The old woman's hands trembled with fear, and the maid screamed in fear, turned around, lowered her eyes and eyebrows, and said tremblingly, "Master... Master."

Lord Wang did not hear what they had just said. He glanced at the two of them, and then was annoyed by the shouting in the house, so he waved his hand and told them to leave.

The two were pardoned.

Lord Wang pushed open the door and walked in.

With a ping-pong sound, a celadon vase shattered at his feet, accompanied by Wang Yuejiao's broken voice, "Get out!"

Lord Wang sighed, feeling helpless.

Wang Yue also saw who the person was, and her momentum instantly weakened a lot. She shrank her neck and called out guiltily: "Dad..."

She had been making a fuss for the past two months, but her father had never come to look for her. She became more and more unsure, and made more and more noises. Now that her father had come to look for her today, did it mean that things had turned around?

Her efforts these days finally paid off?

Thinking of this, she was overjoyed and couldn't suppress the smile on her face.

Lord Wang still had a gloomy face. He looked around the room, filled with grief and indignation. "What sin have I committed! I gave birth to such an unfilial daughter like you!"

Wang Yuejiao's smile froze. She felt that the situation was not as she had thought, and her uneasy heart was restless.

She lifted her skirt and stepped over the tables, chairs and unknown debris on the ground, and came in front of Lord Wang. She lost her arrogance just now. She blinked her eyes and softened her tone to act coquettishly: "Dad, I really don't want to get married. Can you think of another way? I know you have always loved me the most, and you don't want to see me depressed for the rest of my life, right?"

These words really touched Lord Wang. He thought that he was too indulgent towards his daughter, which led to the current situation. Although he was angry, he couldn't bear to see her suffer.

Seeing his frown relax, Wang Yuejiao took advantage of the situation and said, "I am only willing to marry the Second Prince, even as a concubine. I don't want to marry anyone else. Dad, please."

The word "become a concubine" made Lord Wang come to his senses. There was no way he would watch his daughter become someone's concubine.

It is impossible for Qin Guanqing to let Wang Yuejiao be his principal wife. If she wants to marry, she can only be a concubine. But she insists on marrying Qin Guanqing, and Lord Wang will never agree.

So even if she doesn't marry Xiao Jianting this time, when she is engaged next time, if the other party is not Qin Guanqing, she will make a fuss again. Lord Wang doesn't want to go through this kind of trouble again.

The Xiao family is now a favorite of the emperor. It is a great blessing for Wang Yuejiao to marry Xiao Jianting as his principal wife. How can she give up such a piece of fat meat?

Lord Wang has made up his mind and cannot be soft-hearted!

His face turned grim, and he said in a cold voice: "The imperial decree has been issued. You have to marry whether you want to or not. You have no say in the matter!"

When her attempts to act coquettishly failed, Wang Yuejiao started to act like a spoiled brat.

She cried at the top of her lungs, but not a single tear shed, "I won't marry! I won't marry! Go ahead and chop off my head if you want! I'm not afraid, wuwuwu..."

Lord Wang was furious. Strangely, he did not feel any sympathy for Wang Yuejiao's throwing a tantrum this time. Perhaps it was because the imperial edict was in front of him and the lives of the entire family were at stake, which could not be solved by Wang Yuejiao shedding a few tears.

The crying made him more irritated. He clenched his hands, and when he could no longer endure it, he raised his hand and slapped Wang Yuejiao in the face.

She was knocked to the ground and fell sideways on the overturned table. Her waist hit the table leg and her facial features were distorted in pain.

The slap was so loud that it even drowned out the crying. You can imagine how powerful the force was. At that moment, Wang Yuejiao was stunned and her voice was choked in her throat.

The grievances surged into her heart like a tide, coupled with the dull pain in her waist, tears fell like pearls from a broken string, but she did not make any sound, just stared at Lord Wang with wide eyes, her eyes full of disbelief.

If the crying just now was to make Lord Wang compromise, then the tears now are completely sincere and sad.

"Dad...you hit me?" Her voice trembled.

Lord Wang lowered his hands, his palms still hot. He was shocked that he had hit his daughter.

"Dad, you never said a harsh word to me before. Whenever I cried, you would agree to whatever I wanted. No matter how expensive or rare the thing I wanted was, you would find a way to help me get it. Why not this time..." Her tears fell even harder.

Wang Yuejiao's words were like thorns that burrowed into Lord Wang's heart.

He closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, and regained some rationality. Lord Wang said cruelly: "Whatever you want, I can give it to you, except this time!"

He shook his sleeves and turned around, afraid that he would feel soft-hearted when he saw Wang Yuejiao's pitiful look.

Turning his back, his voice became even more stern, "The Emperor has issued an imperial decree for you to marry Young Master Xiao. If you don't marry him, you are defying the Emperor's order! Do you know that if you defy the Emperor's order, your entire clan will be executed? The lives of all of our Wang family depend on you alone. Now is not the time for you to mess around!

If you still want to make trouble, I will have someone tie you up with ropes and put you in the bridal sedan and marry you off to the Xiao family!"

That's a bit harsh.

Fortunately, Wang Yuejiao threw herself on the table leg, buried her head in her arms and burst into tears. Her cry was sad and painful.

After crying for a while, Wang Yuejiao's voice gradually weakened. She raised her head and saw her father looking at her with a frown.

Her face was covered with tear marks, her makeup was smudged, and her face was covered in red and black patches, looking extremely miserable.

Lord Wang added: "You want to marry the Second Prince as a concubine, but that is absolutely impossible! Even if you marry an ordinary family, as long as you are the mistress, it is better than being a concubine!"

This means that no matter what, he would not agree to let her marry the second prince.

There was no way the Second Prince would marry her as his principal wife, so she could only give up on this idea.

Wang Yuejiao's tears dried up and her eyes gradually became numb and dull. She slumped down and hunched her back, with no posture at all.

Lord Wang knew that she had listened to his words and felt relieved.

After the slap, you'll be given a sweet date.

He squatted down, gently wiped the tears from her face, and said softly: "Since you can't marry the second prince, it doesn't matter who you marry. The Xiao family has a good family tradition, General Xiao has a great reputation, and Mr. Xiao is an upright person. Although he is a little dull, he is honest. If you marry him, you will not be wronged."

Wang Yuejiao was moved by what he said and asked in a low voice, "What if I am wronged?"

Lord Wang made a prompt decision: "Your marriage was arranged by His Majesty himself. If the Xiao family dares to bully you, His Majesty will not stand idly by. You can rest assured."

"Otherwise...if the emperor helps the Xiao family, I will seek justice for you even if it costs my life!" He said it passionately, as if he was really going to rush to the Xiao family to arrest people.

"Dad... I know you're good to me... Wang Yuejiao threw herself into his arms, sobbing for a long time, and resigned herself to her fate: "I'll listen to you, Dad. I'll marry you."

Lord Wang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with mixed feelings in his heart. The distressed emotions finally came to his mind. He patted his daughter's back, his eyes reddened, "Jiaojiao is so good..."

Just like when he coaxed his daughter to write when she was a child, he would praise her for each word she wrote: Jiaojiao is so well-behaved.

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