Chapter 928:The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 928: Malicious Intent and a Chance Encounter on the Streets (1)
Fan Meijiao, who was determined to push Mo Yan into a fire pit, learned of Mo Yan’s imperial marriage decree when Lord Zhao returned to the mansion in the evening. Overcome by the shock, she fainted from the distress.
When she woke up, despite her maidservants' attempts to comfort her, Fan Meijiao insisted on pounding the bed and crying, unable to accept that the person she hated had been granted an imperial marriage. The man she was married to was not only outstanding in appearance, but also in his future prospects and family background. She would have to bow when meeting him in public, and this comparison was more painful than a knife in her heart.
Even though the maidservants tried to console her by praising the fact that she would soon marry into the Mu family and become a noble lady, it didn’t bring her any joy.
Fan Meijiao scolded loudly in her room. Besides cursing Mo Yan, wishing that she would never gain her husband’s respect or love, she also reprimanded Miss Zhao, who had married into the Cui family. Fan Meijiao blamed her for not doing things properly—if she had managed to arrange for Mo Yan to marry the sickly son of the Cui family, there wouldn’t have been an imperial marriage decree for Mo Yan.
The more Fan Meijiao thought about it, the more hatred filled her heart. She knew that if she didn’t take revenge for the humiliation she suffered at the teahouse, she might never have another chance. After thinking it over, she finally came up with a perfect plan to get back at Mo Yan. She dismissed all the maidservants except for one trusted confidante and whispered her plan into her ear.
After giving her instructions, she found that the maidservant was taking too long to leave. Enraged, Fan Meijiao pinched the confidante’s arm and shouted, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and do as I said!"
The maidservant winced in pain but didn’t dare avoid her. Instead, she meekly replied, "Miss, that woman, oh no, that slut, is a county princess. She was kidnapped from her house. Even if her reputation is ruined, the authorities will likely investigate who took her. What if the investigation leads back to us?"
Upon hearing this, Fan Meijiao pinched her again and coldly retorted, "Why don’t you just cover your face and go find someone? As long as they’ve never seen your true face, even if they get caught, they won’t be able to identify you."
"Miss is so smart, how did I not think of that?" The maidservant instinctively took a few steps back, rubbing her arm where it had been pinched, and humbly said, "I’ll go do it right away, I won’t let them recognize me."
Fan Meijiao nodded in satisfaction, a malicious smile spreading across her face. "This time, I want to see how that slut is going to turn things around."
Seeing her mistress’s terrifying look, the maidservant couldn’t help but shudder. She didn’t want to follow through with her mistress’s plan. She felt that once she did what Fan Meijiao ordered, her life would be over.
But she was only a lowly maid, and she had no choice but to obey her mistress’s commands. Even if she knew that a bottomless abyss lay ahead, she would have to follow without hesitation.
Fan Meijiao, oblivious to her confidante’s fear, was lost in thoughts of how satisfying it would be when her plan succeeded. She dreamed of seeing Mo Yan suffer a tragic end, and hoped that the Emperor would retract the marriage decree. Even if it couldn’t be undone, she wanted Mo Yan to marry into the Marquis’s family with a tarnished reputation and watch her struggle to survive.
Logically, Fan Meijiao had no deep enmity with Mo Yan and didn’t need to do something so vicious. But every time she thought of Mo Yan, she felt a gnawing unease, as if Mo Yan would ruin her hard-earned happiness. Without realizing it, she developed an impulse to destroy Mo Yan.
Neither Fan Meijiao nor her maidservant realized that their conversation was being overheard by a third party, and this would ensure that their plot would fail.
(End of Chapter)
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