From the moment she started following Li Heng, she knew that failure meant certain death.

She had been mentally prepared for this for many years.

This was the first time anyone had ever seen a murderer so calm; they were both angry and terrified.

Such a person disregards human life, including her own. If she escapes, who knows how many more evils she might commit.

Everyone urged the emperor to execute Lady Liu.

The emperor was naturally furious, but he saw things more deeply than ordinary people. It wasn't that Lady Liu was unafraid of death; she simply didn't want to implicate her son.

This also shows that the mother and son had a good relationship, so it was even more necessary to keep Liu Shi around to lure Li Chengye into a trap, which is why he kept Li Heng around.

Li Heng and Lady Liu were both imprisoned in a death row cell, guarded by the Imperial Guards, and to be executed in the autumn.

As for the Hanlin Academy members and other members of the Prime Minister's faction, the emperor would punish them according to the law based on their crimes.

As for evidence to punish them, Ye Zhen has quite a lot of it.

Some of them were collected by Xie Tingzhou beforehand, while others were looted by Shi Yan and her at night.

The serious offender was sentenced, and the crowd in front of the Prime Minister's residence gradually dispersed.

Lei Ce, who had just escorted the Qin family patriarch to the capital after going to Jiangnan to raid the Qin family, received a new mission: to search the Prime Minister's residence and the Dark Abode.

As for the Pingchang Marquis's residence, it was originally bestowed by the imperial court, but now that it is ownerless, it has been taken back by the imperial court.

The emperor returned to the palace with a heavy heart.

Whether he was thinking of Prince Yun or Marquis Pingchang, he stayed in the study that night and did not go to the Empress's palace.

Ye Zhen, Shi Yan, and others were invited to the Wang family afterwards.

Su Luoqing felt very guilty and apologized to Ye Zhen repeatedly.

Ye Zhen had no choice but to tell her his plan. "To be honest, I'm the one who should feel guilty. I caused such a mess on your wedding day, making your groom run around with me."

She hasn't even lifted the veil yet.

"No, how can you blame yourself?"

Su Luoqing panicked and lifted the veil off her head.

"They're using my marriage to scheme against you. If you don't fight back, you'll just have to wait to be harmed."

She truly didn't blame Ye Zhen at all.

Although the marriage was somewhat disrupted by the Dark Abode incident, she thought Ye Zhen was remarkable for eliminating those corrupt officials in the court.

As for Wang Jingshuo leaving...

The incident happened suddenly. Wang Jingshuo was on official business, so Su Luoqing felt no resentment or blame. Her grandmother and mother-in-law, worried that she might overthink things, came to the new house to keep her company.

With such a good in-law family, Ye Zhen was unharmed, and she felt that nothing else mattered.

Whether she and Wang Jingshuo can have a good life together depends entirely on how they get along and manage their relationship, and has little to do with whether the groom had to leave on the day of the wedding.

Seeing her thinking this way, Ye Zhen sighed, "It's truly Wang Jingshuo's good fortune to be able to marry you."

What a wonderful girl.

She lowered Su Luoqing's veil, saying, "Wang Jingshuo has gone to change his clothes and will be here shortly. The groom should lift your veil."

Su Luoqing felt a little embarrassed after being praised.

“My grandmother and mother-in-law also said he is blessed.”

But she actually felt that she was lucky to marry into such a family.

Especially her mother-in-law, who, though loud and boisterous, truly treated her like her own daughter.

Knowing that she had no mother and worried that her aunt wouldn't care, her mother-in-law slipped her a booklet while Wang Jingshuo was away and gave her a long list of private advice.

The main point is that women should take care of their bodies and not let men do whatever they want.

But during the years she worked as a female doctor treating women's gynecological issues, she heard her own mother teach her daughters many times that they should be patient in bed, obey men, and please their husbands.

The mother-in-law repeatedly warned her not to have sex with her husband during her period, but she forgot that she herself was a female doctor.

Perhaps because she was genuinely happy today and had a good relationship with Ye Zhen, she told Ye Zhen about Madam Wang's kindness.

"I never imagined I could have such happiness today, or such a family."

Ye Zhen was happy for her too.

As the two were talking about their private matters, Ye Zhen mentioned to Su Luoqing that they would be leaving the capital for the Great Wei after the New Year.

Unexpectedly, Su Luoqing said, "Can you take me with you? I heard from my husband that the medical skills in the Great Wei are very advanced. They have special schools that teach medical skills, regardless of gender or region. As long as you are sincere in wanting to learn, you can enroll in the school."

Wang Jingshuo had no time to find out all of this, so he told her.

"I want to learn their delivery techniques."

Childbirth is like passing through the gates of hell for women. Dae Yeon has only been open to women studying medicine for a few years, and it is still very backward in this area.

Ye Zhen thought for a moment, "Okay, but you just got married..."

Su Luoqing really wanted to learn. "My husband said that if I wanted to learn, he would support me."

However, Wang Jingshuo said that once he finished dealing with Dayuan's affairs, he would take time off to accompany her.

Su Luoqing felt a little guilty. "Maybe I should ask my mother-in-law."

If her mother-in-law agrees, then her husband will likely agree as well. If her husband is worried, she can bring her mother-in-law along.

She learned to come back immediately and not keep her husband waiting.

This was a good thing for the women of Dayuan. Su Luoqing wasn't afraid of hard work, so Ye Zhen didn't say anything.

It's just a matter of the couple deciding on it themselves.

A short while later, Madam Wang came over herself to call Ye Zhen to take his seat.

That night, only very close relatives were invited, and three tables were set up in total. Wang Jingshuo felt that Su Luoqing was lonely in the bridal chamber alone, so he brought her out as well.

The Wang family was an open-minded family and had no objection to this. The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves to the fullest that evening, and Madam Wang even invited Ye Zhen to have a few drinks with her.

Whether it was because he had avenged his great enemy or because of the drinking, Ye Zhen dreamed again that night.

She saw Ye Jinghong in another world...