Chapter 420 - Got Alarmed and Returned Home Anxiously (2/2)
What shady affair had He family done? It seemed that many people knew it!
“Where is the problem? What have I ignored?”
The more Mo Xuetong thought about it, the more skeptical she felt. He Yufen was utterly frightened in front.
When they talked about what had happened in the front yard, even if He family was not a grand one, it was still too unruly for a girl to do it. However, except for some shame and annoyance on He Yufen’s face, she didn’t show any guilt, and even had the nerve to come to see Mo Xuetong with the maidservants, as if it were just a common thing.
Why did He Yufen give her a weird feeling?
“First Miss He has nothing to say. Well, I don’t know if Second Miss He has any words sent there. His Highness will send many people there this time.” Mo Xuetong said coolly.
“Second young sister… Second young sister has nothing to say. Sister-in-law, I feel unwell now and want to go home to take a rest.” He Yufen became more nervous, and her hand which held her maidservant’s hand shook. She seemed to be unable to support herself any longer. So He Yufen looked at Mo Xuetong and begged.
Mo Xuetong took the tea from Mo Lan, took a sip and asked blandly, “First Miss He came to see His Highness, but His Highness is out now. Will First Miss He not wait for His Highness to come back?”
“No, no need! I just come to see you, sister-in-law!” At this time, He Yufen did not care about the reason. The thought that King Xuan would send people to Jiangnan made He Yufen want to go home as soon as possible, so that she could figure out how to cover it. The anxiety to return home prescinded her mind from the others.
He Yufen’s original intention was to hang on the manor. Since she fell and got injured in the manor, she could reasonably stay in the manor at least for 10 days or more. During this period, Mo Xuetong, though she was the legitimate consort, was unable to control what would happen. But now, He Yufen was shocked and frightened, only wis.h.i.+ng to go home as quickly as possible to work out a plan, and she was totally not in the mood to stay in the manor any longer.
Moreover, today Mo Xuetong’s imposing manner stunned her.
“First Miss He, since you are unwilling to stay here, then just leave as you want.” Mo Xuetong raised her eyes lazily and said in a casual way. She looked at He Yufen up and down with a hint of taunt in her eyes. And her beautiful eyes flickered and finally fell on He Yufen’s clothes stained with mud. The eyes were filled with scorn.
Mo Xuetong’s glance made He Yufen full of shame and resentment, but not dare to strike back. He Yufen had to suppress the resentment in her heart, and paid a salute to Mo Xuetong with her teeth gnashed, and then, she held her maidservant’s hand and walked out.
“My Lady, will His Highness send people to investigate He family in Jiangnan?” When He Yufen left the courtyard, Mo Yu asked curiously.
Mo Xuetong stood up, retracted the contempt on her face, walked to the window, and then gave a smile and said with some indications, “How can His Highness have so much free time that he will especially run to Jiangnan to investigate He family?”
There must be something fishy in He family. But even if people were sent to investigate it, they might not be able to find out the truth. He family must be very powerful locally, and sometimes they took action secretly. How were the people sent from the capital able to investigate clearly as they wanted? If it was really as Mo Xuetong guessed, He family must have done that reconditely.
But because He Yufen was still young and just lost face in the front yard, she was too ashamed to keep her head, and Mo Xuetong could prise some information out of her.
Mo Lan fell in silence for a while, but could not help reminding Mo Xuetong. “Does He family have anything concealed from His Highness and you, My Lady? And the thing was some kind of shameful sin. My Lady, will it be harmful to you? You should be more careful.”
He Yufen’s behavior was rather suspicious, and she could not cover her guilty look.
“Rest a.s.sured. Even if He Yufen wants to enter the manor again, she has to be given a chance first. If she still comes these days, just tell her I am sick.” Mo Xuetong turned around to sit back, took a sip of tea leisurely, and said with a smile.
“My Lady, you can’t avoid her like this, instead, you should give her a lesson, otherwise, she really thinks that she is the master of this manor. I think this First Miss He is a think-skinned woman, and I’ve never seen such a lady like her. If Mo Lan had not stopped her in time, she would have reached her hands out to pull His Highness. How could a unmarried lady be so shameless?” Mo Yu gave a snort and said angrily.
It was true that there was not an unmarried lady so shameless, but if she was not an unmarried lady?
Mo Xuetong praised Mo Yu’s words inwardly, but did not show it on her face. She patted Mo Yu’s hand and said with a meaningful smile, “Who said that I was going to avoid her? I just want to leave her out for a few days and deal with her after that.”
Hearing Mo Xuetong did not avoid He Yufen, Mo Yu became calm and nodded with a smile. She was very confident that with the Lady’s wisdom, it was a piece of cake to deal with a shameless woman.
On the other hand, He Yufen went home in a hurry. Before the carriage stop stably, she jumped out of the carriage anxiously and helped her maidservants rush into the house. When pa.s.sing the garden, she happened to see the idle He Yuxiu.
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