Chapter 541 - A Note, Mo Yarui Pried Secrets (2/2)
Mo Yarui felt even more grateful to Mo Xuetong.
The two chatted for a while and then Mo Yarui walked to another path with Mei Yu. Mo Xuetong sat in the pavilion and rubbed her forehead. She did not say anything and frowned slightly. Her tender white fingers touched her forehead again and again.
Suddenly, she stood up and brought Mo Ye into the garden. Time pa.s.sed while they had fun. The banquet was about to begin.
The banquet today was like a blind date. The imperial garden was very ornamental. The n.o.ble young masters did not avoid female guests. Even though they looked as if they were chatting, they could not help but observe the young ladies. There were even a few young masters who had taken the initiative to chat up with the young ladies they liked.
In normal times, it was not appropriate to do it, but there was nothing wrong with it today.
“Oh, isn’t this Consort Xuan? Why did you get chased out by Her Majesty in such a short while? Did you offend the consorts in the hall?” Ling Rui’er was always the one who did not meet the right time. She seemed to regard Mo Xuetong as an enemy. When she saw Mo Xuetong, she immediately raised her voice and mocked her.
“Consort Chu, you’re mistaken. Her Majesty is magnanimous. How would she do something like that?” Mo Xuetong smiled lightly. She did not intend to talk to Ling Rui’er.
However, Ling Rui’er did not intend to let her go. She could not help but grow angry when she saw that Mo Xuetong did not even look at her. As such, she reached out to stop Mo Xuetong.
“What’s wrong, Consort Chu?” Mo Xuetong stopped and grabbed Mo Ye, who was about to stand in front of her. The smile on her face faded as she asked coldly. She wanted to see how Ling Rui’er behaved in front of so many people. As much as Ling Rui’er obeyed the Empress now, she would soon hate her.
However, who would Duke Ding help, his niece or younger sister?
“Yes. Consort Xuan, I just wanted to ask you when you would return King Chu’s South Pearl head accessory to me.” Ling Rui’er raised her head and asked righteously. When she thought of the South Pearl head accessory she liked was given Mo Xuetong, Ling Rui’er felt jealousy and hatred in her heart.
“b.i.t.c.h! How dare you seduce King Chu? You’re really a s.l.u.t.” Even if she told herself not to be rude, her eyes were still filled with anger as she glared at Mo Xuetong viciously.
Hearing Ling Rui’er’s words, everyone could not help but be shocked. This was the first time they knew that King Chu had sent a head accessory to Consort Xuan. What did this mean? Was there any relations.h.i.+p between the two of them? They did not expect that Consort Xuan would act like this with her innocent appearance.
This was an affair with a man. Furthermore, the man was her husband’s eldest brother on the surface. This was a simple royal scandal. No one expected Ling Rui’er to be so hot-headed as to dare to say something like that. However, everyone looked at Mo Xuetong suspiciously when they saw how self-righteous Ling Rui’er looked.
“Oh, I did not expect Consort Xuan to be such a woman. I heard Cousin Chu say that the head accessory was very precious. It turned out that it was for Consort Xuan. I wonder if King Xuan knows about it.” Su Mei’er was Feng Yuxuan’s younger cousin and had a crush on Feng Yuxuan. However, she had not been able to marry Feng Yuxuan and that left a grudge in her heart. She had heard her aunt, Consort Su, talk about the South Pearl head accessory and wanted to get it. But she did not expect Mo Xuetong to get it. Immediately, she supported Ling Rui’er and mocked Mo Xuetong.
Upon hearing Su Mei’er’s words, everyone looked at Mo Xuetong with more and more contempt in their eyes. It appeared to be true.
Mo Xuetong was expressionless. She took a dignified expression, looked around the crowd, and finally fixed her gaze on the arrogant Ling Rui’er. Then she said lightly, “I don’t understand what you’re talking about, Consort Chu. Are you here to ask for the head accessory that King Chu gave to King Xuan? Then you have to ask our His Highness for it. He has already given it to the Empress Dowager. It should be in the Empress Dowager’s palace right now. With your status as Consort Chu, it shouldn’t be a problem for you to get it back.”
Everyone looked at Ling Rui’er in shock after Mo Xuetong said that. They understood that King Chu had given it to King Xuan, and later King Xuan had given the head accessory to the Empress Dowager. Ling Rui’er didn’t want to give this set of head accessory to others and wanted it back from King Xuan’s Manor. She was too petty. As legitimate daughters and wives, they had never seen anything like this before.
Only the concubines and servants from humble families would do something like that.
They did not expect Consort Chu who was from the n.o.ble Ding General Manor to do something like that. It was too embarra.s.sing. Then everyone wondered, “Is the Ding General Manor no longer as glorious as before? Does it just look good on the outside while a mess inside? Ling Rui’er did not even care about her decency as a legitimate daughter for the sake of a head accessory.”
Everyone was completely convinced of Mo Xuetong’s words this time. Who would dare lie that the South Pearl head accessory been delivered to the Empress Dowager?
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