Shen Yanxi had the most comfortable sleep since he traveled through time in the princess's mansion.

Last night I had delicious food on a jade plate, and slept on a high bed with soft pillows. I had a dreamless night. I didn't have to worry about snakes, insects, rats or ants in the mountains or the sudden downpour.

After waking up, he slapped himself hard and almost thought he was dreaming.

At this moment, the voice of the servant came from outside:

"Mr. Shen, are you awake?"

"I'm up." Shen Yanxi answered, ran over and opened the door, only to see two servants outside, one holding a brand new set of clothes with a hat on, and the other holding breakfast.

At this time, the servant said:

"This is the clothes the princess prepared for Mr. Shen. Because Mr. Shen has short hair and can't tie it up, the princess asked him to wear a hat when he goes out."

"Also, this is breakfast, and I don't know if you can get used to it. If there is anything you want to eat or something you are not eating, please let me know. I will prepare it according to your wishes in the future."

Shen Yanxi glanced at the two trays and immediately smiled widely:

"Thank you for your thoughtful consideration, Princess."

“I like these meals very much. There is nothing I can’t get used to.”

"That's good. If Mr. Shen has nothing else to do, we will leave first." The servant said, preparing to leave.

But the next second, he was stopped by Shen Yanxi. He hesitated for a while and said:

"The princess said that if I have anything to say, I can ask you to tell her. Could you please tell the princess for me? I want to see her after dinner."

"The princess said that if Mr. Shen wants to see her, she will take you there directly." said the servant.

So Shen Yanxi finished his meal happily and changed his clothes. One of the servants took away the dishes and chopsticks, and the other servant took him to see Shi Lidie.

When Shi Lidie saw him, she asked:

"What do you want from me?"

"Thank you so much, Princess." Shen Yanxi bowed to her, performing an awkward ceremony, and then said, "Because of your kindness, I can survive here. I came here to thank you."

Although Shen Yanxi has the clear stupidity of a college student, he is not really stupid.

Even if he had never read any time-travel novels, he had read books and knew history. If he had rashly come to the feudal dynasty alone, he might not have survived.

After all, he has no household registration and no identity, so his origins cannot be verified.

In ancient times, people believed that it was better to kill someone innocently than to let him go. If Shi Lidie hadn't found a way to conceal the matter for him, he would not have been able to live in peace.

"No need. I saved you because you said you were valuable." Shi Lidie said.

"Also, I have something else I want to ask the princess." Shen Yanxi said, "I want to go out for a walk. Yesterday was my first time entering the city, and I was arrested before I could take a closer look."

"Okay, let Adong accompany you. Let Adong pay for whatever you like, and I will reimburse you when we come back." Shi Lidie said.

"Thank you, Princess." Upon hearing her agreement, Shen Yanxi immediately thanked her happily, then took the servant Adong out.

Before going out, Shen Yanxi had also imagined what this world was like——

In the history books he had read, the people of the feudal dynasties generally did not live well. Except for a few wise rulers, the rest of the time they were subject to all kinds of harsh taxes and heavy corvee labor.

In the Chinese textbooks from childhood to adulthood, there are many poems that express the difficulties of people's lives.

For example, in Li Shen’s "Pity the Peasants", who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is the result of hard work.

For example, in Bai Juyi's "The Charcoal Seller", the poor man has only thin clothes on his body, he worries about the low price of charcoal and wishes the weather is colder.

For example, in Du Fu's "The Stone-Hao Officer", the official shouted with anger, and the woman cried with sorrow.

……

These three authors all lived in the historical Tang Dynasty, a dynasty with the reputation of "the prosperous Tang Dynasty, when all nations came to pay tribute." But even so, the lives of the lower-class people were not particularly good.

Shen Yanxi thought that when he went out, he would see miserable people.

Unexpectedly, the reality surprised him.

Clean streets, orderly pedestrians, roadside vendors, tourists coming and going, occasional patrols, and trash cans everywhere...

No matter how you look at it, this town has nothing to do with the words "poor" and "dilapidated".

If he didn't know clearly that this was a genuine ancient place, he would almost think that this was some kind of antique building complex or some large-scale ancient style activity base.

"Brother Adong, can you tell me about the princess's fiefdom?" Shen Yanxi asked.

When this topic is brought up, Adong becomes excited.

He might not be able to say anything else, but he knew very well how the princess turned her fiefdom into what it was now. After all, before he worked in the princess's mansion, he was a refugee who had no food to eat.

Adong described what Qingping County was like in the past. Shen Yanxi listened and felt that it was very consistent with what he had learned.

Ah Dong also talked about what the princess did after arriving in the fiefdom, such as supporting agriculture, opening factories, planning commercial streets, building schools, and constructing welfare institutions such as orphanages, nursing homes, and public study rooms...

As Shen Yanxi listened, his expression became more and more strange, and a trace of doubt arose in his heart.

It was not until he heard Adong mention the words "Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy" that his doubts continued to grow. In his impression, most of the ancient bureaucratic institutions could not escape the three-province and six-department system or the three dukes and nine ministers system, and there was no such thing as directly calling it "Ministry of Agriculture" or "Ministry of Finance."

This is clearly a word that only exists in modern society.

The speculation in his mind grew bigger and bigger, and then he remembered a lot of details——

First, when the princess interrogated him last night, she understood exactly what he said.

He mentioned National University of Defense Technology, Weapon Science Materials and Engineering, and graduate student. These were unfamiliar words that would never have appeared in ancient times, but the princess didn't ask him any further questions.

Second, the two pictures he drew.

The picture of the people is fine, but the map made use of modern knowledge, the three elements of a map: scale, pointers, legends, and the winding depth and altitude contour lines.

The princess also did not ask what it meant because she understood it perfectly.

Third, the drawing pen that the princess prepared for him was a charcoal pencil.

She didn't even give the option of a brush, and directly gave the charcoal pencil, because she knew that the calligraphy of the people who traveled through time was basically a mess, let alone drawing with a brush.

So, there was no need for her to prepare a brush at all.

All these details combined gave him an outrageous yet reasonable guess:

This princess is a time traveler.

It must have been quite a while since she traveled through time, and she must have been a very outstanding person before she traveled through time, so she was able to quickly gain a foothold in the feudal society and raise her status to this level.

It seems that the princess is my fellow countryman.

But the princess clearly recognized him, so why didn't she recognize him? Was she worried about something?

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