Jie teaches the Immortal Sweeping Heaven’s Cultivation of All Heavens

Liu Xuan fell ill.

Qin and Liu's father consulted every doctor in the city, but still could not save Liu Xuan's life.

Liu Xuan is dead.

The father, whose hair had turned white, had to send off his son with black hair, and he also fell ill.

Qin was pregnant and nearly miscarried due to the shock.

The arrangements for Liu Xuan's funeral can only be handled by Liu Huan and his mother.

As for Liu Dong, he is too young, so his mother and brother won't let him participate.

Liu Dong stood in front of the coffin, listening quietly to the sounds inside.

Although it is very faint, ordinary people cannot hear it.

But Liu Dong, who had focused his inner energy into his ears, still heard it.

There were breathing sounds coming from inside the coffin.

The people inside are alive.

He lowered his eyelids, very curious as to why Liu Xuan would stage such a fake death.

Is it because of what happened in the capital?
Who did he offend?

Is death inevitable?
Liu's father probably didn't know about Liu Xuan's plan, otherwise he wouldn't have fallen ill.

But Liu Xuan must have had helpers in the Liu family, otherwise, lying in the coffin for seven days without food or water, he would have either starved or died of thirst.

In the middle of the night, Liu Dong left her room and quietly went to the mourning hall, hiding in a corner.

After a short while, someone entered the mourning hall.

Liu Dong looked over and saw that the newcomers were Liu Xuan's pageboy Zhang San and Qin Shi's dowry maid Chunxi.

Chunxi was carrying a food box.

Zhang San pushed open the coffin lid, and Chunxi immediately stepped forward to help Liu Xuan up.

Chunxi: "Young Master, I've made fish porridge and silver thread rolls. You should eat them quickly."

As a maidservant accompanying the bride, shouldn't she address Liu Xuan as "son-in-law"?

Chunxi called him "Young Master" instead...

The relationship between Chunxi and Liuxuan is not simple.

After Liu Xuan finished eating the fish porridge, he put the silver thread rolls into the coffin and planned to eat them again the next day.

He couldn't eat only one meal a day, and it wasn't convenient to leave the coffin during the day, so he could only put some pastries in it and eat them in the coffin when he got hungry.

As long as the movement is small, no one will hear it.

Liu's father felt sorry for his eldest son, so he ordered the best coffin for Liu Xuan, which was thick and had good sound insulation.

After finishing his meal, Liu Xuan asked Zhang San, "Any news from Yu Huai?"

Zhang San said, "Manager Yu assured you, young master, that he has already found the body and will come to replace you tomorrow night."

Liu Xuan nodded: "Sigh, we have to endure it for another day."

Lying in the coffin was an unbearable feeling; he wouldn't have chosen to fake his death if it weren't for the hope for a better life later.

But when he thought about how he would have a new identity, be able to participate in the imperial examinations, and marry a noblewoman, Liu Xuan didn't feel that this little hardship was worth it.

Under Zhang San's cover, he went to the outhouse to relieve himself and then lay back down in the coffin.

Zhang San closed the coffin lid, making sure to leave a gap so that air could circulate between the inside and outside of the coffin.

After the two left, Liu Dong walked to the coffin.

He could easily close the coffin lid with a simple gesture.

There's not much air inside. Once all the oxygen is used up, the people inside will suffocate...

Liu Tong ultimately did not make a move and turned to leave.

He was very curious about the so-called Butler Yu and wanted to know who was helping Liu Xuan.

After all, although this person has some ability, he is not powerful enough to warrant such a large-scale effort to help him.

The next day, Liu Dong and Liu Huan burned paper money in the mourning hall, watching people come and go.

The Liu family was a prominent family in the area. Even though they couldn't enter officialdom, their connections were considerable.

Even local officials would not dare to offend the Liu family.

Many people came to pay their respects.

Many of them were Liu Xuan's classmates, and Liu Qiu didn't see anyone who resembled "Manager Yu." Even at midnight, Liu Qiu remained huddled in a corner.

Zhang San led three people into the mourning hall.

The two men were carrying a corpse.

Zhang San opened the coffin lid, helped Liu Xuan out of the coffin, and put the body back in.

Liu Xuan, supported by the two men, left the Liu residence.

Liu Dong followed behind them to a courtyard not far from the Liu residence.

Food had already been laid out there, along with hot water and clean clothes.

Liu Xuan immediately took a bath and changed his clothes, then came out to eat.

The man accompanying Liu Xuan, according to how others addressed him, was Steward Yu.

Manager Yu treated Liu Xuan with great respect, as if he were a second master.

Steward Yu: "Young Master Liu, the Princess has sent a letter. She went to Luocheng first and is waiting for you there."

Liu Xuan nodded: "I understand, I'll leave tomorrow."

Liu Tong raised an eyebrow: Princess? Could she be Liu Xuan's lover?

No wonder Liu Xuan pretended to be dead; he wanted to be with that princess openly and honestly, right?

Why didn't he kill Qin Shi and then marry the princess?

Even if Qin Shi is dead, according to etiquette she is still Liu Xuan's original wife.

Even if the princess were to enter the Liu family, she would still be ranked below the Qin family.

During the sacrificial ceremony, one must also pay respects to the ancestral tablet of the Qin family.

That's why Liu Xuan gave up his identity.

Could it be that he wants to marry into that princess's family?

After dinner, Liu Xuan went to rest, and Steward Yu also returned to his room.

Liu Dong sneaked into Steward Yu's room and, while Steward Yu was half asleep, used hypnosis on him.

Liu Tong: "Which household's steward are you?"

Steward Yu: "I am the steward of Prince Cheng's residence."

When Grandpa Liu was alive, he once mentioned the various powerful and influential people in the capital to his children and grandchildren.

After learning that Liu Xuan was working as a staff member for someone else, Grandpa Liu mentioned it even more often.

Therefore, Liu Dong knew who Prince Cheng was.

Prince Cheng is the current emperor's elder brother.

At the very beginning of the previous struggle for the throne, Prince Cheng broke his leg in an accident, becoming lame and thus withdrawing from the competition for the throne.

But it was precisely because of this that Prince Cheng survived the fierce struggle for the throne.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, in order to demonstrate his benevolence, he treated his still-living brother very well.

Prince Cheng wields real power; he's not some idle prince treated like a pig.

Prince Cheng's two legitimate sons were granted titles at birth.

Prince Cheng has only one daughter, who should be the princess mentioned by Steward Yu.

Princess Zhaohua was not well-known in the capital and was seen by the royal family as a well-behaved girl.

But in fact, Princess Zhaohua was a heroine, very intelligent, and more capable than her two brothers.

Prince Cheng often lamented that Princess Zhaohua was a woman, not a man.

Otherwise, Prince Cheng would definitely choose Princess Zhaohua as his successor.

Princess Zhaohua said that this was a good idea, as she could use her identity as a woman to do many things for Prince Cheng.

After all, the current emperor is a suspicious person.

Even though Prince Cheng no longer poses a threat to the emperor, he has not given up on planting spies in Prince Cheng's residence.

Both of Prince Cheng's sons lived under the emperor's surveillance, and there were many things they were unable to do.

But the emperor didn't care about a little girl, which made things easier for Princess Zhaohua.

To the outside world, Princess Zhaohua always claimed to be unwell and spending most of her time recuperating at her estate outside the city; in reality, she almost never stayed there. (End of Chapter)