Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 1263 - 1269: Exposure (4)

"No, no—don’t—"

Xiang Yun cried out reflexively, desperately shaking her head to refuse.

Lady Bai didn’t know about Mo Zili’s previous attempt to rape Xiang Yun; she simply thought her son-in-law had a change of heart and wanted to make amends with her daughter. Seeing her daughter’s refusal, she became angry and said, "Miss Yun, you’re being headstrong again. How did your mother teach you? Do you have to grieve her to death before you are satisfied?"

Madam Wu, guilty and fearful that Xiang Yun would reveal the truth about Mo Zili bullying her, quickly dragged Madam Wu into the room, urging, "Let’s go, let’s go. Give the couple some space; we shouldn’t stay here when we’re not wanted..."

Xiang Yun didn’t want to be alone with Mo Zili. Seeing her mother-in-law pulling her mother into the room, she hurriedly followed, but Mo Zili stopped her, "Xiang Yun, I have something to say to you!"

Xiang Yun turned around, her voice filled with loathing, "I don’t want to listen to you, I don’t even want to see you."

Madam Wu had reached the entrance. Hearing her daughter speak this way, she immediately halted, turned around, and sternly said, "Xiang Yun, Zili is trying to have a reasonable conversation with you. How can you be so unappreciative? Have you completely forgotten the manners your mother taught you? Apologize to Zili right now!"

Lady Bai said, "Oh, let’s leave the couple to their matters; we shouldn’t interfere. Let them argue it out." With that, she pulled Madam Wu into the room and closed the door behind them.

Xiang Yun was left outside the door. Helplessly turning around, she saw Mo Zili approaching her, and like a startled bird, she backed away in terror.

Seeing her alarm, Mo Zili stopped moving forward and softened his voice, "Don’t be afraid. I’ll never hurt you again. I’m here to tell you that the attack you suffered was almost certainly orchestrated by Lady Du. Rest assured, I will seek justice for you."

Xiang Yun simply stood tightly against the door, her rabbit-like red eyes warily watching him, clearly still shaken by the earlier incident.

Mo Zili looked at those frightened round eyes, feeling both heartache and helplessness, knowing his earlier actions had terrified her. Then, recalling how close Du Wanqing had come to killing her the previous night, his heart grew even fonder of her. He spoke gently, "You needn’t be scared. Not only will I no longer harm you, but I will also treat you even better. As long as you don’t insist on divorcing me, whatever you want, I will comply. Isn’t that enough?"

Xiang Yun had learned her lesson and naturally didn’t dare to confront him head-on anymore; she just lowered her eyelids, tightly pursing her lips, but said nothing.

Her eyelashes were long and dense, fluttering like tiny fans when cast down, exceptionally beautiful. If he didn’t have urgent matters to attend to back in the Capital, he truly wished to stay right there and watch her for a while longer.

But, he had to return to Capital immediately to get to the bottom of this matter. He wanted to personally interrogate Du Wanqing; he was determined to see how ugly a face lay beneath her gorgeous facade!

...

On the official road to the Capital, Mo Zili sat silently in the carriage, the bailiffs’ voices echoing in his ears.

"Young Master Li, Wang Cai belongs to the Mansion’s staff, doesn’t he?"

"According to his confession, the attack on your wife was orchestrated by your concubine, Lady Du. Her aim was to defile your wife and then kill her, bringing her to utter disgrace. Lady Du gave them three hundred taels of silver and a Violet Jade bracelet as a reward and promised to return the servitude contracts of Wang Cai and his sister upon accomplishment, allowing them to become good citizens..."

"Heh!"

He laughed at himself, the smile filled with irony.

Mo Zili, you pride yourself on being honorable, but in reality, you’re the biggest fool in this world. For her, you broke family rules and became a criminal in the Duke Li Guo’s Mansion; for her, you hurt your innocent and kind wife, making her hate you to the core; for her, you spent all your savings, redeemed her and settled her into a new home, bought her favorite jewelry to win her favor, and helped her repay the huge debts to Mi Fangzhai...

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