Chapter 870: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
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Chapter 870: The Death of Chen Ji (4)
Mo Yan refused to look up at him, suddenly reaching out and pushing the unguarded Xiao Ruiyuan aside, quickly standing up and trying to retreat back to her room.
Xiao Ruiyuan panicked and acted faster than his thoughts, grabbing her wrist tightly. "Yan'er..."
Mo Yan forcefully shook her wrist but couldn't break free from his grip. She couldn't help but turn her head and glared at Xiao Ruiyuan fiercely, "Let go!"
Xiao Ruiyuan refused to let go. Looking at her lips, which were swollen and even slightly broken, a deep regret flashed in his eyes. "Yan'er, I'm sorry!" he said, reaching out to pull the startled girl into his arms, intending to comfort her properly.
Mo Yan glared at him and stepped aside, not giving him a chance to come closer. "Go away. I'm angry now, and I don’t want to talk to you."
Whether people called her pretentious or melodramatic, this guy had forced a kiss on her despite her unwillingness, almost suffocating her. She even pleaded, but he still wouldn’t let her go. If this continues, what would happen when they’re married? She was determined to make him remember this lesson!
Xiao Ruiyuan misunderstood Mo Yan’s intentions, thinking that she truly despised him. His expression changed, and he almost slapped himself.
Noticing the regret and guilt in his eyes, Mo Yan’s anger subsided a bit. She still wasn’t willing to forgive him easily and spoke in a cold tone: "Go away. If there's nothing urgent, don’t come here in the middle of the night again. I don’t want to anger my father." She forcefully pulled her wrist from his grip and pushed him toward the door.
Seeing that Mo Yan was really upset, Xiao Ruiyuan suppressed the panic in his heart and tried his best to calm himself, quickly thinking of a way to get her forgiveness. Surprisingly, he thought of something.
"Yan'er, I have something important to tell you. Let me finish!" Xiao Ruiyuan’s eyes lit up, and he tightened his grip on Mo Yan's wrist, a layer of sweat forming on his forehead.
Mo Yan, curious about what he could possibly have to say, stopped trying to push him away.
Xiao Ruiyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and tentatively led the girl toward the sofa.
Mo Yan had just been trapped under the weight of the sofa, unable to move, so she was reluctant to go over. She looked at Xiao Ruiyuan warily and said, "Just stand here and talk."
Xiao Ruiyuan’s eyes flashed with disappointment. He took a deep breath and said, "Chen Ji is dead. This morning, he was killed by his own daughter in the prison."
When the Chen family was captured, it was close to the New Year, and in order to avoid offending the gods, the authorities didn’t execute the Chen family members immediately. Later, after Du Shi was saved by Mo Yan and secretly sent back to her homeland by Xiao Ruiyuan, she could never return to the capital. The prison was left with only Chen Ji and his daughter.
Chen Ji had committed many heinous crimes, and he was supposed to be executed after the New Year. However, Emperor Hui'an suddenly changed his mind and decided to make the culprit who had poisoned Empress Chunyi suffer endless torment and humiliation before dying. So, Chen Ji was subjected to cruel tortures in the Ministry of Justice’s prison every day, until he couldn’t endure anymore. The Physician would save his life, and then the torture would continue...
Chen Ji was dead? Killed by Chen Shanshan?
Mo Yan was momentarily stunned, and Chen Ji’s somewhat blurry face appeared in her mind. She couldn’t believe that the man who had bad intentions toward her and her family was now dead, and worse, had been killed by his own daughter.
No matter what, the heartache had finally died, which was a good thing. Mo Yan snapped back to her senses and sneered, "Hmph, letting him live this long before dying is already letting him off easy!"
But why did Chen Shanshan kill her own father? Chen Ji had treated her well in the past; otherwise, he wouldn’t have taken her along when they escaped.
As if sensing her confusion, Xiao Ruiyuan explained, "Someone hinted to that woman that as long as she killed her father with her own hands, she could leave alive."
So, Chen Shanshan, in order to survive, stripped off her filthy and stinky clothes and, without any strength to resist, suffocated Chen Ji, who had been tortured for months and had lost all his strength.
Mo Yan immediately realized whose work this was, and she felt a cold chill. Even in death, Chen Ji had to die at the hands of his own daughter, unable to rest in peace. This was a truly vicious move, and it showed how deeply Emperor Hui'an hated him.
"So what about Chen Shanshan? Will she really be let go?" Mo Yan didn’t think Emperor Hui'an was so kind. He hadn’t eradicated the entire Chen family because he had no family to wipe out, but who knew how many innocent people would die with him if he could?
Xiao Ruiyuan shook his head. "She’ll be sent to a northern mine."
Mo Yan’s face showed a trace of surprise. Was Emperor Hui'an really so kind? But even though Chen Shanshan was despicable, she was indeed innocent—she hadn't killed anyone, and her crime didn’t deserve death.
Xiao Ruiyuan noticed Mo Yan’s thoughts but didn’t say anything. That woman had nothing to do with Yan’er. Why should she know such dirty matters?
(End of chapter)
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