Chapter 247 - Wang Xiuxiu Framed Xuetong at the Lantern Festival (2/2)

“I’m sorry. Please don’t get mad at me. I was just wondering how a humble concubine got in charge of the inner residence. Hadn’t your mother felt something? How was she so stupid to…” Having seemed to notice her rudeness, w.a.n.g Xiuxiu covered her mouth to smile. “I offer my apology if I’ve offended you. I hope you can forgive me this time.”

Her words sounded very sincere. However, they carried a deeper meaning.

w.a.n.g Xiuxiu was just weird today!

Mo Xuetong’s face fell. “As the Grand Secretariat’s daughter, You really are polite to others. Later, once I get to talk with the other misses, I must say that in all the young misses in the capital, Grand Secretariat w.a.n.g’s daughter is the best.”

It didn’t matter if w.a.n.g Xiuxiu apologized or not. She could forgive and forget when w.a.n.g Xiuxiu tried to frame her. However, she could never let w.a.n.g Xiuxiu depreciate her mother. She looked up and blankly said, “Miss w.a.n.g, you can leave if you’ve got other matters to attend to and you can explain what you said today to others later however you want.”

Not having expected such words from Mo Xuetong, w.a.n.g Xiuxiu was choked with embarra.s.sment. At that time, she should not know what to do. Should she leave under the situation or stay to explain?

She didn’t expect a country girl to be so clever. “I’ve just started and she knew I was deliberately provoking her. If she really told others what I said today, my name would be ruined. I would be ruined if people started to take me as a terrible gossip.”

Even if the man took the position, she, as an unvirtuous woman, wouldn’t accompany him at that high position since they were also protecting their secrets from each other.

A trace of grimness flashed across her eyes. Once she started this, she couldn’t stop. Why must Mo Xuetong be so clever? “You can only blame it on yourself.”

Deliberately pausing for a while, w.a.n.g Xiuxiu then snapped. “Third Miss Mo, I was just being careless and said a few wrong words. And I’ve apologized too. Will you still not let it go and pester me with that?”

Mo Xuetong looked up and said with a sneer. “Miss w.a.n.g, I don’t care about what you want. But, please, don’t try to provoke me with your insults to my mother. Didn’t you want me to witness this when you asked me to hang out with you? Didn’t you want to leave when you snapped on purpose? Wasn’t it so? Not all people want to be made a fool.”

Her voice was not loud, yet w.a.n.g Xiuxiu could just hear it perfectly.

w.a.n.g Xiuxiu angrily stood up with a livid face. She seemed to really be mad. “Third Miss Mo, you’re too rude.”

“Miss w.a.n.g, you first insulted my mother. How will you justify yourself with that?” Mo Xuetong suddenly raised her voice and she even sounded she had been wronged. “Miss w.a.n.g poked your nose into my manor’s business and insulted my late mother, saying a concubine can’t run the house. But that’s the way things should be. Miss w.a.n.g, in the future, you’ll run the family affairs too. How could you say something like that?”

She suddenly raised her voice, and she even sounded she had been wronged and felt aggrieved. At that time, all the people were looking at w.a.n.g Xiuxiu.

The entire capital had known Mo Manor’s matter. Anyone knew the Mo Manor’s concubine killed the legal wife. Then, people were all criticizing those seductive concubines. The entire city now detested concubines. In just today, people had already heard a few cases about concubines harming the legal children and the legal wives.

…

In just one day, a couple dozen cases like this were exposed.

Now, was there another one? While fixing their suspicious eyes on w.a.n.g Xiuxiu, they were wondering which family she came from. “Was she born by a concubine? So she was talking nonsense now?”

“A concubine’s daughter is always a concubine’s daughter. Looking like a n.o.ble miss, she’s still rotten in her bones.”

“I didn’t see it and thought she’s a decent miss. Who knew she’s so ruthless and speaks for those shameless women?”

“No one will get hurt if you can see through other’s hearts. It’s really rare for a girl to want to be a concubine at such a young age. She must be a maidservant!”

Some rakish man deliberately whistled at her and laughed. “She’s really pretty. If you want to be a concubine, well, come to me, my dear lady. I promise I’ll love you deeply.”

w.a.n.g Xiuxiu didn’t expect Mo Xuetong to put on such a fantastic show. Her face was sometimes green and sometimes red. Then, she directly stopped pretending and sneered. “Third Miss Mo, it was a pure slip of the tongue. Since you insist, we’ll separate here. Just wait and see who will laugh to the end.”

She was already threatening.

After that, she put her teacup on the table with a thump. Standing up and not even having paid for the tea, she elbowed through the crowd and stormed out.

Did she just leave in the heat of the moment? Mo Xuetong slightly frowned. “What was w.a.n.g Xiuxiu up to? Who did she want to see when she put me in the center of the show?”

It was no ordinary romantic rendezvous!

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