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

The tiger guard replied: "The Southern Chu cavalry has returned to the Southern Chu border. There are tens of thousands of border guards guarding the border, so we can't pursue them any further."

Shen Xiuming was furious.

He stood with his hands behind his back, thought for a moment, and then ordered the Tiger Guards: "Let the spies from Nanchu continue tracking. Invite the King of Wu and others from Donglin Kingdom. I want to question them in person."

The Tiger Guards are extremely efficient.

As dusk approached, the troops of King Wu of Donglin were invited to the inn. King Wu met Shen Xiuming and told him the whole story.

At last, the King of Wu said with red eyes: "Lord Shen, you have to help me! Xi'er is my concubine who has not yet been married. The Emperor of Nanchu is so shameless that he actually took away my love!"

Shen Xiuming's eyes were complicated: "A concubine who has not yet married?"

The King of Wu nodded vigorously.

Shen Xiuming was silent for a moment, and reminded King Wu: "When you go to the capital to meet the new emperor and the emperor of Qing, you must not mention the matter of 'unmarried concubine'."

King Wu didn't understand why, but he vaguely felt that Shen Xiuming was doing this for his own good, so he immediately nodded in agreement.

Shen Xiuming called Yuanfu again and asked him about Yuan Xier. Yuanfu walked into the room, staring at Shen Xiuming with his dark eyes, his teeth clenched.

It's like looking at an enemy.

The sanctimonious, scholarly middle-aged man in front of him is Shen Xiuming, whom the people of Donglin hate so much!

When Shen Xiuming asked him a question, Yuanfu gritted his teeth, turned his head away, and refused to answer.

King Wu touched his nose awkwardly and poked Yuanfu's head: "Lord Shen asked you a question, you should say it. Just think of it as for your sister."

Yuanfu finally relaxed when his sister was mentioned.

With a stern face, he told Shen Xiuming about his sister's suicide by jumping into the sea and her lucky resurrection. Shen Xiuming analyzed the time of Yuan Xier's resurrection, which was similar to the time when Lu Yun woke up.

The fisherman's daughter Yuan Xier should be his sister Shen Wei.

Shen Xiuming secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He showed Yuan Fu a gentle smile and said, "Go and have a rest first and eat something. I'll leave the rest to you, my Lord."

Yuan Fu snorted angrily: "I won't eat anything you give me! You evil man!"

Shen Xiuming was stunned.

He had been in the officialdom for many years, and he had always worked hard and cared for the people. The people praised him as an honest official. I didn't expect that when I came to Minzhou today, I would be called a bad person by a twelve-year-old kid.

Shen Xiuming was in a good mood and asked with a smile, "What evil have I done?"

Yuan Fu was furious: "You built a dam upstream, which caused Donglin's harvest to be poor in recent years! Many people starved to death!"

Shen Xiuming raised his eyebrows: "I was ordered to supervise the construction of the dam, and the water flow to Donglin has never been interrupted in these years."

After the dam was built, it strangled the throat of Donglin State. At the same time, it played a lot of good roles in flood control, water storage and irrigation of fields.

Last year, heavy rains in the upper reaches caused the Mingyuan River to surge. If it weren't for the upstream reservoirs to prevent floods and regulate the water flow and level, the Donglin Kingdom downstream would have been flooded and killed.

Shen Xiuming asked Yuanfu: "Who told you that I am a bad person?"

Yuanfu: "Listen to what the government says!"

The King of Wu next to him wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Shen Xiuming smiled and patted Yuanfu's head: "You believe everything the official says."

Yuanfu held his head, glared at Shen Xiuming, turned around and ran out.

In the inn room, only Shen Xiuming and King Wu of Donglin were left. King Wu took two sips of tea with a guilty conscience, glanced at Shen Xiuming cautiously, and explained awkwardly: "Sir Shen, this is how the Donglin royal family behaves, don't take it to heart!"

The people of Donglin were ignorant and had lived in fishing villages and seaside all their lives, so they had no idea about the game between countries. For the Donglin royal family, it was better for the people to hate Qing than to hate Donglin.

Whenever the royal family wanted to exploit the people but couldn't find an excuse, they used Qing as an excuse. The harvest was bad because Qing built a dam; the taxes were raised because Qing demanded huge tributes.

All the bad things were done by Qingguo.

This is called conflict transfer.

This is politics.

Shen Xiuming shook his head and said, "The most urgent thing is to find Yuan Xier. As for other things, I don't care much."

King Wu was full of doubts. He had never thought that a little fisherman's daughter, Yuan Xier, would be fought over by Nan Chu of Qing. King Wu could not help but ask, "I am curious, what is the relationship between Lord Shen and Yuan Xier? Could she be your daughter who is stranded outside?"

Shen Xiuming smiled without saying anything and politely invited King Wu to come for tea.

...

After being captured, Shen Wei stayed in the carriage at ease.

Li Yuanli was originally worried that she would run away, but then he saw Shen Wei lying in bed all day, eating and sleeping, and having a huge appetite.

Li Yuanli couldn't help but wonder: "Not running away anymore?"

Shen Wei had just drunk the cold medicine prepared by the imperial physician. It tasted bitter and made her face red.

She held a piece of candy in her mouth and leaned lazily against the wall of the car: "I have food, drink and medicine, so I won't run for now."

She has always been good at analyzing the pros and cons of a situation.

Shen Wei's body was so fragile that she would sweat after walking a few steps and her limbs would become weak after running a few steps. She was truly powerless. She had already entered the territory of Southern Chu, and there were Southern Chu cavalry watching along the way, so even flies could not fly in.

Shen Wei gave up running away.

Take care of your body first.

Only when you are physically healthy, mentally strong, and have sufficient qi and blood, will you have the energy to think about countermeasures.

Besides, Li Yuanli went to Mingyuan River with great fanfare, and Qing State must have received the news. Li Yuanjing and Li Chengtai would think about strategies to save her.

Shen Wei just needs to wait patiently, there will always be a chance to escape.

Shen Wei leaned against the carriage window and made a request to Li Yuanli: "I heard that there is a delicious delicacy in Nanchu called Lychee White Kidney. I want to eat that tonight."

No matter how badly someone else suffers, you can never treat yourself badly.

Li Yuanli looked at Shen Wei's dark and rough face. Even through the unfamiliar skin, he could still glimpse that interesting and lovely soul.

Things in the world are ever-changing, but Shen Wei is always alive. Li Yuanli seems to have become a moth, unable to help but get closer to Shen Wei's fire. Even if he has to pay a higher price, he thinks it is worth it.

He smiled, held the reins in his hand, and let the horse go parallel to the carriage Shen Wei was riding in: "You don't have the self-awareness of a prisoner."

Shen Wei was confident and asked, "You went to so much trouble to capture me, didn't you just want to use me to threaten Qing Kingdom? If I starve to death, your plan will fail and the loss will outweigh the gain."

Shen Wei thought that Li Yuanli had gone to great lengths to do this because he wanted to use her as a bargaining chip to gain enough benefits from the Emperor of Qing.

After all, she has a special status and is involved in a huge interest group. She is a gold mine and silver mine for the Qing Kingdom, and countless benefits can be gained from her.

But Li Yuanli looked at her for a long time, his eyes deep: "I am looking for you, not for the exchange of benefits."

Shen Wei frowned.

Li Yuanli said slowly: "I am only doing this for you."

Shen Wei ripped down the gorgeous car curtain to block Li Yuanli's overly passionate gaze.

This man is mentally ill.