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

"You gave her so much money at once, aren't you afraid of causing trouble? When the Hu family ransacked their house, they only left them one set of clothes."

Li Shuangwan: "She knows how to use the money. Don't worry, she won't be stupid enough to take out all the money at once."

Hu Muyan is such a smart girl.

"Well, I believe in your judgment of people."

Li Shuangwan turned around and looked at the man in front of him. He was wearing a wooden mask worn by a low-level secret guard in Prince Heng's Palace.

A pair of almond-shaped eyes behind the mask looked at her intently.

Li Shuangwan just looked at him quietly. For some reason, an inexplicable emotion suddenly surged up in the deepest part of her heart.

Suddenly, there was a noise from below.

Li Shuangwan quickly pushed open the window and looked down, and Gu Xingyan also walked to her side.

The windowsill was not big, and the two of them were almost touching.

Ling Heng's body was covered in sandalwood. The funny thing was that he appeared to be worshipping Buddha every day, but secretly he was committing murders and arson.

And Gu Xingyan always has that faint cold pine scent on his body.

The man's cold pine scent penetrated her nose, and from behind it was as if he was holding her in his arms.

Downstairs, a woman in her thirties saw Hu Muyan, grabbed her sleeve tightly and burst into tears.

"My dear, my dear, it's bad. My dear third lady has been raped by Mr. Zhao, the second son of the Minister of Revenue, and several other playboys. The third lady couldn't survive and hanged herself under the locust tree in front of the house with a rope. Woohoo, the old lady asked you to go back, my dear, what should we do?"

Hu Muyan's eyes went dark. Just a moment ago, she had vowed that not a single woman from the Hu family would be missing.

She pinched her palm hard, forced herself to calm down, helped the woman who collapsed on the ground up, and said in a trembling voice: "Madam Liu, stop talking, and come back with me!"

The two women from the Hu family supported each other and staggered away.

Passersby pointed and talked at their backs.

In the distance, Jinyiwei commander Lu Dongqing looked at the slender figure going away, his eyes deep.

Li Shuangwan looked unhappy. She clearly remembered that there was no such thing in her previous life.

Not long after the Hu family went bankrupt, the family could no longer bear the hunger and the third daughter of the Hu family was sold by Mrs. Hu to the second son of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue as a concubine. Three months later, she committed suicide by cutting her wrists.

So, just now upstairs, she told Hu Muyan that before the men of the Hu family came back, no woman of the Hu family could be left behind.

It was an indirect reminder to her not to give away the women in her family to others in order to gain protection from others as she did in her previous life. That wouldn't happen.

Only when you are strong can you protect everything you want.

But, how and why is this life different?

Three months! Because of her rebirth, a person lived three months less.

Gu Xingyan looked at Li Shuangwan solemnly. Seeing her sad expression, he comforted her in a low voice: "It's not your fault. Don't take everything on yourself."

Li Shuangwan just hummed lightly.

"How are you going to help Miss Hu? Miss Hu San can't die in vain like this."

Li Shuangwan gritted her teeth and said, "I will help, but the culprit behind all this is the one in the palace!"

Gu Xingyan's heart sank: "Miss Li, it's too dangerous yet."

"I know that the people of the Ling family must be eliminated one by one."

Li Shuangwan looked at Gu Xingyan and said, "Please, Master Jiu, do me a favor."

"Okay, you say."

"Help me steal three letters from the Third Prince's Mansion."

Li Shuangwan whispered the contents of the letter and where it was hidden to Gu Xingyan.

The two were very close to each other, and when they spoke, their breath sprayed on his ears. Gu Xingyan only felt his whole body numb.

"Steal it out for me tonight, okay?"

"Okay, I'll do it."

Today is the anniversary of Old Lady Li's death. His tablet is placed in the White Horse Temple. A ritual will be performed for Old Lady Li from tomorrow night to the morning after tomorrow.

In previous years, she, her parents, and her brothers had never been to the Northwest, and it was always her second uncle's family that went there.

She will go this year.

She received news that her mother would arrive tomorrow at the latest.

Early in the morning, Yizhu pulled Li Shuangwan out of bed.

"Princess, get up quickly. You can't sleep in today. His Highness said that he has arranged the ritual for Mr. Li at the White Horse Temple, so you don't have to worry. The token of the Ministry of Rites is on the table."

"understood."

Li Shuangwan rubbed his eyes. He slept very well that night, almost without any dreams. He lay in bed for a while and then got up.

"Where's Ayao?"

"Miss Yao has just gotten up and is washing up. She will set off with the princess in a while."

Li Shuangwan nodded.

While Yizhu was helping her get dressed, he said, "The Second Master and the Second Madam sent a message saying they will be here soon, and will be going with you, Princess."

In order to hold a grand ritual for the late emperor, the White Horse Temple was taken over by the Ministry of Rites a month ago.

Without tokens from Prince Heng's Palace and the Ministry of Rites, they couldn't even climb the mountain.

Li Shuangwan smiled faintly. Her good second uncle Li Huaiyi was always taking advantage of the reputation of their first house, the General's Mansion, and now he wanted to take advantage of her, the "Princess Heng".

In the previous life, he was completely taken advantage of by the second wife, who climbed to the high position by stepping on the flesh and blood of his parents and brother.

She wanted to see what kind of trouble they could stir up in this life.

"If they want to come, just let them wait outside the mansion gate. No need to pay any attention to them."

Yizhu pursed her lips, glanced at Li Shuangwan who had a dull expression, but ultimately said nothing.

"My second brother, second sister, and third sister, are they going too?"

There are only two branches in the direct line of the Li family. Li Shuangwan's full brother Li Yuanqiao is 22 years old this year and the eldest in their generation. His second uncle Li Huaiyi's son Li Yuanming is 20 years old this year and the second.

Among the girls, Li Shuangwan was the oldest at eighteen years old, Li Shuangmiao was sixteen years old and the second child, and Li Shuangmiao's half-sister Li Shuangxi was fourteen years old and the third child.

By the way, there is also a Zhou Caiyao now, who has been renamed Li Shuangyao. Because she has not yet been included in the family tree, the servants have always called her Miss Yao.

Li Shuangwan's father Li Huaiying had no concubines, but Li Huaiyi had a concubine and had a illegitimate son, but unfortunately the son died in the cradle.

The population of this direct lineage is relatively simple.

Yizhu took mouthwash and fine salt to clean Li Shuangwan: "The second young master will go. The second young lady came to the Hengwang Mansion some time ago and made a scene. After returning, she was locked up in the ancestral hall by the second master and knelt for many days. This time she will go with him. I don't know whether the third young lady will go or not."

Li Shuangwan looked at Yizhu: "When was he released?"

"I heard that she knelt for five days. On the sixth morning, when the Second Madam went to the ancestral hall to see her, she knelt in front of the Second Madam and slapped herself repeatedly, saying that she really knew she was wrong. How could she say such words in front of the princess?"

"The Second Lady saw how sad she was crying and how haggard she looked, and felt so distressed that she decided to release her. For a while after that, the Second Lady seemed like a different person. She served the Second Master and the Second Lady every day and was extremely obedient."

Roman rolled her eyes. "Tsk, she can only fool the Second Master and the others. Princess, we have to be careful. Thinking about what she said when she knelt in front of you that day, I feel so disgusted. She was so shameless."

Li Shuangwan curled the corners of her mouth. In her previous life, Li Shuangmiao used all means to climb into Ling Heng's bed. How could she give up so easily in this life?

He patted Roman’s hand and said, “Go check at the door. If they want to enter the mansion, tell them that the prince is not at home and that they are inconvenienced. Please ask the second master and the others to wait in the carriage.”

Roman hurriedly put the basin in her hand on the shelf beside her and replied crisply, "Yes, I'll go right away."