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

"Do you need me to keep a secret for you?" Li Qingqian asked.

"Well, this matter cannot be known to anyone casually," Song Ningyan thought for a moment, and added, "As for Miss Ling Ling, it's best not to let others know about it now. She should also be from my era."

Li Qingqian frowned, "She is also a time-traveling girl?"

This is strange. If she is not the original Ling Ling, then according to the original trajectory, she should not be familiar with me at this moment. How could she act as if she knew things about her past life and harbored malice towards me?

She originally thought that this Ling Ling was reborn, but judging from what she said just now, it really didn't sound like something a Dawei woman would say.

Or maybe the original Ling Ling was just so unlucky that she was possessed by a time traveler just after her rebirth.

This can barely make sense.

But she had a vague feeling in her heart that something was wrong, and things didn't seem that simple.

Li Qingqian grabbed Song Ningyan's hand and asked, "After you came here, did you feel any discomfort in your body?"

Song Ningyan thought for a moment and said, "No, even the blood curse I have had since childhood has not been eliminated. Ah Qian, are you suspicious of something?"

"Do you remember the chest pain I asked you about before?"

"Well," Song Ningyan's eyes were blank, "but you are indeed very healthy, there is nothing wrong with you."

This is what puzzles Li Qingqian the most.

Although she was fine, her heart always ached suddenly whenever she got close to Shen Changyun.

She originally thought it was a disaster brought on by rebirth, but Song Ningyan was fine despite the same reversal of family fate. Could it be that this divine punishment was only directed at her?

Passing by the corridor, she punched the wall beside her, but she did not feel any pain in her hand.

When I looked up, I saw that it was Shen Changyun who was standing here waiting for me, and he just happened to be hit by such a punch.

Li Qingqian rubbed his face with an apologetic look on her face, "Sorry, I didn't see you were here."

This was not what Shen Changyun was worried about. "My lady, you look so bad. You don't have to worry about Jiang Lin and the other two. If you can't handle it, I will take care of it for you."

Li Qingqian shook her head. "It's such a nice day today, let's not talk about this. It's still early for the Lantern Festival, how about you accompany me for a while?"

Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Shen Changyun originally intended to use this method to cheer her up.

But now she became arrogant, "My wife just left me alone to go in and talk to Miss Song, and now she remembered that she wanted to go to the Lantern Festival with her husband."

Why are you angry again?

Li Qingqian coaxed helplessly: "Then what do you want to do? I will accompany you?"

Shen Changyun was delighted when he heard this, and approached her with a sly smile and asked, "Anything is fine?"

Li Qingqian's expression suddenly fell, "You'd better think about something."

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"It's so lively up ahead," Li Qingqian suddenly pointed to a place and said, "It seems like they are guessing lantern riddles."

She looked at the crowded area not far away, then turned to Shen Changyun and gave him a sly smile, "Why don't we compete?"

Shen Changyun smiled, "Let's compete, do you think I'm afraid of you?"

The man selling lanterns was an old man. The lanterns he was selling were placed aside for people to choose from. There were also small and exquisite lanterns hanging on the poles with riddles written on them.

Whoever guesses correctly can take the lantern for free.

Some talented men have already taken a few lanterns and given them to their beloved girls.

The two of them went to the front.

Half an incense stick later, the old man looked at the two people who answered each question successfully, "..."

If it weren't for the indifference revealed in their every move, he would really suspect that they were here to cause trouble.

The two of them fought against each other, and were evenly matched, which attracted a lot of attention.

Everyone respects knowledgeable people, and has a natural liking for those with outstanding talents and looks.

Although Li Qingqian and Shen Changyun covered their faces with masks after leaving Changming Tower, their temperament stood out among the crowd, not to mention their quick wits.

At that moment, many people gathered to watch the competition between the two.

The old man smiled from ear to ear as he saw more and more people gathered. The more people there were, the more lanterns he could sell.

In the end it was another draw.

Li Qingqian sighed softly: "It seems that there is no winner today."

Shen Changyun picked up a carp lantern and asked, "Old man, can you give me this lantern?"

The old man was naturally willing. If he really followed the rules, he would have to lose his entire stall today. Since the other party was willing to take only one, he was of course happy.

Shen Changyun nodded in thanks and handed the rabbit lamp to Li Qingqian.

Li Qingqian looked at the lamp in her hand with some confusion. What did she need it for?

Shen Changyun raised his lips slightly: "This is for you. I heard that Black Cat's favorite food is carp. You should like this carp lantern too."

Carp and carp lanterns are indeed associated with one thing.

But what is the connection between her and the black cat?

He teased himself again.

When passing Wanhe Tower with a lantern in hand, Li Qingqian saw a group of people sneaking in.

"Judging from the way he's dressed, he seems to be from Beiyuan?" She said, pulling Shen Changyun's sleeve.

"They are the people of Beiyuan," Shen Changyun nodded. "Now the Lantern Festival is about to end. In ten days, the envoys from various foreign countries will enter the palace to present the New Year's tribute."

Li Qingqian looked at their backs and still felt very strange. "But the envoys from foreign countries should be resting at the post station. Why are they here? And they are acting sneaky."

Shen Changyun sighed, "Since my wife has discovered it, it seems that I really can't let you go back early."

"What do you mean?" Li Qingqian suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Shen Changyun didn't say much to her, but took her directly into Wanhe Tower.

Half of the reason why Wanhelou was able to dominate the restaurant business in the capital in the past was because of its unique layout and location.

The main building is in front, and in the bamboo forest behind it are courtyards of varying sizes.

These courtyards are generally only affordable by princes, nobles and wealthy children.

The main building is noisy, but it does not disturb the private rooms in the bamboo forest.

The place where Shen Changyun and Li Qingqian were sitting at this moment was the private room with the best geographical location in the entire bamboo forest.

But Li Qingqian was very angry about what he saw at this moment.

The envoys from Beiyuan, who were not far away, were sitting high up on the main seat, and the one who was fawning over them was the head of the Liu family, Liu Chengyin.

"Before, I told you not to be blinded by hatred. In fact, this is the reason," Shen Changyun sighed and moved closer to her. "I found out that the person who harmed your eldest brother was the Liu family. But at that time, the Liu family was already short of money and could not accomplish this task independently."

"So they joined forces with the people of Beiyuan," Li Qingqian's voice seemed very calm as she analyzed, "The Liu family used to be a well-traveled merchant family, so it wasn't difficult for them to get to know the people of Beiyuan."

In the previous life, not all foreigners were good people.

Nanjiang is close to the sea and has always been good at balancing Dawei from this aspect. However, their terrain is scattered and it is difficult to unite together.

Xiliang was even more rampant. They repeatedly provoked the Dawei border and killed the people of the Dawei border at will. It was only after my eldest brother won a great victory in the battle with Xiliang that they quieted down.

Only Beiyuan has always been the most well-behaved and has a relatively good relationship with Dawei.

But they have always had a mysterious force in their hands. It is said that the founding emperor decided to make friends with Beiyuan for this reason.

But now they dared to harm General Dawei, which clearly showed that there was only one possibility.

"These people in Beiyuan have evil intentions hidden under their kind appearance!" Li Qingqian said coldly.

Shen Changyun nodded to show his agreement with her idea, and his gaze towards the place not far away turned a little colder. "And they took advantage of the fact that the war between Dawei and Xiliang had just ended. They wanted to harm General Dawei and put the blame on Xiliang, thus stirring up the conflict between Dawei and Xiliang again."

Li Qingqian held his hand, "Your Majesty, you didn't tell the court officials about my brother's injury because you were worried about this, right? Southern Xinjiang has had a feud with Dawei for a long time, but it has to rely on Dawei to survive, and the war in Xiliang has just ended. If they knew that Beiyuan also had rebellious intentions, they would definitely unite to deal with Zhongyuan, which would not be good for our Dawei."

Shen Changyun twisted a strand of her hair between his fingers and played with it. "Qianqian, have you ever thought about what we should do now?"

Li Qingqian thought for a moment and replied, "Take advantage of the days when the Beiyuan envoys are here to quickly eliminate the Liu family and assassinate the Beiyuan people. The majesty of the Central Plains cannot be challenged at will. At the same time, it can only be a hint. Now that Dawei has just finished the war with Xiliang, it still needs to recuperate."

A light bulb went off in her mind, and she suddenly understood why Li Zhengkang and those ministers were kept behind on the New Year's Eve palace banquet.

Shen Changyun listened to her and nodded approvingly.