Chapter 132 - Assassination of King Xuan on the night before (1/2)

“What?” Mo Xuetong did not notice the quick change in topic. She followed his gaze and looked at the bruise on her hand. She replied lightly, “It’s alright. I b.u.mped it just now. Your Highness, there’s something odd about your good old eldest brother. It is such a beautiful night and he has the company of a beautiful woman. Yet, he still has so many sharp weapons hidden on him. That’s really not good at all.”

She had allowed herself to fall against Feng Yuxuan earlier after Ling Fengyan’s avoidance of her. There was a rod-shaped object at his chest. Mo Xuetong had touched it as she fell and it felt like a short sword. Feng Yuxuan had brought a weapon out while he strolled along the streets with Ling Fengyan. This was very odd.

Ling Fengyan had not said much earlier. But her intentions were clear. She did want to spend time alone with King Chu. If she had not recalled wrongly, the Empress supported the Third Prince. Then, one could deduce why she was asking her most beautiful niece to accompany King Chu!

She had heard everything Feng Yuran said clearly. He meant that King Yan, Feng Yuyan was interested in Ling Fengyan. Since he liked her, why was he sending Ling Fengyan to King Chu’s side? There were some things that she should not care about and would not care about. But since Feng Yuran helped her so many times, she would naturally consider things from his view. The accidental b.u.mp earlier was a way for her to help Feng Yuran check out Feng Yuxuan.

“You mean you were helping me to check out Eldest Brother intentionally?” Feng Yuran’s eyes were narrowed. He did not care about the heavy implications in her words. A charming smile appeared on his lips and he suddenly felt very very pleased. He patted her hand softly before letting go when she seemed to reach the limits of her anger.

How could this person not understand what she was trying to say!

Meeting a beautiful woman was an elegant business. Why did he need to bring weapons? He was usually very smart, so why was he not catching on today?

“Your Highness, you helped me so many times, so I have to repay your kindness, right. You had better think about what I said earlier!” Mo Xuetong wrenched her hand from his grasp and flung her hand out righteously as she reminded him. He had been holding her so tightly that her hand hurt from his hold rather than from being b.u.mped.

He had helped her so many times in exchange for this one repayment? And it was on something that he had already known? Feng Yuran felt rather unhappy and his expression darkened. He harrumphed coldly and said, “I helped you so many times and even saved your life. It’s fine if you don’t want to marry me to repay me for my kindness. But you use such a small matter to try to fob me off. Do you really think I’m easy to cheat!”

Was he angry? Mo Xuetong looked at him in shock, her mouth opened. She could not catch up with his thoughts.

King Xuan was really hard to understand. He was still so happy earlier, but he was all dark and gloomy now. She had only done this to please him, but he felt as if she was trying to fool him. If he was not the eighth prince that Emperor Zongwen doted on the most, the mighty King Xuan, and not someone she could afford to offend, Mo Xuetong would have left long ago.

She looked around her. There were people everywhere. Mo Xuetong was still considered clear-headed and did not just fight with him. The situation right now was against her. If she left him, she probably would not be able to find her way back to Mo Manor. Furthermore, she could not go over the wall without him even if she got there. It would not be wise to offend him right now!

She did not want to ruin her reputation just because she did not want to go shopping!

“Since Your Highness does not enjoy chatting with me, then send me home. Many thanks for your hospitality today.” Mo Xuetong curtsied politely.

“Don’t even think about it!” Feng Yuran turned hostile suddenly. He turned his head to the side and did not look at her.

Was, was he angry? Mo Xuetong felt rather baffled. However, she knew that this was not the time to be considering this issue. She had to coax him first.

“Your Highness! Your Highness, King Xuan!” Mo Xuetong truly did not know how she had annoyed him. She turned around to smile at him but did not expect his head to be turned away from her. Was he going to ignore her? This man was so hard to please. Mo Xuetong looked around and suddenly said softly, “Your Highness, since you do not wish to see me, then I shall go home by myself. I just need to go back to the manor and admit that I came out secretly by myself.”

Then, she turned around, looking sorry for herself, and headed in the other direction.

Behind her, Feng Yuran moved slightly. Then, he immediately caught himself. He did not believe that she would dare to go home by herself! He watched her. Even though she said she was leaving, she was moving really slowly. He harrumphed coldly to himself. The la.s.s dared to lie to him!

Hurmph, very well. She wanted to play with him. Very well! What was she going to do if he ignored her? He did not believe that she would be able explain things clearly when she returned to Mo Manor. How was she going to explain being able to slip out so silently?

“Are you really going to ignore me?” Mo Xuetong realized she truly had run out of ideas against the intelligent and unpredictable man. What was worse was that she had to ask him for help, and only him. She truly could not find anyone who could flip over such a tall wall. Mo Feng was definitely not around anymore. She thought about it, didn’t Mo Feng belong to him as well!

“Your Highness, if you will not help me, I will go and ask King Chu. King Chu went down that road earlier, didn’t he? We just separated not long ago. I trust that they have not gone far.” Mo Xuetong said sadly from where she stood. She sighed in self-pity and then turned around in the other direction, having accepted fate. That was the road Feng Yuxuan and Ling Fengyan had gone down earlier.

The la.s.s really did dare threaten him. Feng Yuran was furious. He leaned against the wall. He did not believe that the la.s.s would really go and find Feng Yuxuan. He was not afraid that she was using Feng Yuran to aggravate him!

Mo Xuetong took two more steps. Then, she turned around with a small frown. She stared at Feng Yuran’s charming appearance and felt gloomy. This man was really…If she did not clearly know that she would not be able to go home without his help, she would have already left. This man was really too unpredictable. Pigs could fly before one could grasp what he was thinking, not to mention knowing why he had gotten angry for no reason earlier!