Chapter 369 - The Mystery Surrounding the Past Affairs of Queen Jin (2/2)

Ever since Mother died, He Xia lacked support and her fellow sisters either turned crazy or died, as if a wave of misfortune followed them. Hearing that Mo Xuetong wanted to release her now, she was frightened to her core. s.h.i.+vering, she pulled onto Mo Xuetong’s clothes tightly, refusing to let go. Two trails of tear flowed down her eyes as she cried. “My Lady, don’t chase me away. Don’t chase me away.”

Seeing her fright, Mo Xuetong understood that she had misunderstood her words. She looked at Mo Lan who immediately understood what she meant. Mo Lan came forth to pull He Xia up, explaining, “Sister He Xia, you misunderstood. How could My Lady not want you anymore? You were the only head maidservant of her mother; how could she not care about you? What My Lady meant was that it would be inconvenient for Sister He Xia to get married now, so she had to delay your marriage. How could a smart woman like you not understand what My Lady truly meant!”

She explained with great clarity and He Xia’s pale face blushed with embarra.s.sment. She wanted to kneel down to pay respect to Mo Xuetong but was stopped by Mo Lan. She could then only look at Mo Xuetong with excitement, “My Lady, there is no need to worry about my matters. I do not want to marry! I only want to help My Lady, to help Madam to take care of her daughter!”

As she spoke, her face turned sadder and sadder as she was choked with emotions. After she finished her speech, tears fell down from her face.

When she thought about her mother, Mo Xuetong also felt sad and was at a loss for words.

Seeing that both of them had a gloomy demeanor, Mo Lan interjected and joked around. “Since sister He Xia does not want to marry, My Lady can save the money for the dowries. Sister He Xia is indeed considerate for My Lady. She was still complaining yesterday about the lack of money for daily use, and was threatening to take some from her servants!”

This was extremely funny and even the sad Mo Xuetong was amused by her joke. She chided, “Now I can take money off your dowries for my daily use! Alright, you shall not marry in the future either and accompany me. That will save me plenty of dowries too.”

“I don’t wish to marry, to begin with.” Mo Lan blushed at Mo Xuetong’s joke. She turned around and pretended to collect things and reply casually but she could not hide the blush on her face, and that made He Xia chuckle as well.

After Mo Lan sent He Xia away, Mo Xuetong closed her eyes and entered deep thought. Now she was 100% sure that those men belonged to her mother, or rather gifted to her mother by King Jin. Thinking about the situation in Fu General Manor, she believed that what happened back then was as such.

King Jin was met with trouble and had to send King Jin’s consort away. The pregnant consort escaped to Fu General Manor for whatever reason, where her grandmother was also pregnant, or perhaps had already given birth. However, the kid died and hence she kept King Jin Manor’s child on her side, treating her as if she were her own child.

That deserted and hidden courtyard was where King Jin’s consort stayed before. However, how the consort died and what happened to her men after her death was mysterious. Did none of them remain behind? Were there any pieces of evidence left behind in Fu General Manor.

Perhaps King Jin’s consort didn’t die. But if she didn’t die, where would she be? Would she know if her mother was already dead? If she didn’t die, what would she do…

Perhaps the matter occurred like this. Even though King Jin died from his fight for the throne, his men didn’t completely die out, with a portion hidden away. That portion could belong to Xiuning Workshop, or to other places! Did Mother control these men, or did anyone else?

The numerous clues made Mo Xuetong feel a heavy weight on her heart. She did understand some issues, but others remained even more unclear.

One of the mysteries was regarding what happened before. Since the Emperor suspected King Jin’s consort had escaped, why did he not search the entire world for her? It would not be difficult to arrest a pregnant woman without any support. Why did the past emperor not act upon it? Was he not afraid of the possibility that King Jin’s consort would give birth to a son to avenge him and s.n.a.t.c.h Great Qin from his hands!

Or did the past emperor always know that King Jin’s consort gave birth to a daughter? If he knew that Fu General Manor was helping King Jin, how could he forgive Fu General Manor? During the cleansing after the s.n.a.t.c.h for the throne, how did Fu General Manor escape from it? In that case, the past emperor knew nothing about it.

If he knew nothing, then why was Mother always so anxious as if danger was right ahead of them. She was worried even in Cloud City. Also, why did Mother enter into such a hasty marriage arrangement with Bai Yihao’s mother? Her mother was definitely in a weaker position in that marriage and Mo Xuetong found that to be not simple!

Was there another layer of relations.h.i.+p between the two that could not be conveyed to the outsiders!

There was a layer of the relations.h.i.+p between Mother and Bai Yihao that made it impossible for Mother not to arrange that one-sided marriage between the two even though she was weaker.

Mo Xuetong could not think of a reason as she ma.s.saged her head to relieve herself of the headache. She breathed out and believed that the matter would not be so simple!

There was way more to the matter than she had originally imagined, involving people even in bodyguard agencies. She needed to be meticulous and patient in searching and investigating. She believed that the matter had much more to do with her, which would erupt one day, throwing her to the depths of despair…

Hence, regardless of the situation, she needed to seize the opportunity and figure everything out.

As she was touching her head and thinking, Mo Yu charged inside her room in a panic, even ignoring a few beautiful peach branches in her hand. She shouted anxiously, “My Lady, no, no, hurry, take a look, something happened… to His Highness!”

Did something happen to Feng Yuran?

Mo Xuetong was stunned as she shot up from her bed, her face extremely pale as her voice trembled. “Yes, His… Highness. What happened… to His Highness?”

Holding the corner of the table, she almost could not support herself as she felt her world engulfed by darkness as she turned dizzy. With the tense political situation, could Feng Yuran, the prominent prince now, really be hurt!

Who plotted against him again!

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