Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

She picked up the handkerchief beside the table and wiped her hands. "The wound is healing well. If you keep going like this, you'll be able to get out of bed and walk around in a few days. Just don't do strenuous exercise to avoid concussion..."

She looked up at the little girl staring at her in confusion, then glanced at Xiao Chenze. She smiled helplessly and said, "Anyway, don't be anxious. After getting out of bed, you have to walk and move slowly. Don't rush to run or jump, otherwise you will feel dizzy, vomit, and even more pain. Can you remember?"

"Yes," the little girl was about to nod vigorously, but suddenly remembered Shen Li's instructions, and blinked with an embarrassed smile, "I'll remember it."

"That's good. Come, lie down and I'll ask you a few questions."

The little girl stared at Shen Li seriously, "Benefactor, please ask."

"I've been asking around. The prefect's wife had you beaten to death. After knocking you unconscious, they thought you were dead and threw you into the river. With such serious injuries, it's a miracle you survived. How did you get here from such a long distance across the river?"

This question was asked by Xiao Chenze. He knew how far this place was from the river. It was impossible for a seriously injured little girl to come to this place on her own.

The little girl's eyes flickered twice, as if she wanted to say something but didn't dare to.

Shen Li and Xiao Chenze didn't say anything, just stared at her quietly.

After a while, the little girl timidly raised her head and asked in a low voice, "Benefactor, can you really kill the prefect's wife?"

Shen Li and Xiao Chenze looked at each other.

We cannot tell her now that the prefect's wife is dead. After all, Wu Yongguang has made a fake and shown it to the public. If this girl is unreliable, they will be surprised to find out how the news was leaked.

"If I say I can, I definitely can," Shen Li said calmly, "As long as you speak honestly, I can not only guarantee to kill the prefect and his wife, but also guarantee that you will live in peace in the future."

After hearing this, the little girl's eyes were filled with tears again.

I held back my tears.

She choked up and said, "To be honest, it was my brother who sent me here."

Xiao Chenze suddenly became alert.

"Your brother? Don't you have no relatives? Who is your brother? Why are you hesitant and unwilling to tell me? How did your brother know this place?"

The pressure from him was so great that the little girl was a little scared. She looked at Shen Li timidly and didn't dare to look at him.

Shen Li picked up the potion on the table and smelled it. "This is for applying to wounds. Come, I'll help you apply the medicine."

Then he began to unwrap the cloth wrapped around her head layer by layer. "The wound is so deep, you must have suffered a lot."

As she gently applied the potion, she said, "Don't be afraid. Just answer honestly and we will protect you."

The little girl swallowed.

Shen Li's movements were gentle, and she felt a cool and comfortable sensation on her wound, without any pain or dizziness.

"My benefactor, I am not from Mizhou, you know that."

Shen Li was startled and continued to apply the ointment to her wound.

"My parents died a long time ago, and my family was hit by a famine. Someone told my brother that there was a job opening at the iron mine here, with free food and wages, so he brought me here."

"Only after arriving here did I realize that the mines were not what they had described. The foreman didn't pay us and even beat us. We were fed rotten steamed bread. My brother gave me the steamed bread he had saved, but I couldn't chew it and it broke a tooth."

She raised her head and opened her mouth to show Shen Li.

There was indeed a tooth missing from it.

"When my brother and I came here, we found a family in a nearby village and asked for shelter in their woodshed. They promised me that I could work for them in exchange for rent, and my brother could come back to stay after work every day."

"I don't know what happened that day. It was already very late, and my brother still hadn't returned. I was scared and didn't dare to go out to look for him. I hid in the corner and waited all night. At dawn, I asked the uncle of that family to help me find out."

"My uncle came back and said that when we were about to get off work yesterday, the foreman said someone was stealing iron ore from the mine and selling it cheaply, and he wanted to investigate. Everyone who came in and out every day was detained, and among them was my brother."

"My uncle didn't find out what happened. He only knew that those who stayed behind never showed up again. He said my brother was in great danger and told me to find a way to escape quickly."

"I waited for my brother for a few more days, but there was still no news. My uncle said that the mine had sent people out to look for the families of those people. If I didn't escape quickly, I would be caught. I didn't want to implicate my uncle, so I fled here."

Shen Li put down the medicine, bandaged her again, and sat down to listen to her.

"I was so hungry I wanted to go out and get something to eat, but I ran into Madam. She thought I was a beggar and had me taken away. In my haste, I spoke my native dialect, and Madam asked me where I was from."

"I didn't know who she was, so I didn't dare tell the truth. I just said I came here alone and my hometown is in a small town bordering Xiqiang. The lady then quietly spoke to me in Xiqiang dialect, which I understood, and she let me do some work in the mansion."

"At that time, I was young, and Madam would sometimes take me to some places. After returning, she would ask me what other ladies had said and done. If I answered well, she would reward me with delicious food and fun things. I even thought Madam was the best master. Later, she asked me to monitor the master in the mansion, especially when the master was carrying her on his back. Everything had to be told to her, without hiding anything."

"Actually, even if Madam didn't tell me, I wouldn't have concealed it. But Madam gradually started to treat me badly, and later I found out why..."

"Is it because the prefect sees that you have grown up and wants to marry you?"

The little girl raised her head in surprise and looked at Shen Li intently, "How did my benefactor know this?"

"I guessed it. Maids often disappeared inexplicably in the prefect's house. They were taken into the prefect's room, and his wife became jealous and sent someone to kill them," Shen Li said. "Go on, what happened next?"

"I forgot to mention one thing," the little maid hurriedly said, remembering something. "Madam refused to admit she was from Western Qiang and always told people outside she was from Southern Xinjiang. She even specifically warned me about this. At the time, I genuinely believed her, thinking she was afraid of being looked down upon. I actually felt sorry for her."

She lowered her head, as if she knew she was too stupid, and after a while she whispered, "Until I saw my brother outside..."

"Brother didn't recognize me, but I recognized him at first sight," the girl with shallow eye sockets began to cry again when she said this, "Wow, brother was wearing the clothes in the military camp, and he was with a little brother, so majestic. When I called him brother, it took him a long time to recognize me, and he also cried, wow, wow."