Chapter 37 Where did you get these herbs?
Skinny Monkey came with his men: "What's going on?"
Xiang Qianqian spoke weakly and her eyes kept glancing in Xiang Ying's direction.
"It's nothing, I just smelled the aroma and I was so hungry I felt dizzy and couldn't stand it."
The skinny monkey was stunned and turned his head to look. Xiangying's phoenix eyes were shining.
Just now, Jie Chen was sitting next to her and eating with her, so how could the skinny monkey dare to say anything to her?
He kicked Xiang Qianqian and said, "Come on! If you're not starving to death, get up quickly. If you lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, I'll throw you out."
Xiang Ying's sneering voice came from the other side: "Xiang Qianqian, if you are really hungry, I have a wooden stick that I used to roast meat on. Can I give it to you to lick a few bites?"
Xiang Qianqian's face turned pale. She stood up from the ground and patted her skirt.
"Big sister, keep it for yourself. Who would want a broken stick?"
She sat back down on the rock, her stomach growling with hunger, but she didn't want to embarrass herself any more.
Listening to Xiangying and the others talking and laughing, Concubine Feng couldn't help but envy: "The eldest princess is really capable. She has never been hungry."
Xiang Qianqian looked back at her: "Are you envious? If you are envious, you can go and curry favor with the military supervisor. If you win the favor of the military supervisor, you will have endless food to eat."
Concubine Feng's face suddenly turned pale, and she waved her hands repeatedly: "How can this be possible? I... I am the emperor's person."
When talking about this, Xiang Qianqian felt depressed.
Her father and mother ran away without even thinking of taking her with them.
Thinking of what Xiangying said, she felt humiliated for a moment. She walked behind a secluded tree and started sobbing.
When Scarface was around, she could exchange her labor for food.
But now Scarface has been taken away by Xiangying and replaced by Skinny Monkey, who is really not easy to talk to. Xiang Qianqian starts to feel hungry again.
Just then, someone patted her on the shoulder and handed her a piece of dry biscuit.
Xiang Qianqian looked up with tearful eyes and saw that it was the captain who had quarreled with Xiang Ying during the day, whose surname was Jia.
"Captain Jia," Xiang Qianqian wiped away her tears, "Is this for me?"
Captain Jia smiled and nodded, his eyes narrowed and wrinkles appeared at the ends, making him look sinister.
"Take it and eat it. I see you have been hungry for a long time."
Xiang Qianqian took it, said thank you twice, and then gobbled it up.
Captain Jia took the opportunity to ask, "That girl during the day was very arrogant, she didn't look like an exile at all. I saw you calling her Big Sister, and she was very close to Jie Jianjun. What's their relationship?"
Xiang Qianqian was a little unconvinced and said, "Haven't you heard of the reputation of Xizhou Princess Xiang Ying?"
"Any handsome young man that she takes a fancy to will be captured by her and taken to Xiongtu Terrace. I think this military supervisor Jie is probably also bewitched by her!"
Captain Jia's eyes rolled and he understood what was going on.
He laughed twice: "Do you want to never go hungry in the future? Xiangying can live a comfortable life only if he has someone to rely on. You can do the same."
Xiang Qianqian stopped eating.
She looked up at Captain Jia's eyes, and suddenly felt a little afraid when she thought of Qi Fengyi whom they had tortured.
"I don't want it... Thank you Captain Jia, my elder sister doesn't follow the rules, but I have to follow the rules."
The implication is that she would never sell her beauty.
Captain Jia laughed: "You think too much, that's not what I meant."
"As for me, I like Qi Fengyi, but you also know that Jie Jianjun follows Xiangying's wishes and restrains us brothers."
"If I go directly to her, I will definitely get scolded. If you can help me make this happen, I will give you a share of the food in the future."
Xiang Qianqian was puzzled: "Me? What can I do?"
"Tonight at midnight, please help me ask her out. There are some misunderstandings, and I need to explain them to her in person."
When Captain Jia squinted his eyes, his face looked dark and yellow, but the whites of his eyes seemed to be shining with light, which was frightening.
Xiang Qianqian quickly stood up and threw away the unfinished biscuits.
"Captain Jia, you should go and talk to her yourself. I dare not break the rules."
She is not stupid, how could she not understand what he meant?
Xie Chen did not allow the new soldiers to abuse the female prisoners. If she helped to ask Qi Fengyi out, and a fight broke out, Captain Jia could say that Qi Fengyi did it voluntarily, but Xiang Qianqian would not be able to escape punishment.
She refused because it was of no benefit.
Captain Jia was not in a hurry either.
The road to exile is so hard, let's see how long she can hold on.
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Xiangying woke up when it was just dawn.
The forest was too humid and it was not very comfortable to sleep.
Xiangying went into the space first and made some fish fillet rice noodles for himself.
The rice noodles that were soaked last night are white, tender, smooth and chewy.
The black fish was scaled and gutted, and Xiangying used her bloodless knife skills to cut the fish meat into thin slices as thin as a cicada's wing.
Boil it in clean water to remove the fishy smell, and finally scoop a spoonful of bone broth and put the cooked rice noodles in.
Place the fish on top, add chopped green onion and coriander, and finally add two drops of sesame oil.
The taste was so delicious that after eating it all, she made herself a cup of lychee green tea.
The sweet and delicious lychee flesh is crushed, bringing a sweet fragrance that reduces the bitterness of the green tea, making it refreshing and delicious.
After she had eaten and drunk her fill, she began to cook for the children.
The food prepared for the three little ones was vegetable and lean meat porridge, with two eggs for each.
Well, the kids don’t have much appetite in the morning, so just eat whatever you want!
Xiangli and Qi Fengyi also had porridge. They both had injuries and could not eat too much meat for the time being.
When Qi Fengyi saw the porridge brought by Xiangying, she did not show any puzzled expression. She just drank it with her head down. After she finished it, she said thank you and continued to remain silent.
When it was time to set off, the exile team was reluctant to leave.
Tao Xue went to the front to inquire and came back saying, "It's so scary. I saw the military supervisors burying the dead. They said someone was bitten by a poisonous insect last night and died this morning!"
Lin Lingxiang nodded: "Some poisonous insects are indeed very toxic. Thanks to the herbs given by the princess last night, we would have suffered as well. I heard that many soldiers were bitten. Some of them had blisters, while others were killed directly."
Xiang Xiuxiu hugged Xiangying's arm and said sweetly: "Follow mother and you won't have to worry about anything!"
This little girl actually learned this sentence.
Just then, Skinny Monkey came quickly with a military doctor and several soldiers.
The herb he was holding was exactly what Xiangying had used to repel insects yesterday.
"Prisoner Xiangying, the military doctor has a few questions to ask you. Please answer them carefully." The skinny monkey winked.
"Is this your herb? Where did you get it?" The military doctor stood in front of Xiangying and asked directly.
Yupin hurried over and apologized to Xiangying repeatedly: "Princess, I, I didn't mean it. I just told others that the herbs you found are effective and we were not bitten by insects. I didn't expect the military doctor to hear it."
The military doctor, who was over 40 years old, had a stern face and said in a serious tone, "This grass is called Seven Stars Seeds. It kills poisonous insects and likes to grow in harsh and hot places. There is no such grass around here. Where did yours come from?"
Xiangying's heart sank.
This grass was naturally taken from the space, but to others it could be said to be picked from the ground.
But the military doctor understands pharmacology, so I'm afraid he can't be fooled.
(End of this chapter)
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