Don't be a salted fish, the daily life of the concubine in the palace

The matter of escorting tribute to Qing State was imminent. Even though he knew that the "Shen Wei" in front of him was full of doubts, King Wu had no choice at all.

He could only hire "Shen Wei".

King Wu restrained his expression and told Shen Wei: "I will hire you as my guide. You will set out with me in two days."

Shen Wei cupped her hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will not let you down."

King Wu asked the guards to arrange a room for Shen Wei, and Shen Wei temporarily lived in the palace.

After Shen Wei left, the King of Wu summoned his guards and said, "Go check what this Shen Wei is. I have been in Wu County for a year and have never heard of a fisherman with the last name Shen."

The surname Shen is very rare in the entire Donglin Kingdom.

It sounds more like a surname from Qing State.

The guard cupped his hands and said, "Yes, I will check it out right away."

The King of Wu paced around in his simple study alone, feeling lost. If the divination of the State Master of Yue was true, and his destined nobleman had appeared, why hadn't his destined wife shown up yet?

Could it be that his future daughter-in-law is in Qing Kingdom?

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At the Wu Wang Mansion, the guards took Shen Wei to a room. The room was simply decorated with only tables, chairs and beds.

But it is much better than the shabby houses in Yuanjia Fishing Village.

Shen Wei closed the door, washed up hastily, and lay back on the bed exhausted. She thought about the route to Qing Kingdom for a while, and her thoughts gradually drifted away. She remembered that twenty years ago, when she had just become Shen Wei, a maid in the Prince of Yan's mansion, she also relied on her ambition to get the right to live in a small courtyard.

Now lying in the small room in Prince Wu's mansion, Shen Wei sighed inwardly, feeling as if the past was repeating itself.

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The next day, the King of Wu continued to recruit cooks and grooms. To escort two carts of tribute to the Kingdom of Qing, the escort team must have at least ten people.

Guides, guards, grooms, and cooks are all indispensable. The Emperor of Donglin did not send helpers to the King of Wu, so the King of Wu had to recruit them himself.

It was easy to find guides, guards and grooms, but it was hard to find a cook. The cook of the Wu Wang Mansion knew that going to Qing State was tantamount to committing suicide, so he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the Wu Wang on the spot, saying that he had elderly parents and young children at home, and he really didn't dare to embark on this one-way journey.

The departure date was imminent, and the cook had not yet been found. Just when the King of Wu was feeling troubled, the guard came to report that a little boy had come to the door and said he was willing to be a cook.

The King of Wu was surprised.

Someone was sent to bring the baby over. King Wu took a closer look and found that it was Yuanfu from Yuanjia Fishing Village.

King Wu felt a throbbing pain in his temple, and he said unhappily, "Don't mess around, little brat. Go home and take care of your sister."

Yuanfu felt a sore nose and fell to his knees, crying loudly. He cried and said, "My sister...she is dead, wuwuwu."

The young boy cried heart-wrenchingly, with tears and snot all over his face.

The King of Wu felt pain in his ears and handed a plate of sugar cakes on the table to Yuanfu: "Don't cry, don't cry. Your sister was fine two days ago. How could she die?"

Yuan Fu lowered her head, wiped her tears with her little hands, and told King Wu everything about how the old bachelors in Yuanjia Fishing Village coveted her elder sister.

Yuan Xier lost her parents, was bullied by the old bachelors in the village, and was insulted by the King of Wu. In despair, she committed suicide by jumping into the sea.

The King of Wu was stunned when he heard this.

He walked around the house with his hands behind his back, "How could such evil things happen in this shabby fishing village? Someone, go check what's going on!"

Wu County was small, and the guards quickly found out what happened in Yuanjia Fishing Village. The King of Wu had never expected that such an ugly and despicable thing could be hidden in such a small fishing village.

He thought that being oppressed in the royal family was bad enough.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xier was even more miserable than him.

King Wu was filled with mixed feelings, and was secretly annoyed. Yuan Xier's death was also related to him. King Wu thought about it and ordered the guards: "Catch those old bachelors in Yuanjia Fishing Village, beat them with 30 sticks each, and put them in the county jail for hard labor. I will deal with them when I return from Qing Kingdom."

"Also, tell the head of Yuanjia Fishing Village that if there is any bullying of an orphan girl in the village, the seafood from Yuanjia Fishing Village will not be sold in the county town. They will all be out of business."

The King of Wu sent his guards to deal with the fishing village.

He looked at Yuan Fu, whose eyes were filled with tears, and patted his shoulder in a comforting manner: "Which sea did your sister jump into? I will send people to search the beach later and try to find her body."

Yuan Fu's tears fell like beads from a broken string, and he choked up and said, "I can't come back... Woohoo, my sister will never come back..."

Last night, when Shen Wei decided to disguise herself as a man and enter Prince Wu's Mansion, she had already told Yuan Fu the truth.

Yuan Xier is dead.

Now it was another person living in her body.

Yuan Fu was surprised to hear this, but he actually had his suspicions in his heart. After all, he and Yuan Xier were siblings, and they had lived together for many years and understood each other's nature. After the elder sister woke up, she was no longer cowardly and greedy, but became brave and resolute, and Yuan Fu began to have some suspicions in his heart.

After Shen Wei told the truth, Yuanfu accepted it with tears.

"Your Majesty, the fish soup I cook is very delicious, and I can cook many other dishes." Yuan Fu knelt in front of King Wu, "I am willing to be the cook of the palace, please give me a chance to live."

Wu Wang frowned deeply and patiently told Yuan Fu: "Do you think I am going to Qing Kingdom for fun? I am in great danger of death on this trip. I may even lose my life in Qing Kingdom."

Yuanfu: "Then I want to go with you. I can't go back to the fishing village."

We will set off tomorrow, and there is not much choice at the moment. King Wu looked at Yuanfu with tears in his eyes, and thought of his past self in a trance. When his sister was forced to marry, he cried even more miserably than Yuanfu.

The King of Wu had no choice but to nod in agreement.

King Wu patted Yuanfu's head and said, "When we get to Qing, I will send you to my sister's house. She has lived in Qing for a long time and she really wants the food from Donglin. You will have a place to stay with her."

King Wu was also indirectly responsible for Yuan Xier's death.

Just take care of Yuan Xier's younger brother a little, and that will be considered as the King of Wu's forgiveness.

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At dawn the next day, the carriages were ready at the gate of the King of Wu's palace. There were three carriages, two of which were loaded with tributes, and one of which was occupied by the King of Wu.

The team had a total of eleven people, and they set off in a hurry.

Shen Wei was the guide, riding a skinny horse and walking in the front. When they walked out of Wu County, Shen Wei spread out the map of Donglin in her hand and studied which official road was the shortest.

Just as she was about to continue walking forward, the guard on horseback stopped her: "Little Brother Shen, take a break first, the prince has something to do."

Shen Wei was puzzled: "Brother Zhang Wu, it's important to hurry on your way. What else does the prince want?"

The guard named Zhang Wu Ge sighed, as if he was used to it: "The prince is bidding farewell to his homeland."

Shen Wei: ...

Shen Wei turned around and saw the King of Wu solemnly walking out of the carriage. The King of Wu's long dark brown curly hair was braided into a long braid with pearls at the end. He smoothed the wrinkles on his slightly worn purple and gold robe, and leaned in front of the bronze mirror held up by the guard to carefully look at his handsome face.

After making sure that he still looked elegant and handsome, the King of Wu slowly stepped onto the land of Wu County.

He bent down to pick up a handful of yellow earth, and looking at the dilapidated appearance of Wu County, he suddenly felt sad. Facing the bleak wind, he began to recite passionately: "After so many years, the good times and beautiful scenery are gone. Even if there are thousands of customs, who can I tell them to?"