Chapter 224 – Marquis Jing Yuan, Are You Afraid?
At this moment, Mo Huating had no choice but to look at the woman in front of him. Under her butterfly-wing-like long eyelids, her watery eyes were as beautiful as glowing glass, adding a bit of faint mysterious aura to her exquisite appearance. She was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting and looked indescribably attractive.
Mo Huating had to admit that although Wei Yan was beautiful, she was far inferior to Wei Yuewu.
But she looked extremely indifferent and almost totally ignored him. This made Mo Huating inexplicably annoyed. A trace of deep thought flashed in his eyes. As long as he liked a woman, he would definitely be able to get her…
The Madam Dowager opened her mouth slightly. Then, she tightly closed her mouth. Whatever she said at this moment, others might believe that she sided with Mo Huating and spoke up for him. Moreover, the Madam Dowager was extremely opposed to Wei Yuewu and Mo Huating getting re-engaged in her heart.
Wei Yuewu’s gaze quietly swept across everyone’s face thoughtfully. She had expected the Madam Dowager’s reaction. But the Second Master Wei Luowu was extremely abnormal. As Wei Yan’s father, shouldn’t he object to this engagement the most? However, she found that his face was as gloomy as Mo Huating’s.
Could it be that he really wanted his daughter to be inferior to her? However, judging from this second uncle’s recent behavior, she knew that he was ambitious. He was even dissatisfied with being inferior to her father. So how could he allow his daughter to be suppressed by her?
Apparently, Mo Huating’s visit and the marriage proposal today were not his own business…
“Marquis Jing Yuan, could it be that you don’t dare to do so?” Wei Yuewu smiled gently and a beautiful curve appeared at the corner of her lips.
This was a serious challenge to Mo Huating. But at this moment, Mo Huating was unable to refute her. If Marquis Hua Yang sent people to his mansion to fetch Wei Yan, Wei Yan would definitely think that her matter was settled and would immediately come over. Once Wei Yan’s fake death was exposed, he might be charged with the capital crime of deceiving Her Majesty. How could Mo Huating survive such a charge?
“It’s just a concubine. Sixth Miss Wei doesn’t have to worry about it. After I return to the mansion, I’ll have someone send her out immediately. I won’t make you unhappy.” Mo Huating could only say this at the moment. But everyone could tell that he was just making a pretext with those words.
Wei Luowen frowned even more tightly. He looked at Mo Huating with a gloomy gaze. He suddenly reached out and picked up the letter that was placed aside. He opened the envelope and read the letter quickly. After a while, he took the other letter and read it carefully.
Seeing that Wei Luowen was focused on the letter, Mo Huating heaved a sigh of relief. The two letters were true. They were indeed evidence that Marquise Hua Yang entrusted Wei Yuewu to his mother.
“Father, the only reason why Mother wanted to marry me to the mansion of Marquis Jing Yuan was that she knew she didn’t have much time left. She thought that she could entrust me to her old friend. However, Marquise Jing Yuan died early, leaving Marquis Jing Yuan alone at a young age. In this case, the engagement between the two mansions could be regarded as non-existent.” Wei Yuewu’s gaze slowly swept over the two letters.
Although she couldn’t see the letters, she knew that her mother must be worried about her. That was why she used engagement to place her under the protection of the mansion of Marquis Jing Yuan. However, she didn’t expect that Mo Huating was so evil and wanted to kill her.
Wei Yuewu was hinting that her birth mother could only do so under the circumstances at that time. But Mo Huating was completely indifferent to her afterward. She also mentioned her birth mother to provoke Wei Luowen so that he would protect her and reject Mo Huating’s proposal.
Wei Luowen’s hand that was holding the letters trembled once. He felt that his heart was heavily pricked. Rui’er knew that she was going to die. But instead of entrusting their daughter to him, she turned for help from her best friend…
The letters in his hand immediately became as heavy as a big rock. He knew how much Rui’er loved this child. She gave birth to this child regardless of her health. But Mo Huating actually ignored her to such an extent…
“Marquis Jing Yuan, since you have taken Wei Yan’s maid as your concubine, you shall not mention the engagement between you and Yuewu anymore.” Wei Luowen decisively put down the letter in his hand and said.
He was a grand general who had fought a bloody path out of the battlefield, so his decision was naturally more decisive and carried great weight.
Hearing what he said, Wei Yuewu heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed. Now that Wei Luowen had made the decision, Mo Huating could no longer talk about the engagement with her.
“Marquis Hua Yang, how about Marquise’s letters…” Mo Huating didn’t expect Wei Luowen to be so decisive and said anxiously.
“It’s been many years since Rui’er wrote the letters. She could not predict what happened today. Since Marquis Jing Yuan has already taken a concubine and the engagement has been canceled, there’s no need to renew it!”
Wei Luowen’s gaze swept past Mo Huating as he said those words with disdain.
“But…” Mo Huating still wanted to argue further. But this time, Wei Luowen didn’t give him chance to speak.
“It’s getting late. Marquis Jing Yuan, you should go back and rest early!” As he spoke, he stood up and put the letters in his pocket. After bidding farewell to the Madam Dowager, he strode away.
Seeing him get up, the Second Master and Third Master naturally stood up. They also clasped their hands and left.
Now, there were only Wei Ziyang, his two brothers, and a few ladies left in the inner courtyard. No matter how thick-skinned Mo Huating was, he could not stay any longer. He could only bid farewell to the Madam Dowager and left.
Wei Ziyang and his younger brothers and sisters also left together. Coincidentally, they took the same path as Mo Huating.
Wei Yuewu still walked at the end of the row.
After they left the Tranquility Courtyard together, Mo Huating looked at Wei Yuewu quietly. Under the light, she was exceptionally beautiful but was also exceptionally cold. Sensing his gaze, Wei Yuewu also raised her head and her cold eyes met with Mo Huating’s. Then, she smiled mockingly and lowered her head.
The group of people left one after another. In the end, only Wei Ziyang accompanied Mo Huating out.
“Eldest Young Master, I want to see your father, the Lord Minister!” Mo Huating suddenly stopped and said with a serious expression.
“My father might not want to see Marquis Jing Yuan!” Wei Ziyang looked at Mo Huating with an indifferent expression. He didn’t know what happened to Wei Yan. He thought that Wei Yan had really hanged herself because of Mo Huating. Naturally, he would not play nice with Mo Huating.
In particular, Wei Yuewu had mentioned that Mo Huating’s concubine was Wei Yan’s maid, which made him feel that Mo Huating was immoral.
“Eldest Young Master, I really have something urgent. Please, do me a favor, Eldest Young Master!” Mo Huating cupped his hands and his face was full of sincerity.
“Then, please wait here for a moment, Marquis Jing Yuan. I will go and ask my father.” Although Wei Ziyang was reluctant to help, he was afraid that Mo Huating really had something important.
“Yes!” Mo Huating smiled and bowed deeply. He was extremely polite.
Wei Ziyang turned around and left. Soon a lad servant arrived. He respectfully said to Mo Huating who was standing aside, “Marquis Jing Yuan, our Lord Minister invited you to the study for a chat!”
“Lead the way!”
“Yes!” The lad servant took his order and brought Mo Huating to Wei Luowu’s study.
Inside the study, a lamp was burning. Wei Luowu had already returned. He was writing something angrily under the lamp. His emotions were not calm. When Mo Huating entered the room, he waved his hand. The lad servant silently retreated and closed the door for them.
In the study, Mo Huating sat down on a chair with his hands behind his back. His face darkened under the light.
Wei Luowu hurriedly put down the writing brush in his hand. He bypassed the writing desk and bowed deeply to Mo Huating who was sitting in the guest chair. “Lord Marquis…”
“Lord Minister, there is no need to stand on ceremony!” Mo Huating casually waved his hand and said bluntly, “What do you think of this matter? Didn’t your elder brother have a deep affection for the deceased Marquise Hua Yang?”
“It should have been the case in the past. But lately, he has been treating Concubine Dong and her daughter even better. Moreover, Wei Yan can’t show up yet.”
Wei Luowu was also puzzled. In the past, his eldest brother had a deep affection for Marquise Hua Yang. Whatever her decision was, Marquis Hua Yang would never reject it. But when he saw her letter today, he was not moved. Could it really be that he had forgotten about her after so many years?
There was no doubt that what Wei Yuewu had said also played a key role.
“Lord Minister, regardless of whether my marriage with the Sixth Miss Wei succeeds or not, my promise to you will never change. The Second Young Lady’s future status will definitely be high and mighty. She will never be suppressed by anyone.”
Mo Huating’s gaze shone brilliantly as he stared at Wei Luowu. But his expression was extremely cold.
“Yes, I know. But this matter…” Wei Luowu knew that Mo Huating wasn’t suspecting that he did not help him with all his heart. So he hurriedly explained.
“Since this matter has developed like this, I will put the marriage aside first. Now that Marquis Hua Yang has returned to the mansion, I hope that Lord Minister will be more careful and know what to do.” Mo Huating interrupted him bluntly and said indifferently. Then, he stood up and walked toward the door.
Wei Luowu hurriedly escorted him outside the door. As he saw Mo Huating leaving, a trace of darkness flashed in his eyes. He stood in the dark corner of the corridor for a long time.
However, he didn’t know that his meeting with Mo Huating had been monitored by another person.
When Mo Huating left, a black-clothed man silently slipped down a tall bamboo in the bamboo forest behind the study. After the black-clothed man landed on the ground, he identified the direction and hurriedly flashed into the darkness, disappearing in a flash…
Inside the study, Wei Luowen put down the brush in his hand and looked at the sky outside. It was already late. He said with an indifferent expression, “Imperial Academician Xie? Let him in!”
It didn’t seem to be a good time to receive guests at this moment. Moreover, he had only returned to the capital today. Didn’t this Imperial Academician Xie know that it was rude to ask for an audience at this time?
But now that he was here, Wei Luowen decided that he had better meet him.
Xie Qingzhao dressed in a light blue robe walked in with a lad servant and bowed deeply to Wei Luowen.
Wei Luowen waved his hand slightly. “Imperial Academician Xie, please sit down. Why do you visit me late at night?”
Xie Qingzhao sat down on a chair aside. His face was slightly pale from nervousness, which made him look a little more embarrassed.
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