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

After the funeral was over, the Duke's Mansion took down the white banner.

As soon as Lu Heng changed out of mourning clothes, a servant came to report that the palace had summoned the prince consort and asked him to enter the palace immediately.

It was Concubine Yao who wanted to see him.

"Aunt Qinghe, is it the Imperial Concubine who wants to see me?" Lu Heng discovered that the road ahead was not leading to Zhaoxi Palace.

"Don't be anxious, Prince Consort." Qinghe said lightly.

"The Queen wants you to meet someone first."

A hint of gloom flashed across Lu Heng's handsome face, and he tried his best to remain calm and rational.

Chu Zhi's words were still fresh in his mind, and he knew very well that Concubine Yao wanted to kill him too.

The reason he didn't take action was simply because Princess Guangning still needed him.

Ever since Hong Xing told him the truth, he knew that even if he tried hard to help the second prince ascend the throne, he would end up dead.

If he wants to save the Duke's Mansion and his future, he can only choose another wise ruler.

Mother said that Song Xiuzhi could predict what would happen in the future and that the second prince would be the ultimate winner.

And he will eventually reach the highest position in the country.

Then let's change the prince, he can do the same well.

Before they knew it, Qinghe, who was leading the way in front, had stopped.

Lu Heng frowned slightly and looked around. There was such a remote place in the imperial palace!

"The prince consort should never have been here. In addition to the Ye Ting in the palace, there is also this deserted place called Yongxiang, which was once where concubines and maids who committed crimes were imprisoned." Qinghe said.

"Why did you bring me here?" Lu Heng's voice was cold.

Qing He raised her hand, "Prince Consort, please."

The heavy wooden door was pushed open, and a cold and fishy smell hit me in the face.

Lu Heng frowned and stood there without moving.

Qing He did not urge him, but just stood there with a cold expression.

"Ah, help..." A rapid cry for help came from inside.

Lu Heng's expression suddenly changed. He looked at Qinghe coldly and strode in.

Yongxiang is divided into dark rooms. Because it has been abandoned, no criminals are imprisoned here.

The sound came from the last room.

It's dark, dirty and smelly here.

Lu Heng saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.

Song Xiuzhirou was struggling with an ugly and slovenly beggar.

The other four held her hands and feet.

She cried for help, but there was no resistance in her voice.

"Ugh!" Lu Heng vomited in disgust.

Qing He looked at Lu Heng's painful expression coldly, and she only felt relieved in her heart.

How could the princess be the only one who got hurt?

They must be tortured by nightmares together forever.

"Kill her!" Lu Heng's eyes turned red.

He knew that Song Xiuzhi must be living a life worse than death now.

"She doesn't want to die. Even if you give her the dagger, she still wants to live." Qinghe said lightly.

Song Xiuzhi was still dreaming, thinking that Lu Heng would save her one day, and said every day that she was the future wife of the Duke.

Lu Heng suppressed his nausea and didn't dare to look at it again.

He turned around and ran away in a panic.

He finally understood why his mother would rather pretend to be crazy and return to the Bai family than live soberly.

No one could bear Concubine Yao's means of revenge.

If Guangning hadn't loved him, I'm afraid his fate would not have been good.

Lu Heng felt hatred and pain in his heart.

That was his woman, the biological mother of his daughter.

But now she is worse than a prostitute and is enjoying the pleasure of a beggar.

Concubine Yao was too cruel.

Lu Heng's eyes were sore and red, his breathing was rapid, and he almost couldn't breathe.

"Prince Consort, you can leave the palace now." Qinghe said lightly.

"How long will the Imperial Concubine torture her?" Lu Heng asked in a hoarse voice.

Qing He: "How can this be considered torture? The woman clearly enjoys it."

Lu Heng gritted his teeth in hatred, "Is that enjoyment?"

"Which woman can endure such humiliation? It is more painful than death for her."

"It turns out that the prince consort also knew that it would be painful." Qinghe's eyes became sharp.

"The princess has been deeply in love with her husband for many years, and has paid so much heartache and pain. I hope her husband will always remember this and never let you down."

Lu Heng's face turned pale as he thought of everything Guangning had gone through.

With Concubine Yao being so vindictive, what on earth happened to his mother...in the ancestral temple?

He dared not think.

Lu Heng left the palace in a panic, but no matter how fast he walked, he couldn't get rid of the scene in his mind.

Those scenes were already deeply engraved in his memory.

He had to find a way to free Song Xiuzhi.

"Second Young Master, Second Young Master, what's wrong with you? You look so pale. Are you feeling unwell?" Liu Mo saw Lu Heng walking out of the palace gate and hurried to meet him, but found that Lu Heng's face looked very strange.

Lu Heng came back to his senses, waved his hands, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'm fine."

……

……

Shen Suian was taking Lu Yaoyao on the swings in the garden and were having a great time when they saw Lu Heng coming back from outside looking dazed.

Seeing his look, Shen Suian frowned and stood in front of Lu Yaoyao.

The young master, who used to be extremely noble, elegant and graceful, like a banished immortal, is now full of hostility and no one knows what he has experienced in Huainan.

"Shen Sui'an, come here, I have something to ask you." When Lu Heng saw her, he suddenly stopped.

"Take Yaoyao back first." Shen Suian didn't want to scare Lu Yaoyao.

I don’t want the children to hear Lu Heng say anything inappropriate.

His condition is very abnormal.

"Do you know where Song Xiuzhi is now?" Lu Heng asked in a low voice.

There was a dark flash in Shen Sui'an's eyes, and she looked at him.

Someone from the palace came with a message today. He looked so horrible. Could it be that he was called by Imperial Concubine Yao to see what happened to Song Xiuzhi?

"Second Young Master, your question is really weird. Why would you tell me where your beloved woman has gone?" Shen Suian said sarcastically.

Lu Heng stared at Shen Sui'an, "Really? You've already joined Concubine Yao, how could you not know anything?"

"Know what?" Shen Suian asked back.

"Shen Sui'an!"

"It seems that the Second Young Master's upbringing is really not that good. Is it difficult for him to call her sister-in-law?" Shen Suian glanced at him.

Lu Heng actually wanted to ask Shen Suian if she knew what Song Xiuzhi was going through now.

But he couldn't ask.

Song Xiuzhi embarrassed him so much that he didn't want to mention it in front of Shen Sui'an.

He also didn't want Shen Sui'an to notice that he had any regrets.

"It's okay." Lu Heng turned and left as if escaping.

Shen Sui'an raised his eyebrows and looked at his back, making sure that he must have seen what happened to Song Xiuzhi.

In the previous life, the man who used all means to kill Song Xiuzhi so that she could marry him as his legal wife, would he still do anything for her?

"Sui Sui!" Ruan came over with a nervous look on her face.

"Aunt San, what's wrong? Did something happen to Yaoyao?" Shen Sui'an asked hurriedly.

Ruan shook her head, "No, it was my brother who sent me an urgent letter saying that the little prince had come to Yong Dynasty."

"He also threw away the guards that the Queen had placed beside him. No one knows where he is now."