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

After returning to Kunning Palace and sitting down, Empress Shu glared at her and said, "I've told Cheng'er everything. Why are you still worried?"

Aunt Ning Ru choked up, took two steps back and knelt down: "Madam, my words are not pleasant to hear, but Madam..."

"Just say whatever you want to say. I don't blame you."

"My queen, the Crown Prince is weak, and the imperial doctors have predicted something. Although the Ninth Prince has returned, he has been poisoned and seriously injured. You are the backbone of the two of them, so you have to take good care of yourself."

Aunt Ning Ru burst into tears: "Ever since the Ninth Prince disappeared on the tenth year, you haven't had a good rest for a day. You have been worrying about the Crown Prince over the years. Your hair has been broken in clumps and your headaches have become more severe. If you continue like this, if you continue like this..."

She was speechless and could only choke and say, "Concubine Chen and His Royal Highness the Third Prince, the mother and son... Your Majesty, you, you..."

Empress Shu was stunned for a moment. Yes, if something happened to her, wouldn’t it be a disaster for Chen and her son?

Her Cheng'er is not well yet, and his Xiaojiu'er is in this condition now, how can she fall down?

Empress Shu stood up and personally helped Aunt Ning Ru up: "I was confused, you are right. I am hungry, is the food still hot?"

Aunt Ning Ru quickly wiped away her tears and said, "My queen, please drink a bowl of bird's nest first to fill your stomach. The food has been heated up several times and is inedible. I will ask someone to make it again."

Empress Shu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. Go ahead."

……

In the East Palace, the night is gradually deepening.

Gu Xingyan was in a coma, with his brows tightly furrowed, as if he was having a nightmare. His mouth opened and closed as he spoke something, and his forehead was covered with tiny beads of sweat.

In order to take care of Xiaojiu more conveniently, Gu Xingcheng had someone put up a soft couch next to the bed. He seemed to hear the person on the bed talking in a daze. Gu Xingcheng hurriedly sat up, picked up the fire starter beside him, lit the glass lamp, and gently came forward: "Xiaojiu, what did you say?"

"No, don't, Wanwan, don't marry him. Wanwan, run, there's a fire, fire. I'm sorry, Wanwan, I'm late, I'm late, I'm sorry..."

"Xiaojiu, Xiaojiu, wake up, wake up." Gu Xingcheng patted him gently.

"Huo, Wanwan, run!" Gu Xingyan sat up suddenly, gasping for breath.

In his dream, he clearly saw Ling Heng locking Li Shuangwan in the cold palace for half a year and starving her for five days and five nights.

She fell to the ground weakly.

Ling Heng stood there condescendingly, lighting the curtain bit by bit with the fire starter in his hand.

"Li Shuangwan, considering that your Li family has helped me in the past, I am here to personally send you off. You Li family members have such a cheap life."

"Did you think that the person who consummated your marriage on the night of your wedding was me? I was just a low-ranking secret guard named Ying. Li Shuangwan, you make me feel disgusted, so how could I touch your body?"

"That bastard, I allowed him to be born only because my Chun Ning was too weak. Imperial Doctor Huang said that he needed the heart blood of a newborn baby as a medicine to prolong his life. That bastard has your blood, which is indeed an excellent medicine. Chun Ning's health has really improved little by little."

Gu Xingcheng looked at him worriedly and took a handkerchief to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead: "Xiaojiu, did you have a nightmare? What did you dream about? Who is Wanwan?"

Gu Xingyan looked at the person in front of him blankly, and it took him a while to come back to his senses: "Brother, brother?"

"It's me. Come, have a drink of water. Why are you having a nightmare?"

Gu Xingyan took a deep breath, letting his heart gradually calm down, took the water, and drank it slowly: "What's wrong with me?"

Gu Xingcheng's face sank. "How dare you say that? He's been in a coma for three days and three nights. Mother looks fine on the surface, but in fact, I don't know how panicked she is. Even Aunt Ning Ru is extremely worried."

"I'm sorry, brother, for making you and mother worry about me."

Gu Xingcheng said to him angrily: "Take good care of yourself, it's better than saying sorry a hundred times."

Gu Xingyan smiled: "Yes, I will listen to my brother and mother from now on."

"How do you feel now?"

"I'm fine now. Doctor Qiao told me this morning that I need to stay in bed for three days. If I wake up after three days, then everything will be fine."

He moved his arms: "Look, is there nothing wrong?"

Gu Xingcheng snorted coldly, but also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Doctor Qiao was there this time.

"Brother, have you asked Dr. Qiao to see you?"

Gu Xingcheng took the cup that Xiaojiu handed over, turned around and put it on the low table: "What can I do?"

"Brother..."

"Okay, I get it, go to sleep."

"No, starting tomorrow you must listen to Doctor Qiao. The cold poison in your body is no small matter."

"Okay, okay, take care of your brother now."

At this moment, Gu Xingyan suddenly felt a strong murderous aura approaching, and his face suddenly darkened: "Brother, be careful!"

Almost as soon as the words were spoken, the lights in the hall went out.

Several darts flew towards the two of them rapidly in the darkness.

Gu Xingyan pushed his brother away, rolled up the quilt on the bed and swung it, instantly wrapping up all the darts. The speed was so fast that even Gu Xingcheng could not see clearly.

Although he had just woken up from a serious injury and coma, his reaction was quick, which showed how superb his original martial arts skills were.

"There's an assassin!" Several torches flickered outside the hall, and after a moment the sound of swords clashing could be heard from outside.

When the two brothers opened the door and went out, they saw dozens of masked men in black fighting with the East Palace guards.

So many people can enter and leave the palace freely, and they are carrying weapons. They can only be the Royal Guards.

When Ye Zhishao, who was wearing a nightgown, saw Gu Xingyan standing in front of the prince, his pupils suddenly shrank and he understood everything at once. Not only was he abandoned by Concubine Chen, but Chen's mother and son were also deceived by them!

The thing about collecting snow spiders and spending ten thousand taels of gold to search the entire city for them was all fake and was simply meant to fool them.

Now, there is only one way before him, kill the two brothers, otherwise, they will die without a burial place.

Ye Zhishao shouted, "Brothers, if you want to survive, kill Gu Xingyan and Gu Xingcheng!"

There were more than ten bodies lying on the ground.

How could those men in black not know that they might not be able to leave the palace today, so they attacked without hesitation, one sword after another, and each sword was a killing move.

In a moment, several more East Palace guards fell.

However, no matter how powerful the men in black were, they could not suppress the guards who kept attacking them, as well as the secret guards of the East Palace, whose number alone was several times theirs.

At this moment, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, Yang Zhenguang, also led hundreds of Imperial Guards and surrounded them with bows and arrows.

Yang Zhenguang shouted, "Ye Zhishao, don't think I can't recognize you just because you're wearing a nightgown. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has long ordered me to secretly monitor your every move. You can't escape, so surrender!"