Use a substitute on your wedding night to scatter the ashes of your entire family

Ou Jianglin's secret agent in Northern Jin had a restaurant with an elegant name, called Liuyue Tower. At this moment, Li Shuangwan was sitting in a private room on the third floor.

At the door of the private room, Gu Xingyan was guarding outside personally.

Ling Heng arranged a secret guard for Li Shuangwan. On the surface, it was to protect her safety, but everyone knew what he was actually doing.

With Gu Xingyan around, he imprisoned the man in the "Gu Mansion" and took off his mask. Gu Xingyan suddenly became Li Shuangwan's personal secret guard.

Opposite Li Shuangwan sat a girl who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a pretty face and a tired expression. She was wearing coarse cloth and her hands were chapped.

The cold and hard work have worn away all the grace and elegance that this Miss Hu once had as a noble lady.

From being the eldest granddaughter of the first-rank prime minister to falling from grace, it only took 20 days. When the Hu family fell, those noble families who had been helped by Prime Minister Hu not only did not help them, but some even turned around and stepped on them, just to curry favor with the emperor.

The world is fickle and fickle.

The Li family had been guarding the northwest since their ancestors, firmly blocking the Northern Qi cavalry outside the Yinshan Pass. In the previous life, Ling Heng issued a false imperial edict of "collaborating with the enemy and treason", but no one defended the Li family, causing 381 members of the Li family to die unjustly.

There were constant natural disasters and man-made tragedies, and the number of refugees increased. General He and his 30,000 soldiers died in vain, the Hu family was confiscated and exiled, and there were endless corrupt officials.

With Northern Qi, Xia and Zhao watching covetously from outside, neighboring countries were rising, and the country was digging its own grave.

Those in higher positions are even less aware.

Murder and set fire to the gold belt, repair the bridge and repair the road without corpses.

But the emperor sitting on the dragon throne, the crown prince, and all the descendants of the Ling family could only see that chair.

In such a Northern Jin Dynasty and such a court, Li Shuangwan sincerely felt that Hu Zhenfang was too pedantic and not worth it.

Li Shuangwan picked up the tea on the table, took a sip and looked at the woman opposite: "The Hu family has fallen into such a state now, does Miss Hu blame Lord Hu?"

Hu Muyan raised her head and looked at Li Shuangwan opposite her. Her tired eyes were gradually filled with sneers.

Even though she had not had a full meal in the past twenty days and had not been able to stop to rest for a while, facing the huge table of food in front of her, Hu Muyan did not even glance at it.

Although she looked disheveled, she sat there with her back still straight.

"If Princess Heng is here to laugh at me, there is no need to do so. I have been ridiculed enough these past few days, and there is no need to trample on them again."

Li Shuangwan didn't expect that this was a rose with thorns. He suddenly had a favorable impression of it. He took a sip of tea and looked at the woman opposite him: "Oh, so Miss Hu doesn't blame you anymore?"

"There is nothing to complain about. Since I and the women of the Hu family have enjoyed the wealth of the Hu family in the past, we should bear the suffering of the Hu family now that something has happened. Grandfather doesn't owe anyone in the Hu family, so there is no reason to throw all the dirty water and resentment on him when something happens."

Hu Muyan seemed very angry. She straightened her waist and looked into Li Shuangwan's scrutinizing eyes without avoiding or dodging them. She spoke again in a cold voice.

"Grandfather is the head of the civil officials. It is his duty as an official to speak out for the country and the people. The emperor did not listen and sentenced the entire Hu family to death. That is a loss for the emperor and the entire Northern Jin Dynasty!"

Li Shuangwan was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect this girl to be like this. She couldn't even find a word to describe her.

She suddenly liked this girl very much, as much as she liked Su Luo.

Li Shuangwan was reluctant to test a girl like this any further. A sincere smile spread across his face, and his voice softened: "I was the one who saved your brother, Hu Shuyi."

Hu Muyan's eyes suddenly widened. She worried about her brother day and night and even had nightmares. She dreamed that her brother was lying on the ground covered in blood and dead.

She didn't dare to show any trace of herself in front of her mother when she woke up in the middle of the night.

Days like this are really hard to bear.

The women of the Hu family had had enough of being bullied these past few days. Hu Muyan's eyes were red with anger. She slapped her hands on the table and approached Li Shuangwan: "Princess Heng, what do you want to do?"

When Gu Xingyan heard the noise, he slammed the door open, and his pair of phoenix eyes shot straight at Hu Muyan like two rays of light.

Hu Muyan was neither humble nor arrogant. She did not look at the man who rushed in wearing a mask. Instead, she kept leaning forward and looked into Li Shuangwan's eyes.

Li Shuangwan said to Gu Xingyan: "Nothing, you go out first."

Gu Xingyan's eyes moved between the two of them several times. Without saying a word, he opened the door, went out, and then closed the door.

Hu Muyan's palms were wet with sweat. It would be a lie to say that she was not afraid. The man had a very strong aura, and even murderous intent was coming towards her.

If Princess Heng had not said this, she thought he would rush over without hesitation and break her neck.

But for her brother, she held on.

Li Shuangwan suddenly smiled, poured a cup of tea for Hu Muyan, and pushed it in front of her: "Miss Hu, you really misunderstood me this time. If I really wanted to do something, I would have handed your brother over long ago. Why wait until today?"

"How do I know if you are holding my brother hostage to blackmail me?"

Li Shuangwan didn't answer, but just looked at the girl opposite quietly.

Hu Muyan's eyebrows jumped, and in a moment he let down his guard, and his violently beating heart gradually calmed down.

Yes, their Hu family has lost everything, and it is not worth it for Princess Heng to go through the trouble of doing this.

She sat back slowly, her voice trembling slightly: "Can, can I see my brother?"

Li Shuangwan shook her head: "Not yet, he is not in Shengjing City. But don't worry, once the time is right, you two will meet."

Hu Muyan nodded slowly. She also understood that although her grandfather and father had been exiled, the Five Cities Army had never relaxed for a single day and had been searching for her younger brother everywhere.

He is safe only when he is no longer in Shengjing City.

Mother could do nothing but cry and complain, she couldn't help at all.

Hu Muyan moved back and knelt down deeply: "Thank you, Princess Heng. I misunderstood you just now, please forgive me. Although I am only a body left now, from now on, if Princess Heng gives me an order, I will do it without hesitation if I can do it."

Li Shuangwan helped the man up with his own hands: "I don't need you to do anything for me. I just want to ask you one question, do you want the man from the Hu family to come back?"

"Of course I do! My grandfather is old, my father is not in good health, and my second and third uncles have lived a life of luxury since they were young. They have never suffered such hardships. The descendants of the Hu family are good at writing, but when they reach Wushan Pass, they have to go down to the mines to mine stones and go up the mountains to shovel snow."

There is always endless work to be done. One or two days is fine, but what about one, two, five, or ten years?

They can't hold on.

My grandfather devoted himself to Northern Jin and should not have ended up like this.