"Well……"
Mo Yunzhao was speechless after hearing this.
Is this a funeral or a celebration for her?
Everyone involved was completely bewildered.
Ling Jingyu slightly curved his narrow, almond-shaped eyes, his voice still gentle, "Tell me."
"Ling Yongqing returned with the city lord's token, saying that Mo Yunlan had kidnapped him and threatened City Lord Mo. City Lord Mo was killed by Mo Yunlan in order to protect him."
Before she died, she gave him the city lord's token, asking him to uphold the city of Moyang in her stead.
And he, without realizing it, had also fallen deeply in love with Lord Mo, and only now that he had lost him did he know how to cherish him.
Therefore, he wants to marry Lord Mo, move into the Lord's mansion, and take control of Moyang City, so..."
Mo Yunzhao and Ling Jingyu clicked their tongues in amazement.
This move is... pretty slick.
Mo Yunzhao asked, "Did Mo Jinghao and the others agree?"
She felt that Mo Jinghao would never agree, since they were determined to seize the position of city lord.
However, this person is cunning and not easy to understand.
"At first, they disagreed, saying that the city lord of Moyang City only had the surname Mo."
"Ling Yongqing then said that he would marry into the Mo family and take his wife's surname. Once the ceremony was completed, he would be included in the Mo family genealogy and become the new city lord."
Mo Yunzhao and Ling Jingyu went from clicking their tongues in amazement to almost bursting into laughter.
Sure enough, when people are shameless, they are truly invincible and their sassiness is unmatched.
Amidst their laughter, the man said a few more things.
For example, the corpse in the city lord's mansion now has its face slashed and its body swollen, resembling a giant, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.
They identified her solely by her clothing, and that's how they confirmed her identity.
Besides Mo Jinghao, some people also disagreed with Ling Yongqing becoming the new city lord.
There were clan leaders and ordinary people.
Among them were the people who had previously been nearly driven out of the city by Mo Yunzhao.
They support her.
Mo Yunzhao ate his meal quietly, while the lobby and streets downstairs became even more lively, with everyone gossiping about the City Lord's Mansion.
She listens carefully and can hear some rumors.
"I heard that the city lord died a terrible death, that he was disemboweled and his child was taken out. The city lord was unmarried, so how could he have been disemboweled and his child taken out?"
"She had an affair and got pregnant secretly."
"This adulterer, whose child is this?"
"Isn't the adulterer Ling Yongqing, the protagonist of today's story? It was because of him that Mo Yunlan went so far as to kill Mo Yunzhao. The hatred of having one's husband stolen deserves to be punished."
"No wonder the city lord went to such lengths to break off the engagement with Mo Yunlan; it was all for the sake of her marrying Ling Yongqing. What a pity."
...
These rumors were deliberately spread.
Their aim was to smear her and throw mud at Mo Yunlan.
Without a doubt, it was Mo Jinghao's doing. At this point, they were still afraid that she wasn't dead, so they kept a backup plan.
Sure enough, he's an old fox; he doesn't easily show his tail.
After finishing their meal, Mo Yunzhao and Ling Jingyu rode the wind away.
The two moved incredibly fast, like a gust of wind; if anyone noticed, they would simply think it was the wind passing by.
The two men, hidden in the shadows like lurking hunters, watched this scene unfold.
The city lord's mansion was decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, red silk ribbons, double happiness characters, and red carpets.
Outside the mansion gate, the steward was greeting the guests, and each of them presented a generous gift.
This doesn't look like a funeral day at all; it looks more like a wedding day.
To facilitate his appointment as the new city lord and to be included in the family genealogy, the wedding ceremony and banquet were held at the ancestral hall.
The guests chuckled and whispered among themselves.
The coffin was placed in the ancestral hall, with Mo Jinghao and Madam Qian sitting at the head of the table, behind them were the ancestral tablets of the Mo family.
"The auspicious time has arrived."
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