Tragic death and rebirth, the daughter of a general poisoned the government and the country

"What's your name?"

"He said his name was Chen Cong."

It was indeed him, the old lady nodded. Chen Cong was the illegitimate son of the old lady’s deceased brother and also her only living nephew.

The old lady is a Buddhist. Every year she would send some money to her hometown in Jiangling and take care of the elderly in the clan, all of which she considered as accumulating virtue and doing good deeds.

But why did Chen Cong, who was supposed to be far away in Jiangling, suddenly come all the way to the capital?

Did something happen in Jiangling’s hometown?

"Let him in first."

Not long after the old lady gave the order, a skinny man in a coarse cotton shirt walked in with his head lowered and his back hunched, and knelt in front of the old lady.

"Nephew, you don't have to be so polite. I haven't seen you for many years. How is your family doing now?"

Chen Cong still kept his head down, making it impossible to see his face. He stammered, "Everything is fine," and stopped talking.

The old lady was puzzled. This person didn't dare to look up and didn't speak. Logically, if something happened in Jiangling's hometown and Chen Cong needed help from her, she would have tried her best to get close to him, so why would she be so taciturn?

"Nephew, there is no need to be so polite. We haven't seen each other for many years. Lift your head so that your aunt can take a good look at you."

The man hesitated for a moment, and finally raised his weather-beaten face.

His skinny face was full of wrinkles, and his half-inch long beard looked like weeds growing on the dry land. Under his messy hair, his eyes were shining brightly.

Judging from his appearance alone, this man was obviously poor and destitute, and his restless eyes were wandering over all the valuable objects in the house.

Being poor and greedy for money is good.

Lin Yushu nodded with satisfaction in her heart.

The moment they saw his face clearly, the old lady and Lin Yazi were both shocked, and the teacup in Lin Yazi's hand fell to the ground with a bang.

The second wife didn't care about the man in front of her at all. He thought he was just a poor relative who came to ask for money.

However, looking at the broken teacup that Lin Yazi had dropped on the ground, she suddenly became interested and looked at the man carefully.

The second wife could see that if it were twenty years ago, this man would have been quite handsome.

Wait, twenty years ago?

It was him!

No wonder the Second Madam felt he looked so familiar.

As if she was thinking of some interesting old story, the second lady looked at Lin Yazi with a smile.

Lin Yazi had not yet recovered from her shock. She stood up tremblingly, pointed her finger at the man in front of her, and her face looked extremely ugly.

"you you……"

"Yazi, sit down!"

The old lady's low voice was full of warning. Lin Yazi, who was shocked and lost her soul, suddenly woke up, and sat down slowly with a flushed face.

"Chen Cong! You have come all the way back to Beijing to visit the Crown Princess. That's really thoughtful of you. Your aunt will definitely take good care of you. Please go back to the guest house and rest."

The old lady looked at Chen Cong with scorching eyes, and she was on full alert as if facing a great enemy.

Upon hearing this, Chen Cong's eyes immediately sparkled with gold, and he smiled like a mouse. He looked at the old lady attentively with an extremely greedy look.

"Aunt... I came here mainly to see Mei'er, no, the Crown Princess. I haven't seen her for many years. Can I come over and take a look at her?"

Liu Mei was focused on how to continue humiliating Lin Yushu, and didn't care about the poor man in front of her at all.

When she heard him say that he wanted to get closer to see her, Liu Mei frowned impatiently.

"What poor relative dares to come up to me? I am the Crown Princess, not someone you can just take advantage of."

When Chen Cong heard this, his smiling face suddenly fell and his expression became gloomy.

Seeing this, the old lady hurriedly said, "Just watching from afar will fulfill your wish. Go and have a rest. Don't worry, your aunt will never treat you badly!"

These were clearly words of comfort, but from the old lady's mouth, they sounded more like threats and warnings.

From then on, whenever Chen Cong said he wanted to go over and see Liu Mei, everyone's eyes wandered between the two of them.

At this time, an old lady from a branch of the Lin family exclaimed "Eh".

"This nephew from my cousin's family looks somewhat like the Crown Princess..."

"Really? The eyes and chin are exactly the same."

The people around them immediately lowered their heads and started chirping excitedly, as if they had discovered a royal secret.

Liu Mei's beautiful eyes widened as she stared angrily at the old women who had just spoken, curses rolling in her mouth, but due to seniority and filial piety, she did not dare to curse them out loud.

She turned her head to look at Lin Yazi and the old lady, wanting them to control these people's foul mouths.

But who would have thought that when she turned around, she would see Lin Yazi's pale face, her expression of panic, and cold sweat running down the old lady's forehead.

what's the situation? !

Liu Mei instinctively felt that something was wrong, and she suddenly felt a sense of fear for no reason.

Chen Cong, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped when he heard the discussions of the old women and put a smug smile on his face again.

"Chen Cong! Hurry up..."

Before the old lady could finish her next words, a figure appeared at the door and Duke Liu accompanied the prince into the house.

After everyone finished paying their respects, the prince immediately saw the man standing in the room. His tattered clothes made him look out of place in the room.

"Who is this?"

Duke Liu was the first to ask.

The old lady pulled the corners of her mouth stiffly, revealing an unsuccessful smile.

"This is my nephew from Jiangling, who came to visit me."

The Second Madam sneered in her heart. She had heard from her son Lin Jiang that the Crown Prince would die of illness sooner or later, and the General's Mansion could not be too closely involved with him. Liu Mei would be an abandoned child sooner or later.

What's more, Liu Mei and Lin Yazi had given her and Rou'er so much coldness and embarrassment over the years, and just now they forced Rou'er to kneel down and salute.

Her power as the head of the household was half-emptied by the old lady, and she had long been dissatisfied with her.

If not now, when?

"It's more than just visiting the old lady. This brother from the Chen family is thoughtful. He heard that the Crown Princess was getting married and traveled thousands of miles just to see the Crown Princess. It's really touching."

As soon as the second lady finished speaking, Duke Liu's face darkened and he stared at Chen Cong.

The old lady's eyes were like knives, whizzing towards the second lady, but the second lady lowered her head to drink tea after she finished speaking, without even looking at the old lady.

People cannot help but accept that they are getting old. Do they still think that they have the final say in this general's mansion?

The second wife sneered in her heart.

Although Lin Qingrou didn't understand why her mother suddenly interrupted, with her keen sense of intrigue in the backyard, she easily realized that this Chen Cong must have some relationship with Liu Mei.

The maids and aunts who had just been talking in low voices no longer dared to say anything when they saw such a heavenly figure as the prince.

They don’t dare, but Lin Qingrou dares!

"Just now, several aunts were discussing that this cousin and the Crown Princess look very similar. It seems that they are destined to be together."

"Look at his eyes and chin, they are exactly the same as the Crown Princess. It must be fate."

The Second Madam and Lin Qingrou were chatting animatedly with each other, while Duke Liu's face gradually turned darker, and his eyes swept coldly over Liu Mei and Lin Yazi.

Lin Yazi felt as if she was falling into an ice cellar. She never thought that she would meet this person again today after nearly twenty years!

No, we must not let anyone find out what happened 20 years ago!!