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

When the palace was destroyed, dozens of women were rescued from inside. They turned out to be the girls who had gone missing in Shengjing City and nearby prefectures in recent years.

These women were pitiful, and those whose families were willing to take them back would naturally be allowed to do so. However, most families were unwilling to take them back because they had lost their virginity and it was a disgrace to the family, and some even removed their names from the family tree.

As a result, all these girls were taken back by Yang Luo. It happened that her newly opened People's Hospital needed a large number of girls, so she could train them and then put them on the jobs and let them support themselves.

I don’t know what Yang Luo said to them, but none of these girls wanted to commit suicide.

Prince Gong's mansion was sealed off, and not only were a lot of evidence found inside to prove that Ling Shijiang had been working for the Sixth Prince Ling Xian in recent years, but there were also two old men in the mansion who could prove that Ling Xian was indeed not the son of Emperor Jingzhang.

A month before Concubine Duan married Emperor Jingzhang, the two were already pregnant.

What is strange is that several letters written by Concubine Duan to Ling Shijiang were found inside, in which she directly stated that Ling Xian was his son.

People were very surprised. If it was such an important thing, Ling Shijiang should have destroyed it after looking at it. Why did he still keep it?

Concubine Duan and Ling Xian were thrown into the Sky Prison.

Concubine Duan could not bear the torture and finally admitted in person that Ling Xian was indeed Ling Shijiang's son. However, when faced with those letters, she denied them flatly and said that she had never written such letters.

But, whether the letter is true or not is no longer important.

A few days later, Concubine Duan and Ling Xian both died in prison. The news was that Concubine Duan was so ashamed that she hanged herself. Ling Xian hated his biological mother and felt ashamed to live in the world, so he hit his head and died in prison.

But those who knew the situation knew that it was Emperor Jingzhang who issued a secret order to poison the mother and son.

What is even more regrettable is that after the incident, Ling Shijiang disappeared, along with his servant Zhiwen. Even though the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple and the Embroidered Uniform Guard joined forces and turned the Bishuiquan Villa upside down, they could not find any trace of Ling Shijiang.

The last person to see him was a captain at the city gate. According to his recollection, he saw him sitting in a carriage around 9:00 a.m. on the 16th day of the first lunar month. He looked quite happy. Zhi Wen was driving the carriage and they left from the north gate.

There seemed to be a woman sitting in the carriage, but the girl's face was not seen.

Emperor Jingzhang issued a warrant for the arrest of the criminal with a huge reward, and even wrote a clause in the warrant that it did not matter whether the criminal was dead or alive.

My mother also set out for the northwest with Yizhu, Luoman and others.

However, a rumor has spread throughout Northern Jin in the past two days. The fig leaf of the Ling family of Northern Jin has been peeled off layer by layer, causing all the people to sigh.

Almost at the same time, a rumor suddenly spread in all the major prefectures in northern Jin that the funeral of the Duke of Huguo was nominally handled by the Ministry of Rites, but in reality all the expenses were paid by the Ministry of Rites forcing Old Madam He to take out the 40,000 taels of pension money.

Using the pension money from loyal ministers and generals to decorate the royal family's facade, and asking the Duke of Huguo's Mansion to thank the emperor for his grace, how shameless.

What is even more unbelievable is that these 40,000 taels of silver were confiscated from the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion by the Imperial Guards, and what was confiscated was much more than 40,000 taels.

Emperor Jingzhang was furious and smashed the imperial study to pieces. He ordered the Jinyiwei to conduct a thorough investigation, but after much investigation, they only found out that the rumors were spread by beggars on the streets from the beginning and had nothing to do with the women in the Duke of Huguo's mansion.

After arriving in Lin'an, they lived a secluded life and were not even aware of the rumors that were spreading.

On the same day, the Minister of Justice Zhang Mao was searching the residence of the mistress of He Youkun, the eldest son of the He family, the prostitute that everyone saw at the Lantern Festival on the Lantern Festival. He found a large amount of evidence, which was enough to prove that the Vice Minister of Personnel He Zimin had been secretly colluding with the Third Prince in an attempt to help Ling Yao start an uprising and seize the throne.

Further investigation revealed that the iron mine in Yongzhou Prefecture had always been in the hands of the Yao family, the mother's family of the Third Prince's wife. He Zimin was the person in charge of this iron mine. The weapons he forged were continuously shipped to the 30,000 private soldiers kept by the Third Prince in Liangzhou.

In one night, nearly a thousand people from the He Mansion, the Yao Mansion, Prince Gong's Mansion and Concubine Duan's mother's family were beheaded and their bodies thrown into a mass grave. The executioners' knives were all cut.

The blood dyed the entire moat red.

Li Shuangwan was so angry that she laughed when she read the letter from her mother. Ling Heng was really cunning. She remembered the list that Gu Xingyan gave her clearly. The iron mine in Yongzhou Prefecture was clearly his private mine.

Unexpectedly, he followed Gu Xingyan's approach and successfully transferred the iron mine to the Third Princess' mother's family.

This person's mind is truly unfathomable.

The "steward Luo" of the palace was found by the night watchman two nights ago with a knife in the throat.

Ling Heng was furious and reported the case to the Jingzhao government office, but after several days of investigation, no results were found.

After putting away the letter, Li Shuangwan rode on his horse and said to Shu Wenbo: "Brother, the news has spread. Now Emperor Jingzhang has lost all his face and dignity."

Shu Wenbo looked at Li Shuangwan. If she joined forces with Ninth Brother, no one in the world would be their match. Just thinking about it, he couldn't help but shrink his neck.

"Will Emperor Jingzhang not suspect the He family?"

Li Shuangwan shook his head: "No, he has no evidence. The He family only has the women in the mansion left, and the only male is still in his infancy. And when Madam He left Shengjing City, she dismissed all the guards in the mansion, leaving only a few old and weak soldiers who were injured and retired from the battlefield."

However, he was also worried about something else: "But now, among the six sons of Emperor Jingzhang, the crown prince has a disabled left hand, the second prince Ling Yun, the third prince Ling Yao, and the sixth prince Ling Xian are all dead. The fifth prince Ling Yan has such a biological mother and maternal family. It is estimated that Emperor Jingzhang will not depose the crown prince and enthronize him instead."

"Unless Beijin allows a cripple to be the crown prince forever, Ling Heng will be the only one left."

Li Shuangwan raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Brother, have you ever suspected that I was helping Ling Heng win the throne?"

Shu Wenbo smiled embarrassedly. He had indeed thought so at first.

But later he also saw with his own eyes how much his younger sister hated Ling Heng and how much she wanted to escape from Prince Heng's Palace: "But, younger sister, aren't you worried that Emperor Jingzhang will really make him the crown prince?"

Li Shuangwan smiled slightly: "Brother, do you know what kind of blow can make a person crazy?"

Hong Shuang, who was also sitting on a tall horse and dressed in red, smiled charmingly: "Master Shu, I'm afraid you don't know?"

Shu Wenbo glared at Hong Shuang unhappily: "You know?"

Hongshuang motioned him to look at Miss Li.

Li Shuangwan looked at the rising sun in the distance. Winter had completely gone and spring had come. The rising sun jumped out of the water, as red as fire.

"A person wants something even in his dreams, and he tries every possible way to get it, but he just can't get it. Suddenly one day, he succeeds. However, before he can even warm up to it, it is taken away by someone else, and he is completely trapped in the quagmire, with no way out. Do you think he will go crazy if he feels this way?"

Shu Wenbo shook the reins, and the horse raised its front hooves and rushed forward: "Little sister, in a few days, we will be able to reach Sijiu City. Go!"

"Gee!" Li Shuangwan also raised his whip.

I haven't seen him for a month. I wonder how he is doing. I hope his injuries are better now.

The struggle for succession in Daliang was even more intense than that in Northern Jin.