"Aren't you curious about why you ended up like this?" the Fifth Prince asked leisurely, not in a hurry, after all, this was the last time they would see each other.

"Did the Fifth Prince come here just to ask these pointless questions?" Chen Zhishao didn't mind breaking ties with him, after all, he had nothing left to lose.

He flaunted his victory, but he had no time to enjoy the thrill of winning with him.

"Since you don't want to say anything more, that's fine. I'm here specifically to see you off on your final journey," the Fifth Prince said calmly.

"What do you mean?" Chen Zhishao was shocked by the meaning behind the Fifth Prince's words. Although he had lost everything, it didn't mean he wanted to die!

"What do you mean? It means exactly what you heard." Seeing Chen Zhishao's surprised expression, the Fifth Prince said calmly.

His expression clearly pleased him, so he was willing to talk to him more.

“I remember you used to come all the way to see me off, now the tables have turned, it’s my turn to see you off.”

Chen Zhishao couldn't understand what the Fifth Prince was saying at all. Had this man gone mad?

"You don't remember?"

"It's okay, I'll remember it."

After saying that, he turned and left.

He made a gesture behind him.

Chen Zhishao, who was left inside, was completely bewildered, not knowing what was wrong with the Fifth Prince.

But after a short while, he smelled a burning smell, and when he looked outside, he saw that it was already ablaze.

Chen Zhishao immediately ran towards the door.

But……

The door was locked.

Chen Zhishao pounded on the door frantically, shouting, "Help! Help! Is anyone there?!"

But how could anyone possibly answer?

Wei Wuyan watched all of this coldly from outside.

Chen Zhishao, I'm returning the fiery glow you gave me back then.

The fire burned all night long, and the entire ancestral hall was reduced to ashes.

The next day, when people found her, they saw Chen Zhishao, who was completely burned beyond recognition.

It was confirmed to be him because he was the only person in the ancestral hall that night.

Before his death, Chen Zhishao still didn't understand why. He asked himself why the Fifth Prince would put him to death and choose to burn him alive when he didn't have such a deep hatred for him.

But he will never know the answer.

When the Prince's Mansion received the news, no one paid any attention.

Only Wang Fengyue lamented the impermanence of life, and the beauty was gone just like that.

On the contrary, Lianqiao never expected that the person she had been fighting with for so long would die like this.

When the news reached the Chen family, Chen Min felt a moment of sadness, but only for a moment. At the New Year's Eve banquet that night, she simply acted as if she didn't have this son.

She doesn't have such a shameless son!

When Wei Wangqing and Chen Zhiyan learned of this, news also arrived that Lan Shijun had hanged himself.

The two hurriedly arrived at the Chen residence.

No one expected that Lady Lan would hang herself, and no one knew how she knew that Chen Zhishao was dead; perhaps one of her servants let it slip.

In short, the final result was that Lord Lan and his son went together.

Chen Min was truly heartbroken this time, standing before the mourning hall. For the first time, she realized that she didn't understand her husband at all.

She didn't understand, nor did she comprehend, why he would hang himself because his son had died.

This is clearly not something he could do!

He still has her, doesn't he?

When Chen Zhiyan arrived, he saw his mother's back, which looked aged in an instant.

"Mother," Chen Zhiyan called out.

Chen Min turned around.

My condolences.

"You still have your father."

Yes, she made a fool of herself in front of her son.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. It's just that I'm sorry to have troubled the Sixth Princess to accompany you."

"It's alright, Mother, it's what I should do."

Upon hearing this, Chen's mother became even more satisfied with her daughter-in-law. Besides, she was getting old, so she decided not to think about it anymore and would just live a good life with her husband and two children from now on.

The deceased are gone; there's no point in dwelling on it anymore.

Life went on uneventfully.

But life in the Prince's mansion was far from peaceful.

Wang Fengyue was getting anxious.

Ever since Lianqiao miscarried, no one in the household has been able to conceive.

She used to not care about this, but firstly because she had promised to give Lian Qiao another child, but her efforts during this period had not yielded any results, and secondly because Chen Zhishao's words before he left, which sounded like a curse, always lingered in her ears, especially after he died.

This made her very uneasy, but it was something she couldn't talk about.

Her father, on the contrary, kept urging her to have a granddaughter, which really annoyed her.

The Fifth Prince, however, seemed to notice her worries and suggested that a doctor be found to take a look.

Now she and the Fifth Prince can get along peacefully, mainly because the Fifth Prince doesn't bother her anymore, so she just pretends not to see him.

These are probably strangers living under the same roof; they can't be considered respectful to each other, they're more like ignoring each other.

Wang Fengyue then decided to secretly find a doctor to take a look.

The problem was that her father somehow found out about it, and that really caused a huge uproar.

The father cried out to heaven and earth, saying that his son was going to die without an heir.

Wang Fengyue was so angry that he wanted to cover his father's mouth. How could such a thing be said out loud?

Finally, at the insistence of the father, the doctor had to be invited to the mansion so that the father could see the diagnosis results in person as soon as possible.

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