Chapter 631 The Secret of a Young Lady
In the end, Mo Xuetong left first, not waiting for Feng Yuran.
She returned to King Xuan’s Manor with Princess Caifeng and Hu Qianyue. After getting out of the carriage, she said goodbye to Princess Caifeng and went to the main courtyard. Just now, the Emperor had given orders to the people from the Southern Barbarian Lands to move to their new manor. Princess Caifeng and Hu Qianyue also needed to pack their own things.
After all, something like that had happened in the palace, Princess Caifeng did not fulfill her wish to marry Feng Yuran. At the sight of Mo Xuetong, she wore an unhappy look, but could not do anything to Mo Xuetong. When she thought of Mo Xuetong’s husband who was so protective of her that he had become so fierce, Princess Caifeng did not dare to think about hurting her no matter how daring she was.
The more she saw Mo Xuetong, the more annoyed she became. So she just left, which was the best way for her.
Thus, she did not pick faults on Mo Xuetong and walked towards her courtyard. After walking a few steps, she suddenly stopped and put away her depressed expression. She smiled gently at Hu Qianyue, who had been frowning behind her. “Qianyue, I did not expect that we would really stay in this country together. It seems that Mother was afraid that I would be wronged in the Qin Kingdom, so she sent you here as well. After all, I have never heard that the daughter of a minister sent a princess to marry into another country before,” she stated.
Her words pierced Hu Qianyue’s heart like a needle, which immediately upset her. The result that she had never dared to thing about flashed through her mind. She gritted her teeth and put on a smile, saying, “You must be joking, Your Highness. It’s my pleasure to marry into the same country with you.”
Even though there was a smile on her face, she clenched her handkerchief tightly. If she had not been good at self-control, she would have sworn at Princess Caifeng. She would be mentally ill if she wanted to marry Feng Yulei. How could she be willing to travel so far to be a second consort instead of being a prince’s wife in her own country? Furthermore, it was a second consort that was not valued. Hu Qianyue clenched her teeth so hard in hatred that they almost shattered.
However, what happened was too abrupt and in front of the people of the two countries in the hall. Although she was unwilling to accept it, she did not dare to say it out loud. Thinking about the hostility Princess Caifeng showed to her before, Hu Qianyue was almost sure that this matter had a direct correlation with Princess Caifeng.
She did not expect that this idiot was not so serious. The girl had been acting very stupid in front of her, but in the end, she had hit her in the most critical spot. “Caifeng, I will never let you off the hook,” she thought. Unfortunately, when she sought help from King Chu, he said that he could not do anything about it.
“Qianyue, it’s not bad to marry into King Yan’s Manor. Look at King Yan, I can tell that he has a peaceful character. He didn’t dare to say anything when he was almost forced to divorce his wife by Elder brother. If you found a firm foothold in King Yan’s Manor in the future and give birth to a son, I will ask Elder brother to help you. At that time, the position of Consort Yan will be yours.”
Princess Caifeng was rarely mild. She reached out to grab Hu Qianyue’s hand and walked together with her. They looked even closer than before, as if they were caring about each other from the bottom of their hearts. Hu Qianyue would not take this seriously in the past. However, there was no one else around her who could help her now, expect Crown Prince Xieyue.
She immediately raised her eyes and looked at Princess Caifeng with gratitude. She lifted her skirt and knelt down solemnly, saying, “Thanks a lot, Your Highness, and His Highness. King Yan was raised by the Empress of the Qin Kingdom and is supported by Ding General Manor. If he succeeds in… I will definitely thank you, Your Highness.”
Her words were incomplete, but Princess Caifeng got what she meant, and even more than one hints, which made her unhappy instantly. Her face darkened, and she was faintly angry. She glared at Hu Qianyue for a while, then suddenly swung her sleeves angrily, and turned around, leaving with her people.
Hu Qianyue was going to marry King Yan to be his second consort, also his co-wife.
Princess Caifeng was going to marry King Ning to be his legal wife.
Though King Yan and King Ning were both princes, there seemed no difference in their status. As a legal wife, she would definitely suppress Hu Qianyue, a second consort. If nothing went wrong, her status would be always above Hu Qianyue’s for the rest of her life. This marriage made her not only dissatisfied, but also feel a little superior. Then she felt that such a marriage was not so difficult to accept.
Moreover, Feng Yuzhen was very handsome!
Hu Qianyue kept playing tricks along the way and plotted against her from time to time. Now, she had to stay in the Qin Kingdom like her and would be a second consort. Princess Caifeng felt that she had vented a fit of the sulks and her frustrated mood resulting from unable to marry Feng Yuran had lifted. At least, there was someone inferior to her. She did not forget that in the imperial palace of the Southern Barbarian Lands, Hu Qianyue had a higher status than her, an unfavored princess.
However, hearing Hu Qianyue’s words, Princess Caifeng immediately bore a lot of dissatisfaction with King Ning.
King Yan was the son of the Qin Kingdom’s Emperor, and was most likely to succeed the throne. Raised by the Empress and backed by the powerful Ding General Manor, he had a high chance of winning against the other princes. If King Yan succeeded to the throne in the future, Hu Qianyue’s status would not be low. If she gave birth to a son, she might become the future Empress. How could Princess Caifeng, who had always looked down on her, bear her anger?
Thinking that she might have to salute to Hu Qianyue when she met her in the future, she felt so mad that she felt very uncomfortable.
Anyway, it was impossible for King Ning to ascend the throne. In the future, he would just be an idle member of the royal family.
Princess Caifeng was unable to endure it.
Seeing that Princess Caifeng had left angrily, a maidservant helped Hu Qianyue up, lowering her voice and asked anxiously, “Miss, are you really going to marry King Yan to be his second consort?”
She was Hu Qianyue’s personal maidservant. When she entered the emperial palace just now, she was not allowed to take her in because of her low status.
“The Crown Prince asked for the Qin Kingdom’s Emperor personally,” Hu Qianyue said hatefully as she glared venomously at Princess Caifeng’s retreating figure. How could she be willing to accept it? It was originally done by that ignorant bitch, but why did she get the blame? The jade pendant was first delivered to her? As the one who sent Princess Caifeng to marry into this country, she would naturally take the jade pendant.
She had never expected that the Crown Prince would suppress her with this matter.
“What about the Empress and the Third Prince?” the maidservant asked in a low voice as she frowned and helped Hu Qianyue walk forward. Her miss was the selected Third Prince’s wife. As her personal maidservant, she certainly knew about it.
“How many people in our hands can we use now?” Hu Qianyue did not answer but asked.
“Only five or six people, there are not many people. The Empress said that nothing would happen, and she was afraid of arousing the suspicion of the Crown Prince. We only have so few people to use.” The maidservant knew that Hu Qianyue was asking about the several masters who were secretly protecting them. Originally, when they came, Hu Qianyue’s father wanted to send a few more people to go with them, but since the Empress said so, he could only do as she asked.
Hu Qianyue’s heart skipped a beat, and she had a bad feeling. It was not enough to have so few people. It was impossible for these people to take her back to the Southern Barbarian Lands overnight, but she couldn’t just sit there and wait. Although she had used the clue in the imperial palace of the Qin Kingdom to contact the people on the other side, she had not escape the predicament, and the person hadn’t given her a final word.
She had to delay this matter first. She could not stay in the Qin Kingdom for no reason! She would be the future Empress of the Southern Barbarian Lands. How could she be willing to stay in the Qin Kingdom?
“Send a pigeon out later. Tell my cousin about this matter and ask him to find a way quickly.”
“Yes, I’ll arrange it at once.”
“Get someone to bring two more buckets of cold water later. Just say that we want to clean up some things we brought with us. Get the people of King Xuan’s Manor to prepare them for us.” Hu Qianyue gritted her teeth and a hint of determination flashed through her eyes.
“Miss, you want to…” The maidservant did not understand what she meant. When she saw Hu Qianyue’s cold face, she immediately stopped talking. Her miss had her own opinions. She should do whatever her miss ordered. This was also the reason why this maidservant had been working as Hu Qianyue’s personal maidservant for so many years.
Now that her miss had made up her mind, she had to do it!
They were discussing how to deal with the situation when Mo Ye was reporting what she had seen to Mo Xuetong.
“My Lady, Miss Hu only said a few words to the nanny. The main meaning was that she asked the master behind the nanny to save her, trying to break off the engagement with King Yan. She also said that if it is successful, she will definitely thank her master profusely, and after it’s done, she will be grateful and will definitely help him when he needs in the future.”
Mo Yu did not dare to get too close to them because she sensed that Miss Hu seemed to be able to perform martial arts. Her moves were light and swift, which was different from ordinary noble ladies. As such, Mo Yu entered and clung tightly to the wall of the rockery, not daring to move. Miss Hu was also so cautious that she spoke in a low voice and stopped from time to time to hear, which made Mo Yu even more afraid to move.
Mo Xuetong frowned and asked, “Mo Yu, what do you think of Miss Hu’s martial art?”
Mo Xuetong did not expect Hu Qianyue to be a martial artist, which they should be careful of, otherwise, no one would be able to explain if she had plotted against someone all of a sudden. Mo Yu had never mentioned this before. It seemed that Hu Qianyue had intentionally hidden it from others. This was Hu Qianyue’s trump card.
“I saw that Miss Hu was a normal girl. Common young ladies of noble families have heavy footsteps, which are the same as ordinary people do. But when I saw her moving deftly through the rockery and stone holes, I found that Miss Hu must be good at martial arts. She should be on par with me!”
Mo Yu thought for a while and told Mo Xuetong. This was not her speculation, and she had evidence. Hu Qianyue did not found out that she was there, but she could not get any closer, which meant that the two were equal in martial arts. Speaking of this, Mo Yu was still very unconvinced. She was the secret guard of Consort Xuan and served as her guard, so it was reasonable for her to be skilled in martial arts. However, Hu Qianyue was just a young lady from a noble family, but she had such good martial arts. How could Mo Yu not be annoyed?
At the same time, she felt a little lucky. Fortunately, she had found out Hu Qianyue’s secret today, or if she treated her as an ordinary noble lady, something bad would really happen to Mo Xuetong. Who would have thought that a delicate and weak young lady would have extraordinary marital arts? If she get close to Mo Xuetong in an emergency, what would happen?
At the thought of this, Mo Yu could not help but shive, feeling that they were very lucky.
“Mo Lan, you ask someone to tell Feng Yue to pay attention to Hu Qianyue’s acts. I’m afraid that she won’t move out of our King Xuan’s Manor so easily,” Mo Xuetong said to Mo Lan, who was standing beside her after thinking for a while.
“Okay, I will go and tell him right now.” Mo Lan knew that this matter could not be delayed. She nodded immediately and turned around to leave. Since Miss Hu had intentionally hidden the fact that she could perform martial arts, she must have wanted to use it at certain times. Mo Lan did not mind if she plotted against someone else, but she would not allow her to plot against Consort Xuan.