After being reborn in the Mass Grave, she overturned her predecessor's power

"Now is a sensitive time. You'd better not make any small moves. You don't know how you will die if you are targeted." Shen Zhaoyan warned her.

Jiang Xuening didn't want to do anything right away. Some things had to be dealt with slowly.

"I regret my life."

Shen Zhaoyan glared at her, "Don't come to me if you have nothing to do. We need to avoid suspicion during special times."

Jiang Xuening looked at his leaving figure and rolled her eyes.

Jiang Li waited for Shen Zhaoyan to leave, then came in and asked, "What are your plans? No one who dares to get involved in the affairs of the Spike Army will get anything done."

Having the blood of the Gu family in her body is an original sin. If she dares to reach out, she will definitely be chopped into pieces.

Jiang Xuening said mysteriously, "The secret must not be leaked."

When she left, Shen Bi appeared in front of the carriage and handed her a small white bottle, "The prince gave it to the princess. This medicine has a miraculous effect on wound healing."

Jiang Xuening used her uninjured left hand to hold the cold white bottle, "Thank him for me."

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There was a lot of disturbance from the outside world, and Jiang Xuening fell completely silent.

Bing Tong disappeared silently in Shengjing, and even Wu Jin who was about to leave did not know her whereabouts.

The only thing that is certain is that she talked secretly with Jiang Xuening all afternoon before disappearing.

Jiang Li suspected that Jiang Xuening was playing something big, although he had no evidence.

On this day, Jiang Xuening was reading in the study. Qinghe led a strange nanny in.

Aunt Li saluted her and said, "I have met the princess. I am the steward of the old lady's room."

Jiang Xuening raised her eyebrows slightly, "What does the old lady have to say?

Grandma Li said respectfully, "The Duke's wife invites the princess to come over to speak. The old lady asked the servant to accompany the princess."

The two families have a marriage contract and are involved in old affairs. The relationship is already very delicate.

Now they took the initiative to invite her, but the old lady hesitated and let her go. Because she was worried, she sent someone around her.

Jiang Xuening changed into plain clothes and got on the carriage without any makeup.

Grandma Li carefully conveyed the old lady's meaning, "The old lady said that you need to keep this engagement."

Jiang Xuening said "hmm", opened the car curtain and looked out. This was clearly the way to the outside of the city.

She calculated in a daze that today was Xuan Lin's first day, and she didn't think the Duke's wife would be in the mood to talk to her.

Sure enough, the carriage stopped at Zhuangzi outside the city, and Grandma Li personally helped Jiang Xuening out of the carriage.

A maid in white came over and said, "Princess, please, the master is waiting inside."

After entering Zhuangzi, what was waiting for her was a much thinner speech in white mourning clothes.

Grandma Li's eyelids twitched, but she didn't dare to show any strange expression.

Xuanci spoke in a hoarse voice, "I have something to talk to you alone."

Jiang Xueting looked at Nanny Li, and Nanny Li could only take a step back silently.

Even if it was inappropriate, she knew that at this moment, there was no room for her servants to speak.

Jiang Xuening followed Xuan Ci and climbed many steps up the mountain. There was a small pavilion on the top of the mountain.

There was wine on the stone table in the pavilion, and Jiang Xuening recognized it at a glance. It was Xuan Lin's favorite highland barley wine.

Xuanci looked at her thin figure and asked, "Are you cold? It's very cold here after nightfall."

Jiang Xuening shook her head, "It doesn't matter."

Jiang Xuening stood on the railing. Standing here, she could overlook most of Shengjing. The first thing that caught her eye was a stretch of green and fields.

Xuanci sat down and said, "My brother used to like coming here. He would like to join the army just to protect this great river and mountains."

The two of them were each lost in their own thoughts, and the only sound in the pavilion was the sound of the wind blowing the leaves. But it's not awkward, instead there's a subtle harmony.

The sky quickly darkened and the lanterns in the pavilion were lit.

"Put it on, it's cold at night." Xuan Ci stood behind him and put on the cloak for him.

Jiang Xuening was pulled back from her thoughts, and she subconsciously looked back at him. Under the light, his expression had lost its romantic and dandy air, and there was a sinister look on his face.

Xuan Ci lowered his head to tie her cloak, and Jiang Xuening took a half step back uncomfortably.

Xuan Ci didn't take it to heart. He took the highland barley wine from the table and poured it from the pavilion.

"From now on, I lose the qualification to act recklessly."

The third son of the Xuan family, who was flying wildly in bright clothes and angry horses, died in this autumn and grew up overnight in a cruel way.

Jiang Xuening listened quietly. She couldn't say a word of comfort because she was the cause of everything.

Gradually, the sky was filled with Kongming lanterns, and the entire night sky was lit up.

Xuan Ci twitched his lips and said, "Today is the seventh day of the lunar calendar. Folks invented three thousand lanterns to pray for him and send him off on his last journey."

Xuanci's eyes reflected the light of the Kongming Lantern. Finally, someone remembered him. The people he protected with his life did not let him down.

Under the conspiracy and the struggle for imperial power, this little warmth revealed lit up this cold night.

The two of them watched quietly as three thousand Kongming lanterns lit up the night sky, sending him on his final journey.

Jiang Xuening said silently, "Have a good journey."

On each Kongming lantern, there are written the most sincere and pious blessings from the people here.

Jiang Xuening thought that the emperor let him go without dignity, but on this last journey, the people made him not feel lonely.

It’s not like he paid everything in error…

Xuanci looked at the sky lanterns all over the city and said, "The Xuan family is no longer prepared to get involved in the matter of the Spike Army."

In the past few years, Xuan Lin has been struggling in the northwest, and the Xuan family has not had an easy time in Shengjing. No one of the Xuan family's generation has entered the official position, just because of the existence of the Spike Army, they dare not stand out.

Jiang Xuening said softly, "The Duke's office has done enough."

Xuanci's eyes were astonishingly bright in the night, "My brother's death will not be forgotten like this!"

"Since the way to protect the family and the country by throwing one's head and blood, wrapping one's body in horse leather will not work, and you have become a victim of imperial power, then let's find another way!"

"What do you want to do?" Jiang Xuening asked.

Xuanci's eyes burst with ambition, and he lowered his head and chuckled, "It's been too long, and everyone may have forgotten how the Xuanguo Duke's Palace started."

"The Xuan family has never followed the path of military power, but the path of powerful ministers!"

Now, it's up to him to get back on that path. People have inverse scales, and when touched, they will become angry.

And his reverse scale is naturally Xuan Lin.

"What my brother didn't hold on to, I will hold on to in my own way." Xuan Ci looked at her and said seriously, "Our destinies have been destined to be tied together since a long time ago."

On this cold autumn night, she clearly heard the once cynical boy say to her, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

Jiang Xuening met his eyes, "Why?"

He said, "I guess we are travelers in the dark."

They are all destined to walk on a road full of thorns, and it should be a lucky thing to have someone walking with them.

Jiang Xuening blinked and didn't give him any response.

The speech did not require any response. The two stood side by side in the cold wind and looked at the sky full of Kongming lanterns.

Tonight, something changed, but it seemed like nothing had changed.

got windy…