d out into the alleyway. The door was mostly closed, so she couldn’t see anything cl

to hide Mo Xuetong from sight. He gave her a wicked smile and dropped the hand that had

them speaking t

irl again. The old man is going to be angry if yo

own! I have to stay and entertain her. He may not like it, but I don’

rvous and angry to notice how tired she’d gotten, but now it caught up to her. She gritted

iage, telling the driver the maid was ill. If he thought it was cruel to make a maid travel i

o Qingwei Garden. They rounded a corridor where they were met by a maid in blue. Th

here. Mo He is scolding all the other servants

?” asked Mo Lan. She knew Mo Xuetong didn’t ha

asleep and we didn’t want to wake you,” Mo Yu told her. “We sa

she saw Mo Xuetong, she hurried out. She practically cried, seeing how weak Mo X

a bowl of ginseng soup. They closed the musli

Qin, then Madam Yu. Since she was so obviously sick, they didn’t ask her to stay l

ard, leaving highly specific orders for Mother Xu and

at orchid for me?” Mo Xuetong asked with

pital. The flower had not been appreciated. When she’d returned to the manor, she’d found it p

,” Mo Yu said, handing her a cup of tea. “But Mis

e.” She didn’t answer directly, looking down so her long lashes cast a gentle shadow over her calm face. She smiled

she really would send t

d angrily. “You are loyal to a father who ignores you

peak nonsense,”

im. But he… he has no pity for her!” Mo Yu said indignantly, then looked at Mo X

always been on Mo Xuetong’s side, w

e does not know what we know. When we return, he will go

life, these people had stayed with her until the end. They had died because

into chaos. Even Old Madam Qin was involved. Mo Xutong, prepa

ion. She was being treated with the upmost care, making sure she never fell or bumped into anything a

n. After a bit, she’d gotten hungry. Rather than waiting for food, she went to the kitchens herself. When she got there,

the health of an heir. No one wou

he evidence was against her. Madam Yu had been thrown out of the household and all the servants

arden when Mo He had given

If she had not intentionally delayed treatment, the two wounds on her face would not have scarr

her would change too. She needed to make

, she heard Mother

od news,” she called.

ed inside

en permission for you to

ould not hel

’ll go t

s courtyard. She wanted to go there before she left. There was

hree of her maids. This was the official residence of Mo Huawen in cloud city, but it was no longer

ere, but she hadn’t been back in years. When their carriage pulled up, Nanny Ming, who used to serve her moth

n in great esteem. She greeted her respectfully, then reached out to hold her. Na

wn old chambers, instead going to her mother’s Ziteng Garden. She barely made it through

a blue robe stood

up the door curtains,” she said, with childish delight on her face. Sh

She muttered something to herself, then, as if someth

ale that Mo Xuetong al

but her hands were still clenched into fists in her sleeves. This was her first time seeing Xuedong since she

s the night. When he returned home, Mo X

between Mo Xuetong an

Nobody knows where Hexia is. Xuedong’s parents said she would not survive two years like this and refused to care for her. Old Master said she’d taken care of M

to. There are so few of mother’s

ists. She hadn’t even noticed her nails digging into her flesh. Her

d to add something, but looking at Mo Xuetong’s pallid

said, waving them off tir