When Shi Yi thinks about Xianyu, someone always comes to disturb her.

Wangyue's father was once again awakened by a nightmare. Hearing the master's screams in the room, the servants and maids hurried into the inner room. The maid poured water for the master to drink to calm him down.

The servant patted the master's chest to help him breathe easier. No one knew what was wrong with him during this period, but he often had nightmares.

Seeing that the master's face looked much better, the servant suggested:

"Master, I heard that the Pure Land Temple is very effective. You always have trouble sleeping. Maybe you have attracted some unclean things. How about we go there and find a master to enlighten you?"

After hearing what the servant said, the uneasy master also felt that things had been going wrong recently and he needed a blessed Buddhist instrument to suppress some evil spirits.

He decided that it would be better to do it today!

Without disturbing other people, he went out with his personal servant and several secret guards. The abbot of the Pure Land Temple personally received this distinguished prince.

When he saw the gloomy face of Prince Shou, his heart was in turmoil. Prince Shou's current face did not look like a sign of longevity, while the abbot had always looked mysterious and maintained the self-control that an abbot should have.

He bowed to King Shou and put his hands together in front of his chest.

Prince Shou waved his hand to exempt him from the formalities, and followed the abbot to the meditation room in the backyard without saying a word. He sat there listening to the chanting of sutras and the sound of wooden fish being struck in the temple, and the chaotic thoughts in his heart seemed to calm down a lot.

It seems that coming here is the right decision.

He asked the abbot of the Pure Land Temple: "Master, I have been suffering from insomnia and dreaming a lot recently. My deceased wife always appears in my dreams and makes trouble. What does this mean?"

It turned out that the prince came to interpret the dream, and the abbot felt relieved.

Prince Shou and the princess did not have a good relationship, and even he, a monk, had heard about it. Prince Shou was a rare prince of a different surname, and initially he had no power.

He was just a general in the south. Later, when the late emperor wanted to recover the lost territory, the generals in the south were given important positions, but the war did not progress smoothly.

The imperial court at that time was not very stable, and this battle could determine whether the emperor could keep his throne, so the late emperor gritted his teeth and was determined to win the war.

The late emperor had thrown down the biggest bait: whoever could break into the city and gain the first merit, and be the first to lead the soldiers to plant their flags on the enemy’s city wall, would be rewarded as a king of a different surname.

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. All the generals were motivated and fought hard to attack the city. They actually took back the city that had been occupied by the enemy for seven years.

The emperor finally had some achievements to show for himself and completely secured his throne.

He kept his promise and conferred the title of Prince Shou on the young general at that time, because he was indeed the first to plant the flag on the city wall.

Later, he was entrusted with an important task by the emperor and was asked to guard the south for generations.

How could a grassroots general like him guard southern Xinjiang? Fortunately, the Jiang family, the most powerful local gentry, took a fancy to him and were willing to marry their daughter to him, forming a community of interests with him.

He gladly accepted it. With the help of the Jiang family, he, a grassroots general, gradually grew stronger and finally became the powerful King Shou.

He is a king of a different surname, with increasing power in his hands and more and more people around him. At this time, the Jiang family is of little use.

Gradually, he became alienated from the Jiang family and never had any special affection for his first wife. They were just a couple who respected each other in public.

The beauties around him were much more obedient and lovely than Jiang. His favorite was a girl named Qiao Niang, who was not only beautiful and charming, but also very good at pleasing him.

At that time, his power expanded too quickly, and he was flattered to the point of being on a pedestal. He felt like a local emperor who was second only to one person and above everyone else.

In the south, his treatment can indeed be said to be second only to that of the emperor. Is there anyone whose position is higher than that of a king of a different surname?

He also led troops, and in the south, his words were more effective than the emperor's edict. It was unknown when the emperor began to be dissatisfied with him as a king of a different surname.

Yes, government decrees were always difficult to implement in the south, and the imperial envoys sent from the south rarely returned to the court alive. It would be strange if the emperor was satisfied with him.

Therefore, he was ruthlessly suppressed by the emperor, who stripped him of all his military power and only retained his title. It sounded like he was still a king of a different surname, but he no longer had any military power.

A king of a different surname without military power can only be a paper tiger, and he can no longer interfere in local government orders.

For ordinary people, there has not been much change. They are being exploited anyway, and they are unaware that the people in power have changed.

But the officials knew that the era of kings of different surnames was over.

The Shouwang Mansion was gradually forgotten by everyone, but fortunately the mansion's industry and wealth remained, and the industries that the Jiang family brought in were all very profitable.

His wife, Jiang, was very good at managing the household business. The palace remained prosperous, but Prince Shou no longer cared about military and political affairs. He just fooled around in the backyard, took in a bunch of beauties, spent all day with them, and had many children.

Qiao Niang also gave birth to a son and raised him by her side. Because Jiang didn't want to take care of these illegitimate sons, they were all raised by their biological mother.

At this time, Qiao Niang was just favored and did not dare to challenge Jiang's authority. After all, the entire palace depended on Jiang's dowry to survive.

Later, as Qiaoniang's son grew up, she was not satisfied with what she had now, and she wanted to get more. Therefore, she often whispered in the Shou prince's ear, saying bad things about Jiang, and trying to sow discord between the Shou prince and the princess, who had only a limited friendship.

As time went by, Prince Shou finally fell out with Jiang and allowed his concubine to challenge the status of his wife and make trouble for no reason. However, Prince Shou always took sides with the concubine.

The concubines understood that Prince Shou just wanted to make things difficult for Jiang, so they jumped out one after another to make trouble with him. Jiang was exhausted both physically and mentally, and was eventually angered to death within a few years.

Qiao Niang is the most cheerful one among them. She is very good at reading Prince Shou's face and knows when to make trouble to please Prince Shou, who will then give her many rewards.

All the private money she saved was earned by Jiang, how ridiculous!

But Prince Shou was willing to give it to her. He gave the things he had snatched from his wife as a reward to his favorite concubine. Any good person would be angry to death.

After Jiang's death, the backyard became even more chaotic, with Qiao Niang's family dominating. She was very proud of defeating Jiang, as if she had discovered the fun in it.

When she saw other people being favored by Prince Shou, she would try to make trouble for them and would even dislike the children they gave birth to.

Due to her stirring up of the family in the backyard, more than half of the children were killed in a few years, and the women were replaced one after another.

Qiao Niang became more and more rampant, and the people in the backyard kept their distance from her and did not dare to confront her.