Chapter 263

The speed was so fast that Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't even have time to refuse.

Helpless, she could only carry the pastries back into the room, and asked Jiang Wei inside: "Mother, that mistress sent someone to send us pastries. This... can we eat it?"

Her tone carried a bit of caution.

Just a moment ago, her mother said that they should have less contact with unnecessary trouble, but then the person sent her pastries, and she couldn't refuse...

To tell the truth, she still really wanted to taste this Ruyi Pine Nut Cake. She heard Cao Wanzhi say that this pastry was generally only made by imperial chefs in the palace, and the taste should be good.

Jiang Wei raised her eyes, as if she had seen through her little thoughts. She scanned the pastries in her hand calmly, and after a long time, spat out two words: "Eat it."

With her mother's words, Jiang Xiaoxiao then felt at ease, picked up a piece with her fingers, and sent it into her mouth.

Not to mention, it was worthy of being the Ruyi Pine Nut Cake produced by the palace. It was soft, glutinous, and delicious, sweet but not greasy, with a faint fragrance of pine nuts.

Compared to the ordinary pastries sold in pastry shops in small places like Yong'an County, it was more than twice as delicious.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was squinting her eyes and enjoying the delicious Ruyi Pine Nut Cake when the door was knocked again.

Who is it again?

Jiang Wei frowned imperceptibly and went to open the door herself.

The door opened, and it was Mr. Bai.

He stood outside properly, holding two vegetable dishes and one meat dish. Seeing Jiang Wei who came to open the door, he smiled: "You haven't had dinner yet, right? Today, the wealthy mistress on the second floor rewarded a lot of silver after she recovered from her illness, and let everyone improve their food. I saw it was not bad, so I bought two portions for you."

"Thank you." Jiang Wei didn't refuse, thanked Mr. Bai after taking the food.

Although there was no shortage of food in her space, after all, they were on a ship, and there were so many outsiders watching. If they were never seen eating, it wouldn't be good if it aroused suspicion.

Jiang Wei carried the food back into the room.

Jiang Xiaoxiao immediately leaned over to look. Yo, this dinner was really not bad. Not only were there both meat and vegetables, but even the staple food was changed to big white rice, unlike at noon when there was only thin porridge.

It seems that the reward from that Princess Consort was not small...

Jiang Wei checked the food as usual, and only after confirming that there was no problem did she let Jiang Xiaoxiao eat.

Jiang Xiaoxiao also picked up her chopsticks without hesitation and ate a few bites.

Hmm... although the taste was still not very good, it was at least edible, unlike the meal at noon that was hard to swallow.

The days on the ship were really boring and hard to endure, and there was nothing to do, so the mother and daughter went to sleep early after finishing dinner.

The night was cool, and the moonlight sprinkled on the ship's side like water.

In the quiet night, there was only the sound of the sea breeze blowing slowly.

Everyone was sleeping soundly, and the deck was quiet.

Only Jiang Xiaoxiao was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

After a long while, she sat up from the bed, holding her stomach in discomfort.

She seemed to have eaten something bad...

Jiang Xiaoxiao frowned, counting what she had eaten today: cake, dried fruits, canned food, Ruyi Pine Nut Cake... and the food provided by the ship.

She didn't know which one caused her stomach to go bad...

Just as she was frowning and thinking, she suddenly discovered that there were shadows outside the window, as if someone was hiding outside.

Jiang Xiaoxiao's vigilance rose instantly.

Strange, why is someone not sleeping in the middle of the night?

She got out of bed in the dark, tiptoed, quietly came to the window, pressed her ear against the window, and sure enough, heard faint voices.

"... Did you see that? That woman is really generous, rewarding a big handful of silver at once..."

"What's her background? Don't let it be someone we can't afford to offend."

"Don't worry, I've been lurking on the ship for more than half a month and observed carefully. That woman is probably someone who ran away from a wealthy family, and she's still carrying a wild seed in her belly. I guess she ran away from home to give birth to the child."

"Tsk tsk, can't tell, that woman looks pretty good, didn't expect her nature to be so lewd, don't know which wild man she had an affair with to conceive the wild seed..."

Men were always tireless in such topics of smearing women, and there were more and more unbearable and filthy words.

Jiang Xiaoxiao, who was eavesdropping on the window, only felt full of anger.

But the next second, she heard even more infuriating words.

"... Have you found out clearly? Are there any other people beside that woman?"

"Don't worry, according to my observation over the past half month, she only brought a few useless maids and matrons. These people are easy to handle. I've already agreed with the cook on this merchant ship. When the time comes, I'll put some medicine in their food, knock them out, and throw them all into the sea. No one will know, and who would find us?"

"That's fine, this ship will arrive in Xuzhou in two days, we must act quickly, don't let this big fish run away."

The voices of those men gradually went away and finally submerged into the deep night.

Jiang Xiaoxiao, whose body was pressed against the window eavesdropping, only felt cold.

I don't know if it was because she stood in the same posture for too long, but her hands and feet also felt stiff, numb.

After a long time, Jiang Xiaoxiao finally stood up straight with a livid face.

She never expected that on this merchant ship, there were actually accomplices who were in cahoots with this group of robbers to plot for money and kill people!

They were even bold enough to poison and kill!

This group of people must not be let off!

Jiang Xiaoxiao, filled with anger, walked quickly to the bed, wanting to wake up her mother.

But the next second, she paused.

No.

The room they lived in was in a remote part of the merchant ship, which was why it became a hidden place for those men to conspire. However, her mother's vigilance had always been high. Even she could hear the movements of those men, it was impossible for her mother not to have noticed anything until now...

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at Jiang Wei, who was sleeping quietly on the bed, as if she had some guess in her heart. She turned around abruptly to look at the food Mr. Bai had sent to the table.