Chapter 480 - Being Provocative, Apologies from Concubine Qin (2/2)
“Let her come in.” Mo Xuetong replied calmly as a cold smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Concubine Qin came ferociously and it was uncertain whether she saw too highly or too lowly of Mo Xuetong.
She came forth to provoke Mo Xuetong the day after her being promoted to a concubine.
Concubine Qin was brought in. Her teary eyes were unlike the normal elegant and confident Lady Qin. She came to the front door of Mo Xuetong’s room and was blocked before she got a chance to speak. Through the curtains, she saw Mo Xuetong sitting in front of the dressing table, crying while holding a handkerchief. “My Lady, what happened yesterday was my fault. Please do not be angry at His Highness. This matter had nothing to do with His Highness and you should blame me instead of His Highness. I am here to apologize to My Lady.”
Mo Xuetong took a flowery hairpin from her jewelry box and shone it under the sunlight. Then, she pa.s.sed it to Mo Lan mischievously. “Look, is this suitable for me?”
Receiving it, Mo Lan gauged it with her hands as she complimented it, smiling. “This hairpin is perfect for My Lady. With the flowery pearls dangling by your hair, you look even more charming. I’m sure His Highness will love this.”
“Bad la.s.s, stop mocking me!” Mo Xuetong complained coyly as she glanced at Mo Lan through the mirror.
“How can this be not beautiful since His Highness gifted it to you? Last time, when His Highness brought this over, I remember My Lady saying that it was merely ordinary. However, I am sure you loved it!” Mo Yu teased her as well as she brought another pair of matching earrings over to pa.s.s to Mo Lan. Mo Lan then hung them on Mo Xuetong’s ears familiarly.
Seeing that everyone ignored her, Concubine Qin seemed to be a little embarra.s.sed and was about to run away. However, she told herself to endure further through this and not to be as arrogant as before. She should pull His Highness to her side while he still had feelings for her. Hence, she decided to not create more drama.
“My Lady…” She opened her mouth again.
“Yo, isn’t this the new Concubine Qin? Why are you finding My Lady?” the curtain was lifted and Mo Yu walked out and asked impolitely, “aren’t you an aristocratic lady? How dare you be so rude after being promoted to a concubine?”
The question made Concubine Qin’s face turn red with anger as she was about to vomit blood out of frustration. However, she knew that she was holding a lower status and forced out a smile to explain. “I am here to apologize to My Lady for fear that My Lady argues with His Highness due to my mistake.”
“Since when did My Lady argue with His Highness? Also, what does that have to do with Concubine Qin? Is there a need for you to apologize?”
“I…” Concubine Qin was unable to speak a single word to rebut. She didn’t expect Mo Xuetong’s servants to be so brutal. Not only did they disallow her from entering the room, but they also chided her personally.
She inevitably felt annoyed as she got scolded by a servant. However, she suppressed that frustration and forced out another smile. “I am… I am only here to explain to My Lady on what happened yesterday.”
“There is no need. My Lady is busy now and has no time to care about all these pointless gossips. Just let it be. Concubine Qin, you may leave now.” Mo Yu said coldly.
Pointless gossips. The choice of words made Concubine Qin truly want to vomit blood out of anger. She grabbed her sleeves tight with her hands and her expressions froze, spending a long while before she relaxed from the mocking gaze of Mo Yu. She suddenly kneeled in front of the door and shouted at Mo Xuetong, who was inside the curtain. “My Lady, I truly did not do that on purpose. I did not know why His Highness wanted me promoted to a concubine. My Lady, perhaps His Highness had no feelings for me but he merely had me promoted since there were few concubines in this manor, which was detrimental to My Lady’s reputation.”
Mo Yu trembled in anger as she knew that the intention of this proclamation in front of numerous nannies and servants was to spread the idea that Her Lady was jealous. Immediately, she walked forth, placing her hands on her waists and chided angrily. “Concubine Qin, it looks like you are here to be rude create trouble for My Lady just so that people in the manor will misunderstand My Lady. Since that is the case, you can continue to kneel here and bow your head on the ground. You can only stop when My Lady is no longer angry.”
She could only stop when Mo Xuetong was no longer angry. If Mo Xuetong never stopped her, she would die here knocking her head. Concubine Qin s.h.i.+vered out of fear and cried out loud. “My Lady, listen to me, I am really not…”
Before she could even finish her words, Mo Yu’s brows were lifted in anger. She raised her head and slapped Concubine Qin harshly, making her dizzy. The slap made her fall onto the ground, stunned and bewildered as she looked at Mo Yu, with her hand on her face.
“Concubine Qin, as a new concubine, you are just a servant in the eyes of My Lady and your life is at her command. I don’t know who gave you the courage to come here and create trouble for My Lady. Do you really think she can be so easily bullied? Go out and take a look. Even if any other concubines out of the imperial family dare to create trouble like this, they will be dragged out to be beaten to death.”
Mo Yu stared directly at Concubine Qin and said coldly.
Concubine Qin was still engulfed in the shock of being beaten as she felt the fiery pain on her face. Ever since she was young, she had never been beaten as she had always been the high and mighty eldest proper daughter. Even when she entered King Xuan’s Manor, the nanny in-charge had always respected her and never dared to disagree with her. She never expected that she would be beaten by a servant today.
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