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

Li Yuanqiao pursed his lips unwillingly: "Yes, father, I know. I just feel sick when I see Ling Heng pretending to be so affectionate."

"It's good enough to know, why show it on your face."

"I just can't stand his hypocritical look. What's the point of pretending to be affectionate on his face? Dad, Mom, didn't you notice his eyes? He didn't look sad at all."

"Moreover, if he had deep feelings for his younger sister, why would he have made his second younger sister the Crown Princess in just half a year?"

Li Huaiying glared at him: "Alright, stop talking."

Zhu Anhe glared at him: "You are getting more excited the more I talk. You are the only brother of your sister. Shengjing City is not like the northwest. You should know what you can say and what you cannot say."

Li Yuanqiao opened his mouth slightly and lowered his head to respond.

In the northwest, he only needed to fight and didn't need to use his brain.

Mom is right, it’s time for him to grow up. He can’t always rely on his sister to protect him.

……

into the night.

Ling Heng strode into the Emperor's bedroom. When he entered the Emperor's bedroom today, it was just like the back garden of Prince Heng's mansion, which he could enter at any time and anywhere.

No one dared to stop him anymore.

"Father." He called softly in Emperor Jingzhang's ear.

Emperor Jingzhang lay on the couch with his mouth slightly open, his abdomen rising and falling slightly with his shallow breathing. Only then did we know that he was still alive.

But it seemed that he didn't hear Ling Heng calling him.

Ling Heng tried calling twice more.

Emperor Jingzhang still had no reaction.

"When did you go to bed?"

Zhang Desheng said humbly, "Your Majesty, your Majesty has gone to bed after lunch."

"The palace banquet?"

"I asked His Majesty when he was sober, and His Majesty said that everything would be left to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so he would not go."

Ling Heng nodded. Just hearing this was enough.

It doesn’t matter whether my father said this or not.

Zhang Desheng hurriedly took the jade seal that was placed next to Emperor Jingzhang's pillow and handed it to Ling Heng respectfully with both hands.

Ling Heng took it and glanced indifferently at the old man lying on the bed who looked like a withered man.

"Eunuch Zhang, serve father well."

Ling Heng looked at Zhang Desheng meaningfully.

Zhang Desheng was startled and lowered his head quickly: "Yes."

Who would have thought that in just half a year, he went from being a prince that the emperor didn't even want to mention to being named the crown prince.

This is roughly what it means.

……

Li Shuangwan wore an emerald green gauze brocade dress tonight. The hem of her skirt was layered, like circles of green waves rippling around her feet.

She wore a thin veil on her face, and since leaving Prince Heng's Palace, she no longer wore her favorite purple dress.

Gu Xingyan was wearing a dark python robe with a gold belt of the same color tied around his waist. He had a tall and straight figure, and his facial features were three-dimensional and deep.

On the carriage leading to the palace, he had already given Li Shuangwan the medicine that Yang Luo had given her that could change a person's voice.

"His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince of Daliang has arrived, and Princess Ning'an of Daliang has arrived!" the eunuch announced.

Li Shuangwan and Gu Xingyan walked in from outside the hall, step by step through the time of two lifetimes.

I wonder how much corruption and filth are buried in this magnificent palace.

Li Shuangwan did not look away. This was a place she had stepped into countless times when she was the queen in her previous life.

Later, when the General's Mansion was charged with "collaborating with the enemy and treason", he knelt down before all the civil and military officials in the court, begging them to say a good word for his father and to help him find out the truth.

Their expressions, either indifferent or sarcastic, are still vivid in my mind.

Since the purpose was to welcome the envoys from Daliang and to celebrate the success of the great general, all the civil and military officials in the court and their families entered the palace.

Everyone looked at the two of them, as if the splendor of the entire hall was not even one tenth as brilliant as they were.

"Gu Xingyan, the Ninth Prince of Daliang."

"Shu Yanyan, Princess Ning'an of Daliang."

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Northern Jin. On behalf of our Emperor, we congratulate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on being named the Crown Prince."

When Ling Heng saw Gu Xingyan's face clearly, his brows suddenly tightened. Why did this person give him such a familiar feeling?

Especially these eyes.

The young eunuch reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Ling Heng came back to his senses and laughed heartily: "Let's congratulate together. I was also very happy to learn that the new emperor of Daliang ascended the throne. It's just that I was busy with other things and was unable to go to Daliang in person to congratulate."

"I would also like to ask His Highness the Ninth Prince and Princess Ning'an to congratulate the Emperor of Daliang on my behalf after they return to Daliang. Your Highness the Ninth Prince, Princess Ning'an, I am sorry for not coming to greet you from afar. I am very grateful that you have come from afar. Please take a seat."

The two of them nodded slightly and sat down.

Shu Wenbo and Liang Tianyou sat below them.

Ever since Li Shuangwan came in, Zhu hadn't dared to look at her, for fear that she would lose control and reveal a flaw that would be discovered by Ling Heng.

Li Huaiying calmly held his wife's hand under the table.

Li Yuanqiao was a little excited, but his parents told him to stay calm.

At this moment, his whole body was tense, he sat straight, and looked straight ahead, not daring to look at the girl standing next to the Ninth Prince of Daliang, who turned out to be his sister.

Is she still the little girl who followed him? After not seeing her for just a year, she seemed like a completely different person.

"I have long heard that His Highness the Ninth Prince is a young talent. Princess Ning'an is as capable as any man. Not only did she capture Awa alive, she also trapped Zhao's 200,000 troops in the valley of the Sun and Moon Mountains in Rangcheng. Today, I see that her reputation is well-deserved. I really admire her!"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is so kind."

Gu Xingyan looked at Li Huaiying and the others and said, "Northern Jin also has an invincible general like the General who defends the country. He made Northern Qi dare not invade again, which also makes this king admire him."

Taking this opportunity, Li Shuangwan looked at his parents and brother opposite him and nodded to them calmly.

Li Yuanqiao was too excited.

Oh, that’s not right. The beauty mole between my sister’s eyebrows is gone.

How did you get it off? Why is there no hole left?

Li Yuanqiao was staring at his sister opposite him, and suddenly she glared at him, scaring him so much that he shivered.

Only then did I realize that the man next to my sister, the Ninth Prince of Daliang, had a murderous look in his eyes.

Ling Heng sighed softly and put down the wine glass in his hand: "General Li and Li Shao have worked hard and made great contributions to guard the northwest of Northern Jin for decades. This palace and my father have never forgotten the loyalty of the entire family of the General's Mansion."

"General Li is my father-in-law. However, my wife, Ah Wan, was murdered by a traitor. This is my lifelong pain."

"My condolences, His Royal Highness."

All the civil and military officials in the palace, as well as their families, could not help but sigh when they heard the Crown Prince's heart-wrenching words.

The prince is very affectionate. Half a year has passed, and he still hasn't recovered from the pain of losing his wife.

Ling Heng took a deep breath and continued to pick up the wine glass: "Come, I toast you. Father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, I toast you too. It is my fault that I did not protect Ah Wan well. I apologize to you."

After saying that, he tilted his head back and poured a glass of wine into his mouth.

In the eyes of everyone, Ling Heng's glass of wine seemed to be his deep longing for his beloved wife along with his tears, which he swallowed down helplessly.