"How long will it take to get to Yanjing?" the woman asked softly.
The maid replied: "Miss, if we hurry, we can still get ten days."
The woman gave a helpless smile: "My Ye family has been engaged in business for generations, but now the family business is declining. I marry into the Prince of Yan's mansion as a concubine, maybe it will help my Ye family's business."
The woman stroked her beautiful face, feeling melancholy.
Competing for favor, winning love, and making profits for the family, this is the path she cannot escape. She will definitely use all her life's abilities to win the prince's favor, and no one can stand in her way!
I hope the King of Yan is a good man and can promise her a life of peace and wealth.
...
The next morning, it was dawn. Today is a day off for officials of Qing State, and civil and military officials do not need to attend court.
The exquisite and delicious breakfast was served on the table, but Prince Yan had no appetite and only drank two mouthfuls of rice porridge. At this time, Fugui came back with the news he had found out.
King Yan put down his chopsticks and said calmly, "Tell me, what kind of witchcraft did that wooden man belong to?"
He wanted to know why Shen Wei was cursing him.
Fugui placed the wooden figure carved by Shen Wei on the table, his eyes full of guilt: "Your Majesty, you misunderstood Master Shen. This servant asked Taoist Qingfeng from Yuqing Temple to check it out overnight. Taoist Qingfeng saw at a glance that this is a peace spell from the Lingnan area."
King Yan was stunned.
Peace mantra?
I just listened to Fugui's story: "There are bandits in the Lingnan area all year round. The husband goes out to make a living, and the wife is worried at home, so the wife will privately carve the [peace spell]. On a wooden man, engrave the husband's name and eight characters on the heart, and the wife's name and eight characters on the back, and then use blood and red ropes as guides and bury them under a tree.
If the husband encounters danger while traveling in the future, the disaster will be avoided by his wife. Therefore, this peace spell is actually something that a wife uses to ward off disasters for her husband. Alas, Master Shen is from the south, and he created the peace spell to ward off disaster for the prince..."
Prince Yan's hands clenched unconsciously, and his heart was overwhelmed by the tide of bitterness and guilt.
No wonder Shen Wei looked so aggrieved when he went to Liuli Pavilion to confront her yesterday.
He was wrong!
Chen Wei would block the sword for him at the Spring Banquet regardless of life and death; she would also stand under the eaves on a hot summer day and wait for him to come home.
But he actually doubted Shen Wei's feelings for him!
Prince Yan closed his eyes tightly, feeling as if his heart was being gnawed by ants. He almost killed a woman who loved him with all her heart.
"Go to Liuli Pavilion."
Fugui bowed his head respectfully and led the way in front.
Fugui secretly clenched the expensive snuff bottle in his hand, sighing in his heart, this Master Shen is really... rare!
Every time you are in desperate situation, you will find a way out.
Every time she encountered difficulties, she could always turn danger into safety skillfully, and made the King of Yan love her even more.
Fugui had been in the palace for decades, and he had never seen a concubine who was so good at competing for favor. Even during those years when the fighting in the harem was the most brutal, when the wives and concubines used all sorts of methods to compete for favor, no one was more powerful than Shen Wei.
...
Zhang Yue dressed up early in the morning and put on all the valuable clothes and jewelry in her closet.
Zhang Yue went out early, planning to go to the Glazed Pavilion to "visit" Shen Wei first, and then go to the prince's study to serve him actively.
At the entrance of Liuli Pavilion, two fully armed guards in black were guarding the gate.
Zhang Yue was about to go in, but the guard stopped her politely: "The prince has sealed off the Liuli Pavilion, please go back, my master."
Zhang Yue rolled her eyes and said unhappily, "The prince has sealed off the Liuli Pavilion and forbade Shen Wei to go out, but he didn't say that outsiders are not allowed to visit."
The guard was silent.
Seeing this, Zhang Yue pushed the guards away and strode into the Liuli Pavilion.
This was the first time that Zhang Yue walked into the Liuli Pavilion. The spacious and bright house, the vibrant garden, the lush green grass and the clear pond made it look like a small fairyland.
Much better than her withered rose garden.
Zhang Yue looked at the Liuli Pavilion sourly. When she gained the favor of King Yan, she would also live in the Liuli Pavilion.
There was no one around, and the maids and eunuchs who served Shen Wei were not there. Chen Wei sat by the waterside pavilion. The morning breeze blew the white curtains of the pavilion. Chen Wei's slender back was looming, looking lonely and pitiful.
The more destitute Shen Wei became, the happier Zhang Yue became.
Zhang Yue walked to the waterside pavilion with a smug look on her face, and said sourly:
"Chen Wei, you have come to this day. You used witchcraft to curse the prince. I think the white silk and poisoned wine will be delivered today."
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