As an old saying goes, it’s impossible to judge a man’s heart from his face.
How could such a vicious woman successfully disguise herself as a gentle, considerate and kind lady as if she were harmless.
“Miss, that’s not a good idea. Adultery was such a grave crime that both the man and woman involved will be sentenced to death. No, I can’t do that, otherwise I will be dead if I get caught. Although I need money, it would be funny if money were here and I were gone.”
The obscene man waved his hands and didn’t dare to come near or take over the money from Chu Jiao. He had done a lot of dirty things for this serpent-like woman. Although he was not a good guy, he was not so stupid as to do something at the expense of his own life.
Chu Jiao smiled, but the malignance was almost dripping out of her eyes. Maybe she had already expected his answer.
“Do you think you can get away with what you have done for me? You will die miserably as long as I disclose any of your secrets. Chen San, you have to do as I order, no matter whether you are willing to or not. Otherwise I will drag you down with me into the hell since I’m desperate now. I remember you have a poor baby, right? Which one do you think is better: to kill the baby, or the baby’s father?”
“He was just a baby. How can you be so vicious as to harm a baby? Aren’t you afraid of the wrath of heaven? ”
There were no parents who didn’t love their children in this world. Chen San was soft to his baby despite his evil deeds.
Now his son was under threat and he was too worried to keep his humble manner in front of a royal member but started arguing with Chu Jiao, who feared nothing since she had his secrets in her hands.
Hearing this, Chu Jiao laughed so hard that she had to put her hands on her belly.
“Are you kidding me? You will also be punished by God if I was to be punished, for neither of us is good. At least you can assure your baby a decent life if you take the money. Otherwise, you will die at the guillotine for nothing.”
Chu Jiao had never acted humbly towards others except Dantai Yunhan. At the moment she was very arrogant and bossy towards Chen San.
Certainly, she failed to notice the resentful look on Chen San’s face, which foreshadowed her own tragic fate.
“How foolish she is as to believe that a man could destroy my reputation and shatter Dantai Yunhan’s impression of me. My dear sister really wants to get me killed. Tell you what, how can someone be as stupid as a pig in the world? Ha ha.” Chu Qiao said in amusement and couldn’t help laughing with tears. She felt that her life was so dramatic for the first time when she heard the news from Zhong Jinchun.
“Shall we fight back? The man said that he didn’t want to do as Chu Jiao ordered and hoped to work with us as long as we could keep him safe. Personally speaking, he seemed pretty sincere.” Zhong Jinchun said as she observed Chu Qiao’s expression.
After going through the experience of feigning death, Zhong Jinchun was completely convinced by Chu Qiao and believed whatever she said.
She used to behave herself and never dared to break the rules, because she was told that women should place their husbands at the first place and women were just their belongings, and avoid various things they shouldn’t do, such as having their own ideas or doing something that didn’t conform to the conventions.
It was not until she met Chu Qiao that she realized women could do whatever they liked and lead a lively and carefree life with bright smiles.
She wasn’t aware that Chu Qiao had become someone she looked up to and have faith in.
As an old saying goes, a gentleman is ready to die for his bosom friends. Zhong Jinchun also believed that she could charge forward fearlessly and eliminate Chu Qiao’s enemies without any mercy as long as she was given an order.
“I guess you have your own reason to trust this man. We can work with this guy, but remember to stay alert even if you have trusted him completely, in case he should harm us. Otherwise you will regret it in the end.”
She passed over what she had been taught in the assassination organization to Zhong Jinchun, who was the only person she thought she could save or change in this world.
“OK, I see.” Zhong Jinchun quietly walked out of the Phoenix-Perching Palace, making up her mind to keep Chu Qiao safe and sound.
As time went by, Chu Jiao remained still in her bed as if being possessed, looking towards the Phoenix-Perching Palace with a blank mind. Today Chen San would become her sharpest dagger to remove her biggest obstacle, and all those unpleasant scenes would never reappear. From now on, she could lead a carefree life without being disturbed by anyone.
She laughed hard at the thought of that.
She felt something was wrong with the tea she just drank, which tasted a little bitter. She blamed these disobedient servants for their perfunctory service of inferior tea simply because she had lost the favor from the Prince temporarily.
She was determined to torture those who had bullied and despised her to death as soon as she regained power in the Prince Palace.
But her vision was increasingly blurred, and suddenly what she could see clearly before now looked doubled.
“The drug has been put into the tea by my trusted servant girl. How will Chu Jiao feel when she wakes up to find herself lying naked in the arms of a strange man and having lost her chaste? She deserves it! I’m wondering whether Dantai Yunhan will kill her if he sees such a scene.”
Zhong Jinchun changed into a red brocade dress specially for this pleasant occasion. She couldn’t hold back her excitement since her enemy was so close to death.
Chu Jiao was woken up by cold water splashed on her face and then she saw Dantai Yunhan right after she opened her eyes, so she said to Dantai Yunhan who was wearing an angry expression: “Your Highness, here you are finally.”
“Yes. I wouldn’t have known that my Attendant Consort is so dissolute if I hadn’t come here to see for myself.”