The pregnant woman pressed down on the wife, and the cousin collapsed into the prince's arms.

When Su Yi'an saw Mo Yu, he was momentarily flustered, but with such a beautiful woman before him, how could he bear to give her up? Besides, he quickly realized that even if Mo Yu was his brother-in-law's servant, he was still just a servant! What did he have to fear?

He straightened his expression, adopting a dignified demeanor: "The ladies' seats are clearly in the flower hall, and this is clearly outside. I'm drunk and wanted to go to the lake for some fresh air, is that not allowed?"

Seeing Su Yi'an's expression, Mo Yu's heart sank. He knew that Su Yi'an was going to make trouble. After all, he was just a servant. How could he possibly go against the Crown Princess's younger brother?

As he looked into the distance, the figure he had just seen clearly suddenly vanished. Looking at the darkness, a sense of unease welled up inside him.

Seeing that Mo Yu was speechless after her retort, Su Yi'an felt smug and became even more unrestrained: "You should go back first, I have something to do—"

"What is it?"

A cold voice suddenly interrupted him. Su Yi'an looked closely and saw that it was Pei Jingnian coming under the cover of night. Although she couldn't see his expression, she could feel the cold anger emanating from him!

Pei Jingnian was indeed furious! Just now, when the servants reported that Young Master Su was walking straight towards the women, he already felt that his brother-in-law was not behaving properly.

Men and women should not sit together; this has been a rule since ancient times. Su Yi'an, who comes from the family of a vice minister, would surely know this.

At this moment, although he did not think that Su Yi'an was because of Shen Yunshuang, he was also furious because of his unruly and reckless behavior.

Looking at Pei Jingnian's cold face, Su Yi'an couldn't say a word, her face showing unease and apprehension.

Pei Jingnian frowned deeply, his gaze fixed on Su Yi'an with piercing intensity. "You told me you were going outside for some fresh air, but you came here on your own. I want to hear what's going on!" His cold voice pierced the night, and Su Yi'an broke out in a cold sweat.

Just as the atmosphere grew tense, a cry of alarm suddenly rang out from the lakeside, followed by a maid's frantic shout: "Oh my god, come quick and save our young lady! She's fallen into the water!"

Everyone's expression changed drastically. Mo Yu remembered who was by the lake and immediately said to Pei Jingnian urgently, "Young Master, it's Miss Biao!"

Pei Jingnian's eyes narrowed, and before he could finish speaking, he had already shot towards the lakeside like an arrow released from a bow.

Mo Yu only felt a blur before his eyes, and the young master's figure had already disappeared. Remembering that it was his cousin who had fallen into the water, he didn't recklessly follow her. Instead, he said to Su Yi'an, "Young Master, please return. The young master will take care of things here!"

Su Yi'an was still worried about Shen Yunshuang who had fallen into the water, but seeing how anxious her brother-in-law was and how he was personally going to save her, and how wary this servant was of him, she understood perfectly well what was going on.

He gritted his teeth and thought to himself, "Fine, my brother-in-law was talking to me about rules and regulations, but it turns out I'm not the only one eyeing Shen Yunshuang!"

Although Shen Yunshuang was a good swimmer, the lake water was icy cold today, which made her suffer a lot.

Pei Jingnian arrived at the lakeside and saw Xuezhi crying and shouting. The green skirt floating in the water made his heart tighten.

Without a second thought, he jumped into the water, his mind focused on only one thing: saving Shen Yunshuang.

When they brought Shen Yunshuang to the shore, their clothes were soaked. Shen Yunshuang's black hair clung to her cheeks, making her small face look even more like snow-white jade, devoid of any color.

"Yunshuang, Yunshuang!" Pei Jingnian called anxiously, seeing her eyes closed and unresponsive, having already fainted. He was even more worried and immediately took off his outer robe to wrap her tightly, saying in a deep voice, "Go and fetch a doctor to Ningxiang Pavilion, quickly!"

After saying that, he picked up Shen Yunshuang in his arms and strode towards Ningxiang Pavilion.

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Ningxiang Pavilion

The charcoal fire was burning brightly. Shen Yunshuang was helped to change into a dry nightgown, and several hot water bottles were stuffed into the quilt before her cheeks and lips regained some color.

Pei Jingnian didn't want to stay in her boudoir for long, so he gave the doctor some detailed instructions and then went to the outer room.

Upon hearing the news, Madam Wang rushed over and immediately asked anxiously, "How could she have fallen into that lake? Where is Shuang'er? How is Shuang'er?"

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Pei Jingnian, who was soaking wet and quite disheveled. The words caught in her throat. She looked him up and down, then exclaimed in astonishment, "You...you're soaking wet too?"

Pei Jingnian clenched his fist. The situation was urgent, and he had no choice but to rashly go into the water.

But his virginity was violated by him... by him.

He lifted his robe, knelt down, and said, "Mother, it was I who rescued my cousin."

Madam Wang clutched her chest, staggering two steps. She never imagined it would turn out this way—her Shuang'er! She had only wanted to find Shuang'er a good family to marry into, to give her a grand and respectable wedding, but she had never considered her own son and her…

Tears streaming down her face, Wang rushed forward and pounded on Pei Jingnian's shoulder, cursing, "You bastard!"

Pei Jingnian let his mother's fists pound on his body without even frowning. Instead, he felt a sense of relief he had never felt before—his cousin was finally his.

"My son will take responsibility for his cousin."

"Take responsibility?" Wang demanded. "You already have a legal wife, how can you take responsibility?!"

This struck a chord with Pei Jingnian. He realized that his cousin, who could have been someone else's wife, was truly wronged to be his concubine.

He felt a pang of sadness and whispered, "My son wants to take my cousin as a concubine."

Su Wanrou hadn't even stepped across the threshold when she heard Pei Jingnian's words, which were like a bolt from the blue.

As soon as the words "concubine" were uttered, a muffled thud came from the doorway.

Originally, for the sake of Shen Yunshuang's innocence, the maids naturally wouldn't openly mention that she had fallen into the lake. Therefore, when Su Wanrou saw her mother-in-law looking flustered and in a hurry, she thought that her younger brother's clever plan had succeeded and she was coming over to see the joke. However, when she heard her husband say these words, it was like a blow to the head. Her vision went black and she fainted.