Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 605 Questioning the Fault (2)_1

Chapter 605: Chapter 605 Questioning the Fault (2)_1

Having said everything in one breath, Mo Yan held her breath, concentrated, and respectfully bent down, touching her forehead to the ground. She remained there with her head lowered for a long time. With this kneel, she willingly accepted her position, not for anything else but for the relatives still at home waiting for her return.

Without explanation of why she could "command beasts," nor a defense for her coincidental presence in the Savage Beast Forest, Mo Yan knew that if Emperor Huian was determined to pin the beast attack on her, even if she had mouths all over her body, she would not be able to clarify.

All she hoped was to convey that she and her family harbored no ill intentions toward the Imperial Family and express their gratitude to Emperor Huian, wishing he would drop the idea. Although she knew this possibility was slim, she could not just do nothing.

Looking at the woman kneeling motionlessly before the hall, Emperor Huian’s expression was inscrutable, leaving everyone guessing what he was thinking at that moment.

Xiao Ruiyuan watched the woman kneeling on the cold floor tiles with a chilling gaze. His hands by his sides were clenched so tightly that he tore the skin in his palm without even noticing.

The atmosphere in the hall seemed to solidify for a time, pressing down on Mo Yan until she could hardly breathe. At this moment, her heart was far from the calm appearance she showed; the back of her shirt was already soaked with dense cold sweat from her unseen back.

Outside the traveling palace, Yan Junyu absentmindedly teased Little Flower with a bone, occasionally glancing toward the door. Seeing that half an hour had passed and no one had come out, his concern grew deeper and deeper.

Without seeing Mo Yan for a long time, Little Flower was quite agitated and had no mood for Yan Junyu’s teasing. It showed its long claws and frantically dug at the ground, and in no time, a hole formed in the hard-packed earth.

The other four beasts were not much better, especially Mao Tuan, which Mo Yan had raised since it was a cub; it was even more irritable than Little Flower, stripping the bark from a large tree that required two people to embrace, leaving us to wonder whether the tree would survive.

The "ferocity" of the five beasts far exceeded the expectations of the few guards. Seeing the mess on the ground, they couldn’t help but inwardly complain. Worried that they couldn’t control the beast if they went mad, they called over a dozen more companions. Even then, they didn’t dare to get too close. If they accidentally got clawed or bitten, they would have nowhere even to cry.

Another incense stick’s worth of time passed with still no one coming out, and Yan Junyu, unable to bear it any longer, threw the bone to Little Flower and quickly headed into the palace, striding towards the side hall.

Kneeling on the hard floor tiles, though the time wasn’t long, Mo Yan felt as if an eternity had passed. Now, her knees ached slightly, and the cold from the floor seemed to pierce through her bones to the bottom of her heart.

Mo Yan was clear that if Emperor Huian was unwilling to believe her words and insisted on blaming her for the beast attack, regardless, she wouldn’t be able to escape, not just her own life, but her father and siblings, even the Li Family of three and Tang Xin, all would not escape death.

To secretly harm the emperor’s descendants was an unforgivable crime. At the very least, it would bring disaster to the entire family; at worst, it would implicate nine generations!

Thinking of her loved ones and several innocent lives that might be destroyed by her hands, Mo Yan was truly scared! She still didn’t regret going into the mountain to rescue people, but if she could do it over, she would come up with a foolproof plan rather than recklessly rushing into the arena, thus carelessly giving others an opportunity to exploit.

Sweat uncontrollably leaked from her forehead, dropping down her cheeks to her chin and plopped to the ground. Without needing a mirror, Mo Yan knew her complexion must be as pale as a ghost.

The slight trembling of her body, the sweat dripping to the floor, the bloodless cheeks, Xiao Ruiyuan saw it all. Suppressing the violence in his heart, he held back, and yet he couldn’t hold back anymore and quickly stepped to the side of the woman he loved. With a thump, without a word, he knelt on the ground.

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