Chapter 570 - Innocence? She Never Had! (1/2)

“Mingzhu, how, how could you say that?” Madam Qu was stunned. She had never expected her gentle and kind daughter to say something like that. She looked up at Luo Mingzhu in shock.

“Second Aunt, what do you want Second Cousin and me to say? Do you want Second Cousin to give a face to a woman who has plotted against General Manor? Second Aunt, you are now a knife in someone’s hand. Don’t you know that you are used to plotting against General Manor? What would Second Uncle think if he finds out?”

Mo Xuetong was furious as well. If she had not asked her people to watch Yun Ya, she would not have known that You Yuecheng was using her to plot against General Manor. No wonder You Yuecheng had so many speculations in the desolate little courtyard in the back yard and they were close to the truth. There was indeed someone who was pa.s.sing on the message.

Yun Ya was now the cousin of General Manor, and it would be easy for her to find out something about the courtyard in the back yard.

“Tong’er, Ya’er… Ya’er, Ya’er is a good girl.” Madam Qu was defeated under Mo Xuetong’s cold gaze.

“Second Aunt, are you really unwilling to tell us you and Miss Yun’s plan?” Mo Xuetong glanced at Luo Mingzhu and her expression softened. She had to give her face and hoped that her Second Aunt would return and tell her everything. Even if she did something wrong, Grandmother would not punish her harshly.

Luo Mingzhu, who was seated by the side, understood what Mo Xuetong meant and looked at her with grateful eyes.

Madam Qu’s hand clenched, and blue veins stood out on her hand. She took a few deep breaths. How could she not be angry when her daughter and niece forced her to do this point? “Ya’er is now in this state. She could have been someone’s official wife, but now she can only be a concubine. Are you not going to let her go through this road? Do you really want her to die?”

Mo Xuetong raised her brows when she heard that. She looked at Madam Qu coldly. It seemed that her Second Aunt was really obstinate. She cast a glance at Luo Mingzhu and decided to let Luo Mingzhu deal with the matter.

“Mother, Yun Ya could have been someone’s official wife? I don’t know how a woman who has eloped with other men several times can be an official wife.” Luo Mingzhu was so angry with Madam Qu that she almost went mad. She gritted her teeth and looked at Madam Qu angrily.

Luo Wenyou, who was seated by the side, paled all of a sudden.

Madam Qu’s expression changed as well. She raised her trembling hand and slapped Luo Mingzhu viciously. “How, how could you be so mean? Ya’er is an obedient and gentle child. It was all others who framed her. How, how could you say that about her?”

The clear sound of a slap shocked everyone. Old Madam, who was leaning against the couch suddenly opened her eyes and sat up. However, she fell down hurriedly because she was too dizzy. Nanny Shen hurriedly held her. Mo Xuetong turned around immediately and comforted her softly. Luo Wenyou was shocked as well. He looked at Madam Qu in shock. Madam Qu had always been gentle in his heart.

Luo Mingzhu had never been beaten by Madam Qu before. For a moment, she covered her face and looked at Madam Qu in disbelief. “Mother, for that woman, you even slap me. People who don’t know the truth will think that she is your daughter!” she said word by word, with pain and injury in her eyes.

Madam Qu looked at her hand and also panicked for a moment. She stood up hurriedly and argued, “I… Mingzhu, no… Ya’er, she is really pitiful. She is a good girl…”

She was anxious just now and thought that what Luo Mingzhu said was too mean, so she slapped her. When she realized what had happened, she felt guilty and hurried to explain.

She just insisted that Yun Ya had nothing to do with this matter, and it was all by accident that such a thing happened.

Mo Xuetong looked at her coldly for a long while and sighed to herself, “Second Cousin is a good person but Second Aunt is completely different from what I have imagined.” In her past life, she did not have much to do with her Second Aunt. However, Mo Xuetong did not expect her to be such a short-sighted person. She had been made a fool of herself by Yun Ya and did not care about the status of General Manor at all.

A gush of wind blew from outside the window and blew off a strand of hair at Mo Xuetong’s temples. A faint smile appeared on her lips. No wonder her grandmother did not like her Second Aunt. She had thought that her grandmother valued men over daughters, and her Second Aunt did not give birth to a son. Only now did she realize that Madam Qu was too selfish.

“Second Cousin, sit down first. I will ask Second Aunt!” Mo Xuetong pulled Luo Mingzhu’s hand and asked her to sit down. Then, she looked at Madam Qu with a slight smile and asked calmly, “Second Aunt, since you think Miss Yun Ya is a good girl, why did you ask someone to put some drug in Second Uncle’s and Eldest Cousin’s wine?”

Madam Qu’s face changed greatly when she heard this, and she couldn’t help stuttering, “What, what do you mean?”

Luo Wenyou, who was seated by the side, frowned. A hint of darkness flashed in his eyes.

“Eldest Cousin can’t hold his liquor very well, but compared to Second Uncle, he could drink more. There were several times when Second Uncle and Eldest Cousin drank together, and when Eldest Cousin was fine, Second Uncle was drunk. Why was the result reversed this time? Furthermore, Eldest Cousin got drunk after only one cup of wine this time. Don’t you think it’s strange, Second Aunt?”

Mo Xuetong’s gaze turned from Luo Wenyou’s face to Madam Qu’s. She glanced at their expressions and asked gently. Her tone was aggressive and did not relax at all.

If she didn’t push Madam Qu and force her to tell the truth, it would not end up well! This was to deal with Madam Qu.

Of course, she had another method to deal with Luo Wenyou.