"If that is truly the case, I beg Your Excellency to spare my daughter for the sake of Madam Lou."
My daughter assures you that she has no improper intentions towards you; she only desires to live.
Her eyes were filled with panic, and she seemed completely lost. She timidly raised her head and said, "If the Marquis does not agree, I will have no choice but to ask the Heir Apparent for help."
Although they were two completely different faces, the Marquis of Zhongyong could still see the expression on Lou Tinglan's face.
He finally agreed, "If you stay, you must not cause any trouble, or I will deal with you myself."
If she is truly the reincarnation of Tinglan, then she is Tingzhou's mother. How could she have any romantic entanglement with Tingzhou?
Although Tingzhou is no longer the child born to Tinglan.
Having received the promise, Cui Yihuan breathed a sigh of relief and said happily, "This humble girl will never cause trouble for the Marquis."
"The affairs of the Marquis's residence must not be revealed to outsiders."
Marquis Zhongyong remained expressionless. "Furthermore, I do not wish to be too close to the Cui family. You can only be a concubine."
Cui Yihuan nodded vigorously, showing off her cleverness, "This humble girl knows nothing about what's going on in the Marquis's mansion, but if the old lady is angry, please ask the Marquis to help her."
Originally intended as a pawn to murder her grandson, she has now become her son's concubine. The old lady must be furious and wants to tear her apart. She needs to find a suitable reason to smooth things over.
She needed a reason to become the concubine of the Marquis of Zhongyong.
Marquis Zhongyong also had this idea.
Before we find out what really happened to the old lady, it's not time to confront her directly.
Then Cui Yihuan said, "Although the Cui family gave birth to me, they have almost killed me several times, so our relationship with them is long gone."
My daughter wishes to reclaim my mother's dowry and sever all ties with the Cui family. Would Your Excellency allow her to use this as leverage?
She pressed her advantage, asking questions with extreme caution.
All of them were shadows of Tinglan. Marquis Zhongyong gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, but you must not do evil."
Whether this person is truly reincarnated from Lan or has ulterior motives, it's always safer to keep an eye on them.
Cui Yihuan obediently agreed.
Marquis Zhongyong then told her to return to the banquet first, and that he would contact her if there were any further arrangements.
The old lady's men were still watching outside the Lan Courtyard; it was indeed time for Cui Yihuan to show herself.
She nodded and left the Marquis of Zhongyong's study.
Marquis Zhongyong followed her secretly and saw that she knew the way well and did not hesitate at all when she encountered a fork in the road, and returned to Tinglan Courtyard smoothly.
He spotted a dark figure in the shadows and told him to "follow her."
He paused, then added, "Don't let anyone harm her."
The layout of the Marquis's mansion is rarely known to outsiders except by those within the mansion. And the path Cui Yihuan just walked was a small path that Ting Lansheng used to take.
Since her death, although servants still maintain this road, very few people use it.
In addition, Tinglan Courtyard had been empty for many years, and it was the route leading to his study that even many people in the Marquis's residence were unfamiliar with.
But the woman seemed to have walked that path many times before.
He held his wife's memorial tablet, "Lan'er, is it really you?"
Meanwhile, Cui Yihuan returned to the waterside pavilion after leaving Tinglan Courtyard. When she passed Ye Zhen, their eyes met, and she gave Ye Zhen a slight smile.
In fact, she had just lied to the Marquis of Zhongyong.
That was not a dream, but her past life.
She was originally Lou Tinglan, the first wife of the Marquis of Zhongyong, who had died many years ago. However, for some reason, she woke up in the body of the deceased Cui Yihuan some time ago.
As a mother, the first thing I do when I wake up is naturally to look after my son and want to stay by his side.
But the Cui family was also a den of wolves and tigers. Surviving had already taken a lot of her energy, and entering the Marquis's mansion would be no easy task.
Just then, the old lady was frequently going out, and she went to great lengths to find out that the old lady wanted to find a wife for Tingzhou.
Outsiders did not know what the old lady of the Marquis's mansion looked like, but she discovered the old lady's secret before she died.
She knew that the old woman was just as hypocritical and vicious as the Cui family, and she also knew that she would never truly choose a good wife for Tingzhou.
The original Cui Yihuan was timid and not very smart, but after years of silence, she took the opportunity to have someone spread her former reputation to the old lady's ears.
Although it attracted the old lady's attention, it also made Ye Zhen notice it.
However, she was not the old lady's most satisfactory target.
It was Ye Zhen who pushed things along, leading the old lady to choose Cui Yihuan. Ye Zhen did all this without hiding it from her, but he never contacted her.
Today is the first time they have met.
She didn't know what Ye Zhen's purpose was, but for her, this was an opportunity to return to her son's side, and she had to seize it.
Even though the mother had changed bodies, she could not appear as the son's woman, so she could only seek out the Marquis of Zhongyong again.
But a man's heart is the most unreliable. The man who had only her in his heart and eyes back then married a second wife soon after her death. She didn't know how much affection he still had for her, so she dared not reveal the truth and only dared to gamble on the matter through the dream.
Then, when the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery hesitated, he saw that he was pretending to be mature.
A narrow gamble that ended in victory.
However, promising him not to cause trouble in the Marquis's residence would be a broken promise.
He had promised to protect their child, but Ting-Chou had a bad reputation and her face was disfigured. It was Xie-Bang who broke his promise to her first.
Let her, as the mother, seek justice for her child and settle the score for her own death years ago.
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