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

Empress Dowager Shu's eyes were full of joy. "How could I not see that? Not only did he have feelings for her, but I could see that he cared deeply about it. So, Ningru, you should let him do whatever he wants. I won't interfere. Anyway, as long as the girl is from an honest family, I don't care what her family background is. As long as you and Xiaojiu are in harmony with each other, that's enough."

"This... His Highness the Ninth Prince is of noble status. If Miss Li is a girl from an ordinary family, how can she be worthy of His Highness the Ninth Prince?"

Empress Dowager Shu smiled and patted Aunt Ning Ru's hand: "Xiao Jiu'er already has the most noble status in the world, why does he need to find a woman of noble status to marry? Everything can be done according to his own wishes. You, don't worry too much about this matter."

"Oh, I am not worried at all. I am heartbroken for His Highness the Ninth Prince."

"He's fine, Ning Ru. Xiao Jiu is not by my side. I thought... he's fine. Now Cheng Er is the emperor. I am content with my life."

Aunt Ningru knew the pain in the Queen Mother's heart, but pain comes at a different time.

When the Crown Prince ascended the throne and the Ninth Prince returned to her side, the Queen Mother was content.

That's good too.

After leaving the palace, Gu Xingyan went to Duke Shu's Mansion to find Shu Wenbo. He was in the palace just now, so there were some things he was not convenient to ask.

However, when we got there, we found out that after Wenbo came back and told his parents about it, Mrs. Wu could no longer feel at ease and told him not to wait until tomorrow and to leave right away.

So an hour ago, he and Hongshuang set out lightly with only a dozen guards, and they should have left the city gate by now.

And for the sake of convenience, a maid in the mansion was asked to put on the moon-white dress that Li Shuangwan had left in Shuguogong's mansion, cover her face with a veil, dress up as Li Shuangwan, and set off together.

"Your Highness the Ninth Prince, why don't I accompany you to take a look at the Ninth Prince's Palace?" Ou Jianglin asked.

Gu Xingyan immediately lost the mood. He came here to ask Wen Bo if she said anything when she left.

He shook his head and said, "No, I'm going back to the palace first."

Seeing Gu Xingyan was about to leave, Wu hurriedly chased after him and asked worriedly, "Xiaojiu, tell your aunt that Yanyan is okay, right?"

Gu Xingyan helped Wu into the mansion: "Don't worry, aunt, Master Sanqing is here, nothing will happen."

"Well, it would have been better if you hadn't said anything. Now that you've said it, I feel something is strange when I think about it. It's as if this Master Sanqing came here on purpose to block Yanyan. As soon as he entered the mansion and heard that she had followed you into the palace, he immediately asked Wenbo to call her out. He said something like something big was going to happen, he was drunk and fell asleep, and so on. He was talking nonsense."

Mrs. Wu tightly grasped Gu Xingyan's hand and said, "Xiaojiu, what does Master Sanqing mean by this? Why doesn't your aunt understand?"

"Aunt, please be at ease. Come, be careful on the steps."

Mrs. Wu returned home worriedly.

In the end, Gu Xingyan didn't go anywhere and went straight back to the palace.

……

After Li Shuangwan came out of the palace, he was not allowed to return to Duke Shu's mansion to say goodbye to his adoptive father and mother, and was directly dragged away by Master Sanqing.

"Ah Yan, if you want to turn disaster into good fortune, you must be sincere."

"Yes, Master, you tell me, I'll do it."

Master Sanqing smiled and nodded: "Someone has stood in front of you to prevent the great disaster. If you want to truly break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly, and be reborn from the ashes, you have to walk the rest of the way on your own."

"it is good."

They had to walk the 500 miles from Sijiu City to Moushan.

So Li Shuangwan entered a shop that made clothes for servants in the city who had a little money but were not from wealthy families.

She took off her embroidered shoes and bought a pair of thick-soled shoes. She also took off her palace maid's clothes and changed into a coarse linen dress.

So he followed Master Sanqing on the journey.

Although there was a smooth road to take, Master Sanqing chose one thorny path after another.

Because of his good foundation and the fact that he had detoxified himself early on, Li Shuangwan also had experience in the Northwest military camp over the past decade, so he didn't feel anything on the first day and walked forty miles in one breath.

But the road ahead is becoming increasingly difficult.

From forty miles on the first day to thirty-five miles on the second day, we walked slower and slower as time went by.

I don't know how many pairs of shoes I have worn out, how many times my feet have been rubbed out, and how many times my legs and arms have been scratched.

Without a word of complaint, he followed Master Sanqing step by step towards Moushan.

In just about ten days, Li Shuangwan became so thin that he looked unrecognizable. The skin on his face and hands was no longer as white as before. On the contrary, the northern wind made it so dry that it almost shed a layer of skin.

There were cracks in several places, and blood was oozing out of the cuts. She wrapped the towel tightly several times and continued on her way.

They had to reach Moushan within twenty days, but because the road they were walking on was full of thorns, they could only walk twenty miles a day at most.

After ten days, including the forty miles on the first day, they had only covered two hundred and sixty or seventy miles. There were still more than two hundred miles to go, leaving them no time to breathe.

She knew that the great disaster her master had mentioned, that someone was standing in front of her, was referring to Gu Xingyan, who had lived two lifetimes and half a life, and had his heart pierced by thousands of arrows. She dared not forget it for even a moment.

It was already dark that day. The two had been walking all day. It was almost midnight when Master Sanqing said, "That's it for today. Let's find a place to rest."

Li Shuangwan's throat felt like it was on fire, and his legs began to tremble when he stopped.

But Master Sanqing still looked the same as the first day I met him, in a grey monk's robe without a speck of dust on it, looking energetic, with fluttering white beard, a true immortal.

She rested her hands on her knees and looked at the Three Pure Ones: "Master, Master, are you a deity? Why haven't you changed at all? Aren't you tired?"

Master Sanqing stroked his white beard and laughed, "I can't say I'm a god, but in my eyes, those thorns are also life. When I walk by, they will naturally make way for me."

Li Shuangwan bent over and turned her head to look at the thorns that were knocked over by her. "Ah? They will automatically move aside? Master, why do I feel like you are fooling me?"

Master Sanqing looked at her with a smile and asked: "Did you find this journey hard?"

She thought her mother died of depression in her previous life. She lay on the bed looking at her, tears rolling down her eyes, and her breathing gradually disappeared.

Thinking of her brother committing suicide by drinking the sword, blood flew onto her face as she rushed in to stop her brother from doing something stupid.

She remembered that she was escorted by the imperial guards and stood at the gate of the General Guardian of the Nation's Mansion, looking at the corpses all over the mansion. Her father's head rolled to the side, and the words "Pillar of the Nation" were stained red with blood. The head rolled to the corner of the screen wall, with his eyes wide open.

She felt so heartbroken as if she was being bitten by thousands of ants, but she was powerless to do anything.

What right does she have to complain?

Li Shuangwan stood up and shook his head: "I just feel that I am too weak and can't do anything. Unlike him, he did it for me..."

Before Li Shuangwan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Master Sanqing: "Have a good rest, there are only ten days left. It will not be easy to complete the rest of the journey."

"Yes." Li Shuangwan silently went to collect firewood, preparing to boil the dry food in water to fill his stomach.