When Chen Xu walked into Huayu Palace, he saw seven or eight palace people standing in the garden, and several palace maids were crying in a low voice.

"No courtesy, how is the health of the fifth princess?" Chen Xu didn't have time to nod and asked directly.

"Back to Master Hou, the fifth princess hasn't eaten any food for three days, so she drove us all out!" An elderly palace maid hurriedly replied in a whisper.

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

"Naturally, Master Hou, please come with the slave!" The palace maid who had just answered turned around and led the way, and after entering the dormitory, she pushed open a closed door.

Chen Xu saw the figure lying in the sand tent at a glance, but then frowned and said, "The weather is so hot, why do you have to close the doors and windows, don't you know that this will make the air blocked and aggravate the condition?" ”

"Lord Hou is angry, this is the princess's order, and the imperial doctor also said that the princess is worried about illness and her soul is lost, and closing the doors and windows is to keep the soul from getting lost......"

"Fart, which quack doctor said that!" Chen Xu was furious and ordered in a low voice: "Hurry up and open all the doors and windows for ventilation!" ”

"Yes~" The palace maid who led the way hurriedly instructed the palace maids behind to push open the closed doors and windows, and then a cool wind blew into the room, and the temperature of the hot and stuffy room dropped a lot in an instant, 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 that penetrated the room blew open the sand tent, and a man who made her miss the disease stood in front of the couch, looking at her blankly.

"Hou Ye~" Ying Shiyan's spirit was in a trance for an instant, thinking that she was still dreaming, holding the book and slowly closing her eyes again, tears flowed down her cheeks again, and she was still whispering softly in her mouth: "Shi Yan is dreaming again, Hou Ye has just married, and he has to take care of Sister Qingning......"

"Princess~" Chen Xu looked at the haggard girl, squatting on the side of the couch with bitterness and guilt in his heart and calling softly.

"It's so good to dream, Master Hou still remembers Shi Yan......" A smile slowly appeared on Ying Shiyan's thin and pale cheeks.

"Fifth princess, I'm Chen Xu, I'm here to see you!" While Chen Xu couldn't cry or laugh, he felt that he was stabbed by a knife in his heart, and his whole body trembled with pain.

At that time, he married Princess Qingning, but Chen Xu felt guilty and grateful to Wang Qingsleeve, guilty because Wang Qingsleeve was indeed seriously injured by Yu Wuya that caused an incurable serious illness, and gratitude was because Wang Qingsleeve saved his life by mistake in the harem, if it weren't for Wang Qingsleeve, the consequences would be unimaginable, and the most important thing was that he slept with Wang Qingsleeve twice in a daze, no matter how Wang Qingsleeve made him dislike and hate, but Wang Qingsleeve's approach was as cold and eccentric as her character, and she helped dig out Zhao Zhe before she died, The only requirement is for Chen Xu to marry her, since Chen Xu agreed, he still felt that he should do what he said, so there was that wedding that puzzled everyone.

If Wang Qingsleeve is really dead, Chen Xu will not have any psychological burden in marrying the fifth princess.

But in the middle of the night, a Guiguzi suddenly popped out, saving Wang Qingsleeve, who was in a state of suspended animation, and said that the two would not be able to meet within nine years, in case he married the fifth princess, and after nine years, Wang Qingsleeve suddenly ran to the palace alive, what should he do.

Therefore, Chen Xu also strangled his plan to marry Ying Shiyan, if the emperor did not speak, he also planned to never mention this matter again.

In addition, the last time he was fed with drugs by Zhao Zhe and stripped naked and put on Concubine Shu's bed, although he didn't do anything because Wang Qingsleeve arrived in time, Chen Xu always felt like a thief and didn't dare to see Qin Shi Huang, if there was no emperor's invitation on weekdays, he would hardly take the initiative to enter the palace to discuss things, so he hadn't seen Ying Shiyan since he returned from marrying.

But the girl I saw now who was gentle and kind and knowledgeable in the past was described as lying on the bed emaciated, and she could no longer see a trace of beauty and liveliness in the past.

"Princess, you didn't dream, Chen Xu came to see you!" Chen Xu stretched out his hand and gently held Ying Shiyan's hand, feeling the coldness and thinness of her hands in this hot summer, Chen Xu felt that his heartache trembled slightly.

Ying Shiyan, who had her eyes closed, slowly opened her eyes again, and then opened Chen Xu with teary eyes, in the blurred silk thread, a young man who made him think about it day and night waited by her side like this, feeling the temperature of Chen Xu's palm, Ying Shiyan's thin and pale connection slowly revealed incomparable joy and excitement, and her lips opened and whispered: "Master Hou, Shi Yan thought she was really dreaming, and she thought she would never see Master Hou anymore, Shi Yan is so happy today...... I'm so happy......"

Ying Shiyan's voice became softer and softer as she spoke, and then her eyes slowly closed again, Chen Xu was shocked, and gently shook Ying Shiyan: "Princess~Princess~"

But after shaking Ying Shiyan several times in a row, there was no reaction, Chen Xu jumped up and shouted: "Go and pass the imperial doctor!" ”

Huayu Palace was panicked in an instant, and the palace maids and guards suddenly scattered under all kinds of scolding, and Chen Xu also hurriedly reached out and pressed on Ying Shiyan's wrist, feeling a trace of extremely subtle pulse beating, although it was slow and weak, but the rhythm was normal.

Half a quarter passed, and several imperial doctors in the palace hurriedly came, seeing that Chen Xu was taking his pulse, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute together.

"The fifth princess fainted, hurry up and treat her!" Chen Xu moved out of the way.

An old man with gray hair hurriedly stepped forward to cut his pulse again, and after a while, he said: "Master Hou, the princess's physique is extremely weak right now, and she has not taken a drop of water for several days, and she still refuses to take the decoction, I will wait...... We are really helpless, the princess is safe for the time being, but I'm afraid it won't last a few days! ”

Hearing that Ying Shiyan was fine for the time being, Chen Xu also breathed a sigh of relief and said to a palace maid: "Take some warm water and mix some honey and bring it over!" ”

"Yes~" turned around and went out, but a bowl of honey water came in in two minutes.

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

Chen Xu scooped some honey water with a ceramic spoon and sent it to Ying Shiyan's dry lips, and said softly: "Fifth princess, this is honey water, drink some illnesses to get better quickly, and when you are well, I will go to His Majesty to ask you to marry you, so you have to take good care of your body, I also invented a delicious food called spicy snails, it is estimated that you love to eat, a few days ago I sent some to the palace, I don't know if you have eaten, you also said that you want me to accompany you to watch the song and dance, but unfortunately Xu has not done it, this time we rehearsed a new song and dance, There's one song that's particularly nice and you're going to love it......"

As Chen Xu spoke, the spoon lightly touched Ying Shiyan's lips, and Ying Shiyan, who was in a coma, slowly opened her mouth.

"Drink it, princess drink it!"

Several palace maids cried with joy, and several imperial doctors also instantly exhaled and withdrew from the room, and then glanced at each other with the sweat on their heads, obviously seeing a relieved emotion in each other's eyes, and secretly heard that the princess was worried about the princess because she missed Qinghe Hou, but she didn't expect it to be true, Qinghe Hou only said that she wanted to marry the princess, and the five princesses in a coma were able to drink water, which could not but be said to be a good news, so several palace people hurriedly ran to tell the emperor.

Personally fed Ying Shiyan and drank most of the bowl of honey water, so that Ying Shiyan lay down and fell asleep for half an hour before waking up, Chen Xu personally fed her half a bowl of warm millet porridge, Ying Shiyan sold a pale cheek with a touch of shy flush, eating rice porridge in small bites, the haggard appearance has changed a lot, and there is a trace of agility and brilliance in his eyes.

After eating the rice porridge, Chen Xu picked up the book of italic characters and opened it, and kept praising while watching, occasionally pointing out which strokes could be changed again, and during the conversation, Ying Shiyan's face gradually became more vivid.

And seeing Ying Shiyan eat so much rice porridge and have such an intimate conversation with Qinghe Hou, the palace maids and palace people of the entire Huayu Palace were all excited and jubilant, and Chen Xu's expression was full of endless gratitude.

Because if Ying Shiyan dies of illness, all the palace maids in the Huayu Palace who are responsible for taking care of the diet and living will be demoted to slaves and sold, which is a punishment for them, if it is placed in the Spring and Autumn Period, these palace maids will all be buried, but fortunately, the funeral system has now been canceled, but it has not been completely eradicated, some princes and princes or the owners of wealthy families have died, and there will still be a situation of using living people to bury, but not much, even Qin Shi Huang himself does not plan to use the funeral system, Instead, a huge number of terracotta warriors and chariots and horses were made, and now the entire Lishan Mausoleum is a huge construction site with a radius of tens of square kilometers, where 700,000 convicts and countless craftsmen are working day and night to build the world's largest and most luxurious mausoleum.

However, although the human burial system was canceled and the emperor did not plan to use it, after the death of Qin Shi Huang, most of the tens of thousands of concubines and palace maids in the harem were still buried in the Lishan Mausoleum by Hu Hai's order.

Last time Wang Qingsleeve died, Chen Xu still asked to marry Wang Qingsleeve, so dozens of palace maids in Qingning Palace were all given to Chen Xu by the emperor, and now they have become servants of Qinghe Houfu, which also saves them in disguise, otherwise these people will also be sold into slavery.

On weekdays, the word slave is said together, but in fact, there is still a big gap between slave and servant, slave is a slave, basically not a person, the status is similar to livestock, belongs to the lowest level of human social status, the master kills a slave is not responsible, just a fine, and the servant is a servant, it can be seen from the title, the servant has been classified into the category of people, and the identity of the servant can be various, such as the door of refuge can be regarded as a kind of servant identity, just to indicate a status and subordination, For example, Sun Shujiong and Huangfu lack to contribute to Chen Xu, they can be regarded as Chen Xu's domestic servants.

And once the identity becomes a slave, this life will be over, you can only do the most tiring work, eat pig and dog food, slaves have no status, they are born slaves, and then they are slaves from generation to generation, unless someone redeems them with military merit and money, but this opportunity is very slim.

In the history of the Qin Dynasty, there was a very powerful slave named Baili Xi, who was exchanged by Qin Mugong from Chu with five sheepskins, and then Baili Xi assisted Qin Mugong to develop Qin into one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Chen Xu chatted with Ying Shiyan for a while, Ying Shiyan fell asleep again, and Chen Xu also told the palace maid to take good care of the princess, and then left the palace under the escort of several palace people and guards.

When Qin Shi Huang dealt with a few folds and came to Huayu Palace, Chen Xu had already left, looking at his daughter who was sleeping but still had a shallow smile on her cheeks, Qin Shi Huang's mood was also much lighter, and after asking the palace maid and the palace people a few words, he returned to Zichen Hall to continue working.

"Father~" Just when Qin Shi Huang walked to the exit of the back garden, he saw his young son Hu Hai waiting at the door, looking a little hesitant.

Hu Hai is thirteen years old this year, is the youngest son of Qin Shi Huang, he is playful and does not like to read and study, Qin Shi Huang is busy with government affairs and is not strict in discipline, 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 a little afraid of Qin Shi Huang, so his face turned a little pale and said: "Erchen heard that his father and emperor came to the harem, so he came to greet him, and at the same time ...... There is also one more thing that needs to be decided by the father! ”

"What do you need me to do for you?" Qin Shi Huang asked, rubbing his beard.

"In the past, Zhao Gao has always taught his sons to study, but Zhao Gao has now been arrested and imprisoned by his father, and he heard that he will be severely punished, and now his sons have no teacher to teach, and they are afraid of delaying their studies, so they implore their fathers to assign another wise man to their sons as a teacher!" After Hu Hai finished speaking, he looked at Qin Shi Huang with a worried mood.

"Well, indeed!" Qin Shi Huang's face slowly became serious.

Zhao Gao's birth was very low, but he loved to learn, not only familiar with the law and various poetry and ancient books, but also wrote a good hand, so Qin Shi Huang not only promoted Zhao Gao to be a big official, but also let him teach his youngest son Hu Hai to learn knowledge and law, but recently the court has been a big event one after another, after Zhao Gao was arrested, Qin Shi Huang did not think about it at all.

"Father, Zhao Gao has taught his sons for several years, he is familiar with the classics of the sages, and he is familiar with the law, and his sons think that he will not make such ......"

"Shut up!" Before Hu Hai finished speaking, Qin Shi Huang was furious, "How can you judge the affairs of the court, go back and think about it behind closed doors, and I will arrange a famous teacher for you in a few days!" ”

"Father's anger is relieved, and the sons will go back!" Hu Hai's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly saluted and left in a hurry.

And the angry Qin Shi Huang returned to the Zichen Palace, looked at the twists and turns piled up on the table, opened it and looked at two or three copies, and then suddenly smashed it on the table.

"Your Majesty is angry!" Several chamberlains and palace people in the room all knelt on the ground in fright.

"All out!" Qin Shi Huang's face was cold with a wave of his big sleeves, and the chamberlains and palace people all got up and exited the room, and then the door slowly closed.

Zhao Gao ...... Zhao Gao ...... "Qin Shi Huang walked around the room alone, repeating the name that made him hesitate.