Chapter 1353: Chapter 1348: The Tears of a Daughter, So Precious

Although he didn’t know what had just happened, nor who this woman was, she definitely wasn’t the person he loved most.

The most important woman in his heart was Ling’er!

Mo Qi hurriedly dressed and opened the cell door. As he ran out, he saw the luminous pearl on the ground, quickly picked it up, and tucked it into his bosom, chasing after Leng Muling.

When he caught up to Leng Muling, she fiercely slapped him, “Mo Qi, you scoundrel! You still have another in your heart, and you even with her…”

At that moment, Leng Muling wished she had been blind!

She hadn’t seen that scene, hadn’t seen her beloved man entangled with another woman.

But…

“Wh-wh!”

Leng Muling covered her face and burst into tears.

Mo Qi, seeing her crying, felt heartbroken but did not know how to console her, “Ling’er, I just now didn’t know what happened…”

His memory told him about a person locked in the underground dungeon of the prince’s mansion; he had just wanted to resolve the doubts in his heart. But for some reason, after merely exchanging a few words with the guard, he felt dizzy as he went down the secret passage, and when he encountered that woman, he was completely unaware of what he was doing.

It was not until Ling’er’s cry that he came to his senses and realized what he was engaged in!

He truly hadn’t meant to!

“Ling’er, listen to me, Hong Lian… I only recalled this person and didn’t intend to do anything with her! Can you give me some time to investigate tonight’s events?” Mo Qi gently patted Leng Muling’s shoulder, his voice full of endless sorrow.

Leng Muling pushed him away, “What is there to investigate! Could you actually be bewitched by another woman? Mo Qi, I allowed you to have a past, to have once loved someone, but… during our time together, you said you were delighted by me! You were so firm about being with me, saying you loved only me! That you’d do anything to marry me! I entrusted my whole heart to you, yet you…”

With another woman, he had engaged in that improbable act.

How could she bear it?

How should she face her future life?

Could she still marry him?

At the Prime Minister’s Estate, what would her father, her grandfather, do if they knew?

Leng Muling couldn’t bear to think about it, nor did she dare to face it.

Everything had come so suddenly, catching her completely off guard.

Leng Muling turned around and plunged into the night. Mo Qi attempted to follow her, but was blocked by Zhuo Junli’s carriage. Zhuo Junli revealed half of his handsome face and said faintly, “Before you try to persuade Ling’er, sort out your own issues first.”

Mo Qi clenched his teeth in difficulty, “Yes, my Lord Prime Minister.”

He immediately turned back to the secret passage, wanting to investigate what was amiss.

He genuinely had no recollection…

But when he returned, aside from Hong Lian, who had dressed herself, there was nothing unusual in the secret room. Hong Lian even smiled at him, saying, “Mo Qi, here, everything belongs to you; you might not have seen me for three years, but I know I’m still in your heart.”

“Shut your mouth, I don’t recall who you are,” Mo Qi rebuked coldly, “Did you drug me just now?”

A peculiar light flickered in Hong Lian’s eyes. After all, Mo Qi was Chu Yihan’s man, very sharp. But she knew Mo Qi well too.

She pulled out a golden hairpin from her head and plunged it directly into her chest, sobbing, “If you don’t trust me, why should I even live in this world?”

“You!”

Mo Qi quickly opened the cell door and carried her out.

Seeing that Mo Qi had called for a Doctor afterward, one of the palace guards watching her shifted his gaze slightly, a trace of anomaly flickering in his eyes.

Zhuo Junli came to pick up Mu Ling, and as soon as she got into the carriage, she started crying. Her cries were so loud, and her eyes swelled like walnuts, and she hadn’t stopped.

Zhuo Junli had already left the city and returned to the temple, but Mu Ling was still crying.

Zhuo Junli knocked on the table, “That’s about enough, the daughters of the Leng family, tears are very precious.”

“Don’t cry as if they cost nothing.”

Mu Ling cried for another quarter hour, and only after Zhuo Junli had finished eating did she stop, beginning to sob as she wiped her tears, “Uncle, do I… do I still have a place to go?”

If she returned to the palace, she would surely see Mo Qi again, but having seen Mo Qi with another woman, she naturally could not be with him anymore.

But the Prime Minister’s Estate…

If she went back now, her grandfather and father would probably not even let her in the door.

“The Prime Minister’s Estate is also a place you could return to, as long as you’re healthy, you won’t be beaten to death, and as for this temple, you can stay here for a while longer, anyhow your sister is here recuperating, you helping me keep an eye on her gives me peace of mind.” Zhuo Junli spoke very calmly, without a hint of anger.

Mu Ling pouted, “Uncle doesn’t care about me at all!”

She had been crying for so long, and only Auntie had comforted her, Zhuo Junli hadn’t delayed his meal in the slightest.

Zhuo Junli took a sip of tea to relieve the greasiness, “What did I tell you before you got together with Mo Qi?”

Mu Ling scratched her head, it had been a while, and she couldn’t quite remember, but she did recall one sentence from Zhuo Junli, “Now that you have come of age, everything you do, you must learn to bear the consequences for yourself; no one else can do it for you, and you have no way out.”

That sentence, now that she thought about it…

Felt like a giant rock pressing on her chest, so heavy it nearly kept her from breathing.

Mu Ling listlessly went to a wing room, unlike Leng Shuqing, who despised this temple and the wing rooms, Mu Ling wasn’t so delicate; she closed the room door and made no more fuss.

Perhaps she was just too tired from all the fussing.

Sijin brought her dinner and some snacks, stayed with her a while, and seeing she had fallen asleep, then went out to find Zhuo Junli.

Zhuo Junli had donned a cloak, clearly not planning to stay the night there.

Sijin’s soft arms wrapped around his waist, she spoke softly, “Is the Prime Minister returning to court?”

Zhuo Junli pulled her into his arms, lifted her chin, and drew closer, whispering, “I would rather continue living carefree days with you, but if this continues, I might not be able to keep my position, Lu Mian, that fellow, has been entangled with me for years; if he wins, I won’t have good days ahead, and neither will the Leng family!”

“But what about Ling’er…” Sijin was a bit worried; though Ling’er had come of age, she was still a young girl, inexperienced in the ways of the world.

“Don’t worry! This girl is more decisive than the one lying in the room; she might be confused for a moment, but once she sorts things out, she will definitely make a decision.” Zhuo Junli took advantage of Sijin’s distraction, sealed her lips, and plundered a deep kiss.

He had already left, and Sijin still felt a bit weak in the knees.

Thinking of this man’s ruthlessness, Sijin lightly bit her lips; in her life, it seemed she was completely held by this man.

Zhuo Junli took a carriage back to the city late at night, although he had already reported to Chu Jinling and obtained his approval, at the city gates, he faced a grand refusal.

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