The subtle fragrance of cotton needles

"What's your attitude? Is this how you talk to your elders?" Xia Liu suddenly didn't know how to respond to Xia Yanxiang's words, and began to talk to Xia Yanxiang based on her attitude.

Xia Yanxiang was even more furious when she heard this, but in order to avoid giving Xia Liu an excuse, she suppressed her anger and continued calmly, "Father, I know I was wrong. However, I did not intentionally go to see His Royal Highness Prince Yuan, nor did I disrespect my second sister."

Seeing that her attitude had improved, Xia Liu did not restrain himself, but became even more aggressive: "Don't quibble. You didn't follow the rules. Go to the ancestral hall and kneel for two hours. You are not allowed to eat until you finish kneeling."

"Father!" I didn't expect Xia Liu to be so unreasonable. Could she treat her own daughter like this just because he was her father?

"Look for yourself, how many people are watching you outside, and how many people saw what you did today!" Xia Liu was so angry that he slammed the table. He walked from behind the desk to Xia Yanxiang in one step, and almost picked up the inkstone and threw it at Xia Yanxiang.

Xia Yanxiang was even more angry. What was Xia Liu trying to do? Was she going to ruin her reputation?

"Father, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to prove that your daughter has colluded with a man outside her family? Have you ever thought that if your daughter kneels in the ancestral hall today, it means that she has admitted to everyone that she seduced His Royal Highness Prince Yuan. Are you trying to force your daughter to die?"

Xia Liu was stunned, and her arrogance suddenly disappeared.

Xia Yanxiang calmed herself down and continued, "I know that you are eager to do good, but I have never had any contact with His Royal Highness Prince Yuan. You can ask anyone in the teahouse. If I have done anything inappropriate, please remove my name from the family tree. From now on, I will be considered as an unborn daughter. Of course, the reputation of my sisters will also be preserved."

Xia Liu was suddenly speechless. His Highness asked him to find a way to ruin Xia Yanxiang's reputation so that His Highness would take action. However, he did not consider that if anything happened to Xia Yanxiang, the marriages of the other daughters in the family would certainly be affected. Moreover, if Xia Yanxiang proved her innocence with her death, it would be difficult for him to explain to His Highness, not to mention the Tu family. Without any constraints, it would be even less likely that they could be used by His Highness.

Of course Xia Yanxiang would not threaten to commit suicide, she just said that to scare Xia Liu. Anyway, no matter what Xia Liu said or how badly she treated her, at this critical moment, Xia Liu would not let her die.

"You don't have to threaten me with death. If no one saw you doing anything inappropriate, it would be fine. Why do you have to try to kill yourself?" At this point, Xia Liu lost his confidence. "But you should be punished for speaking so disrespectfully to your father."

Xia Yanxiang sneered in her heart. Her behavior was upright and she had not overstepped the line in the slightest. As for disrespecting elders and her sister, it was Xia Pinxiang who slandered and insulted her first, and Xia Liu insisted on pinning the crime on her. Did she have to accept it?

No matter how much Xia Yanxiang didn't want to make a big deal out of this matter, she really didn't want to be beaten by Xia Liu and others again.

"Father, don't you have any sense?" Xia Yanxiang couldn't bear it any longer. "Why would your daughter be disrespectful to you? Didn't you force your daughter to admit that she had an affair with Prince Yuan? Is it wrong for your daughter to prove her innocence?"

Originally, Xia Liu had softened his attitude and thought he had let Xia Yanxiang off the hook, but he didn't expect Xia Yanxiang to be so aggressive and dare to teach him a lesson: "What's your attitude? How dare you interrogate your father?!"

Xia Yanxiang was even more furious: "Just because you're a father, can you be unreasonable?"

"Say it again?!" Xia Liu had never seen a daughter behave like this. She actually dared to yell at her father. She was really lawless. So this is how the Tu family educates their children? ! Fortunately, he didn't give his other children to the Tu family for upbringing, otherwise wouldn't all his children dare to contradict their biological father? !

"Father, can you not be reasonable?!" Xia Yanxiang had died once before, so why would she be afraid of this? She had obeyed these rules too much in her previous life, but she still ended up with a tragic death.

"Pa!" Xia Liu slapped Xia Yanxiang on the face, knocking her to the side.

Xia Liu still felt unsatisfied, her chest still heaving violently. When she saw Xia Yanxiang fall to the side, she pointed at her and said, "You unfilial daughter! You are going to piss me off to death!"

Xia Yanxiang's left ear was still buzzing, and a trace of blood oozed from the corner of her mouth, but she was not afraid. She wiped it fiercely with her left hand, stood up, and said more provocatively: "My father is ignoring me, so I have no choice but to use force?"

Xia Liu was so angry that she wanted to slap Xia Yanxiang again. At this time, someone hurriedly pushed the door of the study and came in: "Master, don't hit Yan'er again!"

Xia Liu's slap stopped in mid-air, and Xia Yanxiang also looked at the person who came.

The person who came was Tu. She had heard from the servants that Xia Liu had called Xia Yanxiang to the study and it should be no big deal. But another servant came to report that Xia Yanxiang was arguing with Xia Liu in the study. She was so scared that she hurried over to save Xia Yanxiang first.