Chapter 381 - The Marital Fraud at the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor (1/2)

After entering the room, Mo Lan woke Mo Xuetong up softly. Mo Xuetong pondered as she got up from the bed lightly. However, Feng Yuran caught her and asked lazily, “What’s the matter? Is something wrong? Shall I go with you?”

“It’s alright, you get some sleep. I will get someone to fetch you if something goes wrong!” Mo Xuetong said sweetly. She pushed him away and got up, slipping off the bed easily with the help of his arm.

“Do you really not want me to go with you?” He got up with concern. Even though a charming smile still hung on his lips, there was a hint of darkness in his eyes.

“No!” Mo Xuetong waved her hands. No way! He was ordered to rest and had only just gotten slightly better. He still wanted to partic.i.p.ate in these shenanigans with her. He would be “tired out” before the matter at home was settled. That one in the palace was still angry. He might tear her skin off!

“I’ll have Feng Yue take a few men and go with you.” Feng Yuran said gently. He was a little worried. He held her face and kissed her gently on her lips.

“Alright!” Mo Xuetong did not object this time. She nodded and then pushed him back onto the bed. She tucked him in and then carefully arranged the netting around the bed before turning to leave.

Feng Yuran’s phoenix eyes blinked under the red mandarin duck blankets. His eyes shone brilliantly as he smiled brightly!

He flipped around and turned on his side towards the warm spot she left behind. A smile with a hint of devilish coldness appeared on his thin lips. The Duke Zhenguo’s Manor really could not restrain themselves. That’s good. They dare to overestimate themselves and hurt his woman. That was a sin that could not go unpunished. After all, he had always been a good chess player!

The matter started at Duke Zhenguo’s Manor. d.u.c.h.ess Zhenguo brought Sima Lingyun and Mo Xuemin to the Mo Manor angrily in the morning, all the while yelling that they should get a divorce! She said that the good daughter the Mo Manor brought up was an immoral woman and she suspected the Mo’s of marital fraud. They had intentionally sent that s.l.u.t over to the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor.

Mo Xuemin and Sima Lingyun’s marriage was decreed by the Empress. Usually, they would not be able to get a divorce or a separation. But if there was really a case of marital fraud, the marriage could be dissolved. They would be able to get a divorce or a separation! The Empress would not be able to say anything but the party who had engaged in marital fraud would have to take great responsibility in the whole matter.

However, the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor blaming the Mo Manor for marital fraud was like the pot calling the kettle black. It was rather ludicrous.

Mo Xuemin and Sima Lingyun had plotted against Mo Xuetong but received retaliation from Feng Yuran, causing the two of them to be found together with their clothes in disarray. Mo Xuemin had pushed Sima Lingyun up in front and lied that Sima Lingyun wanted to rape her. She had tried her hardest to resist, which resulted in what everyone saw. What she said had ruined Sima Lingyun’s reputation completely.

If not for the d.u.c.h.ess asking her younger sister, d.u.c.h.ess Mingyang to push the Lady of Xian to send a message to the palace, the marriage decree would not have pa.s.sed either!

Then, Mo Manor had not stopped the marriage because the Empress had decreed it. Furthermore, Mo Huawen was extremely disappointed in Mo Xuemin. As such, he had not said another word before accepting the decree. The decree successfully turned what Mo Xuemin spun as being raped into the two of them having a secret affair. The decree had hidden the ugliness behind what truly happened and n.o.body would be despised in this situation.

The matter was considered to have blown over even though the n.o.bility of the city looked down on Sima Lingyun even more so. Sima Lingyun never again appeared at the places were wealthy men often frequented. Even if he was seen there, he was always subjected to mocking by others. Sima Lingyun was downtrodden and this caused the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor to fall even further.

Meanwhile, after Mo Xuemin married into the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor, she caused another scandal!

She was found with a concubine-born son of Duke Mingguo hugging each other tightly outside the main doors of the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor. It was such an embarra.s.sment!

No matter what the truth was, it had ruined her reputation. If a woman truly cared about her reputation, she would die without doubts after what happened. Even if she did not kill herself, she would ask to be sent to the family’s temple and stay there to pray and never again care about matters of the world. One could thus see how important a woman’s reputation was in the Qin Kingdom.

However, what happened in the end was unexpected. Nothing happened to Mo Xuemin, the Marquess’ wife. She continued to stay in the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor while the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor did not issue any statement regarding the matter at all. It was as if it was no big deal. Everyone was waiting to watch the spectacle they would make but did not manage to see anything. They just mocked Sima Lingyun even more for being made a cuckold.

The Marquess rarely appeared before others and the matter gradually died down.

However, something else happened just a few months after that incident. It was a grave matter that shocked the entire capital. d.u.c.h.ess Zhenguo dragged Sima Lingyun and Mo Xuemin to the Mo Manor angrily. She mentioned separation and marital fraud, bringing up what happened once more.

She was going to seek justice for Sima Lingyun!

However, she did not expect that Sima Lingyun’s terrible reputation could never be recovered again.

Of course, after hearing about what happened, Mo Xuetong felt that things were not that simple. d.u.c.h.ess Zhenguo had brought the two of them along under the gazes of so many people. If she thought about it carefully, there was something lurking beneath this all.

After staying by Feng Yuran’s side for so long, Mo Xuetong’s way of thinking had become similar to his. She had also become more thoughtful. She felt that things would not be so simple. Why would the d.u.c.h.ess put in so much effort to get rid of Mo Xuemin and restore the name of the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor?

Who had given d.u.c.h.ess Zhenguo the confidence to do so? And who had given Sima Lingyun such confidence!

Sima Lingyun had never been a responsible man!

In her past life, he had cheated her of her dowry and tricked her into believing him. In the end, he turned his affections to her father’s favorite and eldest daughter, Mo Xuemin, because of the fall of Fu General Manor. Mo Xuemin would not believe that there were no plots that had led up to this. He had exchanged a disfigured and unloved wife for a beautiful and talented one. The new wife he had gained was also a trusted daughter of Mo Huawen.

No matter how one looked at it, Sima Lingyun did not make any losses!

Furthermore, as long as she died, her dowry would go to Mo Xuemin. Her father would not ask the Duke Zhenguo’s Manor for dowry again. Since his other daughter was going to marry into the same manor, then all of that could be used as dowry!

But in her past life, Sima Lingyun had made every possible effort to get together with Mo Xuemin. He had even hurt his wife and child. In this life, Mo Xuetong did not expect karma to bite him in the a.r.s.e so quickly. The two of them had only gotten together for a few months before they were now making a fuss to separate. They dared to even go against the Empress’ edict.

Taken seriously, it was as good as slapping the Empress in her face!