Chapter 463 - Eloping, Doubts, and Plots within Plots
Chapter 463 Eloping, Doubts, and Plots within Plots
“Yes,” two guards replied and jumped onto the horse carriage. They pulled the curtains away. Inside, was a person dressed in the clothes of a maidservant. The figure was huddled in a corner and shaking. After the guards pulled the person out, the person fell and crawled out of the horse carriage. The guards kicked the figure and the person knelt on the ground.
“King Yan, what happened to my Fourth Sister? Why did I hear the people here yelling my name from far away? The maids thought that something happened and found me at the Abbot’s. I didn’t even manage to hear his scripture.” Mo Xuetong said softly. Her eyes were clear and confused as if she were completely unaware when she looked at the pathetic-looking Mo Xueqiong.
Mo Xuetong was at the Abbot’s listening to him praying?
Everyone felt that she looked extremely innocent when they saw her gentle smile and the confused look in her eyes.
Feng Yulei’s heart felt a twinge when he heard that. He felt as if there were something weighing down on his chest. Did their plot fail? She had managed to escape. He turned to glare at Mo Xueqiong viciously. She was indeed an incompetent woman who couldn’t get anything done.
Mo Xueqiong had emerged from her shock by then. She knew that things were going pear-shaped when she saw Feng Yulei’s sharp expression. She was at a loss of what to do as well and she immediately paled. Her lips trembled. She did not have to pretend any longer and she really almost fainted from shock at this time.
“Third Miss, Third Miss, please save our mistress. Our mistress came to meet you. You, you can’t just leave her like that.” Mo Yan suddenly rushed forward. Her hair was in a mess as she lunged at Mo Xuetong like a madwoman.
She still wanted to push all the blame onto Mo Xuetong at this point. Mo Ye’s eyes grew sharp with fury. She took a step forward and pushed Mo Yan away forcefully. She said angrily, “You lowly servant, how dare you. Who instigated you to plot against My Lady?”
They had all the evidence they needed. Yet, the maid still wanted to push the blame to Consort Xuan. It could only be said that there was someone pulling the strings behind this. Did someone want to frame Consort Xuan? This maid was from King Xuan’s Manor and only her master or mistress could make her do this. Speaking of which, the person most likely to want to frame Consort Xuan would be the master of King Xuan’s Manor!
Feng Yulei’s expression was stony when he saw everyone looking at him doubtfully. He wanted to beat the maid to death. Things had already changed so greatly but the lowly maid did not know how to be flexible. Wasn’t she trying to make everyone find him suspicious?
Mo Ye was of course, much stronger than Mo Yan. Mo Yan stumbled backward with a scream and crashed onto the handles of the horse carriage. She yelled in pain and fell onto the floor, clutching her stomach. She did not get up again.
Nobody cared whether the maid would live or die at this point. Everyone’s attention was on Mo Xuetong and King Yan. They were all looking at the person dressed in the robes of a maidservant. The figure still did not dare to look up.
Troublesome incidents came one after another. Before Feng Yulei could organize his thoughts, someone screamed in surprise. “Ah, it’s a man?”
“Look, look at his throat?”
“It’s really a man. The Second Consort wasn’t encouraged to run away by Consort Xuan. She was obviously trying to elope. She got discovered and tried to push the blame to her elder sister. She’s truly evil…”
A man? The person was a man?
No matter how calm Feng Yulei was, his expression was so dark he looked almost purple with rage. His Second Consort did not want to enjoy the wealth and luxuries in his manor but wanted to elope with another man. He was not only made a cuckold, but others would also think about why the Second Consort wanted to elope with a man. “This… is a huge scandal.”
King Yan was a man, and he was very embarrassed by this incident!
He glared at Mo Xueqiong furiously, looking almost as if he wanted to dig out her heart and eat it! He was enraged and the veins on his face bulged and twisted as he clenched his fists tightly under his robes.
You Yue’e was shocked as well and she stared at the person in front of her with wide eyes. She did not know what to say and only felt furious. She felt as if she were being cooked over a pit. So many things had gone wrong with her perfect plan. It was impossible to implicate Mo Xuetong in this anymore.
A maid beside her pushed her gently and reminded her softly. “My Lady, you have to handle this matter.”
Mo Xueqiong was the Second Consort of King Yan’s Manor. The matriarch of the family should deal with such matters. It was time for You Yue’e to act.
You Yue’e took a deep breath. She knew that she mustn’t make any more mistakes now. It would be terrible if others were to find out that her elder brother and the King worked together to plot against Mo Xuetong. Anyway, since things had come to this point and Mo Xueqiong was meant to be a sacrifice anyway, she would push all the blame to Mo Xueqiong.
Anyway, no matter whether Mo Xueqiong had stolen secret documents or was eloping, she could only die today.
Having decided that, You Yue’e said angrily with a cold expression, “Lift the man’s head up. I want to see what sort of person would seduce Second Consort Mo and make her not want to stay in the King’s Manor any longer. She even tried to blame Consort Xuan for this.”
A guard went over and dragged the trembling man up. He pulled his hair up and raised the man’s head. Everyone could see that it was a handsome young man of about 15 or 16. There was even some lipstick and rouge on his face. If one did not take a careful look at him, they would not even see that.
“Oh, it’s His Highness’s manservant, Yun’er!”
“It’s really His Highness’s manservant. No wonder they could get the documents in His Highness’s study.” The people yelling were those from King Yan’s Manor. After the commotion passed, everyone looked at You Yue’e and Feng Yulei oddly. Feng Yulei stood there, trying to look calm. However, his hands were clenched into a tight fist and shook with anger under his sleeves.
It was the greatest scandal of King Yan’s Manor!
Mo Xueqiong was King Yan’s Second Consort. She didn’t stay in the manor but had a secret affair with King Yan’s manservant. She even stole official documents when she left and tried to frame Consort Xuan for this. All of these twists and turns were enough to make everyone see that Feng Yulei had been made a cuckold and they all grew suspicious of Feng Yulei.
King Yan was totally embarrassed after being made a cuckold. From then on, he became the laughing stock of the entire capital.
What was even worse were the doubts and suspicions…
King Yan felt extremely regretful then. If he had known this would happen, he would not have used the stupid Mo Xueqiong. He had never had a good day since he met the stupid woman.
“Your Highness, it’s not me. I don’t know why I was on the carriage. It’s… Second Consort came in. I… I was framed!” The little manservant trembled, his eyes were full of despair as he knelt and kowtowed to Feng Yulei. He pleaded with Feng Yulei loudly, ignoring the blood spurting from his forehead.
Mo Xueqiong emerged from her shock then. Even though she was stupid, she knew that she was in trouble. Her face was as pale as snow as she laid on the ground. She had been very confident earlier on. However, she saw Mo Xuetong appearing before her eyes. Then, King Yan’s personal manservant was dragged out from the carriage by the guards. She looked at Feng Yulei’s cold and blood-thirsty look and knew that she was going to be sacrificed.
She grew cold inside and looked around her almost subconsciously, hoping that that man would come and save her.
“Second Consort Mo, what else do you have to say!” You Yue’e yelled sharply.
“My Lady, it was not me. It’s not me. I planned to meet Third Sister. Really. I planned to meet Third Sister. I don’t know why there’s a man inside the carriage. I thought it was just a maid. My Lady, if you don’t believe me, look at the horse carriage. Third Sister provided me with the horse carriage. It belongs to King Xuan’s Manor.”
Mo Xueqiong’s life was hanging by a thin thread and her mind grew clearer. She pointed at the horse carriage and cried loudly.
As long as the carriage belonged to Mo Xuetong, no matter why Mo Xuetong wasn’t inside, she would definitely be implicated in the matter. Coupled with her insistence that Mo Xuetong was the one who had brought her here, Mo Xuetong would not be able to get out of this unscathed. As long as Mo Xuetong was implicated, His Highness would be pleased and she would be able to live.
Both You Yue’e and Feng Yulei looked pleased when they heard that. As long as the carriage belonged to King Xuan’s Manor, they could blame Mo Xuetong for the whole thing. King Xuan’s Manor would be implicated in the matter as well. Then, everything that could not be explained could be blamed on King Xuan’s Manor as well. Feng Yulei could not help but heave a sigh of relief and the anger in his eyes lightened when he looked at Mo Xueqiong.
This dumbass might not be so dumb it had to die!
“Fourth Sister, this carriage does not belong to King Xuan’s Manor. We came to Puguang Temple with two carriages today. The two are parked at the front courtyard. King Yan, if you don’t believe it, you can have the monk of the temple who greets visitors to go and take a look. See if the carriages of King Xuan’s Manor are still there.” Mo Xuetong answered with certainty.
There were monks who came forth to see what was happening after the loud kerfuffle at the back door. When they heard that, some of the monks who could run quickly ran to take a look at the front courtyard.
“Second Consort, you said that the carriage belongs to King Xuan’s Manor. I don’t see that. The horse carriages of King Xuan’s Manor has the insignia of the manor at the door. Second Consort, look at the carriage. Where is the insignia?” Mo Ye said coldly. She took a few steps forward and pointed at the carriage door.
King Xuan was an extremely luxurious person and all the horse carriages of King Xuan’s Manor had his insignia. However, it was clear that this horse carriage did not have that. A few maids went to look at the back of the horse carriage and then shook their heads at their mistresses. The horse carriage did not belong to King Xuan’s Manor.
“There isn’t. There really isn’t? How is that possible?”
Mo Xueqiong was so shocked that she almost screamed out loud. How was that possible? Mo Xuetong. It must be Mo Xuetong who wanted to get her killed.
She had already told Mo Xuetong clearly and Mo Yan had already checked it. Mo Yan said that she saw Mo Xuetong’s personal maid standing outside the carriage and she heard Mo Xuetong’s voice. The horse carriage also had King Xuan’s Manor insignia. Why did everything have nothing to do with her now in just a moment?
“Third Sister, it’s you. You wanted to frame me, didn’t you? You asked me out here. Why? Why are you trying to frame me?” She grew even more agitated as she spoke and started to scream at the end. She used her arms and her legs and crawled toward Mo Xuetong. She understood that if she could not push the blame to Mo Xuetong, the only thing that awaited her was death.
Mo Xuetong’s expression was cold. A hint of a mocking smile flashed in her eyes. Very well. Mo Xuetong was determined to get her into trouble. Since Mo Xueqiong wanted to cause trouble, then she would help her make an even bigger fuss. She would also let others see how King Yan, Feng Yulei, who usually had a good reputation, was not really as flawless as he appeared to be.
Even if she could not unmask him, she was going to drag him down with her. Mo Xuetong glanced at Mo Yan, who had fainted. Her eyes were dark and cold. Feng Yulei would not be able to come out of this unscathed this time. Blood flowed out from Mo Yan’s lower body. However, no one was paying attention to her and they did not notice that.
Mo Ye, who was standing by the side immediately understood what Mo Xuetong wanted. She stood above Mo Xueqiong, arms akimbo, and glared at her with wide eyes. She said angrily, “Fourth Miss, I don’t know why you’re doing something like this and why you’re trying to get My Lady into trouble. You even sent your servant over to say that you are having a hard time at the King’s Manor recently and asked My Lady to come to Puguang Temple today since His Highness is going to come today to pray to his birth mother. You asked her to come to chat with you since you two are sisters. But it was all a plot.”