Chapter 102: A Plot Within a Plot

Sure enough, there was no woman in ancient times who was not good at house fighting.

Mrs. Sun only used a little trick to deal with the Spring Equinox.

Xu Jiangjiu even stood up for her.

By the time Jiang Jiu realized that he was being used, it was already the next day. The weather was clear and the ship was about to set sail.

Mrs. Sun brought a box of snacks and came to Jiang Jiu in person to apologize and explain the truth.

What else can Jiang Jiu say?

I helped.

Who would have thought that Madam Sun would suddenly change the subject and actually ask Jiang Jiu for help again.

Mrs. Sun actually pretended to let Jiang Jiu hook up with Sun Juren to test whether Sun Juren resented her for this matter.

Jiang Jiu was used once out of kindness, but if he was used a second time, he would be stupid.

She declined: "Your husband should ask it yourself. Anyway, there is no one to get in the way now. Can your husband still be jealous of you because of a maid?"

Seeing that Jiang Jiu disagreed, Mrs. Sun did not continue to force it.

After two or three days of calm, Jiang Jiu discovered that Sun Juren's eyes were always very ambiguous whenever he looked at her.

Now even Zhao Zhuoxi couldn't sit still.

"Xiaojiu, what did you do to the Sun Ju people next door?"

Jiang Jiu thought hard: "I didn't do anything, what happened to him?"

Zhao Zhuoxi slightly

Smile: "I'll go ask."

Who knew that when he came back, his face was gloomy.

"Sun Ju told me that you fell in love with him, but you were a widow and were embarrassed to look for him. However, he was willing to be with you and take you as his concubine."

Jiang Jiu was so angry that she laughed: "I am so shameless to be his concubine. It was his wife who said that. I didn't expect that woman to be so scheming. She schemed against me again and again. However, this time she schemed against me, and it was like she hit a wall."

Zhao Zhuoxi asked: "What are you going to do?"

Jiang Jiu smiled slightly and waited for the day when the ship would dock again to rest and replenish supplies.

She went directly to the local brothel and redeemed a prostitute named Jinniang.

Jiang Jiu only gave her one mission, to hook up with Sun Juren, hate Mrs. Sun, and preferably ruin their marriage.

Jinniang was a smart person and captured the man in just two or three days. When Madam Sun caught the two of them in bed, Jiang Jiu looked very angry on the surface but was secretly happy in his heart.

"Jin Niang is the maid I bought. I haven't even used her for a few days, why is she leaving?"

Sun Ju was so fascinated by Jin Niang that he redeemed her for twice the price.

Since that day, Mrs. Sun glared at Jiang Jiu and she didn't even pretend anymore.

It seems that there are only three or four days left before we reach the capital.

That day, Jiang Jiu was lying on the deck enjoying the scenery. She never expected that Mrs. Sun would act so cleanly and efficiently and push her directly into the river.

Zhao Li happened not to be with her that day.

Jiang Jiu did not sit there and wait for death. The moment Madam Sun pushed her into the river, she turned around and pulled Madam Sun into the river as well.

Just when the two fell into the river, Zhao Zhuoxi and Sun Ju arrived.

Zhao Zhuoxi jumped into the water without saying a word and rescued the person, while Sun Ju shouted for help.

It was only after falling into the river that Jiang Jiu realized that Mrs. Sun couldn't swim at all.

Adjusting her breathing, she could only swim towards the shore with Mrs. Sun.

But she was a little lost in the river. Fortunately, there was a small fishing boat nearby that pulled them both up.

Although Zhao Zhuoxi learned to swim, the river water was very cold in winter, and his legs cramped as soon as he entered the water.

After Jiang Jiu rescued Mrs. Sun, he also had to rescue Zhao Zhuoxi.

When she finally brought both of them aboard, she didn't know that this small fishing boat was actually an assassin arranged by Mrs. Sun.

All I could hear was Mrs. Sun's ferocious laughter: "Jiang Mingyue... I will never let you go to Beijing. My aunt said that having a Jiang in their family is troublesome enough. If I can get rid of you, she can ensure that my husband does not have to take the imperial examination and can enter the officialdom."

Jiang Jiu only then realized that Madam Sun and her aunt Zhou were both cruel and ruthless.

The assassin on the boat killed Jiang Jiu and Zhao Zhuoxi in one fell swoop.

Thanks to Zhao Li's timely arrival, the boat was overturned by him, but Jiang Jiu and Zhao Zhuoxi's whereabouts were unknown.

It was cold, really cold. Jiang Jiu felt the river water was icy cold.

She gritted her teeth and swam with Zhao Zhuoxi to the shore, but they were both exhausted.

Fortunately, they met a woman who was changing clothes by the river. She asked for help and pulled them out of the river, so they were not frozen to death.

In a village outside Beijing, Jiang Jiu lived in an old farmer's house. All his clothes were soaked, so the farmer's wife took them to help him wash them.

She was dressed in women's clothes.

Zhao Zhuoxi also changed into the clothes of an old farmer.

However, Jiang Jiu was in a daze and it was unknown how long it took him to wake up.

When I woke up, the woman was sitting beside the bed, mending clothes under the oil lamp.

"Madam is awake, please get up and take the medicine."

Jiang Jiu didn't know where he was and felt dizzy.

The woman smiled and helped Jiang Jiu up: "You should go look for your husband again. He is fine now. You don't know how much your husband loves you."

"After we rescued you, you had a high fever that wouldn't stop. You couldn't sweat even after taking medicine, and you were still talking nonsense. Your husband stayed up all night and held you in his arms until your fever subsided."

Jiang Jiu did have a high fever, and his throat was sore from the fever. He asked in a hoarse voice.

"What about him?"

The woman handed him the medicine and said, "He went out very early in the morning. He said he would be back in the evening. It will be soon."

Jiang Jiu drank the medicine, but still felt dizzy, so she lay down again. This time the medicine was more effective, and she broke out in a sweat.

Just as she was about to lift the quilt to expose her feet, Zhao Zhuoxi held her back.

"Don't catch a cold. Cover your body with sweat and you'll be able to get out of bed tomorrow."

Jiang Jiu woke up when he heard the voice was Zhao Zhuoxi's. In the dark, he saw that he was just sitting on the edge of the bed, resting with his head supported by his hands.

After thinking for a while, he moved towards the bed.

"Let's sleep together. There's no one else here and you're not feeling well."

Zhao Zhuoxi was just slightly startled, smiled, and lay down beside him with his clothes on, but he tucked Jiang Jiu's quilt tightly.

"You will be fine soon if you wake up. We were so careless that we thought we could avoid Queen Zhou's assassination by changing our names. We didn't expect that she actually arranged for someone to secretly follow us all the way."

Jiang Jiu exhaled faintly: "Madam Sun is the Queen's person?"

Zhao Zhuoxi nodded: "It is true that she is the granddaughter of the Minister of Personnel. Her identity and her family background are real. But when she was leaving, she received a letter from the empress. The empress gave her our portraits and whereabouts, and asked her to kill us on the road when she had time."

Jiang Jiu sighed: "She is a weak woman. If she doesn't have an insider, she might not be able to kill us, and we will find her. So, Zhao Li is the Queen's person?"

Zhao Zhuoxi shook his head again: "He is Sixth Brother's man. Fortunately, you have been on guard against him for a long time. It just happened that Aunt Qian's ship also had an accident. The cargo ship dropped anchor and stayed at the shore for a few days."

Zhao Li and Madam Sun saw the right opportunity and pushed Jiang Jiu into the river.

Rather than saying that Jiang Jiu suspected Zhao Li, it can be said that she had never trusted him.

So Jiang Jiu always asked Zhao Li to follow her, but she also arranged people around to pick her up at any time. However, she didn't expect that Zhao Li chose such a good time.

The people who were supposed to pick her up were restricted, thanks to Zhao Zhuoxi's preparations.

Turning over on the warm kang, Jiang Jiu met Zhao Zhuoxi's beautiful peach blossom eyes.