"Half and half, she is at most suspicious now."

As he said this, he glanced at the nervous Ruan Wenjun and smiled.

"Don't be so nervous. She is a bit like me. Even if she knew, she might not bring it up."

"Ah? You and Liuli?"

Ruan Wenjun thought about it carefully, and apart from being very smart, there didn't seem to be anything similar between them, right?

As if she had noticed Ruan Wenjun's confusion, Qianqian smiled and said, "Don't you realize that we are all good at acting?"

"But there is a difference between us. No matter how many times she plays herself, she is still not herself, but no matter how many times I play myself, I am still myself."

??? It feels like I’m about to grow a brain.

What's wrong with the kids nowadays? Why are they smarter than adults like them?

"You don't understand?" Kwan Kwan glanced at Ruan Wenjun with disdain, and then continued to explain: "Although we are all acting, I am improvising, so each of me is the real me."

"She acted to protect herself. Every time she acted, it was not the real her."

"Of course, she has changed now. Now she just does herself and only comes out to act occasionally."

Is my daughter so complicated? How come I don't know? And each of your characters is you, why do you like acting so much? Is it a hobby or interest? Ruan Wenjun had a little doubt in her heart, but she didn't ask.

But even if she asked, Kanan wouldn't answer.

She has her own little plans in mind.

Before her family was broken up, her mother told her that everything has its novelty, and once a man loses his novelty for a woman, that would be her tragedy.

So in order to make her master like her forever, she has to be a woman without a sense of boundaries.

She can be a pure and innocent girl, a young girl who speaks up for justice, or a charming and domineering woman.

She just didn't believe that the master could reject such a changeable little apprentice.

The next morning, a charming and lazy woman sat up straight, but this woman was only charming and lazy in behavior, but her face was extremely ugly.

"Why are you doing this to me?"

"I trusted you so much that I even wanted to ask Concubine Hui for mercy on your behalf."

"...You guys drugged me last night."

Li Xiuzhu was stunned.

"Didn't you say that you volunteered and were just here to liven things up?"

Hearing this, Concubine Li looked at the other women. They all avoided her gaze, except Concubine Wu Zhaoyi.

"Concubine Li, don't blame us. You heard our discussion with Wenhua. If we leaked this, we would surely die."

"We are different from you. You are one of the four great concubines, so you don't have to worry about being buried with us, but we have no choice."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Li sneered.

"Don't you know that I have long been determined to die? Aren't you afraid that I will reveal it and perish with you?"

Hearing this, the other people's faces changed.

However, Wu Zhaoyi said calmly upon hearing this: "You dare not."

"I dare not?" Concubine Li looked at Concubine Wu with an incredible look, not knowing where she got her confidence from.

"Yes, I bet you dare not say anything."

Li Xiuzhu watched the whole show and didn't worry at all about which side would win.

Without waiting for Concubine Li to refute, Wu Zhaoyi said, "I advise you to keep your voice down. You don't want your tribe to be destroyed."

Hearing the word "tribe", Concubine Li stopped talking and looked at Concubine Wu, as if she wanted to see what explanation she wanted to give her.

Wu Zhaoyi saw that Concubine Li had calmed down a little and felt more confident.

"First of all, if you report us, the Duke will definitely be implicated."

"At most, we are just trying to save our lives. If we get the Duke of Anyang drunk, we will just die."

"The Duke of the County is not guilty of this matter, but in order to give an explanation to the people of the world, his position as Duke of the County will definitely be stripped."

"You should know the relationship between the Duke and His Majesty. If you implicate the Duke, do you think His Majesty and the Princess will let your tribe go?"

"Or do you think this is a problem that can be solved by your death?"

"On the contrary, with the death of the late emperor, the role of people like us will be infinitely weakened."

"How much value do you have as a marriage partner?"

"Why don't you join us in serving the Duke? In the future, your tribe will not be exterminated if the Duke speaks well of you."

For a moment, Concubine Li was silent, and she once again thought of the pairs of eager and expectant eyes in the tribe.

Concubine Li looked at Li Xiuzhu and asked seriously, "If I follow the Duke, can he keep my family safe?"

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Li Xiuzhu smiled when he heard this. He was not surprised at all by Concubine Li's question. After Concubine Wu explained it for a few sentences, he guessed that Concubine Li might have this question.

"I can only guarantee that your tribe will not be destroyed by the Great Zhou army."

"Of course, if your tribe is willing to submit to the Great Zhou, I can convince His Majesty to give them a better life."

Concubine Li was stunned. She had never thought of this answer.

"A better life? How can we have a better life? A life like the people of Shangjing City?"

Li Xiuzhu said: "I'm not sure if they are the same as the people of Shangjing City, but they will be the same as the people of Dazhou."

"As long as your tribe is willing to submit, practice intermarriage, and herd horses and cattle for the Great Zhou, I can have His Majesty send people to impart knowledge, develop trade with your tribe, and build fortifications."

"It's easy to raise cattle and horses on the grassland, but it's hard to produce grain. Once you build a city, merchants will definitely move in. Then you can buy rice and mutes at the cheapest price, which will stop your tribe from starving."

"And knowledge can also help your tribe avoid ignorance in the future and gain more talents."

Hearing this, Concubine Li asked in disbelief, "Are you willing to let the knowledge of the Great Zhou flow into the grassland?"

Li Xiuzhu shrugged.

"Why not?"

Today's Confucianism has become corrupted. Apart from serving the emperor, it is of little use. It is just right for harming the grassland.

Teach them to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic in their future.

As for the selection of candidates, it was just right that he was sent there because he had committed a crime.

If the crime was not serious, they were allowed to redeem themselves after five to ten years.

Concubine Li nodded and said seriously: "I hope that what you said can be realized seriously."

"Don't worry, you will see everything I said come true in the future."

Concubine Li nodded again and then fell silent.

Although no words were spoken, everyone understood.

Wu Zhaoyi smiled slightly when she saw this, and while pushing Concubine Li into Li Xiuzhu's arms, she said, "Sister Concubine Li, the Duke has done so much for you, why don't you take the initiative? Just take the initiative like you did last night!"

When Concubine Li heard this, she paused. The wildness of last night emerged in her mind and her face suddenly turned slightly red.

But she did not refuse, she knew that she needed to please the man in front of her.

However, Li Xiuzhu patted her gently and said to the others, "Don't you see what time it is? You are all standing up to mourn for the late emperor."

Suddenly, everyone's faces changed, and they almost forgot that it was still the mourning period.

(End of this chapter)