"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, it is perfectly normal for a five-year-old child like Prince An's son to miss his mother. Now, let's make things clear and have Ji Tong take his sister-in-law back," Consort Lin said with a smile.
He appeared magnanimous; had he not known about the schemes of the Marquis of Ru'an's family, Zhu Jingchen would probably have believed that the Marquis of Ru'an's family was innocent.
"I beg Your Majesty to punish me. It is my fault for failing to discipline my son properly. He somehow found some aphrodisiac and made me and Lady Li drink it last night. We consummated our marriage last night. I beg Your Majesty to understand that I lost my wife at a young age and my son lost his mother at a young age. Please grant me and Lady Li this marriage that was made possible by fate. Since the heir of the Marquis of Ru'an is already married, and the Marquis of Ru'an intends to take her as a concubine, why not let me marry Lady Li as my second wife? I am willing to offer one thousand taels of silver to compensate the Marquis of Ru'an." Xu Heming said sincerely.
"I beg Your Majesty to grant the title of Princess of the Nation and Prince An to the Prince of An," Li Zhiwei quickly knelt down and said.
The decision of one thousand taels was made after their discussion, and it was intentionally intended to humiliate the Marquis of Ru'an's family.
Compared to the million taels of dowry given by the Li family, this thousand taels could be considered as the Li family giving away money to the beggars of the Marquis of Ru'an's mansion.
Upon hearing this, Lin Jitong glared angrily at Li Zhiwei. He never expected that this shameless woman would be so eager to seduce Prince An.
At this point, since Prince An had already said that he and Li Zhiwei had consummated their marriage, he couldn't bring himself to say anything about taking her back to his residence.
Lin Qihua's face darkened, and he wanted to give up, but when he thought of the dowry from the Li family, he was very reluctant to part with it.
"Your Majesty, Lady Li is my lawfully wedded wife, not a concubine. Last night's affair between Lady Li and Prince An was also the fault of the Marquis of Ru'an's family. Now, we only want to go back to the way things were. My son and I will keep yesterday's events buried deep in our hearts," Lin Qihua said through gritted teeth.
In my heart, I still decided to let my son be the cuckold.
Compared to the green hat on his son's head.
The Li family's wealth is still more important.
Perhaps the Li family would feel guilty because of this and give them more money. Thinking of this, Lin Qihua decided that this marriage must not fall through.
Lin Changzai was taken aback at first, but then he realized this as well. For the sake of the money, he decided not to argue with that vile woman, Li Shi, for the time being.
Li Zhiwei's face darkened; he hadn't expected the people from the Marquis of Ru'an's mansion to be so shameless.
She already belongs to someone else, yet this father and son still want her to marry into the Marquis of Ru'an's household.
"Father!" Lin Jitong looked at Lin Qihua with dissatisfaction. He was already unwilling to marry Li Zhiwei, and now that Li Zhiwei had lost her innocence, he was even less willing to marry her.
“Your Majesty, since the Marquis of Ru’an does not mind that I have consummated my marriage with the Prince, I suppose the heir of the Marquis of Ru’an is also deeply in love with me. However, I know that I am guilty and have no face to marry the heir of the Marquis of Ru’an.” Li Zhiwei said with a face full of self-reproach.
She had no desire to go back to that abyss of the Marquis of Ru'an's mansion.
"Li Shi!" Consort Lin called out with displeasure upon hearing this.
Lin Changzai never expected that Li Zhiwei would be so ungrateful. They had already said so much, yet she still refused to marry into the Ruanhou Mansion. How could a merchant girl who had lost her chastity have the audacity to think that she could choose whether or not to marry?
"Consort Lin, Lady Li is my queen consort," Xu Heming said with a displeased expression.
You must understand that he is Prince An, while Consort Lin is merely a sixth-rank official. He is a first-rank prince, and his wife is also a first-rank official. Logically, Consort Lin should also pay her respects to his wife.
“Your Highness Prince An, even if you are a prince, you can’t forcibly take another man’s wife, can you?” Consort Lin didn’t expect Prince An to stand up for Li Zhiwei, and in her heart she cursed Li Zhiwei as a slut.
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