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The high priest regretted so much at this moment that he forced Gu Xingyuan to kill Ava.

Well done. This is not his credit, but the result of the king being blessed by the gods.

If he fails to do so, he will become an eternal sinner of Zhao State and will be infamous for eternity.

He picked up the cloth and went to find the envoys who had come with him.

It didn't take three hours, only one hour.

The high priest held the signed peace treaty stamped with the seal of Zhao State in both hands and handed it to Gu Xingyan.

"Marshal Gu, please take a look."

His attitude is much more respectful than before.

Gu Xingyan didn't need to look any further, as the envoys from Zhao State didn't dare to do anything.

"Come on, prepare a banquet."

When the news reached Shengjing City, the Chen family felt desperate just as the people in the palace were happy.

When Chen Shihui heard that Gu Xingyuan actually killed Ava, he was so angry that he spit out blood on the spot and fell to the ground.

……

When Gu Xingyuan returned to Sijiu City, it was already the end of April, more than a month later than Li Shuangwan and Gu Xingyan's triumphant return.

Not only was there no one to greet him, he was also extremely thin. Even his second cousin from the Chen family, who had been taken care of by his grandfather and was being taught attentively, did not recognize him when they passed by.

I just thought it was some homeless guy.

If it weren't for the fact that Mr. Shen and the Minister of Rites were following behind him.

He has suffered a lot in the past month and a half. Gu Xingyuan was born into a noble family and has never suffered such punishment in his life.

When Concubine Chen Gui found out, she was furious and immediately went to the palace to question Gu Xingcheng.

What right did Gu Xingyan have to abuse her son? No matter what, he was still her third brother.

However, he was persuaded by Chen Shihui, who had fainted a few days ago and vomited blood due to anger and had already woken up.

"My queen, Prince Chen has had smooth sailing since he was born, and he thinks everything is within his reach. It's time for him to suffer a little. This time, he was indeed careless and fell for the trick of the Zhao people."

"Although we are all reluctant to admit that Gu Xingyan is powerful, he is indeed both intelligent and brave, and a strong competitor. If he hadn't saved the situation in the end, the consequences would have been disastrous."

"It's just to let His Highness walk the same path that Gu Xingyan and the soldiers walked. There is no need to worry about his life. In my opinion, it's better to let him go."

"And they had to march quickly. Gu Xingyan often abandoned his horse and walked to Yongzhou on foot like all the ordinary soldiers. Once they arrived in Yongzhou, they did not rest for a moment and immediately joined the battle."

"If Your Majesty were to come to the palace and question His Majesty about this matter, it would be untenable. It would be better to let Prince Chen suffer a little, so as to silence the gossips of the court and the people."

Chen Tinghua paced back and forth in the room. This time he did not help Gu Xingyuan. It was really because Prince Chen was in charge of the important matter alone this time and he did not do it well at all.

Nodding: "Shihui's words make sense, Noble Concubine, now is the time when Gu Xingyan and his brother are popular among the people, don't confront them head-on."

Concubine Chen Gui sat back helplessly, wiping away tears with heartache.

But she also knew that Yuan'er was a little spoiled by her.

From childhood to adulthood, he had never suffered any hardship, and even learned martial arts only half-heartedly, because his grandfather held a large number of troops.

Yuan'er wants to be the emperor, it doesn't matter whether he learns martial arts or not.

"And you also read the letter that Prince Chen had his secret guard send back some time ago. The girl named Shu Yanyan is very likely another daughter of the Northern Jin State Guardian General's Mansion."

At this time, Chen Shihui's shadow guard appeared at the door again.

Shadow guards usually don't appear unless summoned by their masters or there is an emergency.

Chen Shihui's face was not good to begin with. He walked over and asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

The shadow guard whispered, "Master, the eldest daughter of the General's Mansion, Li Shuangwan, who married the King Heng of Northern Jin, was burned to death in a mountain villa in Northern Jin on the 16th day of the first lunar month this year."

Chen Shihui was stunned and said, "Why did you tell me such important news only now?"

The shadow guard knelt down and apologized: "It was my negligence. I didn't check it at the time. Please punish me, master."

Chen Shihui rubbed his hands slowly, how could it be such a coincidence.

Only one or two months after Li Shuangwan was burned to death, a woman who looked exactly like him except for the beauty mole between her eyebrows appeared in Daliang.

Chen Shihui paced back and forth for a few steps, walked up to the half-kneeling shadow guard, and asked, "Can you confirm that the dead person is indeed Li Shuangwan?"

The shadow guard nodded, "We can confirm it. There were dozens of people who went to the villa at that time, and everyone saw it with their own eyes. The fire was too big and no one could be rescued. Li Shuangwan also announced her home when she called for help, and her nanny was also there to serve."

Chen Shihui didn't quite agree that Gu Xingyan and the other three were Ling Heng's secret guards and they escaped.

So, what about Li Shuangwan?

Could this be a possibility?

He hurriedly asked the shadow guard: "Is it possible that someone else could be the one to take over?"

"Probably not. Almost everyone in Shengjing City knows that Prince Heng and Princess Heng have a deep relationship. Her parents strongly oppose it, but Li Shuangwan has set her sights on Ling Heng and will not marry anyone else."

"She even disobeyed her parents and married Ling Heng on her own, making Cui Jingyu, the son of the Marquis of Jing'an, who had been engaged to her since childhood, a laughing stock."

"Where's Ling Heng? What's his reaction?"

"He couldn't believe that his princess had died like this, so he went to the palace to ask Emperor Jingzhang of the Northern Jin Dynasty to investigate the matter thoroughly."

"Emperor Jingzhang ordered the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice to jointly investigate. They found out in a few days that it was Concubine Shu who was tricked by Concubine Duan and Ling Shijiang in order for her son to seize the throne."

"Concubine Duan's son, the Sixth Prince of Northern Jin, Ling Xian, is the son of Prince Gong, Ling Shijiang. The two of them planned to bring down Concubine Shu's son and Ling Heng in one fell swoop, so they designed this plan and wanted to put the blame on Concubine Shu and her son in the end."

Chen Shihui had a gloomy expression. Li Huaiying, the general of Northern Jin, commanded 300,000 Li family troops of Northern Jin.

He guarded the northwest of Northern Jin for decades, keeping the Northern Qi cavalry firmly at the northwest border, preventing them from crossing the line.

In the past few months, Northern Qi was left powerless to fight back.

It seemed as if they were going to drive all the Northern Qi soldiers back to the grassland.

If General Li wins this battle, Northern Qi will not dare to attack Northern Jin again for at least 30 years.

Such a great general with a large army under his command had only one daughter in his family.

She must be the one that all the princes of Northern Jin Dynasty wanted to marry, but did not dare to.

But it happened that Ling Heng, the fourth prince who was not favored by Emperor Jingzhang, married her.

It is impossible to say that Ling Heng has no scheming.

It was also because of this that he became qualified to compete for the throne and became the object of competition among Concubine Shu, Concubine Duan and Ling Shijiang.

With such a good bargaining chip in hand, Ling Heng would not mistake his princess for his own.

"Master, I also found out that Mrs. Zhu, the wife of the General's Mansion, did give birth to twin sisters. Unfortunately, the umbilical cord of the other baby girl was wrapped around her neck three times, and she died at birth."

"Master, could it be that the baby girl that Duke Shu picked up was her? She is now his adopted daughter, the disciple of Master Sanqing, Shu Yanyan?"

Chen Shihui looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh.

It is possible that Li Shuangwan escaped from death and transformed himself into Shu Yanyan.

But he had known that Master Sanqing had a female disciple as early as last winter.

Not only him, there are very few people in the world who don't know about this.

And, at that time, Li Shuangwan was still Ling Heng's bride.

It seems that Li Shuangwan and Shu Yanyan are indeed not the same person.