Shen Wei understood.
The Queen currently values her, so Shen Wei naturally can't do nothing. She needed to give the queen some "reward" to win her favor.
Only by maintaining a good relationship between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and finding ways to make the Queen one of her supports can she gain a firmer foothold in the palace and enrich her own treasury.
After thinking for a while, Chen Wei told Madam Qian with a touching look on her face: "The Queen has been so kind and virtuous, and I have no way to repay you. I have a beauty recipe called [Yurong Powder], which can remove wrinkles, resist aging, and improve your appearance. I would like to give it to the Queen."
Shen Wei secretly observed today that the Queen already had faint fine lines at the corners of her eyes and the skin on her face was loose.
If you give her a skin care recipe, the Queen will definitely accept it. There is no woman who doesn't love beauty, and the queen is no exception.
Chen Wei handed the recipe of [Yurong Powder] to Madam Qian, with a pure and simple look on her face: "This is a recipe that has been passed down in my hometown, and it is quite effective."
Madam Qian looked at Shen Wei deeply, with some appreciation in her eyes: “Master Shen is thoughtful.”
After personally seeing off Nanny Qian, Shen Wei returned to Liuli Pavilion.
She went to examine the gold, silver, jade jewelry, silver, silk and expensive supplements that the queen had rewarded her with.
The rewards were packed in a heavy wooden box, which was quite heavy.
"Master, would you like to put the Queen's reward into your warehouse?" asked Aunt Rong.
Shen Wei stroked the smooth silk with her fingers and thought for a moment: "Not for now. Wait for the princess to come back and carry this box to the princess."
Aunt Rong looked confused.
...
At the same time, in the backyard of the princess's mansion, Princess Zhaoyang stopped Yan Yunting.
Yan Yunting stood with his hands behind his back, his handsome eyes and eyebrows were calm, and the wind blew up the corners of his clothes.
Zhaoyang lifted Bai Xi's chin and said in a tender voice: "This princess just wants to tell you that I will not force you to do anything or use an imperial decree to tie you to my side."
Yan Yunting bowed to Zhaoyang and said, "I am a humble and ignorant person, and I am not worthy of Your Highness. Your Highness did not ask for permission to marry me today, and I am grateful."
Zhao Yang snorted and said angrily: "But Yan Yunting, this princess likes you now, but maybe she won't like you in the future."
She has been pursuing Yan Yunting for many years.
She is a living person and she also gets tired. She also feels pain when her heart is broken time and time again.
A smile flashed across Yan Yunting's lips.
He knew Zhaoyang was speaking in anger. Zhaoyang has loved him for many years, and his love has been engraved in his bones. How could he give up easily?
Yan Yunting bowed and said, "I am busy with official duties. I will leave first."
Zhaoyang stood in the garden, watching Yan Yunting's tall figure leaving. The wind blew in the yard, and the corners of his clothes spread out like ripples, and his back looked handsome and upright.
Zhaoyang couldn't help but be distracted. Ever since she fell in love with Yan Yunting, she could always see his back as he left steadily.
All Yan Yunting left her with was his back.
Zhaoyang covered his heart to relieve the intense pain. She ordered her maid Yun'er: "Bring me the palace's farming tools. I want to grow vegetables! And prepare a few copies of the beauty recipe that Chen Wei gave me as a backup."
Only by being busy can she avoid falling into endless negative emotions.
Maybe Shen Wei was right, she loved Yan Yunting only because she was sick. When the illness is cured, the love may be gone.
...
Yan Yunting left the princess's mansion and was about to leave in a carriage when he caught a glimpse of a light green figure standing on the corner of the street.
It’s Tan Tai Rou.
Tan Tairou was wearing a light green silk dress and a gold hairpin inlaid with white jade and plum blossoms on her head. She was not wearing any makeup. She was swaying in the wind blowing at the street corner, looking so fragile that she seemed like she would faint at any time.
"Rou'er, why are you here?" Yan Yunting hurried forward and noticed the bag of medicinal herbs in Tan Tairou's hand. "Are you sick?"
Tan Tairou forced a smile, her beautiful eyes looking deeply at Yan Yunting, tears in her eyes: "Father caught a cold last night, I went to the street clinic to buy some cold medicine, and happened to pass by the princess's mansion."
The entrance to the princess's mansion was filled with luxurious carriages, and dignitaries came in an endless stream.
Tan Tairou said enviously, "Brother Yunting, the princess' birthday party must be very lively."
Yan Yunting said: "Your Majesty and the Empress are here in person, so it's going to be lively."
Tan Tairou lowered her head, a bitter smile appeared on the corners of her pale lips: "That's great. When I was a child, I wandered with my father and celebrated my birthday alone."
Yan Yunting felt a surge of pity.
Yes, Princess Zhaoyang was a daughter of a royal family, and the emperor and empress were in attendance on her birthday. Tan Tairou was born in a humble family and no one celebrated her birthday, so she grew up alone.
"Don't worry, I will accompany Rouer on every birthday from now on." Yan Yunting promised gently.
Touched, Tan Tai's beautiful eyes gently grasped Yan Yunting's sleeve with her slender fingers and said softly, "Brother Yunting, it's great to have you."
She looked so delicate and pitiful, with red circles under her eyes, which made me feel sorry for her.
Yan Yunting held her in his arms with pity. He will not let down such a gentle and affectionate woman.
...
After the princess' birthday banquet, the queen sent someone to invite Princess Yan to Kunning Palace.
The palace servants withdrew, and in the huge main hall, there was only the queen sitting on the throne, the old nanny serving beside her, and the princess kneeling on the ground.
The queen took a sip of herbal tea and said calmly, "Tantai Shuya, do you know your mistake?"
The princess knelt on the cold white jade floor, her face full of anxiety, racking her brains to think about her mistakes.
Everything she said and did today was within the rules.
What's wrong?
The princess thought about it and suddenly thought of Shen Wei's pregnancy. Could it be that the Queen was blaming her for not knowing that her concubine was pregnant as the mistress of the palace?
But the princess only found out about Shen Wei’s pregnancy when she was one month pregnant. The princess said aggrievedly, "Mother, I didn't know Shen was pregnant before... If I knew she was pregnant, I would not let her go out today."
The queen put down the teacup and angrily said, "We will discuss Shen's pregnancy later. Do you really not know what you did wrong?"
The princess knelt on the floor, her eyes reddened: "My son, I really don't know..."
The Queen's temples throbbing with pain, she had made a mistake in letting such a fool marry the Prince of Yan.
The Queen said in a deep voice: "On Zhaoyang's birthday, the gifts sent by the officials and their wives in Yanjing were all carefully selected. Look at what you sent!"
The princess thought of the jade ruyi.
The finest Hetian jade is clear and transparent, and is a rare treasure. What's wrong with giving the valuable jade ruyi to Zhaoyang?
Seeing the princess's stupid look, the queen was even more helpless: "When you were pregnant, you had a poor appetite in the hot summer. I asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make a jade ruyi for you to nourish your pregnancy and mind. It will be placed in the Guanyin Temple for two days and then sent to you. In the summer, touch the cool jade ruyi to relieve the heat and fatigue."
The inner side of the jade ruyi is engraved with the auspicious blessing of [peach blossoms bring good luck and flowers bloom in pairs].
The jade ruyi that has been offered in front of Guanyin can naturally only be given to married women or newlyweds.
Zhaoyang Yunying was unmarried, so why was she given a leftover jade ruyi? What did this mean? Is this appropriate?
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