Chapter 691 One-on-one Showdown
Everyone looked back and saw a man running out of the room where You Yue’e was resting. He had a long robe draped around his shoulders and his belt had not yet been tied around his waist. He was in a mess…
Everyone was dumbfounded.
The Sixth Princess’s eyes looked desperate. Her legs felt weak, and she could not stand steadily and almost fell down. She had used up all her tricks, but she ended up like this by accident. She was anxious and regretful.
“Catch him! Hurry up! Don’t let him run away!” someone came to their senses and shouted. Many old maidservants rushed out. Finally, when the man rushed to the back, they caught him. He was a neat and delicate-looking man.
They caught a man who was entangled with Ling Mingyan by the lake behind the rooms for female guests while there was another man hiding in the resting place of Consort Yan. No matter how one looked at it, it was a conspiracy. It was obvious that someone took advantage of the banquet and wanted to hurt others. One trap led to another, and it was so elaborate, which made Princess Caifeng so angry that she trembled all over.
The one who did this was using her as a scapegoat!
Without any hesitation, she sent someone out to inform Crown Prince Xieyue, the princes, and the marquess. They could do whatever they should do. Anyway, she didn’t want to meddle in this matter anymore. After keeping all the people here, Princess Caifeng no longer cared about courtesy and went into a room to rest.
Some other madams and young ladies also went into the rooms on the side to rest. Fortunately, there were many rooms here. As the madams and young ladies did not want to stay alone, two or three people shared a room, or even four or five people did so. Those people had gotten into trouble when they stayed in their rooms alone. Who knew if something would also happen today?
Mo Xuetong and Luo Mingzhu entered the room where they had been resting. They sat down at the table beside them. A maidservant made tea and said something leisurely. No matter what happened today, it had nothing to do with them. When they went out for a walk in the garden, more than one maidservant had seen them.
After the Sixth Princess and Hu Qianyue left, Mo Xuetong and Luo Mingzhu left the waterside pavilion as well. The two of them walked around in the garden casually and ran into a few madams who said that something had happened in the place where female guests rested. That was why they had come together. The two of them had nothing to do with this matter.
Mo Lan came in and reported, “My Lady, Sixth Princess wants to see you!”
“Why is Sixth Princess here at this time? It’s Consort Yan who is in trouble. Why does she keep bothering you instead of seeing Consort Yan?” Luo Mingzhu had a good impression of the Sixth Princess, but just now, she could tell that the Sixth Princess was trying to add fuel to the fire when she pretended to defend Mo Xuetong. So she didn’t want to see her now.
Coupled with what she had said at the waterside pavilion, in Luo Mingzhu’s heart, the Sixth Princess was a person whose appearance only appeared to be gentle!
Mo Xuetong did not want to see her either!
She thought that she had never had anything to do with the Sixth Princess!
However, this girl always framed her when she was trying to plot against others.
Last time it happened in Mingguo Manor. The Sixth Princess wanted to marry into Mingguo Manor, and this matter had nothing to do with Mo Xuetong. However, the Sixth Princess wanted her to be the main culprit and the direct culprit of her not being able to marry into another country. If the marriage between the two countries was destroyed because of her, Mo Xuetong did not know if she, Consort Xuan, could bear the anger of the Emperor.
This time, she did it even more viciously. The man had entered her room. Fortunately, Mo Ye felt that something was wrong as soon as they walked into the room. Thus, she sat for a while before leaving with Luo Mingzhu. As for why the man entered You Yue’e’s room, she did not know.
If she really rested here for a while, and then another man ran out of her room with his clothes in disarray, the Sixth Princess would take this opportunity to ruin her.
Ever since she had been reborn, Mo Xuetong would no longer allow others to bully her at will. She would never return good for evil!
“If you are heartless, don’t blame me for not acting benevolently!”
Mo Xuetong would never forget the lesson she had learned from the blood she had shed in her past life.
According to Ling Mingyan’s excited look just now, Mo Xuetong had a rough idea of the Sixth Princess’s plan. She seemed to want to frame both her and Ling Mingyan together. To deal with Ling Mingyan, her first ruse having failed, she tried another. Last time in Mingguo Manor, the Sixth Princess did not succeed, and this time, she was determined to ruin Ling Mingyan’s reputation.
How could an aristocratic family like Mingguo Manor tolerate a madam whose reputation had been ruined?
Even if Ling Mingyan could prove that she was just passing by coincidentally or for other reasons, the facts were in front of everyone. Just like now, Ling Mingyan’s clothes were in disarray and she was entangled with a man. She had lost her reputation. It was no longer important whether there was any real evidence.
A madam from an aristocratic family with a stain would eventually be divorced even if she was not at fault in the matter. There was no problem using such a reason to force Ling Mingyan to divorce.
Just now, Ling Mingyan deliberately talked about Mo Xuetong in order to divert others’ attention and use Mo Xuetong’s affair to cover up her own affairs. Of course, it was also for her own sake.
“Let Sixth Princess go back. Just tell her that I was startled. I’m not in the mood to talk now,” Mo Xuetong replied lightly. No matter what the purpose of the Sixth Princess’s visit was, she really did not want to deal with this vicious woman. The Sixth Princess was indeed the daughter of Imperial Noble Consort Wen. She was vicious and wanted to kill others.
Even she, an irrelevant person, had been affected several times!
“Yes.” Mo Lan went out to talk with someone outside. Suddenly, her light voice became sharp. It seemed that she was quarreling rudely. Mo Xuetong frowned. Was the Sixth Princess desperate and reckless?
“Eighth Sister-in-law, I want to talk to you.” The Sixth Princess’s voice suddenly came from outside the curtain. She sounded a little anxious and hurried. She had already reached the door.
“This is a dignified princess!” Luo Mingzhu happened to be in a position where she could see the door. As she glanced at the Sixth Princess, who slapped the maidservant’s hand away and rushed in, she sighed. Today, the Sixth Princess had subverted the gentle and generous image in her impression.
Since she had reached the door, Mo Xuetong did not intend to avoid her. A sharp dark light flashed in her eyes as she said softly, “Mo Lan, invite the Sixth Princess in.”
Hearing Mo Xuetong’s words, the maidservant waiting outside allowed her to come in. The Sixth Princess straightened her messy clothes and walked in with an unfriendly expression.
“Eighth Sister-in-law, I’m just here to see you. Why is your room guarded so strictly? Do you think that I’m going to harm you?” the Sixth Princess broke out aggressively. She entered with a cold expression and looked at Mo Xuetong angrily. However, she suddenly cried as if she had a grievance.
“Eighth Sister-in-law, I really don’t understand. Why do you hate me so much? Even if I’m closer to Third Sister-in-law, it’s because Third Brother is easy to approach. Why can’t Eighth Sister-in-law tolerate me? Why are you treating me like this? You… How can you treat me like this?”
Then she started to feel sad, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, looking as if she had suffered a great grievance but did not dare to say anything even though she was angry. She charged into the room angrily a moment ago, but now she looked like an innocent girl who had been bullied by Mo Xuetong. Mo Xuetong was filled with admiration for the Sixth Princess’s acting skills.
But that didn’t mean that she didn’t figure out the point of the Sixth Princess’s words.
At this time, the Sixth Princess still wanted to plot against her, which made her a little annoyed. She raised her eyes and did not give the Sixth Princess a seat. Her watery eyes slid over the Sixth Princess’s face and the half-open window. She raised her eyebrows slightly and asked softly, “What do you mean by saying this, Sixth Princess? What have I done to you?”
She held a confused look on her face, and her beautiful eyes were clear.
Mo Xuetong was neither angry nor annoyed. She asked plainly, making it difficult for the Sixth Princess to answer. The latter wrung her handkerchief anxiously and gritted her teeth, looking at Mo Xuetong with a sad expression. “Eighth Sister-in-law, I know you’re very capable. I also know that you don’t want Third Sister-in-law to get pregnant before you. However, I’m just a princess who is going to marry into another country far away. It really has nothing to do with you. Why do you have to, have to do this…?”
Her words were still unclear, but Mo Xuetong got it!
The corners of her lips curled into a faint mocking smile. She glanced at the Sixth Princess with her watery eyes and put down the teacup in her hand heavily. “Sixth Princess, don’t speak these vague words. It will make people think that I was the one responsible for today’s matter. But what is the truth? Sixth Princess, you like Marquess Mingguo and want to harm Marquise Mingguo. I don’t want to interfere. I only hope that when you harm someone, you won’t ruin my reputation as well.
“I don’t want to get involved in the feud between you and Marquise Mingguo. I don’t want to know that you used Consort Yan to deal with others either. As for whether you are so powerful that you had arranged your people in Princess Caifeng’s manor, I don’t want to know. I just want to ask you not to frame me again. If I rested here today, would something really happen to me? At that time, I would get Princess Caifeng into trouble.
“There is a controversy over the two countries’ marriage. Sixth Princess, are you going to negotiate as well so that you don’t have to marry far away?”
Mo Xuetong stared at the Sixth Princess and spoke slowly. Her voice was gentle and sweet, but her words made the Sixth Princess feel cold all over. She subconsciously took two steps back and looked at Mo Xuetong in front of her in horror. Was this woman always gentle? As long as she spoke carefully and did not anger her, she would not say something harsh.
But now, what was this? Mo Xuetong had a showdown at this time and had even revealed her trump card.
“Nonsense. I didn’t do anything, and these things have nothing to do with me.”
“I don’t get to decide if these matters have something to do with you. Let’s wait until they get to the bottom of this!” Mo Xuetong uttered lightly. She really didn’t want to say anything to the Sixth Princess. After that, she picked up the teacup and took a big gulp. Then, she took the lid in her hand and waved at the Sixth Princess.
“You should go now, Sixth Princess. The one to investigate next is Crown Prince Xieyue. Sixth Princess, you know whether it is true or not, and Crown Prince Xieyue will also know it. I heard that there is a very strange thing in the Southern Barbarian Lands. As long as one is still alive, she can tell the truth. Sixth Princess, don’t think yourself too smart and everyone else a fool!”
As soon as she said this, the Sixth Princess’s face turned completely pale!
The Southern Barbarian Lands was too mysterious and was famous for its poison. No one knew if there was really an evil method to make others speak. The palace maid of the Sixth Princess was now locked up by Princess Caifeng, and there were two men. Although they didn’t know much, what if they knew their identities…
The Sixth Princess could no longer remain calm when she thought of that. She walked out without hesitation as Mo Xuetong chased her away. No, she had to get rid of the people before Crown Prince Xieyue tried to interrogate them!
Outside the window, Feng Yulei and You Yuecheng both looked gloomy. They looked at the Sixth Princess, who came out of the inner room, and there was a hint of coldness in their eyes…