Shen Xian tilted her head to look at him and asked, "Then why is the prince here?"

"This is what the king asked you."

Shen Xian shrugged: "No conflict. If the prince doesn't come, how will he know that I am here?" After saying that, he smiled slyly and approached Shi Ling: "Besides, why does the prince care where I am?"

She screamed in her heart, hoping that Shi Ling would immediately admit that it was because of his concern that he would be confused and that he came because of her, Shen Xian!

A pair of bright eyes looked at Shi Ling, as if they wanted to poke a hole in him.

Say it! Say you care about me!

"My king, I don't care."

Shen Xian pouted in disappointment.

"Oh, then why did you ask me why I came? I thought the prince was still angry with me."

Shi Ling felt a little irritable, and in the end he could only stare at Shen Xian, then walked straight past her and entered the house.

Shen Xian felt proud in her heart.

Men understand everything about what they say and what they mean.

So he immediately grabbed him and said, "Oh, I said that's all, don't go in and disturb the child's treatment."

Is he disturbing? He brought everyone here.

But for some reason, he followed Shen Xian to the door of the house where he left. There was a willow tree not far from the door of the house. Shen Xian didn't want to bask in the sun, so she pulled him under the willow tree for shade.

Shi Ling leaned against the willow tree and listened to her serious words: "Although I was startled by her yesterday, I saw the red belt around her waist."

Shi Ling: "What's so special about this?"

After saying that, she frowned. This Shen Xian had been staring at people's belts all day long.

After saying that, he quietly glanced at the belt he wore today, which was rimmed with gold and jade.

"The red belt is not strange, but it is fiery red. This color is rarely used in clothing materials because it is too bright. It is usually a personal item issued by the army to newly recruited soldiers, and because the material is relatively special, I only use it when I need it. I saw it on the soldiers stationed at the border."

In fact, when she sent Shi Yu to the northwest, she paid more attention and found that most of the soldiers wore red belts like this around their waists. She was already interested in colors, clothes and jewelry, so she paid more attention.

As soon as she finished speaking, Ling Ye immediately realized something was wrong.

Squinting his eyes slightly, he seemed to be recalling the belt on the woman's body. It did look familiar, but it was not as careful as Shen Xian observed.

Shen Xian frowned slightly and sighed: "I feel that if that woman is really the daughter of a soldier stationed at the border, she would be living a life of not having enough to eat, being bullied, and not even having the money to find a doctor for her child. , I felt very heartbroken.”

Although Dacheng is now strong and powerful, the border is not peaceful. Other countries often come to make small troubles, but there will still be casualties in the end.

The soldiers stayed away from their homeland and their relatives to go to the border areas, suffering from the wind, sand and scorching sun day and night. Isn't it because they wanted to protect the country and protect their relatives from being harmed by the enemy?

It would be extremely heart-breaking if they knew that while they were fighting to the death to protect their country, their relatives were being bullied by the people they were protecting.

Shi Ling muttered: "Standing at the border..."

Shen Xian looked at him: "Yes, if you don't believe me, you can go and have a look. If I say something wrong, you can punish me as you please."

Shi Ling raised his eyes.

"Punishment?" He tilted his head and smiled with a hint of evil in his heart: "Do you know what my king's punishment is?"

Although his words sounded a bit scary, he was half-leaning against the willow tree at the moment, looking at himself with a smile, with such a lazy and casual look that he felt like he was trying to catch her!

The way Shi Ling looked at this moment was completely seducing her soul!

Shen Xian couldn't help but swallowed, touched her neck, pursed her lips and smiled: "Your Majesty, you won't want to hit me again, right?"

"Yes, just hit the board."

After saying that, he glanced at Shen Xian's buttocks, as if he was predicting what kind of miserable shape her butt would be in.

Shen Xian hurriedly put her hands behind her back to cover her buttocks, and vehemently retorted: "No! I can't leave a scar, I don't want it."

Shi Ling suppressed his laughter and coughed lightly, pretending to be serious and said: "You still know that you can't leave scars. Are the scars on your hands healed? This is the fate of deceiving this king. Are you afraid of it?"

"Your Majesty, are you really willing to give up?"

"I'm really willing to give it up."

Shen Xian's face instantly drooped, and she gave him an aggrieved look, then turned around and covered her buttocks and ran back to Xiang Nong for comfort.

Xiang Nong looked at her wronged young lady, and then at the prince who was suddenly in a good mood. She was confused for a moment and had to hug her and comfort her for a few words.

After a long time, Ah Feng came out of the house and heard the weak cry of Li Ma's child. Shen Xian's mental arithmetic was completely relieved, so she took Shi Ling into the house with her. She happened to see the woman holding the newly awakened child. The child is ready to come out.

When he saw a few people, he suddenly fell to his knees with a red eye.

"Oops! Why are you kneeling again?"

Shen Xian wanted to go up and help her, but the woman cried and shook her head and said, "Bodhisattva, please let me kowtow to you. You saved my child and my life!"

After saying that, she put the child aside and kowtowed to Shen Xian devoutly.

Shen Xian felt uncomfortable watching this, and seeing that she couldn't get up, she simply knelt down to talk to her.

"Tell me, what is your name, and who is the father of the child?"

The woman took the child back into her arms and said sadly: "My surname is Zhou, they all call me Siniang, my husband..." Speaking of those two words, Siniang's eyes suddenly turned red, as if she was in great pain.

After a long while, he endured the pain and said, "My husband is dead."

Shen Xian was startled, then turned around and met Shi Ling's eyes. The latter frowned: "Is your husband a soldier guarding the border?"

Zhou Niang raised her head in surprise, then nodded.

It really is.

What Shen Xian guessed was absolutely correct, but generally the families of soldiers stationed at the border would receive special care, and their monthly money would be more than that of other soldiers. Even if they died in battle, there would be a pension. Yes, let alone being bullied into this, don’t even have money to buy rice.

So Shen Xian asked: "Then why are you begging on the roadside? Have you spent all the pension?"

"Pension?" Zhou Niang was confused: "What pension? I haven't even seen a copper plate!"

Shi Ling's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he asked, "What exactly is going on?"

"People from the court came two months ago and said that my husband had deserted but died at the hands of the enemy. They only brought back...his belt. Because he was considered a deserter, the court did not give me any pension. , when the neighbors heard that my husband had deserted, they began to ridicule me, causing many difficulties..."

She cried louder as she spoke and shook her head crazily: "But I know he is not! I still remember how proud he looked when he said he joined the army. Wearing a military uniform, he said he wanted to make great achievements and wanted me to be the general's wife. , how could he be a deserter if he is so brave?"

Zhou Niang became more and more excited as she talked, and finally almost fainted due to lack of strength, but fortunately Shen Xian hugged her.

He slowly looked at Shi Ling, with some pleading in his eyes.

The latter quietly clenched his fists and asked softly: "What is your husband's name?"

Zhou Niang looked at Shi Ling weakly, a little wary and didn't dare to say anything.

Shen Xian quickly explained: "It's okay, he is King Xuan. If your husband really did not escape, he will definitely help your husband rehabilitate. He is a good person!"

Shi Ling's eyes fell on Shen Xian's expression as she spoke.

Is he...a good guy?


Chapter completed!