Qi Yuning couldn't fall asleep at all in the carriage. As soon as he closed his eyes, all he saw were his parents.

Her mother was a female general fighting on the battlefield, but in Qi Yuning's heart, her mother was the most gentle.

Her father was not as strict as the generals, and he would often hold her in his arms.

But these memories have long been vague.

Qi Yuning looked at Lingling with tears in her eyes. The early death of her parents would be her lifelong regret.

Lu Ze reached out and wiped away Qi Yuning's tears, "Go to sleep."

Qi Yuning slowly closed her eyes. Perhaps she was extremely tired and the bumpy ride in the carriage made her fall asleep for a while.

When I woke up, it was already daybreak and it would take almost three hours to reach the Quanzhen Palace.

By the time we arrived at the palace, it was already evening.

More than ten carriages ready to return to Beijing were already prepared in Prince Qi's mansion.

Qi Yu'an saw Qi Yuning and Lu Ze coming back and said, "You guys finally made it back. We'll be going back to Beijing tomorrow. We'll have to wait until we have a chance to go to the desert again."

Lingling threw herself into Qi Yu'an's arms and said excitedly, "Uncle, Lingling has seen the desert. Lingling even slid down the sand slope. It was so much fun!"

Qi Yu'an touched Lingling's little head and said, "You are braver than your mother. When your mother was little, she didn't dare to slide down the sand slope. She had to be held by her parents before she dared to slide."

Qi Yuning had long forgotten about this matter, "Has this ever happened?"

Qi Yu'an said, "You were less than two years old at that time. I remember clearly that you were very scared and your parents had to hold you in their arms before you dared to slide down. Originally, your parents said that they would wait until you were older before playing, but unfortunately..."

Qi Yuning lowered her eyes, it was a pity that she had grown up but had no parents anymore.

Lingling said: "Lingling also wants mommy and daddy to hold Lingling while she slides. If Lingling accompanies mommy while she slides, mommy won't be afraid anymore!"

Qi Yuning looked at Lingling and smiled softly: "Lingling is so good!"

Qin Feng came out of a carriage at the back, walked up to Qi Yu'an, bowed and said, "Qin Feng greets Prince Qi."

Qi Yu'an looked at Qin Feng and said, "It's Minister Qin. Why did Minister Qin come all the way to North City?"

Qin Feng said, "I was asked by Lu Ze to investigate the embezzlement of military rations fourteen years ago."

Qi Yu'an frowned and looked at Qi Yuning and Lu Ze. Qi Yuning then told Qi Yu'an that General Ren and Huo An were hiding in the Prince of Shu's mansion.

…

In the Wen Mansion.

Although it was a daughter's marriage, Wu Xiong had no place to live, so the wedding was held at the Wen family. After the auspicious time passed, the bride did not come out for a long time.

Wu Xiong then said to Wen Ban who was sitting high up in the hall: "Father-in-law, why hasn't Yalan come out yet?"

Wen Ban clenched his hands and said, "Maybe there is something wrong. Please wait a moment, let me go and take a look."

Wen Ban walked into Wen Yalan's room, which was a mess.

When Mrs. Wen saw Wen Ban coming in, she cried, "You, why did you let your daughter marry that peasant? This is really a disgrace to our Wen family. If I let that peasant be my son-in-law, I would rather Yalan die."

Wen Yalan looked at Wen Ban and said, "Dad, I won't marry him. I will never marry him even if I die!"

Wen Ban was extremely angry and slapped Wen Yalan in the face. "Marriage is a serious matter. It's up to your parents and the matchmaker. If your father tells you to marry Wu Xiong, you have to marry him!"

Wen Yalan covered her palm and said, "Dad! I am your biological daughter, how could you bear to push me into the fire pit!"

Madam Wen said, "If we let our daughter marry Wu Xiong, how can we hold our heads up high in Beicheng in the future? The general's marriage is extremely inappropriate!"

Wen Ban asked the maids and servants to leave and said in a low voice: "If Yalan doesn't marry Wu Xiong, our whole family will die! When that happens, our Wen family will be guilty of the heinous crime of exterminating all nine clans!"

Mrs. Wen asked, "How could that be?"

Wen Yalan also forgot to cry for a moment.

Wen Ban said: "This is a long story. I didn't expect Wu Xiong to be alive. He has a fatal piece of evidence. As long as Yalan marries him, he and we will be in the same boat. Only then can the lives of our entire family be saved!"

Wen Yalan cried, "Dad, what evidence does he have? Can't we kill him to silence him?"

Wen Ban said, "I tried to silence him once before. I thought he was dead a long time ago, but he has been alive for more than thirteen years. He holds important evidence, so he naturally doesn't believe me now. He said that if I dare to silence him, he only needs to not contact the messenger for three days, and the messenger will hand over the evidence to Prince Qi. How can I dare to silence him?"

Wen Yalan said: "Prince Qi will leave North City tomorrow. We sent people to watch the gate of Prince Qi's mansion, but the evidence cannot be handed over to Prince Qi. Dad, Dad, I don't want to marry Wu Xiong!"

Wen Ban said: "Yalan, I can't gamble with the lives of the entire Wen family! You can only marry Wu Xiong!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Wen stopped helping Wen Yalan and only advised her, "Lanlan, listen to your father! Your brothers must not die. If the whole family is exterminated, we will not be able to survive. Our Wen family cannot be extinct. Lanlan, I'm kneeling down to beg you!"

Mrs. Wen knelt down and kowtowed in front of Wen Yalan, crying.

Wen Yalan was crying, hot tears streaking across her swollen face from the beating she had just received. "I won't get married, Dad and Mom, I don't want to get married!"

Wen Ban also knelt down towards Wen Yalan and said, "Yalan, your mother and I are kneeling down to beg you, please be kind and marry Wu Xiong for the sake of the whole family!"

Wen Yalan saw her parents in front of her, her eyes filled with tears and she said, "Okay, I'll marry you! I'll marry you!"

Wen Yalan changed into a bright red wedding dress and went out with red eyes. When she saw Wu Xiong, who had a goatee and a fishy smell on his body, she forced herself to hold back the urge to vomit.

Wu Xiong smiled happily when he saw the 18-year-old girl in front of him, "Madam, let's get married and go to the bridal chamber!"

Wen Yalan suppressed her nausea and married Wu Xiong and entered the bridal chamber.

When Wu Xiong saw the fair-skinned and beautiful Wen Yalan in front of him, he said with a sigh, "I never thought that I, Wu Xiong, would be so lucky."

Wen Yalan looked at Wu Xiong coldly and said, "I'm married to you. We are in the same boat. Shouldn't you destroy the evidence that is unfavorable to my father? After all, if the evidence is leaked..."

Wu Xiong hugged Wen Yalan into his arms and said, "Let me kiss you."

Wen Yalan suppressed her nausea and said, "Go and destroy the evidence!"

Wu Xiong smiled and said, "Don't be impatient. This night of love is worth a thousand gold. We have to become husband and wife before destroying the evidence..."

Wu Xiong pushed Wen Yalan down on the bed.

"Let's destroy the evidence first, it won't be too late to have the wedding night later!" Wen Yalan smelled the stench and felt extremely sick. She pushed Wu Xiong and said, "Let me go!"

Wu Xiong touched Wen Yalan's delicate skin and said, "She is really a daughter of a wealthy family. She is different from a prostitute."

When Wen Yalan saw that he compared her to a prostitute, she was extremely angry. She reached for the dagger under her pillow and stabbed Wu Xiong!

Wu Xiong held Wen Yalan's hand and said, "You bitch! How dare you kill me?"

Wen Yalan loosened the dagger in her hand, and Wu Xiong lost his guard. Unexpectedly, Wen Yalan took out a pair of scissors and stabbed his throat hard, causing blood to spurt out.

Wen Yalan held the scissors tightly in both hands, looking at Wu Xiong who was lying on the ground, and trembled constantly.

“Boom!”

The door was kicked open. When Wen Yalan saw Qi Yuning and Lu Ze leading their troops in, she even threw away the scissors in her hand.

Seeing Wu Xiong lying on the ground, Lu Ze went over and put his hand on Wu Xiong's pulse, and said to Qi Yuning, "He's dead."