She loses if she divorces, the reborn mistress only divorces her husband

On the second day, Li Jingwan and Chu Tingyu entered the palace together, and Qin Chongxiao and Li Dingzheng also went with them.

After the celebration banquet ended yesterday, Chu Tingyu told Chu Yin that Qin Chongxiao and Li Dingzheng were still alive.

Chu Yin was very surprised and ordered them to enter the palace today.

Chu Yin met them in the Yangxin Palace.

"I didn't expect you to survive." Chu Yin said with a smile, "Although you suffered some hardships, fortunately you all returned to the capital safely. It will be a smooth road ahead."

He wanted to confer official titles on the two men, but was politely declined.

Li Dingzheng said that he has not yet recovered his memory and is not familiar with the affairs in the capital, so he may not be able to do much as an official.

Qin Chongxiao said that he was still in mourning and wanted to find the murderer who killed Lin to avenge his mother, and did not want to be an official for the time being.

Chu Yin admired their pragmatism and filial piety very much, "Okay, I will reward you after some time."

At this time, Chu Tingyu knelt down in front of him and said, "Father, I have something important to report to you."

"Hurry up and get up." Chu Yin said, "Yu'er, if you have something to say, get up and talk."

When Chu Yin heard Chu Tingyu talking about Chu Tingjue's treason, his face changed.

Qin Zhongxiao and Li Jingwan also testified to this, telling the whole story of how they secretly contacted and caught Wen Da.

Chu Tingyu knew Chu Yin was feeling bad, but he had to say it. "Wenda confessed everything on his way back to Beijing. Father, please ask the Dali Temple to conduct a retrial."

"I can forgive my Second Brother's plot to murder me, but I will never condone his collusion with the Western Rong and murder of the Northwest Army."

Chu Yin was silent for a while, "Yu'er, you did the right thing. I...will never tolerate it."

Three days later, news came from Chu Tingjue's palace.

Chu Tingjue, who was under house arrest, hanged himself out of guilt.

Chu Yin ordered that he be buried with the rites for a prince, but he was not given any posthumous title or honorific name.

Chu Tingjue's faction completely collapsed.

Once he died, there would be no more prince who could compete with Chu Tingyu.

The ministers who supported Chu Tingyu wanted to ask Chu Yin to make Chu Tingyu the crown prince, but were stopped by Chu Tingyu.

He said that the matter of appointing a crown prince must be decided by the emperor and court officials must not interfere.

After Chu Tingyu returned to Beijing, he remained as low-key as ever, and the officials did not understand his intentions.

However, Taifu He Cong privately strongly agreed with Chu Tingyu's approach.

Chu Yin is still in good health. For him, appointing a crown prince at this time would mean a struggle for power, which would only drive the father and son apart.

Even if there is no crown prince now, He Chong knows that Chu Tingyu will definitely be the next monarch.

Concubine Zhong had always wanted his granddaughter He Bingshu to marry Chu Tingyu, and he also wanted to promote this matter, so he asked his wife to mention it vaguely when she went to the palace to pay a visit to Concubine Zhong.

Concubine Zhong naturally agreed and said that she could start making arrangements after Chu Tingyu finished his busy schedule.

The He family thought the matter was almost settled, so they deliberately released the news.

On this day, Yao invited several respected elders of the Li family to her house to discuss matters.

After Li Jingwan returned to Beijing, she was once again generously rewarded by the emperor. With the appearance of Li Dingzheng who had "resurrected from the dead", the General's Mansion immediately became a hot topic among the wealthy families.

They all believed that the General's Mansion would soon regain its former glory and would get better and better, so they all handed in their visiting cards.

But Yao politely declined the offer, saying that Li Dingzheng needed to recuperate and was not suitable to meet guests. The more intense the situation, the more cautious one should be.

After the elders took their seats, Yao introduced each of the elders to Li Dingzheng, and Li Dingzheng greeted them one by one.

An elder laughed and said, "Ding Zheng looks much more stable now than before, and has a lot of his father's demeanor."

Yao smiled and said, "It's just that he hasn't remembered it yet. When he regains his memory, he will become the same monkey as before."

They chatted for a while, then had hot tea. When talking about things in the capital, another elder mentioned the He family.

"I was drinking with He Cong yesterday, and from what he said, his eldest granddaughter He Bingshu will set a wedding date with Chu Tingyu soon..."

Li Jingwan, who was sitting opposite him, was stunned when she heard the words. She just picked up the teacup and instantly forgot what to do next. An indescribable complex emotion immediately surged in her heart.

Chu Tingyu is going to marry He Bingshu. Is he finally getting married?

As the thought came to mind, the complex emotions slowly revealed their true nature.

When they were in Tacheng, she actually felt everything Chu Tingyu did for her, but this feeling was like a painting covered with fine sand, and she couldn't see the content of the painting clearly.

Just now when they said Chu Tingyu was going to get married, a gust of wind blew away the fine sand, and she could finally recognize him clearly.

She likes Chu Tingyu and admires him.

After spending many days together, supporting each other in times of trouble, trusting each other wholeheartedly, facing difficulties together, and Chu Tingyu's encouragement and support for her, it was hard for her not to fall in love with Chu Tingyu along the way.

After realizing her own feelings, Li Jingwan felt uncomfortable and subconsciously clenched her teacup.

The warmth of the tea passed through the wall of the teacup to her palm, reminding her of the warmth she felt when Chu Tingyu held her hand after she woke up from the stab wound.

Later she thought, maybe this didn’t happen and was just a dream, because Chu Tingyu didn’t say anything else, or even if it happened, she misunderstood?

She didn't dare to delve into it.

After all, she was a woman who had been married and divorced. Not to mention Chu Tingyu, who was a prince, even an ordinary man would find it difficult to accept her identity.

How could she imagine...

The discomfort became sharper and stabbed her chest, making her feel numb and delicate, an unspeakable pain.

This is the capital, not the northwest.

There are women in the capital who are younger, prettier and have better family backgrounds than her.

Maybe Chu Tingyu was just being kind to the General's Mansion and taking extra care of her just to repay his gratitude...

"Jingwan, Jingwan?"

Yao's voice interrupted her thoughts, and Li Jingwan finally came back to her senses, "Mother, what's the matter?"

"Are you too tired and didn't get enough rest?" Yao first found an excuse for her, and then said, "Second Uncle is asking you a question."

Li Jingwan nodded in agreement and smiled apologetically at her second uncle, "Sorry, second uncle, I was just thinking about something."

"You just returned to Beijing not long ago, it's important to get some rest first." Second Uncle said with a smile, "I just asked, what do you think of Pingyang Marquis Mansion?"

Li Jingwan then forced herself to speak.

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A few days later, taking advantage of the cool morning temperature, Li Jingwan and her brothers and sisters came to the training ground of the capital camp to practice archery.

Today is the day off in the Imperial College. Li Lang wanted to play archery early in the morning. As soon as he arrived at the capital camp, he hurried to find Qi Ming.

After not seeing each other for a few months, he felt that his archery skills had improved a lot, so he wanted to challenge Qi Ming to a duel.

After a while, Qi Ming followed Chu Tingyu to the training ground.

As soon as she saw Chu Tingyu, Li Jingwan's heart beat faster.

After admitting my feelings for him, I could no longer be as calm as before.

It had been a few days since I last saw him, but when I saw him again I felt as if "a long time had passed since I last saw him".

She suppressed her excitement and walked forward to greet Chu Tingyu.

After seeing her, Chu Tingyu had a slight smile on his face, "Shall we have a competition today?"

"Okay." Li Jingwan nodded.

Both of them were great archers, so Li Langqing stopped clamoring to compete with Qi Ming and just watched with the others.

There are a total of ten arrows in the competition, shooting at a dead target.

In the first nine arrows, the two men were evenly matched and the number of rings was actually the same.

Chu Tingyu shot the tenth arrow first and hit the bull's eye.

Next, as long as Li Jingwan also hits the bull's eye, the game will be tied.

It wasn't difficult for her.

Li Jingwan drew out the arrow and was about to draw the string when a voice came from the sidelines, "Your Majesty."

Everyone looked over and saw an old man and a little girl walking over.

After recognizing them, Li Jingwan's eyes darkened.

These two people are He Chong and He Bingshu.