Li Muge angrily drew her sword and held it to Mo Yan's neck: "You dog, do you remember what I told you?"
Mo Yan said expressionlessly, "Someone has to sacrifice in this matter. It's just a flower fairy. Do you know how many people you'll kill by letting the dream demon and the wolf demon escape in order to save a flower fairy?"
"Put the sword down quickly, Mu Ge. Young Master Mo Yan is right," Little Peony cautiously advised Mu Ge.
The reason she persuaded Li Muge was also because she considered the possibility of Mo Yan and Muge switching places.
Hurting Mo Yan is the same as hurting Mu Ge.
Li Muge's eyes were sharp: "I am not like you righteous people who care about the common people. My heart is small. As long as I can protect the people I want to protect, that's enough."
"Little Peony, let's go. Don't worry, I will definitely capture the wolf demon and the demon demon and grind them to dust."
Li Muge was about to leave when Mo Yan stopped her, his voice icy: "If you want to leave, you can go wherever you want after we switch back to our bodies, but not now."
Little Peony also desperately grabbed Li Muge, not letting her leave: "Muge, I think what Young Master Mo Yan said makes sense."
Li Muge ran over and sat down next to him, puffing out her cheeks.
Reason led her to agree with Mo Yan's decision.
Yet, Mo Yan, after taking the potion of forgetfulness, seemed so unfamiliar.
Li Muge clutched her chest, feeling a strange emptiness in her heart.
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When Zhang Sheng returned home, he discovered that his mother was paralyzed, and Cui Ruyu seized the opportunity.
She took the initiative and went to Zhang Sheng crying and complaining that it was Cui Mingzhu who caused Zhang's mother to fall, and that Zhang's mother had become paralyzed.
Zhang Sheng immediately kicked open the door in a rage, wanting to settle accounts with Cui Mingzhu.
Inside the room, Cui Mingzhu's eyes reddened, and tears streamed down her face. She was as gentle and tender as a woman from Jiangnan.
If it weren't for this, Zhang Sheng might not have taken a liking to her in the first place.
"How dare you cry!" Zhang Sheng roared. "You've ruined my mother like this, and you still have the nerve to cry?"
“Husband, I didn’t cause my mother-in-law’s death. Ruyu gave me the clothes to wash. That was my intention. Ruyu is also a member of this family, so she should wash the clothes too.”
"Who knew she would call her mother-in-law out, and before she could even help her mother-in-law up, she caused her to fall and become paralyzed."
The candlelight flickered.
Zhang Sheng stared at Cui Mingzhu's fair neck, suddenly lost in thought. He couldn't quite explain how many years it had been since he had looked at Cui Mingzhu so closely.
He was, after all, a scholar who had passed the imperial examinations, but his wife only knew how to do chores and had no charm whatsoever, so naturally she did not win his favor.
Unexpectedly, Cui Mingzhu's return possessed a kind of pitiful beauty.
Zhang Sheng felt a bit dry in his throat, so he stepped forward, took Cui Mingzhu's hand, and softened his voice.
They wanted to take Cui Mingzhu directly to bed.
Cui Mingzhu scoffed inwardly, finding it hard to imagine what kind of shallow and foolish man she had fallen in love with in the past.
Zhang Sheng was about to untie Cui Mingzhu's belt when Cui Mingzhu instinctively pushed him away.
Cui Mingzhu smiled gently: "Husband, why are you in such a hurry? My mother-in-law is currently ill, and I need to keep watch over her to take care of her."
"Husband, you should go back and let your sister serve you."
Zhang Sheng was easily swayed by her gentle and considerate nature, and he thought to himself that Cui Mingzhu was truly very sensible.
In comparison, Cui Ruyu is a bit too pretentious.
My mother really needs someone to take care of her right now, and it would be too wasteful to hire someone.
"Okay, go ahead."
"Yes, thank you for your understanding, husband."
When Cui Mingzhu opened the door, her expression immediately turned gloomy.
"Strange, why didn't my husband reprimand Cui Mingzhu?" Cui Ruyu peeked from inside the door.
Unexpectedly, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
Cui Mingzhu's expression was icy: "Little sister, what are you looking at?"
"Do you think I'll be slandered by you again? Dream on," Cui Mingzhu said sarcastically, but immediately smiled when she heard Zhang Sheng's voice.
“Husband, my sister said she wants to take care of my mother-in-law one day each, with me.”
“It was all my fault before. I kept arguing with my sister. I never expected that my sister would be so filial to her mother-in-law.”
"It's no wonder my mother-in-law treats my sister so well."
"You're talking nonsense... I didn't..." Cui Ruyu didn't dare finish her sentence, as she could already see Zhang Sheng's displeasure.
Even if she really didn't want to take care of that old hag, she had to swallow her hatred and grit her teeth.
"Sister, what are you saying? This is what I should do."
Zhang Sheng was very pleased to see his wives and concubines living in harmony and being filial to their mother, and he nodded in satisfaction.
At the foot of the mountain.
The dark figure flew to Ying Yuan's side and transformed into human form: "My lord, the people of the Crimson Moon Sect have been guarding Cui Mingzhu's side these days, making it impossible for your subordinates to find an opportunity to strike."
Ying Yuan tended to his flowers and plants, watering them, seemingly unaffected, quite leisurely and carefree.
"Since we can't get to Cui Mingzhu, why not target the people around her and make them beg us to make the exchange?"
Ying Yuan looked at the phoenix flower in his hand, and some painful memory seemed to come to mind. Suddenly, he crushed the phoenix flower in his hand.
"Your subordinate understands, but Your Majesty's insight is truly superior." The shadowy figure cast a spell and departed.
Ying Yuan lived in a small courtyard at the foot of the mountain, which was decorated very simply. He walked back to the courtyard with his cane.
Looking at the peonies in full bloom in the courtyard, a brilliant plan came to mind.
late at night
Li Muge tossed and turned on the bed, unable to sleep. Fate seemed to be playing a cruel joke on her.
She had clearly severed ties with Mo Yan.
Fate, however, once again linked her with Mo Yan.
Mo Yan couldn't sleep either.
He held the gold tassel on Li Muge's hair, wondering why this tassel, which was the only keepsake his mother had left for him when she came to visit him, was in the hands of this witch.
While tossing and turning, Mo Yan accidentally touched Li Muge's chest, and he immediately blushed.
Instead of sleeping, I got up and meditated, first reciting the Heart Sutra.
next day
Li Muge woke up early in the morning and saw the heavy dark circles under Mo Yan's eyes.
He was completely stunned.
Then it suddenly exploded.
"Grandson, I'm begging you, can you go to sleep earlier? You're using my body now, and my eyes are getting dark circles."
"Hmm, what is this?" Mo Yan asked, raising his hand.
All of Li Muge's anger subsided the moment she saw Mo Yan holding the gold hairpin he had once given her.
"Hmm, this, this is..." Li Muge thought for a long time, then suddenly clutched her stomach: "Ouch, my stomach hurts so much, I need to go to the toilet."
"Come back." Mo Yan grabbed Li Muge's wrist and questioned her with the golden tassel in his hand: "This golden tassel is a once-in-a-century defensive magic weapon that can turn into a boat when it comes into contact with water."
"Li Muge, may I ask you, where did you obtain such a fine golden tassel magic artifact?"
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