Chapter 412 - He Yuxiu Fell into the Water in the Imperial Garden (1/2)
“Tong’er, rest a.s.sured. I will deal with this matter calmly.” Feng Yuran made the promise gently and hugged the young girl who trembled with tears in his arms.
Mo Xuetong also hugged him tightly, refusing to loosen her hands. Her tears ran down silently and then fell in cl.u.s.ters. She did not know why she cried, but only felt her heart broken with bitterness that made her unable to speak for that moment. She just told herself vaguely that he could fulfil his promise, and that he would not make the mistake as he had made in the last life, and he would not suffer like that, and they would live a happy life…
“Tong’er, Tong’er…” Seeing her so miserable but he was unable to find the cause, Feng Yuran just murmured her name again and again. His lips gently fell on her cheeks, eyes, and lips. He was so confused that he did not know how to comfort her, but just kissed her cheeks subconsciously and sensed her warm body as soft as water in his arms.
Mo Xuetong did not stop crying until a long time. She leaned in his arms and found a comfortable place on his chest autonomously. After wiping her face with a handkerchief, she braced herself against his robe contented. The room became quiet, and she could feel his hands tucked some strands of her hair behind her ears.
The serene and cozy atmosphere warmed both of them, and they felt the warmth from each other’s body temperature.
After a long while, lying in Feng Yuran’s arms, Mo Xuetong asked in a m.u.f.fled voice, “Do you think it was He family behind the scenes?”
She couldn’t wait for others to raise the question but wanted to reveal the truth in front of him little by little herself, so that he would avoid losing his temper in rage if he heard it from others and causing an irreversible mistake. In Mo Xuetong’s view, He family should perish without doubt, and it had much to do with Feng Yuran. But she hoped it was she who uncovered the truth to Feng Yuran.
“The He family is the most likely to do it. And Consort Zhao must have something to do with it.” Feng Yuran narrowed his eyes with a hint of coldness flas.h.i.+ng in his eyes. At this moment, he returned to himself. If he had not been reminded by Mo Xuetong, he would not think in this way. But with careful thoughts, he realized that since His Majesty had protected his mother so thoroughly, how was Empress able to take the poison to his mother?Read more new novels on ReadNovelFull.com
If there had not been any planted agent, how could Empress come to Feng Yuran’s mother’s Anhe Palace coincidentally when His Majesty had just left the palace? Feng Yuran still remembered that it was Consort Zhao who had handed it to his mother. At that time, Feng Yuran just felt Consort Zhao disgusting. If she could not protect his mother, why had she bothered to come to the palace? Now, when Feng Yuran recalled it again, he realized that Consort Zhao and Empress had collided already at that time.
No wonder Consort Zhao could live peacefully in the palace with Empress for so many years.
“I don’t like Consort Zhao. She always looked gentle, as if my mother were reborn. But how is it possible that there is an uncommon likeness between two people in the world, even their characters are so alike, unless one of them is designed intentionally?”
“Are you going to tell His Majesty?” Mo Xuetong raised her head and asked.
“How can he believe that the woman as gentle as my mother is so vicious? In his heart, perhaps he believes that Consort Zhao is gentle and kind.” When talking about Consort Zhao, Feng Yuran’s tone was rather indifferent, as if he were talking about a stranger. But Mo Xuetong could still feel the coldness under his calm tone. She clung herself deeper to his chest and nuzzled him with her face, and then said with some hesitation, “Since He family are going to come to the capital, they are bound to contact Consort Zhao. I think that Consort Zhao cannot keep calm now. Shall I…”
“No need!” Feng Yuran understood her meaning immediately and interrupted her a.s.sertively. He shook his head and said, “You don’t need to step in it.”
He did not want Tong’er to suffer any damage. The imperial palace was the inner court, and sometimes he was unable to control everything he wanted.
“You don’t treat me as yours?” Mo Xuetong looked up and blamed. Her rosebud lips pouted with displeasure, and her long eyelashes fluttered with sorrow in her misty eyes. What a poor look!
“Consort Zhao is not Consort Yu. It is not safe for you to go there.” If it were something else, Feng Yuran’s heart had softened at the sight of her expression. However, as for this matter, he refused her without a second thought.
“You, you don’t think I am yours, and is unwilling to let me avenge our mother. I don’t want you anymore!” Mo Xuetong bit her lip to push him away. Her watery eyes shed tears with grievance again. She had just been pacified, but now cried again. Looking at her blurred eyes full of tears, Feng Yuran thought he was unable to adhere to his persistence any longer.
This woman was the goblin sent by the G.o.d to torture him!
“It’s okay to go there, but be careful.” Feng Yuran sighed helplessly and said. And his anger about what He family had done to his mother was dulled for a moment.
“Rest a.s.sured. I will act according to circ.u.mstances. You ask the person who has tailed He Yuxiu to keep watch on Consort Zhao. Now, the ban on Consort Zhao has been lifted, and just guess where she will go most.” Mo Xuetong asked with a smile.
What would a person want to do most since she had been released from restriction? It could tell the person’s temperament. As for Consort Zhao, Mo Xuetong thought she needed to get to know Consort Zhao’s style before taking the proper action.
“Okay, it’s all up to you.” Feng Yuran smiled. His fingers gently brushed her glossy skin, and he continued to said charmingly, “rest a.s.sured. The alliance between Empress and Imperial n.o.ble Consort Su is not so unbreakable. Consort Zhao thought she could do at her will in the palace by the favor she has gained for ten years. I’m afraid that she will be disappointed.”
Ten years ago, Consort Zhao could probably win the favor by her appearance and temper similar to Consort Xian. But how could it be the same after ten years? Just judging from the current situation in the palace, it was easy to see that Emperor changed his favor so quickly that no one could tell where the Emperor’s love would hang around and whom he would favor next.
“When you meet her, you should be careful, too. After all, she is His Majesty’s favorite consort.” Mo Xuetong reminded una.s.sured.
“You don’t have to worry about me. Tong’er, even if she doesn’t like me, she doesn’t dare to expose it. She can ascend to what she is now all because of her temperament and appearance similar to my mother. If His Majesty knows she is always pretending, how can she continue to keep her prime in the palace?”
Feng Yuran’s slender fingers ran on Mo Xuetong’s face caressingly. “Tong’er, you just need to deal with He Yuxiu. Besides, she lives outside the palace and comes to disturb us from time to time.”
Feng Yuran had made clear a.n.a.lysis that the hypocritical He Yuxiu was no Tong’er’s opponent at all. Base on Tong’er’s cleverness, it was a piece of cake to deal with He Yuxiu. And it was much easier to start from He Yuxiu than from Consort Zhao whom they knew nothing at all.
Mo Xuetong contemplated for a while and agreed with the method. In the past, she had just wanted to fish out Consort Zhao by He Yuxiu. And now, Consort Zhao came out, but He Yuxiu was ignored. No matter how sly Consort Zhao was, to have a paternal family member like He Yuxiu was not a happy thing.
“Okay, I listen to you.” Mo Xuetong’s eyes gleamed, with a bright smile. She nodded and continued to say, “I guess even if I won’t go to find her, she will come to see me.”
“Why?” Feng Yuran asked curiously.
“I don’t know who has so many bad romances, and it comes one after another restlessly.” Mo Xuetong said with a bit of resentment. Being annoyed for the unknown reason, she reached out to pull his sleeve and took a hard bite on his wrist. In the past, Ling Fengyan was his crazy adorer, and now came He Yuxiu.
The former one had tried to take Mo Xuetong down before the death. And the latter one did not have that gut before, but now with the backer, Mo Xuetong wondered how He Yuxiu would cause trouble to her. The thought made Mo Xuetong depressed, and she thought why the man looked so enchanting and handsome that a swarm of bad romances flooded to him endlessly, and that being King Xuan’s consort was rather a dangerous thing.