My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

It's a crazy idea, but as long as you think in that direction, many things that didn't make sense before seem to make sense.

Zhong Boyi broke out in a cold sweat from his own conjecture. He tried to calm himself down and said, "I will arrange for someone to investigate immediately and will send a message to the princess as soon as possible."

Princess Chenxi gave him a cold look, and after a long while, she said, "Go! Don't disappoint me this time."

Zhong Boyi bowed respectfully and withdrew. He didn't stop until he was quite a distance from the room, letting out a sigh of relief as if he had escaped a close call.

God knows how flustered he was when the princess gave him a cold look.

He almost couldn't help but scream.

Fortunately, I haven't aged in vain over the years.

He is much more composed now than before.

Even recalling the scene, he still couldn't shake the feeling of unease. Had the princess noticed his suspicions about her?

I don't think so!

But when she stared at him just now, it felt like she was being watched by something terrifying.

He suppressed his fear and found Chi Xiaodao, saying, "Try to find out more about the plague."

"Could it be that Mr. Zhong suspects..." Chi Xiao thought of that possibility, and a look of horror appeared in his eyes.

"Commander Namu..."

He had also heard a lot about the plague in Ningxing Prefecture.

I've heard that the plague is particularly bizarre. No one knows how you get infected, but after a few days, the worms inside your body will grow and then eat you up. If no one notices, the worms will continue to live in human skin.

He leaned closer to Zhong Boyi and lowered his voice, saying, "Could it be that Commander Mu... has now turned into an insect?"

If Commander Mu turned into an insect, then the princess...

Zhong Boyi felt the hairs on his body stand on end again, but he tried his best to calm himself down and said, "It's too early to draw conclusions now. I just want you to do more research and learn more... Now is not the time to panic. You must stay calm."

Chi Xiao tried to calm himself down, but the thought of that possibility made his scalp tingle.

Zhong Boyi said coldly, "You must not lose your composure. If you do, and the princess discovers something amiss, whether she is a real princess or not, neither of us will survive."

Chi Xiao said, "Don't worry, sir, I know what's important."

"Go quickly, maybe we're just overthinking it." Zhong Boyi's cold expression faded, and his voice was low, as if he were speaking to Chi Xiao, or perhaps comforting himself.

On the other side, An Yi tried her best to avoid people along the way, and after many hardships, she finally met Fu Ci.

After quickly recounting what had happened on the road, he solemnly said, "Please, Your Highness, convey this message to Lord Ji as soon as possible. That woman is no ordinary person. If we delay, it may lead to a great disaster."

Fu Ci's expression darkened slightly. "Has the woman who escaped been caught?"

An Yi said, "We were all infected with the plague at the time, which restricted our movements. By the time we went to chase after her, the woman had already disappeared."

Fu Ci himself had contracted the plague and knew how terrible it was. It wasn't their fault that they failed to capture the escaped woman.

The most important thing now is the woman's identity.

He picked up his pen and wrote a letter to Ji Yunshuang, asking Min Yu to prepare the carrier pigeons to deliver the letter.

Min Yu was very dissatisfied with An Yi's behavior, thinking that he had contracted the plague and actually came to their young master to deliver a message to Lord Ji.

He looked at An Yidao and said, "You know you have contracted the plague, yet you still come to see the Crown Prince like this. What if you spread the plague to him?"

Fu Ci looked up at Min Yu and said, "He did this for the sake of the bigger picture, and he is right to do so."

I still have medicine to treat the plague, so even if I get infected, it won't matter. If he goes to Jingzhou, who knows how many people he'll infect along the way.”

Min Yu thought to himself, his young master is truly hopeless. He was clearly doing this because of Lord Ji…

I'm afraid that right now, his young master is worried sick about Lord Ji's safety and is restless.

Min Yu guessed correctly; Fu Ci was indeed worried about Ji Yunshuang at this moment.

Those two women were clearly there to get revenge on Ji Yunshuang.

He suspected that the two people were related to the witch clan, and perhaps they had come to seek revenge on Ji Yunshuang for killing the witch.

Could the news from Jingzhou be a trap?

I wonder how she is now, and whether she has encountered any trouble.

Ji Yunshuang, who was on Fu Ci's mind, was indeed encountering a small problem. When she and her people entered Jingzhou territory, it suddenly started to rain.

The rain was getting heavier, and for the safety of the soldiers, she had to find a place to take shelter.

The area was sparsely populated, so Ji Yunshuang and her group could only find an abandoned Taoist temple to take shelter from the rain temporarily.

The group entered the Taoist temple and hastily straightened their soaked clothes.

Lu Yinheng didn't bother to tidy himself up. He first took out a dry cloth from his bundle and handed it to Ji Yunshuang so she could dry her hair.

Ji Yunshuang glanced at the bundle he had specially wrapped in oiled paper and said, "You can use it yourself."

"I don't need it!" Lu Yinheng said deliberately, afraid that she would refuse again. "Would you rather I serve you, sir?"

He made a move to serve Ji Yunshuang and help her wipe her hair.

Ji Yunshuang took it from her and said, "I can do it myself!"

Lu Yinheng's scheme succeeded, and he no longer mentioned serving Ji Yunshuang.

He turned to look at the sky outside.

Judging by the time, it should be noon, but the sky outside looks like it's about to get dark.

He said, "I'm afraid this rain won't stop anytime soon!"

Ji Yunshuang was somewhat anxious, but the rain was too heavy, and the roads in this area were difficult to travel. Proceeding rashly would likely result in more harm than good. She could only suppress her impatience and say, "There's no rush. Let everyone prepare and rest at the Taoist temple for today!"

As she spoke, she took out several bottles of medicine from the bundle under her cover and handed them to Lu Yinheng, saying, "It's inconvenient for us to make ginger soup outside. Take this and share it with everyone. This is medicine to prevent colds."

Lu Yinheng said, "They are all grown men, how could they be so fragile? They just got a little rain, why do they need to take medicine? But you, you got soaked in the rain, you should go and change your clothes."

He didn't take Ji Yunshuang's medicine. Instead, he continued rummaging through his bundle. Soon, he found another set of clothes and handed it to Ji Yunshuang, saying, "I just looked. There's a room over there. Although it's dusty, it doesn't leak. You can live in it. Go there and change."

Ji Yunshuang couldn't help but glance at his bundle again.

Unlike today, there were no bags made of various waterproof materials in ancient times.

In this era, it was no easy task to wrap a bundle in oiled paper to prevent water from seeping in.

And all that trouble he went through, packing a whole bundle, just to bring her clothes?