The Madam Dowager asked Lady Tu and Wei Yuewu to have dinner with her. Lady Li, as the old lady's daughter-in-law, had to stand by and serve her mother-in-law with a smiling face before the latter allowed her to go. She didn't have any time to apply ointment to the wounds on her face.Wei Yuewu glanced at the dense blisters on Lady Li's face. Then she lowered her head with a cold smile. She waited on the Madam Dowager with even greater care, helping pick out fish bones for the Madam Dowager now and then. The meal went on with extreme attentiveness on her side, and the old lady was fully satisfied by her flattering gestures.After dinner, Wei Yuewu left with Lady Tu to the guest room and then returned to the Lotus Courtyard after a chat.Before reaching the gate of the yard, she saw Jin Ling looking around behind the gate. Seeing her mistress coming over, Jin Ling tried to suppress her joy on the face. However, she could not completely hide her

Mo Huating was indeed an excellent speaker.He spoke of the bloody case that involved adultery merely as a blunder in which he accidentally lost his way, which absolved him of all his responsibility. In the meantime, he also admitted his mistake. This tactic indeed helped him win people's sympathy."You are too polite, Marquis Jing Yuan. I really don't dare to accept your courtesy. Yuewu was almost assassinated on the way to the capital. It's said that those killers had set up the trap in advance, and they waited in ambush for her to arrive. Since she was just a new comer to the capital, I really can't figure out whom she had offended. Why did that person hate her so much as to kill her? The person had actually calculated her route to the capital and ordered people to wait there, just to kill a weak girl like her."Lady Tu remarked as she eyed Mo Huating with a cold smile.The effect of Lady Tu's words was such that she totally den

Near a big tree beside the side door, a big wolf dog was lying lazily on the ground, its head leaning feebly against its forelimbs, its tongue sticking out, and its saliva dripping down. The dog looked hungry and lacking in strength.Suddenly, a faint fragrance in the air flew to its nose. The wolf dog had been starved for more than a day or two. When it caught the smell, its hair immediately stood up. It jumped to its feet, shook its body, and stared at the side door.The fragrance was getting closer and closer. The wolf dog couldn't endure it any longer and suddenly pounced forward. The long chain behind it was pulled along clattering as it dashed forward. Since the dog had been starved for several days, it could catch even the slightest trace of fragrance in the air. At this moment, it leaped out with sheer excitement.Now the wolf dog sprang excitedly upon the figure at the door and opened its mouth wide…Mo Huating didn't expe

Whoever saw the current chaos would be angry.While Wei Yuewu hadn't yet asserted her rights as the real fiancée, these two outsiders had gone so far as to fight with each other out of jealousy to become the official wife.From this point of view, even if Lady Tu uttered harsher words, Mo Huating could not refute any bit.The Madam Dowager's face was quite grim. She took out a red marriage contract from her clothes. The contract was signed by the mothers of the two sides to announce the engagement. In the current situation, she didn't have to give any reason for breaking off the engagement. If Mo Huating did not have an affair with the two of them, such a quarrel would never have broken out.Furthermore, it happened right in the presence of Wei Yuewu.The Madam Dowager had made up her mind by now because Wei Yan was also involved."Marquis Jing Yuan, I don't care whether you want to marry my Second Elder S

"I want these bolts of cloth."Wei Yuewu calmly skipped over the bolt that the old maidservant had brought over to her. Instead, she chose a few other bolts of cloth that didn't stand out from the rest.She picked pink and green colors just like average girls. These colors looked very jubilant and thus were suitable for wearing during the spring festival. There were patterns of dancing butterflies on the pink bolt, patterns of peach blossoms on the light green bolt, and patterns of lotus flowers on the cyan bolt…"Sixth Young Lady, the ones you picked are not as beautiful as that one."The old maidservant looked at the bolts Wei Yuewu had picked. She pushed the previous one over and suggested with a smile.Judging from the overall appearance, it was true that the one that the old maidservant had brought out was far more eye-catching. Whoever wore it would definitely look exceptionally beautiful. There would be many ban