowers, and said sadly: "Move these flowers away and send them to the concubines in the palace."
Cai Lian wondered, "If all the flowers are moved away, the courtyard of Yongning Palace will be empty."
Shen Wei sighed: "Let's plant some vegetables first."
After her hay fever is cured, I will transplant some flowers and plants back.
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It was dark, and a crescent moon hung in the sky, above the willow branches.
In the Qinghua Hall of the imperial palace, which was used to receive foreign guests, the ministers took their seats one after another, and the concubines also sat in the women's seats. The Queen Mother has not fully recovered from her illness yet, so she is not attending tonight.
Accompanied by Deshun's crisp voice of "The Emperor has arrived" and "The Imperial Concubine Chen has arrived", Chen Wei accompanied Li Yuanjing and followed him into the magnificent hall.
All the ministers bowed and paid their respects.
The main seat, with a pearl curtain separating the emperor from his ministers. Chen Wei sat beside Li Yuanjing, looking at the crowd of ministers and female relatives kneeling down, and an indescribable complex emotion surged in her heart.
No wonder everyone wants to be an emperor. How can one not be moved by such majesty and dominance over the world?
"Everyone, please stand up."
The emperor spoke, and all the ministers and female relatives returned to their original places. Shen Wei sat obediently in the honorable seat to the right of Li Yuanjing and glanced at the female guests' seats on the right.
The concubines all wore golden-red auspicious clothes, and the female family members all wore imperial robes. Liu Ruyan sat quietly beside the table. She seldom wore luxurious and colorful clothes. Today, she wore a gorgeous auspicious dress, which was unusual for her. She was still very beautiful.
Liu Ruyan's eyes were cold and indifferent from beginning to end, like a gorgeous ice sculpture. Her beautiful eyes occasionally glanced towards the dragon throne, hoping that Li Yuanjing would look at her.
Unfortunately, I have feelings for you, but you are heartless.
Liu Ruyan felt sad. She endured the discomfort and changed into the gaudy wedding dress tonight, just wanting to see Li Yuanjing. But the emperor didn't even look at her. Liu Ruyan held the wine glass, cried in grievance, and drank the wine in one gulp.
"Your Majesty, the Nanchu delegation has arrived." Eunuch Deshun bowed and reported.
Li Yuanjing said: "Announce."
The dragon-carved sandalwood door of the palace opened, and the armored imperial guards divided into two rows. The envoys of the Southern Chu delegation strode into the Qinghua Palace. Shen Wei looked at these Southern Chu envoys curiously.
There are fifty or sixty envoys entering Yanjing, and the six envoys with the highest official positions attending the banquet today. The oldest were in their sixties, the youngest were in their twenties, and all of them wore crimson robes with wide sleeves.
"Foreign officials pay their respects to the Emperor of Daqing." The six envoys bowed and greeted him with an attitude neither humble nor arrogant.
Li Yuanjing nodded slightly: "Please take a seat."
The six people sat down one by one.
Today is a welcoming banquet. We will not talk about state affairs or business trade, but only drink and eat. The music troupe's singing and dancing performances created a very joyful atmosphere. However, Shen Wei knew very well that the Southern Chu Emperor Li Yuanli was a stingy man, and he sent this delegation to Yanjing not just to discuss trade peacefully.
It must be a demon.
As expected, an envoy from Southern Chu who was in his early thirties deliberately put down his wine glass with disdain. He frowned and looked at the wine on the table with disdain: "This wine is really hard to swallow, even worse than the swill from my Nanchu. Your Majesty the Emperor of Daqing, is there no good wine in Qing Kingdom?"
The voice was neither high nor low, and the tone was full of sarcasm.
The food and drinks for the welcoming banquet were arranged by Shen Wei and the Ministry of Rites, who took care of every detail to ensure that nothing was overlooked. The wine served tonight to entertain the Southern Chu delegation is Daqing's unique plum blossom wine, which has a sweet and rich taste.
The envoy from Southern Chu was obviously trying to find fault on purpose.
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