The emperor waved his hand and didn't want to say another word.

The imperial physician who had been waiting outside the palace had already begun bandaging Cao Ping. Cao Ping sat on the ground and laughed.

It didn't matter whether he was bandaged or not, he knew he was going to die.

Fortunately, God treated him well and gave him a chance to atone for his sins before he died.

"Master..." Cao Ping smiled with tears in his eyes, "I have kept this secret for more than ten years. Finally... I am finally going to make it public. Now, even if I die, I can rest in peace..."

When he realized that he had fallen into a trap, he snatched the lady from Qi Yuan and, at the same time, snatched the jade token from Qi Yuan.

Fearing that he would be discovered while being hunted, he cut open his left leg, hid the jade token inside, and sewed it up again. This way, he avoided the body search of the Qi Mansion's secret guards while pretending to be dead.

"Your Majesty, Lord Qi did report the loss of the jade token...in the same year that the incident at the General's Mansion occurred."

At this point, Qi Yuan sat on the ground in a daze.

He could never have imagined that such a meticulous plan would ultimately fail at the hands of an old man.

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Qi Yuan and the second son of the Qi family were imprisoned together and sentenced to be executed in the autumn.

As for the Qi clan, they were sentenced to exile.

When Jiang Li placed the Heart-Protecting Jade tightly into the center of the Dingguo Sundial in front of everyone, no one dared to question her identity.

General's Mansion.

"Dad, have some tea."

"Mom, have some tea."

Jiang Yao and Xue Rou took the tea from their little daughter and smiled so much that their eyes narrowed into slits.

I never thought that there would be such a perfect day in my life.

"Sister, sister, where are ours?"

Except for Jiang Mubai who was beaten for showing off, the other four people looked at Jiang Li excitedly.

"Get out of here, you little brats! You still want some tea? Where's the gift you prepared for your sister? Whoever doesn't come up with something good today will be kicked out!"

Although Jiang Yao was far away guarding the border, he received many letters from Xue Rou. He basically knew everything Jiang Li had done. The more capable his daughter became, the more he wanted to cry. God knew how much suffering she had endured to become what she is today.

"Wow, Dad, you're still laughing at my mom for being a crybaby. What's wrong with you?" Jiang Mubai shouted as if he had discovered a new world.

But the next moment, Jiang Mubai's howling sounded again: "Ah - Dad, you are trying to sneak attack! Big brother, second brother, third brother, fourth brother, please judge for yourself, General Jiang actually resorted to sneak attack, is there any justice in the world!"

Unfortunately, no one has time to pay attention to him.

"Sister, look at this. It was given to me by the Emperor..."

"Sister, do you like this? This was when I was fighting Japan..."

"Sister, look at this. You'll definitely like it..."

"Sister, I'm the second oldest brother. They're usually rude and don't know what girls like. Don't bother with them. Look at this..."

“…”

This was the first time Jiang Li had such a happy worry that she completely forgot about the existence of someone.

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After coming out of the palace, Gu Qingchen didn't even have time to talk to Jiang Li before he watched his princess being "kidnapped" by the general's family.

Seeing Jiang Li leaving with an unstoppable smile and without looking back, he could only sigh helplessly, and then instructed Mo Jiu to prepare some gifts as soon as possible, and after he finished the matters at hand, he would go to his father-in-law's house to pick up his wife!

However, when Gu Qingchen thought of those difficult brothers-in-law and the father-in-law who loved his daughter like his life, he began to have a headache...