Coming out of the Old Madam’s courtyard and returning to her own courtyard, Madam Qu was so angry that she gritted her teeth and almost shattered them. She grasped the things by her hand and threw them to the ground. In a while, all kinds of expensive porcelains were broken all over the ground. The young and old maidservants were so frightened that they trembled. They stood at the door and did not dare to move, afraid that they would annoy their mad mistress and get themselves into trouble.
When the things in the room were almost smashed, Madam Qu stopped, panting. She sat in a pile of broken utensils with a gloomy face. After a long time, she stood up and ordered the nanny coming from her parents’ home to come in. Then she took out a letter from her arms. It was the letter that she had planned to send out of the manor today. It was the evidence that she had collected after a long time of collating. Originally, she wanted to send it out in person.
It seemed that she couldn’t do it now. That damned old woman was after her.
“You damned old woman, you’re about to die. How could you meddle in my affairs? When the evidence is sent out, the entire Fu General Manor’s property would be confiscated. Will you still have the energy to meddle in my affairs? As long as these things are exposed in the next few days, and before those vixens marry into the manor, it would be impossible for them to enter the manor!”
That was what Madam Qu thought, so she repeatedly told the nanny to urge her conspirators to take action as soon as possible. She had to destroy Fu General Manor within three days. At least, she had to keep the people of Fu General Manor under control. Madam Qu was not worried about herself at all. With Duke Mingguo’s guarantee, it was impossible for anything to happen to her.
Furthermore, her husband was not the successor of Fu General Manor, and they would have to be a branch of the family in the future.
The nanny was a trusted subordinate of Madam Qu. After receiving her order, she did not stay any longer and went straight out of the manor. Madam Qu had been in charge of the inner manor of Fu General Manor, so she could easily make her people go out.
After that, Madam Qu anxiously waited for news in the manor. Although she had communicated with the other side, she was not sure if they would listen to her, especially when she repeatedly urged them to hurry up. She did not know if Mingguo Manor would be so fast. As for the fact that the Old Madam asked her to tidy up several courtyards for the new concubines, she did not care at all.
As it was impossible for them to marry into the manor, why did she have to care about it?
While she was both anxious and worried, and could only wait for Mingguo Manor’s final word, Mo Xuetong had already gotten her letter. Mo Feng had tactfully replaced the letter with another one the moment Madam Qu’s nanny left the manor. And now, the letter was placed on the table in front of Mo Xuetong.
When the seal was broken, Mo Xuetong saw a thick stack of papers inside the envelope. Some of them were old and some of them were broken. It was obvious that they had been around for a long time. They had faint yellow creases on them. However, there were still a few new ones. The small characters of plum blossoms style on them were written by Madam Qu. She had explained the broken characters or old pieces of papers in detail.
It could be seen that it took her a lot of effort and they were not collected overnight. Judging from it, Madam Qu had planned it for a long time. In the past, she might have just wanted to find out the truth, but now she had intended to send it out directly; she wanted to overthrow the entire Fu General Manor. Mo Xuetong pursed her lips, with more coldness in her eyes.
She could almost be sure that what happened in Fu General Manor in her last life definitely had something to do with Madam Qu. She did not expect that Madam Qu, who had always been gentle in front of others, would do such a crazy thing and even destroyed the whole Fu General Manor. Though she must have made an appointment with the conspirator that nothing bad would happen to Mo Xuetong’s second uncle.
However, if such a large aristocratic family got into trouble, how could her second uncle, the Second Master of Fu General Manor, be really fine!
Mo Xuetong really had no idea why Madam Qu became so crazy.
A thought suddenly struck her. Could it be that this matter had something to do with her mother? The last time, Madam Qu had almost lost her composure and yelled at her second uncle because of her mother. That time, her second cousin had heard about it. Now Mo Xuetong thought about it, wondering if it was because of her mother’s existence that Madam Qu had gone so crazy that she did not hesitate to destroy Fu General Manor.
Was it because of her grandmother’s favor for her mother, or because of her second uncle’s…
“My Lady, what should we do now?” Mo Lan had clearly seen the letter beside Mo Xuetong. She was so frightened that her hands and feet turned cold. Some of the old papers were obviously not for civilian use. According to the symbols of the royal family in the papers, those things about King Jin’s Manor should be true. A cold sweat broke out on Mo Lan’s head.
If these things were to spread out, it would cause a sensation. Fu General Manor would be the first to bear the brunt. It was a big deal. Consort Jin did not die in the rebellion case. Not only did she not die, but she also gave birth to a daughter. There was even a piece of paper with words written by Consort Jin, which could prove Luo Xia’s identity. Mo Xuetong didn’t know where Madam Qu found it. There was also the seal of the Old Madam of Fu General Manor on it, which meant that the Old Madam of Fu General Manor also knew about it.
Mo Xuetong looked through these papers carefully one by one. The more she read them, the more serious her expression became. As long as these things were sent to the Emperor, it could almost prove Fu General Manor’s rebellion. Then Fu General Manor would have no way to defend themselves. No matter what happened at that time was right or wrong, Consort Jin was an imperial criminal back then.
The Old Madam of Fu General Manor not only took in the imperial criminal, but also raised her daughter as her own daughter. It was not as simple as adopting an unclaimed daughter. And the last few pieces even confirmed Mo Xuetong’s previous conjecture.
“Sure enough, that’s the truth…”
Her fingers trembled as she placed them on the last few pieces of papers. These pieces were not that old and had only been around a few years at most. Even though the ink marks on them were much dimmer, they could still be seen clearly and there were no stamps on them. However, comparing them with the previous ones, Mo Xuetong could tell that they were written by the same person.
The first few pieces of broken papers still had carefully kept edges, with a stamp on each of them, and the stamp on them belonged to Consort Jin.
“It’s really like this. She really hasn’t been dead yet.” The smile on her lip corners looked sad. And her nose twitched and she almost cried. She held back her tears and turned her head away with red eyes. She no longer looked at the few pieces of papers with stories written on them. There were some things that she couldn’t think about, as the more she thought about it, the more painful she felt.
In her past life, her own grandmother had watched her fall into a dead end, but she had not reached out to help her…
The fact made her almost unable to breathe. She felt again the pain she had felt in her previous life as if she were dying. There seemed to be a big hole in her chest, making her breathless. Blood came over her eyes layer by layer, and she felt a sickly sweet smell from her throat. She tried to suppress the sick smell in her throat, but it was useless no matter how hard she tried.
Then a mouthful of blood was spat out just like that.
Mo Lan screamed, but Mo Xuetong could not hear it any longer as she had sunk into darkness.
After an unknown period of time, Mo Xuetong regained some consciousness, but she still could not open her eyes, as if she had been locked in another world. She was clear enough in the heart, but she could not wake up no matter how hard she tried. She tried again and again, but felt weak again and again. Meanwhile, she had a splitting headache.
In a trance, someone was talking. The voice came from far away, almost like an illusory. Mo Xuetong couldn’t figure out if she was dreaming.
“… Her… this poison… now… could she be saved? What’s going on now?” She seemed to hear it more clearly. She no longer struggled and tried to catch that. Although she did not understand, she vaguely felt that it had something to do with her. Although the voice sounded still lazy, she could hear the anxiety and tension in it.
“Is it Feng Yuran?” She tried her best to move her hands and wanted to reach out. However, her hands felt like lead and she could not move them at all. Her body seemed to be separated from her mind.
“This… it’s hard to save… the Yan Kingdom… the Lan family… The Crown Prince of the Yan Kingdom might have a solution.” The other voice was very familiar, but Mo Xuetong couldn’t remember who the owner was at the moment.
“We… don’t have… enough time. I’ll think of a way right now… go to the Yan Kingdom…” Feng Yuran’s voice was heavier than ever. It sounded so heavy that it almost made Mo Xuetong’s heart ache. However, she could do nothing about it. He must be frowning now. He had many things to deal with, but now, she had given him more trouble. Mo Xuetong really wanted to go over and smooth out the wrinkles between his pretty browns, but she was strong in will but weak in power now.
“To the Yan Kingdom… Princess Royal… has made a move. It’s just right. We’ll take advantage of it and follow her people all the way… The legendary Jade Owl’s… root… can cure… We might as well go there all the way.”
“Done, then!” Feng Yuran said in a very low and heavy voice. He made up his mind in a decisive manner, but there seemed to be lots of emotions in his voice. He touched her face with one hand, as if he was touching a treasure with his slender fingers. Mo Xuetong could even feel his strong love and heartache even though she was locked in the cage of darkness.
The corners of her eyes were wet unconsciously, and tears slowly streamed down her eyes. Then everything returned to darkness…
Feng Yuran stood in front of the bed and caressed Mo Xuetong’s pale and bloodless face. Watching her lying there quietly as if she had lost all her vitality, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. He lightly touched the two drops of tears that slid down Mo Xuetong’s long lashes with his fingers and then slowly clenched his fists.
All the medicine had been tried, but none of them could antidote the poison in Mo Xuetong’s body. The only possibility came from a message passed down from his guards—it seemed that only the Yan Kingdom had the method and that Bai Yihao seemed to have the prescription to make the antidote. However, the antidote was difficult to make, and Bai Yihao was looking for medicinal materials, and so was Feng Yuran. When Bai Yihao returned to his country, he also hinted that only he could detoxify Mo Xuetong’s body.
And he deliberately told Feng Yuran that he couldn’t sleep with her until she had taken the antidote to the poison; unless he didn’t want her to live!
How could he not want her to live? So he tried his best to find the antidote and found excuses for himself again and again—he didn’t sleep with her not because of the poison in her body, but because of the promise he had made to her previously. Or in other words, he was waiting for her to grow up. But in fact, the most important thing was that he didn’t dare. He really didn’t dare to risk her life!
Who would have thought that the noble King Xuan, who was arrogant and domineering, would be so cowardly!
He was afraid of losing her!
Without her, everything seemed meaningless to him. If he couldn’t stand high with her, what was the point of fighting for the throne?
“Your Highness, it’s decided. I will set off for the border in a few days. When you come over, I can await you there. I guess that the Crown Prince of the Yan Kingdom should be able to make the antidote. Since the poison comes from the Yan Kingdom, the antidote should be also there. The Crown Prince of the Yan Kingdom is even extraordinary, so it should not be difficult for him to make the antidote.”
Qin Yufeng stood at the window, without approaching the bed. There was a hint of determination in his calm eyes. With the determination in his deep eyes, it was almost impossible for others to detect the trace of nervousness in his calmness.
“Alright, you go first. I will be there soon. Send me what you notice over there as fast as you can.” Feng Yuran gently caressed Mo Xuetong’s fair and tender face again. Then he stood up decisively and strode out. What he had to do now was deal with the matters at hand.
Then he could plan for the next step…
