Chapter 355 - Wedding Atmosphere in Five Kilometers, Married Off (1/2)
Chapter 355 Wedding Atmosphere in Five Kilometers, Married Off
Once the thing in Mo Manor spread, people from and outside the court were all stunned. It was already not a simple case where the children fought for the inheritance. Instead, it was intentioned framing. Immediately, officials from the Ministry of Justice went to inquire about it in Mingguo Manor. However, all of the conclusions led to the fact that the concubine-born son coveted the dowries of Mo Manor’s second miss. Therefore, he disgraced himself by personally carrying the dowries and then caused trouble.
After all, he didn’t personally touch the brochure with his own hands. Everything started with Mo Xueyan, so he pushed all the blame onto Mo Xueyan.
Later, before people figured out what had happened, news that Mo Xueyan committed suicide in jail came. Then, You Yuelian followed to kill himself as well. Both of them died. Emperor Zongwen became furious and demanded a thorough investigation into it. However, even after a thorough investigation, people only found the improper love affair between Mo Xueyan and You Yuelian which started a long time ago. They had secretly met each other more than once.
Actually, Mo Xueyan put the brochure among those dowries.
When people rushed into Mo Manor to make a scene, she snuck into the Old Madam’s yard to put it there. However, Mo Xuetong’s lead maidservant saw Mo Xueyan and then replaced it with the dowry list she had written for her master in her inner pockets.
In this case, You Yuelian only seemed indecent. Mingguo Manor would at most be blamed for not having properly educated their children. Furthermore, he was just a concubine-son, which was not a big deal. Since the two sinners had already died, it would be useless to keep detaining Mo Manor’s old madam any longer; therefore they asked Mo Huayan to take her home.
The old madam had been startled and shocked in jail and finally died from illness just a few days after returning home.
The incident had caused quite a stir; however, it resulted in no serious consequence. In the end, only two obscure people died, which really didn’t matter. However, many people did not think so in their hearts. Mo Manor was King Xuan’s wife’s family, and Mingguo Manor was King Yan’s wife’s family. King Xuan was injured, while King Yan received punishment. People needed to clearly figure out the twists and turns inside this. They didn’t want to both lose their opportunities and lives once taking the wrong side.
Therefore, though so many disputes took place in the two families, no one pursued it. Even those hard-headed censors who were known as being men of integrity also obediently stayed quiet. They just watched the cases slip away before their eyes and lost the opportunity to make their names remembered in history.
It was inside You Yuecheng’s study.
Dark-faced, You Yuecheng tossed the file in his hand onto the ground, iciness deep in his eyes.
It never occurred to that in the end, he failed again, and she escaped at the eleventh hour again! The delicate and gorgeous little woman made him miss the target again and again. With his personality, how could he not grow angry?
By the door, a manservant gently knocked on the door and timidly said, “Your Excellency, she’s here.”
“Send her in!” Suppressing the anger in depths of his eyes, he only kept his eyes cold. Still, he was the distant Marquess Mingguo who people found hard to get close to.
The manservant left. “Yes.”
Soon, a maidservant-looking girl showed up by the door. She blinked and then walked into the room to courteously curtsy, saying, “I bow in respect before Your Excellency.”
The manservant obediently left the door slightly ajar and then sat at the yard door to bask in the sun.
You Yuecheng’s eyes carried traces of coldness. He snorted, displeased, and then coldly said, “Tell your miss that I can’t do it. Please find someone else.” He picked up a cup of tea on the table, drank it and dropped it back down. He looked down and his eyes appeared icy and sharp.
The maidservant unconsciously shrank back, but thinking of her miss’ order, she suppressed her shock and fear, looked up and said, “Your Excellency, this will benefit us both. Does Your Excellency really want to see her marry into King Xuan’s Manor? Don’t you want to take her? If you do that, she’ll be Your Excellency’s woman from then on!”
You Yuecheng’s blank face showed a trace of coldness. He slammed on the table and shouted, looking proud and cruel. “Audacious. How dare a little maidservant to say such things? If I hear such things again, even your master won’t get married. Go tell your miss that I don’t want to meddle with your things. What she wants has nothing to do with our Mingguo Manor. Since she told me, I won’t make things difficult for you on purpose. But I won’t help either. So please tell her to behave herself.”
Finis.h.i.+ng his words, he couldn’t be bothered to talk with the maidservant anymore and asked the manservant to directly take her away.
How dared a woman to want to set him up? She really wanted to meet her maker! However, that woman was really crazy because she even had done such things. She looked smart in the usual days. However, when something really happened, she was not only conceited but also then became fodder for gossip. That was fine because he could just use part of this.
He might as well see if she could succeed and then planned accordingly.
Seeing You Yuecheng in a rage, the maidservant was terrified and paled. She didn’t dare to talk anymore and hurriedly followed he manservant to the backyard.
Time pa.s.sed quickly. Soon, more than 10 days had pa.s.sed. It was Mo Xuetong’s wedding day.
On the day, the entire capital was stirred.
Because it was the wedding day for three princes, who were all Emperor Zongwen’s sons. Furthermore, he only had these three sons. Common people really couldn’t comprehend the message behind this with just a few thoughts.
Choosing which prince’s manor to visit the ceremony was a big thing on the officials’ minds.
It was not a thing to be taken lightly. With the order of their visiting the manor, some people might attack them with that, making them become fodder for gossip. In the end, most people decided to first visit King Chu’s manor to watch the ceremony, then King Yan’s Manor to greet the couple, and finally King Xuan’s Manor for the wedding banquet.
This order was in accordance with their ages, and no one could find fault with that.
Of course, officials from the brides’ families only needed to send wedding gifts to the other two families.
Ding General Manor had the grandest ceremony. The empress came from Ding General Manor and they had always been aristocratic. Their daughter, the first beauty in Great Qin, now was marrying the current First Prince, King Chu. Therefore, no matter in what aspect, Ding General Manor should be the best. In terms of dowry, they prepared 128 chests of them, which was equivalent to a princess’.