Hearing Qiao Ziming's self-righteous and nonsensical words, Su Muxi sneered inwardly.
"Ha! Sentiment? The young master never talked about sentiment with me before, but now he keeps talking about it. Doesn't he find it disgusting?"
If Qiao Ziming had shown her any kindness before, he wouldn't have allowed Qiao Zixi and Jiang Shi to treat her and her family that way.
Now that she has left the Marquis of Anyang's mansion, and instead of becoming an unwanted abandoned woman, she has become the Princess of Yong'an and regained her beauty, he has begun to treat her with affection.
It's both laughable and disgusting!
"And please, stop using these self-inflicted injury tactics so often. You stay up all night and make people suffer, is that what you find enjoyable?!"
In Su Muxi's view, Qiao Zimo must have poisoned himself.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Ziming endured the pain and excitedly sat up in bed.
"I didn't use a self-inflicted injury ruse! I didn't poison myself!"
"It's Xie Xuan! It must be Xie Xuan getting revenge on me!"
Qiao Ziming's current demeanor was clearly different from when he denied drugging Xie Xuan.
This made Su Muxi somewhat puzzled.
Could it be that Qiao Ziming didn't poison himself this time?
If it wasn't Qiao Ziming, then who could it be?
Xie Xuan?
Probably not.
Could it be someone sent by the Emperor?
It probably isn't.
If he were the Emperor's man, he would have poisoned Qiao Ziming directly, and he wouldn't have acted so hastily as soon as he left the capital.
Just as Su Muxi was deep in thought, Qiao Ziming grabbed Su Muxi's wrist again.
"Mu Xi, my mother is dead, my sister's face is disfigured and she stays in the mansion, and now I've broken off my engagement with Bai Mengying. Can't you really give me another chance? I promise, I will treat you well for the rest of my life, and you will be my only wife in this lifetime!"
"Release my princess!"
The answer to Qiao Ziming was McQueen's steel knife.
Seeing this, Qiao Ziming could only quickly withdraw his hand, but his fingertips were still cut by McQueen's knife, leaving a bloody mark.
It's clear that if he hadn't loosened his grip a little earlier, his hand would have really been chopped off.
The master is arrogant, and so are his dogs!
Su Muxi twisted her wrist, which Qiao Ziming had just grabbed, and said coldly to Qiao Ziming, "Qiao Ziming, whether it's your mother, your sister, or your annulment of your engagement with Bai Mengying, none of it concerns me."
I didn't kill your mother, and I didn't disfigure your sister's face. They did this not to atone for my sins, but because this was their fate!
And about your annulment of your engagement with Bai Mengying, even without me, you would have still broken off the engagement. Don't make it sound like all of this was for my sake!
Qiao Ziming, wake up! There's no way we can be together! Even if I hadn't married Ye Zeyu, there would still be absolutely no possibility between us!
I dislike you simply because I hate you!
After saying that, he turned to leave, but stopped at the door and added, "Just as you said before, we are not going to Fukang County for sightseeing, so I implore Your Highness to do less trouble and complete the imperial order as soon as possible."
After much deliberation and ruling out all possibilities, Su Muxi concluded that Qiao Ziming had indeed administered the poison himself.
Qiao Ziming acted even better this time, and he really did seem innocent.
Watching Su Muxi's departing figure, Qiao Ziming clutched his stomach, tears welling up in his eyes without him even realizing it.
Su Muxi hates him…
Su Muxi doesn't like him at all...
What he just said is true.
He genuinely wanted to spend the rest of his life treating Su Muxi well, and he certainly didn't poison her himself.
But why doesn't Su Muxi believe him?
"Your Highness...are you alright?"
When the servant Awang walked in from outside, he saw Qiao Ziming with a wronged look on his face and tears in his eyes.
“Awang, maybe it really is just wishful thinking on my part.”
Qiao Ziming murmured, his face full of disappointment.
Awang couldn't bear to see his master like this, so after thinking for a moment, he said, "So what if it's just wishful thinking? As long as the young master truly likes Miss Su and genuinely wants to be good to her, then we should take her back. Once Miss Su becomes the young master's woman, she will naturally know the young master's sincerity and how good he is to her."
Awang's words were a revelation to Qiao Ziming, and they brought light back to his eyes.
good!
Su Muxi rejected him simply because she was afraid of being hurt again.
But he had truly come to his senses and genuinely wanted to treat Su Muxi well.
So once Su Muxi becomes his woman, she will naturally change her opinion of him, realize his sincerity, and know how good he is!
But after she figured it out, Qiao Ziming's stomach started hurting again.
However, after Su Muxi gave him a few needle pricks, it didn't hurt as much as before. At least it didn't make him scream or roll around on the bed in pain.
However, the waves of abdominal cramps still caused him to break out in a cold sweat.
Meanwhile, Hu Zhi sat in his study, listening to his subordinates' reports, a cold smile playing on his lips.
This time he was just teaching Qiao Ziming a lesson, but if Qiao Ziming could return alive from Jinzhou, he would surely die in his Anping County!
The next morning, despite their exhaustion, everyone set off early.
Although Ye Jingchun did not specify how long it would take for them to arrive in Jinzhou, every day they were delayed, the plague in Fukang County would worsen.
Therefore, the travel speed today was significantly faster than yesterday.
Qiao Ziming remained quiet throughout the journey, mainly because his stomach was in severe pain.
Seeing this, Awang went to plead with Su Muxi, but Su Muxi ignored him.
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