To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

When Fu Jingsheng woke up again, he found himself in a cave.

The moment I opened my eyes, I was met with a pair of beautiful eyes.

The other person's face was covered, so he couldn't see her true appearance, but he could tell that she was a girl.

"Young lady, who are you?" Fu Jingsheng sat up and looked at the other person with his eyes.

The other person was dressed in purple, wearing a veil, and had hair as black as ink.

"You fainted last night, and I just happened to save you. As for your name, that's not important."

"Thank you for saving me last night, young lady."

“Last night, you were drugged. If I hadn’t shown up in time, you would have been arrested.”

Fu Jingsheng's eyebrows arched as he recalled what had happened before he lost consciousness: "Does the young lady know who did this?"

"You know better than I do, don't you? Miss Su is your ex-wife, right? You probably never expected her to have what she has now."

Fu Jingsheng was surprised that the other party knew so much, even about his relationship with Su Mingyue.

"Who is this young lady? It must be a coincidence that she rescued me."

“It’s definitely not a coincidence.” The other party admitted directly: “Why save the Fifth Prince again? Wouldn’t it have been better if he had died in the fire?”

“Even if I hadn’t saved him, he wouldn’t have died this time,” Fu Jingsheng said frankly.

"Indeed, you saved the Fifth Prince, and he will surely give you an important position in the future."

“Su Mingyue has already recognized me, I’m afraid I can’t return to the Fifth Prince’s side.” Fu Jingsheng chuckled.

"I never expected that even after you disguised yourself and changed your clothes, she could still recognize you at a glance. It seems that your ex-wife really loved you to the core, which is why she recognized you as soon as she saw your figure."

Did she love him? Fu Jingsheng thought back to the past; she must have liked him.

The letters she wrote to herself all expressed her love.

If he hadn't remarried and had stayed with her, things would definitely be very different now.

Unfortunately, life is a series of choices, with one right and one wrong.

“She was my wife before, so she knows more about some of my habits. She only suspects, she’s not sure if it’s me. As long as I don’t appear in front of her, she won’t be able to confirm whether it’s me or not.” Fu Jingsheng was certain that Su Mingyue hadn’t really recognized him just now, she only suspected.

"So what are your plans next?"

"This is my business, it doesn't seem to concern the young lady."

"Because I saved you."

"What exactly do you want? And who are you?"

Hearing his words, the girl smiled. She took out a letter from her bosom and handed it to Fu Jingsheng: "Take a look for yourself. I didn't expect you to be so vigilant. You don't need to go back to the Fifth Prince's place."

“No, I have done the Fifth Prince a favor, so I will definitely go back.” Fu Jingsheng had his own plans: “I will contact you when I need help.”

"Then be careful."

……

The Fifth Prince learned that the tent where he slept last night had caught fire and that someone had drugged his food. He had fallen into a deep sleep and was almost burned to death by the fire. Fortunately, a soldier braved the flames to rescue him, thus saving his life.

Zhao Fu led a soldier in: "Your Highness, he was the one who rescued you last night. His name is Xiao Jing."

The Fifth Prince looked up and saw a thin, dark-skinned man with his head down, not daring to look at him. The man was timid; he had kept his head down since entering, avoiding eye contact.

"Keep your head up."

Fu Jingsheng raised his head to let the Fifth Prince look him over.

The Fifth Prince looked at his restrained eyes and couldn't help but smile: "You saved me last night, and I will reward you handsomely. How about this, I'll promote you to work by my side?"

"Thank you, Your Highness. It is my honor."

“From today onwards, you will stay by my side and serve me. Zhaofu, have you found out who was responsible for last night's meal? Who tried to poison me?”

"Your Highness, that soldier has committed suicide out of guilt. With his death, the trail goes cold, and we can't find out who did it for the time being." A soldier was found dead in his tent this morning, and when we went to check, we found out that he was the soldier who brought Your Highness food last night.

His Highness had an accident last night and died this morning.

"Your Highness, in my humble opinion, Your Highness's most urgent task is to recover your health so that no one can take advantage of you again," Fu Jingsheng suggested.

"Fifth Prince, are you feeling any better?" Su Mingyue's voice rang out from outside.

Hearing the voice, Xiao An looked at Zhao Fu in confusion: "Why did she come here?"

“Miss Su is also worried about His Highness’s health. His Highness suffered such a great fright last night, so it’s natural that Miss Su is concerned.”

As they were talking, Su Mingyue came in carrying her medicine box.

Fu Jingsheng stood behind Zhao Fu, trying to minimize his presence so that Su Mingyue wouldn't notice him.

"It's much better now. I wonder if Uncle Wang has found out who tried to burn me to death last night?" Thinking of yesterday's fire, Xiao An was filled with anger.

He, a prince, almost died here. Is that acceptable?

“You should ask Zhan about this; he just went out. I'm just here to check on your health.” His gaze swept over Zhao Fu and the figure behind him: “In Qingzhou City, all the forces are currently operating in the shadows, only you and Zhan are in the open. Whether it's you or him, both are in grave danger. If Your Highness wants to get out alive, you must be vigilant. Especially those around you; you must be extremely cautious, otherwise, something like what happened last night might happen again.”

"Are you saying there's a traitor among my people?"

“Miss Su, do you know something? If you know something, tell our prince so we can be more vigilant. By saying this, aren't you implying that we, your servant, are also being suspected?”

“How could I, who am by Your Highness’s side, so easily suspect you? Last night, Your Highness’s food was drugged. If it weren’t for someone close to you, you wouldn’t have had the opportunity to do such a thing.”

"The eunuch who delivered the meal last night is dead."

“I just went to check, and he didn’t die in the morning, but yesterday evening.”

Xiao An stood up in shock: "What did you say?"

“Someone killed him yesterday and replaced him with his appearance to deliver food to you.”

"You mean, this person is still by my side and could harm me at any time."

"It's not impossible."

"If he were by my side, what would be the first thing he want to do?"

"Naturally, it is to gain His Highness's trust and become someone His Highness can believe in."

As soon as she said this, the Fifth Prince's eyes immediately turned to Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing saved him last night, and now he only has two people he can trust: Zhao Fu and Xiao Jing, his savior from last night.

Was the murderer last night Zhao Fu or Xiao Jing?

Zhao Fu exclaimed, "Miss Su, if you know anything, just tell me directly. If you only tell me half and leave the other half, aren't you going to kill this old servant?"