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

This time, Shen Sui'an met Mrs. Deng's remarried husband.

He looked like an honest man, standing awkwardly behind Madam Deng and bowing to Shen Suian with gratitude in his eyes.

She had asked around and found out that Zhuang Yongkang used to be Madam Deng's neighbor. He had liked Madam Deng since childhood and had planned to go out to learn cooking and come back to marry Madam Deng after he had acquired a skill.

Unexpectedly, after returning, he found that Mrs. Deng was already married.

After Guan Hai died in the line of duty, he silently took care of Deng Niangzi and her daughter. When Guan's mother drove Deng Niangzi and her daughter out, he took them in.

Guan Yue took their yard back, and he had no complaints. He just worked even harder, and this made him sick.

"Zhuzhu, do you still feel uncomfortable somewhere?" Shen Sui'an touched the little girl's head. Her face was paler than the last time he saw her, but now it looked a little rosier.

He is a very cute child.

"No, thank you, Madam. Mother said that you are Zhuzhu's savior. Zhuzhu must repay you." Zhuzhu said in a baby voice.

Shen Sui'an smiled, "Zhuzhu is very capable, so she got better."

Madam Deng held Zhuzhu's hand and was very grateful to Shen Sui'an, "Madam, if it weren't for you and Doctor Zhou, Zhuzhu's illness wouldn't have recovered so quickly."

"Zhuzhu, do you want to eat lotus seed candy?" Shen Suian asked Zhuzhu with a smile.

"I...I..." Zhuzhu swallowed. She wanted to eat candy, but her mother said that she couldn't eat other people's things casually.

Shen Sui'an: "Zhuzhu is so good, I will reward you with lotus seed candy."

Mrs. Deng smiled and nodded to Zhuzhu.

"Thank you, Madam." Zhuzhu smiled with a red face.

Mu Jin took Zhu Zhu's hand and said, "I'll take you to get the lotus seed candy."

After Zhuzhu left, Mrs. Deng pulled her husband to kneel down and kowtow to Shen Sui'an.

Shen Sui'an quickly stopped her, "Madam Deng, there's no need to do this."

"Madam, we misunderstood Commander Lu before. How magnanimous of you to help us." Madam Deng and her husband looked at each other.

"Commander Lu let bygones be bygones and arranged a good job for him, but I scolded Commander Lu like that before..."

Shen Sui'an didn't know that Lu Yuan had found a job for Mrs. Deng's husband, and he didn't mention it.

"Are you adapting to the new job?" Shen Sui'an asked with a smile.

Zhuang Yongkang rubbed his hands and said gratefully, "Now I work in the kitchen of Wa Si. My monthly salary is three times that of a restaurant, and I don't have to work as long as a restaurant."

It turned out that he was found a job in a theater.

The guests who come to Wa Si are all distinguished guests, and he often receives rewards for his work there, which is pretty good.

"Madam Deng, last time I heard you say that you are good at embroidery. It just so happens that I have an embroidery shop. If you are willing, you can go there to be an embroiderer." Shen Sui'an said.

"I do, of course I do." Mrs. Deng said immediately.

Shen Sui'an said, "There is a yard behind the embroidery shop. You can take Zhuzhu with you. The embroiderers in the shop sometimes bring their own children with them, so Zhuzhu will have a companion."

Madam Deng is very grateful.

"And then there's Guan Yue's matter." Shen Sui'an said in a low voice.

When talking about her black-hearted sister-in-law, the smile on Mrs. Deng's face faded a lot.

She treated Guan Yue like her younger sister and loved her dearly, but in return she received Guan Yue's cruelty and disloyalty.

Shen Sui'an, "She is no longer in the Lu family. The commander has sent her away."

Madam Deng pursed her lips, but ultimately did not say the words "you deserve it".

……

……

Duke Lu was a step too slow and failed to stop Lu Heng from entering the palace to ask the emperor for a divorce.

The Emperor happened to be in the Cining Palace talking with the Empress Dowager. When he heard that Lu Heng wanted to see him, he didn't think much about it and let Lu Heng go to the Cining Palace.

As a result, as soon as Lu Heng entered the hall, he lifted his robe and knelt down, asking him to issue an edict to grant him a divorce from Guangning.

"..."The emperor's eyes twitched violently.

Could it be that Lu Heng wants to divorce Guangning because of his sister?

"My dear Prince Consort, even if Guangning was reckless and ignorant in what happened at the Yao family's birthday banquet, it was not her fault alone. There is no need to go to the point of divorce." The emperor frowned and spoke.

Lu Heng knelt straight with a sad and gloomy look. Sitting on the seats were the emperor and the empress dowager, as well as Queen Qu, whose eyes showed a gloating look.

He was too excited just now and should have waited until the emperor was in the Yangxin Palace before telling him.

However, it is too late to back down.

"Your Majesty, today the princess sent a pair of women's severed arms to the Lu family. The princess said that I must not talk to or interact with any women, otherwise I will kill them." Lu Heng suppressed his anger painfully.

"I cannot do what the princess asks. In order to prevent her from killing more people, please allow us to divorce." Lu Heng spoke word by word, and the emperor was so shocked by what he said that his head hurt.

How could his innocent little daughter kill someone and chop off someone's hands?

"Lu Heng, Guangning is just a little spoiled. She is not that cruel. Did you misunderstand?" The emperor asked with a frown.

Lu Heng prostrated himself on the ground. "Early this morning, Jingzhao Prefecture received a report that a small boat outside the city caught fire for no reason yesterday, and the woman living inside had her hands chopped off. I have already had the two arms sent by the princess delivered to Jingzhao Prefecture to prove that they were the woman's hands."

"The princess's secret guard dropped the box containing her hands in public. Your Majesty, please send someone to verify it. If I lied, I will be struck by lightning."

The Queen Mother said hastily, "There's no need to curse yourself like this."

The queen picked up the teacup to cover her upturned lips, "Prince consort, why would the princess want to kill someone for no reason? Did you do something to let the princess down outside?"

"No matter what you did, the princess cannot kill anyone," said the queen mother, frowning.

Lu Heng looked at the emperor with a sad look in his eyes. "I have been preparing for the upcoming New Year's Day in the Ministry of Rites. We are planning to hold a fireworks feast by the river, so I often go to the pleasure boat with my colleagues."

"An old friend of mine was forced to live in a small boat and sell wine because of her hard life. When the princess found out, she had her boat burned and killed to silence her."

The emperor said coldly, "Are you still in contact with that bartender?"

"I just met her by chance on the pleasure boat. Princess should listen to my explanation instead of killing her immediately." Lu Heng said.

"What if I kill her? Are you heartbroken?" Princess Guangning rushed in, staring at Lu Heng with red eyes.

"If I had known you were so infatuated with her, I should have tortured her slowly instead of letting her die so easily."

Lu Heng had a blank expression on his face and didn't even glance at Guangning.

The queen exclaimed, "Guangning, did you really kill someone?"

Guangning replied angrily, "I am a princess, what's wrong with killing a pariah?"

The emperor looked at his most beloved daughter in disbelief. Is this the Guangning who is usually sweet-mouthed and loves to act like a spoiled brat?

She actually has such a ferocious and cruel side.

"Shut up!" Concubine Yao walked hurriedly, but still maintained her proper posture, and the hairpin on her head was not at all messy.

"Your servant pays homage to the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and the Empress." Imperial Concubine Yao glanced at Guangning with an icy gaze and respectfully saluted the three people sitting in the upper seats.

The emperor came back to his senses with a bitter heart and waved to Concubine Yao, "Concubine, please sit down and listen too."