Chapter 17: Vicious Provocation
Prince Wu's Mansion.
study.
Lord Mo held the information obtained by his subordinates in his hand and read it carefully word by word.
Everyone else remained silent, not daring to breathe, and the atmosphere in the study seemed extremely depressing and solemn.
When Lord Mo put down the news in his hand, his pair of tiger eyes turned red, like a ferocious beast waiting to devour its prey.
"So, the Liu Zhaodi that kid mentioned is indeed Yu'er, my Lord Mo's eldest daughter, Mo Yu, is that right?" Lord Mo's tone was filled with depression and anger.
Without waiting for them to speak, the angry Lord Mo smashed the table in front of him with a palm and cursed: "I asked you to investigate the clues of Yu'er's disappearance. After more than ten years of investigation, there is no news. I finally got news about Yu'er. Tell me, Yu'er is dead? Killed by the son of a mere official. How dare the local magistrate collude with that guy and try to cover up the truth, causing my daughter to die unjustly? How dare they? How dare they?! Ah!!!"
"Your Highness, please calm down." Everyone was so scared that they fell to their knees.
Soon, Lord Mo's emotions calmed down again, but his eyes were filled with bloodshot and murderous intent.
"It's too easy for them to die so easily."
"Go, kill everyone involved in this matter, including their relatives and families. Don't leave any of them alive!"
"Yu'er wandered outside for many years before she died. I, as her father, failed to fulfill my responsibility to take care of her. After she died, I can't let her starve and freeze outside. Have someone bring Yu'er's body back to Beijiang City for a proper burial. As for this matter... keep your mouth shut and don't tell my wife for the time being."
Everyone's heart trembled. They knew that their prince was really angry. They immediately clasped their fists and said, "I understand."
Lord Mo turned his back to the crowd and waved his hand: "Go ahead, and do it cleanly."
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, Lord Mo was the only one left in the room. He looked at the portrait of a woman in his hand that somewhat resembled Mo Ruyan, and reached out to stroke it gently.
Even though they had been separated for more than ten years, he recognized at a glance that it was his eldest daughter, Mo Yu. She looked really like her mother, especially her eyes.
"Yu'er..."
On the other side, at the poetry gathering manor of the seventh princess Yan Yan.
As everyone knows, the Seventh Princess Yan Yan is fond of poetry and songs. She holds one or two poetry gatherings almost every year and invites the daughters of princes and nobles to participate.
And the poetry meeting is not just a poetry meeting. For the daughters of princes and nobles, it is equivalent to a large-scale blind date event.
At a poetry gathering held by the seventh princess Yan Yan, many pairs of talented men and beautiful women came together, creating many beautiful stories.
However, in reality, those who can come here are basically the children of high-ranking officials in the court, and the interest relations between them are complicated.
Very few people actually talk about feelings, most of them talk about their careers and the future of their families.
As children of a wealthy dynasty, they have enjoyed a favorable environment since childhood and are born with abundant resources that others can only dream of.
Of course, you have to pay something for it, such as freedom.
To put it bluntly, the so-called marriage relationship between aristocratic families is just to make the mutual interest relationship more solid.
Therefore, the love stories in vernacular novels that arise from the different identities and classes of the male and female protagonists are so praised and admired.
Mo Ruyan took Lai Yang to the garden party.
When the two entered the poetry reading, they saw a woman in a fiery red dress in the crowd in the distance. She was surrounded by stars. The temperament she exuded was as beautiful and noble as a peacock. When others looked at her, they all showed a hint of respect.
If nothing unexpected happens, she must be the organizer of this garden poetry party, the seventh princess - Yan Yan.
The next moment, as if to verify what Lai Yang was thinking, Mo Ruyan's voice rang out in time: "Look, that's Princess Yan Yan, let's go over and say hello to Princess Yan Yan."
Lai Yang didn't say anything either, just followed silently.
He is not good at socializing, and in situations like this, the more he talks, the more mistakes he makes. He just needs to keep his mouth shut and leave the rest to Mo Ruyan.
"Your Highness Yan Yan, long time no see." Mo Ruyan stepped forward and saluted in a standard manner.
Yan Yan stepped forward and held Mo Ruyan's hand intimately, saying softly: "Sister Ruyan, you are here, Uncle Mo is willing to let you out, I thought you would not come to this poetry meeting."
"Your Highness invites me, so I will come."
"Given the relationship between you and me, it would seem strange if you call me Your Highness." Yan Yan said angrily.
Mo Ruyan smiled and then said, "I am not here alone today, I brought a friend with me."
After saying that, Mo Ruyan turned to look at Liu Yang behind her and gestured, "Liu Yang, come over and meet Her Royal Highness the Seventh Princess."
Upon hearing this, Lai Yang immediately took two steps forward, bowed and saluted with his fists clasped, saying, "I am Liu Yang, nice to meet the Seventh Princess."
Seeing this scene, Yan Yan's eyes swept back and forth between Lai Yang and Mo Ruyan's faces. Mo Ruyan felt uncomfortable being looked at by her and became inexplicably nervous.
"Hey~ Sister Ruyan, this is the first time I see you with another man at a poetry gathering. What is your relationship?"
Yan Yan seemed to be asking Mo Ruyan, but her gaze turned to Lai Yang who was standing beside her. She looked him up and down with a strong hint of gossip in her eyes.
It turns out that liking gossip is human nature, especially for women.
"Don't get me wrong, we are friends. Liu Yang is a distinguished guest of my Wuwang Mansion. This time he happened to catch the poetry meeting, and I saw that he was bored in the mansion, so I kindly brought him along to have some fun." Mo Ruyan explained.
What good intentions? It's clearly coercion and inducement.
Is this the kind of place where a commoner like me should be?
Lai Yang secretly complained in his heart.
He might as well go back and read a few miscellaneous books to learn about the history of various countries. Maybe they won't be useful, but it's always good to have more knowledge.
"Oh? Really? Then let's just take it as that." Yan Yan responded with a smile, but her strange expression clearly showed that she didn't believe what Mo Ruyan said.
However, at this moment, an inappropriate voice sounded among the crowd.
"I heard that Princess Wuyan was captured by Liang Shangfei, a famous flower thief in the underworld, a few days ago. I wonder how the princess escaped?"
The man emphasized the three words "flower thief" with a hint of meaning.
Everyone's expression suddenly changed, and they all turned to look at Mo Ruyan, ready to watch the show.
Mo Ruyan's expression suddenly turned a little ugly. She guessed that someone might have deliberately embarrassed her at the poetry meeting, but she didn't expect the other party's methods to be so dirty.
As the saying goes, three people make a tiger, and gossip can melt gold. The other party wants to ruin her reputation.
Once this matter is confirmed, her innocence and reputation will be ruined. What a vicious intention.
But who is Mo Ruyan? She is the daughter of King Tongwu.
As for King Tongwu, he was a king of a different surname who helped the current Emperor Da Yan conquer half of the country and was granted the title of king for his outstanding military exploits.
Today, King Tongwu is a powerful being that commands a large number of troops to guard the northern borders of the Great Yan Dynasty and resist the invasion of the northern barbarians.
In the imperial city, apart from the Great Yan Emperor, which court official would not respectfully call him "King Tongwu" when seeing him?
"I don't deny that I was indeed held hostage by Liang Shangfei. Fortunately, Liu Yang rescued me in time, killed the villain with one sword, and escorted me all the way back to the Imperial City, so I am very grateful to him."
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and looked at Lai Yang beside Mo Ruyan with a surprised look.
Everyone present was aware of Liang Shangfei's notoriety.
Since they are dubbed as the eight evil men, they must be people who have committed many evil deeds.
This man looked like he was under 30 years old, but he actually killed Tian Liang, one of the eight evil men in the martial arts world, with just one sword?
Even though Liang Shangfei ranks last among the eight evil men, he is still someone that even masters can hardly deal with.
"How could this man kill Tian Liang? Could it be that he possesses the strength of a Grandmaster?"
"It doesn't matter if he can kill Tian Liang. It still doesn't prove anything. Everyone present here knows that Tian Liang is a famous lustful man, a sex-hungry ghost. Princess Ruyan is so beautiful, I'm afraid..."
The man deliberately did not finish his words, but others had already understood the underlying meaning he wanted to express.
What he wanted to say was that Mo Ruyan's innocence might have been tarnished by the flower thief long ago.
Hearing this, Mo Ruyan's expression was icy. She put her hands on her hips and shouted domineeringly, "How dare you, Pang Xiaoyu, spread rumors and confuse right and wrong at the Seventh Princess' poetry gathering, and frame this princess. This princess can let someone verify this princess' innocence, but do you know what crime it is to frame a princess according to the laws of the Great Yan Dynasty?"
The instigator was the daughter of the Minister of Industry.
——Pang Xiaoyu!
(End of this chapter)
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