The little girl's heart-wrenching cries were even more distressing and saddening, but they could not sway the middle-aged man's heart in the slightest. He forcefully kicked her!
"Shut up! You little slut, you're just like your mother! What are you pretending to be so clever for? You caused me to be demoted in middle age, divorced from my wife, and hated by my son and daughter! What have I ever done to wrong you? Since you came to my manor, nothing good has happened! You're a jinx!"
That's right, the former Minister and current Censor, who is now completely devoid of gentlemanly conduct, oh! He might not even be a Censor anymore!
The pale-faced girl on the ground pleading desperately was none other than Bai Lianhua. She was clinging tightly to the middle-aged man's legs with her small hands, crying pitifully with tears streaming down her face.
Hearing the middle-aged man list all her crimes and shift all the blame onto her, Bai Lianhua finally froze, staring at him in disbelief!
Those around were astonished upon hearing this, staring at Bai Lianhua in disbelief. How could a little girl do such a thing? The matter of Minister Chen had been a topic of conversation among the common people not long ago, and almost everyone knew about his demotion!
Hearing him say this, everyone was shocked!
Bai Lianhua was even more shocked. She never expected that this old man would publicly shift all the blame onto her, even though he was the one who did it all and she was just the one who came up with the idea.
She was furious. How would people view her if word got out? With trembling body, she released the man, her face filled with grievance and sorrow.
"How could you slander me like this, Father! My wet nurse abandoned me for wealth and status, and ultimately suffered the consequences. Everyone knows this! What does it have to do with me? I am a victim too!"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man snorted coldly.
"Ha! Who knows if you were the one who ordered it!"
Bai Lianhua burst into tears, her face filled with despair, which immediately drew everyone's attention.
"Father, that's too much! Since that's the case, then Lian'er will no longer hide it! If you say that the wet nurse harmed Father, why not say that Father was too eager for quick success and sent the wet nurse to the palace without even conducting a proper investigation, which led to your dismissal from your post!"
As she spoke, her face was filled with sarcasm and sorrow, which made the man's face turn red. He kept saying, "Shut up!"
White Lotus did not back down at all and continued to shout.
"Wasn't the reason Madam divorced Father because Father deliberately neglected her, and even slept with the maid Feihong in the end, which was caught in public by Madam, causing her unbearable grief and heartbreak, which is why she took the initiative to divorce him?!"
"Smack!"
She had barely finished speaking when the man slapped her hard across the face, leaving clear marks on her cheek with his five fingers! It looked horrifying! The force of the slap knocked her small body to the ground!
"You bitch! What nonsense are you spouting!"
The man roared, his face showing obvious guilt and anger, and then continued to drive away the surrounding people.
Bai Lianhua was stunned and couldn't recover for a moment. Since she was born, she had never been humiliated in public like this. Even that old woman Qin Qing had never treated her like this!
She was enraged! She completely tore off her mask of pretense, glaring fiercely at the back of the man who was frantically driving others away. Suddenly, she let out a scream! Her eyes were fixed on the man.
"Ah!! You hit me? Who do you think you are, how dare you hit me? You deserve to be dismissed from your post, you deserve to be abandoned by your wife and children. A piece of trash like you who thinks too highly of yourself and only knows how to shift the blame to others, what right do you have to hit me!"
Perhaps never having seen Bai Lianhua so insanely vicious, the former Minister of Chen was stunned! He had seen the little girl gentle, obedient, sensible, and adorable, but he had never seen her so terrifying. She was only seven years old, yet the malice and mockery in her eyes were so insane…
He suddenly realized that the girl had been pretending all along; this was her true nature! He felt a lump in his throat, unable to go up or down, causing him great pain. He turned pale, clutched his chest, and collapsed to the ground.
"You...you..."
Upon seeing this, Qin Qing instinctively tightened the reins. The horse neighed in pain, and Qin Qing snapped out of her daze and quickly loosened the reins. In those short ten seconds, the former Minister of Chen, who was not far away, had completely lost consciousness!
Xiao Muxing observed the whole process, but only shook his head, showing great maturity.
"If only they had known this would happen, they wouldn't have done it in the first place. Although that little white flower is no good, she's right about one thing: that old man only knows how to push the blame onto her, but he doesn't realize that no matter how capable the little white flower is, she's just a seven-year-old girl. The one who actually did all these things is that person!"
A single word awakened me from my dream!
Qin Qing was stunned upon hearing this. The complex emotions and irritation that had just welled up in her heart suddenly vanished. Yes, what did all this have to do with her?! It was all their own fault!
Thinking about it, she suddenly felt enlightened and reached out to rub Xiao Muxing's serious face.
"Yes, yes, yes! Xingxing is so clever!"
Xiao Muxing felt Qin Qing's movement and quickly pushed him away, saying nervously.
"Grandma, I'm all grown up now. My face can't be rubbed anymore, or I'll lose my dignity!"
As the grandfather and grandson conversed, the horse gradually moved forward, disappearing into the distance...
Soon, the wedding officially began. Qin Qing and Madam Wang sat side by side, smiling broadly as they drank the tea offered by the new son-in-law and daughter-in-law…
After the two were led to their bridal chamber, the wedding finally ended. What followed was a group of military officers drinking and making merry in the bridal chamber. Qin Qing had no interest in joining in the fun. After seeing Qin Zifeng and Mu Yang off in the afternoon, she handed Xiao Muxing and Xiao Muyue over to Old Madam Wang and prepared to leave.
Are you going back?
A deep voice reached her ears, and Qin Qing turned around, her eyes filled with surprise…
"General Wang Yan... what are you doing here?"
More than half a month later, the two finally met again. Qin Qing was not as eager and longing as he had imagined. Instead, he was calm and serene.
This tranquility, however, left Wang Yan feeling quite disappointed.
"It's late, let me take you home."
Upon hearing this, Qin Qing couldn't help but look up at the bright sky and the horse she had ridden in not far away... She found it somewhat amusing, but still nodded.
The two remained silent for the rest of the journey until, after walking for an hour, Qin Qing finally couldn't help but speak.
"General, this road doesn't seem to be the way home. We've been circling around here three or four times already."
Wang Yan paused for a moment, looked around, and then nodded solemnly.
"Hmm... I remembered it wrong."
Then he turned and walked down another road. Qin Qing's feet were almost black with exhaustion because the road he was walking on was still crooked and not the way home at all.
"General, please speak your mind."
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