Spoiling my mistress and swallowing my dowry? After my rebirth, I changed my marriage to a powerful

"Bring the child here. I want to see him too! I miss him very much." Xie Anfeng said tiredly.

Zhao Zhao was trapped in the palace for a month or two. He suffered every day, but he did not dare to act rashly.

"Zhao Zhao and the child cannot be brought here for the time being." Zhou Shaoyu told Xie Anfeng the message he received from Queen Xie in the morning.

Xie Anfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, please take a rest first. I will think of a solution."

He left Qingpu Garden and returned to Xie Mansion, where he dispatched all of Xie Mansion's spies to secretly search for Queen Xie in the capital and within a hundred miles of the surrounding area.

Emperor Hui was also looking for Empress Xie.

"I think too highly of the Queen! She knew that Jingchen would soon be made the Crown Prince and Xie girl would be made the Crown Princess, but she actually threatened Jingchen with her own niece!"

The queen ran out of the palace and threatened her own son. How could he just ignore it?

He used to let her do whatever she wanted, but now, he doesn't want to indulge her anymore.

"Hanako Masaru, have someone replace everything in the imperial study."

"Your Majesty, they have all been replaced with new ones."

Hua Zisheng had served Emperor Hui for more than 30 years. He understood every look in Emperor Hui's eyes. He ordered people to replace all the dragon table, dragon chair, and dragon couch used by Empress Xie in the imperial study overnight.

Even the furnishings and curtains were changed.

The floor was mopped countless times.

At 5 p.m., Leng Luo from the Imperial City Division reported back, "Your Majesty, we found Empress Xie fifty miles outside the city."

"where?"

"Huiyue Villa."

Emperor Hui frowned: "Is this a Zhuangzi?"

"Yes, this manor was originally under the name of Dingbei Marquis Mansion, but I have checked and found that Dingbei Marquis is only the front owner, and the real owner is someone else."

"Is it the Queen?"

"I have asked, and it is not the Queen. Someone once saw the son of Dingbei Marquis accompanied by a young man. That person should be very young, but he was wearing a mask at the time, so no one saw his true face. I think that person is the real mastermind behind the scenes."

Emperor Hui listened to Leng Luo's report with no expression on his face, but it was completely different from the lethargy and dullness of the past few days.

He is also that shrewd and unfathomable emperor.

"That person's accent is no different from that of someone from the capital, and his speech and behavior are extremely noble, not like a nobleman from an ordinary family." Leng Luo said, "I have asked the people from the Imperial City Department to keep an eye on Huiyue Villa."

"Go ahead and make sure to bring the queen back," Emperor Hui said, "We can't let her affect the crown prince's enthronement ceremony."

"Yes!"

**

Yin Jinan, Li Yunmu, and Zhou Lingyin all came back, but Yin Jinan had no intention of drinking with them. Instead, he carried the coffin back to the Duke's Mansion to keep vigil for Duke Xun.

Duke Xun was plotted against by Wei Anyuan in the northwest. Who could have thought that Wei Anyuan would suddenly counterattack when he surrendered?

Ultimately, it was Duke Xun's carelessness.

Mrs. Song, the wife of Duke Xun Guo, was originally very frightened when she heard about the great victory in the northwest.

Because Duke Xun wanted to divorce her before he left.

She didn't know whether Duke Xun would continue his unfinished business after returning victoriously. Unexpectedly, she received the message that he had died in the battle and was lying in a coffin.

Song felt mixed emotions.

I feel both fortunate and sad.

Fortunately, he died and no one mentioned divorce anymore. The Song family's reputation was saved, and she would be the head of the Duke's Mansion from now on, the old lady.

What's sad is that the Duke has died, and Yin Jinzhuo has been ordered by His Majesty to never be eligible to inherit the title. She will not be happy with anyone who inherits the title except her eldest son.

It is even worse to not allow anyone to inherit the title. If no one inherits the title, then the Duke's Mansion will be over. Who will care about her?

Therefore, when the funeral was reported to the mansion more than half a month in advance, the first thing she did was to tell the concubines and members of the Yin clan in the mansion that she wanted to choose someone from the clan to inherit the title of Duke Xun Guo.

As soon as the news came out, the sadness over Duke Xun's death was actually reduced a little. A strange excitement surged in the clan, and everyone tried their best to curry favor with her in the hope of inheriting the title.

Duke, this is the title second only to "Prince" and "Prince" among all the titles.

Yin Jinan and the eight generals brought back Yin Xiushan's body. The clan members' wailing was particularly real, and their attempts to curry favor with the Song family were rampant.

Within half a month, the Song family's private warehouse was quickly full and expanded to four warehouses.

Yin Jinzhuo's concubine looked at Yin Jinzhuo eagerly and begged, "Master, you can't inherit the title, but it doesn't say that Shan'er can't inherit the title! Go and beg the old lady!"

Ever since Yin Jinzhuo stripped Pei Yue of his title as Crown Prince and his power to manage his household generals, and beheaded Pei Yue's mother's family, confiscated their property and exiled them, the two of them have been "a couple in poverty and sorrow over many things", attacking each other and no longer showing any affection to each other.

The little white flower's tears were no longer worth anything, so Yin Jinzhuo simply took a third concubine and slept in her room every day.

Now she has no legitimate son, two illegitimate sons, and a concubine is pregnant, and the third one is about to be born.

The eldest illegitimate son was called Yin Shanjiang.

The younger illegitimate son was called Yin Mingjiang.

Since Yin Jinan was unwilling to accept the title, the concubine had an idea and asked Yin Shanjiang to accept the title. After all, Yin Shanjiang was Yin Xiushan's grandson.

Yin Jinzhuo fell from heaven to earth, and he understood most deeply how important Chengjue was.

"I'm going to go find mother. You should stay idle and be more filial to her." Yin Jinzhuo said, "No matter what, the title can't be given to those bastards."

Yin Xiushan’s mourning tent was set up in the main hall of the Duke’s Mansion, and the clan leader personally presided over the ceremony in an orderly manner.

Officials from the capital and the palace came to pay their respects in an endless stream.

Yin Jinan was dressed in mourning and stayed in front of the coffin, watching coldly as people from the mansion came in and out and praised his mother, Song, to the sky.

When Zhou Shaoyu brought a group of people to pay their respects, it caused a commotion.

Because his status is different now, the ministers who came with him include Liu Gelao, Prince Jing, Xie Anfeng, and the six ministers...

They are all top dignitaries in the court.

After the condolence ceremony, Zhou Shaoyu and his party were welcomed into the living room.

Zhou Shaoyu said to the head of the Yin family and the Yin Jinan brothers: "The Duke has been a soldier all his life, serving the country and the people. This time, the Duke led the charge to fight against the foreign enemies of Wei, and his meritorious service is outstanding. I have suggested to Your Majesty that a temple be built for the Duke so that he can enjoy incense for generations."

The Yin clan leader and Yin Jinan were deeply moved and immediately knelt down to express their gratitude.

While they were talking, the Duke's wife, Mrs. Song, came over and said to Zhou Shaoyu, "Your Highness, the Duke has passed away for nearly two months, and the family wants to bury him as soon as possible. The person who will inherit his mantle has not yet been decided, and I would like to ask Your Highness to make the decision and select the successor to break the pot for the Duke."

The one who breaks the pot inherits the mantle of the Duke, that is, the inheritor of the title.

The clan leader was also anxious, and according to the clan's wishes, he recommended Yin Jinan.

But Yin Jinan refused.

"Forget about the title. If no one else wants to break the pot, I will!" Yin Jin'an said, "Now that the person is gone, just bury him properly. If you didn't show filial piety when he was alive, what's the point of going through all that formality now that he's gone? It's meaningless!"

The patriarch had a headache. Is this human language?

The title of Duke of Xun was earned with his life, and he has a son, so why doesn't he inherit it?

Zhou Shaoyu looked at Song calmly and asked, "What is the Duke's wife's plan?"

Song said, "I want my grandson Shanjiang to inherit the title."

As soon as she said this, the expressions of other people in the clan, including several concubines, changed.

Yin Xiushan's illegitimate son Yin Youjun knelt down and pleaded, "Didn't mother promise me to inherit my father's legacy?"

Song looked at him with disdain and scolded him, "I only said I would consider it. Who agreed to your request? The Duke has a legitimate son, so why would it be your turn, a lowly creature?"

Yin Jinan burst out laughing and said nonchalantly, "He's a bastard? Yin Shanjiang was also born from a concubine, isn't he also a bastard?"

Song glared at Yin Jinan and cursed, "You unfilial thing, shut up!"

Yin Jinan slowly took out a letter from his pocket: "Father's last words——"

Damn it, this is the end of the titles. Whoever wants a title should earn it himself!