The Female Lead Decides to Act Wickedly-Chapter 1120 - 424

Clang!

The tea cup fell onto the bluestone floor and shattered into pieces, the warm tea inside spreading out.

He Shu’s heart was pounding wildly. If Sujin hadn’t acted quickly, and she hadn’t hesitated, this tea cup would have hit her on the head.

Although not fatal, it would certainly have caused bleeding and injury.

If mishandled, it might even have led to disfigurement.

What was wrong with Zhou Jin?

Why did he suddenly go mad?!

He Shu didn’t suspect anyone else, the reason was simple.

As the concubine ranking only below the Princess Consort in the Prince Mansion’s backyard, with the Princess Consort absent, only the Prince would dare lay a hand on He Shu.

But, why?

Although the relationship between He Shu and Zhou Jin hadn’t been as sweet and harmonious as imagined in the past half month, it hadn’t turned into enmity either.

She, He Shu, had never done anything to wrong Zhou Jin.

Why did he have the right to attack her?

Well, the cowpox incident, the experiment failed.

The four people attracted by heavy rewards to participate in the experiment all died, and it almost caused a smallpox outbreak.

But this wasn’t her responsibility.

She had already told the doctors everything she knew; it was Zhou Jin who brought in those doctors with insufficient medical skill.

Moreover, Zhou Jin, as the Commandery Prince, lacked enough power, barely managing to handle the accident on the estate.

It was she who secretly sought help from the Fourth Prince, exchanging the distilled alcohol formula for his intervention, which finally kept the smallpox issue under control.

A manor was ruined, a few people were burned to death... the losses were indeed significant, but at least the matter was not exposed, and Prince Qi was not scorned by the Emperor and courtiers.

Just lost the chance to claim credit for cowpox, but Zhou Jin was originally a transparent Prince.

Even attaining an achievement like cowpox would not bring him sufficient rewards.

Alas, it would have been better to seek help from the Fourth Prince from the start.

The Fourth Prince had money, power, ability; with the same formula given to him, maybe it would have succeeded!

Unfortunately, the He Family ran into trouble, and the Fourth Prince became very cold towards her.

And she didn’t want to fall together with the He Family, wanting to find a decent family to marry into before the ship of the He Family completely sank, forcing her to choose Zhou Jin.

The result—

It turned out to be the worst choice, falling behind the Fourth Prince in every aspect.

After realizing this, He Shu was incredibly regretful.

However, there’s nothing to be done about such matters; He Shu could only secretly maintain contact with the Fourth Prince.

Praying that when the Fourth Prince ascends to power in the future, he would consider their "helping" connection and lend her some support.

He Shu had already given up on Zhou Jin, humph, he’s just a useless waste.

"He Tian" could even go to the battlefield, yet, with similar advantages, Zhou Jin had become the laughingstock of the capital—kicked away by the Princess Consort, Prince Qi’s body was indeed weak!

Such a man, how could he become a reliance for He Shu, how could he bring her true wealth and honor?

Thus, He Shu seized the opportunity to use the Fourth Prince’s intervention in the smallpox event, successfully reconnecting with the Fourth Prince.

The distilled alcohol formula was provided, glass, soap, cement, gunpowder wouldn’t be far behind?

With each generous act, the Fourth Prince indeed valued He Shu even more.

The Fourth Prince practically regarded He Shu as a strategist, a female strategist!

The Fourth Prince was very generous to his own people, giving He Shu a ten percent share of profits from all the formulas she submitted.

She didn’t have to contribute money, manpower, or resources, just a formula returned with a ten percent dry stock.

He Shu was very satisfied.

This wasn’t just about money; more importantly, she had successfully latched onto the strong support of the Fourth Prince.

Unfortunately... she was already Prince Qi’s concubine, a married woman. Even if she wanted to achieve something new, she couldn’t do it openly.

Besides guarding against the world’s idle talk, He Shu also had to worry about Zhou Jin’s jealousy and envy as her husband!

And now, He Shu’s worst fear had come true!

"... Prince, I really just happened to meet Prince Qin!"

"If I had an affair with him, would we be on the roadside with people coming and going?"

"Prince, I’m doing it for you too. Third sister is already the Grand Steward in the army and has made outstanding achievements. In the future, when people mention her, she won’t be Princess Qi anymore, but General He!"

"In contrast, you have become a subsidiary to third sister!"

"I know you also have ambitions, but unfortunately lack sufficient support. Now, with the Crown Prince critically ill, the Fourth Prince is the adopted son in the Imperial Palace. Befriending him would be advantageous, not harmful, for you, my Prince!"