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

Li Qingxun rolled his eyes. "I was picked like a commodity. Should I be happy about being chosen? This is not worth being happy about."

She doesn't want to be a man's embellishment.

Tuoba Yu showed admiration on his face: "Qing is a weak country, and you, a weak woman, have no right to refuse. Wait obediently, I will take you into the palace soon."

Li Qingxun turned his horse around and left without looking back.

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The peace treaty was signed, and Li Qingxun returned with the team. When they reached Jiangnan, two imperial edicts came from Yanjing City.

Emperor Qing issued an edict to send the sixth princess to the Kingdom of Yue as a marriage partner, and the seventh princess to the Kingdom of Yelang as a marriage partner.

The eunuch chief had an indifferent attitude. After reading the imperial edict, he handed it to Li Qingxun: "Seventh Princess, the wedding procession has arrived. Please set off as soon as possible."

Li Qingxun raised an eyebrow: "When did I become the seventh princess?"

She was clearly ranked sixth.

However, the imperial edict confused right and wrong and gave her the title of "Seventh Princess".

The chief eunuch smiled wryly: "Please forgive me, Seventh Princess. I am just following the orders of the Emperor and the Empress."

Li Qingxun received the imperial edict.

She asked the palace maid Yuan'er and found out the whole story. It turned out that after signing the treaty in Liangzhou City, the Crown Prince of Yue, Tuoba Yu, decided to marry the Sixth Princess of Qing.

When the news reached the imperial palace in Yanjing City, the emperor and empress were horrified. They never expected that Tuoba Yu would actually take a fancy to Li Qingxun who was just there to make up the numbers.

The queen cried so hard that she couldn't speak. If Li Qingxun was allowed to marry in Yue, then the only one who could marry in Yelang would be Li Qingling. The queen loved this daughter the most and protected her like a treasure. How could she bear to see her daughter marry far away in Yelang?

She consulted the emperor.

The emperor actually felt sorry for Li Qingling, so he secretly made some arrangements and swapped the sixth princess with the seventh princess, and even changed the records in the royal jade book.

In the end, the princess who went to marry the Yelang Kingdom became Li Qingxun.

"What a good plan." Li Qingxun threw the imperial edict aside and went upstairs to sleep.

Li Qingxun didn't care, but Li Qingling felt tormented. Li Qingling felt guilty and took the initiative to go to Li Qingxun's house.

Li Qingling's eyes were red. She held Li Qingxun's hand with guilt and said, "It was our father and mother who were wrong... I am really sorry for you. But we are weak women. We can only let them control our fate. There is nothing we can do."

"I will give you half of my dowry, and I will also give you all the money I have saved over the years. Sixth sister, I am really sorry."

Li Qingling couldn't raise her head due to guilt.

The emperor of Yelang was incompetent and over sixty years old. If Li Qingxun married him, she would surely die early.

Li Qingxun stroked his chin and asked her, "How much money have you saved?"

Li Qingling was stunned.

At a time like this, she still cares about material things!

Li Qingling reported the amount of money she had, and Li Qingxun's eyes lit up. As expected of the most favored princess of Qing, she had accumulated a lot of wealth at the age of seventeen or eighteen.

Li Qingxun happily accepted the money and dowry sent by Li Qingling, counted the people and horses for the marriage, and embarked on the journey southward.

The Yelang Kingdom was far away, and there were many wild beasts and floods along the way, and they would pass through many barbarian tribes. In order to ensure the success of the marriage, the court sent Prime Minister Zhang Hean to escort them.

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The marriage party left the territory of Qing State and walked through the ancient and desolate fields. The marriage party, including guards and servants, numbered nearly fifty people.

Most of the servants who were arranged to marry were from poor families and were not valued in the palace. Li Qingxun knew that when he was away from home, he must not treat these people as low-ranking servants.

She and Zhang He'an played the good cop and the bad cop respectively, and with the help of money and a reward and punishment system, they managed the group of people escorting the bride very well.

The journey was long and it would take at least half a year to reach Yelang. Li Qingxun was bored on the road and often asked Zhang Hean to serve him in the carriage.

The palace maid Yuan'er was also in the marriage team.

She watched Prime Minister Zhang enter the princess's carriage. More than an hour later, Prime Minister Zhang came out in dishevel.

Yuan'er was confused.

She tactfully reminded Li Qingxun: "Princess, we are going to Yelang to marry... How can you and Prime Minister Zhang hang out together every day? It is really inappropriate!"

Li Qingxun rubbed his waist: "It's a long journey, and I have to taste the tender beauty in my arms."

Yuan Er: ...

Later, when Yuan'er saw Prime Minister Zhang and Li Qingxun's love, her heart gradually became numb.

When going out, without the Emperor of Qing watching over her, the princess is the leader of the team.

The princess can do whatever she wants.

These poor people who accompanied the bride had only a way forward but no way back.

But Yuan'er found it hard to understand that Prime Minister Zhang, such a handsome and steady gentleman, would willingly submit to the princess. All the princess needed was a glance and Prime Minister Zhang would take the initiative to come forward.

It's incredible.

The marriage team continued to move south, passing through many barbarian tribes along the way. In order to ensure the safety of the team, Li Qingxun drew designs and made a number of simple composite bows, and also used herbs to extract some healing herbs.

Even the weak Yuan'er can use a compound bow easily.

The team headed south, and although they encountered several tribal attacks, they did not lose many men.

In the carriage, Li Qingxun was lying on the small table, holding a brush and drawing a picture of weapons. Zhang Hean was grinding ink for her, and his dark eyes swept across the picture of weapons on the paper, with a bit of doubt in his eyes.

"Axun, where did you learn how to make weapons?" Zhang Hean asked.

Li Qingxun didn't even raise his head: "Don't ask, I won't answer."

Zhang Hean didn't dare to ask any more questions.

If he insists on finding the truth, he will be kicked off the bed by the princess tonight. Li Qingxun is such a woman, daring to act and take responsibility, without any restraint, she is her own sun.

Zhang Hean looked at Li Qingxun obsessively.

Surrender to her charm and cannot extricate yourself.

After drawing the modified crossbow, Li Qingxun lifted the curtain and called the head guard of the marriage team: "Go to the front and chop down some trees, and make new weapons according to the blueprint."

The head guard took the drawings respectfully.

Li Qingxun had been painting for the whole afternoon and her neck was sore, so she lazily lay on Zhang Hean's lap. Zhang Hean massaged her shoulders and Li Qingxun squinted her eyes in comfort.

Li Qingxun narrowed his eyes and muttered, "Actually, life is not bad. I don't have to worry about food and clothing, I have weapons in my hands, and there are handsome men to warm my bed at night."

Zhang Hean: “Yeah.”

Li Qingxun said lazily, "I heard that Yelang is rich in resources, and there are a lot of rubies on the seashore. I really want to go and take over those minerals."

Zhang Hean: "Okay."

Li Qingxun smiled: "You agree to whatever I say. Are you a humanoid?"

Zhang Hean said in a low voice: "What is a human robot?"

Li Qingxun slowly stood up, hooked Zhang Hean's chin with his fingers, and said slowly: "I can't explain to you what a human machine is. But I know that humans have other machines..."

Li Qingxun was about to use force when Yuan'er called out from outside: "Princess, Master Zhang, there are tribal barbarians blocking the road ahead!"

Li Qingxun instantly withdrew his desire, pushed Zhang Hean away, and got off the carriage.

The men and women in the team had already skillfully taken out their weapons to defend themselves. As the sky gradually darkened, the barbarian tribe approached cautiously.

They were unarmed.

He was saying something that Li Qingxun couldn't understand, his hands were waving constantly, and he even knelt down on his own initiative.

It seems like he needs help.

Zhang Hean got off the carriage and put a cloak on Li Qingxun. Li Qingxun gathered his collar and asked a guard to go and negotiate.

The guard communicated with the barbarians through gestures, then trotted back to tell Li Qingxun: "Princess, the leader of this tribe seems to be in trouble and wants to ask us for help."

Li Qingxun thought for a moment.

Zhang Hean said: "I'll go check out the situation."

Li Qingxun held his arm and said, "No need, just stay here."

Li Qingxun brought along a few guards with the best martial arts skills, carrying weapons and poison, and followed the barbarians into the tribe.

The smell of blood filled the largest tent in the tribe. It turned out that the wife of the tribe leader was pregnant and had difficulty giving birth. There was no skilled doctor in the tribe. The tribe leader could only ask for help from Li Qingxun and others who passed by.

Li Qingxun called the doctor in the team to help the lady of the tribe give birth.

The child was born quickly and safely.

Li Qingxun was a good man and left some medicinal herbs. He also asked the doctor to draw some common herbal patterns on parchment. After handing these over to the tribal leader, the dark-skinned barbarian leader was very grateful. He chattered something and gave Li Qingxun a lot of animal skins and horses from the tribe.

Li Qingxun accepted them all.

Along the way, she helped many tribes and received many gifts.

This is also her strategy.

Going to Yelang to marry a princess would definitely not be smooth. If she encountered danger in Yelang, she could return quickly. The tribes she had helped along the way were all her help.

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The marriage team continued on their journey.

They experienced a lot along the way, and the men and women each performed their duties, and gradually became Li Qingxun's loyal confidants.

After walking for more than half a year, the team finally arrived at a small county town on the border of Yelang State. The county town had a small population and complete buildings could already be seen.

Li Qingxun handed over the customs documents and letters from the Kingdom of Qing, and the county magistrate rushed to the city gate to greet them. When he saw the dusty marriage team, he was stunned.

How does this look like a marriage team?

Every one of them, regardless of whether they were men or women, was full of banditry, like a group of bandits living on the edge of a knife.

Fortunately, Prime Minister Zhang of Qing Kingdom was handsome and eloquent, and with the official letter with a seal, the county magistrate believed that they were a marriage team from Qing Kingdom.

The county magistrate gave them a warm welcome and the group moved into the luxurious county government residence.

After a tiring journey, the marriage party finally got a brief break. Everyone drank and ate meat, having a great time.

When the sumptuous dinner was served, Li Qingxun did not expect that the magistrate of a small border county could get so many delicacies from land and sea.

The people in the county town live a miserable life, but the county magistrate has three different meals a day.

Li Qingxun picked up a piece of delicious braised pork and was about to put it in her mouth when she suddenly felt her stomach churning. She covered her mouth and nose and began to dry heave.

After taking a few bites of dinner, Li Qingxun found it hard to swallow, so he asked Yuan'er to call the doctor from the marriage team.

After the doctor felt her pulse, his face looked strange, and he knelt down tremblingly: "Princess...you are pregnant."