When the wind is warm, birds compete for spring, and auspicious beasts emit fragrance.
Jiang Mingzhi lay in front of the half-open window frame, like a lifeless porcelain doll.
The crabapple blossoms were in full bloom, illuminating her eyes red. A chill seeped through her body, as if she were reminded of the day when the Zhou family was wiped out and the ground was covered in crimson...
"cut!"
At the command, heads fell like melons, and the vegetable market in the East Market was dyed scarlet in an instant. The crowd's noise reached a boiling point.
"Miss, be careful!"
Jiang Mingzhi's pupils suddenly shrank, and a bloody head rolled to the side of her embroidered shoes. Her wide-open eyes were bloodshot, and her ears were filled with dirty and messy sounds of discussion.
"This Zhou family is truly pitiful. The general's mansion, once a place of immense wealth, has now turned to mud underfoot, with not a single root left... Tsk tsk!"
"Yes, the Zhou family also had a princess. What a noble person she was! You know, Prince Jin had the potential to ascend the throne. It's a pity that the princess had a short life and died at such a young age!"
Just as everyone was talking, a cry was heard from outside the crowd. Jiang Mingzhi turned around and saw a group of women in white clothes coming towards her. The crowd automatically made way for them, and the light and shadow flickered. She watched her grandmother, aunt, and sisters pass by. She stretched out her hand, but could not catch anything.
"God is blind, causing loyal ministers to die due to frame-ups. The royal family is also blind, allowing treacherous ministers to rule. Sooner or later, Mingzhou will fall at the hands of these traitors. Now my entire Zhou family has fallen into such a miserable state. It is truly absurd and ridiculous..."
"Who is it! Don't you want to live? Catch him!" The executioner was none other than Jin Wang Chu Jincheng. When he saw someone breaking into the execution ground, his face darkened and he immediately ordered people to step forward to stop him.
The person who spoke was the old lady of the Zhou family in the Fuguo General's Mansion. Before the government officials came to arrest the person, the old lady shouted, "Don't bother me, sir. We are here today to speak out for the injustice done to our Zhou family. We want the world to know that we have suffered such an injustice. We never wanted to go back alive!"
As the old lady finished speaking, the women of the Zhou family suddenly pulled out the hairpins from their heads and, in full view of everyone, plunged them into their own throats...
"No!" Jiang Mingzhi's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he shouted loudly, trying to stop the actions of the women of the Zhou family.
But the noise around her drowned her out. Jiang Mingzhi felt dizzy and lost consciousness.
The wind is warm and the flowers are blooming, butterflies are flying and bees are dancing, skirts are fluttering under the curtains, and a gust of wind rushes into the house, mixed with the sweet fragrance of spring pears.
Jiang Mingzhi opened his eyes. Everything was quiet, with only the gurgling sound of medicine boiling in the yard.
"Hey, when did the girl wake up?"
When Aunt Qingtang pushed the door open, she saw Jiang Mingzhi's lips were pale and her forehead was covered with sweat. She hurriedly invited someone to come in and serve her.
"Why, are you feeling unwell somewhere else? The mistress just sent someone to ask about it, and she said that if the young lady feels unwell, she must call a doctor and get some medicine without delay."
As Aunt Qingtang spoke, she helped Jiang Mingzhi sit up and stuffed a pillow behind her.
"Miss, the porcelain pillow is a bit rough. I'm making a cotton pillow now. It will be ready soon. Please bear with it for a while."
The response she received was a silence so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
Seeing that Jiang Mingzhi remained silent, Aunt Qingtang looked anxious. "Ping'er's thing is so frivolous. How could you take the young lady to a place like the execution ground? She's been haunted for three days since she came back. She's been sweating and talking nonsense all night long. Fortunately, He Xiangu, the skipping rope expert, exorcised the evil spirit from the young lady. Otherwise, if something happened to her, how sad would the lady be!"
Ping'er, the maidservant who was being scolded, was also very aggrieved. "My young lady used to never go anywhere. But that day, I don't know why she went crazy and insisted on going out. I don't know how I ended up at Caishikou and happened to run into that incident."
That's right. Aunt Qingtang thought that her young lady had not stepped out of the courtyard since she became stupid. Now that she has recovered, Ping'er can't figure out her temper. This is normal. It's just that these little maids will not do their work well unless they are punished.
Qingtang glared at Ping'er and said nothing more.
Jiang Mingzhi fell ill after watching the Zhou family beheading people in the vegetable market. He has been taking medicine non-stop for the past few days, but he is still not getting better. Someone said that Jiang Mingzhi might have encountered an evil spirit, so Lady Feng, the wife of Marquis Jinyi, invited He Xiangu to perform a ritual.
Jiang Mingzhi was unaware of these things. From the time Princess Jin came to Zhou Suihuan, in this short period of time, she felt that the world was completely turned upside down. She witnessed the Zhou family's executions, her loved ones dying, and blood flowing like a river. The hatred hidden in her heart seemed to be ignited by a fire and could no longer be suppressed. It seemed as if it was about to burst out and destroy the world.
Dad, mom, grandma... brothers and sisters are all dead! Chu Jincheng, you have such a cruel heart!
"Bronze mirror." Jiang Mingzhi spoke slowly and asked Qingtang for the bronze mirror.
After hearing Jiang Mingzhi speak in a calm and gentle voice, Qingtang let out a long sigh and hurriedly went to get the bronze mirror.
She had a silver-basin face, phoenix eyes, and a black bun. Due to her illness, her face was as white as paper and her lips were a little pale, but it could not hide the girl's elegant and graceful elegance.
She looked very different from before. It was true that she was no longer Princess Zhou Suihuan of Prince Jin, but Zhou Suihuan, the unfavored eldest daughter of Marquis Jinyi.
Jiang Mingzhi's nobility is different from hers. Zhou Suihuan's nobility comes from the love of his parents, but Jiang Mingzhi has the blood of Wang, the first of the five noble families, flowing in her bones. That is a real big clan. Although she does not have the love of her father and the protection of her mother, she is also a true noble lady.
But this noble lady turned out to be a fool. I'm afraid that stepmother Feng is not as simple as she seems!
Just like Princess Jin’s first birthday, outsiders said that she married a rich and powerful husband, and that they loved each other very much and would enjoy endless wealth and glory in the future. But who knew that she died under the blade of Prince Jin? Who knew that her good husband colluded with his mistress to replace her with another!
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