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He used the silver to spend on his children and concubines, but this was the first time someone gave him silver to spend.

His son never raised him for a day, but he was the most filial to him and even cared about his two grandchildren.

The emperor had already agreed with Ling Cheng's family to change his name to "Chengxu." He would temporarily keep the surname Ling, but Chengxu signified continuity, a continuation of his bond with Li Zhenniang and a continuation of his hopes. Tomorrow, he would bestow a new name upon his true eldest son at court, granting him the imperial surname "Yang."

The Ling Cheng family changed their name to Yang Chengxu, the national surname and name bestowed by the emperor. The four siblings Ling Wan also changed their names because of their father's surname, becoming Yang Zuo, Yang You, Yang Wan, and Yang E.

The eldest prince was twenty-five, the second twenty-three, the third nineteen, the fourth nineteen, and the fifth eighteen. As the princes grew older, they engaged in fierce rivalry. The first and second princes had already married and had children, but the third prince, a legitimate son, had yet to secure a marriage. Furthermore, the second prince had the favored Concubine Xiao behind him. However, recently, after the emperor had repeatedly dreamed of his youth, encountering assassins and being hunted by the people, he had distanced himself from Concubine Xiao.

It was indeed Concubine Xiao's cousin, once the emperor's second brother, but he had initiated a coup during the succession struggle and was imprisoned in the imperial mausoleum by the late emperor. He had died of illness eighteen years ago. And as luck would have it, he was assassinated by a commoner that year, most likely by his second brother.

Back then, his second brother relied on the Xiao family, but he had spoiled this woman for over twenty years, and he didn't want to spoil the Xiao family anymore. He even suspected that it was Concubine Xiao's father and brother who had come up with the idea of ​​marrying Li Zhenniang into the Duke of Ping's mansion. Knowing that he had been poisoned and had lost his memory, they still dared to plot against his woman and son. It was truly abhorrent.

Wen Wan: Xiaohua, return the memory of the first life when the third prince ascended the throne and killed the first, second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh princes to the princes.

Xiaohua: Master, if that happens, they will join forces to kill the Third Prince in order to survive.

Wen Wan: The Third Prince is destined to die, how can he die so easily? Let his brothers recover their memories and make him suffer a fate worse than death.

Soon after, witchcraft was discovered in the Empress's palace, cursing Concubine Xiao. The Empress was deposed and banished to the cold palace. The Third Prince was demoted to a commoner for forming a clique to plot rebellion and secretly raising 5,000 rebel soldiers.

The eldest prince, the second prince and others thought about how they had been made to suffer a fate worse than death by the third prince in their previous lives, and how could they bear it? When he was demoted to commoners and exiled, the third prince married the fourth prince's fiancée as a concubine, and was made a eunuch by the assassins sent by the fourth prince. That was not all, the fifth prince intervened and brought the eunuch third prince back to the capital.

Wen Wan sat in front of the Fifth Prince: "Fifth Prince, sell the person to me?"

"why?"

"Because I, like the Fifth Prince, have also awakened my past life memories. In my past life, he killed my entire family and imprisoned me in a dungeon, where I was tortured. I have a grudge against him for destroying my family. Don't worry, I bought him just to torture him."

The fifth prince blurted out: "Fifty thousand taels of silver, I'll give it to you if you want it."

Wen Wan decisively took out 50,000 taels of silver.

Recently, she sold some information to her father and brothers. One time, she sold it to her eldest brother Yang You about the power behind the eldest prince, and Yang You gave her 100,000 taels of silver.

Yang Zuo had no interest in the throne, but wanted to help his elder brother seize power. With an emperor as his brother, he would become the most honorable prince in the future and would have everything he wanted.

In order to help Yang You, he also bought information from Wen Wan several times and paid her a reward of 200,000 taels of silver.

Yang Chengxu felt his brothers were being too ruthless and wanted to try to dissuade them, but Yang Zuo stopped him short: "Father, have you forgotten the agreement you made with Grandfather? Grandfather said we shouldn't get involved. Who are you to try to dissuade them? Forget it, there's no point."

Because his father had no interest in the throne, Yang You was granted by the emperor a fifth-rank official position as a royal tutor. This meant he was a close minister to the emperor and a popular figure in the court. In addition, Yang You had a strong learning ability and grew up among the people. He had a deep understanding of the folk customs and the sufferings of the people, and his words and actions were all well-behaved.

After the comparison, the emperor looked down upon his adult son more and more, and felt that his eldest grandson was a talent who could be of great use, and his words could often touch his heart.

The emperor now disliked each of his adult princes, feeling they were too cold-hearted, with no regard for family affection. He also knew the tactics his older sons had used to kill the third prince, who was a roadblock.

Yang You told the emperor that he had paid the secret cabinet to investigate the third prince, but the third prince was castrated by someone and then tortured to death. His body has not been found yet, but he had already spent five thousand taels of silver to ask a monk to perform a ritual for the third prince.

The emperor thought Yang You was a good person. Although he had not recognized his uncles, he had been helping them, which made the emperor feel comforted.

The emperor's third prince died, and was killed by other princes, but the emperor did not see it that way. He felt that the culprit was Ling Chengsi of the Duke of Pingguo's Mansion. This person was no good. He knew all the dirty things between Ling Yan and the third prince, but he actually set up a trap with the third prince and let the third prince seduce his own granddaughter. If this succeeded, what kind of a deal would it be?

If the third brother knew Yang Chengxu's identity and still acted like this, he would be cold-blooded and heartless and not worthy of being a human being.

Wen Wan sent the Third Prince into a dark alley. Although he had become a eunuch, he still looked quite good. She gave the eunuch who worked at the secret door a hundred taels of silver and said, "Any money you make is yours. If he gets sick, I'll take care of him. As long as he survives, it's fine. You can do whatever you want to him, but you can't let him get away. To prevent him from talking nonsense, his tongue has been cut off."

The third prince caused so much pain to the original owner of the first life, so let him enjoy some benefits.

He returned to heaven and was unwilling to love the goddess anymore because he felt that things in reincarnation were too dirty and he couldn't love her, which made him become even more miserable than Wanhua was in reincarnation.

The emperor's revenge on Ling Chengsi's family soon came. The eldest prince obtained evidence of Ling Chengsi's embezzlement of river repair funds, and the fact that Ling Chengsi's wife Zhang lent money at high interest and killed six good people.

When Duke Ping fell, Ling Chengzu did not escape, and even illegitimate masters like Ling Chengle and Ling Chengan, who were far away from the power center of the Ling family, did not escape. In the original owner's memory, these people all stepped on their family after they fell into trouble. This time, Yang Chengxu, who changed his surname, wanted to intervene, but was persuaded by his son, wife and daughter.

Ling Chengsi and Ling Chengzu were beheaded.

All members of the Ling family were convicted and demoted to criminals. They were not allowed to serve as officials for five generations.

When they left Beijing, Yang Chengxu brought two carriages full of small change, winter clothes and other items to see them off. He even asked his trusted second steward to bring three servants to arrange their food and accommodation along the way, and made sure that the family arrived safely at the northwest Hansha Pass where they were exiled.