Mo Jinghao and the others knelt down to pay their respects.
Mo Bici's infatuated gaze followed Ling Jingyu, burning so intensely that it was impossible to ignore.
Ling Jingyu stopped in front of her, looking down at her, and their eyes met.
Mo Bici tilted her head back, trying her best to present her most beautiful side, and softly called out, "Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"Wow, you're so special! You've really caught my eye." Ling Jingyu's gentle voice seemed to carry a sense of novelty.
This delighted Mo Bici, who completely forgot her embarrassment, and shyly gave him a flirtatious wink, her voice even softer and more alluring.
"Your Highness."
As soon as she opened her mouth, she heard that gentle, emotionless voice.
"It looks remarkably like a bedbug."
The shyness on Mo Bici's face instantly cracked.
They are even more shameful than before.
Ling Jingyu sighed deeply, as if he himself was unforgivable.
"If I call you a bedbug, I wonder if that bedbug will curse me and humiliate me. I am truly guilty."
Mo Bici's face, smeared with mud, turned deathly pale. She collapsed to the ground, tears welling in her eyes.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince must have a lot of free time."
Ling Jingyu looked up and saw Mo Yunzhao leading a Bi'an (a mythical beast) as he walked out of the mansion with great momentum. He immediately stepped forward to approach him.
Fu Liu tactfully pulled Fu Meng aside, making room for him.
"Ah Zhao, these grapes I peeled are very fresh, eat them quickly."
Mo Yunzhao wanted to refuse, but then she heard Ling Jingyu whisper in her ear, "If you don't eat, I'll have to feed you with my mouth."
The voice wasn't loud, but the people beside him could hear it clearly.
Mo Yunlan's eyes widened. This Crown Prince had once again taken liberties with her A Zhao.
That's incredibly reckless.
Fu Liu covered her eyes; His Highness the Crown Prince was too reckless to look at.
Mo Yunzhao reached out in embarrassment and annoyance, and Ling Jingyu placed the jade bowl in her hand, saying with a boastful tone.
"Ah Zhao, I just saw the ancestor of bedbugs. It stinks terribly. I feel it's an insult to bedbugs. Do you think I'll be cursed?"
Mo Bici's face turned deathly pale, and she swayed precariously.
She looked up and saw the guards move a grand chair to the entrance of the mansion, and Mo Yunzhao sat down with an imposing air.
Ling Jingyu fawned over Mo Yunzhao from his side.
She herself knelt in front of the door, as if she were a sinner.
This humiliation fueled her hatred, and her once beautiful eyes seemed to turn poisonous.
Mo Jinghao bowed respectfully, "City Lord, Jinghao has brought my daughter and Patriarch Tu to apologize."
The crowd also said, "Lord City Lord, we have come to apologize for being misled by others. Please punish us."
"Oh?" Mo Yunzhao slightly raised his eyes. "What offense are you pleading guilty to?"
The head of the Tu family took a deep breath, knelt down, and looked sincere.
"On Qinxin Lake, I was unaware of the truth and hastily attributed the credit for subduing the ferocious beast to the Fourth Miss. This is my fault."
Although Mo Bici was unwilling, she had no choice but to kneel down and confess her sins.
“This was my fault. That day, when I saw the city lord subdue the ferocious beast, I became jealous and wanted to steal the credit, so I shot the beast with silver needles and said those things, which misled the Tu family head. But I did it for the good of the people.”
"For causing discord between you and the two heads of the family, as well as the people, I, Bici, am willing to accept all punishment."
Mo Yunzhao remained resolute; only by making sacrifices could they resolve this matter.
We've already killed one member of the Yu family; we can't afford to lose their support.
Therefore, the only option was to sacrifice Mo Bici.
The fact that he was willing to sacrifice his daughter to protect the two heads of the family undoubtedly won back the hearts of the people he had lost.
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