Chapter 114 - Karma for Those Who Try to Frame Others (2/2)
“Alright, drag this person away. How dare he slander Tong’er. Even if there is no one else from the Mo family present, I cannot allow Tong’er to be bullied. Mdm Yu, what do you say!” Mdm Qin said coldly, thusly blaming w.a.n.g Yun for the matter. If she continued pressing the matter, she feared that the Qin family might be the one embarra.s.sed, which was why she had tried to deal with the matter using Mo Xuetong’s name.
Her sharp gaze landed on Mdm Yu’s face. Everyone followed in the direction in which she was looking and the way they looked at Mdm Yu turned thoughtful.
Mdm Yu was fl.u.s.tered when she saw how everyone was looking at her. She did not dare to say anything else. She was already unnerved given the current situation and only wanted to extricate herself from the matter. When she heard what Mdm Qin said, she could not help but scream sharply, “Come, take this shameless person away and hit him. Hit him badly until he dies.”
The two female servants behind Mdm Qin hurried up to w.a.n.g Yun and attempted to drag him away when they heard what their mistress said.
w.a.n.g Yun had long been panicked. The matter had already been exposed and he could not be bothered to frame others right now. He only wanted to extricate himself from this mess. When he heard that Mdm Yu wanted to beat him to death, he came back to his senses and yelled while he struggled. “Mdm Yu, what do you mean? You were the one who told me that I could frame Miss Mo if I took this belly-binder…”
“Nonsense. Shut his mouth!” Mdm Qin ordered coldly as she shook in anger.
How would she allow Mdm Yu to be implicated? No matter how bad she was, she was still the matriarch of the Qin family. If there were bad rumors about her, the entire Qin family would be implicated. She glared at Mdm Yu hatefully and furiously.
“Oh, what’s that. It doesn’t look like it says ‘Mo’ or ‘Tong’.” Someone called out in surprise.
Someone picked up the red belly-binder that Mdm Qin tossed onto the floor without looking and exclaimed.
“Yu… rong! Yu Sirong! It’s Yu Sirong’s!” A few madams read the characters on the belly-binder. The madam who was holding onto the belly-binder flung it out in a hurry and yelled in surprise. That caused a murmur amongst the crowd. Everyone’s attention was drawn to it and even Mdm Qin could not help but look in that direction with a grave expression.
Compared to Mdm Yu, Mdm Qin felt that it was better for Yu Sirong to take the rap. At least Yu Sirong was not as closely related to the Qin family as Mdm Yu! As such, she did not get rid of w.a.n.g Yun right there and then.
Mo Xuetong did not approach. Instead, she went up to w.a.n.g Yun, whose mouth was gagged. She said to him coldly, “Scholar w.a.n.g, you are someone who has studied history extensively, so you should know which is more serious between trying to frame a daughter of a minister and having an affair with one.”
It sounded as if she was warning w.a.n.g Yun because of how he had tried to frame her. However, there was an underlying meaning to it.
In the law of Great Qin, the expectations towards the reputation of a woman were very high. A woman with a ruined reputation would live her life in shame or would have to die in order to escape her sins. To destroy the reputation of a woman was equivalent to killing her, and who sinned would have to be thrown out into the wilderness. However, having a secret love affair would only be rebuked in theory. After all, both parties were unmarried and they might end up having a good marriage. Even if the woman’s family did not agree, they could only accept their fate. That was why w.a.n.g Yun dared to say that Mo Xuetong was having an affair with him.
Mo Xuetong turned around and lowered her head after she finished her words. Her thick long lashes cast a shadow over her face. There was a faint sense of sadness on her beautiful face. However, she bit her lips stubbornly, looking gracious despite having been shamed.
She looked out from the corner of her eyes, cold and sharp. w.a.n.g Yun felt fearful for some reason when he saw that. When her beautiful eyes landed on him, it was cold and felt as murderous. She did not look like the innocent, helpless and weak girl she was portraying. For the first time, w.a.n.g Yun felt regret for trying to plot against a woman like this!
How was a woman like this as gentle as she portrayed herself to be!
She did not say much, but just a statement from her made w.a.n.g Yun change his mind. He was certain that he would no longer be able to frame Mo Xuetong. But with the belly-binder as evidence, he would be able to make others believe that he was involved with that woman called Yu Sirong. That was the only way for him to stay alive today. Furthermore, he could hear the threat in Mo Xuetong’s tone.
Otherwise, he might just die here!
Mo Xuetong looked up slightly, sweeping her gaze upon him lightly. Her dark eyes were like frozen ponds. He lowered his head with just a glance from her. He did not dare to meet his eyes. Those eyes were so sharp they could steal one’s soul. They were not eyes that a fallen scholar was worthy to look at.
w.a.n.g Yun was a spineless sort or he would not have taken a job like this.
A female servant had already taken out the cloth from w.a.n.g Yun’s mouth. She scolded, “What’s this?”
“This, Sirong, we… did not mean to. I was afraid that others would find out about us, so I said I was looking for Miss Mo!” w.a.n.g Yun had worked under Mo Huawen before and knew how serious the situation was. He coughed and s.h.i.+vered as if he was so frightened he was speaking the truth. “Sirong gave me that.”
“Nonsense. Nonsense! You b.a.s.t.a.r.d, you’re speaking nonsense!” Yu Sirong rushed out from behind the crowd like a madwoman as she screamed sharply. Her face was wrapped in bandages. She had not been here for long, but it was enough for her to hear what had happened clearly. She had not needed to come today but she would not let go of the chance to see Mo Xuetong being shamed!
As such, she had pestered Mdm Chen eagerly and brought a few maids with her to the plum forest as well.
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