Chapter 181 - The Evil Beauty Employed an Artful Ruse by Inflicting an Injury on Herself to Win the Trust (2/2)

He hadn’t become the capital official by being stupid. He had keen eyes in observing others’ behaviors, but he had never used this observation at home. Thus, he ignored the abnormality of Mo Xuemin and Auntie Fang. He had only thought it was warm and harmonious at his home. Now he realized he had been cheated all the time and failed to see the truth.

He closed his eyes bitterly. Then he slowly opened them and regained his calmness, saying lightly, “After the accident that happened last night, you had no other choice but to be a concubine in Duke Zhenguo’s manor. It’s good that you are familiar with Sima Lingyun since a young age, so he would not hurt you after you marry him.”

He was very disappointed in his daughter and didn’t ask about what had happened in the palace. Anyway, her mouth was full of lies but no true words. He waved his hand and said impatiently, “Take my daughter back to Fuqing Pavilion. She is to stay there until someone from Duke Zhenguo’s manor comes for her.”

“Yes, sir!”

Seeing two guards who she didn’t know coming in, Mo Xuemin suddenly changed her expression and knew that her father was serious about it. She knelt towards her father’s direction, holding her father’s leg and crying miserably.

“Dad, dad, I don’t want to marry Sima Lingyun! A nasty man like him will ruin my whole life. You can’t just watch me fall into that horrible situation. Please save me. Sima Lingyun wanted to rape me, and I fought against him. Maybe it disgraced my fame, but I kept my virginity. Even if it was heard by others, I did nothing wrong!”

Mo Xiu cried and knelt down behind Mo Xuemin, crying and begging while kowtowing towards Mo Huawen. “Sir, sir, it was really not our miss’ fault. Our miss didn’t know who was trying to frame her. She was filial and just wanted to present you with your favorite Rose Pastries. She didn’t do anything wrong. No one would expect such a thing to happen. Sir, on every New Year’s Day in the past few years, our miss offered the pastries to you. You really can’t see how devoted she has been over the past years? Do you remember the year before last’s New Year’s Eve when our miss got out and got knocked down by a carriage? Then her arm was broken and didn’t recover for quite a while.”

On that New Year’s eve, Mo Xuemin went out to buy Rose Pastries for Mo Huawen, but somehow she was knocked down by a horse and the carriage crashed on a tree by a side of the road. Her arm was totally broken, which made Mo Huawen heartbroken. He had found a doctor and a nurse for her, and the first thing he did every day after he came back from the palace was to call on his injured daughter.

Every time he got something tasty or interesting, he thought of this cute gentle daughter first.

After Mo Xiu’s words, Mo Huawen recalled the whole thing, and couldn’t help fixing his eyes on Mo Xuemin’s arms which was tightly holding his legs. He had pulled a leg back to kick her, but the doctor had said that her arm couldn’t stand strong force anymore, and it would be difficult for her arm to recover if it got hurt again.

Anyway, she was still his daughter, and he just couldn’t bring himself to kick her.

Seeing his hesitant expression, the two guards who had been following Mo Huawen to deal with matters recognized that Mo Huawen’s att.i.tude had changed. They looked at each other and sighed quietly. They bowed to Mo Huawen and left.

“Father, I really didn’t have any love affairs with Sima Lingyun. I just ran into him and chatted with him for a while. But I didn’t expect him to be so aggressive and… I had no choice but to struggle, which caused the horse to get out of control. If you insist that I marry such a mean and horrible man, I shall have no choice but death.”

Although Mo Xuemin covered her face with her sleeves, her eyes were fixed on Mo Huawen’s reactions. She saw his facial expressions turned soft and his eyes landed on her arms. Seeing an opportunity, she cried even harder and knocked her head onto the ground. She knocked so hard that her left hand crashed on the leg of the table. She groaned and her face immediately turned pale. With the cold sweat flowing down, her body shook.

“Miss, miss, what’s wrong? Did you hurt your hand?” Mo Xiu screamed and knelt forward to hold Mo Xuemin who was in too much pain to respond.

Mo Xiu turned and begged Mo Huawen with her eyes full of tears, “Sir, our miss’ arm is hurt again. When she was getting changed, I saw her arm was swollen. She didn’t tell you because she was afraid you might get worried. Please send for a doctor to check on her, sir. Our miss’ arm can’t stand the hurt anymore.”

After her words, there was a total mess in the study!

Mo Xuetong, who was standing on the other side of the room, lifted her lips and smiled. Mo Xuemin never let anybody forget the “good” things she had done. She was sure that father would fall for her trick!

However, Mo Xuemin had used the trick so many times that Mo Xuetong wondered if it would keep working…

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