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

When Princess Guangning went out to the Guanyin Pavilion to pray for blessings, she encountered robbers.

Seeing those robbers attacking her, scenes flashed through Guangning's mind.

Her face was pale and she froze in place, unable to move.

A tragic cry for help.

The sound of clothes being torn.

The bright sunshine in her eyes was obscured by darkness.

It's like falling into the abyss of hell.

"Your Highness, everything will be fine. Those robbers are no match for us." Meng Zhi came to Guangning and saw that she looked bad, thinking she was frightened.

Guangning brought many guards with him, and they were all elite soldiers carefully selected by Concubine Yao.

But these robbers were obviously well prepared, and there were quite a few of them.

"Take the princess away first." Meng Zhi ordered his men.

Guangning seemed to have lost all consciousness. He was helped into the carriage and left in a daze.

When she returned home, she was still not awake.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed, and Hong Xing, who was walking towards her, took out a dagger from her arms and stabbed towards Guangning.

call out--

The long arrow penetrated into Hong Xing's chest, and blood splattered on Guangning's face.

The moment Hong Xing fell, Guangning's eyes went dark and he lost consciousness.

When I woke up again, it was two days later.

"Your Highness, are you awake?" The head maid Handan almost cried for joy, she finally woke up.

If the princess didn't wake up, she really didn't know what to do.

Guangning held his forehead and asked, "What's wrong with me?"

"The imperial physician said that the princess was frightened. Your Highness, Hong Xing is dead, and the robbers have been captured by Meng Zhi. Everything is fine." Handan said softly.

Guangning remained silent, her lips tightly pursed.

Handan looked at the pale-faced Princess Guangning, her heart pounding, wondering if Her Highness had remembered something bad.

"Where is the prince consort?" Guangning asked softly.

As long as you are willing to speak! Handan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "The prince consort hasn't come back yet, maybe... maybe he was delayed on the way."

"Go and prepare, I'm going back to the capital." Guangning said.

Handan agreed immediately.

Meng Zhi was pacing back and forth at the door. When he saw Handan coming out, he hurried forward and said, "Your Highness, she..."

"Are you awake? Have you killed all the robbers?" Handan asked in a low voice.

"We originally wanted to leave some people alive, but all those who survived committed suicide." Meng Zhi said coldly.

“It’s not a robber at all;

I came here just for Her Royal Highness the Princess.

"The person who shot Hong Xing today was not our secret guard. I asked around, and I think someone must have saved the princess behind the scenes, but we can't find that person." Handan said.

"Huainan is no longer safe. Let's return to Shangjing as soon as possible."

Meng Zhi clenched his fists, "There is no news about Lu Heng yet."

"Besides us, who else knows that Her Royal Highness the Princess goes to Guanyin Pavilion on the first and fifteenth days of every month?" Handan asked.

"Lu Heng? What good will it do him to kill the princess? He is now just a dog of the princess. Without his master, how many days can he live?" Meng Zhi said angrily.

Handan hissed, "Don't bother the princess."

"Where's Aunt Chuzhi?"

Meng Zhi said, "When interrogating Lu Heng's maids, once Hong Xing died, the others were scattered."

"I'll go tell her that His Highness has woken up."

"Give orders that the princess should return to the capital and prepare everything."

Within three days, all matters in Huainan Prefecture were settled.

Although the robbers committed suicide, we can still find clues if we investigate bit by bit.

Moreover, Hong Xing was the personal maid of the prince consort. She wanted to assassinate the princess. Today's incident was obviously related to the prince consort.

Guangning did not ask Lu Heng again until they returned to Shangjing City.

Lu Heng never appeared again.

Princess Guangning's husband has disappeared.

……

……

"Lu Heng is crazy." Shen Sui'an said in a low voice.

"He actually wants to kill the princess at this time. Doesn't he realize his situation clearly?"

How did Lu Heng become such a powerful official in his previous life?

Shen Sui'an was very suspicious.

"Most likely they want to leave Yong Dynasty and join another ruler, just like the Bai family." Lu Yuan said calmly.

"...They won't go to the Southern Dynasty, right?" Shen Suian asked in surprise.

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "The Bai family and He Zhiyuan have been colluding for a long time, and they may be in the Southern Dynasty now."

"It's really... hard to put it into words." Shen Sui'an really didn't know what to say.

Less than three days after returning to Guangning, Duke Lu was summoned to the palace and reprimanded by the Emperor.

He knelt in front of the imperial study for two hours.

He was carried back to the Duke's Mansion.

Duke Lu was then stripped of his title, and his mansion was taken back that same day. Except for the third branch of the Lu family, all other male members were demoted to pariahs, and the female members were demoted to slaves.

In addition, an imperial decree was issued to allow Lu Heng and Guangning to divorce.

The emperor also granted permission for Master Lu San to build another mansion while still holding the official position.

"Why? Father, did you offend the emperor by entering the palace? How could you enter the palace peacefully and lose your title when you come out?" Uncle Lu was shocked and furious.

How did they suddenly become pariahs!

Duke Lu's face was pale and his head was still buzzing. Every word the emperor said was like thunder, and he was still unable to recover from it.

"Do you know what the Bai family has done before?"

Uncle Lu was confused, "What?"

"Could it be that the Bai family is implicating us? The emperor is so unfair. We have never been involved in the affairs of the Bai family..."

"Don't you know that Bai and Concubine Xian are colluding to assassinate Guangning?" Duke Lu's eyes were bloodshot.

Uncle Lu was stunned. "How is that impossible? I don't know."

"Isn't Guangning fine?"

"Where is Lu Heng?" Duke Lu asked in a hoarse voice.

"Oh my God, why did I lose my title..." A howl came from outside the door.

Old Madam Lu, who had been ill for several days, was now full of energy. She ran over with disheveled hair.

"What's going on? They stripped us of our titles for no reason and demoted us to slavery. This is unjust. The emperor is incompetent..."

"Go and shut her mouth!" Duke Lu roared.

Lu Yan also cried with tears on her face, "Grandfather, all those servants have run away, and the house is in chaos."

After Eunuch Fu came to announce the decree, the Duke's Mansion fell into chaos.

"Go and close the door and ask everyone to come upstairs. I have something to tell you." Duke Lu forced himself to cheer up.

Once the decree came down, they were no longer able to change it and the only thing they could do was wait for an opportunity.

Fortunately, the third brother was deeply favored by the emperor and was not implicated by the Bai family.

When he becomes successful in the future, can I still treat him badly as his father?

"Master Duke, the Second Master and the Second Mistress... said they were going back to Jiangnan and have already left." the servant called out.

Duke Lu's expression froze, "What?"

"The Second Master said that the Emperor blamed the First House and had nothing to do with the Second House, so they want to...separate the family."

"Asshole!" Duke Lu cursed angrily.

Before Duke Lu could tell everyone to pack up, the palace guards came to take back the Duke's Mansion.

Except for the clothes they were wearing, no other property was allowed to be taken away.

In just half a day, everyone in the Lu family was homeless. Even the servants were taken away and sold, leaving the Lu family shivering on the street.