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

"What happened today was my fault. I will come to your house to apologize someday. I hope you can forgive me." Su Zhizhi lowered her posture.

Jiang Qin nodded. "In that case, you should go back quickly. It's getting late."

Su Zhizhi nodded, bowed slightly, and turned to leave. However, just as she stepped out of the front hall and was walking towards the mansion door, she ran into Lord Xiao who had just returned home.

Su Zhizhi's face froze instantly. She had chosen to come earlier just to avoid Lord Xiao, but now there was no way to avoid him. Su Zhizhi gritted her teeth, not knowing how to react.

But Lord Xiao came over and said, "Isn't this Madam Xie? How come you have time to come to my house today?"

Su Zhizhi forced a smile, looked at Marquis Xiao, and said, "Hello, Marquis. I just came to visit Madam. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. It's getting late now, and I was planning to go back home."

Lord Xiao glanced towards the front hall and said with some dissatisfaction, "It's so late, I guess you haven't had dinner yet. Qin'er, how can you treat guests like this? You should stay here today and have dinner before leaving."

Since Lord Xiao had said so, Su Zhizhi knew that she would not be able to escape this time, so she could only follow Lord Xiao back to the front hall.

Jiang Qin looked at Su Zhizhi coming back without any surprise. Su Zhizhi knew clearly that Lord Xiao and Jiang Qin must have discussed this long ago.

Su Zhizhi had no other choice but to sit down at the table. Looking at the table full of dishes in front of her, her stomach was churning and she had no appetite at all.

Seeing that Su Zhizhi hadn't touched her chopsticks yet, Jiang Qin asked worriedly, "Sister Su, are the dishes not to your liking? Why aren't you eating?"

Su Zhizhi came back to her senses, smiled, then stretched out her chopsticks, picked up some food and put it into her mouth, savoring it carefully to make sure there was no peculiar smell. Only then did Su Zhizhi feel a little relieved.

Jiang Qin did not act as Su Zhizhi thought. Instead of targeting Su Zhizhi, she took care of her in every way. However, the more she acted like this, the more Su Zhizhi felt something was wrong. Su Zhizhi suspected that Jiang Qin wanted her to let down her guard.

What happened next also confirmed Su Zhizhi's suspicion.

After dinner, Su Zhizhi wanted to get up and say goodbye, but was stopped by Marquis Xiao.

Lord Xiao smiled and said, "Madam Xie, don't worry. It's already dark, and I feel a little uneasy about letting you go back to the Xie Mansion alone. Why don't you sit for a while? I will arrange for someone to escort you back immediately. What do you think?"

Although Lord Xiao said so, he did not give Su Zhizhi any chance to refuse. Su Zhizhi had no choice but to agree.

But when getting on the carriage, Su Zhizhi took advantage of the fact that Lord Xiao's men were not paying attention and secretly contacted Xie Chengjin to prevent any accidents.

Sitting in the carriage on the way back to the mansion, Su Zhizhi keenly noticed that Lord Xiao's men were staring at her. As long as she made the slightest movement, a pair of eyes would immediately stare at her. Su Zhizhi had no choice but to hold her breath and not dare to move even a little.

However, as she got closer and closer to Xie's house, Su Zhizhi realized that she was a little unclear in mind. Su Zhizhi reacted immediately, pinched her thigh hard, and forced herself to stay awake. Then she looked around the carriage and found that there was a small incense burner burning in a corner. Su Zhizhi approached carefully, extinguished the incense burner without making a sound, and then opened the window of the carriage.

The person outside immediately asked, "Madam, why is the window open? It's cold at night, Madam, you should be careful."

Su Zhizhi waved her hand nonchalantly, "The carriage was so stuffy I was uncomfortable, so I just wanted to open the window to get some fresh air. It's no problem."

When the people outside heard Su Zhizhi say that she was feeling uncomfortable, a hint of joy flashed across their faces.

Although Su Zhizhi opened the window for ventilation in time, she still inhaled a lot of drugs. In order to stay awake, Su Zhizhi pinched the inside of her thighs to pieces.

But fortunately, they arrived at the Xie Mansion without any danger. After getting off the carriage, Su Zhizhi looked weakly at the guards who had brought her back and said, "Thank you for your hard work. This is a small token of my appreciation. Please thank the Marquis and his wife for me."

After saying that, Hongxiu, who had been waiting outside Xie's house, immediately stepped forward and handed the bulging purse in her hand to the head guard.

Afterwards, Hongxiu helped Su Zhizhi back home. As soon as they stepped into the mansion, Su Zhizhi signaled the doorman to close the door tightly and not open it for anyone.

Su Zhizhi returned to her yard as quickly as possible and dismissed the servants. Only then did Su Zhizhi breathe a sigh of relief. Then, tremblingly, she took out the antidote from the universal capsule and swallowed it herself. Only then did she feel better.

However, it still takes time for the antidote to work. As luck would have it, not long after Su Zhizhi took the antidote, she heard some movement in the yard. Before Su Zhizhi could check, the door was kicked open with great force.

Su Zhizhi was horrified and tried to find a place to hide, but the people coming were extremely fast. Several assassins rushed in and immediately wanted to attack Su Zhizhi who was unable to dodge.

Su Zhizhi was shocked and tried her best to dodge, but was still stabbed in the arm by the sword.

Fortunately, the secret guards that Xie Chengjin left in the mansion discovered something unusual and showed up at the critical moment. They tied up all the assassins in no time.

Su Zhizhi took a deep breath and signaled the secret guards to pull the cloth off the assassins' faces. When they touched their faces, Su Zhizhi's pupils suddenly shrank. These people were none other than the guards of Marquis Xiao who had "escorted" her back to the mansion.

When the assassin was taken away, Su Zhizhi could no longer hold on and fell to the ground. Hongxiu was shocked to see that Su Zhizhi's arms were covered in blood, but she did not forget to find a doctor to bandage Su Zhizhi's wound.

After handling it, Su Zhizhi's face had turned very pale. After calming down for a long time, Su Zhizhi contacted Xie Chengjin. Xie Chengjin was already very anxious, but after receiving Su Zhizhi's communication again, Xie Chengjin was relieved. "Zhizhi, what happened?"

Su Zhizhi told Xie Chengjin about the assassination attempt, and Xie Chengjin was filled with resentment towards Marquis Xiao. "I never thought he could be so cruel and want to kill us all!"

Su Zhizhi sighed, "I didn't expect that either, but what should we do now? Lord Xiao's ambition is obvious, he won't let me off easily."

Xie Chengjin was silent for a moment, then uttered three words, "Report to the police."