He remarried after his mother's death, seized power over the world, and slept on the emperor�

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chengxuan was greatly alarmed.

He suddenly remembered that in that brief glance he had just taken, the title on the official letter was indeed "King"!

He felt a wave of fear wash over him, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his back.

In my previous life, because of these two mere words, my father was enraged by the Emperor of Beidi in the Golden Hall and was denounced as "disrespectful," almost having his head chopped off on the spot!

It was only through Ji Ling's intervention that his life was saved, but this incident also put the Great Zhou at a complete disadvantage in the negotiations!

In this lifetime, she must never let such a thing happen again!

Looking at his daughter's determined eyes, Jiang Chengxuan was both surprised and suspicious.

"Yuerong...how did you find out about this?"

"I only just saw the contents of this letter of state!"

Jiang Yuerong's heart skipped a beat, but she had already prepared her words.

She lowered her eyes, looking worried.

"My daughter overheard the Northern Di soldiers chatting along the way, and that's what she heard."

"They all say the emperor is majestic and values ​​etiquette above all else. I just think that since we've come from afar, it's always right to be more courteous."

Looking at his daughter's well-behaved and sensible appearance, Jiang Chengxuan's doubts vanished instantly.

He sighed deeply, his eyes filled with approval and satisfaction.

"Okay, okay!"

"My Yue Rong is so meticulous and thoughtful!"

"You're right! I'll go and change it right away!"

"You're such a sweet little angel to your father!"

After saying that, he turned and left in a hurry.

Watching her father's departing figure, Jiang Yuerong's obedient and worried expression vanished instantly.

Instead, there was an almost distorted excitement and pleasure.

She slowly walked to the bronze mirror, looked at her beautiful face in the mirror, and the corners of her mouth gradually turned up.

In her previous life, she made a complete fool of herself at a palace banquet, becoming the laughingstock of the entire capital.

In this life, fortunes have turned!

She revised the official document, which greatly benefited her father, and he will surely value her even more.

And Jiang Bingning...

She could already imagine what a spectacular scene it would be when Jiang Bingning was humiliated at the palace banquet.

A malicious glint flashed in Jiang Yuerong's eyes as she gently stroked her reflection in the mirror, as if caressing a rare treasure.

"Jiang Bingning, oh Jiang Bingning..."

"The humiliation I suffered in my past life, I will make you suffer twice as much in this life!"

"I'm really looking forward to that palace banquet more and more."

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Guest rooms in the courtyard of the Dowager Princess at the Prince Xin's Mansion.

The atmosphere inside the room was so oppressive it was almost stifling.

Jiang Bingning sat upright, her gaze fixed on a certain point in the void.

Ji Chengyun sat opposite her, his face solemn and silent.

Grandmother and Ji Ling have already left.

Before leaving, his grandmother only told him to rest well.

Ji Ling simply gave him a deep look and said nothing.

Then, the two of them returned to the guest room.

Eyes wide open.

Chun Tao, standing to the side, kept her head down and even her breathing was extremely light and slow.

After an unknown amount of time, the suffocating silence was finally broken.

"cough."

Ji Chengyun cleared his throat and spoke first.

His voice was somewhat hoarse.

"I admit, I am curious."

He looked at Jiang Bingning, his eyes filled with an indescribable complexity.

"About...your mother."

"It's absurd to say, but my father and mother have been married for many years, yet he has always had someone else in his heart."

"When my mother was alive, I knew that there was a painting in my father's study that was never shown to anyone, and the person in the painting was Liu Jingyi."

Ji Chengyun gave a self-deprecating laugh, a bitter smile in it.

"I don't know the specifics of what happened back then."

"I just want to tell you that the grudges of the previous generation have nothing to do with you and me."

His gaze became calm.

I harbor no hatred towards you.

Jiang Bingning slowly raised her eyelids to meet his gaze.

"I don't care about the Prince's status."

She placed the cold tea she was holding on the table.

"Now, we have more important things to do."

As she spoke, she pulled out several folded sheets of paper from her sleeve and spread them out on the table.

"I've checked, and most of the people who served your mother back then have disappeared after she passed away."

Ji Chengyun's gaze was immediately drawn to the name on the letter.

"They were either sold off, died suddenly from a serious illness, or even accidentally fell into the water."

Ji Chengyun said angrily, "I was young at the time. I investigated those who died suddenly from acute illnesses, but I couldn't find any information. As for the one who accidentally fell into the water..."

Ji Chengyun paused for a moment. It wasn't an accidental fall into the water; he had clearly knocked the man into the water.

When his mother passed away unexpectedly, he was still grieving, while his father was drunk all day and didn't care about anything at home.

That damned guard was actually a spy who wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the palace to steal my two younger siblings. He was discovered and beaten to death in the water.

"There won't be any problem, you don't need to worry about it." Ji Chengyun didn't tell Jiang Bingning about this, perhaps because the spy was from the Zhou family.

Jiang Bingning, without suspicion, nodded.

Her finger then touched another name.

"One of the head maids, named Hanzhi, mysteriously disappeared three months after your mother's death."

Do you remember this person?

"Hanzhi..."

Ji Chengyun's pupils suddenly contracted.

In my mind, a blurry figure instantly became clear.

She was a girl who always wore her hair in two buns and had two shallow dimples when she smiled.

"I remember her!"

Ji Chengyun's voice involuntarily rose a few decibels.

"Hanzhi is my mother's most trusted personal maid. She has been by my mother's side since I can remember."

"When I was a child, I was naughty and often played pranks on her, but she never got angry. She would always smile and hand me a piece of osmanthus cake."

Memories flooded back, and Ji Chengyun's gaze became distant, only to be overwhelmed by regret.

"After my mother passed away, she completely changed."

He tried hard to recall.

"She used to be such a cheerful person, but during that time she was always suspicious and would often hide in a corner and stare blankly. Sometimes when I talked to her, she would shudder in fright."

"At the time, I just assumed she was overly heartbroken and didn't think much of it..."

As Ji Chengyun finished speaking, he suddenly clenched his fist.

"Looking back now, it wasn't sadness, it was clearly fear!"

"She must have found out something! Something that could cost her her life, that's why she's so constantly on edge!"

"So much so that when she mysteriously disappeared later, I simply assumed she was homesick and ran away on her own!"

Ji Chengyun suddenly stood up.

"I was so incredibly stupid!"

He turned to walk out.

"I'll have people investigate right away! Turn the entire Northern Di territory upside down, find her for me!"

"etc."

A cool hand pressed against his arm.

Ji Chengyun paused in his steps.

Jiang Bingning shook her head, her voice frighteningly calm.

"You can't go now."