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

For a girl from an ordinary family, being pretty is not always a good thing and may even bring disaster to the whole family.

Xiao Shun was loyal to his eldest cousin in his previous life, but betrayed his master in the end, giving his eldest cousin the heaviest blow.

Li Shuangwan asked Chen Ping to keep an eye on this family at all times.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhu pulled the mother and daughter to sit down, and they couldn't see enough of looking left or right.

Seeing that her granddaughter seemed to be thinner than the last time she came, she said distressedly: "Wanwan, tell grandma the truth. How come I heard that Prince Heng wants to take the second daughter of the Li family as a concubine?"

Zhu Qingmeng slammed his fist on the table. "Prince Heng is really a piece of shit. I remember before the wedding, he promised that there would only be my cousin and one woman in the backyard of Prince Heng's mansion. The echo of his words is still there!"

Roman was about to speak angrily, but was stopped by a look from Li Shuangwan.

She picked up what she could say and said, "It's a long story, but it has already happened. My second sister entered Prince Heng's mansion on the sixth day of the first lunar month."

Seeing the solemn atmosphere in the room, Zhu Anhe didn't know how to tell her mother, so she could only smile and said, "Mother, Ling Heng is a prince, so his words are just for show, but not to be taken seriously. Besides, every man in this world who has a little power and status has three wives and four concubines. How many men in the Zhu family have the ancestral precept that men can only take concubines when they are over 40 and have no children?"

Old Madam Zhu was so angry that she slapped her own woman's arm and said, "Is that what a mother should say? As the saying goes, even rabbits don't eat grass near their nests. Prince Heng wants to take a concubine, and this family doesn't have a young lady of marriageable age? Why did he take the second daughter of the Li family?"

Zhu Anhe didn't know how to respond after hearing what his mother said.

Li Shuangwan could only say: "Grandma, don't blame mother. It doesn't matter who you marry. My second sister and I are party sisters after all."

"Wanwan, you've been wronged." Old Madam Zhu knew that Wanwan wasn't sincere and could only sigh.

The prince cannot divorce, and Wanwan should not marry into the royal family.

"You have to take good care of yourself in Prince Heng's mansion. Your mother will go back to the northwest in a few days, but you have to remember that you are not alone in Shengjing City. You always have me, your grandfather, and your two uncles. If you need anything, send someone."

He couldn't say that the second young lady from the Li family was not an easy person to deal with.

Prince Heng was definitely not a good match for her.

Wanwan is smart and knows what to do.

"Yes."

Zhu Qingmeng hurriedly said: "Cousin, there is also me."

Li Shuangwan's eyes turned red, and she quickly blinked away the tears, and said with a smile: "I will never let myself suffer any loss, grandma, don't worry."

In the study, Mr. Zhu indifferently entertained Ling Heng for tea and chat, occasionally talking about the disaster relief situation of the Fenzhou snow disaster.

Finally, Master Zhu said, "Your Highness Prince Heng, Wanwan was raised by her parents, and is the apple of the eyes of the old minister and his wife, as well as her two uncles. I hope Your Highness can treat Wanwan well. If one day you get tired of her, please return Wanwan to us intact."

Ling Heng's heart shuddered. Zhu Qizhen's words were very impolite. He was blaming him for taking a concubine. This was totally unreasonable!

As an old minister, didn't Zhu Qi know that the descendants of the Ling family could not divorce?

Ling Heng was extremely angry. Li Shuangwan was even more excessive. He knew clearly that he was being plotted against, but he did not even explain to the Zhu family. It was New Year's Day, and he had to listen to Zhu Qizhen, a minister, scolding him.

I really don’t know what to say!

With deep guilt on her face, she stood up quickly and bowed deeply: "Grandfather, I promise you that there will never be such a day. I still say that Ah Wan will always be my only wife, Ling Heng. This time it was my own carelessness that led to someone else's trick. I will be more careful in the future. Please believe me, Grandfather."

"I said that Ah Wan is the only one in the backyard of Prince Heng's mansion, and I will keep my word. Although the Li Shuang Miao people will enter Prince Heng's mansion, I will never set foot in her courtyard. Grandfather, grandmother, and two uncles, please rest assured. I have already apologized to my mother-in-law, and when my father-in-law returns victorious, I will still apologize."

Seeing that he was speaking sincerely, Mr. Zhu's expression eased a little and he personally helped the man up.

"Your Highness, Lord Song said that time is tight and the Ministry of Rites will have to open for business tomorrow. He came to ask how your preparations are going." Si Po's voice sounded outside the door.

Ling Heng stood up and bowed to Master Zhu again: "Master, I have to go back. My father has handed over the funeral arrangements for the loyal and heroic family of the Duke of the Guard to the Ministry of Rites. The burial will be on the tenth day of the first lunar month, and there are still many things to be prepared. Grandfather will help convey the message to my grandmother and mother-in-law."

Mr. Zhu knew about this, and the original plan of Song Changyu, the Minister of Rites, to retire was postponed: "Your Highness, please go and take care of your business first."

Ling Heng strode away with a sneer on his face. The Zhu and Li families claimed to be aristocratic families, so they didn't even take a prince like him seriously.

In recent years, the power of the aristocratic family has grown. Sooner or later, it will threaten the imperial power. However, my father has no sense of crisis at all.

If he were to ascend to that position one day, the first thing he would have to deal with would be aristocratic families like the Zhu family and the Li family, and then promote a group of new talents in the court before he could completely suppress the aristocratic families.

After leaving the house, Ling Heng pulled the reins and went to the yard. Li Shuangzhi, his Zhier, was still there, pregnant with his child, waiting for him eagerly.

Li Shuangwan and her mother stayed at Zhu's house until the hour of Xu before leaving.

Seeing Li Shuang getting on the carriage at night, Zhu Qingmeng took two steps forward and said, "Cousin, cousin, don't wrong yourself."

If you are unhappy in Prince Heng's Mansion, you must tell him.

Even if he tried his best, he would not let Ling Heng go.

This is the confidence given to her by her mother's family.

Li Shuangwan nodded: "Okay."

The sixth day of the first lunar month was the day when Li Shuangmiao would enter Prince Heng's palace.

Early in the morning, Ling Heng and Li Shuangwan had breakfast together.

Li Shuangwan took the porridge from Yizhu and handed it to Ling Heng himself: "Your Highness, today is the day when our second sister gets married. Do you want to go and welcome her?"

Ling Heng paused for a moment, and looked at Li Shuangwan in surprise, as if he had forgotten about it if she hadn't reminded him: "No need. She's just a concubine, you can arrange it. I have other things to do in the Ministry of Rites."

"Well, then. Tonight..."

"I will rest in Lexiao Courtyard tonight. As for Li Shuangmiao, she will enter the mansion as long as she is inside. I will not set foot in her courtyard."

Gu Xingyan has already returned to Daliang, so these days, whenever Ling Heng said he wanted to rest in Lexiaoyuan, Shu Wenbo would come in wearing his human skin mask.

As soon as the door was closed, Shu Wenbo entered the secret passage through the cabinet and returned to Gu's residence. He never dared to stay in the house for even a moment longer.

Yizhu knew about this, and when she heard King Heng say that he would rest in Lexiao Courtyard tonight, her hands couldn't stop shaking. She was afraid of being discovered by Ling Heng, so she clasped her hands tightly, her nails digging deeply into her palms, letting the pain force her to stay calm.