If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

How to check?

The madman who stabbed Lu Heng had been killed and his body thrown outside the post station. He disappeared overnight and could not be found.

But Lu Heng's men found another madman in the village, and he was the person that everyone at the post station was talking about.

The person who stabbed Lu Heng yesterday was definitely an assassin sent by someone unknown.

Lu Heng was so angry about the news that his wound hurt even more.

"Investigate it for me! No matter who it is, I will find him out." Lu Heng's eyes were red and he was furious.

Not being able to have children is a fatal blow to a man.

"Who in this world doesn't want me to have children the most? It must be related to the Lu family." Lu Heng's eyes were gloomy. He was almost certain that the people who wanted to harm him were Lu Yuan and his wife.

A vicious couple.

He wished he could tear them into pieces.

"Second Young Master, do you suspect that this matter is related to the Eldest Young Master?" Liu Mo asked cautiously.

"Except for him, there will be no one else." Lu Heng closed his eyes, "Write a letter to my mother and ask her to investigate this matter. If it is really related to Lu Yuan, then kill him!"

Liu Mo responded in a low voice.

"Prince Consort." Guangning's voice came from outside the door.

The door was pushed open, and Guangning stood with her back to the light. Her face was pale. Although she had taken good care of herself along the way, she was getting thinner and thinner.

Lu Heng took a deep breath and suppressed the sinister look in his eyes. "Princess, why are you here? The imperial physician said yesterday that you were frightened. I was afraid of scaring you."

"How do you feel?" Guangning asked softly.

"No problem." Lu Heng forced a smile.

Guangning frowned and looked at him, "Prince consort, why don't I go and ask my father that we don't go to Huainan, but go back to Shangjing. You were stabbed just after arriving in Huai'an, won't it be more dangerous in the future?"

Lu Heng was stunned. She actually thought that he encountered the assassination because he was assigned as the salt transport envoy?

"Why would the princess think so?"

"It's not easy to be the salt transport envoy." Guangning replied as a matter of course.

Lu Heng fell silent when he heard this. Guangning was a princess after all. She had been exposed to the palace since she was a child, so it was impossible for her to be completely unaware of the affairs of the court.

Even though she had forgotten about being humiliated, it didn't mean her brain had become stupid.

"Maybe it's not because of the salt transport envoy." Lu Heng said in a low voice.

Guangning frowned and said, "I'll ask the captain of the guards to arrange a few people to protect you."

This time when Guangning accompanied Lu Heng to Huai'an, the emperor arranged hundreds of followers for him, including hundreds of guards.

For fear that their large presence would arouse suspicion among the people, half of the people followed them in secret.

These guards' responsibility was to protect the princess, so they naturally didn't care too much about Lu Heng, which gave an inconspicuous madman the opportunity to stab Lu Heng.

Lu Heng managed to stay awake and talked to Guangning for a while, but Guangning stopped talking when he saw his pale face.

"Have a good rest, Prince Consort."

Watching Guangning leave, Lu Heng gasped for breath, his back was already covered in cold sweats from the pain.

He actually didn't know who the emperor had arranged to follow Guangning, he only knew that there was a captain of the guards, Meng Zhi, who was responsible for Guangning's safety.

Now he is certain that the emperor has probably arranged some staff for Guangning.

Oh, the emperor appointed him as the salt transport envoy, but still did not trust him. Was he worried that he would let Guangning down after he gained power?

Lu Heng looked ahead with a gloomy gaze. He almost suspected that the palace might have been the one who made him unable to have children.

Guangning was infertile, so in order to prevent him from taking concubines, the possibility of having children was cut off.

So cruel.

……

……

Shen Sui'an re-screened and checked the servants in Danboyuan, and finally drove out five servants of poor quality.

The Duke's Mansion is now run by the Ruan family, the first and second branches have both lost power, and the servants dare not say much.

News of Zhou Bin's death also came back.

Lu Yuan didn't ask anyone to tell Nanny Zhou, so he let her think that her son was on business far away.

"Third Aunt came today, and Young Master Ruan wanted to ask you what you think. Do you want to go back to the Southern Dynasty?" Shen Sui'an hadn't seen Lu Yuan for three days.

The envoys from the Southern Dynasty are about to arrive, and he has become busy again recently.

"What's the point of going back?" Lu Yuan said in a calm voice.

"Aunt San said that the leader this time is called He Jingyao, the nephew of He Zhiyuan, the Prime Minister of the Southern Dynasty. If he sees you, he will definitely recognize your relationship with the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty."

"Your identity cannot be concealed."

Lu Yuan pinched Shen Sui'an's fingertips and rubbed them gently.

He knew that these were the words that Ruan Xinglin wanted to tell him. Ruan Xinglin tried to find him several times, but Lu Yuan was not very interested in talking to him about his life experience.

What prince, what first family, to him, they were just endless troubles.

"Do you want the Lu family to know your background?" Shen Sui'an asked.

"Father has always believed that I am not worthy of being his son. He would be very happy if he knew that I am not his blood." Lu Yuan said sarcastically.

Shen Sui'an sighed silently, put her arms around his waist, trying to convey her concern to him.

Lu Yuan understood Ruan Xinglin's meaning. Once the envoys from the Southern Dynasty arrived, he, as the commander who was assisting the Ministry of Rites to escort them into the palace, would have to deal with them.

He Jingyao will definitely recognize his identity.

By then the Southern Dynasty royal family will naturally know about it. Even if the emperor does not want to acknowledge him, the queen will try every means to bring him back.

"If the Yong Dynasty knew your background, would the emperor still let you serve as the commander of the Pacification Division?" Shen Sui'an said.

Definitely not anymore.

Even if the Southern Dynasty did not recognize Lu Yuan at that time, the fact that he was the eldest son of the Southern Dynasty emperor was enough to make the Yong Dynasty wary of him.

There is no room for Lu Yuan on either side.

Whenever Shen Sui'an thought about the difficulties he would face in the future, he felt sad for him.

"If you don't want to be one, then don't be one. You'll have to rely on your madam for support then." Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"That depends on whether my husband's service makes me feel comfortable." Shen Suian joked with him.

Lu Yuan turned over and pressed her under him, "Could it be that Madam thinks I'm not working hard enough?"

"..." How could Shen Suian dare to dislike him for not working hard.

He was just trying too hard.

Lu Yuan kissed her frightened face a few times, then let her go with a laugh.

"Madam, do you think I should return to the Southern Dynasty?" he asked in a low voice.

"Then it depends on what the Southern Dynasty means. I know you don't care about your status as a prince. Now that the young master of the Ruan family has come to find you, I think the Ruan family and the Queen of the Southern Dynasty will not let you continue to stay in the Lu family."

"If the Southern Emperor refuses to acknowledge your identity, it will only make your existence awkward. I think you should fight for it. You are not an object. You are not something that he can acknowledge when he wants to and discard when he doesn't want to."

"You don't rely on others when you live in a group, and you are not afraid to be independent. You have never relied on anyone to get to where you are today."

In her opinion, Lu Yuan is a man who shines without being ostentatious and who is as profound as a still stream of water.

Whether his background is noble or not does not change his excellence.

However, even his biological parents cannot decide his life at will.

Since they each had someone they loved, why did they get married? Since they were married, they should not have children.

The Southern Dynasty emperor is really ridiculous. Since he doesn't want the queen to give birth to a child, why is he still so lustful?

If he can't have sex, why would he worry?

He is a lewd and bad man!