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

Xu Wanqing kept cursing, but it was of no avail. Her hands and feet were tied tightly, and she could only passively endure the slaps.

Until Xu Wanqing's cheeks were swollen, blood was flowing from the corners of her mouth, her hair was messy, and she looked dilapidated.

Guo Jiaruo was very satisfied with Xu Wanqing's current condition. The more miserable Xu Wanqing looked, the happier Guo Jiaruo felt.

Looking at Xu Wanqing, who was barely breathing and full of resentment, Guo Jiaruo raised her chin in a good mood and said, "Your Highness, are you satisfied with this?"

"Guo Jiaruo, you bitch, I want you to die miserably!" After Xu Wanqing said this, she opened her mouth and bit Guo Jiaruo with all her might.

Guo Jiaruo turned around and dodged, chuckling softly, "I guess Her Royal Highness the Princess still hasn't learned her lesson. Well, it's my fault for not being able to discipline Her Royal Highness the Princess well. You guys, go teach her a lesson so she doesn't lose track of her own position even now."

After saying that, Guo Jiaruo turned around and left the dungeon, leaving only the maids approaching Xu Wanqing step by step.

Xu Wanqing wanted to struggle and scream, but her mouth was quickly blocked by one of the maids. Then she was beaten severely, and Xu Wanqing completely lost the strength to be arrogant and domineering.

When Guo Jiaruo came back again, he saw Xu Wanqing unconscious on the ground. Seeing this, Guo Jiaruo sneered: "What a thing! How dare you show off in front of me? If it weren't for this bitch, my Guo family wouldn't have fallen to this point. You're just collecting some interest. It's really useless."

Guo Jiaruo left with a few maids, leaving Xu Wanqing alone in the dungeon.

When the dungeon was closed, Xu Wanqing, who was still in a coma, suddenly opened her eyes. Although she had lived a life of luxury, she was not completely useless. She quickly recovered her spirits, endured the pain in her body and found a way to escape from the dungeon. She avoided the crowd along the way and walked towards the outside of the capital.

The next day, Guo Jiaruo arrived at the dungeon. Seeing the locked door open, his face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. "What a bunch of rubbish! They can't even keep a disabled person under control! Who was the one who was on duty yesterday? Drag him out and beat him to death!"

Xu Wanqing's escape made Guo Jiaruo crazy, but she didn't dare to send anyone out to catch her, so she had to swallow her anger.

As for Xu Wanqing, she managed to escape from the capital safely when Guo Jiaruo was furious. Now she is ragged and penniless. Before leaving the Princess's Mansion, Xu Wanqing secretly hid some gold, silver and jewelry, but these things are all with her personal maid. Xu Wanqing now dares not return to the capital to look for the maid, so she can only wander outside the capital and try her luck.

Perhaps Xu Wanqing was not destined to die. Before the maid arrived, the queen's men found Xu Wanqing first.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess." The visitor said to Xu Wanqing.

Xu Wanqing looked at the person in front of her vigilantly, ready to run away at any time.

The man didn't get angry, but handed the letter to Xu Wanqing, "Your Highness, this is from our queen. If you're willing, I can arrange for someone to take you to find the queen."

Xu Wanqing opened the letter with doubt. She didn't know who the "empress" was. But after reading the letter, Xu Wanqing's face was full of disbelief. "This woman actually went there. She really doesn't care about her life..."

The man seemed not to have heard Xu Wanqing's words and said respectfully, "Your Highness, what are your thoughts?"

Xu Wanqing pondered for a moment and nodded. She knew that there would be no return if she left, but she had no other better place to go at the moment. If she wanted to deal with Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin, following the queen was the best choice.

Thinking of this, Xu Wanqing stood up and looked at the people in front of her, "Let's go, it's getting late, and there's no safe place outside the capital."

Xu Wanqing stepped onto the carriage arranged by the man, and the carriage slowly headed towards the border.

The grass next to him trembled unnoticeably.

In Xie Chengjin's residence, Xie Chengjin frowned as he listened to his subordinates' reports. Ever since Xu Wanqing was deposed, Xie Chengjin had never thought of letting Xu Wanqing go, and had always sent people to follow Xu Wanqing secretly. However, just when he was about to take action, Xu Wanqing was taken away by others.

"Do you know who that person is?" Xie Chengjin asked seriously.

"My lord, if I heard correctly, it should be the queen who should have been sentenced to death - Zhao Yi." The kneeling confidant carefully recalled the conversation between Xu Wanqing and the man.

"No wonder we couldn't find Zhao Yi. It turns out she escaped there. Well, tell the people over there to keep a close eye on Xu Wanqing and don't let her escape." Xie Chengjin also planted a lot of his own spies in the enemy country, and they came in handy at this moment.

After sending his confidants away, Xie Chengjin returned to Su Zhizhi's side. Although some time had passed since Su Zhizhi fell into the water, Su Zhizhi's health had not improved much.

After this incident, Su Zhizhi was severely injured. Due to excessive fear and the cold entering her body, Su Zhizhi has been bedridden for a long time. She is in a daze and relies on precious medicinal herbs to stay alive all day long. She is rarely awake and has lost a lot of weight.

Xie Chengjin saw all this and felt very distressed. While solving Xu Wanqing's problem, he also spent a lot of money looking for a famous doctor in order to cure Su Zhizhi.

However, despite investing a large amount of money, Xie Chengjin did not gain anything.

Just when Xie Chengjin was about to despair, Shen Wenjun brought news.

Shen Wenjun glanced at Su Zhizhi lying in bed and whispered to Xie Chengjin, "Princess Changle is also suffering from a cold, but His Majesty has found a famous physician to treat her. Now that Princess Changle's condition has improved somewhat, perhaps we could ask this physician to come and see Zhizhi."

A glimmer of hope flashed in Xie Chengjin's eyes, "Are you serious?!"

Shen Wenjun nodded, "Of course I'm serious. I've been going to the princess's mansion quite often lately, and Princess Changle's health is much better now."

"In that case, I'll go there myself." After receiving a positive response, Xie Chengjin had a plan in mind.

Su Zhizhi's health could not be delayed, so Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun immediately went to the princess's residence. The doctor was taking Xu Miao's pulse every day.

Xu Miao was now awake much more often. Seeing Xie Chengjin coming, Xu Miao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why are you here? Where's Zhizhi?"