Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 117 Drinking Porridge
When she woke up again, it was dark again, and the cabin was dark, with only some faint firelight cast in from outside the door.

Chen Wenxin looked around, there was indeed no one in the room.

She struggled to get up, and saw that she was wearing a thin light blue spring shirt.Seeing that the sleeves are made of a whole piece of transparent yarn, you can tell that they are red willow clothes.

She only felt that her whole body was icy cold, and her feet were on the floor of the cabin, and she was so cold that she couldn't feel it.

In addition to a door on the inside, there is a small wooden window in the cabin.

Chen Wenxin leaned over and tried to push the wooden window open, but he couldn't.

Squeak——
The cabin door was opened.

Chen Wenxin looked back and saw Hongliu walking in with a dinner plate.

She still kept pushing the window, Hongliu said lightly: "The window is locked from the outside, so it cannot be pushed open."

She quickly withdrew her hand, and smiled at Hongliu with some embarrassment.

Hongliu put the food on the table and set it up, "Girl, hurry up and eat, you are sick, so don't step on the ground with bare feet."

She took out a pair of pink embroidered shoes from a large box and placed them at her feet.

"These are my shoes. My feet are bigger than yours. If you don't mind the girl, please wear them for the time being."

Chen Wenxin's shoes were soaked in the water, and it was not easy to openly put them out to dry.

The shoes were covered with jade flakes, which were too conspicuous, so they had to be placed in the cabin to dry in the shade.

Chen Wenxin was so hungry that she took off her embroidered shoes and walked to the table.

What I saw was a plain boiled porridge, plus two plates of Yangzhou local pickles, and even salted duck eggs.

She said: "What I said during the day was just a quarrel, it was not my intention, please don't mind, Miss Hongliu."

She was so angry that she spoke indiscriminately, her original intention was not to say that those who oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty deserve to die.

It's just that the contempt on the eyes of the man surnamed Liu made her really intolerable.

She is an upright person, she walks upright, why should she look at her like that?

"What happened to my ancestors is the truth, and what you have planned is not unjust. We are all Han Chinese, and we are all poor people who cannot help themselves in the chaos of war."

"Everyone is their own master now, just for survival."

Hongliu took a deep look at her, "Everyone is their master, the master of the Han people is in Nanming, why should they recognize the master of the Qing Dynasty?"

Chen Wenxin said seriously: "Do you know how many Han people there are in the Qing court?"

"In the girl's mind, is the people more valuable, or the monarch? I secretly think that the people are more precious."

"What kind of life did the people live in the Han court? At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the people were in dire straits, and corpses were strewn all over the fields. Did you restore such a Ming?"

"Now that the emperor is under his rule, he is diligent in government and loves the people. You can know how many disaster victims the emperor has rescued in Suqian after a little inquiry."

Hong Liu was stunned for a moment, "The people in Suqian praise you as a living Guanyin, if not, do you think Brother Liu would still save your life?"

"I can't say no to you, and I know you are a good person. But don't try to persuade me to change hands, it's impossible."

Hongliu put away the dinner plate, her expression was not very good-looking.

"Let's eat, girl, I won't bother you anymore."

"and many more."

Chen Wenxin was finally exhausted and sat on the chair.

Hongliu looked back at her, a smile appeared on her pale face.

"Thank you, Miss Hongliu, for taking care of me."

Hearing this, Hongliu pursed her lips and nodded slightly, then exited the room.

Her clothes, makeup and hair are the same as when Chen Wenxin first met her, but the expression on her face is quite different.

Fading away the enchanting thousands, it is full of sorrow and tenacity.

According to them, the emperor blocked all land and water passes in Yangzhou.

Hongliu has shown her face before the emperor, she cannot leave Yangzhou, so it will be a matter of time before the emperor finds her.

She is sure to die.

As for the man surnamed Liu, there are other accomplices.

If they had been lurking in the local area for a long time and had a legitimate identity, as long as they did not take Chen Wenxin with them, it would not be difficult to leave Yangzhou.

Now they keep themselves, because they think that a concubine in the Qing Dynasty can be regarded as a person?
Or do they want to use themselves to continue to assassinate the emperor?

Or maybe they haven't figured out what to do yet, so let her live first...

Perhaps, they will kill themselves at any time.

She gritted her teeth, scooped up the porridge and drank it.

Her illness is probably caused by wind and cold, which was caused by soaking in the river for a long time last night, so it's not a big problem.

Her fever has subsided, and now is the time to eat well.

If you can't eat enough, how can you have the strength to run?
Although there is no condition to run yet, but the condition to eat is in front of you, how can you not take advantage of it?
With pickles and salted duck eggs, she finished the bowl of porridge.

The body that had been hungry all day and night was not satisfied, Chen Wenxin picked up the empty bowl, walked to the door and pushed it open.

"Miss Hongliu, do you still have porridge?"

Outside the door is a larger cabin, where a group of men are sitting around a table eating.

Hearing the movement on her side, everyone looked up for a moment.

Due to her illness, her long hair was draped over her shoulders, a little messy.A delicate slapped face is beautiful, yet pale and feeble.

She pushed the door with one hand and held a porcelain bowl of porridge in the other, just like a sister of their own.

The sick younger sister poked her head out of the boudoir and asked the family if there was any porridge to drink.

How could such a woman be the favorite concubine of the Manchu emperor?

Everyone was a little stunned for a moment, and turned away after thinking about it.

Men and women can't kiss each other, she is out of shape at the moment, it's really not appropriate to look at her more.

Chen Wen wondered, who are these people? They don't look like ordinary thugs.

She had discovered last night that they only tried their best to kill the emperor, and they didn't want her or Li Dequan's life at all.

Chen Wenyi killed several of them because he was too brave.

Their fundamental purpose is still the emperor, and they don't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Later, pointing the finger at Chen Wenxin was just a means to contain the emperor and Chen Wenyi.

Looking at the man surnamed Liu in Bairi, he seemed very disgusted with her, but he didn't insist on killing her.

These people are even worse, they didn't stare at her randomly, but looked away...

It doesn't look like a warrior who can only kill without thinking, but rather--
An idea emerged in Chen Wenxin's mind. These people behaved elegantly, and they might be the children of the former Ming Dynasty officials.

Hongliu walked in through the door on the other side of the big cabin, and asked in surprise, "Have you finished drinking?"

It's just a small bowl of porridge, is it weird to finish it?

She nodded, "I haven't finished eating the pickles, just give me the porridge."

"what--"

She seemed to think of something suddenly, "If there are Gaoyou salted duck eggs, can you give me two more?"

She touched her waist, only then did she realize that she was not wearing the men's clothing that she went out yesterday.

"I don't eat and drink for free. I have silver in my pocket, but I don't know if it has fallen into the water."

The people who ate were a little funny. Did she figure out the situation, and she still wanted to eat and drink at this time?

The requirements are not high, but no matter how you look at it, you are lacking in mind.

If brother Liu hadn't told everyone what she said during the day, he would really have thought that this so-called Qin concubine would be a big idiot who didn't understand anything.

The man surnamed Liu looked at her with raised eyebrows, he was very annoyed after hearing her words during the day.

But when I think about it carefully, apart from the angry words of those little girls, her words also have some truth.

This kind of Zhenlie's temper made him appreciate it.

He gave Hongliu a wink, and Hongliu came up and took the porcelain bowl in her hand.

"There is also porridge and duck eggs. We don't have delicacies here, and these simple meals are enough."

While serving her porridge, Hongliu said, "I'll keep the money in your clothes. If you really eat too much, I'll take the money out of it."

Hongliu's words seemed to have something in them, which taught Chen Wenxin to listen to Xinxuan.

Could it be that if she eats less, the money will be returned to her in the future?

She didn't dare to ask like this, what if this sentence reminded them and they killed her on the spot?
Can the emperor and the second brother find her?
It has been a day and a night, where is this ship docked...

Chen Wenxin took the bowl of porridge, and thanked softly with a sense of loss.

Then she walked back into the house and slowly pushed the door open.

Her back is timid and thin, and her steps are slow, which makes people feel pitiful.

The man surnamed Liu couldn't help feeling guilty.

She is a boudoir woman, what is the crime?

She used to be a high-ranking lady with rich clothes and fine food, but now she is like a prisoner, dragging her sick body out of the room and asking them for porridge.

He couldn't bear it and said: "Sister Hong, she is still sick, you will prepare enough meals for her in the future, don't let her walk around and hurt her body."

Everyone was a little surprised. Didn't Brother Liu be the one who advocated killing her the most?

Now, why do you feel pity for her again?

Hongliu also gave him a blank look, "You told me not to treat her too well, did you forget?"

The man surnamed Liu was at a loss for words for a while, and he tried to calm down again: "It's not good, what if we have a chance to escape the pass, and she is so sick and dies on the way?"

What he said was not bad, but the change in his attitude still couldn't escape the eyes of everyone.

Someone jokingly said: "You two, brother and sister, are really awkward. You quarrel every two days. We have reached an agreement this time, so why are you so angry?"

Someone chimed in, "Yes, brother Liu Lan, Hongmei has already done a good job."

Hongliu said lightly: "He is always right in everything, and I am wrong in everything..."

……

Behind the wooden door, Chen Wenxin pressed tightly against the door, listening to every word of the people outside the door.

She held the porridge in her hands, and absorbed the heat from the bowl with her hands, but she didn't drink a sip.

In fact, Hongliu was not wrong in her estimation, that bowl of porridge was indeed enough for her to drink.

She wasn't here to drink porridge, but just to find an excuse to observe the environment outside the door.

Unexpectedly, Liu Lan and Hong Liu, who she thought were lovers, turned out to be siblings.

They called her Hongmei, so her real name should be Liu Hong or Liu Hongmei, right?
She knew very well that the leader of this group of people was Liu Lan.On the boat, he was the one who chose to attack her first to contain Chen Wenyi and the emperor.

This man is smart, decisive, jealous, and passionate.

The more aggressive a person is on the surface, the more he is hiding his inner softness.

She had reason to believe that this Liu Lan would not kill her indiscriminately.

But she can't bet on it.

The emperor blocked Yangzhou to look for her. If he found her on this ship, there is no guarantee that Liu Lan would not kill her and destroy her body.

Her sense of loss and faltering steps are all for them to see.

Only by making them feel good and sympathetic to her, will her chance of survival be greater.

That's why she had a high fever and had to argue with Liu Lan.

Maybe Liu Lan would be irritated for a while, but when he thought about it afterwards, he would only feel that she had no ambitions and a strong temperament.

She got up slowly, rubbed her sore knees, and walked back to the desk gently.

Then, she picked up the half-cold porridge and drank it one mouthful at a time.

(End of this chapter)