Chapter 295 - Mo Yufeng Was Wronged (1/2)

It was already the second day when Mo Xuetong heard that Mo Yufeng was going to marry Lady Li. His father had already sent the message out.

This matter originally had nothing to do with her. This morning, when she went to greet Xu Yan, she heard that Father was angry the previous night, and had beaten Mo Yufeng so harshly that he could not get out of the bed. Furthermore, he was also grounded and wasn’t allowed out of the house.

She could not understand how so much drama originated from this marriage. Furthermore, she was amazed at the hastiness of the event. Ever since the message had been sent out, Father arranged for the marriage gifts. He did not specify quant.i.ty or quality, asking Xu Yan to decide, which meant that he did not intend to put any effort into it.

The sloppiness of Father’s actions was unlike that of his meticulous personality, especially towards the marriage of his only son.

Mo Xuetong was full of doubts. After thinking about it for a while in Qingwei Garden, she sent Mo Ye out.

At noon, the messenger came back with a reply for Xu Yan. The marriage had been settled!

Mo Xuetong thought about it before going to Yanyu House, meeting the delightful messenger on her way there.

When she entered Yanyu House, before she even spoke, Xu Yan ordered the servants to retreat, leaving the s.p.a.ce private to Mo Xuetong and her.

“Mother, why is my brother’s marriage so rushed?” Sitting beside Xu Yan, Mo Xuetong asked curiously. The marriage came incomprehensibly quick.

“I heard… that it would be too late if he does not marry…” Xu Yan blushed and uttered the words out. It’s difficult for her to explain the situation to her unmarried stepdaughter. However, rumors would eventually spread to her ears, and the truth of this unglamorous marriage would be known sooner or later.

“How can that be the case!” Mo Xuetong understood and asked in shock, unable to believe what she heard.

It this matter was true, her father, who cared a lot about his reputation, must be furious.

Sighing, Xu Yan continued, “Therefore, your father suggested that the two families will merely send each other some simple gifts. After all, he is the son of a concubine and there’s no need to put so much effort into the wedding.” Xu Yan didn’t seem to be upset as she explained the situation.

That’s true. If Mo Yufeng was a competent child, it would be very difficult for her son to complete in the future. Luckily, in his father’s eyes, he was merely a useless son of a concubine. Xu Yan was probably secretly delighted.

Mo Xuetong heaved a sigh of relief too as she realized that those words meant that Father had given up on Mo Yufeng. That’s good as great expectations would only bring great disappointments in the future. Giving up on him early would mean that his b.a.s.t.a.r.dly actions would not anger Father as much in the future. She was never close to Mo Yufeng anyways, for Mo Xuemin and Auntie Fang bullied her in her previous life because they had Mo Yufeng as their support.

Mo Xuetong exchanged some polite words with Xu Yan before returning to Qingwei Garden.

As she entered her room, she found that Mo Ye had been waiting there. Seeing that Mo Xuetong arrived, she came forth to report her findings. Thus, a spectacular drama appeared before Mo Xuetong’s eyes. The twists and turns within it were absolutely no less than an actual show, perhaps even more dramatic.

It was rumored that Lady Li was born from a wealthy family, the daughter of a rich businessman from Jiangnan. She was sixteen years old, the best age for a woman. She was pretty and her mother was a cousin of Ding General, meaning that she was related to the empress’s family.

She just came to the imperial city from Jiangnan a few days ago and was living in a new mansion. With mysterious reasons, someone kidnapped the girl one day. Afterward, she was found meeting with a young man, scantily dressed. After having found out, the man hid his face with a fan and left, disappearing.

People then heard rumors that the house was a property owned by the oldest son of Qin family. Thus, the Li family went to Qin family and asked Qin Yufeng to bear responsibility for his actions. This matter spread far and wide, and the entire imperial city knew about this joke of a matter.

The proper descendent of Qin family, the handsome and famous Qin Yufeng, would never marry the daughter of a businesswoman under such indecent circ.u.mstances. However, this matter had already spread far and wide, and it would be impossible to cover it up. It was also rumored that those from the Qin family had chased the Li family out.

It was reasonable as the knowledgeable Qin Yufeng would find it difficult to enter politics if he was involved in such scandals. Lord Qin always had high hopes for his son and would not let a woman ruin his son’s future. Moreover, no one saw his son there and he would definitely deny the accusation.

While Qin family refused to acknowledge their wrongdoing, Li family spread the news that Lady Li had a token of love that Qin Yufeng left. When the come over again, they would show everyone the token and ask everyone to witness it. They had to let the young master of the Qin family be responsible for his actions or their girl could never get married.

Everyone was interested in how the drama unfolded. The more mysterious the matter, the wider it spread.

No one expected Mo Yufeng to suddenly involve himself in the drama.

He announced that the man was him, and thus he came forth to ask for the maiden’s marriage.

Li family was glad that someone was willing to take responsibility, and was delighted that it was the only son of lord mayor. Even though he was only the son of a concubine, he could take over the entire family in the future and thus Li family agreed on the spot. They awarded the messenger ten pounds of silver and asked Mo family to quickly marry the girl, as she could already bear the child of Mo family.

Although Li family was the family of a rich businessman, they were always in contact with the peasants and thus their words were vulgar. Hence, when Mo Xuetong asked Xu Yan, she struggled to explain what they said, embarra.s.sed.

If she did not ask Mo Ye to investigate the details, she would not have expected such huge drama.

“Miss, Lady Li is so stupid. How did she not know who the person was when she was scantily dressed with him for so long.” Mo Yu complained in disdain as she was curious about how Lady Li did not know who the person was when the two were together for so long.

Mo Xuetong smiled happily as she picked up needles beside her, sewing casually. Smiling, she exclaimed, “Lady Li wasn’t the stupidest. The stupidest would be my brother!”