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

Two months later, Liu Hu arrived in the capital.

Liu Dong was no longer staying at the inn; with the help of the Ninth Princess, he found a small house.

The house was given to Liu Dong by the Ninth Princess; it was a two-courtyard house.

Liu Tong hired a family of three to help manage the house, do his laundry, and cook for him.

Liu Hu was a fifteen-year-old boy at the time, and he looked somewhat similar to Liu Tong and three parts similar to Liu Muxi.

He resembled Qin Shi more; he had regular and handsome features and was a good-looking young man.

Liu Hu inherited Liu Muxi's intelligence and was extremely good at studying.

However, unlike Liu Muxi, he was not cold-hearted and valued power.

With her uncle Liu Tong guiding her, Liu Hu's character is naturally impeccable.

He greatly admired his uncle, and upon hearing that his uncle was looking for him, he immediately packed his bags, bid farewell to his grandparents, and came to the capital.

Liu Hu was not afraid of the dangers along the way, and Liu Dong taught Liu Hu martial arts.

Although Liu Hu's aptitude for martial arts was only average, Liu Qiu taught him the most advanced martial arts techniques. After several years, Liu Hu's martial arts skills had become quite good.

If placed in the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he would be considered a second-rate martial arts master, not as good as Yue Buqun, but comparable to the newly introduced Senior Brother Linghu.

The next day, Liu Tong took Liu Hu out to "play" in the street, and then "coincidentally" ran into the Ninth Princess who was out traveling.

Through Liu Dong's introduction, the Ninth Princess and Liu Hu became acquainted.

After some deliberate flattery, Liu Hu developed a liking for the Ninth Princess.

But Liu Hu was truly clever, and it wasn't long before he discovered the Ninth Princess's true colors.

Liu Hu was not disappointed; on the contrary, she liked the real Ninth Princess even more.

In Liu Hu's words: The Ninth Princess's confidence and ambition made her shine and were very attractive.

Liu Tong thinks Liu Hu is a cute puppy and likes strong women.

These two are a perfect match.

After confirming their relationship, the Ninth Princess approached the Emperor, wanting to make Liu Hu her husband.

Upon learning that Liu Hu was a member of the Liu family, the emperor immediately agreed.

The emperor had a favorable impression of the Liu family.

Liu Dong's great-uncle was not only the teacher of the former crown prince, but also the teacher of the emperor—who was then just a prince.

However, the verdict against the Liu family was decided by the late emperor. Even if the emperor wanted to help the Liu family, he could not overturn the late emperor's decree and exonerate the Liu family.

He could only ask the people at the border to take better care of his great-grandfather's family.

As for Liu Tong's branch, since they were living quite well in their hometown, the emperor didn't pay much attention to them.

Therefore, they were unaware of Liu Xuan's feigned death.

If the emperor also secretly sent someone to look after Liu Xuan's branch of the family, the fact that Liu Xuan had faked his death would definitely be told to the emperor.

If the emperor then follows the clues and traces them back to Princess Zhaohua, then Prince Cheng's scheme will be discovered.

Unfortunately, the emperor was narrow-minded and only cared about his great-uncle's branch of the family, so he was unaware of what had happened to Liu Dong's branch.

Thus, the opportunity to discover the treacherous officials was missed.

Although it was a pity that the Ninth Princess chose someone from her great-uncle's branch of the family, the Emperor was still very satisfied and agreed to the marriage.

Using the pretext that the Liu family were relatives of the royal family, he issued an edict to recall his paternal grandfather's branch of the family from the border.

Because the late emperor punished the Liu family by barring them from holding official positions, even if my paternal grandfather's branch returned to the capital, they would not be allowed to enter the court. Without official positions, they might be bullied by some tactless people. It would be better to let them return to their hometown.

My great-uncle's family was overjoyed to receive the imperial decree. They praised Liu Hu, the great hero of the matter, repeatedly, and presented him with a carefully prepared wedding gift—a calligraphy piece written by my great-uncle himself—on Liu Hu's wedding day.

My great-uncle's calligraphy is superb; a single piece of his work can fetch a much higher price than Liu Muxi's paintings and calligraphy.

Liu Muxi attended the wedding of Liu Hu and the Ninth Princess with Princess Zhaohua and saw Liu Tong and Liu Huan.

Mr. Liu was too old to travel far, so his mother stayed home to take care of him. Neither of them were able to attend their grandson's wedding in person.

Liu Huan felt that Liu Muxi looked familiar, but he did not recognize her as Liu Xuan.

He didn't spend much time with Liu Muxi back then, so he didn't have a deep impression of her. Moreover, when Liu Xuan "died," Liu Huan was just a child and couldn't remember what his older brother looked like.

Ten years have passed, and Liu Xuan has long since faded from his memory.

Liu Muxi's feelings were incredibly complex, yet she also felt a sense of triumph.

The man who got married was his son! His own son!
As expected of his son, he actually seduced the princess and became her husband!
Just as good as me!
His gaze swept over Liu Dong and Liu Huan, and he gave a disdainful snort.

Liu Huan sensed Liu Muxi's malice and was somewhat confused.

I haven't offended this Lord Liu, have I?
Liu Tong: "Ignore that person. He's an ingrate and has ill intentions towards our Liu family. Don't associate with him anymore."

Liu Huan assumed it was a grudge from his great-grandfather's past, nodded, and stopped paying attention to Liu Muxi.

Liu Tong thought it was time to tell the Ninth Princess Liu Muxi's true identity.

The Ninth Princess would never allow Liu Muxi to implicate the Liu family, and she would never acknowledge Liu Muxi as her father-in-law.

The Ninth Princess will only make Liu Muxi disappear, just like Liu Xuan, completely vanish from the world.

Liu Tong glanced at the smug Liu Muxi.

Their good days won't last long.

Liu Dong saw Yi Sidao, the eldest son of the Marquis of Zhenyuan.

Yi Sidao was twenty-two years old and still did not have a wife.

The main reason was that he had been observing mourning for six consecutive years, and his fiancée, who was originally engaged to him, couldn't wait to get married.

In his previous life, the Fifth Prince arranged for the Ninth Princess to marry Yi Sidao in order to win over the Marquis of Zhenyuan.

In this life, the Fifth Prince still wants to win over the Marquis of Zhenyuan.

However, since the Ninth Princess herself chose a member of the Liu family as her husband, the Fifth Prince could only set his sights on his other sister, the Eighth Princess.

The Eighth Princess and the Fifth Prince did not share the same mother, so the Fifth Prince could only be bribed.

The Eighth Princess may seem honest, but she is also ambitious.

Her ambitions differed from those of the Ninth Princess. The Eighth Princess merely wanted to gain merit by marrying into the imperial family and become the most favored princess by the emperor, so as to obtain a title for her future son and make the other princesses envious.

Princess Bajie's mother was of low birth and not favored by the emperor, so she was dispensable in the palace.

The Fifth Prince approached her, which she saw as an opportunity, and the two hit it off immediately.

With the Fifth Prince's help, the Emperor has arranged a marriage between Yi Sidao and the Eighth Princess, and the two were married a month ago.

Yi Sidao was four years younger than Princess Zhaohua and had always been in love with her.

However, he had been betrothed since childhood and could not marry Princess Zhaohua, lamenting that he was not destined to be with her.

Princess Zhaohua only learned that she had such a devoted admirer after she remarried Liu Muxi.

She didn't mind giving Yi Sidao some sweet treats, keeping him firmly under her control.

The Fifth Prince valued the military power of the Zhenyuan Marquis's mansion, and Princess Zhaohua naturally valued it as well.

What Liu Muxi didn't know was that his daughter was actually Yi Sidao's child. (End of Chapter)