As expected by everyone, she became the wife of the Marquis after being married off

Zheng Chengsi smashed a fine table into two pieces, his eyes were bloodshot and he clenched his palms tightly.

The blood on his hands dripped onto the ground along his fingers, and a storm was brewing in his gloomy eyes.

"Master, don't be impulsive!" The counselor standing aside looked at him worriedly and said carefully.

Zheng Chengsi sneered, his laugh was ironic: "Ha." He turned around and stared at the counselor, his eyes as cold as ice: "Three times, I submitted three petitions to go to the border, but he still refused."

The counselor looked at Zheng Chengsi, who was always calm and composed, but now had his lips pursed and was filled with hostility. There was chaos on the ground, and blood was dripping from his hands.

"The Second Prince has already chopped that man into pieces and is now on his way back to the capital. Prince, you must not act impulsively!"

Zheng Chengsi punched the wall, and the blood gushed out from his hand even more violently, causing the frightened counselor's heart to beat even more violently.

"If it weren't for him, my sister might not have died, she..." Zheng Chengsi thought of his sister who always gently held his hand, and the anger in his eyes melted a little. He then thought of when he received the news of Zheng Shurong's death, it was like falling into the abyss again.

"How painful it must be for her!"

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Jiangbei

When Meng Changce received the news, he was playing chess with Shen Lanyue in the house. Now Shen Lanyue's body has entered a stable period and no longer shows some symptoms.

Except that his body felt a little heavier, Shen Lanyue seemed to be in much better spirits.

Meng Changce is waiting for an opportunity. He spends his free time with Shen Lanyue, just like now when the two of them are playing chess.

Shen Lanyue has always been quite talented in this aspect. She never showed it in front of Li Wenxuan in her previous life, but in this life, she left no room for him in the game with Meng Changce.

Every time the two of them played chess, it would take a long time. At the beginning, Shen Lanyue could not survive Meng Changce's hands many times. Later, the two of them played chess frequently, and Shen Lanyue improved rapidly.

Now the fight between the two on the chessboard is evenly matched.

Meng Changce slid the white chess piece in his hand, looked at the chessboard with slightly narrowed eyes, a faint smile on the corner of his mouth and his brows slightly furrowed.

Shen Lanyue lazily rested her arms on the cushion, her beautiful eyes full of leisure. Her pretty facial features were made especially soft by the sunlight outside the window. Occasionally, a breeze blew up a wisp of long hair from her forehead.

She just glanced at Meng Changce's dilemma, raised her eyes, and stretched out a hand. Her slender fingers tucked her hair behind her ear, and the teardrop mole at the corner of her eye became more lively.

"I lost." Meng Changce chuckled and put down the chess piece in his hand.

Shen Lanyue smiled, with a hint of pride in her eyes, "Now my husband has lost two out of three times. It seems that I am still better in this aspect."

Meng Changce looked at the emotions in her eyes and his heart trembled. The fingers hanging by his side bent imperceptibly, and his fingers felt a little itchy.

"Of course, Lan Yue is the best."

He looked at her, and there was a smile in his tone as he spoke these words, so gentle that a curve even appeared on the corners of his mouth.

Shen Lanyue was stunned by her gaze, and felt a little awkward as she picked up the fan at hand and started fanning herself gently.

She felt that his tone now was a bit like coaxing a child.

Meng Changce took in all her subtle changes, and the curve of his mouth became more obvious.

At this time, Fu Bei ran in in a panic, looking anxious. He first made eye contact with Meng Changce and his expression froze.

Shen Lanyue turned to look at him, lowered her eyes with understanding, and was about to leave.

"Just tell me, what's the matter?"

Shen Lanyue was stunned, her hand holding the fan retracted, and her eyes trembled slightly.

Fu Bei glanced back and forth between his master and his wife, then calmly withdrew his gaze and said, "My master, there is news from the capital."

Shen Lanyue's eyes flashed.

"explain."

"The Second Prince's wife has passed away, and the Second Prince is carrying her coffin back to the capital."

Shen Lanyue stopped what she was doing and subconsciously took a step forward with one foot, with shock in her eyes undisguised.

Meng Changce's eyelids twitched and his brows furrowed. His gaze stayed on Fu Bei for a moment, and the gentleness and tenderness in the room just now completely disappeared.

Meng Changce's eyes darkened, a dangerous light flashed across them, and he said in a hoarse voice: "What is the reaction in the capital?"

Fu Bei's forehead was sweating from the pressure, but his tone was steady.

"Zheng Shizi submitted three memorials but they were all rejected. The Third Prince was not involved in this matter. The Queen in the palace fell ill after hearing about it."

"The Fourth Prince has been unusually well-behaved recently. According to spies, he has been extremely fond of the new princess in the palace, and she is already pregnant."

Meng Changce sneered: "Stay indoors and don't come out."

Fu Bei lowered his head: "Yes."

Shen Lanyue's heart was beating wildly. Although they seemed to be just two sentences, they contained a lot of things, including all the intricate relationships.

She found that Meng Changce's hands had reached every corner of the capital, including the queen and Li Wenxuan in the palace. Even though he was thousands of miles away in Jiangbei, he could still see the changes in the capital clearly.

Then, were the methods I used against Li Wenxuan also under his surveillance?

"Why are your hands so cold?" Meng Changce saw that her face was not very good, so he gave Fu Bei a hint with his eyes and then stepped out.

Meng Changce sat next to Shen Lanyue and held her in his arms.

"It's okay, I was just frightened for a moment. The Second Prince's Consort..."

Meng Changce simply hugged her tighter, with a deep murderous intent hidden in his black eyes.

He comforted Shen Lanyue, "Don't be afraid, no one can hurt you and our child."

"What if it's that person..."

Shen Lanyue raised her head from his arms, her eyes showing waves of calmness.

They both knew who that person was.

"Then turn the world upside down."

Shen Lanyue's eyes trembled slightly as she looked at him saying such shocking words with a calm expression, her lips raised and she buried her head in his arms.

What he said was true, Shen Lanyue thought: He had already succeeded in his previous life.

Became the person who is second to none and above everyone else.

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In the capital

When Li Wenxuan received the news, he didn't know what kind of mood to use to express it for a moment. He was naturally happy that Li Xuli was going to lose the Zheng family, his great backer.

But what followed was that his return would definitely change the situation. He always remembered what his mother, Concubine Xian, had told him, that the prince he feared the most in the entire royal family would definitely be Li Xuli.

Concubine Xian had been in the palace for twenty years, so she must have made her own judgments. Li Wenxuan also remembered the days when he lived under the shadow of Li Xuli as a child.

He never really regarded Li Jing as a rival for the throne.

But now this person is coming back.