Chapter 55 The Unexpected Appearance of Someone from the Palace (2/2)
”What did you say?” The Old Madam asked urgently.
”Nothing much, I just said that she lived well in Cloud City. But her health was poor, so she...” There was an intense look of sadness in Mo Xuetong's eyes. She bit her lips and her clear eyes clouded over.
”It's alright, there there. It's alright now. Your mother would not want you to be so sad if she were around. Don't think too much.” The Old Madam reached out and hugged Mo Xuetong. She caressed her face and comforted her, ” Princess Royal is a widow and you should not see her often. If you meet her again on any other occasion in the future, stay away from her politely.”
Is she asking her to keep a distance from Princess Royal?
”Grandmother, why? The Princess is very kind.” Mo Xuetong lifted her pale face and asked in confusion. She wiped her tears away with a handkerchief.
”The royal family and their matters are too far away from us. Tong'er I am worried that you will fall into it if you were not careful. After all, the Empress has noticed you. If the Princess notices you again, it would be unfortunate.” Old Madam Xu took a deep breath. She caressed Mo Xuetong's long dark hair. However, she was not looking at her and there was a bitter look at the corners of her lips.
An expression like that on the Old Madam who had always been praised for being a gracious and dignified woman made one suspicious. However, the Old Madam did not speak about the matter again. She only talked about what girls were interested in. Then, the person she had sent out for news returned and she sent the girls back to their courtyards.
Mo Xuetong returned to her room and laid on her bed. She tossed and turned and could not fall asleep. She kept feeling that what the Old Madam had said today was very odd. It was very unlike her grandmother.
After tossing and turning on the bed, she sat up suddenly and brought Mo Ye and Mo Lan outside for a stroll. There was a hint of worry in her eyes and she felt as if she had forgotten something. Her grandmother's anxiousness today, and her asking Mo Xuetong to distance herself from the Princess. The Princess was a widow, but her mother had died young and she was not considered a blessed person herself. So what was there to avoid? Furthermore, Princess Royal was just a princess, she did not have any children. So why would the princess involve her into the matters of the royal family...
What was her grandmother worried about? And why would she ask Mo Xuetong to distance herself from the Princess? She did not understand!
Because of these matters weighing down her mind, she entered a path in the corner. She did not see many people walking by and only saw a few maids hurrying past. They curtsied to her politely and left. The servants in the manor were all long informed that the Mo cousin was visiting. They looked at her and knew that she was the most doted on the granddaughter of the Old Madam and did not dare to be impolite.
Mo Xuetong grew up in Cloud City. When she was a child, Luo Xia had brought her back to the capital twice, but that had happened when she was really small. As such, she was not familiar with General Manor. She walked further and further away as she was preoccupied with her thoughts.
”Miss, where is that place? It looks like Mistress' place. Even the camphor tree at the door looks the same.” Mo Lan suddenly stopped and pointed over to a tall wall in surprise.
Indeed, there was a tall wall in front of them and the wide doors were tightly locked. There was a tall camphor tree in front of the door that looked exactly like the one in the old manor at Cloud City. Was this her mother's place?
She recalled that she had once visited this place when she came to General Manor as a child. However, when had it fallen into such disarray?
The lock on the door was rusty. Even though the outside was clean, weeds grew everywhere inside. One could tell with a single look that no one had been by to clean it for a long time. The mud layer on the wall had already fallen off and a few reeds poked out from it. It made the place look even more desolate and quiet. There was not a single voice around them.
Her heart beat wildly. She touched a green plant at on the corner of the wall with shaky fingers.
She remembered that this was her mother's place. Or she should say, where her mother used to stay. Her mother stayed in this place until she turned 10 and before she moved somewhere else. Her mother had talked about this place before and she remembered her mother saying something...But she was too young then, or she did not care then. She could not even remember what her mother said then, and had even forgotten about this place.
There must be something going on. The Princess' behavior, her grandmother's behavior, her mother's inexplicable death. There were secrets about her mother she did not know...Perhaps she could unravel the secrets surrounding her mother.
”Mo Ye, go in and open the door!” There was a buzzing sound in her mind and she could hear her cold and light voice.
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