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

You don’t know how long time passes in the mountains. What is coming will come and you can’t avoid it.

The third prince Li Ang sent people to search the mountain for the missing Zhang Hean and Li Qingxun.

Li Qingxun sighed and changed into dry clothes to cover the red marks on his neck. Zhang Hean also put on clothes and looked out of the cave with his black eyes.

time to go.

"I will marry you after returning to Yanjing City." Zhang Hean slowly made the promise.

Li Qingxun smiled and patted Zhang Hean's handsome face elegantly: "You don't have to marry him. I can pretend that what happened in the mountains never happened."

Zhang Hean's face turned cold instantly.

There is an absurd feeling of being abandoned after being seduced.

In fact, he had already realized that Li Qingxun was not very affectionate to him. Maybe in Li Qingxun's eyes, he was just an interesting toy, she would play with him for a month or two when she was interested, and forget about him when she lost interest.

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The searching guards found the cave and took Zhang Hean and Li Qingxun to Liangzhou City.

Liangzhou is remote, with constant sandstorms all year round. The border is often invaded by bandits and soldiers from the Kingdom of Yue, and the people live a hard life. Today, Liangzhou City is heavily guarded because Qing and Yue are going to sign a temporary peace agreement and conduct trade.

Li Qingxun stayed in the cave for three months. After returning to the government office in Liangzhou City, he fell asleep and took the time to catch up on his sleep.

Sleep from day till dark.

Li Qingling lived next door to her and was very anxious. After dark, she knocked on Li Qingxun's door.

Li Qingxun had already woken up and was lazily sitting at the table eating dinner. Li Qingxun ate the Liangzhou City green vegetable dumplings with gusto.

"You are still in the mood to eat. The Crown Prince of Yue will be here tomorrow. Our Qing Kingdom has been established for two generations and there is a lot of work to be done. The princess has no choice but to marry a foreign prince." Li Qingling sat on a low stool with a sad face.

Li Qingxun ate a vegetable dumpling without even raising his head, then picked up another one and continued eating.

In the cave, she ate wild fruits, wild rabbits, and Zhang Hean every day, and she almost vomited. The simplest vegetable dumplings in Liangzhou City, steamed with flour and vegetables, tasted particularly delicious.

Li Qingling traveled thousands of miles to Liangzhou. Although she disliked Li Qingxun's vulgarity and barbarity along the way, Li Qingxun was the only person who could talk to her.

After spending a long time together, Li Qingling even felt a sense of sympathy for Li Qingxun.

Li Qingxun disappeared, and Li Qingling was secretly worried for a long time.

"Eat slowly. Life in the mountains must be hard. I see you've lost a lot of weight." Li Qingling poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to him.

Li Qingxun took the tea and drank it all in one gulp.

Li Qingling was a little envious of her heartless appearance: "You have a good attitude. The Crown Prince of Yue will come tomorrow and will definitely take a fancy to me. As for you, I guess you will be sent to Yelang by your father... Hey, you should eat more. The Emperor of Yelang is already over sixty years old."

Li Qingxun put down his teacup: "Yelang is very powerful?"

Li Qingling said sadly: "I heard that the emperor of Yelang was a tyrant. He was lucky. There are many gemstones, gold and silver mines in Yelang, as well as many strange mines."

With gold, silver and copper mines, it doesn't matter if the emperor is incompetent. It is still better than the Qing Dynasty, which has a lot of work to do.

Li Qingxun silently took note of one thing—there are many minerals in Yelang Kingdom.

Li Qingling glanced at Li Qingxun's collar and saw many red marks on her neck. Li Qingling frowned and took out two bottles of ointment from her sleeves: "This is mosquito repellent ointment and swelling-reducing ointment. There are many mosquitoes in the mountains. Seeing you bitten all over, it's pitiful."

Li Qingxun took the mosquito repellent ointment and said, "Thank you, but how do you know it's a mosquito bite?"

Li Qingling said unhappily: "If it wasn't a mosquito bite, could it be Prime Minister Zhang who bit it?"

Li Qingxun: "Couldn't he have bitten her?"

Li Qingling rolled her eyes.

Zhang Hean is an upright and aloof gentleman, a flower on the mountain top that is not tainted by dust. How could he possibly fall for Li Qingxun, who has vulgar actions?

No one will believe it if I tell you.

Li Qingling chatted for a while before returning to her room to rest. Li Qingxun had slept enough during the day and had no desire to sleep. She unbuttoned her collar and saw her scarred neck reflected in the bronze mirror.

There were red marks all over the body.

Zhang Hean has a handsome appearance and good manners, but in private he is just like a wolf. Li Qingxun fondly recalled that exciting month, and still felt that he had not yet finished.

She opened the anti-swelling ointment and slowly applied it to the marks on her neck. The door creaked and footsteps rustled. The candlelight was bright, and Zhang Hean's elegant figure appeared in the silver mirror.

He also held a bottle of ointment in his hand.

He saw Li Qingxun take off his clothes and only wore a thin undershirt. Zhang Hean opened the ointment bottle: "I'll help you."

Li Qingxun did not refuse either.

If you offer your services to her at her door, don’t refuse it.

Zhang Hean applied the cream very gently and carefully. As he was applying, the two of them exchanged glances tacitly and moved naturally to the bed.

It was dark outside and the candles inside the house burned late into the night.

The next morning, Li Qingxun got up, feeling weak all over. His body was dry and his clothes were neatly placed beside the bed.

She looked in the mirror and found that the red marks on her neck had spread a lot, and they were invisible unless you looked closely. Zhang Hean did not leave any marks in a conspicuous place.

"He is quite considerate." Li Qingxun changed into a new dress and went downstairs to have breakfast.

The breakfast is quite rich.

The table was full of authentic Liangzhou delicacies. Li Qingxun had consumed too much last night, so he ate with a big appetite for breakfast.

Li Qingling couldn't eat, and her pretty face was filled with worry. Seeing Li Qingxun wolfing down his food, she said unhappily, "Did you go to tear down the house last night? The ding-dong-dong noises kept coming, and I almost wanted to go over and beat you up."

Li Qingxun said casually: "A mouse got into the bed, so I'm going to beat it."

There are many rats in Liangzhou.

Li Qingling has also seen quite a few.

She held her chin up in sorrow, "I really hope to return to Yanjing City as soon as possible... I can't stay in this shabby place like Liangzhou."

The envoys from Yue State arrived in the afternoon.

Li Qingling only drank two mouthfuls of porridge and went upstairs worriedly. Li Qingxun was very interested in Liangzhou and rode his horse to wander around the city.

Liangzhou City had been in constant war for many years, and the people were starving and skinny, and the buildings were eroded by wind and sand and were in great disrepair. Li Qingling rode through it on horseback, as if he was seeing hell on earth.

She saw young children starving to death on the streets, ragged beggars, old people with broken limbs, and even rats were skinny.

Li Qingxun was touched.

Born in an era of advanced science and technology, she is surrounded by respectable people in beautiful clothes, and ordinary people also have no worries about food and clothing.

Actually, if you think about it carefully, she was quite lucky to have traveled through time. Although she was reborn as an unpopular royal princess, at least she had enough food and clothing.

If she is unlucky and becomes a maid or a commoner in a war zone, she probably won't live long and will become the ash of the times.

Li Qingxun was filled with sorrow and could not help reciting a poem: "I wish I had thousands of mansions to shelter all the people in the world and make them happy, safe as a mountain in the face of wind and rain."

The people could not hear her passionate poems and were each struggling in their own sea of ​​suffering.

After riding around Liangzhou City, Li Qing saw that the sun was approaching noon, so he rode back to the government office in Liangzhou City.

The envoys of the two countries met, and she had to show up. The prince of Yue would definitely take a fancy to Li Qingling, and Li Qingxun would just be a foil. She rode on her horse, thinking about the unknown future in her mind.

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In the afternoon, the Crown Prince of Yue came with his envoys and met with the Qing delegation at the official office in Liangzhou City.

Li Qingxun and Li Qingling both showed up.

The Crown Prince of Yue appeared. Li Qingxun sat at the end of the seat and took a look from afar. The Crown Prince of Yue, Tuoba Yu, seemed to be less than 30 years old, with a handsome appearance and elegant manners.

Tuoba Jade is just like its name, like a piece of simple and beautiful jade.

During the formulation of the alliance agreement, the Crown Prince of Yue and the Third Prince of Qing discussed the specific matters of the alliance. The two of them talked back and forth, and their words were full of mysteries.

Li Qingxun held his chin with his hand, judging that these two people were not ordinary people.

Tuoba Yu is definitely not a stupid person, and the nicknames he has spread are just smokescreens; similarly, Li Ang, the third prince of Qing Kingdom, is not a simple person either, and although he is young, he has a strong aura.

The envoys of the two countries were discussing fiercely, while Li Qingxun sat in the back drinking tea boredly. He looked at Li Ang, then at Tuoba Yu, and finally at Zhang Hean with satisfaction.

After looking around, Zhang Hean is still the best looking.

He is indeed the man she likes.

Li Qingxun was enjoying the show, and her eyes accidentally bumped into the eyes of Tuoba Yu, the crown prince of Yue. Tuoba Yu nodded at her with a kind smile.

Li Qingxun didn't understand and just gave a perfunctory smile in response.

This scene happened to be seen by Zhang Hean who was at the negotiating table.

That night, Zhang Hean came to settle the score without saying a word. Li Qingxun was so exhausted that his waist and legs were sore. He slapped him without any hesitation: "Are you born in the year of the dog?"

Zhang Hean kissed her palm, called out "Axun", and continued to plow deeper.

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The covenant negotiations lasted for half a month.

Half a month later, a lengthy agreement was finally finalized. Li Qingxun packed his bags and prepared to return to Yanjing City.

Before leaving, an envoy from the Kingdom of Yue suddenly came to visit and politely told Li Qingxun that Prince Tuoba of Yue wanted to meet her.

Li Qingxun raised his eyebrows.

Outside Liangzhou City, yellow sand filled the sky. Li Qingxun rode a horse and met the Crown Prince of Yue, Tuoba Yu, at the city gate. Tuoba Yu told her: "Emperor Qing sent two daughters to me for me to choose, and I chose you."

Li Qingxun:...

Tuoba Yu said: "I heard that the women of Qing country are spoiled, but I didn't expect that your riding skills are so good."

Li Qingxun tilted his head, unable to understand: "My sister is more beautiful, why don't you choose her?"

Tuoba Yu said: "She is beautiful, but she has no soul. I was wandering around Liangzhou that day, and heard the Sixth Princess say, 'I wish I had thousands of mansions to shelter all the people in the world, and to keep them happy, and to be as stable as a mountain in the face of wind and rain.' I knew that the Sixth Princess was not an ordinary woman."

Tuoba Yu really likes Li Qingxun.

There are many beautiful women, but a good woman is hard to find.

If he marries a woman who is good at riding horses and cares about the people as the Crown Princess, it will be a great help to his future.

Tuoba Yu admires Li Qingxun and is willing to marry her.

Seeing that Li Qingxun looked normal, Tuoba Yu asked curiously, "I am willing to marry you, but you are not happy?"