Chapter 560 - Happened to Meet an Arrogant Woman (1/2)

Mo Xuetong also let out a sigh and said, “Second Consort Mo, you must be joking. King Chu is such a wise person. How could he be like our King? Our manor leaks air everywhere, and not a person can prevent it. This time, it was our manor that got King Chu into the trouble. Please convey our apologies to King Chu when you return.”

“Consort Xuan, you are so kind. This is also our King’s fault. How could he take the South Pearl head accessory as the present? Consort Ling had taken a fancy to this set for a long time, and I heard that she had asked for it from His Highness several times. However, His Highness doted on her usually, but he did not agree this time. I did not expect that it made Consort Ling keep thinking of it, and almost… cause great trouble. But for your cleverness, we would have been done this time.”

Mo Yarui patted her chest with a lingering fear on her face. Even now, she was still frightened of what had happened in the palace every time she thought about it.

Mo Xuetong explained Mo Yarui with a smile, “As for the matter, it’s all thanks to His Majesty. On that day, King Chu sent the head accessory to the manor. Soon, His Majesty sent someone to say that the Empress Dowager wanted a set of South Pearl head accessory. Since our King never cared about this kind of thing, he simply ordered people to send it to the Empress Dowager’s palace. Fortunately, by doing so, we could get through the great disaster.”

Mo Xuetong naturally s.h.i.+fted the cause to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

“Did His Majesty send someone to say that?” Mo Yarui asked hesitantly. She held the handkerchief in her hand and hesitated for a moment. A hint of suspicion flashed in her eyes, and she looked a little pale. Feng Yuxuan presented to the set of head accessory to Mo Xuetong, not to King Xuan as planned. So what did the Emperor think of it?

This matter, this matter… although it was a bit ridiculous, Mo Yarui still felt that there was something wrong with it, and her eyes narrowed slightly.

“That’s right. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been so lucky. Thanks to His Majesty’s blessing.” Mo Xuetong seemed not to have seen Mo Yarui’s uneasiness, and just nodded with fear and a hint of fear appeared on her tender face. She said affirmatively, “When I think of what happened to this set of South Pearls, I still feel scared. Fortunately, fortunately… we have His Majesty here.”

Mo Yarui glanced at Mo Xuetong’s panic-stricken face and felt little relieved in her heart, so she nodded and replied, “It’s all thanks to His Majesty.”

The South Pearl head accessory had been just sent to the King Xuan’s manor, but very soon, it appeared in the Empress Dowager’s palace. If it was the King Xuan’s Manor who plotted it, then King Xuan was not the person that he looked like on the surface. Last night, Feng Yuxuan slept in Mo Yarui’s room, and his words still rang in her ears. If King Xuan or Mo Xuetong was really the one plotting the whole thing, the two were too complex. Mo Yarui got fl.u.s.tered by the thought.

She came here not only for inviting Mo Xuetong to attend King Chu’s birthday banquet, but also for another important purpose that she wanted to sound out Mo Xuetong. When Mo Yarui heard that it was the Emperor who had done this, she felt relaxed but fearful.

Mo Xuetong had done her a favor, so Mo Yarui really did not want to implicate Mo Xuetong in the fight for the throne. If Feng Yuxuan only wanted to be an idle prince, no matter who became the Emperor, no one would do anything to him because of his frivolous behaviors. And Mo Xuetong, as Consort Xuan, would not have any trouble. However, another feeling lingered in Mo Yarui’s mind that Feng Yuxuan treated Mo Xuetong differently, and the different treatment was not important…

“Second Consort Mo, let’s not talk about it anymore. Can you help me to take a look at these embroideries?” Mo Xuetong pushed the exquisite embroideries in front of her and changed the topic. She looked at Mo Yarui cautiously and nervously. Mo Yarui remembered that Consort Xuan was too young, even less than fifteen years old. How could Mo Xuetong have so many thoughts at such a young age? Mo Yarui felt that she thought too much.

Ma Yarui let out a sigh of relief in her heart, and her face lit up with a smile.

Then, she focused her attention on the embroidery items in front of her, looked them over, and said with a nod, “These are all the best. The embroidery skill must have been developed for decades. These are good for making the front part of the clothes. Your Highness, do you want to make a piece of clothing?”

Mo Yarui’s embroidery skills were good as well. As such, she could tell at a glance the uniqueness of the embroidery in front of her. She also saw a large peony embroidered on it, so she could not help asking with a smile.

“It’s not necessarily for my own. It looks good. Buy it first and think about it before making it into clothes.” Mo Xuetong also looked over the embroidery and said, “Second Consort Mo, would you like to pick a few too? The embroidery here is really good.”

Mo Xuetong’s words aroused Mo Yarui’s interest, so Mo Yarui simply ordered people to pick some embroidery. And the two of them sat there drinking tea and chatting casually.

After a while, an old maid brought a tray downstairs. The tray was filled with exquisite embroidery. Mo Xuetong and Mo Yarui could not help but stop their chatting and look at the tray curiously. This was the most exquisite embroidery in the store!

When the old maid was about to come over, a group of people suddenly came from the right side. Because they were in a hurry, they b.u.mped into the old maid and knocked her down. Several embroidered products fell to the ground and were trampled on.

The old maid reacted quickly, grabbed the woman at the front, and shouted, “Young ladies, you have trampled on our embroideries. These are the most exquisite ones in our store. You can’t go.” Several customers sitting upstairs turned their heads and looked at them simultaneously.

The woman in front was wearing a pink top with water patterns on it and a pink pleated skirt with a beautiful jade belt on her slender waist. In such warm weather, she was still wearing a creamy-white bamboo cloak. She had a Ruyi bun on her head with a few jade flowers on it. She had a slightly dark complexion, but was clean-skinned and beautiful. Under her arched eyebrows, her eyes were bright but sharp. With a glance, one could tell that she was not a person to be trifled with.