Shen Yi left and came back.
Leng Lanzhi's head was still aching, and he was a little impatient and asked him in vain: "Is there anything else, Prince Consort?"
Shen Yizhi lowered his eyes: "I just promised my mother that I would serve the princess well."
Leng Lanzhi glanced at the dark sky and saw only a few scattered stars dim and lonely. Leng Lanzhi suddenly remembered the cold light flashing on the arrow blades under the rain of arrows in the sky.
After all, she couldn't help it and rubbed her eyebrows.
"Princess, are you not feeling well yet?"
Shen Yizhi came to his side at some point, and the shadow cast by his tall body enveloped Leng Lanzhi. The slightly sweet incense rushed into his nose, and Leng Lanzhi felt his head hurt even more: "It doesn't matter. Prince Consort, please go back."
She suddenly remembered the cold fragrance she smelled that day when she had a headache.
It seems to be from Axiang?
She turned around and entered the room. Shen Yizhi wanted to chase her in, but Liusha stopped her: "Consort, the princess wants you to go back."
Shen Yizhi was silent for a moment and said, "Miss Liusha, I am the princess's husband."
Both emotionally and logically, he should stay and take care of his wife.
Liusha sneered: "I know that the consort is the husband-in-law of the princess, but the rules of our princess's mansion are different from those outside. In the princess's mansion, the wife is the husband, and the princess is the absolute master of the mansion. If the princess doesn't want to, you can Even stepping into the princess's room is a capital offense."
Don't blame her for speaking too hastily, it's really because she hates the man in front of her.
He alone harmed two people she had grown up with!
Not only was the princess humiliated by him overtly and covertly, he also turned his attention to Xiaorou.
Even though Xiaorou was at fault, this man was a great talent Shen who even deceived the princess and fell into captivity!
If he deliberately seduces someone, how can a young girl who is just in love be able to withstand it?
Now Xiaorou was demoted to a second-class maidservant and was sent to the plum garden to take care of the princess's favorite plum tree.
Although the work was not tiring, the psychological gap and the negative impact of the sudden loss of status made the girl miserable.
Liusha felt sorry for her little sister, but couldn't help.
He could only vent his anger on the dog man in front of him.
Shen Yizhi took a deep look at Liusha, turned around and left.
There was a lot of movement outside the door, and all the conversation was heard in Leng Lanzhi's ears.
Liusha entered the room, twisted her handkerchief and said, "Princess, this slave is at fault."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"Slave... This slave has offended me and made my consort unhappy."
Leng Lanzhi chuckled: "Since you know that you are guilty of the following, why do you still do it?"
Liusha snorted: "I'm just so angry!"
Leng Lanzhi sighed softly: "I know you are doing it for my own good, but don't do it next time. You are also an old man in the palace. How many servants have you seen who can get away with it?"
She didn't mean to blame Liusha.
Liusha and Xiaorou grew up with her. Even in a palace filled with nobles, no one dared to show their dignity and had to fawn over them.
When they came to the princess's mansion, they were even more powerful than one person and had no rivals.
It's just that this person can't expand. Leng Lanzhi has seen too many examples of falling from heights in the past. Even she herself also met a miserable end in her previous life.
So it's better to be humble.
Even if you have to take action, there is no need to say harsh words in advance.
She pinched her eyebrows and said, "Call Axiang to come in."
Not long after, Axiang walked in, and Leng Lanzhi asked: "Axiang, who made the sachet you wore a few days ago?"
Axiang was stunned: "Sachet?"
Immediately he shook his head blankly: "I never wear a sachet."
Leng Lanzhi frowned: "How could it be? I had a headache a few days ago, and I vaguely smelled a very good smell on you. If that's not a sachet, what is it?"
"Ah this..." Axiang stuttered, eyes evasive.
Leng Lanzhi was a little confused: "Can't tell? Is it confidential?"
Realizing that there was a flaw in his expression, Axiang quickly lowered his head: "It's not a secret, but it's really not easy to tell."
As expected of someone from the Jinxing Division, although he looked careless, his mind worked very quickly: "If the princess needs it, I can find it for her."
Leng Lanzhi felt strange in her heart, always feeling that Axiang was hiding something.
But after all, Axiang is just someone she borrowed from Jinxing Division, not her subordinate. She can't hold her to the standards of her subordinates: "Then I'll trouble you."
Axiang disappeared back into the darkness, showing a troubled expression.
As Jinxing Guards, they hide in the dark all year round. The most taboo thing is to leave anything that can easily attract attention. Therefore, they never smoke incense. They even use special ones to shower and wash their hair on weekdays. , tasteless soap locust.
In the entire Jinxing Division, there is only one person who might have a scent on his body——
***
The medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor did not have much effect.
Leng Lanzhi knew his body very well.
At this time in her previous life, she had not been poisoned. This body was healthy and logically she should not have suffered from headaches.
It was her excessive worries after her rebirth that caused this problem.
Only when she is in a happy mood, or when her mood does not fluctuate too much, her head will not hurt.
She endured the slightest pain and returned to the table, opening the investigation results submitted by Ah Qing.
The governor of Tianhaicheng deceived his subordinates, engaged in corruption, and disregarded human life, resulting in the people's deprivation of life.
The once prosperous city with a population of hundreds of thousands, now the population in the villages and towns has been greatly reduced, leaving only the old, weak, women and children in every household - the young and middle-aged have been conscripted into the sea to find pearls.
There are two types of taxes in Tianhai City, one is grain tax and the other is pearl tax. The standard of grain tax follows the standard of Sheng Kingdom. The people of Tianhai City pay the same amount of tax as the people of other cities pay.
The pearl tax requires each family to pay the number of pearls equal to the total family population every year.
If the quality of the pearls is not up to par or the quantity is not met, the government will punish them, ranging from a slap in the face to having all the young men in the family serve in the army for a year.
Many young adults never went back after being taken away.
Leng Lanzhi exhaled a breath of turbid air.
She clearly remembered that the pearl tax and grain tax in Tianhai City were separate, and the pearl tax stipulated that each household only needed to pay one-third of the total family population every year.
Many families are unwilling to take risks in the sea, so they choose to grow only food, so as to avoid the pearl tax.
And if there are people who want to make a living by selling pearls, they can choose to go into the sea to find pearls. Although the risk is high, it will also bring huge rewards.
The governor of Haitian City dared to tamper with the tax system in private! The harm done to the people of Tianhai City makes them miserable!
When she became angry, her head started to hurt again.
But she didn't care much, so she went into the palace that night and reported the matter to her father.
When Emperor Jianliang learned about this, he was furious. He summoned the court officials into the palace and appointed them as the inspection governor, responsible for investigating the Tianhaicheng County Governor.
That night.
Leng Lanzhi didn't sleep peacefully.
In my dream, I saw the rain of arrows filling the sky, and then I saw the desolate houses with ten rooms and nine empty houses in Tianhai City.
She knew she was in a nightmare, but she couldn't wake up.
When I was half asleep and half awake, a cold fragrance seemed to hit my nostrils.
The frowned eyebrows gradually became flat, and the beautiful and graceful person finally fell asleep with gentle breathing.
A dignified figure stood at the head of the bed. He took off the sachet from his waist and gently placed it on the person's pillow.
