The daughter of the first wife is a black lotus, reborn and remarried to kill

"Beiyuan has been rampant for a long time, and now they are so arrogant," Emperor Hexi said with disdain, shaking the Beiyuan sacred object that Shen Changyun brought back to him in his hand, "It's a pity that their good days are about to end."

Shen Changyun glanced at the holy object and did not say much about it. Instead, he changed the subject.

"When I entered the palace, I happened to see Eunuch Zheng beside Your Majesty leaving the palace with the imperial edict."

Jiang Huaijing glanced at Emperor Hexi who was still viewing the holy relic and nodded, "We have long since found evidence of the collusion between Beiyuan and the Liu family, and the letters between the Li family's mistress Liu and the Liu family presented by your wife are just enough to prove that the Liu family colluded with foreign invaders to murder General Dawei. But because Li Xi is a meritorious official and a victim of this incident, the guilt of the other members of the Li family is waived, and only Liu is given a cup of poisoned wine."

The Liu family has committed a serious crime this time, and it is a foregone conclusion that their property will be confiscated and their family will be exterminated.

Shen Changyun sighed lightly and shook his head, with an evil arc at the corner of his mouth.

Fortunately, he and the prince had already planned to move the Liu family out, and Emperor Hexi only wanted the Beiyuan sacred object, so the silver was a good deal for him and Jiang Huaijing to each get 50%.

Liu was the first to commit evil and framed Qianqian, causing her to suffer in a country farm for three whole years. In her previous life, Liu's family even tried to put people into Jiang Lin's harem when Qianqian was in dire straits, making her even more embarrassed.

Since the Liu family is not a human being and has now joined forces with the people of Beiyuan to murder Dawei's heroes, don't blame yourself for being cruel.

A hurried crimson-purple figure walked towards the end of the cell, and Shen Changyun and Jiang Huaijing glanced over there.

The eunuch stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress is waiting in the Purple Palace and has something important to tell you."

Emperor Hexi impatiently put away the holy object and slowly glanced at the eunuch, "Empress? What does she want to see me for?"

The eunuch looked at Shen Changyun with a somewhat conflicted expression.

Emperor Hexi waved his hand, "You can say whatever you want."

"Your Majesty, yes, the fifth princess is missing!"

"What?" Jiang Huaijing was the first to respond. He frowned slightly and asked with a hint of displeasure, "What do you mean the Fifth Princess is missing?"

The eunuch said in a trembling voice: "Since the third daughter of the Li family got married, the fifth princess has been staying indoors. This morning, the queen wanted to take the princess to the imperial garden, but she didn't expect that as soon as she opened the princess's door, she had disappeared."

Hearing this, Shen Changyun frowned unconsciously.

Jiang Huaijing found it unbelievable. For so many years, Huairong often sneaked out of the palace disguised as the seventh sister. Usually, the Yulin Guards followed her secretly to protect her, so he turned a blind eye.

But ever since Li Qingqian got married, Jiang Huairong locked herself in her room and became unhappy. Jiang Huaijing guessed that she would sneak out of the palace to find Li Qingqian, and he even added another secret guard in her yard.

In this case, how did Jiang Huairong escape?

Shen Changyun was about to say something to Emperor Hexi, but the other party reacted first.

Emperor Hexi said angrily: "How dare you! The palace rules are strict, and she, as a princess of the dynasty, actually ignores them. She should be properly disciplined for being so willful and reckless!"

After saying that, he angrily turned away and walked out of the dungeon.

Jiang Huaijing was worried about his sister and followed her closely, praying in his heart that Huairong was just out for a walk as usual and would be back soon. Now that the foreign envoys had not left the capital yet, he hoped that nothing would happen to Huairong.

But for some reason, Jiang Huaijing suddenly had a bad feeling and his right eyelid couldn't stop twitching.

Shen Changyun stood there, watching the two people's anxious backs as they left, and then looked at the eunuch who didn't follow them, "Why didn't you follow and serve them?"

The eunuch bowed to him again, "The Crown Princess is now serving the Queen. She asked me to inform the Crown Prince that the Crown Prince's wife must be present at this time. The Queen has already sent someone to pass on her oral order, asking the Crown Prince's wife to come to the palace to reply."

Shen Changyun nodded. Qianqian had to come. He originally wanted to ask Emperor Hexi to summon her to the palace. Since the Queen had gone ahead, that would be fine.

It was no secret among them that Jiang Huairong liked her. Before she got married, she lived in the same yard with Jiang Huairong.

Now that Jiang Huairong has escaped, the first person the Queen would most likely think of is Li Qingqian.

This was not good. Although the Queen usually showed that she liked Li Qingqian very much, compared to the whereabouts of her own daughter, she was too lazy to pretend with Li Qingqian.

Shen Changyun was about to catch up with Emperor Hexi and Jiang Huaijing, but was stopped by the eunuch: "The Empress has ordered that the palace gates be locked. As a male outside the palace, please return home as soon as possible."

Haha, he was afraid that he would help Qianqian.

The corners of his mouth curled slightly, "My wife is about to enter the palace, so why can't I wait for her in the palace and leave with her? Besides, the fifth princess is my cousin, how can I not be anxious if she disappears?"

The eunuch raised his eyes and glanced at him, muttering in his heart: Why are you so anxious!

He was the chief eunuch serving in Fengyi Palace. Who in Fengyi Palace didn't know that Prince Shen and the Fifth Princess were not on good terms? Who didn't know that they were not on good terms because of the Third Lady of the Li Family, who was now the Prince's wife?

I'm afraid this gentleman is beating drums and gongs in his heart to see the Fifth Princess off from the palace.

This is strange. I heard before that the Fifth Princess was at odds with the Crown Prince because she liked him and was dissatisfied with his engagement with Miss Li San.

But they saw that during the days when Miss Li San entered the palace to wait for her marriage, the Fifth Princess had a very good relationship with her.

Even the honor of entering the palace to wait for marriage and marrying off according to the rules for a legitimate princess was sought by the Fifth Princess for Miss Li San.

It is even more strange now. The fifth princess has disappeared, but the Queen has summoned the current Crown Prince's wife instead. Who has ever seen someone run away to find a rival for love?

There is no way the princess could be with the Crown Prince's wife...

He was puzzled, but Shen Changyun did not take his doubts seriously and walked straight past him towards the Zichen Hall.

*

The atmosphere in the palace was unusual, and the situation in the Li residence was also extremely awkward.

Liu slumped on the ground with an uneasy look on her face.

She should have still been under house arrest, but today an imperial edict came from the palace, so Li Zhengkang asked her to come out and receive the order together with everyone in the palace.

But after the imperial edict was read, Liu still couldn't believe her ears.

The Liu family was ruined. His brother and nephew were ordered to be beheaded, and his niece and other members of the Liu family were exiled.

She didn't care about these at the moment. What made her feel extremely desperate was the cup of poisoned wine given to her alone!

I am already the mistress of the Li family and no longer the daughter of the Liu family. Why should I be implicated?

It was not until the person who read the imperial edict left that the two maids beside Li Qingqian, who had no idea why they came to the Li Mansion today, told her that the letters between them and the Liu family had been reviewed by His Majesty.

But Liu was even more confused. The correspondence between her and the Liu family had always been kept by Shu Yue. How did it get to His Majesty?

An absurd thought came to Liu's mind: Could it be that Shu Yue saw that Jiang Lin was not a trustworthy person, so she simply climbed up the ladder herself and revealed those letters to His Majesty?

But if she did this, it would make it impossible for the Liu family and herself to recover. What good would it do for her?

Of course, it will do Li Shuyue no good but only harm.

But what Liu didn't know was that the backup copy of the letter she sent to Li Shuyue had never reached the other party's hands.

But she couldn't think of that level now.

Li Zhengkang's tall and cold figure stood before her, and said to her with a sullen face, "This is the will of the emperor, do you dare to disobey?"

Liu gave a bitter smile. In fact, she had understood from the beginning that Li Zhengkang was only using her.

But she was unwilling to give up. She had liked Li Zhengkang since she was a child, and she was even more greedy for his high position and generous salary. She tried every means to marry into the Li family and become the mistress.

One wrong step leads to another. Even if you want to turn back now, it’s too late to regret.

At the end of her life, Liu Shuniang heard Li Zhengkang's strange yet familiar voice: "The relationship between you and me is ill-fated. I have already drafted a divorce letter. You are not worthy of entering the Li family's ancestral hall after your death. The mistress of the Li Mansion has always been Cheng Zhaoling."

Cheng Zhaoling... That's the name of that short-lived bitch.

She was a noble lady from a prominent family, the first wife that Li Zhengkang married with great joy, and the white moonlight that lingered in his heart for a long time.

When all the memories of Liu Shuniang's life came to her mind like a kaleidoscope, she remembered that when she attended the wedding banquet of Li Zhengkang and Cheng Zhaoling, she looked so hideous that she even tore the brocade handkerchief into several pieces.

I took the wrong path from the beginning.

Outside the house, An Shi quietly watched Liu Shuniang slowly die, feeling mixed emotions.

It would be a lie to say that she was not happy. She finally waited until the day when the murderer of her child was defeated.

But while she felt happy, she also felt a little sad: the life and death in this big house was really sad and scary.