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

Li Shuangwan pinched the tender flesh on both sides of Gu Xingyan's cheeks: "Look at you, it's okay that you are handsome, but how come you are so smart?"

"I can't help it. The main reason is that my wife has good taste. The husband she chose is really one in a million."

Li Shuangwan laughed at him: "Are you bragging about yourself or me?"

Gu Xingyan took her hand away from his face and held it in his own.

Li Shuangwan's face fell, and his brows twisted into a bitter knot: "But if I do this, it will definitely disturb Madam Zhong's birthday party. I feel very sorry for her. Xingyan, do you have any foolproof plan?"

Gu Xingyan reached out and used his fingertips to smooth away Li Shuangwan's frown. "Just like war, there will always be sacrifices. No matter how careful we are, innocent people will inevitably be implicated. All we can do is to minimize this involvement."

Li Shuangwan nodded, and smiled: "I will change the formula and try to delay the onset of the drug's effect, at least until Madam Zhong's banquet is almost over."

Gu Xingyan gave an encouraging smile: "See, isn't this solved?"

Li Shuangwan nodded and asked, "You came in a hurry, what's the matter?"

"Lin Musen and others found a batch of things in a manor in the suburbs of Beijing. They were to be supplied to Yan Xue Pavilion in Shengjing City."

Gu Xingyan took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it over.

Yanxue Pavilion is a famous rouge and powder shop in Shengjing City.

Because they often launch new products and the effects of what they produce are very good, they are extremely popular among the ladies and ladies of noble families.

Often in short supply.

The only drawback is that it is expensive.

The cheapest one costs two taels of silver per bottle.

After reading what was written on the paper, Li Shuangwan's face changed: "Is this thing supplied to Yan Xue Pavilion?"

Gu Xingyan nodded: "We have produced three batches so far, and ten shops are selling them together. We have sold nearly 50,000 bottles."

"How long?"

"About four or five months."

Li Shuangwan breathed a sigh of relief. Four or five months was a long time, but it was not bad.

But you can't use it anymore. If you use it too much, you will become dependent on it at the very least. If you stop using it for more than ten days, your skin will become red and swollen, and eventually ulcerated. In serious cases, you will become demented.

It is a poison that is expressly prohibited in Northern Jin.

Gu Xingyan continued, "Because it has a great effect on improving skin color, it is deeply loved by ladies and girls, and the supply cannot meet the demand. Xu Zhian's losses in several other shops were also made up by this batch of things from Yan Xuege."

"How much silver is a bottle?"

"Twelve taels."

Li Shuangwan was filled with resentment. On the way from Daliang back to Shengjing, they saw countless people displaced and many people starved to death or froze to death every year.

The people were suffocated by heavy taxes and levies, and were even forced to sell their children.

This year is only the nineteenth year of Jingzhang, but tax revenue has already been collected in the twenty-second year of Jingzhang.

In the past two years, bandits have also been rampant, and in several places they have taken over the mountains and become kings.

However, the city of Shengjing still had a false prosperity with singing and dancing. Those high-ranking officials who were supported by the people were blind to the sufferings of the people.

In the Ling Dynasty, brothers killed each other, fathers and sons turned against each other, and they only cared about the throne.

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.

Gu Xingyan stretched out his big hand and gently wrapped Li Shuangwan's clenched fist in it: "You are too weak to change the world. The court of Northern Jin is already rotten."

"Xingyan, this country is very important." Li Shuangwan's voice was choked with sobs.

“No matter how heavy it is, someone has to carry it.”

Li Shuangwan raised his misty eyes and looked at the man opposite him: "Xingyan, I want this Yanxue Pavilion!"

"We want Xu Zhian and the Xu family to go bankrupt and cut off Ling Heng's source of money!"

Gu Xingyan nodded and stood up: "Okay, leave it to me. You have a good rest and don't think too much."

Li Shuangwan watched him leave.

Gu Xingyan walked in the moonlight, his black boots rubbing against the fallen leaves, making a slight rustling sound.

The moonlight outside was still shining, but the corrupt Northern Jin court, the rampant corrupt officials, and the bandits who burned, killed, and looted had already made the country shaky.

Rather than letting the Ling family trample on the people and seek pleasure on their corpses, it is better to destroy it as soon as possible.

……

This day was Mrs. Zhong’s sixtieth birthday.

More than half of the ministers in the court attended with their families.

Madam Zhong’s eldest son is now the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, Zhong Jianhong. Every family has a son or nephew who is studying.

Everyone wants their children and nephews to pass the imperial examination.

Entering the Imperial College is like having one foot halfway into the gate of the Hanlin Academy.

Li Shuangwan was wearing a moon-white skirt today. The sleeves and hem of her skirt were embroidered with lifelike auspicious cloud patterns with silver thread, and she had a light green belt as wide as a finger tied around her waist.

Her face is as white as jade, her eyebrows are as delicate as a painting, her skin is as smooth as snow, and she looks dignified and beautiful. The heroic spirit between her eyebrows makes her look even more heroic and gorgeous.

Two completely opposite temperaments, yet they are integrated into one in her.

At two quarters past noon, the carriage stopped at the gate of the mansion.

Li Huaiying and Li Yuanqiao were riding on horses.

As soon as Li Shuangwan and Zhu Anhe stepped out of the house, they saw Xu and Li Shuangxi coming.

"Aunt, Princess Sister." Li Shuangxi stepped forward, called sweetly, and then took Li Shuangwan's arm affectionately.

"Third sister."

Zhu Anhe looked at Li Shuangxi with a smile: "Xier looks good in this outfit today, and the jewelry she chose is also good."

Li Shuangxi blushed slightly: "My mother specially asked the embroiderer in the mansion to make it for me, and the jewelry was also sent by my mother."

Li Shuangwan looked over.

Today, Li Shuangxi was wearing a lavender dress, the color of which perfectly set off her skin, which was as white as jade and as smooth as cream.

She wore a jade hairpin on her head and a pair of pearl earrings on her ears, and her face was pretty and beautiful.

Li Shuangxi's appearance is 70% similar to Aunt Tong.

Aunt Tong is as beautiful as a willow swaying in the wind.

Combined with Li Shuangxi's slender figure, when standing together with Li Shuangwan, they look like a perfect pair.

Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "Xi'er has never attended such a banquet. I was thinking that Xi'er has reached the age where she can be married. Today is a rare opportunity, and I should bring her out to see the world."

Li Shuangwan said calmly: "It's getting late, mother, let's go."

"it is good."

Li Shuangwan pulled his hand away from Li Shuangxi's arm, and got on the carriage in front with Zhu Anhe one after the other.

Li Shuangxi looked at her empty hands, feeling flustered, and tightened her grip on the package hidden in her sleeves.

As long as she stays close to Li Shuangyan today, even if Lu Ziqi sees her, his attention will only be attracted to Li Shuangyan.

And she had to find a chance for this thing to get on her body.

He hurriedly took two steps forward, looking up expectantly at Li Shuangyan who was about to get into the carriage: "Eldest sister, can I ride in the same carriage with you?"

Zhu Anhe was about to agree.