Xu Jinyi scoffed, "What do you want to say? Isn't this child yours?"

"Or is it that you, Master Lu, have the guts to do it, but don't have the guts to admit it?!"

Maybe it was because she was beaten too hard, but Liusu fainted. When the doctor came, Xu Jinyi and the others walked out of the door.

Seeing her cold expression, Lu Haoran smiled bitterly: "Xiao Jin, you've never loved me, have you? Otherwise, why would your attitude towards me change so much?"

"Why do you let go so easily and just turn around and leave? Why don't you want to come back to me?" Lu Haoran's voice was filled with resentment.

Xu Jinyi stood up, his eyes slightly intimidating: "You said it so nicely, but to outsiders, those who don't know would think that you, the prince, love me, and it was me who abandoned you out of my loyalty."

"Actually! Lu Haoran, ask yourself, do you... love me?"

Lu Haoran looked at the stunning face in front of him and quickly replied, "Of course I love you!"

Xu Jinyi sneered, "Love? Just because of you? Lu Haoran, you're just unwilling to accept what happened to me. You're unwilling to accept that I'm out of your control, and you're unwilling to accept that I didn't follow your plan."

"Liu Su has already confessed. Your family had actually heard rumors that something bad was going to happen to my family a long time ago, and they deliberately tried to force me to submit after the wedding ceremony and demote my wife to a concubine."

"It's to take my dowry and trap me to death in your house."

Lu Haoran took two steps back in shock. He didn't expect that Xu Jinyi knew everything.

"That's not the case. No, I'm not like that. That's my mother's own idea. I haven't thought about it that way."

Lu Haoran shook his head, unwilling to admit that he was a dirty and despicable person.

"It doesn't matter whether it is true or not, it doesn't matter to me. Now Liusu is pregnant with your child, do you want to redeem her or what?"

Under Xu Jinyi's gaze, Lu Haoran ran away and even forgot to mention Liao Keren.

My mind was full of the fact that Xu Jinyi knew everything.

Just as he was considering having Liusu abort the child, the news had already spread throughout the town.

The Marquis was so angry that he even smashed several vases in the living room using the family rules.

Lu Haoran never expected that the news would spread so quickly. Before he could come up with any countermeasures, rumors forced him to marry Liu Su.

Lu Haoran came back with a palm print that was even bigger than before. Xu Jinyi of course understood what had happened.

So he deliberately asked, "Now that the prince has returned, have you decided to redeem Liusu, or are you going to give up your own flesh and blood?"

Lu Haoran didn't dare to meet her pure eyes: "Redeem me."

Xu Jinyi nodded and asked Liuli to take out Liusu's indenture contract.

"Liu Su was a slave who had an affair with a man and became pregnant with a bastard. Now that this matter has become known to everyone, it will have some impact on the reputations of Liu Li and the others."

"I'm afraid it won't be easy to find a good family in the future. Compensation is a must, so the price of the tassel is naturally not cheap."

"Then let's pay twenty thousand taels of silver."

Lu Haoran's eyes widened like bells: "What?!"

"Could it be that the Pingyang Marquisate is unable to come up with these 20,000 taels of silver? Liusu is pregnant with your first child."

Liuli looked at Lu Haoran with disdain: "Twenty thousand taels of silver is not a lot at all. Look at what Liuyun and I eat and use. Besides, the young lady has been so generous to us over the years. It's more than just these twenty thousand taels that can compensate for it."

Lu Haoran: "If I go to a matchmaker and buy a maid with a death bond, the most expensive one would be a hundred taels, but the cheapest ones are twenty or thirty taels."

"Even if she was sold to a brothel, there's no reason why she would be sold for over ten thousand taels."

Xu Jinyi stared at him in surprise. "You'd be surprised if you compared Liusu to a courtesan in a brothel. Over the years, I've spent more than a thousand taels on Liusu. Now that she's pregnant, you're trying to haggle over her price. How ridiculous."

Lu Haoran reluctantly took out the twenty thousand taels from his pocket and said, "Xiao Jin, this is all I have. Can you ask the government to drop the lawsuit against my cousin and give me Liusu's indenture?"

However, Xu Jinyi showed no mercy to him: "It's better to settle the accounts clearly. With this money, you can only redeem one woman. Who is more important, Liusu or your cousin?"

"Tell me, in your heart, who is more important among these two people?"

Xu Jinyi took more than 20,000 taels from him and let him make his own choice.

Lu Haoran laughed bitterly, "You really hate me. I choose Liusu. Can I write you an IOU for the remaining 20,000 taels from my cousin? I'll pay you back within six months."

Lu Haoran didn't want to go home and get slapped again, so he wrote an IOU, took Liuyun away and arranged for someone to pick up Liao Keren.

After getting more than 20,000 taels of silver notes, Xu Jinyi shook them proudly, split the notes in his hand into two, and handed them to Liuli Liuyun and the other one.

The two knelt down in fear: "Miss, this servant is just a maid's life, how can I use so much silver."

"Yes, Miss, we are all miserable people. If we hadn't met such a good master like you, we don't know what our fate would be now."

How could the two dare to accept more than ten thousand taels of silver? Their families only sold them for sixty taels of silver.

More than ten thousand taels, even more than what a military officer who had served in office for many years had at home, they didn't dare to accept it.

"If you don't want me to accept it, I'll save it for you. When I return to the capital, I'll buy you two small shops as dowry."

The two maids blushed immediately.

After leaving, Di Zisheng finally found the master he was looking for, and the master did not disappoint him.

She was able to see his true form at a glance, and actually had the ability to make his soul return to her body.

When he felt his soul being pulled out, he felt very happy.

Only by returning to his own body can he deal with Prince Yan openly and rescue General Zhennan. Then the day when he and his lover can be together forever will not be far away.

The first thing Di Zisheng did after returning to his body was to summon his confidants to learn about the major and minor events that had occurred in the capital in the past three months.

He focused on inquiring about the situation of General Zhennan and the princess, and frowned when he learned that they had suffered severe punishment in prison.

But he also understood that now was not the time to be anxious. The previous dynasty was in a mess and he had to sort it out.

Without disturbing Prince Yan, Emperor Zisheng returned to the Yangxin Palace, planning to have a good sleep and catch Prince Yan off guard tomorrow.

But as soon as he closed his eyes, he appeared in his dream.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Xu Jinyi lying on the bed in only a small shirt and panties, revealing her skin as white as snow. She beckoned him with a charming finger, and her flaming red lips parted slightly: "Husband, why did you come just now? I missed you so much."

Di Zisheng's heart was pounding. Was he already married to Xu Jinyi?

Thinking of this, Di Zisheng stared at the incredibly beautiful Xu Jinyi with burning eyes.

The voice was trembling with excitement: "Yier..."

"Husband, Yi'er is a little cold, come over and hug Yi'er..."

Di Zisheng could no longer control himself and pounced on him...