Ji Shan looked at the man who saved her, blinked, and confirmed again:
"Sir, do you really want me to be your concubine?"
The fifth son of the Marquis of Cheng'an nodded. He already had a wife and he married her because Ji Shan was pretty.
Now that her makeup had been removed after being soaked in water, she no longer looked as pretty as before, and he felt a faint sense of regret.
She is just the niece of Prime Minister Mu. I am very lucky to have her as my concubine.
Ji Shan thought, then she could only save herself.
She asked him to look over with a mysterious look on her face and lowered her voice:
"My aunt fell into the water before she got married, and it's unlikely she'll have children in this lifetime. Although I'm your niece, he treats me like his own daughter. Marrying me is the best choice for you, young master."
After hearing this, the fifth son of the Marquis of Cheng'an thought it made a lot of sense, so he ran to the wife of the Marquis of Cheng'an and insisted on marrying Ji Shan.
The wife of the Marquis of Cheng'an refused to agree, and finally it was the Grand Princess who spoke up and asked everyone to disperse.
After returning to the Mu family, Su asked Ji Shan to kneel in the ancestral hall, and at the same time controlled the furious Mu Peilan.
Danruo returned to her yard and heard the news that Mu Peiyuan had returned early the next morning.
When Mu Peiyuan came back, his face was dark.
Not only was he able to stay with Liuli every day these days, but Liuli also became his woman, planning to give birth to his son to inherit the throne as the emperor's son.
How could he not be excited? His son was going to become the king of a country.
And Liuli said that she really loved him and was secretly fighting against the Ming family for him.
Originally, the Ming family planned to spread the word that Murong Yan favored that palace maid, and then let that palace maid become pregnant with Ming Liuli's brother's child, and eventually let the child with Ming family blood ascend the throne.
But Liuli turned the palace maid into an assassin, and then stabbed herself, pretending to have saved the emperor.
Just to allow herself and her child to ascend the throne.
So at this critical moment, he cannot make any mistakes.
At the morning court today, the father-in-law of the fifth son of the Marquis of Cheng'an, a minor imperial censor.
The emperor said that his niece was relying on his power to force the fifth son of the Marquis of Cheng'an to divorce his wife and remarry, which would force his daughter to death.
He immediately rushed home to deal with it, and bluntly told Ji Shan that she must become a concubine, otherwise she would have to live a life of seclusion.
Ji Shan was making a fuss, and Mu Peilan and Su were puzzled. Mu Peiyuan planned to comfort them privately, so he asked Danruo to go to Cheng'an Marquis Mansion to finalize the matter.
Su was afraid that Danruo would be unwilling and say something she shouldn't, so she sent her out in a flattering way.
A strange look flashed in Mu Peiyuan's eyes. This was not like his mother's character.
Murong Yan took the opportunity to hide in an inconspicuous corner of the eaves, intending to eavesdrop.
Seeing that only Su and Mu Peilan were left in the room, Mu Peiyuan began to explain.
He is now in a critical period, and he may even be granted the title of king or duke, so at this juncture he does not want anything that will be detrimental to his official reputation. He needs to win over the ministers in the court in order to have a good life in the future.
So no matter what happened to Ji Shan or Ji Yong, it was only temporary. Mu Peilan should stay calm and not just focus on the little thing in front of her.
Mu Peilan was unwilling, but she knew she had to obey when she should.
Then he couldn't help but tell Mu Peiyuan about his frustrations over the past few days, "Now the family is in turmoil. Not only does my mother listen to Lin's orders, she also makes me listen to Lin's orders."
Mu Peiyuan looked at Su, but Su didn't want to say anything.
But Mu Peiyuan was very persistent, and Su Shi could not resist, so she told him the story.
From Su's perspective, she was forced into a desperate situation.
Mu Peilan quickly expressed her opinion and cursed her biological father, Mu Lao San, to show that she would always be on the same page with her eldest brother.
I was so scared, but luckily she was my eldest brother's biological sister from the same mother.
After a brief shock, Mu Peiyuan soon calmed down, and all the doubts in his heart from childhood were resolved, such as why Xiucai was so nice to him.
He quickly offered a method: "I'm not very familiar with the use of bones to test paternity, but Lin's father was the Minister of Justice, so I think this method exists."
"Besides, it's better to believe it than not to believe it. I will find someone to destroy both corpses."
"Even if it did get out, there's no evidence to prove it, so I can say it's a false accusation."
Su breathed a sigh of relief as if he had found his backbone.
"My son is really smart. What about Lin? I don't think it's appropriate for her to want a divorce. It's safest to be dead."
Mu Peilan was originally a little scared about destroying her own father's body.
But seeing the expressions of her mother and elder brother, she didn't dare show it. She just wanted to burn more paper money for her father at night.
Mu Peiyuan nodded in agreement:
"I am now the emperor's most favored minister. I absolutely cannot divorce the emperor's arranged marriage. Lin can die, but her death cannot be too mysterious, and the responsibility must be borne by Lin."
Su felt that this matter was a bit difficult to handle:
"Since Lin entered the mansion, I've plotted against her many times but failed. I think she's a bit treacherous. What if I can't kill her this time? Or maybe you should just consummate your marriage with her. This woman has given you her body, and her heart is with you too. A couple is one, so she won't tell anyone."
Mu Peiyuan was firm in his attitude, "I'm already with the person I love, and I will only belong to her from now on."
Su asked further, but Mu Peiyuan only said that he would introduce her when the opportunity was right.
Now let’s discuss how to kill Lin without anyone noticing.
Before they could come up with a good solution, they heard the housekeeper's voice faintly coming from outside.
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