The moon is above the willows and the fragrance of flowers fills the air.
The Nanchu envoy came over and bowed to Shen Wei: "Foreign minister greets the imperial concubine."
There was a moment of silence around.
The Southern Chu envoy raised his eyes and looked at Concubine Chen Wei, who was less than six feet away from him. After not seeing her for a few years, Chen Wei's face has not changed at all. She has a fair complexion, picturesque eyes and eyebrows, and wears a gorgeous imperial concubine's dress, which is more graceful and elegant than a peony.
Shen Wei glanced at the strange Nanchu envoy calmly and said, "Come here, arrest this thief and send him to the Dali Temple for strict trial."
In the middle of the night, a foreign official from Southern Chu rashly broke into the important harem, which was simply courting death.
Shen Wei was not polite to him either.
Catch those who should be arrested, and kill those who should be killed.
The guards patrolling the harem immediately ran over with knives in hand, trying to capture the foreign envoy.
A look of astonishment flashed across the face of the Nanchu envoy, as if he had not expected Shen Wei to act so decisively. He raised the corners of his lips and explained slowly: "Your Highness, please understand. After the dinner at Qinghua Palace tonight, I accidentally got separated from the eunuch who led the way. The road was hard to distinguish at night, and I got lost."
Shen Wei sneered.
She didn't believe a word of it.
The guards were ordered to step forward and grab the arm of the foreign official from Nanchu. At this time, hurried footsteps were heard not far away. They were a few young eunuchs from the Ministry of Rites. Seeing the conflict at the entrance of the garden, the eunuchs hurried forward to pay their respects to Shen Wei.
"Your Highness, we were ordered to escort the envoy from Nanchu out of the palace. He disappeared after going to the toilet, and we have been looking for him for a long time." The eunuch hurriedly explained, "The palace is about to be locked up, why don't we escort the envoy from Nanchu out of the palace?"
The appearance of the eunuch indirectly confirmed the words of the Southern Chu envoy.
Shen Wei lowered her eyes and thought for a moment. The tense international relations between Qing Kingdom and Nanchu were slowly improving. At this critical moment, it was better not to let a small friction affect national diplomacy.
So Shen Wei showed an understanding look: "Well, send him out of the palace."
The Southern Chu envoy said: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. You are truly a virtuous concubine."
Shen Wei gritted her teeth.
This is very harsh no matter how you listen to it.
Shen Wei warned coldly: "If there is a next time, I will kill you on the spot."
The Southern Chu envoy adjusted his wide crimson sleeves and raised the corners of his lips: "I understand. I will take my leave."
The spring breeze blew at night, and the envoy from Southern Chu slowly followed the eunuch and left the imperial garden full of flowers. Shen Wei stared at the back for a long time. She turned her head and told Cai Lian: "Investigate this person's background."
An envoy from Southern Chu, who had just arrived, was able to pass through the winding harem and reach the imperial garden. There were many patrolling guards along the way, but none of them noticed.
It can be seen that this person is not simple.
Cai Lian nodded: "I will do it right away."
...
The envoy from Southern Chu followed the eunuch, walking at an easy pace on the long palace road.
His dark eyes swept across the familiar long palace corridor, and he couldn't help but feel a little melancholy about returning to his hometown.
When they turned the corner, the envoy from Southern Chu pretended to sprain his ankle and held onto the stone lantern on the palace road. He quietly stuffed the letter in his sleeve into the gap under the stone lamp.
Not long after, a little palace maid sneaked up to the stone lamp, looked around, and after making sure that there was no one around, she quickly took out the letter hidden in the stone lamp, and then quickly returned to Concubine Shu's Changxin Palace.
"Master, here's the letter." The palace maid Xiaoqi walked into the inner hall and handed the letter to Concubine Lu Xuan who was lying on the bed.
Since giving birth, Lu Xuan has been almost bedridden, struggling to survive the cold winter. She has lost a lot of weight and looks haggard.
Good medicine cannot cure heart disease. The imperial physician came to take Lu Xuan's pulse and tactfully said that Lu Xuan did not have much time left and might not live more than a year.
Lu Xuan leaned on the soft bed, holding the short letter in her hand. She closed her eyes and said, "I can only fight to the death. Even if I die, I will drag Concubine Chen down with me."
If you ask yourself, Chen Wei is the perfect mistress of the six palaces, benevolent and kind to everyone.
Although Lu Xuan was seriously ill and bedridden, her salary from Changxin Palace was not cut, she had a steady supply of charcoal in the winter, and the imperial physician even came often to take Lu Xuan's pulse and prescribe medicine.
But on the other hand, Lu Xuan also knew that Shen Wei's kindness was only superficial. Once core interests are involved, Shen Wei will definitely take off the mask of kindness and kill people mercilessly to eliminate future troubles.
The maid Xiaoqi shed tears: "In my opinion, as long as we behave ourselves and follow Concubine Chen's temperament, we can still survive in the harem."
Lu Xuan shook her head, her eyes determined: "Since we have Yu, why do we have Liang?"
She didn't want to live under Shen Wei's control all her life and survive on Shen Wei's kindness and mercy.
...
Late at night, the wind made the palace lanterns on the eaves of Yongning Palace shine brightly, casting a soft glow.
Li Yuanjing returned in the night, and the eunuch guarding the door greeted him familiarly. Li Yuanjing stepped into the courtyard of Yongning Palace and found that the elegant floral fragrance in the air had dissipated and all the flowers in the yard had been removed.
He raised his handsome eyebrows slightly and walked to his small vegetable garden. The flowers in the yard were moved away, but the vegetable seedlings he planted himself are still there. After the spring, vegetables grow vigorously, and clusters of seedlings are green and lush.
Li Yuanjing looked at the vegetables he had grown with his own hands and felt extremely satisfied.
After admiring the vegetables he grew for a while, Li Yuanjing walked into the bedroom with light steps. I thought Shen Wei was already fast asleep, but I found that the lights in the room were bright.
Shen Wei hasn't slept yet.
There was a faint medicinal aroma in the room, which was very refreshing and pleasant. Shen Wei was leaning on the handle on one side of the Luohan bed, holding a book in her hand and reading under the lamp. She had already changed into light-colored pajamas, her long, soft black hair was scattered on her shoulders, and her profile was beautiful.
This picture is very beautiful.
With Shen Wei around, Li Yuanjing felt at peace.
"Aren't you asleep yet?" Li Yuanjing walked in.
Shen Wei put down the notebook in her hand, her eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, you are back."
The palace servants brought two basins of hot water of suitable temperature into the room. Shen Wei took off her shoes and socks, revealing two white and delicate feet, and accompanied Li Yuanjing to soak his feet.
Soaking your feet in spring helps you sleep.
Li Yuanjing thought of the bare yard: "Weiwei, why were all the flowers in the yard moved away?"
Chen Wei shrugged: "I have had an itchy nose recently, so I asked Doctor Mo to come over and take a look. He said it was pollinosis. So I temporarily moved the flowers away and transplanted a few mulberry trees. It just so happens that the silkworm ceremony is coming soon, so I'll take this as a practice in advance."
As she was speaking, Cai Lian lifted the curtain and walked into the room. Cai Lian held a bowl of hot soup in her hand and said respectfully, "Master, boil the soup according to the prescription given by Doctor Mo. Drink it while it's hot."
Shen Wei has hay fever.
Mo Xun prescribed her a prescription, which was a decoction of cassia twigs, cinnamon bark, ginger and dried ginger, and adding a little brown sugar, which could eliminate the coldness that had accumulated in the body during the winter.
In addition to oral administration, fumigation is also required.
Boil soup with herbs such as Angelica dahurica and Atractylodes macrocephala. Do not drink it, but just smell the medicinal flavor coming out of the soup. It can relieve the itching in the nasal cavity.
Chen Wei has always been efficient. After Doctor Mo gave the prescription, servants from Yongning Palace immediately went to prepare it.
"Let me see." Li Yuanjing stretched out his long arm and touched Shen Wei's red nose. "It turns out to be hay fever. No wonder you've been sneezing these days."
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