There is more than one concubine in the harem!
Shen Wei felt particularly regretful. When Mo Xun left the palace last year, she should have secretly asked Mo Xun to give Li Yuanjing a strong medicine to reduce his strong physical strength.
Shen Wei was passive for a while, then got up quickly as if she had been given a shot of chicken blood. After a simple wash, she started jogging around the yard to exercise.
Li Yuanjing is as strong as a tiger at the age of thirty, so she also needs to work hard to keep fit.
Shen Wei refused to admit defeat and never slacked off for a moment.
Just work hard and see who can squeeze the other dry!
After jogging twenty laps and stretching all her muscles, Shen Wei began to busy herself with today's palace affairs.
...
Li Yuanjing was busy with court affairs, while Chen Wei was busy with harem affairs. They were both busy during the day and in the hibiscus tent at night.
The days fly by in the busyness of life, and another year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Chen Wei was generous and allowed plum trees to be planted in Yuxiu Palace, so dozens of plum trees were transplanted into the bare soil. As spring arrives, plum trees begin to grow green leaves.
Liu Ruyan saw the plum tree in the yard, but she couldn't feel happy at all.
Every time when she was painting in the study, Liu Ruyan looked up and saw the plum trees all over the yard. She always felt that it was a gift from Shen Wei.
It was a pity, so much so that when Liu Ruyan saw the plum tree with its green leaves spreading out in the yard, she felt a little disgusted.
The emperor never set foot in Yuxiu Palace again. The other concubines in the palace were unwilling to associate with Liu Ruyan, and even the palace maids who served her did not want to talk to Liu Ruyan.
Liu Ruyan felt depressed.
She felt lonely and confused, and she felt that she was rotting and withering away little by little during the long period of solitude.
No matter how warm the sunshine was, it could not dispel the coldness in her heart. She felt like she had turned into a winter plum blossom, out of tune with the flowers of other seasons.
Liu Ruyan didn't want to stay in Yuxiu Palace, so she took the palace maids to the Imperial Garden to see the spring scenery.
The Imperial Garden is full of vitality, with peach, apricot and pear blossoms in full bloom and butterflies fluttering. Liu Ruyan was dressed in white, walking among the flowers, with a sad look on her face.
Suddenly, Liu Ruyan heard lively laughter coming from the pavilion.
The laughter was as sweet as a silver bell.
The maid calmly reminded: "My Lord, those are Princess Nanzhi, Princess Leyou and Concubine Yu. When you see Concubine Yu, please remember to greet her."
There is a hierarchy in the palace. Zhang Miaoyu is a concubine and Liu Ruyan is a concubine. Being inferior, one must show courtesy and greet others.
Liu Ruyan did not answer. She looked into the distance and through the pink peach blossoms blooming on the branches, she saw Zhang Miaoyu and the other two not far away.
It was spring, and Zhang Miaoyu took the two princesses to fly kites in the open space.
Leyou made a majestic eagle kite and Li Nanzhi made a beautiful butterfly kite. Both princesses flew their kites high and far.
But Zhang Miaoyu's kite just wouldn't fly. Li Nanzhi handed her kite to the palace maid and happily ran over to help Zhang Miaoyu fly the kite. The scene was full of joy and the scene was warm.
"Princess Yu, we need to run first and use the wind to release the kite." Li Nanzhi wore a beautiful pink spring shirt, had cute double spiral buns, and her eyes were curved into crescents.
Zhang Miaoyu panted, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and sat down on the rosewood chair: "I can't run anymore, I can't run at all, I'm almost dying of exhaustion."
Li Nanzhi held Zhang Miaoyu's hand and acted coquettishly: "The Imperial Concubine said that you should exercise every day. Being too fat is not good for your body. Concubine Yumu, why don't you run and fly kites with Nanzhi, okay~"
The little girl's voice was soft and her big eyes were full of anticipation.
Zhang Miaoyu couldn't bear to disappoint Li Nanzhi, so she nodded with difficulty: "I'll only run for a while. If the kite can't fly, I won't run anymore."
Li Nanzhi said happily: "Okay!"
As the spring breeze blew, Li Nanzhi took Zhang Miaoyu to fly a kite. The kite swayed in the wind and slowly rose into the air.
“It’s flying!”
Li Nanzhi clapped her hands happily.
The spring flowers are in full bloom and the girls' laughter is clear and sweet. This warm and beautiful scene pierced Liu Ruyan's eyes.
Liu Ruyan lives in seclusion and ignores worldly affairs. She hasn't seen her daughter for a long time.
She had also never seen Li Nanzhi smile so happily, so carefree, so lively and lovely.
"Princess Yu, the kite has fallen! Ouch!" Li Nanzhi noticed that Zhang Miaoyu's kite string broke, and the kite fell straight down and landed on the peach tree with a thud.
Li Nanzhi hurried to pick up the kite.
She ran to the peach tree and stood on tiptoe to touch the kite on the branch. The kite fell from the branch of the peach tree. Li Nanzhi was holding the kite. When he looked up, he caught a glimpse of Liu Ruyan behind the peach tree.
The mother and daughter's eyes met.
Li Nanzhi's smile froze. She didn't expect to run into Liu Ruyan in the Imperial Garden. She lowered her head and said in a calm tone, "Mother, I'm fine."
Liu Ruyan said calmly: "Yeah."
Li Nanzhi took the kite, turned around and ran towards Zhang Miaoyu. She handed the kite to Zhang Miaoyu, but Zhang Miaoyu did not take it. Instead, she took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from Li Nanzhi's forehead.
After a while, the kite flew up again.
The girls' laughter rang out again.
Liu Ruyan stood behind the peach tree, looking at her lively and cheerful daughter not far away. The daughter who once always carefully called her "Mother Concubine" has now become someone else's daughter.
An unconcealable bitterness swept through her heart, and Liu Ruyan was filled with grief.
Liu Ruyan returned to Yuxiu Palace in a daze, and found that the plum trees in the yard were growing vigorously.
Liu Ruyan looked at the plum trees. As the wind blew, her vision gradually blurred.
...
The children in the palace grew up day by day. Following Li Wan'er and Li Yao, Li Nanzhi also reached the age of coming of age, and a grand ceremony was held in the harem.
Yuxiu Palace.
Liu Ruyan was leaning on a chair and reading a book, looking sickly. Her face was pale and haggard, and there was no life in her pupils. She was like a wooden man without a soul.
The maid brought tea and reminded Liu Ruyan, "My Lord. Today is Princess Nanzhi's coming-of-age ceremony. All the concubines in the palace are here. Do you want to go?"
Liu Ruyan lived like a lonely person, staying at home all day and rarely going out. She didn't like to participate in banquets in the palace. The palace maid was just making a routine inquiry and didn't think that Liu Ruyan would attend Princess Nanzhi's coming-of-age ceremony - even though Liu Ruyan was Princess Nanzhi's biological mother.
Unexpectedly, this time Liu Ruyan put down the Book of Songs in her hand and said calmly, "I'll go take a look."
The maid was quite surprised.
Liu Ruyan stood up and wanted to take the palace maid out. As she stepped over the threshold of Yuxiu Palace, Liu Ruyan suddenly stopped. She lowered her eyes and looked at her snow-white skirt.
Li Nanzhi is a young girl who has reached the age of marriage and is in the prime of her life.
It's not a good idea for her to wear all white.
Under the astonished gaze of the palace maids, Liu Ruyan returned to the bedroom, opened the wardrobe, and picked out a lavender cross-collared satin skirt that she rarely wore from among the long plain cloth dresses.
After changing her clothes, Liu Ruyan called the palace maid and said, "Dress up for me."
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