This damned fatherly love was actually a stumbling block to my entering the palace!

Su Hu's chest heaved as he watched the two figures disappear through the doorway, and he spat out a curse.

"Traitorous officials and villains."

After uttering that curse, he felt the anger in his chest dissipate somewhat, and was about to summon his personal guards to clean up the mess.

Just then, a light footstep sound came from behind.

A graceful figure moved with light, delicate steps and slowly entered the hall.

The newcomer wore a simple, elegant silk dress and no makeup, yet her stunning beauty was undeniable; she was none other than "Su Daji".

She walked to Su Hu's side, her clear eyes filled with just the right amount of worry.

"Father."

"What brings those two gentlemen here just now?"

As she spoke, she naturally smoothed out the wrinkles on Su Hu's sleeves.

"My daughter was in the back room just now, and she vaguely heard some arguing in the front hall."

"But what unpleasant things did those two officials say?"

She asked the question cautiously, her eyes, like pools of autumn water, looking at Su Hu with unease.

It was all an act.

Even though they were separated by several courtyards, with her nine-tailed fox hearing, she could hear every single word of their conversation clearly.

What a great opportunity, and you just wasted it!

Fei Zhong and You Hun, those two idiots, may be disgusting to look at, but their suggestions were exactly what I wanted to hear.

If you, you old scoundrel, just nod your head, I can enter the palace today without any problem.

Once she enters the palace and meets the Human Emperor, she can begin her quest to bring ruin to the country.

Completing the task assigned by the Nuwa is just a matter of time.

When the Your Ladyship is in a good mood, any reward she bestows upon me will be enough to save me from cultivating for hundreds or thousands of years.

This is hardly the act of selling one's daughter for personal gain.

This is clearly sending her to achieve enlightenment!

But this Su Hu kept saying he "didn't want to serve others with his looks" and that he upheld the "Su Clan's integrity."

How much is integrity worth?

Can it earn me the favor of Saint?

You're arrogant.

You're amazing.

What you call loyalty and integrity is just my Great Dao!

The Grudge of Blocking the Dao is irreconcilable!

I'll make a note of this debt for you.

Su Daji's heart was filled with hatred, but her face still showed that innocent and naive appearance, like a delicate flower that had never been through the storm.

Su Hu's body stiffened.

I was so engrossed in my scolding that I forgot the girl was resting in the backyard.

He turned his head and looked at his daughter's pure and innocent face, and his anger subsided considerably. How could he allow such filthy things to soil his daughter's ears?

"Nothing."

Su Hu forced out a smile that looked more like a grimace and waved his hand dismissively.

"It's just a disagreement about some political views within the court."

"Those two have always been at odds with me, Father. They said they came to reminisce, but in reality, they came to cause me trouble."

"I've already sent him away, don't worry about it."

Su Daji rolled her eyes inwardly.

Since you want to play the role of a loving father and filial daughter, then I'll play along to the very end.

She took a step forward, her eyes instantly reddening, tears welling up, threatening to fall.

"Father, please don't lie to your daughter."

"Actually... my daughter heard everything you were saying just now."

Su Hu was taken aback, and the smile on his face froze.

Su Daji sniffled, her voice trembling with tears.

Two lines of clear tears slid down her fair cheeks, like pear blossoms in the rain, a sight that evoked pity.

The tears came suddenly, yet were perfectly controlled, neither making the woman appear disheveled nor failing to maximally evoke the man's protective instincts.

"Those two gentlemen want my father to send me to the palace to serve the King, right?"

"Father, you drove them away to protect your daughter, didn't you?"

Su Hu's body stiffened abruptly, and the smile on his face froze.

He hadn't expected that his daughter had heard everything.

Looking at his daughter like this, he felt both guilty and heartbroken, and a strong urge to protect her welled up inside him.

"Daji, don't be afraid!"

"That's wishful thinking on their part!"

"Although I am not particularly capable, I still have some influence in this Great Shang Dynasty."

"As long as I have a breath left in my body, I will never push you into that pit of fire!"

"Our Su Clan would never sell our daughters for personal gain."

These words were spoken with resounding force and deep emotion.

If the real Su Daji were here, she would probably be moved to tears and weep bitterly in her father's arms.

pity.

Standing before Su Hu was a Nine-tailed Fox who had lived for a thousand years.

Listening to these heartfelt words, she felt no emotion whatsoever; instead, she just wanted to roll her eyes.

Protect me?

Who needs your protection!

I'm going to be a femme fatale, not a naive little rabbit!

If you take me back to Ji Province, how am I supposed to complete my mission?

Su Daji cursed Su Hu in her heart, but on the surface she looked moved.

"Father!"

"Although I am a woman, I am aware of my father's current situation."

"Since those two dared to come to our door, they must be acting on the King's orders, or they must have guessed the King's thoughts."

"Although Father is upright and fearless of the powerful, our Su Clan is ultimately just a subject."

"If it's for the sake of my daughter alone, and it brings trouble to my father, my brother, and all the people of Ji Province..."

Su Daji raised her head, her tear-filled eyes revealing a resolute determination.

"My daughter deserves to die a thousand deaths, yet I am still to blame!"

"Since Your the King wishes for your daughter to enter the palace, then your daughter shall go!"

"What does my daughter's little grievance matter as long as the Su Clan is safe and Ji Province is secure?"

These words were spoken with heartfelt sincerity, deeply moving and touching.

Even Su Daji herself was impressed by her superb acting skills.

have a look.

What is righteousness? What is filial piety?

I've already gone to such lengths to "compromise," surely you old man should just give in and agree with me through tears, right?

If you just nod, our little charade of fatherly love and filial piety can come to a perfect end.

I can then legitimately enter the palace to complete my mission, wreak havoc on the Great Shang Dynasty, and everyone will be happy.

Hurry up and say yes!

However.

Su Hu's reaction completely surprised her.

"Nonsense!"

"Don't ever say such nonsense again!"

"What kind of person do you take your father for?"

Su Hu's square face was now filled with an inviolable majesty.

He stared, his chest heaving violently, as if he had been deeply insulted.

"I, Su Hu, have guarded Ji Province for decades, and I have lived up to the expectations of Heaven and Earth, and the expectations of the people."

"If I were to sell my daughter for wealth and honor to preserve my life and status, how could I, Su Hu, face my ancestors after my death?"

"As long as I'm still alive, no one can force you to do something you don't want to do!"

Even if those two treacherous villains, Fei Zhong You Hun, slander you before the King, even if the sky falls, your father will hold it up for you!

Su Daji was somewhat stunned by the shout.

no.

Is this old man missing a screw in his head?

This is wealth delivered to your doorstep, an opportunity for your Su Clan to rise to prominence. How did you come to call it a disgrace?

The human brain is truly incomprehensible.

She suppressed the urge to swat the old man away with her claws, maintaining her pitiful appearance, though her tone now carried a hint of urgency.

"But since those two officials have come, they must have received the King's decree."

"If Father insists on refusing and angers the King, our Su Clan... may face annihilation."

"What does it matter if my daughter suffers a little grievance for the sake of the Su Clan and the people of Ji Province?"

"Please let your daughter go."

"Who said it was the King's decree?"

Su Hu interrupted her directly, waving his hand decisively.

"Your the King wise and mighty."

"Having reigned for seven years, with the Four Seas submitting and the people's hearts turned to him, he is a rare and wise ruler!"

"How could he possibly commit such a heinous and depraved act of forcibly taking a court lady's woman?"

"This must have been Fei Zhong and You Hun acting on their own initiative to curry favor!"

"They're deceiving their superiors and trying to use my daughter, Su Hu's daughter, as a stepping stone for their own advancement!"

"They are deceiving their superiors and trying to ruin His the King's illustrious reputation!"

"Such a treacherous and despicable person deserves to be killed by everyone!"

The more Su Hu spoke, the more reasonable it seemed to him, and he even began to feel moved by his own words.

"If I were to truly send you to the palace, that would truly be an act of injustice against the King!"

"That would tarnish the King's glorious and majestic image!"

"As a loyal subject, I cannot stand by and watch this happen."

So, you can rest assured.

"Let's not talk about this again!"

After Su Hu finished speaking, he adopted a heroic posture, as if saying, "If the sky falls, Dad will hold it up."

Su Daji rolled her eyes inwardly.

Is this old man's head filled with mush?

The King and mighty? A sage ruler?

That guy who dared to write a poem blasphemous about the Saint at the Nuwa Temple is no wise ruler whatsoever!

What misunderstandings do you have about that incompetent ruler?

They're about to snatch your daughter away to be their plaything, and you're still spouting phrases like "Your the King" and "Traitorous ministers are ruining the country."

Absolutely foolish!

Su Daji was inwardly raging, wishing she could tear the inn down.

But on the surface, she still had to maintain that touched expression.

"Father's reprimand is correct; daughter has misunderstood."

Su Daji sniffed and forced a smile.

"Since Father already knows the answer, then I... will say no more."

"The daughter obeys her father's every command."

Su Hu nodded with satisfaction.

That's right.

"You'll stay in the backyard for the next two days and don't go anywhere."

"Once the pilgrimage is over, we'll return to Ji Province immediately."

"I refuse to believe that those two treacherous officials could possibly rob us in broad daylight!"

Su Daji nodded obediently.

"Yes, Father."

"Then my daughter should go back to her room to rest."

"Go."

Su Hu waved his hand.

Watching his daughter's slender figure disappear, Su Hu sighed heavily, a look of exhaustion on his face.

Although he spoke with great conviction, he was actually unsure of himself.

This is, after all, Chaoge.

Those two were, after all, the King's favorites.

But he had no way out.

For his daughter's sake, he was willing to offend all the powerful and influential people in the world.

Backyard, side rooms.

With a soft "bang," the door closed.

The docile and weak expression on Su Daji's face vanished instantly.

She walked to the bronze mirror and looked at the stunningly beautiful face reflected in it; her features gradually Distortion System.

"You stubborn old man!"

"Stubborn!"

"Idiot!"

"What an incurable idiot!"

She slammed her hand on the dressing table, leaving a faint handprint on the solid wood surface.

That old man is impervious to both soft and hard approaches.

She went to such lengths to act, even going so far as to create a "loving father" persona for him, only to have him turn around and block her path.

Do you still want to take her back to Ji Province?

Dream!

If she really returns to Ji Province, how will she explain it to Nuwa?

Since the soft approach didn't work...

Then we'll have to resort to some underhanded tactics.

This palace.

I absolutely must go!

Nobody can stop me!