Chapter 214 - Mo Xuemin’s Marriage was Determined

The things that happened in the palace were mostly connected with Mo Manor, but people in Mo Manor didn’t know about it.

Mo Xuemin even knew less about it. She was pretending to be reflecting and even hadn’t got out of the yard. She was also nice to the maids and nannies. Even Mo Xiu seemed to see the gentle kind First Miss who had appeared to be before Mo Xuetong’s arrival.

Mo Xuemin thought it thoroughly and knew she had to stay humble these days and would have a chance to go back again after Sima Lingyun got punished and that incident was forgotten. Besides, she had other plans and she didn’t believe that she couldn’t defeat Mo Xuetong if she tried her best.

With Fifth Princess backing her up, Mo Xuetong would be no big deal.

However, out of her expectation, Mo Huawen rushed into her yard that night and coldly put an edict from the Empress in front of her.

Mo Xuemin lifted her face up and asked confusedly, “Father...”

Mo Huawen didn’t have any hope in this daughter anymore. He just pointed at the edict and said, “You can see for yourself!”

Today when he got into the imperial palace, at the royal study, he saw not only the Emperor but also the Empress. The Empress smilingly asked him about it and defended Mo Xuemin, saying that it was not easy for a concubine’s daughter to fall in love with Duke Zhenguo’s heir. Therefore, he shouldn’t baffle them anymore but help them!

He was so angry that he almost lost control and tried to explain.

However, the Empress let a maidservant present him with a sachet smilingly, on which wrote Min from Mo Xuemin’s name. It made Mo Huawen speechless. He had nothing to say with proof in hand. Thinking of that Sima Lingyun had a relationship with both Auntie Fang and Mo Xuemin, he felt so disgusted as there was a fly in his stomach.

Although the Empress didn’t say anything directly and just said she would help Mo Xuemin and make her the main wife in Duke Zhenguo’s Manor, she couldn’t give the edict directly and could only secretly send the edict to Sima Manor and Mo Manor to decide the marriage. Luo Xia had only been dead for two years, so Mo Xuemin still had a year to prepare. They could get married when everything was settled, which wouldn’t disgrace them.

Mo Huawen didn’t know how he had taken the Empress’s edict and got out of the palace. He just felt that everyone was making fun of him and had no mood to deal with the affairs. He went back to the manor and got into Mo Xuemin’s yard directly.

If it were in the past, Mo Huawen would care for her if he saw Mo Xuemin’s pale face and feeble posture. But now, Mo Huawen just felt furious about it and thought she was pretending to be pitiful like Auntie Fang. They both had fake masks.

The more you looked at it, the more disgusted you got.

Mo Xuemin didn’t know the reason why Mo Huawen’s face darkened. She picked up the edict from the Empress. After she read it clearly, she was astonished and screamed. “Father, why? I don’t want to marry Sima Lingyun.”

Why would the Empress order her to marry Sima Lingyun? She didn’t want to fall with Sima Lingyun and Duke Zhenguo’s manor. She still had a long way to go and would become the main wife of Ming General’s heir. She wasn’t willing to be connected with the decayed Duke Zhenguo’s manor.

Looking at Mo Huawen, she delicately shook her head and looked desperate. She wept while she talked, “Father, I don’t want to marry into Duke Zhenguo’s manor or be an heir’s main wife. I just want to accompany you, father, please help me.” She suddenly knelt down and started to cry. What a weeping beauty!

Mo Huawen asked indifferently, “Have you finished your words?”

Mo Xuemin lifted her head and looked extremely wronged.

“Now that you’re finished, you can tell me what happened that night. Why did you frame your younger sister at the palace with Sima Lingyun? And why did you stay with Sima Lingyun again out of the palace?”

“Father...” Mo Xuemin was shocked and her face instantly turned pale. She almost toppled over. Mo Huawen’s words were like a sudden thunder and made her almost fall. She unbelievably looked at Mo Huawen and quivered her lips. She made many efforts but couldn’t say a word. Her cherry lips began to turn pale.

She didn’t dare to talk about that night!

These days, Mo Huawen hadn’t asked her about it. Even when he asked implicatively, he would consider her feelings and had only punished the nanny who had let her out. She had thought if Sima Lingyun couldn’t explain it clearly, it would be settled. Her father would consider her dignity as an unmarried girl, and some problems could be ignored.

Mo Xuemin was definitely smart enough and knew the minds of men.

But now she was wrong!

When a father was annoyed and thought his woman was seduced by a man who would even marry his daughter, his dignity and pride as both a man and a father got him out of control. His face seemed cold now. When he was looking at Mo Xuemin, there was no care in his eyes as if he were interrogating a criminal.

He was so powerful and seemed to know all about the incident. But he still forced her to tell the disgracing truth in front of everyone to humiliate her!

Mo Xuemin deplorably screamed and held Mo Huawen’s clothes. “Father, it’s not me. I didn’t do anything horrible to my third sister. I didn’t do the things at the palace. I have nothing to do with Sima Lingyun... The reason why I went out that night was that I was in a bad mood... But I didn’t know why I ran into Sima Lingyun... Father, Father, I don’t want to marry him.”

Her body trembled severely and faintly fell on the ground. She murmured, “I won’t marry him. I will never marry him.”

“It’s too late. If you knew it would end up like this, why did you do that?” Mo Huawen replied coldly and threw out a sachet which fell in front of Mo Xuemin. “The Empress gave this to me and asked me to punish you. An unmarried girl should have dignity for herself and shouldn’t have ignored the rules and had an improper affair with a man.”

The sachet directly fell in front of Mo Xuemin. The exquisite images, which included the fish playing around lotus leaves, the lotus leaves, and the lotus blooms, all seemed to be ironically looking at Mo Xuemin with a pink smiling face.

Why would the sachet appear again? Shouldn’t it have been taken back? At the Repayment Temple, when they threw it back, Mo Jin picked it back for her. Mo Jin. Yes, it was Mo Jin...

Mo Xuemin widened her round eyes which were filled with desperation. Her hoarse voice carried uncontrollable emotion. “Father, no, Father, it’s fake. I don’t want to marry Sima Lingyun. I would rather die than marry Sima Lingyun. Please help me refuse him.”

She trembled and tried hard to stand up. She was mumbling, and she held the sachet in her hand as if she wanted to tear the content apart.

“Then you can die!” Mo Huawen said indifferently and went out of the yard.

He would rather he hadn’t had such a daughter. She had had improper relations with Sima Lingyun and framed Tong’er with Auntie Fang. The old man and carter who had framed Tong’er by the gate of the palace had all confessed. Mo Huawen couldn’t imagine that his first daughter, who was always his pride, would be so evil.

Although there was no sound evidence for what happened at the palace, everyone knew it was related to Mo Xuemin. Especially, what happened between her and Sima Lingyun was known to all. Mo Huawen no longer held any trust in this daughter. Maybe it’s the best result to let her marry into the decaying Duke Zhenguo’s manor!

If she had high self-esteem, she could die and end the terrible relationship between Mo Manor and Duke Zhenguo’s manor. By then he would have a reason to defend her and keep her name untainted. Then he could let Sima Lingyun take the blame.

Therefore, when Mo Huawen left, he reminded nobody to care about the accommodations and safety of Mo Xuemin. If she still cared about her reputation, she should protect her reputation and die to prove her innocence...

Behind him came Mo Xuemin’s uncontrollable shouts and cries...

Where it was sad and miserable at Mo Manor, it was quite different at Duke Zhenguo’s manor. The duchess at Duke Zhenguo’s manor happily looked at Sima Lingyun who had just been released from the jail in Ministry of Justice. The minute Mo Huawen received the edict from the Empress, the duchess also got one from the Empress, which were both secretly released.

Anyway, it was a scandal, so the Empress could only secretly solve it and suppress it down to the minimum level in case it disgraced the dignity of the royalty. As for whether there was a secret affair between them or not, it was very obvious. There was a sachet and so many people testified for it, so they couldn’t deny it!

Along with the Empress’s edict was a white jade ruler from the Empress, which were delivered to the duchess at the same time. It meant the duchess should strictly punish and discipline them. It made the duchess happy that she finally found a way to vent her anger. The little bitch, Mo Xuemin, actually wanted to push all the fault onto Yun’er and let him take all the responsibility. Additionally, Mo Xuemin even contradicted her.

When she entered the manor in the future, she would let Mo Xuemin suffer.

Looking at Sima Lingyun’s pale face, the duchess hated Mo Xuemin even more, “Son, did anyone hurt you inside? Is there anything wrong?” In the duchess’s eyes, Mo Xuemin was an emotionless little bitch. When she married into the marry, the duchess would treat her harshly.

Sima Lingyun coughed a bit. “Mother, there is nothing wrong. Just the food there wasn’t so good.” When he was caught in, he wasn’t in good health. Although the people in the jail in Ministry of Justice treated him nicely, he couldn’t relax when thinking about these problems.

They planned the entire thing together, but in the end, the blame was pushed all on himself alone. He also heard from his mother that she had begged Mo Xuemin to testify for him but was refused without hesitation. Mo Xuemin also drove his mother out, which annoyed Sima Lingyun a lot. When thinking that this evil woman would marry him and be with him for his whole life, Sima Lingyun was terribly worried.

He couldn’t marry a kind, beauty, and useful girl but that evil mean woman!

Sima Lingyun also didn’t want to resign himself to it.

But now in this situation, this would be the best solution. Otherwise, he would have no other choice but to take the blame and accusation. Thinking about that Mo Xuemin only cared about herself, there was a sign of grimness in Sima Lingyun’s eyes. It was of no other use for him to marry this evil woman except for solving the current dilemma.

He didn’t want to do such a thing which was obviously not cost-efficient...