After giving up being the wife of a powerful official, Ling Yunlu became a concubine

After more than ten days of trekking through mountains and rivers, Xiao Minshen and his party finally arrived in Shu.

The county magistrate, who had already received the news, was waiting at the city gate with everyone from the county government office.

"I will pay my respects to the prince!"

"Get up!"

Xiao Minshen was riding on a horse, looking at a large group of people kneeling on the ground.

"Your Highness, you must have been exhausted from the journey. I have prepared some wine and water. Please do me a favor."

The county magistrate had a face full of flattery.

Xiao Minshen frowned.

Shunzi stepped forward and said, "My prince and princess have come all the way from the capital, they are really tired, so I won't bother the county magistrate."

"There is a long way to go. The prince and princess will live here permanently from now on."

The smile on the county magistrate's face froze.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's my fault for not thinking it through."

After saying this, the county magistrate waved his hand, and the officials behind him and the common people who were watching the fun immediately made way for him.

Xiao Minshen frowned even more tightly.

He was on horseback, nodded slightly to the county magistrate, flicked the reins, and rode towards the palace.

After entering the palace, Shen Yunjin went to the backyard to rest.

Xiao Minshen didn't even have time to change his clothes before he went to the study with Mo Yi and others.

Along the way, Mo Yi rarely showed up because he had guards.

All the information in the capital was sent to Mo Yi via carrier pigeons.

After Xiao Minshen sat down, Mo Yi began to report on the recent situation.

"A letter came from the capital saying that the Third Prince had left the city, but secretly returned."

"The Third Prince thought that he had done a great job in saving the emperor, and the Emperor would keep him for this reason."

"The emperor directly punished the third prince with twenty strokes of the cane on the grounds that he disobeyed the emperor's order, and had him escorted out of the capital by the imperial guards."

"The Concubine Shu was also reprimanded and confined."

Xiao Minyong was unwilling to accept that after all his hard work, he ended up in such a situation.

He was also unwilling to accept that they, the princes, would lose to a bunch of flesh and blood children.

He had not been in the capital for several years and did not know that the emperor was no longer the same emperor as before.

The emperors of the past had the world in their hearts and had great ambitions.

The current emperor is stubborn and self-willed, and acts arbitrarily.

After experiencing betrayal, a person's temperament will change drastically.

"Lord Han asked to go to the south, saying he wanted to inspect the effectiveness of last year's flood control.

"Mr. Shen took a month's leave on the grounds of being unwell."

"The emperor is very concerned and specially sent a bunch of medicinal herbs to the Shen Mansion."

"The day after the Third Prince was sent out of the capital, the cabinet officials were reprimanded by the Emperor in the court."

"The emperor reprimanded the cabinet officials for not managing their families properly and said they were unworthy of being officials of the court. He ordered his men to remove their flower feathers."

"The cabinet minister fainted on the spot in the court, and all the court officials were intimidated."

"Two days later, the emperor sent the eldest son of the Dali Temple Minister to the border, citing the instability at the border."

"The person who went with him was the minister's legitimate son."

Xiao Minshen couldn't help but tap the table with his fingers.

The emperor was clearing all obstacles for his youngest son.

First, drive out all the princes.

Then, all the princes' Yue family members will be suppressed.

In this way, all court officials were forced to support the little prince.

"Go on."

"The news of Princess Anyang and the former crown prince's death was deliberately revealed to the queen."

"The queen was hanged in the clan residence."

"Dead?" Xiao Minshen's fingers stopped.

"Yes, the secret guard personally went to check it out."

Xiao Minshen was a little surprised.

In his impression, the queen was not someone who would give up so easily.

He still remembers what happened when the Queen ordered people to force poisoned wine into his mother's mouth.

He just died like that?

It’s like when we were little, we thought the Vajra in the temple was so scary, but when we grew up we realized it was just a clay sculpture.

"Concubine Liu... After Liu Shishi returned to the Duke's Mansion, she was soon sent to the residence of Master Zhu, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat."

Xiao Minshen raised his eyebrows.

"Where does this Mr. Zhu come from?"

"I have ordered someone to check it out."

"It turns out that Master Zhu and Liu Shishi are old acquaintances."

"After Liu Shishi severed her relationship with him, he worked hard to become a better person."

"Later, I went to high school."

"He had been out of town the whole time and was transferred back to Beijing after his term was up."

"On the way back to Beijing, I met Concubine Lin by chance and helped her a little."

"Jieyi Lin felt very sympathetic towards his situation, so she reported it to the emperor and kept him in the capital."

"After being betrayed once, the emperor replaced all the people around him."

"Jie Yu Lin took advantage of the situation and recommended Lord Zhu."

"Master Zhu was appointed by the Emperor as the Secretary of the Central Secretariat and is highly valued by the Emperor."

Xiao Minshen tapped his fingers, frowning.

Lord Zhu risked his life to save Liu Zongyuan, just for Liu Shishi?

Is it because of deep affection, or is it because he wants to vent his anger?

Liu Shishi followed Liu Zongyuan back to the Duke's Mansion.

On that day, the Duke's wife had a big fight with the Duke.

It turned out that the Duke had concealed the fact that he had a mistress from his wife.

It was not until the concubine died and brought her two children back to the Duke's Mansion that this incident made the Duke's wife lose face in the capital.

Now, the concubine's daughter who had already been married off was divorced and sent back to the Duke's Mansion.

Moreover, it was the concubine's son who forced the King of Qi to sign the divorce agreement.

In this capital, how could one marry off his daughter and then want her to come back when she sees that the man has fallen on hard times?

As the old saying goes, if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. The behavior of a bastard is simply shameful!

The Duke's wife thought, since the Duke had publicly announced that he would cut off all ties with their son and daughter,

No matter what the illegitimate sons and daughters are like, as long as it does not affect her own children, she will pretend not to know.

Now, the Duke actually agreed to let people enter the Duke's Mansion.

The Duke did this because he wanted all the children in the Duke’s Mansion to be buried with Liu Shishi!

The Duke’s wife felt like the sky was falling!

The Duke's wife threatened to file a complaint with the Emperor on the spot, otherwise she would be hanged in the Duke's Mansion.

Anyway, the main focus is on one person, if it's Liu Shishi, then there's no her.

The Duke finally couldn't stand the Duke's wife's quarreling and finally told her the truth.

Liu Shishi was the person specifically requested by the Secretary of the Central Secretariat.

She will only stay in the Duke's Mansion for a few days and will be sent away after a few days.

On the second day, the wife of the Duke ordered someone to send Liu Shishi to the nunnery of the Duke's Mansion.

The Duke's family nunnery is located in the most remote part of the mansion.

The nunnery hired a nun, who usually chanted sutras for the ladies in the mansion.

Liu Shishi was originally glad that her father accepted her and her brother again.

Unexpectedly, he was sent to such a remote place by his stepmother.

The Duke's wife also instructed a nun to supervise Liu Shishi.

Liu Shishi had to kneel for an hour every day and chant sutras for everyone in the mansion.

The rough and tiring work in the nunnery was also assigned to Liu Shishi.

At night, Liu Shishi would copy scriptures until late at night.

They eat simple meals and do the work of oxen and horses.

There has not been a single night in which Liu Shishi did not regret the choice she made that day.