Chapter 95 - Under House Arrest (1/2)
Shi Qingxue didn’t argue with Xia Mang but returned to her room and wrote a letter. She gave it to Xia Mang. “Send this letter to King Rui’s mansion now. Be sure to hand it to Mo Junyang.”
After thinking for a while, she was still worried and added, “Hmm, Qu Yuebai or Wei Zichao is okay. Anyway, ask Mo Junyang to give me a reply as soon as possible.”
Xia Mang was not surprised that Shi Qingxue called Mo Junyang by his name. She just said worriedly, “Madam has said that you can’t contact His Excellency. You…”
Shi Qingxue raised her eyebrows. “Little Xia Mang, do you listen to me or my mother?”
Little Xia Mang, who was several years older than Shi Qingxue, kept silent and admitted her destiny to send the letter to King Rui’s mansion.
After asking, she learned that Mo Junyang went out just now and nobody knew when he would come back. Qu Yuebai received the maid from the Shi Family.
Qu Yuebai glanced at Xia Mang and asked leisurely, “Did your lady tell you to come here?”
Xia Mang thought, “Of course. Otherwise, why would a servant come to see His Excellency?”
She handed in the letter respectfully. “Lady Qingxue asked His Excellency to reply as soon as he reads the letter.”
Qu Yuebai received the letter and fumbled on the envelope with his finger. Then he took out another letter from his pocket and gave it to Xia Mang. “Give this to your lady.”
Xia Mang goggled. “She asked to reply as soon as possible, but not so soon!”
It seemed that they had planned everything in advance.
Qu Yuebai guessed what Xia Mang was thinking and laughed humbly. “His Excellency guessed that your lady would come, but he is not in the capital city these days, so he had to reply her with a letter. And he asked me to tell her not to worry and that he would handle everything.”
He was like a fortuneteller.
Xia Mang sighed with emotion and knew more about Mo Junyang who showed up in front of her lady frequently nowadays. She replied in a hurry, “I see. I am going back to tell my lady.”
However, before Xia Mang sent the letter back to the Luotong Boudoir, she was stopped by Dong Hui and Mammy Zheng at the gate. It appeared that they had known that Xia Mang went out to send a letter to King Rui’s mansion.
They didn’t stop her earlier just to wait for the reply.
Dong Hui grabbed the letter in her hand and didn’t read it but asked, “Didn’t His Excellency come?”
Xia Mang’s heart beat fast and she thought they had guessed right, but she couldn’t betray her lady. She had to lower her head more.
Dong Hui leered at her with a forced smile and snorted. “What? Qingxue is stubborn in front of me. Do you want to get the same treatment as her?”
The warning made Xia Mang’s heart bitter. She answered in a low voice, “I don’t dare to. I didn’t see His Excellency this time. I just brought this letter back.”
Dong Hui finally got satisfied and winked at Mammy Zheng, who then brought a fire basin immediately.
In front of Xia Mang, Dong Hui threw the sealed envelope into the fire basin.
“Madam…” Xia Mang wanted to pick it up but under Dong Hui’s glare, she had to lower her head and watch the letter being swallowed by the fire.
“From now on, Xia Mang is reduced to a Rank-2 maid. Go to the garden house now, and you can’t go back to the Luotong Boudoir,” Dong Hui ordered coldly and just kicked Xia Mang out, even without giving her a chance to report to Qingxue.
Mammy Zheng couldn’t bear to see Xia Mang’s dejected back and comforted Dong Hui softly, “Madam, you know that Lady Qingxue is close to Xia Mang. You drive her maid away without asking her. If she gets angry with you for it, it would be not worthwhile.”
Dong Hui showed a gloomy expression and said helplessly, “I know it, but there are so many eyes watching Qingxue. They are waiting to find fault with her. Even if she will hate me, I can’t just stand by and watch her being ruined by the gossip.”
Mammy Zheng looked around and confirmed there was nobody else before whispering, “Don’t worry too much. Lady Qingxue is under the protection of the token granted by His Majesty, and nobody dares to do anything.”
Dong Hui sneered. “If it’s in the past, with Mother’s concern about Qingxue, I believe that she can be safe even after she makes any trouble, but recently, can’t you understand after noticing Mother’s attitude toward her?”
“Uh…”
“Don’t need to falter. I have seen through everything earlier.”
With hatred in her eyes, Dong Hui gritted her teeth. “It’s not that Mother concerned about Qingxue, but she knew that Third Master’s Family had crossed over to Fourth Prince. She wanted to pair Qingxue off with His Highness and draw my husband over to his side, so she favored Qingxue.
But recently, Qingxue has got more distant to His Highness but gets close to His Excellency, so Mother changes her attitude.”
Mammy Zheng pulled Dong Hui’s coat in panic and stopped her from saying more. “Madam, you can’t say something like this. It’s better to keep it in mind than to speak out to give others some evidence.”
“Fine, I know!” Dong Hui took a deep breath tiredly and concealed her hatred, saying indifferently, “I have no other expectations now. I just hope my family would be safe and peaceful for a lifetime. I won’t think about anything else.”
Mammy Zheng responded, “You will. And Lady Qingxue will understand your effort.”
“I hope so.”
Dong Hui sighed deeply. “Well, I will talk with Qingxue in case that she worries too much.”
After Dong Hui told Shi Qingxue, the latter exploded at once.
“Mother, how can you burn my letter?” Shi Qingxue didn’t know what to say. She finally got in touch with Mo Junyang, but her mother cut their connection without demur. Would she carry out her plan?
Qingxue took deep breaths and finally calmed down, asking, “How about Xia Mang? Where is she?”