Traveling through time and space to become a concubine: I just want to live a leisurely life

Because we were outdoors, the food was relatively simple, but the taste was very good. On the table was a bowl of fresh fish soup, a plate of braised fish, a plate of stir-fried three delicacies and a dish of pickles.

The doors and windows of the carriage were all open, and the breeze blew in, making people feel extremely comfortable.

Shen Jingyi ate a big bowl of rice with the delicious braised fish and drank a bowl of fish soup before she put down her bowl and chopsticks in satisfaction.

"Your Highness, the fish here is really delicious."

King Xuan also finished eating. After rinsing his mouth with the tea beside him, he said, "If you like it, then we will catch more when we come back."

Shen Jingyi happily agreed, "Yes."

At this moment, a crying sound of "Wuwuwu..." was suddenly heard.

Shen Jingyi looked at King Xuan and said softly, "Why do I hear a child crying?"

"I heard it, too."

"Comer"

"What do you want, my Lord?"

On the sixth day of the New Year, they had set up a small table outside the carriage to eat, so when they heard the prince calling for help, they put down their bowls and walked forward to answer.

"There's a child crying nearby, take someone to check it out."

"As ordered!"

Not long after, Chuliu and two soldiers came back, bringing back a ragged woman with a skinny child in her arms.

There is no doubt that the crying just now came from this child.

"Your Highness, this woman said she had a grievance and wanted to see you, so I brought them here." Chu Liu stepped forward and saluted, saying cautiously.

King Xuan nodded, "Yes."

The woman walked up to them, put the child down, knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have been wronged, please help me and my family get justice."

When the child saw his mother kneeling on the ground, he knelt down too.

This was the first time Shen Jingyi encountered this scene and she didn’t know what to do, so she looked at King Xuan.

"You should get up first. The child is still young and can't bear it."

The woman refused to get up and just picked up the child.

Seeing that she was determined to kneel, King Xuan said nothing more, but asked seriously, "What is your grievance?"

The woman seemed to see hope when she heard this, so she slowly said, "I am Zhao, a commoner from Qingya County, Cangzhou. My family has a little property and we live a relatively affluent life. Three months ago, my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law went to the market, and they met a bully who robbed my sister-in-law and beat my mother-in-law.

Later, after much inquiry, we found out that the man was the younger brother of a concubine of Lord Lin, the prefect. When my husband and father-in-law went to ask for the man, they falsely accused my sister-in-law of seducing him and that she had become his concubine. If we continued to make trouble, they would sell my sister-in-law to a brothel.

My father-in-law knelt down and begged them, and was willing to use money to redeem the person, just asking them to release him.

However, not only did they not let go, they also verbally abused my father-in-law and the man and beat and kicked them. My father-in-law was beaten to death by them.

My man was so angry that he went to the yamen to sue them. However, he never came out after he went in, and the people in the yamen also said that they had never seen my man.

Finally, I had no choice but to sell my family's land and used the silver to get news about my husband from a yamen runner. It turned out that my husband was taken away by the prefect's people and sent to Jade Mountain to dig for jade.

When my mother-in-law found out, she died without even breathing.

I was the only one left at home with my four-year-old child. They were worried about me and kept wandering around the house, so I had to return to my parents' home with my child in a grand manner. I then asked a distant cousin to bring her child to pretend to be me at home, while I took my child to Beijing to file a complaint.

We had run out of money a long time ago, so we had to beg for food all the way here. We happened to see you guys cooking when we got here, but we didn’t dare to come over, so we thought maybe there would be any left after you finished eating and left.”

King Xuan frowned after hearing this, but after a while his brows relaxed and he asked, "If you hadn't met me, who would you have sought to redress your grievances in the capital?"

After hearing this, Zhao replied cautiously, "I heard from others that Lord Wang, the Censor, is a very upright person. I originally wanted to go to Lord Wang, and just now I heard from the guard brother that you are the prince, so I dared to come here and ask the prince to make a decision for my family."

"I understand. You go downstairs and eat with them first." The child looked very hungry.

"Your Majesty..."

Seeing that Zhao wanted to talk more, Nanny Qin grabbed her and took her up, "Let's go, eat first, the child looks so hungry."

As he said this, he was about to pull her to where they were going to have dinner.

"No...wait...I have something else to say."

Shen Jingyi was furious after hearing about her family's affairs. Seeing that she still had something to say, she said, "Madam, let her speak!"

So, Zhao looked at King Xuan and said quickly, "Your Majesty, the jade mine owned by Lin Zhizhou was robbed from a wealthy businessman. The businessman has been ruined and now only a young master and an old servant are left in the family, hiding in the mountains."

King Xuan raised his eyebrows. He had found out about this before, but he didn't expect that the family still had someone alive. This was a pleasant surprise! He just didn't know how this woman knew about it.

So he asked, "How do you know this?"

"After I got married, I went back to my parents' home one day. In order to hurry, I took the mountain road. I accidentally fell into the ditch nearby and passed out. When I woke up, I heard two men talking. I didn't dare to make a sound and waited until they walked away before I climbed out and went home.

I have kept this in my heart and have never told anyone."

"What's the name of that mountain?"

"People in our area call it Daqing Mountain."

"Okay, I understand. I will accept your injustice."

Zhao then breathed a sigh of relief, kowtowed to King Xuan, and then carried the child to follow Nanny Qin and Xia Zhu to eat.

King Xuan touched the ring in his hand, thinking about how to best deal with this matter.

After they left, Shen Jingyi turned around and was about to speak, but saw that King Xuan was in deep thought. She did not dare to disturb him, so she could only silently collect the food on the table, take it out and hand it to Chuntao who was standing beside her.

The palace soldiers had already finished their meal and were tidying up.

Shen Jingyi turned and entered the carriage, found the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and envelope in the carriage, spread the paper on the table, added a little water to the inkstone, and then slowly began to grind.

After King Xuan came to his senses, he looked at the things prepared by Shen Jingyi and laughed.

"How clever! How did you know that I was going to write a letter?"

Shen Jingyi's eyes moved, and she smiled slyly, "I guessed that since Your Majesty has taken on this matter, there must be some arrangements, so does it mean that you need to write a letter?"

The main reason is that there is no telephone here, otherwise it could be done with just a phone call, so why would we go through so much trouble?

"Oh, so smart. Guess what I'm going to do." King Xuan looked at Shen Jingyi with a joking expression.

"We have to go to He County and pass through Cangzhou. Your Majesty, do you want someone to investigate?"

"Do you know who Lin Zhizhou belongs to?"

King Xuan did not answer but asked instead.

Shen Jingyi shook her head, "I don't know."

"He belongs to my fourth brother." King Xuan said calmly.

Shen Jingyi was startled and raised her voice unconsciously: "King Qi."

"Yes."

"The person behind the robbery of the jade mine is actually the King of Qi, right?"

"You can say that." King Xuan nodded.

"Then this matter is a bit complicated. What are you going to do, Your Highness?" Shen Jingyi looked at King Xuan worriedly.

"Don't worry, it's okay, I will take care of it." King Xuan comforted.

Then, King Xuan picked up a pen, wrote a letter, and after the writing dried, he put it in an envelope.

At this time, Zhao had finished her meal and came over with her child, standing stiffly beside the car.

When King Xuan saw this, he called a palace soldier over and ordered, "Take the mother and son and go quietly to the farm outside the city to find Chu San and ask him to arrange a place for them to stay. Be careful not to be discovered. After the arrangements are made, quietly deliver this letter to Censor Wang."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Your Highness, what about my man?" Zhao asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, as long as the person is still alive, I will rescue him. You follow Tang Dashan to the farm first, and when the time comes, I will send someone to pick you up." King Xuan promised.

Shen Jingyi gave her ten taels of silver and said, "Take it. You will need the money someday."

Zhao received the promise and the money, and she knelt down again with her child to kowtow and express her gratitude.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Your Majesty"

"Go."

King Xuan waved his hand, and Tang Dashan took his men away.