Chapter 144 - Li Youmo, the Outrageous Young Sir (1/2)

Chapter 144 Li Youmo, the Outrageous Young Sir

Mo Xuetong had lunch at the General’s Manor before returning home. The Xiangyang d.u.c.h.ess was Luo Xia’s cousin and the two were born just days apart. They had grown up together. d.u.c.h.ess Xiangyang had married Duke Xiangyang first and then, Luo Xia married Mo Huawen. The two moved with their husbands and had not met again until Luo Xia pa.s.sed away.

d.u.c.h.ess Xiangyang had returned with her husband to the capital and went to the General’s Manor to greet the Old Madam. She only realized that Mo Xuetong had come to the capital after the Old Madam mentioned it. As such, she had specially sent someone to invite Mo Xuetong over to get to know her. She had sent someone to pa.s.s on the message to say that the Old Madam wishes to see her granddaughter and d.u.c.h.ess Xiangyang wished to meet her niece. They had not made it so exaggerated like Mo Ye had.

“Miss, is that Miss Lan really going to move in?” Mo Lan followed behind Mo Xuetong and asked with a frown. She had always by Mo Xuetong’s side and naturally knew that when Madam was around, Lan Xinru had tried to please Madam and her mistress in public but had pretended to be coy and gentle and flirted with Old Sir.

Once, she had gone up to Old Sir and fell intentionally. However, Old Sir had not been interested and allowed her to fall. He left without even looking at her. Then, Madam had fallen seriously ill. Lan Xinru entered the Mo Manor in the name of tending to the Madam. She dressed up seductively and visited Madam every day. The maids and nannies by Madam’s side were so angry they were speechless.

Madam was gravely ill then and was not in the mood to care about all these. Furthermore, the Old Madam had sent Lan Xinru in the name of helping out the sick Madam. Fortunately, Old Sir loved Madam deeply and ignored Lan Xinru completely. He embarra.s.sed her publicly several times until she could not stay any longer. They had not expected that she would come for Old Sir again.

“Old Madam had thought about this for so long, how could she not come. Go look for Nanny Ming and discuss this matter with the two Aunties. Tell them that Miss Lan Xinru is coming to the manor to accompany the Old Madam. The eastern end of the manor has a courtyard that is refined and elegant. The scenery there is excellent. Tell the servants to clean it up. She would probably come in a few days.” Mo Xuetong pa.s.sed through a circular door and entered the gardens. She seemed to have smiled, but when Mo Le took a closer look, the smile had already disappeared.

Despite never having been a submissive sort of person, Mo Ye truly admired this mistress of hers since she started serving Third Miss Mo. She was tiny but very thoughtful and brilliant. She had gotten information from Mo Lan privately earlier and found out about the efforts Miss Lan had put in a few years ago. If she told the two Aunties that there is yet another woman who is here to steal their husband, it would be truly troublesome.

Mo Ye had been to the courtyard in the east. It was not too far away and the scenery was indeed decent. However, those were not the most important points. The main point was that the place was right beside the doors, and crossing through another door would bring one to the outside courtyard. It was not a place suitable for a n.o.ble lady.

It was close to the outside courtyard and one would meet a man not from the family if one was not careful! If Miss Lan was not careful with herself, she might step out of the line. Of course, the two Aunties would be glad to see this happen. If Lan Xinru were to create any rumors with another man in the manor, she would not be able to become Mo Huawen’s main wife. The Aunties would understand when her mistress mentioned this. They might even help Miss Lan out.

Her mistress was really sly. She had, in just a few words, pitted Miss Lan against the Aunties.

However, Mo Ye also knew that her mistress’ slyness was no match for her previous master. Her previous master was a cheat and lulled his enemies into a false sense of security. Fortunately, she would not be at a disadvantage serving her current mistress! Mo Ye was quite satisfied with that.

“Alright. I will go and find Auntie Qing later and tell her that the Old Madam had told Miss Lan to come to accompany us and spend the new year in the Mo Manor.” Mo Lan was an intelligent person and understood with just a little thought. She winked and her expression relaxed.

Mo Xuetong laughed when she heard Mo Lan’s teasing words.

She was going to tell the two Aunties that Lan Xinru was entering the manor because Old Madam had told her to. Old Madam was someone Mo Huawen respected. Even though he did not obey her in all things, but Old Madam could still make the decision regarding certain things. In the past, when Madam was still around, she could only do things secretly. But it was different now. There was not a proper matriarch in the manor and the implications of Lan Xinru entering the manor was different.

If the two Aunties knew that Old Madam wanted Lan Xinru to become the matriarch, they would definitely think of ways to torture Lan Xinru. In her past life, the two Aunties did not have any sons and could not fight Auntie Fang for affection. They had let her have the matriarch position obediently in the end. Even so, Auntie Fang had not managed to get rid of them, which showed that the two Aunties were not easy to deal with either.

With the two Aunties around, it would not be easy even if Lan Xinru wanted to fascinate about her father! Furthermore, her father would definitely not like such a fickle woman. Otherwise, he would not have disregarded the Old Madam and embarra.s.sed Lan Xinru so much that she had no choice but to go home.

The mistress and servant got each other and started laughing when they suddenly heard someone calling out.

“Third Miss Mo, did you come from First Miss Mo’s place? How is she doing now?” An indifferent voice sounded politely by her ear. Mo Xuetong could not help but stop and turned to the path on the left. That path led to her father’s study. A servant was bringing two men around and they stood at the end of that path.

You Yuecheng was wearing a light-colored long robe which draped down on him tastefully. He had a wide golden belt cinched around his waist and on it, hung a beautiful piece of jade. The shape of the jade was cla.s.sic and elegant and seemed to be exuding a sense of gloom. He wore a purple gold hat on his head. His face was handsome but his expression was icy cold and slightly arrogant. He was polite, but it felt as if he was being condescending.