Chapter 421 - 186: Even Scarier Than Seeing a Ghost (Part 2)

Mo Yuanlin’s lips curved slightly as his finger rested on her chin, gently lifting her face, forcing her to look at him.

Then, mercilessly, he exposed all her disguises.

"Isn’t Miss Yun here to seduce me?"

Boom...

Like being struck by five bolts of lightning, Yun Wanyao stared at him with widened eyes, staring blankly as her mind went empty, almost completely losing the ability to think.

After a moment, she came to herself, an uncontrollable sense of shame surfacing in her heart as if caught in wrongdoing.

Indeed, the Emperor could see everything.

Damn Yun Wanye, this time he really might have led her to her doom.

Yun Wanyao felt both ashamed and panicked, and in the next instant, she timidly knelt before him, pleading for forgiveness.

"Emperor, Emperor please calm your anger, this minister’s daughter admits her mistake, she dare not do so again, please forgive this minister’s daughter just this once..."

Luckily, she had practiced her pleading lines countless times on the way to the palace, so now she could plead so smoothly.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t know how badly she might stutter.

Looking at the young girl kneeling in front of him, Mo Yuanlin’s eyes flickered slightly, and he reached out to grab her arm, pulling her forcefully into his embrace.

Yun Wanyao’s body swayed as she was drawn into his arms, only stunned for a moment before hurriedly attempting to rise, but was pressed down by a large hand.

"Don’t move."

His voice was low and soothing, without a trace of coldness or hostility, yet Yun Wanyao seemed frightened, immediately calming down and daring not to move.

Seeing her obedience, he was quite satisfied.

"It’s not impossible for me to forgive you this time, but you must tell me why you suddenly intended to seduce me."

"..."

Yun Wanyao bit her lip; if she said it was for two thousand taels of silver, would the Emperor behead her?

No, no, saying so would expose Yun Wanye, wouldn’t it?

Though he coaxed her, deceived her, and led her into such a situation, and although she threatened him before entering the palace, saying if something went wrong, they would perish together...

But, after all, he is her twin brother, and such cruel words were merely said casually, she could never truly betray him.

So, rather...

Yun Wanyao’s eyes shifted slightly; since her little trick was seen through by the Emperor, why not take this opportunity to play bigger?

"Really? As long as this minister’s daughter reveals the reason, the Emperor will forgive her this time?"

"An Emperor’s word is his bond."

"Good, this minister’s daughter believes in the Emperor, indeed, today when entering the palace, this minister’s daughter deliberately sedu...seduced the Emperor~"

Saying the words ’deliberately seduce,’ Yun Wanyao couldn’t help but feel a wave of shame, but she steeled herself, taking a deep breath to say it.

"The reason is that this minister’s daughter has something to ask."

"What is it?"

Mo Yuanlin’s eyes narrowed slightly; he was curious to hear what matter warranted such sacrifice from her.

It must be something significant; for ordinary matters, she could easily approach her father, why would she need to come to him?

"I, this minister’s daughter, wants to annul the engagement with King Qi..."

After saying this, Yun Wanyao felt all her strength was drained, her entire being plunged into intense tension.

Unable to expose Yun Wanye, she had to find another valid excuse.

And Mo Yuanhao seemed to be a good excuse.

She hung her head, not noticing that upon hearing her words, he initially froze, followed quickly by a drastic change in his expression, numerous emotions like astonishment and joy flitting across his face.

"Why? Don’t you like him?"

He heard his voice quivering, oddly unstable, yet she remained unaware of anything abnormal.

Yun Wanyao didn’t know how to answer this question.

The storyline seemed too absurd and ridiculous, not something to be disclosed to outsiders.

Moreover, with the story now so unraveled, even if told to outsiders, no one would believe.

But when the Emperor asked, she couldn’t avoid responding.

After thinking seriously, Yun Wanyao finally came up with an explanation closer to her true feelings.

"Replying to the Emperor, the engagement with King Qi was arranged by the late Emperor seven years ago, back then this minister’s daughter was only seven, at such an age, how could she understand liking or not liking?"

"After the engagement was set, this minister’s daughter’s interactions with King Qi became more frequent, even if there’s something called liking, it was established only within the confines of the engagement."

Perhaps, what she liked was merely the notion of her fiancé, not necessarily King Qi himself.

That person could be King Qi or another man who matched her status.

She simply wanted to be a dutiful and rule-abiding eldest daughter of Duke Ning Mansion, wholeheartedly devoted to her future husband.