Chapter 449 A Family of纨绔 (Wán kù, a spoiled and dissolute family) Causes the Death of the Entire Court (2)

One spring day last year, the original owner went on a pleasure boat trip as usual. On the way back, she found a man who was seriously injured by the river.

The man was dressed in white. Although his face was not clearly visible, one could tell from the reaction of the maid beside him that he was certainly handsome.

Moreover, the man's voice was extremely pleasant. He simply said two words, "Save me," which made Jin Shu take him back to her residence without hesitation. Ignoring her parents' objections, she arranged for the stranger to stay in the courtyard next to her residence and hired a doctor to take good care of him.

The original owner was completely devoted to this person, because he was not only skilled in music but also in swordsmanship and archery. Although he could not see clearly, one could glimpse the man's charm from just his tall and slender figure.

For a while after he was taken in, the original owner took great care of him.

But as time went on, the maidservant secretly told the original owner that the man often sneaked out at night. After the maidservant sent someone to follow him, she discovered that the man actually had a lover in a city outside the county.

Whenever the man went out, he would meet his lover at a teahouse, and they would stay there for the whole day.

The original owner, who was initially unwilling to believe it, was taken by a maid to follow the man one day. Sitting on the opposite bank of the teahouse, she indeed vaguely saw the man's figure and the silhouette of a woman sitting opposite him.

In addition, the maid also found letters that the man had secretly sent to the woman, and read them to the original owner word by word.

From then on, the original owner harbored hatred for that man, hating his ingratitude and his cold-heartedness towards her. So every day, she found ways to torment him, who was already seriously injured and had not yet recovered.

Jin Shu arrived in this world right after the maid found letters in the man's room for the second time. The original owner was furious and ordered the servants to tie the man to a tree and whip him all over with willow branches dipped in chili water.

The original owner had used many of these torturous methods on him.

But the man never bowed his head and admitted his mistakes to her. No matter how much the original owner tormented him, he just kept his eyes closed and remained silent.

As for why Jin Shu knew she was doomed immediately after recalling the plot.

The reason is that the man she once pulled from the shore, and who is now being tortured to the point of wishing he were dead, is not some nameless, ordinary person, but the legitimate son of the current emperor, the crown prince—Li Yong.

As for why the prince fell into the water and was then brought to the shore, why he remained silent about his identity after being rescued, and why he refused to reveal his identity even when he was being tortured to the point of wishing for death.

Jin Shu doesn't know the answers to these many questions for the time being.

Having traversed so many worlds, the affairs of the imperial court, one after another, accompanied by bloodshed and corpses floating for miles, were beyond the comprehension of an ordinary county magistrate's daughter.

All she knew was that a very serious problem was looming ahead.

That was a month later, when the Crown Prince's confidants led troops to directly occupy He'an County.

When the Crown Prince, who had been living among the common people, makes his triumphant return in front of Jin Shu, the original life-saving grace will have long since turned into deep hatred.

Crown Prince Li Yong was widely regarded as having a gentle nature and the qualities of a wise ruler.

But even such a good-tempered prince, after being tormented by Jin Shu for half a year, had his gentle temperament completely worn away by the day and night of humiliation, leaving only a light and airy sentence.

"Considering that you once saved my life, I will spare your body today, but the entire Jin family will be buried with you."

My parents fainted on the spot.

Jin Shu's good-for-nothing, spoiled brother was still preoccupied with the family's unfinished money even on his deathbed.

As for Jin Shu's sister, she only had time to say one sentence to Jin Shu.

"I knew it! You forced yourself on me and got me pregnant. That would have saved our whole family!"

The entire family, from top to bottom, was devoid of any ambition or backbone; they all wished they could force Jin Shu to kneel and beg for mercy from His Highness the Crown Prince.

Unfortunately, Jin Shu's apology was nothing to His Highness the Crown Prince.

On the day her entire family was beheaded, the original owner saw a figure sitting next to the Crown Prince on the execution platform.

The original owner had poor eyesight and could only recognize four people in his entire life.

The two are my parents.

One of them is Li Yong.

Another one is her cousin from the countryside, Jin Chuyao, who has a tragic background but always surpasses her.

The original owner never understood why the man she loved but could not have would eventually gently drape a coat over her cousin, whom she usually looked down upon.

In her opinion, the two people had no connection whatsoever and had never even met, so how could they end up doing something so intimate?

Jin Shu could see clearly the things that the original owner couldn't understand.

In the original owner's eyes, her cousin Jin Chuyao was inferior to her in status and identity, but in this world, she was a heroine who truly had the script of a wish-fulfillment novel.

Although born in the countryside and supposedly illiterate and uncouth, he was given a second chance at life and obtained one of the most important pieces of information in his life.

That is, my cousin Jin Shu took in a man. Although he is currently trapped in a quagmire, he is still a golden dragon and will become the future king of this world.

Jin Shu whipped Li Yong during the day, and at night Jin Chuyao used her homemade rural remedy to bandage and treat him.

On a snowy day, Jin Shu made Li Yong kneel outside to reflect on his mistakes. In the dead of winter, Jin Chuyao secretly sent her own quilt into the man's room.

The two of them became partners who kept each other warm during their humble times.

As they spent more time together, Li Yong developed feelings for the simple, innocent, and intelligent girl in front of him.

So after all the traitors in the court were eliminated, Li Yong immediately restored his status as crown prince, slaughtered the entire Jin family but spared Jin Chuyao and her relatives.

Afterwards, he took Jin Chuyao back to the capital.

During a severe drought, when people were suffering, Jin Chuyao successfully developed crops that could grow in dry land, using the farming skills she had learned in the countryside.

With the support of the people, the country girl firmly ascended to the position of Crown Princess.

The happy ending is here.

After recalling everything, Jin Shu didn't hesitate much and got up to go directly to the Jin family's warehouse.

The parents were puzzled. Their daughter, who usually only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun, suddenly started to care about the family's surplus food.

"Surplus? Why are you asking that?"

"My daughter had a dream that He'an County suffered a three-year drought, resulting in a complete crop failure."

"Father, how much grain do we have stored at home?"

"Three years of severe drought?"

Magistrate Jin laughed heartily.

"Our He'an County has always had good weather and abundant harvests, how could there be a drought that lasts for three years! I think you're just out of your mind and are talking nonsense again."

Jin Shu knew they didn't believe her.

So just ask.

"Dad, haven't you noticed that there are more and more homeless people in the county lately?"