In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

The two were chatting casually inside the carriage when suddenly the driver outside shouted, "Who are you?!"

No one answered the coachman's question, only the sound of sharp arrows piercing the air. The horses jumped in fright, and Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin in the carriage immediately fell to the ground.

Soon, the bumpy feeling disappeared, but the carriage fell to the ground. Then many arrows shot towards the carriage and penetrated the walls.

Staying inside would undoubtedly make him a sitting duck, so Xie Chengjin had no choice but to protect Su Zhizhi and escape from the carriage.

There were arrows raining everywhere outside. Xie Chengjin tried his best to protect Su Zhizhi and get her away safely, but he didn't expect that despite being careful, he was still hit by an arrow.

The arrow was poisonous, and the moment it pierced the wound, Su Zhizhi could see the black blood flowing out around it.

Su Zhizhi was horrified and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Xie Chengjin, whose lips turned pale. "Let's get out of here first. I'm fine. A mere poison won't kill me."

Of course Su Zhizhi knew that Xie Chengjin was lying to her. The wound was black, so how could the poison be mild? But this was definitely not a good place to talk and detoxify. Su Zhizhi had no choice but to hide while walking towards the mansion.

Fortunately, the alley where the attack took place was not far from the mansion, and the assassins did not seem to want to catch up and kill them all, but Su Zhizhi did not dare to be careless.

It was not until the mansion door was closed that Su Zhizhi collapsed to the ground and breathed a sigh of relief.

Xie Chengjin, who was standing by, almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the guards next to him supported him in time, but Xie Chengjin had already lost consciousness and passed out.

Su Zhizhi didn't care about her physical and mental exhaustion, and quickly ordered people to carry Xie Chengjin to the room and asked someone to call a doctor.

While waiting for the doctor to arrive, Su Zhizhi sent everyone away.

Su Zhizhi finally breathed a sigh of relief when there was no one else in the room. Looking at Xie Chengjin lying on the bed with black and blue lips, Su Zhizhi sighed deeply and began to rummage through the capsule.

She thought that if she remembered correctly, there should be some antidote in the capsule. Although it could not completely remove the toxins, it was enough to ensure that Xie Chengjin would not lose his life.

Su Zhizhi pinched Xie Chengjin's mouth and forced the medicine into his mouth.

After all, it was the medicine that Su Zhizhi brought over from modern times. After taking one dose, Xie Chengjin's complexion looked much better.

"Madam, the doctor is here." At this time, the door was pushed open from the outside, and the housekeeper walked in with the doctor.

Su Zhizhi moved away from the bed and watched the doctor begin to remove the arrow and remove the poison from Xie Chengjin.

The blood flowing from the wound gradually turned bright red, and Su Zhizhi's nervous mood relaxed a lot.

After sending the doctor away, Xie Chengjin had to recover on his own for the rest of the time.

Fortunately, Su Zhizhi detoxified Xie Chengjin in time, and Xie Chengjin woke up after being in a coma for only two days.

After checking Xie Chengjin's body again, Su Zhizhi finally felt relieved. The poison had not affected Xie Chengjin's body after all.

The two were celebrating their survival here, but outside the mansion there was a storm.

The news that Su Zhizhi was dismissed from the imperial kitchen quickly spread throughout the capital, but it might not have had much impact on ordinary people.

But this is not the case for those dignitaries. They originally thought that they could rely on Xie Chengjin to gain favor in front of the emperor, and they could also rely on Su Zhizhi to say a few good words for them in front of the queen.

But now that Su Zhizhi had left the imperial kitchen and lost her identity as an imperial chef, even though they didn't know what had happened, it didn't prevent Su Zhizhi from having any use in their eyes.

Previously, when Su Zhizhi was on leave at home, many people would take this opportunity to come to her house with gifts to ask for a meeting, just to curry favor with her.

Now the mansion has suddenly become deserted, but there are still people coming to see Xie Chengjin.

Su Zhizhi didn't think it was a big deal. After being ignored by those people, she was actually happy and at ease.

However, after Xie Chengjin recovered from his injury and returned to the court, he was no longer valued by the emperor. The emperor even felt a little disgusted with Xie Chengjin.

The ministers in the court were all very capable people, so they could naturally sense the change in the emperor's attitude towards Xie Chengjin.

Xie Chengjin seemed not to hear anything, but now, after the court session, the people who surrounded Xie Chengjin also spontaneously moved away.

Xie Chengjin noticed this and just smiled sarcastically. He seemed to be disrespected by the emperor, but this was all an illusion. It was just a scheme jointly set up by the emperor and Xie Chengjin to lure out those ambitious and greedy people in the court.

Is Xie Chengjin the same as Su Zhizhi? He was unmoved by this. Without those people disturbing him, Xie Chengjin even felt a little more relaxed.

Su Zhizhi didn't know what was happening in the court, but she could sense something different.

Su Zhizhi looked at Xie Chengjin who came home earlier and earlier every day, and couldn't help asking, "Aren't you busy lately? I see that you have a lot of free time lately."

Xie Chengjin was stunned for a moment before he said, "It's nothing more than less interruptions. In the eyes of those outsiders, the emperor really dislikes me now, so they naturally come to see me less often. I have more time. Why are you not happy?"

Su Zhizhi waved her hands and quickly denied it. "What are you talking about? I never said such a thing. You can't slander me. Anyway, I finally got this little free time. It's best if I don't have anything to do."

Xie Chengjin smiled helplessly, reached out and rubbed Su Zhizhi's head, and changed the subject.

The two were very sweet in the house, but the people outside were waiting to laugh at them.

In the capital city, which they paid no attention to, they almost became the laughing stock of the entire capital, especially the powerful and influential people, who all took pleasure in mocking them.

But Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside.

Taking advantage of the rare free time, Su Zhizhi also began to worry about Xie Chengjin's health.

Although there was nothing obvious about Xie Chengjin's health, the continuous hard work and poisoning had more or less caused some damage to Xie Chengjin's body.

Su Zhizhi simply started to prepare three meals a day for Xie Chengjin. Her cooking skills were among the best in the palace, and now it was a bargain for Xie Chengjin.

The two of them spent a relatively peaceful time like this, and whenever they thought about it later, they couldn't help but feel nostalgic and emotional.

However, Xie Chengjin was not completely idle during this period. Although outsiders thought he often stayed at home because he was ridiculed by others, Xie Chengjin seized this opportunity and sent people to investigate who was the person who came to assassinate Su Zhizhi when she left the palace.