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Chapter 710: Chapter 715: Give You Ten Thousand Taels_1
Li Zhengtian had just left when he had someone lock the door behind him.
"Let me out! How dare you do this to me? Are you really my father? How can you do this to my mother?"
Li Mu’er beat against the door, bellowing with all her might.
"The worst thing I did to your mother was raising you to be this way!" Li Zhengtian’s tone was fierce.
Ya Xian was gentle and virtuous, kind and lovely, and every move she made was filled with nobility.
Yet this daughter of his was like a crude country bumpkin, without a trace of a young lady’s demeanor.
It was he who should be questioning whether Li Mu’er was really his daughter!
"Don’t think I don’t know. You’ve married so many vixens, when do you ever remember my mother? You’d be happy to see me dead just to please those women!"
The cursing continued, and Li Zhengtian rubbed his temples in frustration.
Over the years, many women had indeed been added to his household, but his feelings for Ya Xian had never changed.
With a sigh, Li Zhengtian hurriedly left this place of conflict.
Otherwise, this rebellious girl would be the death of him sooner or later!
Soon enough, a maid came to report, "Master, the play is over. I’ve asked Qiao Duo’er to wait in the guest room."
"Lead the way," Li Zhengtian waved his hand.
Guest room.
Qiao Duo’er was growing impatient from waiting, and just as she was about to leave, the door opened.
"Mrs. Tan, please forgive my daughter in light of her ignorance, just this once," Li Zhengtian said, his face a mask of forced smiles.
To express his apology, he personally offered a cup of fragrant tea.
Today, Qiao Duo’er had almost been trapped by tea, to drink tea offered by Li Zhengtian now would indeed be insanity.
However, for Li Zhengtian to lower himself this much for his daughter was truly rare.
Qiao Duo’er took the teacup and placed it aside, saying insincerely with a forced smile, "Your beloved merely scolded me a few words, I’ve suffered no loss, I wasn’t upset to begin with."
"Madam is magnanimous. But I was referring to the matter of the drugging," Li Zhengtian said.
He glanced around to ensure no one was present before continuing.
Now everyone was saying his daughter was crude and unrefined; he had to resolve this situation.
Qiao Duo’er, puzzled, asked, "Hmm?"
"As long as you admit it was your jealousy of my daughter that led you to drug her tea, I can give you ten thousand taels of silver," Li Zhengtian said, cutting to the chase and sparing Qiao Duo from any further pretense.
His recent apologies and tea offerings were just a prelude to this proposition.
"Jealous of Li Mu’er? Jealous because she is uglier than me or because she is more foolish than me?"
Qiao Duo’er also dropped the pleasantries. She wasn’t foolish; she knew all too well what admitting to this would entail.
The Li Family might even turn the tables on her, throwing her into jail.
Why would she want to absolve Li Mu’er of blame?
Forget about ten thousand taels; she’d be able to earn that money back sooner or later!
Li Zhengtian, displeased, said, "Don’t be ungrateful when given face."
"I already have a face of my own, I don’t need others to give me one. You’d better spend more time teaching your own daughter properly, to avoid such shameful incidents in the future," Qiao Duo retorted immediately, her anger rising steadily.
She once felt moved by Li Zhengtian’s display of paternal affection, but it turned out to be a waste of emotion.
"Do you realize you would never earn ten thousand taels in your lifetime?" Li Zhengtian reminded her—it was no small sum.
Ten thousand taels could support a peasant family for several generations. Qiao Duo’er should have immediately accepted if she knew what was good for her.
"So you mean to say I should investigate why you are suddenly being so generous?"
Qiao Duo’er raised an eyebrow, quickly catching the crux of Lord Li’s words.
