Listening to her daughter's heartfelt words, the pregnant Lady Hou went on a killing spree.

Inside the pavilion, Princess Changping's grip on the armrest of the chair tightened suddenly, her face clearly showing disbelief.

These are the words that Lin Mufeng would say.

"My lord, let's not beat around the bush. Your reluctance to divorce is only because you want my dowry."

Since I married into the Marquis of Anshun's mansion, the old lady has entrusted me with managing the entire mansion. From the moment I took over, the Marquis of Anshun's mansion has been a complete mess.

Over the past two years, I have gradually sorted out the Marquis's mansion, and in the process, I have contributed a great deal of my own dowry, while your family has taken a great deal from me.

You know in your heart that if I divorce you now, you won't be able to return my dowry.

While listening to Ji Shi's words, Marquis Anshun's eyes were also busy, constantly looking for the right angle to push Ji Shi into the water in one go, so that she would not have a chance to escape.

"You must have been planning to seize her dowry when you married the Yu family girl before."

"But you, Lord Marquis, are truly too ruthless. You've used the late Marquis's dowry, and the Yu family has been subsidizing Lin Tianci and Lin Wanwan quite a bit in recent years. And what have you done? You even want to take someone else's daughter's life."

It's true that there was no one around, but such a secret matter couldn't be easily spoken out even if no one was around.

"You're talking nonsense. Madam Yu died from postpartum illness, and doctors in the capital can testify to that. What makes you think that Madam Yu's death is related to me?"

"Actually, at first I couldn't understand why you would choose to harm the Yu family when the Yu family is so wealthy and the Yu family's Anshun Marquis Mansion can continuously extract more money from the Yu family."

Until later I discovered a secret.

"Aren't Lin Tianci and Lin Wanwan Yu's children?"

Marquis Anshun's heart skipped a beat.

"Tianci and Wanwan were born to the Yu family. I am their biological father. Do you think I don't know who their father is?"

"If that's the case, why are you so nervous, my lord?"

"I suppose the reason you can't tolerate Madam Yu is because she discovered your secret—that the two children weren't hers."

In the pavilion, Princess Changping sat up in surprise.

She wasn't stupid; on the contrary, she felt that everything Ji said made sense. If it weren't for this reason, Marquis Anshun would have no reason to kill Yu.

What she didn't know was that she had subconsciously come to believe Ji Yueru's words and that Yu Shi was killed by Marquis Anshun.

"Both children were born to Yu Shi. Are you out of your mind?"

Mother, you should start with the midwife.

After the child was born, the Marquis of Anshun tried to harm the midwife, but she wasn't stupid and managed to escape. She hasn't been found to this day.

"How could I dare to make things up without evidence? I unintentionally saved an old woman when I went out a while ago."

What a coincidence! That old woman was the same midwife who delivered Yu's baby years ago.

"She herself mentioned the baby swap. My lord, tell me, if I hand the child over to the Yu family, are they able to investigate and uncover the truth about the baby swap?"

"You're using the Yu family to blackmail me!"

"No, I'll use the Yu family to save my life."

If the Marquis agrees to a divorce, I can take only half of the dowry with me.

Even if you don't care about me, Your Excellency, you should at least consider the child in my womb. She is, after all, your own flesh and blood.

In her final words, Ji Yueru's voice carried a hint of pleading, but there was no trace of pleading in her eyes.

A hint of disdain flashed across Marquis Anshun's eyes, but the words he uttered were extremely gentle.

"Madam, we've been husband and wife for two years now."

As the saying goes, even a day as husband and wife brings a hundred days of kindness. I'm not a heartless person. As long as you behave well from now on, we can still live a good life together.

Marquis Anshun stepped forward without making a sound, and Ji Yueru pretended not to see him.

When the two were still three steps apart, Marquis Anshun took a big step forward and pushed his hands forward sharply.

[Mother, be careful!]

At this moment, Ji Yueru was leaning against the railing. If he pushed her over, she would definitely fall off the railing into the lake.

On the upper floor of the octagonal pavilion, Princess Changping could clearly see Marquis Anshun's movements through a specially made hole, and she couldn't help but widen her eyes and her heart jumped.

Seeing this scene from a tall tree in the distance, Xiao Ce flicked his wrist and launched a pebble.

Just as he was about to succeed and his eyes were filled with joy, he suddenly felt a pain in the sole of his foot and immediately knelt down on the ground.

Taking advantage of the break, Ji Yueru quickly left the spot where she had been standing, her tone full of disbelief.

"The Marquis still wants my life."

Marquis Anshun gritted his teeth, endured the pain in his legs, stood up, and pounced on Ji Yueru.

Upon seeing his movements, Ji Yueru quickly ran towards the pavilion entrance, where two people waiting nearby rushed to meet her.

Having missed his target again, Marquis Anshun was so angry that he pounded the ground with his fist. How could he not have known that Lady Ji could run so fast?

Seeing the man run away, he felt a surge of anger. After this incident, Ji Shi would probably be even more wary of him.

After venting his anger, Marquis Anshun got up, tidied himself up, and made sure everything was in order before heading towards the Princess's bedroom.

Not long after he left, a servant carried a ladder into the octagonal pavilion, and Princess Changping came down from the upper floor.

Wang, the old woman who had been attending to the princess, was a little worried. She had overheard the entire conversation between the couple while she was with the princess.

"Go, have someone summon Ji Shi to Wuyou Courtyard."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Before she even reached the garden, Ji Yue Ru was stopped by a maid without any surprise, knowing that Princess Changping would see her again afterward.

"An'an".

He called out but received no response from An'an, and a sense of worry crept into his heart.

"Mommy, I'm alright."

This child.

Ji Yueru shook her head helplessly and followed the maid to Wuyou Courtyard.

Upon arriving at the side hall, Marquis Anshun was informed by the maidservant guarding him.

"My lord, the princess just woke up and returned to the garden when she saw you hadn't come."

Marquis Anshun had no choice but to turn back.

I wonder how Princess Changping intends to deal with Lady Ji. Perhaps the best course of action would be to abort the child in her womb, cause massive bleeding, and ultimately kill both mother and child.

As for the child in Ji's womb, he never acknowledged that the child was his. This was a matter of a man's dignity, and he didn't tell anyone.

After everyone left, Xiao Ce climbed down from the tree, glanced in the direction where Marquis Anshun had left, and finally followed the Princess.

With Xiao Ce's martial arts skills, he moved through Princess Changping's residence as if it were his own home, and no one noticed.

Upon arriving at Wuyouyuan, a maid had already prepared tea. The tea was not strong and was suitable for pregnant women.

Ji Yueru made no attempt to be polite and sat down opposite Princess Changping.

"Try this tea and see if it suits your taste. If not, I will have the servants change it."

I picked up the teacup, smelled the aroma, and then took a sip.

"How could the tea here, Princess, be bad?"

"You're incredibly carefree; aren't you afraid I might poison your tea?"

With An'an by her side, what is there to be afraid of? An'an will be the first to sense if there is poison in the tea.

But what others didn't know was that Ji Yueru looked up at the eldest princess opposite her.

"Your Highness will not."