"This... you kid, the jade pendant was naturally left to her by Ayan's parents..."
Su Li did not miss the evasive look in her eyes, and was even more certain that she had asked the right person. Her mother must know what this jade pendant was about.
However, such an evasive attitude probably means there is some unspeakable secret.
"Mother, I'm telling you the truth. This jade pendant comes from the Duke of Ji's Mansion in the capital."
"What?" Su's eyes widened in disbelief, "Duke's Mansion?" That person was actually from the Duke's Mansion?
Judging from my mother’s reaction, she didn’t know where the jade pendant came from, but she should know where Su Wanyan got it from.
"Mother, tell me, what does this jade pendant have to do with my mother-in-law, or what does it have to do with Pei Ji?"
If Su Wanyan has any relationship with the Duke of Ji's Mansion, Pei Ji, as her biological son, is likely to be related as well.
"This..." Su was a little embarrassed. After all, this concerned the reputation of A Yan and Pei Ji. She couldn't...
"Mother, Pei Ji is in the capital now, and I will go there in the future. If my mother-in-law or Pei Ji really has some unspeakable relationship with the Duke of Ji's Mansion, and if someone uses this to make things difficult for Pei Ji and me, and we don't know anything, we will be in a very passive position..."
She was not exaggerating. The Jin Dynasty still attached great importance to the reputation of officials. If there was any problem with Su Wanyan, Pei Ji, as her biological son, would be implicated. If someone with ulterior motives knew about it and used it to attack him, it would have a great impact on his official career.
Although Pei Ji's background in the original novel is completely unreliable, what if there are unexpected events? Isn't she the unexpected person who traveled through the book? Who knows if there will be other unexpected events?
After hearing this, Su also felt that it made sense.
Seeing her mother's attitude soften, Su Li quickly said, "Mom, just tell me. I'm Pei Ji's wife and I won't harm him..."
"well!"
Su sighed: "Pei Ji is actually not your father-in-law's child..."
"ah?"
No way! It was even more outrageous than she thought!
At most, she suspected that Su Wanyan had some relationship with the Duke's Mansion, and Pei Ji was her biological son, so at most they had some connection. Unexpectedly, Pei Ji was not Pei Cheng's biological son!
Su continued, "I'm not really clear about this matter. I only know that back then..."
An eighteen-year-old boy, Pei Ji's biological father, was persecuted and met Su Wanyan when he fled to Sujia Village.
The two fell in love at first sight.
At that time, the young man was poisoned by a charm, and Su Wanyan was willing to save him...
After that, the two had physical contact.
After the young man recovered from his injury, he left the jade pendant to her and promised to marry her in a month.
However, Su Wanyan waited for month after month, and until she found out that she was pregnant, the boy still didn't show up.
She thought he had lied to her. Seeing her belly growing bigger and bigger, Su Wanyan became more and more sad and disappointed, and finally she wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the river.
Pei Zheng happened to run into her, and later, Pei Zheng married her...
Su Li was stunned when she heard this. Isn't this just a scene where a scumbag abandons his wife after having fun with her?
"So, the owner of the jade pendant is Pei Ji's biological father?"
Su nodded: "Yes."
"What's that man's name? Does mother know?"
"I don't know, and Ah Yan never told me either, but..." Su suddenly thought of something, "When Ah Yan gave birth to Pei Ji, she suffered a heavy hemorrhage. In her final moments, she kept muttering the word 'Ji'. We all thought that was the name she gave Pei Ji... Now that I think about it, is it possible that the 'Ji' she mentioned was the name of Pei Ji's biological father?"
Su Li nodded. Aren’t the people in Duke Ji’s Mansion all surnamed Ji? She didn’t believe there could be so many coincidences.
Then Pei Ji is the child of someone in the Duke of Ji’s Mansion, but who could that person be?
The boy who was eighteen years old twenty-three years ago is only forty-one years old now. Of course, since the other party abandoned him after having fun with him, it is possible that he lied about his age. However, since he is a young man, I believe that even if he lied about his age, it would not be too far off.
The Duke of Ji now has only two legitimate sons. The eldest son died many years ago. It is said that he was very young when he died and had never married, so he did not leave any children. The second son is the current Prince Ji, Ji Tingyou's father. Twenty-three years ago, Prince Ji was only thirteen or fourteen years old, so the age does not match. The Duke of Ji is old enough to be Su Wanyan's father, but it does not match.
Then it can only be someone else in the Duke Ji's Mansion, such as a concubine's descendant or a side branch of the Ji family. Since they have the jade pendant, they should also be members of the Ji family. However, she doesn't know who the concubine's descendants or side branches of the Ji family are, and the original book doesn't list the entire Ji family clan.
Su Li always felt that since Su Wanyan was able to give the jade pendant that represented her identity, the other party was unlikely to do such a thing as abandoning her.
But it was useless for her to guess here now. She would wait and see when she got to the capital.
"Mom, I know what's going on..."
The mother and daughter talked for a while, and Su Li mentioned that she was going to the capital the day after tomorrow, and asked her family members not to see her off. Then she got in the carriage that was still waiting for her outside the Su family's door and returned to the town.
As soon as I got home, there was a knock on the door.
The voice was loud and urgent. Su Li thought someone was looking for her for something urgent. She hurriedly opened the door and saw that it was Zhang Yaoyue again.
She saw her red eyes staring at her resentfully.
She couldn't help but frown. What was going on?
"My parents have arranged a marriage for me!"
“…”
"Then what? What does it have to do with me?" She almost laughed speechlessly.
"They won't let me marry Brother Pei. Are you satisfied now? You can monopolize Brother Pei forever. Are you satisfied?"
“…”What a train of thought!
Ten thousand alpacas raced through Su Li's mind. What kind of a thing was this? A programmed NPC?
"It's all your fault! If you hadn't been in the way, why wouldn't Brother Pei have married me? If it hadn't been for you..."
"So you're going to find someone to destroy my innocence? So you think that if I'm gone, Pei Ji will be yours?"
"You deserve to die!" Zhang Yaoyue stared at Su Li viciously.
She shouldn't have let Yang Wen find someone to destroy her innocence. She should have had someone kill her! As long as she died, Brother Pei wouldn't be so indifferent to her, and her parents wouldn't arrange a marriage for her or force her to marry. Even if she threatened to commit suicide, it would be useless. Her parents even locked her up at home and wouldn't let her go to Brother Pei.
It’s all because of her…
This bitch deserves to die!
She took out the dagger hidden on her body, raised her hands and stabbed Su Li like crazy: "You die!"
"Crazy woman!" Su Li was not surprised at all that she would behave like this. After all, she was capable of doing such a vicious thing as hiring someone to insult her innocence, so it was no surprise that she wanted to kill her.
The corners of her mouth curled up slightly. She was lucky enough to let her escape last time, and she was worried that she would not have a chance to "repay" her, but today she had come to her door.
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