Shen Wei was drunk as a daze, slumped in Li Yuanjing's arms, raised her head, and looked at him with confused eyes: "Your Majesty?"
Then, he seemed to mutter to himself: "It turned out to be the emperor... Oh no, the emperor emeritus..."
Li Yuanjing grabbed Shen Wei's waist to prevent her from falling. His heart felt warm as he whispered, "From now on, you don't have to call me the Grand Emperor. Just call me Yuan Jing."
Shen Wei was drunk and didn't seem to understand.
Li Yuanjing coaxed, "Weiwei, call me Yuanjing."
Shen Wei was dizzy and subconsciously called out: "Yuan Jing..."
In an instant, Li Yuanjing felt his heart being invaded by overwhelming warmth. His whole body was in turmoil, and his excitement and happiness were beyond words.
In addition to his deceased father and brother, and his mother who was still recuperating in Jiangnan, Shen Wei was the fourth person to call his name.
The feeling is very subtle and happy.
Li Yuanjing felt himself enveloped in deep happiness.
"Try calling me again." Li Yuanjing was still not satisfied, and patiently coaxed Shen Wei to almost call his name.
Shen Wei smiled, raised her slender white hand slightly, and patted Li Yuanjing's face: "Yuanjing, Yuanjing, hahaha..."
As she spoke, Shen Wei began to laugh.
Chen Wei's eyes were confused, she burped, and said confidently: "In that case, don't call me Weiwei. What Weiwei, it's so ugly, like a cat's name..."
Li Yuanjing only felt that the drunk Shen Wei was energetic and cute in a way that was completely different from usual. The corners of his lips curved: "What do you want me to call you?"
Shen Wei tilted her head and thought for a moment, then raised her index finger and waved it in front of Li Yuanjing: "Call me - President Shen! That's what they all call me."
Li Yuanjing looked confused.
Mr. Shen?
What kind of weird name is this?
Li Yuanjing was about to ask in detail when Shen Wei's head tilted limply and she fell asleep in his arms. Li Yuanjing smiled without saying anything. Seeing that it was getting late, he ordered people to prepare sobering soup, then picked up Shen Wei and returned to the lakeside imperial villa to rest.
It was deep in the night, the moonlight was like water, the area around the imperial manor was quiet, and the sound of water from Luoyue Lake could be faintly heard. In the bedroom, Shen Wei was lying quietly on the bed, sleeping peacefully.
The candlelight was dim, and Li Yuanjing looked at Shen Wei's sleeping face. He had been through ups and downs for half his life, from a prince to the supreme position. He thought he would spend half his life in submission to the power and officialdom.
But he is lucky, he has Shen Wei.
"Weiwei." Li Yuanjing embraced Shen Wei and smiled with satisfaction.
...
Chen Wei and Li Yuanjing's retirement life began in the midsummer with the lake reflecting in the distance.
In Li Yuanjing's expectation, he and Shen Wei would continue to treat each other as equals, walk hand in hand by the lake every day, grow vegetables together, and study music, chess, calligraphy and painting together. After some time, I will go to Jiangnan and other places in Qingguo to enjoy the mountains and rivers.
but...
Li Yuanjing gradually discovered that something was wrong.
First of all, Shen Wei became "lazy". Specifically, Chen Wei would sleep until noon every day, and then get up yawning! She skipped breakfast and sometimes was too lazy to even put on makeup. She just walked barefoot by the lake, enjoying the breeze.
Being in the royal family, all princes and princesses have been taught since childhood to get up at the hour of Mao and not to sleep in.
Over the years, Li Yuanjing has developed the good habit of getting up early.
But after Shen Wei retired, she actually slept in every day! This is totally unlike the Chen Wei of the past - you know, the Chen Wei of the past almost always got up at the same time as Li Yuanjing!
"Master, you sleep too long every day...even the emperor is suspicious." Near noon, Cai Ping helped Chen Wei get up and muttered softly.
Shen Wei washed her face with cold water to refresh herself.
Shen Wei wiped the water stains off her face and yawned: "I have been looking forward to going to bed late and getting up early for twenty years. I finally get to sleep in, so of course I have to sleep a little longer."
Now that you're retired, why bother getting up early?
When she was serving Li Yuanjing before, Shen Wei really didn't get much sleep every day. Li Yuanjing has been practicing martial arts for many years and is very energetic in bed. Shen Wei is often made uncomfortable by him and cannot sleep well.
Before dawn in the morning, Li Yuanjing had to go to the morning court. Chen Wei had to endure her physical discomfort and accompany him for meals and send him to the morning court.
After enduring for so many years, she finally doesn't have to endure anymore and naturally has to act according to her own nature.
Cai Ping took back Shen Wei's handkerchief and frowned slightly: "Master, if you continue like this, the emperor will see through you..."
Shen Wei stretched her muscles and said unconcernedly: "Just see it clearly, he can't do anything to me now."
...
...
Shen Wei slept late every day, and Li Yuanjing thought that there was something wrong with Shen Wei's health.
When Shen Wei was "poisoned" before, she was also drowsy and lacked energy every day. Li Yuanjing was extremely worried and hurriedly called the imperial physician to treat Shen Wei.
The imperial physician took Shen Wei's pulse.
After a thorough examination, the imperial physician stroked his beard. Li Yuanjing frowned secretly and asked, "What's the situation?"
The imperial physician praised: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's pulse is steady and strong, and her body is healthy, comparable to a woman in her twenties. There is nothing wrong with her body."
Li Yuanjing was stunned.
Li Yuanjing asked: "Since you are in good health, why do you sleep until noon every day?"
The doctor replied: "I don't know about this."
Li Yuanjing looked at Shen Wei.
Shen Wei's face was calm, and she answered: "I am not sick, I sleep until I wake up naturally every day, it's just because I'm sleepy."
Li Yuanjing: ...
The imperial physician picked up the medicine box and ran away quickly.
After the doctor left, Shen Wei slowly stood up and said to Li Yuanjing, "You go ahead and do your work. I'm going to go boating on the lake to pick lotus pods today. I won't be back until dusk. You don't have to wait for me for lunch."
After that, Shen Wei happily called out to Cai Lian and Cai Ping, "Is the boat ready?"
Cai Lian replied: "My Lord, it is ready."
Shen Wei smiled, quickly changed into a short-sleeved dress commonly worn by lotus-picking girls, revealing her two fair arms, and put on hemp rope sandals, happily preparing to board the boat.
Li Yuanjing was stunned.
Li Yuanjing stepped forward, grasped Shen Wei's arm, glanced at Shen Wei's clothes, and frowned slightly: "Weiwei, you are the Queen Mother of Daqing after all, how dare you dress like this?"
Shen Wei smiled brightly: "I disguised myself as an ordinary woman and rowed a boat to pick lotus pods. The people didn't recognize me."
Li Yuanjing felt unhappy.
Shen Wei has an extraordinary appearance and is very well maintained. Her face is in her thirties but her age is hard to tell. She changed into the attire of an ordinary lotus-picking girl, and she sparkled like pearls, her whole body full of charm unable to be concealed.
If I go out like this, I might be seen by other boatmen.
Li Yuanjing's face turned cold: "Stop messing around, go back and change your clothes."
In the past, Shen Wei would have listened to him and gone back to change her clothes.
But this time, Chen Wei just glanced at Li Yuanjing lightly, ignored him, turned around and called Cai Lian and Cai Ping to go rowing. Shen Wei boarded the long-tail boat lightly. The boat swayed slightly, the refreshing lake breeze blew Shen Wei's hair, and the summer sun fell on her face.
Chen Wei smiled and said, "Go to the depths of the lotus flowers!"
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