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

"Yes, he is destined to be a hard worker. I told him not to come with me and just to talk to the princess for a few words, but he was always worried and insisted on coming with me. He didn't even take a day off to rest properly."

Having said that, his expression was extremely gentle, with a happy light shining in his eyes, like a tender bud breaking through the ground in the spring breeze, or surging magma beneath the calm sea.

"It can be seen that Lord Lu is a good husband."

Hu Muyan's face turned even redder: "Thank you, Princess."

"Miss, is there something you want to talk to me about today?"

"Yes."

Hu Muyan pushed a small wooden box in her hand to Li Shuangwan and said, "Princess, there are two thousand taels of silver in it."

"Girl, this is..."

Hu Muyan stared at the small wooden box in a daze. She had placed the ticket that her elder sister gave her in this box.

His eyes were red, and he choked up and said, "At the end of last year, the Hu family suffered an unexpected disaster. All the male members of the Hu family were exiled, and the female members were driven out of the house. Even the good clothes on their bodies were stripped away, leaving only a set of underwear. If it weren't for the late Crown Princess..."

Hu Muyan was silent for a moment, tears rolling down her cheeks: "If it weren't for Sister Wan's generosity in giving me five thousand taels of silver to help my Hu family through this difficult time, all the women in the Hu family would have been frozen to death or starved to death in that unknown corner of Shengjing City."

"With nothing left, there would be no Hu family today. I don't even dare to dream that my grandfather and his family would be able to return to Shengjing City one day."

Li Shuangwan looked at her, his expression seemed calm, but only she knew how heart-wrenching it was to face the pain of a loved one being wrongly accused.

"Wanjie died tragically, but she helped my Hu family out of trouble. This is the annual dividend I promised her. Although Wanjie is gone, the princess is her twin sister, so the same applies to you."

"Please don't refuse, Princess. Please accept it on behalf of Sister Wan."

Li Shuangwan lowered his head, picked up the tea in front of him, took a sip, put down the teacup, and then dared to look at the girl opposite him.

"As the young lady said, my elder sister is no longer with us. I have never heard the Crown Prince or anyone else mention this matter. Even my mother doesn't know. If the young lady doesn't say it, no one will know."

She paused, there was nothing she could do. It wasn't that she was petty, but too many people had already paid their lives for this step by step, so she had to be extra careful with every step she took.

She needed to find out why Hu Muyan came to her today.

"Besides, it's still far from the one-year dividend period."

Hu Muyan seemed very surprised that the princess would say that, and hurriedly shook her head: "How can a person be so heartless? My sister saved all the women in my Hu family. If I were such a villain, how could I face her when we meet in the underworld one day?"

Li Shuangwan knew what a smart woman Hu Muyan was. She was telling her in this way that even if "Li Shuangwan" was gone, she would never be lazy about the dividends that had been agreed upon.

As soon as she said this, Li Shuangwan could be sure that she was here to confirm whether she was "Li Shuangwan".

Hu Muyan looked at his face for a long time, until he took out the box, and then a look of sadness overflowed.

Hu Muyan's eyes were filled with tears. "Because of my relationship with Commander Lu, no one in the capital dares to harm my shops again. As a result, my business has gradually improved over the past few months, and I have made a lot of profit."

"So, I thought, why not send the profit dividends from the first half of this year to the princess first."

"Are you saying that someone in the capital is making things difficult for the young lady?"

Hu Muyan smiled bitterly: "When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; when the wall falls, everyone pushes it. When the Hu family fell, all the evil spirits came out. It's not surprising. It's human nature. You'll get used to it."

Li Shuangwan was furious. When she first gave the money to Hu Muyan, because she was the legitimate daughter of the General's Mansion, and she asked Gu Xingyan's people to help take care of her secretly, so even though the Hu family had just fallen at that time, no one dared to deal with the Hu family blatantly.

But as soon as he "dies" and Gu Xingyan's people leave, all the cats and dogs in Shengjing City will come up and step on him.

Li Shuangwan knew that she saw through everything. Perhaps she had been kicked down from her original peak and had lost trust in the entire Northern Jin Dynasty.

The Hu family is full of loyal people, but they ended up like this. How can we not feel disheartened?

Li Shuangwan took the box and put it next to her: "Okay, I'll accept it on behalf of my elder sister."

Hu Muyan stood up and bowed deeply to Li Shuangwan: "From now on, every year I will send the dividends to the princess according to the 30:70 profit split that Sister Wan and I agreed on."

Li Shuangwan nodded: "Since Miss Hu calls me the elder sister and the younger sister, why not call me Sister Yan."

Hu Muyan paused as he was about to leave, and looked at her face for a long time before forcing out a smile: "Sister Yan."

Li Shuangwan smiled and responded: "It can be seen that Lord Lu treats Sister Yan very well. You will be very happy. All the sons of the Hu family will come back one day, including your brother Hu Shuyi."

Hu Muyan's face froze suddenly, and he stared at the girl in front of him, his eyes flickering, as if he wanted to see something from Li Shuangwan's face.

Li Shuangwan smiled and said, "Sister Yan, don't be surprised. When the Hu family had an accident last year, the youngest son of the Hu family disappeared and has not been found yet. I think he must have been rescued and sent to a safe place."

Hu Muyan looked into Li Shuangwan's eyes, her body trembling slightly, and said, "Once upon a time, in this room, Sister Wan said a few words to me."

"You said."

"The Hu family has two Hanlin scholars, and Mr. Hu is the chief minister of the cabinet. He is respected by scholars all over the world and is the leader of civil officials. And my Li family has been stationed at the northwest border for generations. How important is the word "guarding the country"? We have countless military exploits, and we can't count them all even if we spend three days and three nights. We are the leader of military generals."

"Something has happened to the Hu family, and something has also happened to General He's mansion. How can my Li family be far behind?"

Her eyes never left Li Shuangwan: "Sister Yan, you said Sister Wan was such a smart woman, but God, why is she so blind? Why did a good person die so miserably! Aren't those who deserve to die those who have done so many evil things?"

It was impossible for Li Shuangwan not to feel a throbbing in her heart. She didn't expect that after so much time had passed, she still remembered every word she said so clearly.

Li Shuangwan turned his face away: "God will punish them."

The road to revenge is very dangerous. If it weren't for Gu Xingyan, she knew that she would have been eaten to the bone by Ling Heng and the Ling family.

She didn't want Hu Muyan to be in danger.

Hu Muyan turned to face her and looked into her eyes: "Sister Yan, do you believe that good people will be rewarded and bad people will be punished in this world?"

"Sister Yan, don't you think so?" Li Shuangwan looked at her: "Why do you ask this?"