Chapter 268 - Facing a difficulty, Mo Xuetong explains herself (2/2)

“What do you think, father?” Mo Xuetong lifted her head and asked. Anyways, her father had more information concerning the matters within the imperial palace. She wanted to see if she could find some clues from her father’s information.

“If Mingguo Manor supports King Yan too, King Yan will be more favored compared to King Chu. However, the Emperor is a strong and non-disabled man, and the acts of the Empress is inappropriate.” Mo Huawen had a headache as he was the lord mayor, in charge of order within the imperial city. He naturally understood what the actions of the Empress meant.

This matter had nothing to do with him as he only needed to be an a.s.sistant to the Emperor, someone with no cliques.

However, General Manor had to be involved in it. And judging by the relations.h.i.+p of General Manor and Tong’er, he had to be included as well. Furthermore, Tong’er is now the foster daughter of Princess Royal. That was meant to protect her, but it accentuated her ident.i.ty as a princess currently, making Mo Huawen felt that he was trapped in a crisis.

Tong’er’s ident.i.ty is too sensitive.

If Yan Kingdom’s First Princess could not marry a princess, Qin Kingdom would undoubtedly prepare a suitable aristocrat for him. The aristocrat will at least be the daughter of top officials in the country. Tong’er’s status was initially been not ideal for this marriage, but her ident.i.ty as the foster daughter of a princess made her meet the criteria, becoming the most suitable candidate.

It was most appropriate for the foster daughter of the royal family to marry in the replacement of the actual daughters. When the King of Yan Kingdom asked to marry someone from the Qin Kingdom, Princess Royal Yunruo was still a foster daughter. She had been the best candidate together with Shuanglan. However, Shuanglan was afflicted with King Jin and disappeared, making Yunruo the only possible candidate.

Thinking of this made Mo Huawen’s head hurt out of nervousness.

“Father, if the First Prince wanted to be the next Emperor, he will naturally ask to marry the Fifth Princess. The only reason why he did not ask yet was to create suspense. Furthermore, even if I had Princess Royal as my mother, she is only a powerless royal aristocrat. It will be completely different from marrying the daughter of the Empress, who had the entire support of Ding General Manor behind.” Mo Xuetong smiled and comforted Mo Huawen.

“Think about it, if the First Prince does not care about that position, why will he send someone here before himself. And why did he spread rumors about marrying Fifth Princess. Naturally, it was because he was afraid of Bai Yihao interfering.”

Mo Huawen was slightly stunned, but he thought that it did make sense.

“What does this mean?” After a slight pause, he pointed at the letter on the table and asked.

“Someone must be guiding him for him to be able to find Fourth Sister in the crowd. He appeared in front of her directly, not afraid of rumors, making him unlikely someone from the Qin Kingdom. Thus, he should be from Yan Kingdom, perhaps even the First Prince himself.” Mo Xuetong a.n.a.lyzed.

As she spoke, the room became silent as the two were deep in thought.

The daffodil on the table spits out light smoke, which made the air more fragrant.

“Tong’er, do not go to the Qin gathering. You should not act since someone wanted to manipulate you using Bai Yihao’s Qin gathering. Anyways, you are injured, providing a sufficient reason not to go.” Mo Huawen lifted his head, determined.

“Sure, Tong’er will listen to you.” Mo Xuetong smiled and took a sachet from beside her, pa.s.sing it to Mo Huawen. “Father, aunt specially sent this over for you. She said that the previous one was old, and you can replace it with this.”

After a few days, Xu Yan will be married. He had prepared the gifts and everything, waiting just to be married over. The girl was reminding himself.

“My girl…” Mo Huawen smiled involuntarily. Naturally, he did not believe that Xu Yan asked Tong’er to give it to him. The girl must have begged Xu Yan for it.

“Father, aunt Xu Yan spent two nights doing it after hearing that you are in dire need of the sachet. You must treasure it.” Mo Xuetong smiled.

Looking at the cute demeanor of Mo Xuetong, Mo Huawen’s heart softens as he rubbed Mo Xuetong’s head, smiling. “Stupid girl.”

Mo Xuetong did not want to partic.i.p.ate, in Bai Yihao’s Qin gatherings anyways as she was not curious about the man inviting her. However, she was sure of his malicious intent of pa.s.sing the letter over to Mo Xueqiong in the palace.

When Mo Huawen left, Mo Yu hurried in before closing the door. Mo Lan was still doing needlework outside when Mo Yu hurried before the bed of Mo Xuetong, explaining nervously, “Miss, He Xia said that she remembered something, and I asked Nanny Ming about it. At first, Nanny Ming initially refused to tell the truth. I had to force her for her to tell me one sentence.”

Remembering Nanny ming’s nervous and horrified expression, Mo Yu swallowed her saliva and continued, “He Xia said that she remembered that your mother had arranged a marriage for you. Nanny Ming also verified that and confirmed that the two families exchanged gifts.”

Such a piece of important news made Mo Yu’s face turn pale due to shock. She rushed back to inform Mo Xuetong without asking any more questions.

Despite being with her for a long time, she had never heard of this matter, which made her horrified.

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