Chapter 463 - Eloping, Doubts, and Plots within Plots (1/2)

“Yes,” two guards replied and jumped onto the horse carriage. They pulled the curtains away. Inside, was a person dressed in the clothes of a maidservant. The figure was huddled in a corner and shaking. After the guards pulled the person out, the person fell and crawled out of the horse carriage. The guards kicked the figure and the person knelt on the ground.

“King Yan, what happened to my Fourth Sister? Why did I hear the people here yelling my name from far away? The maids thought that something happened and found me at the Abbot’s. I didn’t even manage to hear his scripture.” Mo Xuetong said softly. Her eyes were clear and confused as if she were completely unaware when she looked at the pathetic-looking Mo Xueqiong.

Mo Xuetong was at the Abbot’s listening to him praying?

Everyone felt that she looked extremely innocent when they saw her gentle smile and the confused look in her eyes.

Feng Yulei’s heart felt a twinge when he heard that. He felt as if there were something weighing down on his chest. Did their plot fail? She had managed to escape. He turned to glare at Mo Xueqiong viciously. She was indeed an incompetent woman who couldn’t get anything done.

Mo Xueqiong had emerged from her shock by then. She knew that things were going pear-shaped when she saw Feng Yulei’s sharp expression. She was at a loss of what to do as well and she immediately paled. Her lips trembled. She did not have to pretend any longer and she really almost fainted from shock at this time.

“Third Miss, Third Miss, please save our mistress. Our mistress came to meet you. You, you can’t just leave her like that.” Mo Yan suddenly rushed forward. Her hair was in a mess as she lunged at Mo Xuetong like a madwoman.

She still wanted to push all the blame onto Mo Xuetong at this point. Mo Ye’s eyes grew sharp with fury. She took a step forward and pushed Mo Yan away forcefully. She said angrily, “You lowly servant, how dare you. Who instigated you to plot against My Lady?”

They had all the evidence they needed. Yet, the maid still wanted to push the blame to Consort Xuan. It could only be said that there was someone pulling the strings behind this. Did someone want to frame Consort Xuan? This maid was from King Xuan’s Manor and only her master or mistress could make her do this. Speaking of which, the person most likely to want to frame Consort Xuan would be the master of King Xuan’s Manor!

Feng Yulei’s expression was stony when he saw everyone looking at him doubtfully. He wanted to beat the maid to death. Things had already changed so greatly but the lowly maid did not know how to be flexible. Wasn’t she trying to make everyone find him suspicious?

Mo Ye was of course, much stronger than Mo Yan. Mo Yan stumbled backward with a scream and crashed onto the handles of the horse carriage. She yelled in pain and fell onto the floor, clutching her stomach. She did not get up again.

n.o.body cared whether the maid would live or die at this point. Everyone’s attention was on Mo Xuetong and King Yan. They were all looking at the person dressed in the robes of a maidservant. The figure still did not dare to look up.

Troublesome incidents came one after another. Before Feng Yulei could organize his thoughts, someone screamed in surprise. “Ah, it’s a man?”

“Look, look at his throat?”

“It’s really a man. The Second Consort wasn’t encouraged to run away by Consort Xuan. She was obviously trying to elope. She got discovered and tried to push the blame to her elder sister. She’s truly evil…”

A man? The person was a man?

No matter how calm Feng Yulei was, his expression was so dark he looked almost purple with rage. His Second Consort did not want to enjoy the wealth and luxuries in his manor but wanted to elope with another man. He was not only made a cuckold, but others would also think about why the Second Consort wanted to elope with a man. “This… is a huge scandal.”

King Yan was a man, and he was very embarra.s.sed by this incident!

He glared at Mo Xueqiong furiously, looking almost as if he wanted to dig out her heart and eat it! He was enraged and the veins on his face bulged and twisted as he clenched his fists tightly under his robes.

You Yue’e was shocked as well and she stared at the person in front of her with wide eyes. She did not know what to say and only felt furious. She felt as if she were being cooked over a pit. So many things had gone wrong with her perfect plan. It was impossible to implicate Mo Xuetong in this anymore.

A maid beside her pushed her gently and reminded her softly. “My Lady, you have to handle this matter.”

Mo Xueqiong was the Second Consort of King Yan’s Manor. The matriarch of the family should deal with such matters. It was time for You Yue’e to act.

You Yue’e took a deep breath. She knew that she mustn’t make any more mistakes now. It would be terrible if others were to find out that her elder brother and the King worked together to plot against Mo Xuetong. Anyway, since things had come to this point and Mo Xueqiong was meant to be a sacrifice anyway, she would push all the blame to Mo Xueqiong.

Anyway, no matter whether Mo Xueqiong had stolen secret doc.u.ments or was eloping, she could only die today.

Having decided that, You Yue’e said angrily with a cold expression, “Lift the man’s head up. I want to see what sort of person would seduce Second Consort Mo and make her not want to stay in the King’s Manor any longer. She even tried to blame Consort Xuan for this.”

A guard went over and dragged the trembling man up. He pulled his hair up and raised the man’s head. Everyone could see that it was a handsome young man of about 15 or 16. There was even some lipstick and rouge on his face. If one did not take a careful look at him, they would not even see that.

“Oh, it’s His Highness’s manservant, Yun’er!”