Everyone understood what it meant. Her husband was gone and Li Wan'er was still young. It would be difficult for her to be a widow at this age. The Li family couldn't bear to see their daughter suffer this.
Duke Lu lowered his head and nodded helplessly, not wanting to delay the girl: "That's fine, Wan'er has always been very filial to my husband and me, and my parents also wish you the best."
The Duke's wife could not bear to let go of this person anymore. She said in a hoarse voice, choking with sobs: "Mother will take good care of Anan, Wan'er, don't worry."
Xie Zhinan looked up and glanced at her. He had no opinion on Li Wan'er's choice. Instead, he felt annoyed when she was around.
Li Wan'er couldn't hold back her tears any longer when she thought of her son. She glanced at Minister Li and whispered, "Anan can follow me, too."
Minister Li understood that his daughter was reluctant to leave her child, but Xie Zhinan was the only male child in the eldest branch of the Xie family. How could he let him leave with his mother?
He did not speak up for his daughter, but thanked the Duke's wife: "Thank you, Madam. Anan can come to the Li Mansion more often. My wife and I like him very much as a grandson."
The matter was settled and no one said anything else. Li Wan'er's things had already been packed, which showed that she had already made up her mind.
When they got outside the gate, she hugged Xie Zhinan and said, "Anan, if you miss your mother, just come to the Shangshu Mansion to find her, okay?"
Xie Zhinan nodded expressionlessly. After today, the shallow bond between them as mother and son was gone.
Li Wan'er's tears burst out again. Xie Yunzheng didn't like her, and even his son didn't like her.
She thought about it countless times, wondering what she had done wrong. Maybe marrying Xie Yunzheng was a mistake.
She wiped her tears with a handkerchief and got on the carriage without looking back.
After letting the wet nurse take Xie Zhinan away, Xie Yunzhao talked to his parents alone about Xie Yunzheng's guilt.
The Duke's wife cried again: "Yun Zheng is already dead, why do we still want to punish him?"
"Mom, Li Chen is dead too. He will be punished just as well."
"But you are the emperor now, can't you be gentler? He hasn't been buried in the ancestral tomb yet."
Xie Yunzhao was really helpless, this was his own mother, otherwise he would not have said a word: "Mom, if he enters the ancestral tomb, our whole family will be guilty of treason."
The Duke's wife was stunned: "How could it be so serious? The goods that Li Chen asked him to sell, he didn't even know were royal treasures?"
"Who would believe it if I told them? He helped sell it without knowing what it was? Those who knew about it are dead. Who would believe that he didn't know?"
"Then wouldn't all his descendants be criminals?"
"That's why I just let Li Wan'er go. I feel so sorry for her, I can't let her get hurt any further."
"What about Anan?"
Xie Yunzhao didn't say anything. He felt that something was wrong with Xie Zhinan. Although he was young, he had a lot of thoughts.
This is the only bloodline left by Yun Zheng. Lady Guogong is reluctant to let him go: "He won't go with his mother and has always been very dependent on me. Can't I just keep him by my side?"
"Mom, do you think my position is stable?"
"If I don't fight for the throne, my entire family will be exterminated, and you are still entangled with Xie Zhinan."
"I..." The Duke's wife had no idea it would be so serious.
Duke Lu shook his head and signaled his wife to stop talking.
He knew how difficult it was for Yun Zhao, and he also knew that what his son said made sense. Yun Zheng was not only guilty of treason, but also of offering a Taoist priest as a gift and deceiving the emperor.
Xie Yunzhao is Yun Zheng's younger brother. If he does not handle the matter impartially, it will be difficult to convince the public.
"Expel Yun Zheng and Anan from the Xie family tree, punish them as they should, and spare Anan's life. This should be possible, right?"
Xie Yunzhao nodded: "Dad, Mom, this is the best that my son can do."
"My son has something else to do, so I'll leave first."
After Xie Yunzhao left, the Duke's wife leaned on the Duke of Lu and cried.
"He is the emperor, so he has no choice. We can't cause him more trouble."
"I know. I just miss Yun Zheng and feel sorry for Anan."
"We will buy a house outside and settle Anan. You don't have to worry." Duke Lu patted his wife's shoulder and said, "Don't worry. We have to make plans for our living sons and grandchildren."
The Duke's wife wiped her tears and nodded, saying that her husband was right.
They didn't know yet that their beloved son was lying in a carriage that had quietly left the Princess's Mansion from the corner gate, his face unrecognizable.
The man felt pain all over his body, but it was nothing compared to the pain in his heart.
He had done her a disservice, so she deserved it even if she had to skin him alive.
Tears fell on the new wounds, and the piercing pain made him realize clearly that there was no such person as Xie Yunzheng in this world anymore.
This is her revenge!
The city gates were already open, and no one dared to stop the carriage from the Princess's Mansion. After leaving the city, the carriages were replaced with ordinary ones and headed for the mass grave...
It was not until Zishan returned to report that Shen Shurong smiled truly happily.
Treat everything in your past life as a dream that will vanish into thin air.
…
At the gate of the prison, a tall man came in. When he saw who it was, the sound of chains suddenly rang out in the cell.
"Xie Yunzhao! How dare you come?" The Third Prince, wearing shackles, rushed to the cell and glared at him.
Lu Ziqian glanced and saw that it was him, leaning dejectedly on the haystack.
Two days later, he had figured it out: Xie Yunzhao had fooled everyone.
And he was the biggest fool who was fooled the most. Not only did he hurt himself, but he also sent his entire family to jail.
"Why shouldn't I dare to come? I am a great hero in suppressing the rebellion and will soon be crowned emperor, but you are all traitors." Xie Yunzhao's smile was so evil that anyone could just want to beat him up.
The Third Prince was so angry. Why didn't he leave any evidence that Xie Yunzhao asked him to rebel?
"Don't stare at me. Shouldn't you beg me now? Beg me to leave your wife and children behind."
"Xie Yunzhao, you and I were allies, but you dumped me after the deal was done. Aren't you afraid that no one will be loyal to you in the future?"
Xie Yunzhao smiled softly: "What evidence do you have that I am in league with you?"
"Don't forget, you colluded with me a long time ago. How could I not have evidence?"
"How dare you say that? With your stupidity, if I hadn't helped you twice, you would have been killed by that idiot Li Chen. How could you have lived to get married and have children?"
"you……"
"Even though I have helped you a few times, it doesn't mean I will help you rebel, right? That's wishful thinking."
The Third Prince was so angry that his eyes almost popped out: "Yes, you are not helping me to rebel, but helping yourself!"
The more Lu Ziqian listened, the more frightened he became. They often played together, so when did Xie Yunzhao hook up with the Third Prince?
The Duke of Lu's Mansion supported the Crown Prince, but he secretly saved the Third Prince?
How many things is there that he doesn't know?
He also boasted that he took Xie Yunzhao out to play every day and didn't let him get involved in serious matters.
Now that I think about it, the only person who is playing seriously is me!
Xie Yunzhao was so scheming, which was completely different from his usual boldness and recklessness.
He closed his eyes, in despair.
"When did you find out?"
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