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It snowed last night and it was bitterly cold outside, but Li Shuangwan didn't feel cold at all.

She had only one thought, to see Gu Xingyan immediately.

Because it was New Year's Eve, all the shops on the street were closed to welcome the arrival of the new year. It was still early and there were only a few pedestrians on the road. No one thought much of it when they saw a maid covering her head with a hood.

Quarter of an hour later, Li Shuangwan stood at the door of Gu Mansion and looked up at the words "Gu Mansion" on the plaque.

The hot air from his mouth blurred her eyes.

Two guards with swords stood on each side of the entrance to Gu's house. They had cold eyes and murderous aura. They didn't recognize her and saw that she was dressed like a servant. They drove her away: "Go away, this is not the place for you."

"I want to see your Ninth Master."

The guard sneered: "Go away, my master is someone you can see whenever you want."

Li Shuangwan took out the bone whistle from his chest, blew three short and two long, two short and three long, put it to his mouth and blew it.

He said that as long as she blew the bone whistle, he would appear before her.

However, the person who appeared in front of her was not Gu Xingyan.

It was Shu Wenbo.

When Shu Wenbo saw her, his expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly took her to Gu Xingyan's study: "Miss Li, why are you here?"

"Where is he? I want to see him." Li Shuangwan's voice was still trembling and his eyes were red.

Shu Wenbo took a letter from under a pile of books on the desk and handed it to Li Shuangwan: "Brother Jiu has returned to Daliang. This is his letter to you."

Li Shuangwan's heart sank suddenly: "When did he leave?"

Why didn't you mention it to her last night?

Did she hurt him with that word?

"Two days ago, around midnight, the emperor was strangled to death by the old eunuch beside him in his sleep. When Ninth Brother received the news, he left without saying goodbye to Miss Li. He left this letter in a hurry. He told you to do whatever you want, and he will be there for you."

Li Shuangwan was shocked. "Why would the old eunuch beside Emperor Liang kill him? He has served Emperor Liang for decades, so he should be loyal and no one can bribe him."

Li Shuangwan walked along the desk, as if all his strength had been drained out of him. He slid weakly and slowly onto the chair that Gu Xingyan often sat on.

She clearly remembered that in her previous life, the old emperor of Daliang would not die for another five years. How could that be the case in this life?

Could it be that her and Gu Xingyan's rebirth changed not only the things in Northern Jin, but also the situation in Daliang?

She seemed to have heard Luo Luo talk about something called the butterfly effect.

Li Shuangwan looked at Shu Wenbo solemnly: "Have you found the person behind this?"

Shu Wenbo shook his head. There were some things that Miss Li couldn't know because she was too smart.

"We're still investigating." When Emperor Liang died suddenly, Lord Xie immediately ordered the imperial guards to block the news.

But this matter could not be concealed at all, and no one knew when the news leaked out. In just half a day, everyone in and outside the city knew about it. There were even rumors that the queen bribed the eunuchs around Emperor Liang in order to let her son ascend the throne as soon as possible, and was looking for an opportunity to take action.

"Is he okay? He is his father after all." In the previous life, they had lived together for five years, and their blood was as close as water.

Shu Wenbo chuckled, sat down in front of her, and said, "Ninth Brother is very good. He went back this time for the Crown Prince and the Queen."

As soon as Emperor Liang died, the Liang court was in chaos. Some people even said that the eunuch close to the emperor attacked Emperor Liang on the orders of the empress and wanted to kill the empress and her mother's family.

Concubine Chen and her father, General Chen, joined forces with more than half of the ministers in the court to put pressure on the Empress and the Crown Prince.

The Queen stepped forward and said that the crime was innocent and requested to be confined to Kunning Palace. The case was handed over to the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Eastern Depot for a thorough investigation.

Since their establishment, the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang only took orders from the emperor, so no one even opposed Chen Guifei's faction.

The crown prince was also trapped in the Eastern Palace. If it weren't for the young eunuch who risked his life to pass on the news, they would not have known that the Daliang court had become such a mess.

The ninth brother has to go back to help his brother ascend the throne, protect his mother, and stabilize the court.

"I heard that the prince of Daliang has been weak since he was a child."

Shu Wenbo nodded and clenched his fists: "Everything is because of my emperor!"

He knew he shouldn't say this, but it had been nearly two months since he found out the truth, and he was going crazy holding it in, so he really had to get it out.

"Ninth brother was sent to Northern Jin when he was born. How ridiculous it is that the dignified Ninth Prince of Daliang fell into the hands of human traffickers and became a secret guard of Prince Heng's mansion. If he hadn't favored Concubine Chen, and if his relatives hadn't controlled the Daliang court for many years and favored concubines over wives, how could the Queen send a tiny baby to another country and not allow her to see her own son for twenty years?"

Shu Wenbo wiped the tears from his face and said, "Miss Li, do you know how Ling Heng trained us secret guards? The day after we were captured, he put hundreds of us together to fight, to see who was more ruthless, who was luckier, and who would survive in the end."

"People who were standing with us alive one moment became dead souls the next. Dozens or even hundreds of corpses were transported out every day. When we turned fifteen, we not only had to fight with humans, but sometimes we also had to fight with wild beasts, trying to survive from the jaws of tigers and leopards."

"Brother Nine is just like us. He has many wounds on his body. Some are from his companions, and some are from the claws and fangs of wild animals. We are also poisoned. If we don't take the antidote every month, our intestines will rot and we will die."

"Even the crown prince was killed by Concubine Chen. The imperial physician concluded that the crown prince would not live to the age of 35. He would not even have an heir. All this was caused by the Emperor of Daliang. Miss Li, do you think such a father is worthy of being a father?"

Li Shuangwan was stunned and speechless. Tears slowly, slowly slid down from the corners of her eyes and dripped into her neck. A biting coldness jumped up from her limbs and reached her internal organs.

The current Crown Prince of Daliang is thirty years old. In her previous life, the new emperor of Daliang was still alive until her death. It should be that Lo Luo protected him for several years. Unfortunately, he was plagued by illness for a long time and only lived to be forty.

She raised her head in panic and looked at Shu Wenbo. With two and a half lives, Gu Xingyan could only live to the age of thirty-two at most in this life. Would it be possible, would it be possible that a bloody storm was waiting for him in Daliang?

Will he die?

Li Shuangwan's face turned pale, and he stood up suddenly: "Will he be in danger? Shu Wenbo, why didn't you go with him? Who else was with him besides Liang Tianyou?"

Shu Wenbo slowly breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the tears from his face. Finally, this woman still knew to worry about Brother Nine: "Uncle Ou also went with him, taking away most of the masters in Northern Jin. Don't worry, Brother Nine will be fine. He asked me to stay to protect you."

"No, Master Shu, you go quickly, I'm fine, my mother has come back, and my martial arts are slowly recovering. You catch up with him quickly and tell him that I will take this opportunity to get out of Prince Heng's Mansion, and I will also take this opportunity to get him out of Prince Heng's Mansion, so that he can rest assured. You go quickly!"