The fairy world collapsed, and the down-and-out gods were laid off and re-employed.

Jiang Zhixia's contemplation was seen by Li Xuchu and Xiao Song. They mistook her musings for a feeling of disappointment when they heard that Xie Zezhi had a wife.

Li Xuchu looked away, glanced at Xie Zezhi again, pursed his lips and said nothing.

His appearance was noticed by Xiao Song. Xiaosong couldn't see his master being wronged, so he came to Jiang Zhixia and whispered: "Thank you, Miss, a person is self-aware. Don't forget who took you in on a windy and snowy night, and who brought you to the palace to see you Worldly?"

"Your master. What's wrong?" Jiang Zhixia didn't understand why he was talking about this.

"You also know that he is my master. You don't treat him well, but you still try to cling to others. Someone with a bit of beauty will hook your soul to who knows where. Before you even eat the food in the pot, you start to look at the pot. Yes Isn’t that quite rude?”

"What did I eat?"

"Xiaosong!" Li Xuchu scolded him, and then coughed again.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhixia squeezed to the front and sat with him to help him calm down. When Li Xu first saw her approaching, he coughed even harder...

"Master Xu Chu, your body... is really not good for you. You should ask a doctor to take a look." She said worriedly, ignoring the blazing gaze behind her.

"I'm fine, I'll be fine in spring." Li Xuchu said calmly, but the tips of his ears were already red. He curled his hands into his sleeves and clenched them tightly, as if he was holding back something.

After a while, Jiang Zhixia saw that he had stopped coughing and asked in a low voice: "Master Xuchu, I have a question that I don't understand. Isn't it said that foxes are auspicious animals? Why are there so many dragons? There is not even a single fox in the room."

"I'm not sure about this. In fact, it's not in line with Feng Shui for them to enshrine the fox in the center of the roof." He explained patiently: "But when I came, they had already done so. They also said that it was the request of the founding monarch and they could not violate the ancestors. system."

"Their ancestors had a good relationship with foxes?"

"Yes."

Li Xuchu said that the founding monarch of Cuiwu Kingdom had a close relationship with the Fox Fairy. Her mother stepped on the footprints left by the fox fairy and became pregnant and gave birth to her. Later, her mother suffered from dystocia when giving birth to her. At this time, the fox fairy came down to earth and cast a spell to bring her to birth safely. He also said that this girl was his descendant and had a noble status, so that the family should not neglect her and take good care of her.

When she grew up, she made great achievements and became the master of a country. Therefore, Cuiwu State regards foxes as auspicious animals, and hunting foxes is not allowed. The clothes he wears are ferret skins instead of fox skins. Killing a fox here is punishable by a heavy penalty.

"Oh~"

While the two were talking, a waiter came forward to bring tea and water.

After he poured the water, Jiang Zhixia raised her head and said thank you to him, then stood still. A black energy emerged from the man's forehead and disappeared in an instant.

The waiter's face turned red when she saw her, and he put down his tea cup and quickly left.

"Xiao Xia?" For the first time, Li Xu saw her staring at someone again, and gently called her attention, "Do you know him? Why did you look at him for so long?"

Xiao Song curled his lips dissatisfiedly behind him.

"No." She pretended to be very curious and asked falsely: "I saw him suddenly thinking that the chamberlain here is a eunuch?"

"No." He said: "The chamberlains here are equivalent to the maids of the Central Plains Dynasty. In addition to serving His Majesty, all the men in the palace may also be blessed... But I only catch monsters and observe the stars to pray for blessings, and have nothing to do with Your Majesty. "

He added an inexplicable sentence at the end. Jiang Zhixia didn't understand it but didn't care either.

"Are all the people serving in the harem men?"

"There are also women. They are all women whose families are poor but have no hope of becoming an official. They will also work as servants in the palace in order to make ends meet, but they sacrifice a lot."

"sacrifice?"

Li Xuchu leaned close to her ear and whispered a few words. I don't know if it was her misunderstanding. After he stepped back, his face seemed to look better. But what he said shocked her.

"Isn't this persecution!?" Her voice was a little loud, attracting the attention of others. Seeing this, she quickly lowered her voice, "What's the difference between this and men being eunuchs? Can they still live?"

"Those who survive can survive. However, their bodies are severely damaged and their lifespan is not long. The queen wants to ensure the purity of the harem attendants, so she will attack the women who enter the palace to serve." His tone was very calm, like It's a matter of course, "So I told you early on that although women are respected here, the essence has not changed much."

Jiang Zhixia returned to her seat and was thinking a lot. It was just a casual question, but I ended up getting such uncomfortable news. She increasingly felt that there were only two kinds of people in the world, the oppressors and the oppressed.

She obviously looked less active than before. Li Xuchu felt regretful that he shouldn't have told her about this and disturbed her mood.

At this time, Xie Zezhi's voice came to her ears: Head Jiang, all the imperial power is supported by the power of the world. In order to maintain the stability of the imperial power, they would even attack their flesh and blood, siblings, and loved ones, not to mention these poor people. To put it more unpleasantly, the people at the bottom are not even human beings under the imperial power.

She looked at him helplessly: Did you eavesdrop again?

Xie Zezhi: Who eavesdropped? I'm just curious about what you are doing so close. If you are talking about something important, I can help you.

Jiang Zhixia: Stop giving me reasons!

Xie Zezhi: You don’t believe me if I tell the truth? Yes, I am not as pitiful as him. I deserve no one to hurt me. Just go and care about him. I'll be fine.

Jiang Zhixia: Where is this going? Just be obedient and stop making trouble.

Xie Zezhi: Leader Jiang, the prerequisite for making people obey is that you have something to say. So far, besides scolding me, have you said anything else?

Jiang Zhixia took a deep breath: OK, OK, I'm afraid of you. Go back and tell me, can I go back and make it up to you?

Xie Zezhi: When it comes to compensation, I contribute the most every time. To this day I still don’t know what is on the blue bookmark…

Jiang Zhixia bit her back molar: Okay, okay, I'll make up the blue bookmark when I get back. Are you satisfied with this? !

Xie Zezhi: Thank you, Master Jiang, for your help!

Afterwards, he calmly sipped the tea and raised his glass to signal her side.

Jiang Zhixia:? ? ?

Only then did she realize that she had been fooled again, and secretly cursed herself for forgetting that this person had always only regarded Ji Chen as a threat...

What kind of fox does Cuiwu State have to offer? Just put him on the roof!

Li Xuchu didn't know what happened to Jiang Zhixia, but he felt that the expression on her face was unusually rich. When he was about to ask her, the female official outside shouted loudly: The Queen is here!

Everyone stood up quickly and bowed to salute.

The queen was seen wearing a bright red brocade robe with a four-clawed golden dragon embroidered on it, and a crown on her head. She looked majestic, followed by the princess and two men.

She walked up the steps, took a seat first, and then asked everyone to take their seats. The two men she brought sat down next to her, one on the left and the other on the right. The man on the left is slightly older, looking to be in his fifties, and is also wearing a red robe. The man on the right is much younger. He is dressed in pink clothes and dressed up in a fancy way. He looks proud, like a proud peacock.

The queen introduced to everyone that the two people on the left and right were her royal husband and noble attendants.

Jiang Zhixia guessed that the noble attendant should be similar to the imperial concubine, otherwise he would not be brought to such an occasion, but why did the royal husband look so much older than the queen. She didn't introduce him and thought he was her father.