[Greedy, Cowardly, Vicious Heroine × Amnesiac Crown Prince Reduced to Hauling Loads | Taking Credit for Saving Him | The Crown Prince Works Like an Ox | HE]
Jiang Sui found an amnesiac man by the river and casually told him, "I saved you."
He remembered nothing, only that he owed her his life.
So he hauled loads by day and escorted goods by night. Every copper coin he saved over the course of a year turned into a jeweled hairpin for her.
In her previous life, she accepted it all without a second thought.
That is, until he reclaimed his identity and became Crown Prince, and the girl who had really dragged him ashore came to their door holding half a jade pendant.
Unwilling to accept it, she made a scene all winter, until she finally sank into an icy hole in the moat.
When she opened her eyes again, the little courtyard in Willow Lane was still drafty.
The man who still didn't know who he was crouched in front of the stove, heating up a bowl of leftover porridge for her.
Jiang Sui counted on her fingers: three months until he was recognized, nine months until she was exposed for who she really was.
That was enough time to save up some money to run away.
The first time, he said he'd marry her in spring. She packed her things that very night, but didn't make it out of the city.
The second time, he petitioned the emperor to make her Crown Princess. She used going to pray as an excuse, but the carriage took her straight back to the Eastern Palace.
The third time, the woman who had truly saved him came to the capital. With a hundred taels of reward money in her pocket, Jiang Sui ran faster than anyone.
Before the city gates closed, a horseman came racing through the snow.
The Crown Prince threw a ledger at her feet. It listed every coin he'd spent on her, all recorded in her own handwriting.
"You can't pay it back, but you still want to run? Jiang Sui, your accounting doesn't add up."
