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Ling Heng used the excuse that he had a lot of official business at home and went back first.

Li Shuangwan sent Zhu Anhe back to the General's Mansion first. She was secretly looking at Zhou Caiyao along the way.

But she looked uneasy and her face didn't look very good.

It was already 3 p.m. when she returned to the mansion. Butler Luo came out to greet her: "Princess, you are back. The prince is busy in the study."

Li Shuangwan glanced at him, knowing that he had something to say, and told him that Ling Heng and Si Po were in the mansion at the moment, and nodded: "Butler Luo, today is the New Year, how are the preparations in the mansion going? Have all the New Year gifts been delivered?"

Butler Luo took a half step back from her, while Roman stood on her other side, blocking their conversation.

"Yes, they have all been delivered. Princess, the eldest daughter-in-law of the He family from the Duke of Huguo's Mansion personally sent a New Year gift. Miss Hu also sent a gift. As for Mr. Zhong's family, it was the old nanny next to Mrs. Zhong who personally sent a gift."

Li Shuangwan nodded: "Please prepare some for me to send back. Let the people from the Prince's Mansion deliver to the Duke of Huguo's Mansion and the Zhong family. For the Hu family, prepare more food, rice, meat and vegetables are fine, as well as cloth and other things. You don't have to choose expensive ones, cotton ones will do. You don't have to send other things, they are not practical, you can deliver them yourself."

"Yes, I have prepared it and will send it over now."

"The concubine is coming in on the sixth day. Does His Highness have any instructions?"

Steward Luo shook his head, "I asked the prince, and he said that we should just tidy up Fuguangyuan as the princess said, and there is no need to prepare anything else. We don't even need many servants to serve, just one old woman and one maid. We can't choose from the mansion, we can buy ready-made ones from the traffickers, and there is no need to train them, just buy them and put them in Fuguangyuan on the fifth day of the new year."

Li Shuangwan chuckled. Ling Heng's behavior seemed to give her enough face.

But in reality, Li Shuangwan would certainly think that this was arranged by her, deliberately making things difficult for her and exacerbating the conflict between the sisters.

funny.

"Just do as Ling Heng said."

The New Year's Eve of the eighteenth year in Northern Jin passed by quietly.

Li Shuangwan sat in front of the window, looking at the starry sky, unable to think, all he could think about was Gu Xingyan.

The sudden death of Emperor Daliang was several years earlier than in his previous life, which probably disrupted his plans.

His elder brother and the queen mother were trapped in the deep palace and in great danger, so he had to ride his horse as fast as he could. The journey to Daliang was thousands of miles away, and he couldn't even have a hot New Year's Eve dinner.

And it was not just Concubine Chen of Daliang who wanted to put them to death.

Concubine Chen and his maternal family, or other members of the Gu royal family, are also eyeing him covetously. Will they ambush and kill him along the way?

What dangers will he encounter?

If he could return to Daliang smoothly, even though he had memories of his past life, those people had not yet had any friendship with him. How could he turn the situation around and gain their trust?

In his previous life, he went through a lot of difficult situations before he was able to gain a foothold in Daliang. At that time, he was also poisoned by the secret guards.

Li Shuangwan felt heartbroken just thinking about it.

Gu Xingyan, you must be well.

On the second day of the first lunar month, Li Shuangwan had to return to the General's Mansion as per usual, and she was extremely reluctant for Ling Heng to follow her.

But on the surface, the two of them have not yet torn their faces apart, Ling Heng is still her husband, and when she returns to her parents' home, Ling Heng has to accompany her.

Li Huaiyi was guarding the door. When he saw the carriage coming, he hurried to greet it: "Your humble servant greets His Royal Highness Prince Heng and Princess Heng."

Ling Heng glanced at him calmly: "Master Li, there is no need to be so polite."

Li Huaiyi's face froze as he tried to smile. When he returned home three days ago, King Heng called him "Second Uncle".

Seeing that Zhu was also about to bow, Ling Heng hurriedly stepped forward and put his hands to stop Zhu from bowing. He then stepped back half a step and bowed: "My son-in-law greets my mother-in-law. I wish my mother-in-law a happy and prosperous new year."

How could Zhu dare to accept his full gift? She quickly turned aside and said, "Your Highness, I wish you a happy and healthy new year."

"Mom, I also wish you good health and good fortune in the new year, and hope you will become younger and more beautiful."

Zhu Anhe smiled and glared at his daughter: "May you be healthy and auspicious. May you be healthy and auspicious."

Li Yuanming, Li Shuangmiao and Zhou Caiyao also greeted them at the door and bowed to them one after another.

When Li Shuangmiao saw Ling Heng, she kept her eyes on him, a smile on her face, and even raised her eyebrows at Li Shuangwan provocatively.

Li Shuangwan just pretended not to see it. There was nothing she could do. Since someone wanted to treat trash as treasure, she had to oblige him.

Zhou Caiyao, however, looked at her nose with her eyes and her heart with her nose, and stood behind Li Shuangmiao with Li Shuangxi and the other two in a very proper manner.

Li Shuangwan glanced at her calmly.

"Your Highness, Princess, please come in."

"If Lord Li is not available, please go and do your work. The prince and the princess will go to the courtyard of the mother-in-law to talk, and we will have lunch in the Begonia Courtyard."

Li Huaiyi only felt that he was slapped hard on the face and it hurt.

Seeing Ling Heng pulling Li Shuangwan to leave, Li Shuangmiao said anxiously: "Your Highness, you..."

Ling Heng didn't even turn his head.

Li Huai swung his sleeves in anger and strode away. If it wasn't for the second day of the Chinese New Year, he would have slapped Li Shuangmiao in the face.

Li Yuanming just looked at Li Shuangmiao coldly and turned away. It was her own fault. This was just the beginning. After entering Prince Heng's Mansion, she would have to endure whatever life held for her.

Originally, her parents told her about Zhong Chenyang, the eldest grandson of Mr. Zhong. Although the Zhong family is not of high status now, it has a deep foundation. Zhong Chenyang's father is the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, a fifth-rank official, and his disciples are spread all over the world.

Zhong Chenyang herself is a man of both literary and military talents, with a promising future. What a good marriage it was, but unfortunately she ruined it herself, and she was only a drag on her second brother, and could no longer be of any help.

Zhou Caiyao and Li Shuangxi made way to let Li Shuangmiao go in first.

Li Shuangmiao's eyes were red and she felt aggrieved. She hated Li Shuangwan with gnashing teeth. When she passed by the two of them, she glared at them fiercely.

The two did not dare to say much, but Zhou Caiyao snorted in her heart, thinking that the strategy and scheming of a daughter of a noble family was just like this.

After all, Haitangyuan was an inner residence, and it was not in accordance with etiquette for Ling Heng, a foreign man, to be invited here. Therefore, Zhu Anhe had no choice but to place the guest reception in a pavilion in Haitangyuan.

The pavilion was windy on all sides. Although there was a charcoal basin there, the north wind in deep winter still made it bone-chillingly cold when it blew on the body.

Zhu Anhe asked Li Shuangwan to stay in the house. Li Shuangwan was worried that her mother would be deceived by Ling Heng's eloquent mouth, so she just smiled and shook her head, saying that she would stay here with her mother.

About half an hour later, Li Yuanming came over, accompanied only by a trusted servant. He saw several people sitting in the pavilion drinking tea and chatting.

He hurried forward and said, "I often hear from my elder sister that Your Highness is knowledgeable. I have read a passage that I do not understand and I am at a loss. I wonder if I could ask Your Highness for some advice?"

Li Shuangwan was drinking hot tea. Her second brother was many times smarter than her father, but now she was grateful.

Ling Heng did not agree immediately, but looked at Li Shuangwan.