This is an invitation, inviting Shen Wei to secretly leave the palace tonight.
Shen Wei only took a glance at it, then threw the letter and the dart into the gilded copper furnace and burned them to ashes.
First, she was not sure whether this was a letter from Li Yuanli. Maybe it was a puzzle deliberately set up by Li Yuanjing to test her.
Second, even if this was a letter written by Li Yuanli himself. It was impossible for Shen Wei to give up the life she had worked so hard for many years and run away with a strange man.
Shen Wei really couldn't figure out how she had provoked Li Yuanli?
This man appeared out of nowhere and always brought her endless troubles.
After burning the letters, Chen Wei called Cai Lian, who was on duty, into the house and asked her to add to the night guard of Yongning Palace. A dart pierced the imperial concubine's bed curtain in the middle of the night. Security really needs to be strengthened.
After finishing the arrangements, Shen Wei fell back into bed, closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.
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It was a cool night, and a carriage was parked on the side of the road at the east gate of Yanjing City.
The night watchman in the city rang the gong, announcing the arrival of the midnight hour.
The coachman lowered his voice and said to Li Yuanli in the carriage: "Master, if we wait any longer, it will be dawn. Southern Chu is in chaos, you should go back and quell the rebellion as soon as possible."
Who would have thought that the Southern Chu Emperor Li Yuanli is still hiding in the city of Yanjing.
Inside the carriage, Li Yuanli slowly opened his eyes.
a long time.
He sighed: "Forget it, it was just wishful thinking."
He knew in his heart that even if he moved mountains of gold and silver in front of Shen Wei, it would not be possible to move her heart, but Li Yuanli still chose to stay in Yanjing City for a few more days.
Not for anything else, just to be close to Shen Wei.
He and Shen Wei were under the same sky, separated only by the tall and majestic palace wall. Li Yuanli felt unprecedented peace and relaxation. The scars and pain left by the years in Southern Chu State miraculously disappeared after getting close to Shen Wei.
Li Yuanli thought that he liked Chen Wei.
His feelings towards Shen Wei were more like an obsession.
After his mother died and his attempt to seize power failed, he wandered all the way to the State of Southern Chu. Relying on the half-blood of the Nanchu royal family, he rushed into the struggle of the Nanchu royal family without hesitation.
Countless times, I have been on the brink of life and death.
Countless times, his life was on the verge of death.
Whenever he felt exhausted, he would always think of Shen Wei. A little peasant girl, a lowly maid in the palace, with power as weak as an ant, she was able to rise to the top overnight with her extraordinary perseverance and scheming.
Shen Wei became his motivation, the magic medicine for his healing, and the light in his bloody years. He rushed out of the sea of blood with the faint light.
"Second brother, you are so lucky." Li Yuanli closed his eyes, his jealousy growing wildly.
He and Li Yuanjing are the same kind of people.
Li Yuanli believed that if there was no Chen Wei in the world, Li Yuanjing would sooner or later become as bloodthirsty and cold-blooded as he was, standing on a high place and looking coldly at the absurd world.
But Li Yuanjing is always so lucky!
"Did Qiuliang Palace find anything?" Li Yuanli suppressed his resentment and asked the coachman outside the curtain.
The groom replied, "Our people have secretly searched the Qiuliang Palace where the ancestors of Nanchu lived many times, even prying up the floor tiles, but have never found any letters left by the ancestors. However, there is a female doctor named Mo Xun who often stays in the Qiuliang Palace."
Li Yuanli: "The miraculous doctor Mo Xun? Why would she stay at Qiuliang Palace?"
The groom said, "I don't know. I will immediately investigate the relationship between Mo Xun and Qiu Liang Palace."
Qiuliang Palace in the Daqing harem was once the residence of the Queen of Southern Chu. The Queen of Southern Chu had countless brilliant ideas and left behind countless brilliant legacies for Southern Chu. It is said that in Qiuliang Palace, the Queen of Nanchu once left behind a treasure that could turn the tide.
Over the years, Li Yuanli has been investigating Qiuliang Palace, but to no avail.
The wind howled at night, and the way home was set. Li Yuanli sighed and said, "Return to Nanchu."
The carriage galloped through the darkness towards the distant south.
Life is long and the future is uncertain. Li Yuanli will not give up Shen Wei, and one day, he will get everything he wants.
No matter what the means, you must get it.
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The coastal mountainous area of Qing State.
Deep in the mountains, a long dam is taking shape. Shen Xiuming was not wearing official uniform, but dressed like an ordinary passerby. He walked along the river bank and personally inspected the construction of the water conservancy project.
After dark, Shen Xiuming and his subordinate officials returned to the official residence in the small town at the foot of the mountain. The official residence was a large, shabby courtyard. Shen Xiuming had been used to a hard life since childhood, so he did not show any disdain at all. Even when the courtyard wall collapsed, he personally mixed mud to repair the wall, which amazed the officials who were traveling with him.
In early spring, the nights are chilly and insects are chirping in the yard. Shen Xiuming hadn't fallen asleep yet. He was handling official business in the county under the oil lamp. After several years of experience, Shen Xiuming no longer has the vulgarity of a former gambler and has become more mature and stable.
In the past few years, Shen Xiuming has done a good job in every task assigned to him by the emperor. Chen Xiuming thought to himself that if he could gain experience outside for another five or six years, he would surely be promoted and return to Beijing to take up his post, where he could reunite with his family and meet Mo Xun again.
Today, the Xie, Tantai, and Lu families have successively fallen, most of the treacherous officials in the court have been eliminated, the politics of Qing Kingdom has become clear, and there are gradually signs of prosperity.
In the harem, my elder sister was named a noble concubine and was always favored. No other concubine dared to bully her.
Shen Xiuming raised the corners of his lips, feeling that the Shen family’s good days were finally coming.
"Sir, the memorial approved by the emperor has been sent back." The servant Ah Fu held the memorial and handed it respectfully to the table.
Shen Xiuming was in a good mood and picked up the memorial to read it.
Looking through the emperor's reply, the smile on Shen Xiuming's face froze and solidified.
Ah Fu brought the tea and seeing Shen Xiuming’s expression as if he had been struck by lightning, he couldn’t help but ask, “Sir, what happened?”
Shen Xiuming took the tea handed to him by Ah Fu and drank half a bowl in one breath.
The emperor actually criticized the Shen family for their lax parenting in his reply!
It was like a bucket of cold water was poured over his head, and Shen Xiuming felt cold all over. He thought that with the fall of the three great families, his sisters in the harem would be able to live a carefree life.
But now, a reply from the emperor wiped out the joy in Shen Xiuming's heart.
"My sister is law-abiding, kind and innocent. How could she break the rules in the harem? The emperor must be deliberately finding fault with her." Shen Xiuming felt distressed when he thought of his own sister who was trapped in the harem.
He needs to work harder and get promoted and return to Beijing as soon as possible based on his political achievements!
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Time passed, and a month went by in a blink of an eye.
There is no wall that is impenetrable, and the rumors in the harem spread again. Ever since the Lu family was ransacked and exterminated, the Emperor suddenly became distant from Concubine Chen.
In a month, the emperor did not set foot in Yongning Palace even once.
Like other favored concubines before her, Concubine Chen was unable to retain the emperor's heart for long.
The palace people were filled with emotion.
It seems that no woman in the harem can enjoy the emperor's exclusive favor for long.
The ministers in the court have a keen sense of smell, and some have already begun to submit memorials, hoping that the emperor will start a new round of selection. Li Yuanjing suppressed the memorial and did not approve it, and the court officials were also unable to figure out the emperor's thoughts.
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