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

Crown Princess Lu Yunhan hadn't seen Li Qingqian for a long time. As soon as she entered the palace, she took her to the side hall to talk.

"Let me take a look. I haven't seen you for two months. You seem to have lost a lot of weight." Lu Yunhan took her around and looked at her. "Are you tired from all the work in Yunzhou?"

The look in Li Qingqian's eyes darkened for a moment, then returned to normal, "No way, the prince is more hardworking than me, and he has lost a lot of weight compared to me. But the Crown Princess is not asking this because of A Qian, right?"

Lu Yunhan laughed dryly, then turned around and sat down at the table. "Although I am always angry at the prince, I have been married to him for ten years after all. It would be a lie to say that I have no feelings for him at all. Besides, apart from making me angry for a few years, he didn't really do anything that I couldn't forgive him for. That little thing has long been diluted by my feelings for him over the years."

Li Qingqian sighed softly.

So from the day they were sent to Yunzhou by the emperor's order when they were in the Purple Palace, Lu Yunhan was worried about Jiang Huaijing's affairs regarding the Ninth Prince.

The Ninth Prince who lived among the people had always been a thorn in Emperor Hexi's heart. People in the court would privately doubt whether Emperor Hexi really favored the Ninth Prince who lived among the people.

The deep love between the Crown Prince and his wife was a fact that she, an outsider, could see in her previous life. Even though Lu Yunhan said that she hated Jiang Huaijing, she would always protect him in her heart.

Li Qingqian smiled slightly, took her hand and said, "Please rest assured, Madam Queen, the relationship between the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince has been like a brother for so many years, so naturally he is on his side. Moreover, the Crown Prince is a rare talent, and he is naturally the favorite of the people of the world."

Her words were not cryptic, and she was almost expressing Shen Changyun and the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion's loyalty to Jiang Huaijing.

This gave Lu Yunhan some peace of mind.

After all, the Ninth Prince was found by Shen Changyun, and he was the one who had been looking for information about the Ninth Prince before, so it was inevitable that Jiang Huaijing would feel resentful.

Now that their attitude has been made clear, Jiang Huaijing will not let this matter go.

Seeing Lu Yunhan smile from the bottom of his heart, Li Qingqian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Shen Changyun once told her that the prince was not the kind of person who would abandon his subordinates, he was suspicious of his own brothers. Li Qingqian couldn't help but think more about Shen Changyun.

As soon as she said these words, even she wanted to laugh.

I used to say that Shen Changyun was just a bridge to a better future for her, and she wanted to use him to make her life better. But now, somehow, I have begun to put myself in his shoes and make plans for him.

But when she thought about how good Shen Changyun had been to her in the past, she felt that perhaps this was the best relationship between a couple in the world: you care about me and I care about you.

She happened to recall the night when she first came to the palace in her life, and the ridiculous things Shen Changyun did to her. Thinking about it now, she still felt a little angry.

But it seemed as Lu Yunhan said, there was anger, but it had begun to be diluted by emotions.

Li Qingqian looked at Lu Yunhan with a smile. Perhaps everything in his previous life was really wrong. He and she could have been good friends.

*

On the third day after Li Qingqian and Shen Changyun entered the palace to report, news came from the palace: the ninth prince who had been exiled by the previous emperor had returned to the palace, changed his name to Jiang Huaizhou, and was named Prince of Ning, and his beloved wife was named Princess Ning.

This day was the happy day when Meng Yanrong married into the Li Mansion.

Sitting in the bridal sedan, Meng Yanrong still felt somewhat uneasy and confused about her future.

But after the sedan stopped, a bony hand stretched out from under the veil. It was covered with a thick layer of calluses. It did not look rough at all, but instead gave people a sense of security.

Li Xi took Meng Yanrong into the main hall.

Because Li Zhengkang had ordered Liu not to enter the Li family ancestral hall during her lifetime, it was natural for her to worship the tablets of Li Zhengkang and Cheng Zhaoling when she paid homage to her parents.

Li Qingqian and Shen Changyun, the only two people present who knew the truth, felt a little uncomfortable. Li Qingqian felt a little lonely and regretful that she could not bring her mother back to attend her eldest brother's wedding banquet, but she could not say anything because she had to respect her mother's choice.

She slowly suppressed her abnormal emotions and looked at the newlyweds again, but fortunately, at least it was the same as in her previous life.

Li Qingqian wished in her heart: I hope they can be like in their previous life, even though it was a marriage of arrangement, at least they are in love.

The newlyweds were sent to the bridal chamber, while Song Ningyan quietly walked aside alone.

Li Qingqian and Li Zhen both noticed her. When Li Zhen was about to stand up and talk to her, Li Qingqian got there first.

Li Qingqian felt helpless. It was not that she was unwilling to give her second brother and future sister-in-law a chance to be alone together, but she could sense that Song Ningyan didn't seem to want to say anything to her second brother at the moment.

She took Song Ningyan to the small garden and said, "You see, getting married is nothing to be afraid of. Sister Yanrong and I are both doing very well, and I think you will be doing very well too."

After all, she had put the Li family in order before. Whether it was her grandmother, her eldest brother, her second brother, or her eldest sister-in-law, they were all kind and easy to get along with. As for Li Zhengkang, he had arranged a marriage for his second brother just for Song Ningyan, his daughter-in-law. No matter who it was, no one would make things difficult for Song Ningyan.

Song Ningyan gave a very unnatural smile and said, "I'm not worried about that."

She sighed and recounted what happened in Ding'an Marquis's Mansion this morning:

Although Marquis Ding'an has no power in the court now, even Jiang Huaijing doesn't like him very much.

But after all, the Song family is the maternal family of the late emperor's concubine Yun. They have been in the court for so many years, so they must have some connections of their own.

The news that the Ministry of Rites had decided on the date for the Crown Prince's enthronement and the Ninth Prince's return to the court was passed on to the Ding'an Marquis' Mansion this morning.

Marquis Ding'an has wanted to send Song Mianshuang to the Eastern Palace for many years, but the prince has never agreed.

Now that the Ninth Prince, who was the most controversial person in the court, had returned, Marquis Ding'an had another plan in mind. Perhaps he could send Song Mianshuang to Prince Ning's mansion to be a concubine.

After all, Prince Ning has returned to the court, and many people like himself want to join Prince Ning's army. The difference between him and these people is that he has an absolute bargaining chip in his hand - Song Mianshuang.

But when his idea reached Song Mianshuang's ears with red eyes, she rebelled against Marquis Ding'an for the first time, which was rare.

"I won't marry into Prince Ning's mansion."

Marquis Ding'an was startled by her sudden change of attitude, and then became furious.

But Song Mianshuang was not afraid of this. Instead, she said more firmly, "I will not marry into the Ning Wang Mansion. And since His Royal Highness Ning Wang has just returned to the court, I don't think he will take a concubine at this time."

Upon hearing her words, Marquis Ding'an thought that she was not confident enough that Prince Ning would take a fancy to her, so he tried to coax her in a kind way. Prince Ning had lived away from home before, and he probably had not seen much of the world. With her beauty, he would definitely fall in love with her at first sight.