Chapter 462 - The Horse Carriage Behind the Temple and the Farce by King Yans Manor (2/2)

She cried sorrowfully and pitifully while holding on to Mo Xueqiong, who was crying so hard she could not speak. Mo Yan cried and pleaded with the person in the carriage.

This s.h.i.+fted the blame from Mo Xueqiong to Mo Xuetong. When one coupled it with what was implied, one could see that Mo Yan was trying to say that Mo Xueqiong had only done something like this because of Mo Xuetong’s enticement. Mo Xuetong was the one who instigated this while Mo Xueqiong had been lied to by her.

What was Consort Xuan up to? She had intentionally tried to take King Yan’s concubine away. This did not make sense! Everyone felt doubtful.

“Your Highness, are these secret doc.u.ments and official doc.u.ments of the King’s Manor inside this bundle?” A guard said loudly as he suddenly approached and pointed at the bundle on the floor.

The secret doc.u.ments of the King’s Manor detailed the income from their lands and houses. The Emperor gave each prince their own income and the total amount was listed on the books, handled by the internal matters department of each manor. The internal wealth management of a manor was not revealed to outsiders and the official doc.u.ments were not to be given to outsiders.

Shouldn’t a concubine who was trying to escape bring money with her? Why did she bring the account books and secret doc.u.ments of the King’s Manor with her?

Everyone’s expression changed!

Consort Xuan had encouraged her sister to run away and told her to bring the secret doc.u.ments of the King’s Manor before she left. This indicated that this was not just a simple case of a concubine running away. Furthermore, this involved the royal family. The fight between the princes had resulted in King Yan being locked up in his manor. And now, the secrets of King Yan’s Manor was found to be leaked.

Did this mean that to the other princes, King Yan’s Manor was a defenseless place that anyone could enter and do as they wished?

If they thought even more about this, it was rumored that King Yan’s Manor was disdained by the Emperor because it had something to do with the women of the palace. Did King Yan really not do anything but was framed? They looked at the Second Consort who was said to be involved then. She listened to everything her elder sister said. There might be some secret in all of this and someone might have been wronged.

They looked at Mo Xueqiong who was sobbing silently on the ground. Then, they looked at Mo Yan who was holding Mo Xueqiong in a death grip, looking like a loyal servant. They also looked at Mo Jiao, who was crying fearfully at the side. They did not look like they were capable of anything. How would they be able to do something like running away and taking secret doc.u.ments with them?

“Consort Xuan, please get off the horse carriage!” Feng Yulei’s expression was sharp with fury. He could not hide the anger on his face. He took the books that the guard handed him. After flipping through them, he threw them at the guards and glared at the horse carriage.

“Third Sister… I… His Highness, it was all my fault. Third Sister has nothing to do with this… She, she only wanted to help me. These books… I picked them up somewhere by accident…” Mo Xueqiong cried loudly.

“Fourth Miss, why are you still protecting Third Miss at a time like this… You, you’re going to be beaten to death! Third Miss, Third Miss, save Fourth Miss… She, She’s only done this because of you. If not for what you said, she wouldn’t have done something like this… Third Miss, Third Miss…”

Mo Yan cried loudly and stood up. She ran to the front of the horse carriage and knelt down, kowtowing forcefully and pleading with Mo Xuetong.

“Mo Yan, what happened here. Why do you keep mentioning My Lady?” A clear voice could be heard from behind the crowd. Everyone turned to look behind but there was a large crowd of servants. In the middle, stood a beautiful young girl who was about 13 or 14.

There was a hint of surprise on her soft and bouncy face. She looked up slightly with her lively eyes and frowned at the crowd, seeming as if she did not know what happened.

“Consort Xuan, it’s Consort Xuan.”

“It really is Consort Xuan.”

“Didn’t they say Consort Xuan is on the horse carriage? Why is she here?” Those who recognized Mo Xuetong were surprised and slowly backed away to make way for her.

Everyone watched as Mo Xuetong approached, helped along by her maid. They were all stunned. Wasn’t Mo Xuetong inside the carriage?

Feng Yulei narrowed his eyes as he watched Mo Xuetong approach slowly. He did not speak but his expression immediately grew ugly.

Mo Xueqiong paled and she could not pretend to cry any longer. She looked at Mo Xuetong in shock and then looked at the horse carriage. If Mo Xuetong was here, who was the person inside?

Mo Yan’s loud wailing stopped as well. She did not know whether to cry or laugh. She looked up, not crying any longer, and stared as Mo Xuetong made her way toward them.

“Greetings, King Yan, Consort Yan.” Mo Xuetong went forward and looked straight into Feng Yulei’s dark eyes. She curtsied deeply to him and You Yue’e. She was Feng Yulei’s sister-in-law, and they must follow etiquette no matter what.

“Men, drag the person in the horse carriage down.” This was completely different from what they planned. You Yue’e could not stop the muscles on her face from twitching. She turned to yell at the guards behind her.

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