Chapter 488 - At the Mo Manor and Auntie Qings Change (2/2)

“You Yuecheng said he found out something to do with what happened to Mother back then. If he found out about this earlier, he would have used it already. He only mentioned it now because he just found out about it. It proves that there are clues to the whole incident. He only discovered them not long ago. Perhaps about a month or so ago. Isn’t that a coincidence?”

A hint of a smile grew on Mo Xuetong’s lips. There was a faint mocking glint in her clear eyes. This was just one reason. The other reason was that jade pendant. That jade pendant was no ordinary item. The ta.s.sel on it was knotted using a technique only available in the palace. This was another point of suspicion.

There were two different ta.s.sel knotting types that were popular in the palace right now. The male ta.s.sel had one knot while the female ta.s.sel had two. However, those who did not understand or were not observant would not be able to tell. The ta.s.sel on the jade pendant that Yun Ya was holding belonged to a man.

She had only come to the capital not long ago and had not attended a single banquet. Where did she get the jade pendant and ta.s.sel which originated from the palace?

“Shall I send someone to Miss Yun Ya’s hometown to check?” Mo Ye asked.

“No need, she wouldn’t have come all the way to the capital alone. There must be some servants who are close to her. You can start investigating these people.” Mo Xuetong said with a slight smile. She could not find it in herself to pity the seemingly weak and pitiful Miss Yun Ya.

Since she had no choice but to enter the capital because she was being forced to marry, an ordinary girl might not cry all day, but she would definitely be worried about her parents back home! Miss Yun Ya seemed only concerned about the person who gave her the jade pendant. It must be someone she loved. She did not miss her parents at all and did not seem pitiful at all.

She seemed even more so like someone who did not know her place!

The horse carriage arrived at Mo Manor and Mo Xuetong had to enter to let her father know that she was well. The servants saw that it was Mo Xuetong and hurriedly brought her to Xu Yan’s.

Xu Yan was already quite heavily pregnant and since the weather was quite hot, she felt rather lazy to move around. When she heard that Mo Xuetong was visiting, she got up hurriedly. However, Mo Xuetong arrived before she emerged from the room and went up to help her with a smile. She said, “Mother, you are so heavily pregnant; why are you getting up? You’d better sit down.”

Xu Yan wore a light green dress with flowers embroidered on it. Her hair was combed neatly and she was not wearing any hair accessories. She looked plain but elegant. Even though her stomach was quite distended, she seemed comfortable and in good spirits. It was evident that she was doing well in Mo Manor.

She smiled when she heard Mo Xuetong’s concerned words. “I heard that the lockdown on your manor ended today. Old Sir is very happy about it and wanted to visit you later. I didn’t expect you to come before Old Sir returns. How are you doing? Did you encounter any difficulties? I heard that the women in the back courtyard caused a commotion. Are you okay?”

Mo Huawen was in charge of the security of the capital. He got information really quickly about what was happening in each family.

Mo Xuetong helped Xu Yan to the couch as she spoke with a smile, “I’ve caused you to worry. It’s actually no big deal. The women in the back courtyard didn’t cause that much trouble.”

“How is it no big deal? Women deal with the matters of the back courtyard all their lives. I heard that His Highness has the most women in his back courtyard out of every manor here. Find an excuse and get rid of some of them. Otherwise, they will just cause trouble in the manor. Look at what happened to the other two King’s Manor.”

Xu Yan was talking about King Yan’s Manor and King Chu’s Manor.

One of their Second Consort had tried to elope with another man and the King had impregnated a maid.

The other had a Consort who caused his Second Consort to miscarry and the Consort tried to kill the Second Consort. All of these were matters of the back courtyard.

The two of them did not mention Mo Xueqiong. Like Mo Xuetong, Xu Yan did not like the mean-spirited Mo Xueqiong. This was especially since she had not dragged the Mo Manor into the scandal when she tried to frame Mo Xuetong this time. If it had been proven that Mo Xuetong was involved in the scandal, the Mo Manor would have gotten into trouble.

The royal family would not allow their reputation to be tarnished. They would push the blame onto Mo Huawen no matter what and Mo Huawen would become the scapegoat of the entire matter.

Mo Xuetong smiled and said, “We do have to clean up the manor. There are some restless people in the back courtyard.”

“Ask His Highness for his opinion before you clean up the back courtyard lest you annoy him.” Xu Yan instructed worriedly. She did not doubt Mo Xuetong’s intelligence as well. However, the women of the back courtyard belonged to King Xuan. Furthermore, King Xuan had always been an arrogant person, so Mo Xuetong should be careful not to create an even bigger mess.

Mo Xuetong nodded and replied,” Don’t worry, Mother. I will consult His Highness first. What about the back courtyard here? Did anything happen?”

She was asking about Auntie Qing. Mo Xueqiong had caused a huge scandal and died an dishonorable death.

Xu Yan knew what Mo Xuetong was asking about and she harrumphed coldly. “That person is not concerned about her daughter but her son. She naturally cares more for her son than her daughter.”

Mo Xuetong blinked her smart and watery eyes in confusion.

A maid served tea and Xu Yan pushed the cup to Mo Xuetong. She waved her hand and most of the maids left. Only her personal maid stayed behind.

“Auntie Qing is very close to Mo Yufeng lately. She sends anything good she gets to Mo Yufeng. I heard that she even sent a beautiful maid over and asked the maid to serve Mo Yufeng well. She’s just sending one of her people to stay by his side.”

“Auntie Qing and Elder Brother are very close?” Mo Xuetong grew even more confused. Her long lashes fluttered, hiding the suspicion in her eyes. Why would the two of them become so close?

In the past, when Auntie Fang was in charge of household matters, she had oppressed the other two Aunties. The two aunties did not have any sons and could not fight Auntie Fang. They did not dare to say anything in front of her. However, Mo Xueqiong and Mo Xuemin had never gotten along, and one could tell that the relations.h.i.+p between Auntie Qing and Auntie Fang was poor from that.

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