Chapter 620 - Confused, the Person That Always Couldnt Be Seen Through (1/2)
Mo Ye reacted quickly. The moment she saw that Mo Xuetong had reached out, she grabbed her hand. She was a martial artist and had always been on guard, so she was naturally much faster than Feng Yuxuan who had acted angrily. She pulled Mo Xuetong forcefully. Feng Yuxuan didn’t expect that a maidservant had such great strength. Immediately, she pulled Mo Xuetong behind her.
It happened very fast, and they were standing by the side of the road. Mo Xuetong seemed to rush forward and tripped over something. She was about to fall to the ground, but the maidservant beside her hurriedly reached out to hold her. Finally, she stopped when she approached King Chu and was pulled back behind the maidservant.
A maidservant reacted so quickly. Feng Yuxuan was stunned and his expression turned dark. He stretched out his hand and wanted to pull her back. Suddenly, he heard a clear voice behind him. “Greetings, King Chu, Consort Xuan!”
There was someone else here. The two of them involuntarily turned around. Feng Yuxuan’s hand retracted silently and the sinister expression on his face disappeared. He looked as gentle as ever. Following the voice, he saw a young man dressed in a light blue brocade robe with algae patterns, looking elegant and handsome. He was Qin Yufeng, who had just become the Number One Scholar.
He had come from behind Feng Yuxuan. He looked at the two of them with a grin, as if he had not sensed the strange atmosphere between the two of them at all!
Feng Yuxuan turned around subconsciously and walked forward slowly. As he was a few steps away from Mo Xuetong, he asked with a smile. “Yufeng, why are you here?”
“I entered the palace with King Ning just now. King Ning wanted to see the Empress Dowager inside. I went with him and paid my respects. Then, I came back myself,” Qin Yufeng explained with a smile. He looked as if he had just arrived. His eyes drifted over to Mo Xuetong’s pale face with a smile. After a pause, he looked away quietly.
Today’s banquet was held for the top three in the imperial examination, so it was normal for Qin Yufeng to appear in the palace. With Qin Yufeng’s current status and age, it was obvious that he would have a promising future. King Ning, Feng Yuzhen, expressed his goodwill to him, and it was normal for him to invite Qin Yufeng to the palace to visit the Empress Dowager.
“It’s still early for the banquet. Why don’t you have a walk with me?” Feng Yuxuan offered with a smile. Qin Yufeng used to be one of his men. He had never been an official because he was on his side wholeheartedly and gave advice to him. However, Feng Yuxuan could not figure out what he meant now.
Since Qin Yufeng was the new Number One Scholar, many people came to the Qin Manor recently, so it was not convenient for Feng Yuxuan to show up in front of him and they had not had a good talk. Now it was still early, so Feng Yuxuan wanted to have a talk with Qin Yufeng and ask him what he was going to do. No matter whether Qin Yufeng was going to become an official or not, Feng Yuxuan thought that he was on his side.
Qin Yufeng was a talented person, a young and capable person who used to give advice to him. Therefore, Feng Yuxuan felt that he had to collect him and he thought this should not be a problem. The two of them had been getting along well for a long time. Even if Qin Yufeng had changed his mind, he would stop him!
It was rare to have such a good opportunity. Feng Yuxuan thought about it and felt that the opportunity was not bad. He immediately changed his mind to stop Mo Xuetong. There were still chances for him to deal with Mo Xuetong in the future, so there was no rush. However, he had to show his kindness to Qin Yufeng, as well as threaten him with his power as soon as possible, lest Feng Yuzhen got benefit.
Having made up his mind, Feng Yuxuan invited Qin Yufeng with a sincere smile!
“Then Consort Xuan…” Qin Yufeng’s gaze drifted to Mo Xuetong. He seemed to be pondering.
“I was just talking to Consort Xuan about Princess Caifeng from the Southern Barbarian Lands. Since Consort Xuan is ill these days, I will ask Eighth brother later.” Feng Yuxuan waved his hand and smiled elegantly at Mo Xuetong. “Since you want to see the Empress Dowager, you’d better go first, Consort Xuan.”
Then, he moved out of the way naturally and gestured for Mo Xuetong to leave first.
Feng Yuxuan covered it up. Of course, Mo Xuetong would not expose it. She immediately curtsied to Feng Yuxuan gracefully and walked away slowly with Mo Yu. Fortunately, Qin Yufeng had appeared in time. Otherwise, with Feng Yuxuan’s earlier crazed state, it would not be easy to settle the matter today.
Qin Yufeng stood by the side. When Mo Xuetong pa.s.sed him, he did not say anything and cupped his hands as a curtsy.
Mo Xuetong nodded and led Mo Yu forward. They pa.s.sed a small path and headed for the main road. Then, Mo Xuetong asked Mo Yu softly, “Was there anyone around just now?”
She was not worried about what had happened earlier. After all, as long as Feng Yuxuan did not stir up trouble, others could not say anything even if they had seen that they had spoken for a long while, which was unreasonable. Furthermore, Feng Yuxuan had used Princess Caifeng as an excuse earlier, which meant that he had pushed it on Princess Caifeng.
Everyone knew that Princess Caifeng had never been quiet in King Xuan’s Manor recently. Feng Yuxuan was King Chu who wanted to marry Princess Caifeng, so it was normal for him to ask about Princess Caifeng. Then, Mo Xuetong lost her balance and almost fell down, but she did not really b.u.mp into Feng Yuxuan.
“I heard it clearly just now. King Chu didn’t come alone. There were about two people hiding on trees, but some people saw it in the distance. Two people pa.s.sed by in the direction where I stood just now and they stopped later. But in that position, it was too far to hear what you said. Even when King Chu pulled you, they couldn’t see it clearly. They would only think that you tripped on something accidentally.”