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

The corners of King Wu's mouth twitched.

Seeing Shen Wei's unwilling look, he was very angry: "I see that you have worked hard to lead the way, so I specially give you a dry piece of clothing. You ugly——"

The King of Wu originally wanted to call him "ugly monster".

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

Previously, he was conceited about his handsomeness and insulted the fisherman's daughter Yuan Xier as "ugly and vulgar", which made the girl desperate and jumped into the sea to commit suicide. He felt guilty and did not expect that his words would hurt her.

From then on, the King of Wu tried hard to correct his bad habits and tried not to call people ugly.

King Wu swallowed his words and glared at Shen Wei: "If you don't want to wear my clothes, I won't force you. But the journey is long, and you are the guide of our team, so you must not get sick, understand?"

Shen Wei nodded silently.

Over there, Yuan Fu ran over and grabbed Shen Wei's arm: "I...I'll take you to the back to change clothes."

Shen Wei followed Yuan Fu away.

King Wu narrowed his eyes and looked at the two people who left suspiciously. When did Yuanfu, this little brat, become so close to the guide?

After thinking about it, the King of Wu felt that "Shen Wei" was suspicious. The King of Wu secretly summoned the guard Zhang Wulang and asked in a low voice: "I asked you to investigate Shen Wei before. Have you found out his background?"

The guard Zhang Wulang replied: "No."

The King of Wu was furious and said, "What do you do for a living? You can't even handle such a small matter!"

The guard Zhang Wulang spread his palms, looking helpless: "Your Majesty, our palace is poor. Let alone investigating Shen Wei's background, it's hard to even find a lost cat."

Any powerful secret guard organization must have strong financial support behind the scenes.

The King of Wu was extremely poor, and the few guards he hired could only protect his safety. It was really not easy to check other people's identities, which required energy and financial resources.

The King of Wu covered his face and sighed.

...

Yuanfu built a fire in the small house in the backyard, and Shen Wei quickly took off her clothes and dried them.

Her body is very fragile now, and she can easily fall ill if she is exposed to a little wind or sun.

Shen Wei must never let herself get sick.

As night fell, the dilapidated inn was leaking everywhere, and water dripped from the eaves all over the floor. Everyone crowded into a large room, ate the delicious fish soup cooked by Yuanfu, and fell asleep.

Shen Wei reminded King Wu: "Send guards to take turns guarding the door at night."

King Wu: "It's unnecessary in the wilderness."

Shen Wei said calmly: "It's better to be safe than sorry."

This place is not far from Minzhou, which is full of bandits and refugees.

These desperate criminals are obsessed with money and don't care whether you are a government official or not. As long as there is profit, they will flock to the silk and eat it all. There are many bandits and refugees.

The King of Wu's team had three carriages, two of which were loaded with tribute, making them easy targets.

King Wu scratched his head and said, "Okay, Brother Zhang Wu, arrange for the brothers to take turns on duty tonight."

The guards received the order to arrange the division of labor.

King Wu glanced deeply at Shen Wei, a young boy from a fishing village with ordinary appearance, who looked only about fifteen or sixteen years old. But along the way, Shen Wei, who was not good-looking, showed extraordinary caution.

He doesn't look like a boy of fifteen or sixteen at all.

He seems like an experienced veteran.

King Wu became more and more curious, who is this Shen Wei?

The rain kept falling, and everyone in the room fell asleep one after another. Shen Wei leaned against the pillar drowsily, wearing a thick fish skin felt. Yuan Fu was next to Shen Wei, leaning against her legs lovingly, sleeping soundly.

In the second half of the night, Yuanfu was awakened by the cold wind that blew into the room.

He rubbed his eyes in confusion, subconsciously touched the fish skin felt on Shen Wei's body, and muttered: "Sister... cover yourself with the fish skin felt, it's so cold tonight."

After shouting a few times, there was no response from Shen Wei.

Yuanfu came close to Shen Wei and noticed that her breathing was not right. Yuanfu touched Shen Wei's forehead.

My forehead is hot.

Yuanfu was shocked: "Sister!"

...

After being exposed to wind and rain, Shen Wei's fragile body could not bear it and she had a high fever that night.

Shen Wei's consciousness was blurred, and she felt as if she was suffering in the flames of a volcano. She was in great pain.

When Shen Wei opened her eyes again, she found herself lying on a simple little bed. The room was old and clear sunlight came in through the gaps in the window.

Shen Wei was covered with a slightly worn brocade quilt.

She was slightly surprised and struggled to sit up. Yuan Fu, who was lying on the bed, woke up, rubbed his eyes and looked at Shen Wei, and said in surprise: "Sister, you are awake! That's great!"

Shen Wei opened her mouth to ask.

But she found that her throat was in great pain and her throat felt like it was being cut by a knife and she couldn't speak.

"Sister, you had a high fever last night, and His Royal Highness the King of Wu gave you his cold medicine. Thanks to the protection of the Sea God, you finally woke up, sister." Yuan Fu's eyes were filled with tears.

Shen Wei pointed to her throat, indicating that she couldn't make a sound.

Yuan Fu was so distressed that he said, "Sister, your hoarseness is only temporary and will heal in two days. You lie down first, and I will make some medicine for you."

Yuanfu ran out of the house.

Shen Wei pressed her brows, her head still dizzy and she had no strength in her body. She looked down at her clothes and was surprised to find that she was wearing a loose, slightly old Shu brocade robe.

In the team, only the King of Wu had such fine clothes.

Shen Wei suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

Sure enough, the next moment the closed door opened and King Wu strode in. He stared at Shen Wei with his eyes fixed on her, his face full of a deceived expression, and he angrily said, "Yuan Xier!"

Shen Wei: ...

King Wu said, "No wonder I always felt that you looked familiar. It turns out that you disguised yourself as a man and came to my side as a guide! Don't think that I don't know what you want to do! Do you really think you can hide your thoughts from me?"

Shen Wei's heart tightened.

Could it be that the King of Wu noticed that her identity was different and knew that she wanted to use the tribute team to return to the Kingdom of Qing?

Yuan Xier was originally a dead person, and only by chance did Shen Wei's soul enter her body and she was able to continue her life.

"Resurrection from the dead" is really strange, and it is understandable that the King of Wu doubted her identity.

Just as Shen Wei was thinking about how to explain to King Wu, King Wu snorted, "You sneaked into the team, didn't you just covet my beauty?"

Shen Wei looked confused.

Coveting...beauty?

The King of Wu is not even as good-looking as Li Yuanjing, so what is there to covet?

Feeling cheated, King Wu put his hands behind his back, his long braid swaying as he walked. King Wu snorted coldly and questioned Shen Wei, "Are you still planning to secretly have sex with me while I'm resting at night?"

"No wonder you kept staring at me with such a piercing gaze! You have such a wolfish ambition, it's really unbearable!"

Shen Wei opened her mouth to scold him.

But she was sick, she had no strength in her body, and her throat was deaf and she couldn't utter a word.