ntion would shift completely."Wow! Sister-in-law, this meat, this meat, why is your braised pork different from what I've eaten before"Whenever there's delicious food, Zong-Bo reacts the fastest and m...Zong Yu almost immediately stood up and pulled Fang Jinxiu behind him.

Fang Jinshu clenched her teeth tightly, her fists creaking with each squeeze.

These two people, why did they have to come over at this time.

She had actually forgotten about Li Lie.

"Hmph, you look like you're running out of steam."

Li Lie at once saw that the two people were in no good shape, both covered in blood, it was unclear whether it was their own or from the killers of Wuyougong.

The master of Wuyougong was even paler, his face contorted with anger.

"You... you actually dared to kill all of my men!"

"The net had clearly trapped them all, why kill them then!"

"You are too cruel!"

"Hmph, do you think we won't kill them Are you waiting for you to come and release them so that you can hunt us down again"

"Even assassins can talk about brutality."

Li Lie drew his long sword, “Don't waste time talking to them, let's go together, he can't beat us two now.”

"Kill them, and we'll have our revenge!"

The master of Wuyu Pavilion drew his sword and, along with Li Lie, charged towards Zongyu.

In that instant, Fang Jinxiu felt death closer than ever before.

They can't escape.

At the last moment, she hugged Zong Yu's waist tightly.

Zongyu clenched his fists, wanting to rush up and kill these two people, wanting to protect Jinxiu to live.

But his feet, like they were nailed to the snow, couldn't even muster the strength to lift. Standing here without falling was a testament to incredible willpower, struggling against all odds.

"Ah-yu!"

Before Zongyu lost consciousness, all he could hear was Jinxiu's heart-wrenching cries.

He finally wanted to reach out and touch her face, wanting to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes once more. But his vision grew increasingly blurry, fading into darkness.

The last glimmer vanished completely.

Half a month later, the sound of crackling firecrackers echoed through the streets and alleys. Fang Jinshu felt her consciousness becoming hazy.

She wanted to open her eyes, but her eyelids felt like they were made of gold, she just couldn't open them.

Besides the sound of firecrackers, I could vaguely hear two voices talking.

"Young Master, it's New Year's Eve today. Are we really not sending Lady Zong back"

"She, after all, is the daughter-in-law of a prominent family."

Another young voice chimed in, and the moment he spoke, Fang Jinshi instinctively thought of two words: "pleasant sounding."

Deep and magnetic, exactly the kind she liked best.

But what are they talking about What kind of mistress

"Isn't she suffering enough already because of that family"

"Why should I go back to them and continue being their workhorse"

"Zongyu is dead, she is free now."

"I will keep her by my side. From today onwards, she shall be Lady Zhao."

Last Fang Jinxiu felt her head throbbing too much, she couldn't maintain her consciousness any longer, before she fainted again, she couldn't help but remember the names they had mentioned just now.

Reputation

For some reason, just hearing that name made her heart ache, a sharp, piercing pain.

The pain was so intense that she could no longer maintain consciousness.

Next March, Daxixi experienced a major event.

The Umon Kingdom initiated the war, and a major outbreak of the plague occurred in Xizhou. The people of Xizhou, who had been suffering from drought for a long time, once again saw their population reduced by nearly half.

Wrapped in horse leather, corpses littered the ground, this land had become a human hell.

The imperial court suffered heavy losses and decided to negotiate with the Wu Meng Nation in twenty days, completely ceding the land of Xi Zhou.

This also means that the iron ore deposits on the mountain range connected to the wild mountains will belong to the Kingdom of Wumeng.

With most of the army withdrawn from the western frontier, people on the streets and alleys packed up their belongings once again and migrated eastward, southward, and northward.

From then on, Mustu will become the new western border city of Daxixi, marking the boundary between the two countries.

After sleeping for over three months, Fang Jinshu finally opened her eyes completely.

She propped herself up in bed, but found her stomach uncomfortably heavy and her back ached.

Lowering her gaze, she noticed a small bulge in her abdomen.

She frowned in surprise and then cried out.

"There's a ghost!"ean up your own mess first!'""There's nothing important here, you should go back first. Don't let your father and elder brother know you came to see me secretly, or they'll cause trouble for me again....