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

Li Shuangwan looked sideways and asked, "Madam, what do you mean by that?"

"Look at what your princess said. How can I have any interest in it? Today is New Year's Eve. Everyone in the palace is busy, but Chen Ping is the only one who is not here. I am just concerned and mentioned this casually. Princess, please don't think too much about it."

"Oh, what you mean, Mammy, is that I hid Chen Ping in the bed. Who do you think I am?"

Nanny Zhao sneered, but her eyes turned to Ling Heng's direction: "I didn't mean that. It was you who said that."

Li Shuangwan turned to Ling Heng, whose face was livid: "Your Highness thinks so too?"

Ling Heng suppressed his anger and said, "Of course I believe you, but this matter is not something I can just let go of. There are many people coming and going in your yard. In the past, when you asked Chen Ping to do something, I would turn a blind eye and never interfere. But today... Oh, why not let Aunt Zhao open the bed curtain. If Aunt Zhao wrongly accuses you, I will punish her severely."

Li Shuangwan sneered at Zhao Mama and said, "If there is no one hiding in my bed, what would you do, Zhao Mama?"

Zhao Ma's fat face trembled. The words of Prince Heng clearly put her on the spot. What could she do? "If, if not, I will leave it to the princess to deal with."

"Very good. Roman, draw the curtains."

Roman looked embarrassed: "King, Princess..."

Nanny Zhao became more and more certain. Things had come to this point and she had to do something. She took a step forward and pulled open the bed curtain.

The quilt on the bed was arched, rising and falling slightly. What else could it be if not a person hidden inside?

Nanny Zhao's eyes sparkled as she glanced at Ling Heng and said, "Your Highness, look, I was right about the person. There really is someone inside!"

Ling Heng was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead. Li Shuangwan was so shameless that one shadow couldn't satisfy her, and she even hooked up with that beast Chen Ping!

The women in their General’s Mansion are really more despicable than the other!

"Lift the quilt off for me!"

Nanny Zhao had a ferocious look on her face, and with a triumphant sneer on her face, she threw back the quilt.

Suddenly, a white and black figure jumped out, accompanied by a "meow" sound of a cat.

Aunt Zhao's head buzzed. How, how could it be a cat?

She recognized the cat.

When the fat cat jumped out, Ling Heng's face changed drastically and he took several steps back. If there hadn't been a table behind him blocking him, he would have probably sat down on the ground.

Li Shuangwan raised her lips and said, "Mammy, can you see clearly? What's under the quilt?"

"Slave, slave, slave...Princess, how can you hide a cat in your quilt?"

Li Shuangwan looked at Ling Heng and saw that he was pale. She said, "I have kept this cat since I was in the northwest. It has been with me for several years. My mother brought it to me when she returned to Shengjing. But I know that Your Highness has been afraid of cats since he was a child, so I hid it before Your Highness entered the door to avoid scaring Your Highness."

She approached Madam Zhao step by step: "But what about you, Madam Zhao, you have been with me for more than ten years, don't you know that I have such a pet cat? Its name is Xiao Qi, and it was you who helped take care of it when we were in the northwest. Or, what you did today was to deliberately scare His Highness?"

Madam Zhao knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Ling Heng repeatedly: "I didn't do that. Please spare me, my lord. I really didn't know that the princess hid Xiao Qi under the quilt."

"So, you didn't know it was Xiao Qi, so you suspected that I hid Chen Ping in the bed? Oh, Aunt Zhao, what are you up to?"

Madam Zhao turned pale with fear: "Princess, I am doing this for your own good. I am afraid that you will be tricked by others. Please spare my life, Princess."

"Someone is coming..."

However, before Li Shuangwan could give the order, Ling Heng shouted angrily, "Come here, drag Madam Zhao away and give her thirty strokes of the cane!"

Two large guards came in and dragged Madam Zhao out.

Li Shuangwan turned around and looked at Ling Heng coldly.

Ling Heng sighed softly, stepped forward and put his arm around Li Shuangwan's shoulders: "Ah Wan, I spared her life for your sake. I know you can't bear it and will definitely give her a lighter punishment, but she made a big mistake today, and not punishing her severely will not be enough to serve as a warning to others."

What a good example. Some time ago, he wanted to get rid of Yizhu and Luoman and had them killed. He also meant to set an example.

Li Shuangwan sneered: "Then I have to thank Your Highness."

Ling Heng sighed softly, "I can't be too harsh on your people, Ah Wan, why should you be polite to me? Since you are fine, I am relieved. Today is New Year's Eve, you should pack up quickly and come with me to the palace for the banquet."

Li Shuangwan shook off Ling Heng's hand and said, "I'm a little tired. Please apologize to my father for me. I won't go to the palace banquet."

Ling Heng frowned. What day was it today? How could she say such a thing? Was she going to put the blame of Madam Zhao on him? He didn't even blame her for keeping a cat in the mansion without permission.

The number of times he could be seen in front of the emperor was already small, and if she, the daughter of the general's mansion guarding the country, was not around, the emperor would not even look at him.

It's not like you're too sick to get out of bed. You really don't consider the overall situation at all.

His face darkened slightly, and he said, "Ah Wan, what are you talking about? Today is New Year's Eve, it's a palace banquet and a family banquet. You are the daughter-in-law of the royal family of the Ling family. All the members of the Ling family will attend such an occasion. Since you have married me, you are a member of the Ling family. If you don't go, how will others see me?"

"Your Highness, do you want me to go like this?" Her face was very pale.

"Put on more rouge and powder, and it can cover up even the worst complexion."

"Heh, Your Highness, what do you like about me, or my status as the eldest daughter of the General's Mansion?"

Ling Heng was furious when his heart was touched. He took a deep breath and said, "I know you are still blaming me because of the concubine issue, but I have explained many times that I was tricked. Why don't you believe me? Why are you still angry with me?"

He placed his hands on her shoulders: "Ah Wan, you and I are husband and wife, we should be of one mind."

At this moment, Zhou Caiyao somehow came in with a smile on her face. When she saw Ling Heng, she greeted him and nodded slightly.

Ling Heng had no expression on his face.

"Sister, there is an imperial decree from the palace, asking mother to attend the palace banquet tonight. It was the eunuch Zhang who was beside the emperor who came to deliver the order, saying that since we are in-laws, we are also one family. When I heard the news, I immediately ran to tell you, sister. Are you happy?"

Li Shuangwan's eyebrows jumped. It was said to be a palace banquet on New Year's Eve, but in fact it was a family banquet of the Ling family. It was impossible for anyone other than the Ling family to attend. Why would Emperor Jingzhang issue such an order?

She looked at Ling Heng. This man concealed his expression very well and nothing could be seen on his face.

She thought of Concubine Lin, who had not seen the emperor's face for ten years and lived in the Qiyun Palace, which was like a cold palace.