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

"Mother, does this headdress look good to me?" The girl had a bright smile on her face, rosy cheeks, and a moon-white dress. Her waist was tied into a bow with soft aqua blue silk gauze. Her ink-black hair was tied up high, and a aqua white jade hairpin was inserted in her bun.

Mrs. Zhong smiled and picked up the magnolia-inlaid kingfisher hairpin and looked at it from left to right: "It is beautiful, but a little plain. Jiawei, you are getting married, so you should choose something festive. If you like it, buy this one and choose another one to wear on the wedding day. Look, this one with kingfisher inlaid red agate looks very festive, do you like it?"

Zhong Jiawei's cheeks flushed. She had seen He Youkun, the son of Minister He, from a distance before their engagement. He was handsome, tall, with a high nose bridge, good-looking, and kind. She fell in love with him at first sight.

"It's up to mother to decide." Zhong Jia said in a low voice.

"These two sets of headgear suit your skin tone very well. If you like them, I will give you a discount." Li Shuangwan walked up to the two of them.

"Boss." The shopkeeper hurriedly walked out from the counter, bowed to Li Shuangwan, and introduced to Mrs. Zhong and the others, "This is our boss."

Zhong Jiawei and Madam Zhong naturally recognized Li Shuangwan, and they knelt down and saluted: "Greetings, Princess Heng."

Li Shuangwan smiled and walked forward to help the two of them up, one on each side. "No need to be polite. Since Madam and Miss Zhong are in my shop, they are my customers."

"So this is the princess's business. I've heard that the jewelry and headwear at the Treasure Pavilion are beautiful and unique, well-made, and reasonably priced. It's the favorite place for women in Shengjing to visit. Today I see that it's true."

Li Shuangwan smiled and told the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper Chen, these two sets of headgear will be sold at half price, and the shortfall will be charged to my account. Pack the items and send them to Mr. Zhong's residence."

"Yes, boss."

Madam Zhong hurriedly said, "How can this be possible? No merit, no reward. How dare I let Princess Heng spend money?"

Li Shuangwan looked at Zhong Jiawei and said, "I like Miss Zhong very much. I heard that Miss Zhong is engaged to the son of Minister He. This will be a gift to Miss Zhong."

Zhong Jiawei blushed again and whispered, "Yes, thank you, Princess."

"I wonder when Miss Zhong's wedding will be held?"

Mrs. Zhong smiled and said, "I asked someone to look at the date and it was set on May 28th of next year."

Li Shuangwan pretended to think: "May 28th is a good day. Congratulations to Mrs. Zhong and Miss Zhong first."

Luo Man said according to what Li Shuangwan told her: "Princess, I heard that next year is the New Year, and on the Lantern Festival, lanterns will be lit to pray for blessings. The emperor will also come to the Moon Watching Tower to light the largest lantern himself."

Li Shuangwan smiled and nodded: "Yes, the Ministry of Rites has already started preparations."

"I want to go."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

Zhong Jiawei's eyes lit up, knowing that His Royal Highness Prince Heng was now on duty at the Ministry of Rites, and what Princess Heng said must be correct.

"Ms. Zhong, are you going there that day too? If you light a lantern, you will surely be blessed by the gods, allowing you and Mr. He to have a happy marriage and many children and grandchildren." Roman looked at Zhong Jiawei happily.

Zhong Jiawei pursed her lips and begged her mother several times, but her mother said that she was about to get married and would not let her go. However, such a chance only came once a year, and she wanted to go so badly.

He glanced at Mrs. Zhong secretly and asked quietly, "Will the princess go too?"

"Of course I have to go. It's such a rare day, there should be a lot of people on the street. Miss Zhong, don't you want to go and take a look?"

"Mother..." Zhong Jiawei went to see Mrs. Zhong.

Mrs. Zhong smiled helplessly: "I knew I couldn't hold you in. Never mind, if you want to go, go ahead. Just ask a few more guards to follow you. There will be a lot of people that day, so be sure to pay attention to your safety."

Li Shuangwan smiled and said, "Why not come with me? There are guards following you in the palace, and there are also secret guards protecting you in secret, so nothing will happen."

Mrs. Zhong had no choice but to respond. She clapped her hands and said, "That's great. Thank you, Princess."

Li Shuangwan came out of the Treasure Pavilion and went back home with the things he bought.

Unlike other princely palaces which are located on Zhuque Street, which is only for the rich and noble, Prince Heng's Palace is located on East Street in Shengjing City.

There are few dignitaries on this street, but there are officials of the fifth or sixth rank and below, wealthy merchants, and ordinary well-off families.

In other words, people are very diverse.

There were often passers-by coming and going at the gate of the palace.

Ling Heng seemed to be a good husband. When he heard that the princess had returned, he smiled and went out to greet her. He personally helped her down from the carriage and said softly, "Ah Wan, you've been walking around all day. Are you tired?"

"Not tired, the streets are busy."

"Where have you gone?" Ling Heng grabbed Li Shuangwan's hand, looked at her with deep affection, and asked while leading her towards the mansion.

Li Shuangwan couldn't help but pretend to be affectionate on the surface despite feeling extremely disgusted with this person in his heart, and he withdrew his hand calmly.

"I just wandered around. The streets were busy. I bought gifts for my grandparents."

"Didn't you encounter anything special?" Ling Heng looked at Li Shuangwan. He didn't know what was going on during this period of time. The people he sent out to keep an eye on Li Shuangwan would always lose him halfway. He asked Si Po to screen the people in the mansion several times, but still couldn't find anything.

Li Shuangwan looked up at Ling Heng: "Your Highness, do you want to say something special?"

Ling Heng smiled and said, "Nothing. Butler Luo was incompetent, so I ordered him to be beaten with 20 sticks. It's just a small lesson for him."

Li Shuangwan's eyebrows jumped fiercely: "Your Highness, Steward Luo has only been the steward for a short time. It is the end of the year and there are so many things to do. It is understandable that he occasionally makes mistakes. What's more, I have already fined him one month's salary."

Ling Heng's face turned cold: "Ah Wan, do you feel sorry for a housekeeper? Do you think I punished you too much?"

"That was not what I meant."

"Oh, what he shouldn't do is to forget the annual gifts from everyone else's house, but he can't forget the gifts from Ah Wan's relatives. Your relatives are my relatives."

"If I don't punish him well this time, he won't remember the lesson and will make the same mistake again in the future. I want everyone in this mansion to know clearly that you, Li Shuangwan, are my Ling Heng's wife, and no one is allowed to neglect you."

Li Shuangwan took a deep breath and said, "Luo Man, go and give Butler Luo two bottles of the best wound medicine and tell someone to take good care of them."

Roman glanced at Ling Heng cautiously: "Yes."

Ling Heng raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth, which soon disappeared. Instead, he climbed up the pole and won the hearts of the people.

As soon as Ling Heng returned to the study, Si Po came hurriedly: "Your Majesty, there is a letter from Cao Liang."

After reading the letter, Ling Heng was so angry that he threw the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table to the ground.

Sipo knelt down with a plop, not daring to say anything more.

It turned out that after much investigation by Cao Liang, he was kidnapped from the iron mine in Yongzhou Prefecture and it was actually the Third Prince Ling Yao who did it!

That batch of pig iron has now arrived in Liangshan.

Originally, he was somewhat unconvinced that the bandits who had been causing trouble in Liangshan for a long time could actually be the third brother's private soldiers.

But now, the irrefutable evidence was before him.