When Chen Xu walked into Huayu Palace, he saw seven or eight palace maids standing in the garden, and several palace maids were crying in a low voice. These people saw Chen Xu, who was following the eunuch and the palace maids, stayed blankly for a long time before they were excited to greet each other and salute.

"No gift, how is the fifth princess in good health?" Chen Xu asked directly before he nodded.

"Return to the Marquis, the fifth princess has not eaten any food for three days, so she drove us out!" An old palace maid quickly replied in a low voice.

"Can I go in and see her now?" Chen Xu asked anxiously.

"Of course, please follow me!" The palace maid who answered just now turned around to lead the way, and after entering the bedroom, he pushed open a closed door.

Chen Xu saw a figure lying in the sand tent at a glance, but then frowned and said, "The weather is so hot, why should I close the doors and windows? Didn't I know that this would make the air occlusion aggravate the condition?"

"The Marquis calmed down. This was the princess's order. The imperial doctor also said that the princess was worried and worried and lost her soul. Close the doors and windows to prevent her soul from wandering and getting lost..."

"Fuck, which quack doctor said this!" Chen Xu was furious and whispered: "Hurry and open the doors and windows to ventilate!"

"Yes~" The palace maid who led the way quickly ordered the palace maids behind to push the closed doors and windows open. Then a cool wind blew into the room. In an instant, the temperature of the hot and stuffy room dropped a lot, and the turbid air began to become clear.

The sound of opening the doors and windows in the room seemed to wake up the girl lying on the couch. She moved slightly and opened her eyes. The wind penetrated into the room and opened the sand tent. A man who made her miss her stand in front of the couch, staring at her blankly.

"Mr. Marquis~" Ying Shiman was in a daze in his spirit. She thought she was still dreaming. She hugged the book and slowly closed her eyes again. Tears flowed down her cheeks again, and she was still murmuring softly: "Shiman is dreaming again. Marquis just got married and still has to take care of Sister Qingning..."

"Princess~" Chen Xu looked at the haggard girl, and felt bitter and guilty in his heart squatted beside the couch and called softly.

"It's great to dream, the Marquis still remembers Shiman..." Ying Shiman slowly smiled on her thin and pale cheeks.

"Fifth Princess, I'm Chen Xu, I'm here to see you!" Chen Xu was amused and crying, and he felt a knife stabbed in his heart, and his whole body trembled in pain.

When marrying Princess Qingning, Chen Xu felt guilty and gratitude towards Wang Qingxiu. The guilt was because Wang Qingxiu was indeed seriously injured by Yu Wuya, which led to a serious illness that could not be cured. The gratitude was because Wang Qingxiu accidentally saved his life in the harem. If it weren't for Wang Qingxiu, the consequences would be unimaginable. The most important thing was that he slept with Wang Qingxiu twice in a daze. No matter how Wang Qingxiu made him dislike and hate him, Wang Qingxiu's behavior was as cold and strange as her personality. Before she died, she helped dig out Zhao Zhe. Her only request was to marry Chen Xu. Since Chen Xu agreed, he still felt that he should do what he said, so there was a wedding that everyone was puzzled.

If Wang Qingxiu really died, Chen Xu would not have any psychological burden on marrying the fifth princess.

But in the middle of the night, a Guiguzi suddenly popped up and rescued Wang Qingxiu, who was in a state of fake death. He also said that the two could not meet within nine years. If he married the fifth princess, nine years later, Wang Qingxiu suddenly ran to the palace alive, what should he do?

Therefore, Chen Xu also strangled Ying Shiman to death. If the emperor did not speak, he would not mention this matter again.

In addition, he took off all his medicine and put it on Concubine Shu's bed last time. Although Wang Qingxiu arrived in time and did nothing, Chen Xu always felt like he was a thief and did not dare to see Qin Shihuang. If he had not been invited by the emperor on weekdays, he would hardly take the initiative to go to the palace to discuss things. Therefore, he had never seen Ying Shiman since he returned from marriage.

But the gentle, kind, knowledgeable and well-educated girl I saw now described as lying thin on the bed, and no longer seeing the beautiful and lively appearance of the past.

"Princess, you have no dreams. Chen Xu is here to see you!" Chen Xu reached out and gently held Ying Shiman's hand. Feeling the coldness and thinness on her hands in the hot summer, Chen Xu's heartache voice was trembling slightly.

Ying Shiman, who had closed her eyes slowly opened her eyes again, and then she opened her tears in Chen Xu. In the blurred silk thread, a young man who made him think about it day and night was waiting by her side, feeling the warmth of Chen Xu's palm. Ying Shiman was thin and pale and slowly showed great joy and excitement. Her lips opened and said softly: "Mr. Marquis, Shiman thought she was really dreaming, and she thought she could never see Marquis again. Shiman was so happy today... so happy..."

Ying Shiman said as she spoke, her voice became lighter and lighter, and then her eyes slowly closed again. Chen Xu was shocked and shook Ying Shiman gently: "Princess~Princess~"

But after shook Ying Shiman several times in a row, she didn't react at all. Chen Xu jumped up and shouted: "Go and pass on the imperial doctor!"

Huayu Palace was panicked in an instant, and the palace maids and guards immediately scattered with various scoldings. Chen Xu quickly reached out and pressed Ying Shiman's wrist, feeling a trace of extremely subtle pulse beating. Although it was slow and weak, the rhythm was still normal.

Half a moment passed, and several imperial doctors in the palace came hurriedly, watching Chen Xu taking his pulse, and quickly went forward to salute together.

"The fifth princess fainted, please treat it quickly!" Chen Xu made way out.

A weak and gray old man quickly stepped forward and took his pulse again. After a moment, he said: "Mr. Marquis, the princess is extremely weak at the moment. She has not been able to get in for several days and refuses to take the medicine. I'm waiting... We are helpless. The princess is currently at ease, but I'm afraid it won't be delayed for a few days!"

Hearing that Ying Shiman is fine for the time being, Chen Xu also breathed a sigh of relief and said to a palace maid: "Pick some warm water and mix some honey!"

"Yes~" He turned around and went out, and in just two minutes he brought in a bowl of honey water.

"Give it to me!" Chen Xu took the honey water, and then asked the two palace maids to help Ying Shiman up and lean on the pillow.

Chen Xu used a ceramic spoon to scoop some honey water to Ying Shiman's dry lips, and said softly: "Fifth Princess, this is honey water. Drink some diseases to cure quickly. After you recover from the illness, I will go to Your Majesty to ask you for your marriage. Therefore, you must take good care of your health. I also invented a delicious food called spicy snails. I guess you love it very much. I sent some to the palace a few days ago. I don't know if you have eaten it. You also said that you wanted me to watch singing and dancing with you. Unfortunately, Xu hasn't done it yet. This time we rehearsed a new song and dancing. There is a song that is very nice, you will definitely like it..."

While Chen Xu was talking, the spoon gently touched Ying Shiman's lips. Ying Shiman, who was in a coma, actually opened her mouth slowly.

"Drink it, the princess has water!"

Several palace maids cried with joy, and several imperial doctors immediately let out a long breath and left the room. Then they wiped the sweat from their foreheads one by one, and they looked at each other. They obviously saw relief in each other's eyes. They had been secretly hearing that the princess was sick because she missed Qinghe Hou. Unexpectedly, it was true. Qinghe Hou just said that she wanted to marry the princess, and the fifth princess in a coma could drink water. This was a good news, so several palace servants hurriedly ran to tell the emperor.

He personally fed Ying Shiman and drank half a bowl of honey water, so that Ying Shiman lay down and fell asleep for half an hour before woke up. Chen Xu personally fed her half a bowl of warm millet porridge. Ying Shiman's pale cheeks were filled with a shy blush, and she ate the rice porridge in small stutters. Her haggard appearance changed a lot, and a hint of agility and brilliance began to appear in her eyes.

After eating rice porridge, Chen Xu picked up the collection of regular script and opened it. While watching, he kept praising him. He occasionally pointed out which strokes could be changed. During the conversation, he gradually added a lot of vivid breath on Ying Shiman's face.

Seeing Ying Shiman eating so much rice porridge and having such intimate conversations with Qinghe Hou, the palace maids and palace servants of the Huayu Palace were all excited and excited, and Chen Xu's expression was filled with endless gratitude.

Because if Ying Shiman died of illness, all the palace maids and maids in Huayu Palace who were responsible for taking care of their food and daily life would be demoted to slaves and sold. This is a punishment for them. If it were in the Spring and Autumn Period, all the palace maids and maids would have to be buried with their parents. Fortunately, the system of burial has been abolished now, but it has not been completely eradicated. Some princes, princes, nobles, or wealthy families will still be buried with living people when they die. However, not many, even Qin Shihuang himself did not intend to use the system of burial, but instead made a large number of terracotta warriors and chariots. Now the entire Lishan Mausoleum is a huge construction site with a radius of dozens of square kilometers. Seven hundred thousand prisoners and countless craftsmen are building the largest and most luxurious mausoleum in the world day and night.

However, although the system of burying people with burial was abolished and the emperor did not intend to use it, after Qin Shihuang's death, most of the tens of thousands of concubines and palace maids in the harem were buried in the Mausoleum of Mount Li by Hu Hai.

Last time Wang Qingxiu passed away, Chen Xu still asked to marry Wang Qingxiu. Therefore, dozens of palace maids and maids in Qingning Palace were given to Chen Xu by the emperor, and now they have become servants of the Qinghe Hou Mansion. This also saved them in disguise, otherwise these people would have been sold as slaves.

The word "slave" is said to be connected together, but in fact, there is still a big gap between slaves and servants. Slaves are slaves, and they are basically not humans. The status is similar to livestock and belongs to the lowest level in human society. The master does not have to be responsible for killing a domestic slave, but only fines. The servant is a servant. From the name, it can be seen that the servants have been classified into the category of human beings, and the identity of servants can be various. For example, the servants who surrender can be regarded as a servant's identity, which only means a status and subordinate relationship. For example, Sun Shujiong and Huangfuque submit articles by Chen Xu, they can be regarded as Chen Xu's servants.

Once the identity becomes a slave, the life will be over. You can only do the hardest and most tiring work, eat pigs and dogs, and have no status when you have children. You are born as a slave. Then, they will be slaves after generation. Unless someone uses military merits and money to redeem the family, the opportunity is very slim.

There was a very awesome slave in the Qin Dynasty's history named Baili Xi. Qin Mu Gong used five sheepskins to exchange it from Chu State. Baili Xi assisted Qin Mu Gong to develop Qin State into one of the Five Hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Chen Xu chatted with Ying Shiman for a while, and Ying Shiman fell asleep again. Chen Xu also instructed the palace maids to take good care of the princess, and then left the palace under the escort of several palace servants and guards.

When Qin Shihuang processed several memorials and came to Huayu Palace, Chen Xu had already left. Looking at his daughter who was sleeping but still had a faint smile on her cheeks, Qin Shihuang's mood also became much more relaxed. After asking the palace maids and the palace maids for a few words, he went back to Zichen Palace to continue working.

"Father~" Just as Qin Shihuang walked to the exit of the back garden, he saw his youngest son Hu Hai waiting at the door, with a little hesitant and uneasy.

Hu Hai is thirteen years old this year and is the youngest son of Qin Shihuang. He is usually playful and does not like studying. Qin Shihuang is busy with government affairs and does not discipline him strictly. It seems that he has not seen this son for a long time, so he nodded and said, "How are you here?"

Hu Hai was quite afraid of Qin Shihuang, so he said with a pale face: "I heard that my father came to the harem and I came to greet you. At the same time... there is another thing that needs to be decided by the father!"

"Why do I need to make the decision for you?" Qin Shihuang asked, holding his beard.

"In the past, Zhao Gao taught his son to study, but Zhao Gao has been arrested and imprisoned by his father. He heard that he would be sentenced to death. Now he has no teacher to teach him, and he is afraid that he will delay his studies, so he begs his father to assign another wise man to his son to be a teacher!" After Hu Hai finished speaking, he looked at Qin Shihuang nervously.

"Well, it's true!" Qin Shihuang's face gradually became serious.

Zhao Gao was born in a lowly state, but he loved to study. He was not only familiar with the law and various ancient books, but also wrote good calligraphy. Therefore, Qin Shihuang not only promoted Zhao Gao to become a high-ranking official, but also asked him to teach his youngest son Hu Hai to learn knowledge and the law. However, there were major events in the court one after another recently. After Zhao Gao was arrested, Qin Shihuang did not remember this incident at all.

"Father, Zhao Gao taught his son to teach him for several years, and was familiar with the classics of the sages and the law. His son felt that he would not do this..."

"Stop!" Before Hu Hai finished speaking, Qin Shihuang was furious, "How can you judge the affairs of the court? Go back and think about your mistakes behind closed doors. I will arrange a famous teacher for you in a few days!"

"Don't calm down, my son will go back now!" Hu Hai was so scared that his face was pale, and he quickly saluted and left hurriedly.

The angry Qin Shihuang returned to Zichen Hall, looked at the twists and turns piled on the table, opened it and looked at two or three copies, and then suddenly smashed it hard on the desk.

"His Majesty, calm down!" Several eunuchs and palace servants in the room were all so scared that they knelt on the ground.

"Everyone goes out!" Qin Shihuang waved his sleeves with a cold face. The eunuchs and the palace servants all got up and exited the room, and then the door slowly closed.
Chapter completed!