Chapter 173 - Resentment. The Chaos Starts Again. (2/2)

He was already very annoyed and angry for having Mo Xueqiong as a concubine for no rhyme or reason. If Mo Xuemin joined her, he would truly have nothing to do with Mo Xuetong anymore! How could he bear that! He would do anything it took this last time…

He sat in the horse carriage outside the palace and watched the entrance coldly. It was just past 12 and his carriage stopped at an inconspicuous corner outside the palace.

It was an ordinary horse that was not striking. Compared to the other horse carriages outside the palace entrance, his carriage could be considered dull. Fortunately, no one took any notice of the inconspicuous horse carriage at all. No one noticed someone was inside even though it had parked there for some time. Furthermore, inside sat the Marquess Zhenguo who had been chased away earlier.

A few servants chatted and laughed outside the palace entrance. It was the New Year and the patrols were not very strict. Everyone was relaxed. There would be rewards in the palace later and they did not know how much they would be given. The servants chatted excitedly and even mentioned how much they received in the previous years. In recent years, the rewards from the palace had increased and the servants smiled so widely that their teeth showed. They were not in the mood to care too much. It was cold and their masters in the palace did not have much on, so they were free as well. No one could care to walk in the wind and snow to examine each and every horse carriage.

This was the palace entrance, the largest entrance in the world. Who would dare to do anything here!

Mo Xuetong and Feng Yuran parted ways not long after they left. Feng Yuran needed to bid Emperor Zongwen farewell before he could return to his manor. Mo Xuetong was accompanied by the Princess’ maid. She found Luo Mingzhu and the Princess’ maid told Luo Mingzhu that Mo Xuetong had met the Princess in Cloud City, which was why the Princess had sent someone to fetch her earlier.

Luo Mingzhu was not alone. She was accompanied by a few other young ladies whom she got along well with. Together with the ladies were their brothers and friends. When they heard what the Princess’ maid said, those who suspected Mo Xuetong because of what Mo Xuemin said discarded their suspicions. Third Miss Mo had been with the Princess, so how could she have asked to meet her sister? It seemed that the elder sister was the vicious one who wanted to get her younger sister into trouble.

The incident at Qingyu Pavilion had happened very suddenly and ended oddly. Even though it was said to be a misunderstanding at the end, any girl who ended up implicated would find their reputation tarnished. A girl’s reputation was already hard to defend. Anyone who came close to such an incident would try to avoid it as best as they could. No matter what happened, Mo Xuemin’s reputation was tarnished and there was one accusation that Mo Xuemin would not be able to defend herself against.

She had tried to frame her younger sister, saying that she was meeting a man in private. That was vicious and infuriating!

Furthermore, Mo Xuetong behaved graciously and only just bit her lips when Mo Xuemin was brought up. Despite the sadness in her eyes, she had still tried to defend Mo Xuemin in public. She only said that her elder sister was mistaken, or that someone had pretended to be her and arranged to meet her elder sister. She truly seemed to be defending Mo Xuemin.

However, because of this, it made others feel even more so that Mo Xuemin was evil and shameless!

Which n.o.ble family would dare to marry a girl like that? Those who had thought that they might be interested in becoming in-laws with the Mo family after Mo Huawen’s promotion, all shook their heads then. First Miss Mo must not be married into their family!

After observing the new year, the palace gates opened. The lantern festival had ended. Mo Xuetong held on to Mo Yu as they followed Luo Mingzhu. They followed the crowds to the exit. There were many horse carriages stopped outside the palace. So many young masters and ladies had appeared at the same time and the drivers could not react in time, jamming the entrance.

Mo Ye went out to search for Mo’s carriage. It was a mess and difficult to move.

The servants hurried to clear the traffic. Fortunately, everyone knew each other and as such, scuffles for s.p.a.ce did not happen. The people stood by the side of the road and chatted with smiles on their faces. They did not notice the curtains of a horse carriage being lifted surrept.i.tiously. A pair of eyes shone sinisterly behind the curtains before the curtains were dropped down once more.

“Head over there!” The cold, sinister voice ordered softly.

“Yes!” The carriage driver answered softly. Then, he drove the Mo’s horse carriage over.

Mo Xuetong and the others did not know they were being watched as they continued chatting softly.

“Cousin, you might as well come back to the Luo Manor with us. It would save you from that reputable elder sister of yours from weaving a story about you later.” Luo Mingzhu suggested and tugged on Mo Xuetong’s hand. She had only found out about what happened at Qingyu Pavilion afterward. She was so angry she had almost collapsed a lung. What kind of person was Mo Xuemin! She had gotten into trouble and had tried to s.h.i.+ft the blame to her sister.

She had seen evil people, but she had never seen someone so evil. She was forcing Tong’er to her death! Ever since Luo Xia pa.s.sed away, the Luo family had become extremely dissatisfied with the Mo family. Now that Luo Mingzhu saw her cousin being framed, she could not bear it any longer. She had always had a bad temper and she was determined to bring Mo Xuetong home.

“Cousin, I am fine. I will visit Grandmother in a few days to wish her a happy new year.” Mo Xuetong smiled and refused. The rules of the Great Qin were that one had to spend the first day of the new year in their own homes so that they could remain safe and the family would be happy in the new year. It was already considered to be the first day of the new year, so it was against the rules to go to the Luo Manor now.

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