Quick wear: cannon fodder is a bit strong

Chapter 470 The "Frustrated" Young Marquis in a World of Female Dominance 24

"No, that's not the case!"

Wei Shimu screamed shrilly:

"Don't talk nonsense! This is all slander. Someone is deliberately destroying my reputation!"

From these people's conversations, Wei Shimu finally realized the seriousness of the matter - not only were the things he had secretly written these days dug up and talked about.

It should be that the words he wrote to Lu Liluo before have somehow spread to everyone in the capital. In addition, Mo Shu has not returned yet,

Something must have happened in the meantime.

But no matter what, he couldn't admit this. Otherwise, the Second Princess might get so angry that she would strangle him to death with a white silk scarf. Even if he survived, he would never have a chance to rise in the Second Princess's mansion.

Wei Shimu knelt down again with a thud, took a few steps on his knees, and hugged the Second Princess' legs tightly:

"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

"I admit that I wrote these poems, but I just wrote them to pass the time when I was bored,"

Wei Shimu wasn't stupid; he knew the handwriting couldn't be denied. It was impossible for him to completely extricate himself from this matter, but he had to at least distance himself from Lu Liluo.

As long as he cannot prove that these poems were written for Lu Liluo, no matter how affectionate and resentful he writes them, it is just a creative method of a resentful man in the boudoir.

Anyway, he didn't mention anyone by name, so we shouldn't offend him.

So Wei Shimu cried:

"Your Highness knew that Shi Mu loved to write. How could you have forgotten all the love poems Shi Mu wrote to you?"

"At the beginning, Your Highness and I fell in love with each other and secretly decided to spend our lives together. Since then, Wei Shimu's heart has been completely devoted to Your Highness. I am willing to give up everything and enter the mansion just to serve Your Highness."

"But later on, His Highness abandoned me and got married to Luo Shijun, who looked a bit like me. Woo woo woo~"

He cried so hard that he couldn't speak, and his thin body trembled slightly, just like a crabapple branch destroyed by wind and rain, which really made people feel pity for him.

Coupled with the aura of the leading man that still existed on him at this time, the second princess felt a sense of pity in her heart.

"Shi Mu admitted that he did have resentment in his heart, which is why he wrote those sour poems. But Shi Mu has no hatred in his heart!"

Wei Shimu raised his eyes which were already red and swollen from crying:

"During this period, Shi Mu was confined to the backyard every day, and he never took a wrong step. He has done nothing wrong to His Highness, and he has no secret crush on anyone else."

"If Your Highness still doesn't believe Shi Mu, please use a white silk thread to sentence Shi Mu to death. For Your Highness, Shi Mu is willing to die to prove his innocence!"

Needless to say, Wei Shimu's desperate and retreat-to-advance approach really shocked the Second Princess. The Second Princess couldn't help but think of how she seemed to have really neglected Wei Shimu a lot during this period of time. Perhaps she really had some resentment in her heart.

I can only say that this was purely the male protagonist's halo saving his life at the critical moment.

"OK OK."

The Second Princess took two steps forward and supported Wei Shimu:

"I didn't say I was going to sentence you to death. Why are you dying and coming back to life like this?"

After a pause, the Second Princess said:

"But from now on, you are not allowed to write those sour poems or lyrics anymore."

"You understand, if these rumors spread to the palace, even I, the princess, will not be able to save you."

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness. Shi Mu knows he was wrong and will never do it again!"

Wei Shimu was overjoyed, knowing that he had escaped death, and at this moment he appeared to be extremely well-behaved and submissive.

The Second Princess continued:

"But this matter is of great importance, and I cannot help but punish you!"

In fact, this incident did affect the Second Princess, and the impact was not small. Especially recently, the other princesses have been competing with each other. After this incident, she was inevitably ridiculed whenever the sisters met.

But miraculously, because of this incident, the Queen seemed to have reduced her vigilance towards her a lot.

It's a blessing in disguise.

So the Second Princess pondered and said:

"From today on, you will move out of Lingxiao Pavilion and your rank will be demoted from Side Lord to Little Servant."

Upon hearing this, Wei Shimu's face turned pale, and the joy in his heart disappeared. However, he could not show any dissatisfaction at this time, so he could only crawl on the ground obediently:

"Yes, Your Highness. Thank you for your grace..."

. . .

In the secret room of the Duke's Mansion's study.

Under the bright candlelight, Lu Liluo and the old Duke sat opposite each other. Lu Liluo's face was no longer as stern as usual, and the old Duke was used to it.

The expressions on the mother and daughter's faces were equally solemn.

Influenced by the previous generation King Jinyang, the old Duke has always maintained a low-key stance, the less fear aroused by the royal family, the better.

Therefore, Lu Liluo's biological father, the prince married by the old Duke, was just an ordinary military doctor. Fortunately, the relationship between the couple was very good.

Unfortunately, doctors don’t treat themselves.

Lu Li Luo's father passed away when the original owner was ten years old. Since then, the old Duke never remarried, but only asked for the original owner to be named the Crown Prince.

He also became more and more doting and indulgent towards the original owner.

The Duke's Mansion today, besides the original owner, the quasi-marquis, also has the old Duke's three concubines and two young servants. There are also two concubine daughters and four concubine sons.

The two concubines' daughters were thrown into the military camp by the old duke at the age of twelve, and now they are both generals of medium status.

Three of the four illegitimate sons were already married, and the youngest, only eight years old, was raised by his father and rarely appeared in front of Lu Liluo.

In the previous life, the entire Marquis's family was executed, including this youngest bastard son. Instead, the two bastard daughters in the military camp heard the news and disappeared.

There is no way to know what happened next.

In this life, Lu Liluo has his own things to do, and he also has to do a good job of ideological work on the old Duke.

"Tell me, little girl. You've been creating this ridiculous image for yourself all this time. What exactly are you trying to do?"

The old Duke pushed the teacup in front of him, signaling Lu Liluo to speak if he had anything to say.

No one knew that privately, she had always placed high hopes on her daughter Lu Liluo and had really taught her carefully.

Unfortunately, the original owner in the previous life was bewitched by the male protagonist and fell into the boring struggle of the royal family, and all the ambitions of the mother and daughter were wasted.

Until the day he died, the old Duke never believed that the daughter he had raised could be so foolish. He thought everything was just a show.

If she knew after her death what happened to the original owner and the Duke's Mansion, she might be so angry that she would come back to life and give the original owner a good beating.

"Mother is wise. I think..."

What Lu Liluo wanted to reveal to the old Duke was very simple and very brutal, that is - she wanted to rebel.

Oh, it's not quite accurate to say it was a rebellion. After all, the Duke of Jinyang is also of royal blood, so it's also possible to say it was a usurpation of the throne.

Lu Liluo thought about it. The original owner wanted to live a good life and become someone Wei Shimu looked up to. The most reliable way to do that was for her to become the empress.