Chapter 2696: Chapter 27: So It Was All to Divert Attention
"I didn’t expect the Ye Family to move so quickly," Miss Xiaofei said. "I thought in families like these, from the initial talks of marriage to the final arrangements, it would take at least half a year, and even the fastest marriages would take about a year. Who would have known that the Ye Family would complete everything in less than three months?"
As a result, her initial plans fell through.
Originally, they planned to spread the news of a favorable horoscope match, hoping the Ye Family would come forward with a proposal. However, just a few days after the news got out, the Ye Family already settled the marriage.
"Now that I think about it, for the Ye Family to decide so quickly, there must be something fishy going on. I’m pondering that the one making it all happen that day wasn’t that maid, but Mu Shuang!"
Xiaofei squinted her eyes. "Yes, it must be like this. I have to go tell Aunt."
The mistress and servant quickly made their way to the main courtyard of the harem. "Is Aunt here?"
"The Madam is speaking with the second young lady," the maid said, but she did not indicate any intention of letting her in or announcing her presence.
Xiaofei dared not instruct her to go either, considering she was just an adopted daughter and had somehow inexplicably become a distant niece. How could she, whose identity wasn’t even her own decision, compare to a biological daughter?
Very soon, the second Miss Situ came out and didn’t even pause when passing her.
"Miss Xiaofei, the Madam asks you to go in."
"Alright!"
"Xiaofei, what brings you to me?" Madam Situ, by now aware that the Ye Family had settled the engagement with the Mu Family, was rather displeased.
She also somewhat blamed Xiaofei. If she had succeeded with the Ye Family before, there wouldn’t be this current situation.
"Aunt, I’ve been thinking it over and over. The day Ye Rongqing had the incident, it wasn’t that Xiao Yu inside the room."
"Then who was it?"
"Mu Shuang!"
Madam Situ frowned, thought for a moment, then sneered. "No wonder the Ye Family went to propose at the Mu Family, no wonder they’ve conjured up this destined wife’s affair; it was all a ruse to deceive everyone."
Xiaofei seized the chance to ask, "Aunt, should we spread the word about Mu Shuang and Ye Rongqing’s clandestine affair?"
Madam Situ, hearing this, felt a flash of disdain. Such base nature, despite being raised in the Situ Family for so many years, she hadn’t become any nobler. Her mouth spouts words like ’clandestine affair.’
"No!" Madam Situ wasn’t completely foolish. "We have already made enemies with the Ye Family; we can’t drag the Mu Family into this. Otherwise, if the two families unite against us, we will be the ones suffering."
Xiaofei couldn’t help but feel disappointed.
Thinking it through, she still said, "But the Mu and Ye Families are already in-laws, they’re on the same side."
"This is where you’re mistaken. Though they are in-laws, Mu Family never interfered in our discord with the Ye Family. But if you reveal Mu Shuang’s affair now, the Mu Family will feel wronged and won’t stay out of it."
Xiaofei agreed after a moment of thought.
"So is this matter just left as it is?" Xiaofei was, in fact, unwilling. This was her only chance to pave a way out. Missing it would mean she’d be matched off at the whim of the Situ Residence.
The few of them, kept in the Situ Family as adopted daughters, were either to be used for forming alliances through marriage or to serve the Situ Family’s interests in some way.
If married into a family of equal standing, it was a good thing. But if sent off to some old man or degrading place for certain purposes, then it would truly be over for them.
Madam Situ thought of the news she’d received today, chuckled, "It won’t be that easy!" That Yang Chuxia dared to speak of her like that in the palace!
Humph, she would surely make her pay.
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