Shen Wei caught a few big, plump fish and handed them over to the imperial chef that night to prepare several authentic delicacies.
At the dinner table, Li Yuanjing and Shen Wei ate together.
Li Yuanjing had been "away from home" for ten days, but Shen Wei acted as if nothing had happened, eating and drinking as usual, and even chatting with Li Yuanjing unilaterally at the dinner table.
Chen Wei pointed at the boiled fish on the table and sighed, "This fish is so cunning today. It only bites the bait and won't take the bait no matter what. If I hadn't insisted, there would be no boiled fish tonight."
Li Yuanjing: “Huh.”
No response.
Shen Wei asked, "Is Chengtai doing well in the palace? Are the court officials giving him trouble?"
Li Yuanjing put down his chopsticks and said quietly, "You care about fish and children, but have you ever cared about me?"
Shen Wei tasted a chopstick of delicious fish meat: "I have cared about you for twenty years, that's enough."
That's true.
Since she entered the Prince of Yan's mansion as a concubine, Shen Wei has been serving Li Yuanjing diligently, taking care of his feelings, and giving birth to children for him. Even if he had ulterior motives, at least he did a good job on the surface.
Li Yuanjing felt very uncomfortable.
...
As night falls, it's time to rest.
Shen Wei has moved to live in the spacious yard next door. Her sleep quality has been very good since retirement, and she can fall asleep almost as soon as she touches the bed.
The new bed was big and soft, and the bed curtains and silk bedding were all arranged according to Shen Wei's preferences. Lotus flowers that she picked herself were placed in the room. In the faint fragrance of lotus, Shen Wei quickly fell asleep.
Half asleep and half awake, she vaguely felt a rustling sound beside the pillow.
She fell into a familiar atmosphere.
In the entire Luoyue Lake Royal Manor, the only person who dared to climb onto Chen Wei's bed in the middle of the night was Li Yuanjing.
Shen Wei was so sleepy that she was too lazy to open her eyes. Her voice was hoarse and sleepy: "What are you doing here..."
Li Yuanjing's voice was deep and cold: "I can do whatever you want except separate rooms."
Li Yuanjing took Shen Wei into his arms. He pricked up his ears and heard Shen Wei mumbling a few unclear words, and then Shen Wei fell into a deep sleep again.
It was late at night and the fragrance of lotus floated in the house. Li Yuanjing lowered his head and smelled the faint fragrance from Shen Wei's hair.
It makes people feel at ease.
Li Yuanjing sighed with satisfaction. Even though Shen Wei was cunning and her feelings for him were fake, Li Yuanjing simply couldn't leave Shen Wei.
...
On the second day, Shen Wei got up early in the morning and took the guards to the back mountain to hunt.
Li Yuanjing was secretly worried.
Shen Wei has thin arms and legs, and is so weak that she can barely even tie a chicken. Hunting is an extremely dangerous activity. If something goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous.
Li Yuanjing was unable to stop Shen Wei, so he had to ride his horse and follow secretly. Shen Wei's hunting skills were indeed very poor, she couldn't even draw a bow and draw an arrow. He made a hunting trap himself and successfully caught the wild boar that was alone at dusk.
It can be said that we have returned with a full load.
The little wild boar was brought back to the imperial farm in Luoyue Lake, and Chen Wei was preparing to make barbecue tonight.
The little wild boar was locked in a cage. It had a strong body, cold and hard dark brown fur covered with coarse hair, sharp fangs, and fierce eyes. It kept ramming into the iron cage.
You can tell at first glance that he is wild and untamable.
The imperial chef held the butcher knife in his hand, and had no idea how to start.
"Master, why don't we let the guards kill him?" Cai Lian suggested.
Shen Wei frowned and said nothing.
Li Yuanjing walked over slowly, looking at the troubled Shen Wei, his thin lips slightly curled.
Li Yuanjing cleared his throat: "I can do it for you--"
Before she could finish her words, Wei took the knife from the guard and walked to the cage calmly.
The knife fell with a sudden movement.
The wild boar let out a sharp roar.
The wild boar died on the spot.
Li Yuanjing was stunned, but his heart couldn't help but beat twice.
He studied Shen Wei in disbelief. The weak and helpless Weiwei in his mind actually slaughtered a wild boar in front of him!
Upon seeing this, the royal chef quickly dragged out the dead wild boar and slaughtered it on the spot, and then busied himself with preparing the ingredients for the barbecue.
After killing the wild boar, Shen Wei wiped the blood off her hands calmly as if nothing had happened, and then asked the imperial chef to bring the marinade seasoning. Chen Wei has a picky taste, and the royal chef can't make the barbecue seasoning flavor she wants, so she chooses to do it herself.
"You...you can actually kill a pig?" Li Yuanjing walked over, his dark eyes fixed on Shen Wei's face for a long time, as if he wanted to see through Shen Wei's soul.
Li Yuanjing saw another Shen Wei - smart, versatile, passionate, ruthless, and free.
No matter what kind of Chen Wei she is, she can always attract him, just as before.
Chen Wei handed him a plate of marinated meat seasoning and smiled: "As someone who comes from a farming family, you naturally know everything. Do you want to marinate the barbecue together?"
There was Bashu well salt and half a sour citrate on the plate.
Although Li Yuanjing was an emperor, he had served in the army before and had hunted and barbecued in the mountains with his soldiers. He looked at Shen Wei's smiling face, suppressed his excited heart, silently took the seasoning plate, and sat down next to Shen Wei.
The two men skillfully marinated fresh wild boar meat.
The palace maids were serving with their heads bowed on the side, and the courtyard was quiet.
Li Yuanjing looked at Shen Wei who was concentrating on applying well salt to the wild boar meat. Shen Wei put on an apron, her black hair was wrapped in plain cloth, and her profile was calm.
Li Yuanjing was in a trance for a moment.
Many years ago, Li Yuanjing had fantasized about living an ordinary life with Shen Wei when he grew old, with the man farming and the woman weaving, and the women cooking.
Now that he is away from the court, his dream seems to have come true, but it also seems a little different from what he expected.
"You don't like sour food, so use less citrate water." Shen Wei reminded Li Yuanjing.
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