Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 989: Clash (2)

Chapter 989: Chapter 989: Clash (2)

"So it turns out, I truly rejoiced too soon; this child is indeed pitiful," Princess Fuyun seemed to believe this explanation, yet her eyes grew increasingly icy and sharp.

Old Lady Cui acted as though she didn’t notice, and said warmly, "If Xiaoqi knew that Your Highness was so worried about him and even came to visit in person, he would be very happy. On behalf of Xiaoqi, I thank Your Highness."

After speaking, she bowed to Princess Fuyun, her politeness suggesting she didn’t regard the Princess as a daughter-in-law, nor as her grandson’s legitimate mother.

Princess Fuyun’s expression remained unchanged, but the hands under her wide sleeves involuntarily tightened; in the end, she couldn’t state outright that she was Cui Pingan’s legitimate mother and was therefore obliged to visit. The one lying in bed was nothing but a child of sin!

Thinking like this, Princess Fuyun abruptly changed the topic and got straight to the point, "I’m unaware of Pingan’s condition. I’ve heard that the female doctor hasn’t left the residence yet; it would be good for her to come and inform me about it."

Old Lady Cui’s expression shifted slightly, and her heart was filled with extreme annoyance due to Princess Fuyun’s incessant troubles.

In another room of this courtyard, Mo Yan, who was resting, also heard the shout of the young servant. Not wishing to encounter Princess Fuyun, she pretended not to hear and continued discussing Cui Pingan’s condition with Xuetuan in her space.

Mo Yan hadn’t expected Princess Fuyun to come specifically for her, and knew she wouldn’t be so easily evaded. So when Princess Fuyun’s servant found her and asked her to come out to take Cui Pingan’s pulse in front of Princess Fuyun, the phrase "ill-intent visitors" involuntarily sprang to her mind.

When Mo Yan met Princess Fuyun and stepped forward to offer respects and self-introduced, she indeed saw the mix of surprise and coldness in Princess Fuyun’s eyes.

Princess Fuyun looked over the girl whom the Imperial Brother had appointed as County Lord with apparent nonchalance, feeling more and more astonished in her heart.

Originally, when she learned that a peasant girl of low status had been made a County Lord for growing high-yield rice, she thought nothing of it, considering the girl’s fortune merely a fluke. Even when the girl was married off to one of Great Chu’s most promising young talents, she simply considered it good luck. But now, seeing her in person, she realized she had been very wrong.

Good fortune alone can’t change one’s nature; if the person is but a lump of mud, even if temporarily propped against a wall, they’ll crumble and fall with the wind and sun, only to be trampled upon later. The girl before her, however, with her clear eyes and composure, did not seem like a low-born peasant at all; whether she was truly capable remained to be seen.

At this point, Princess Fuyun didn’t know that her nephew, the Crown Prince’s recovery was due to Mo Yan, or else she wouldn’t have been so difficult afterwards.

"If I remember correctly, you have no relations with the Cui family," Princess Fuyun said to Mo Yan, her words loaded with implication.

As the discussion unfolded, the expressions of the Cui family’s mother and daughter shifted nervously behind Princess Fuyun, worriedly looking at Mo Yan. They had never spoken to Mo Yan about the grievances between Princess Fuyun and Cui Pingan and were very worried that Mo Yan would reveal the truth. If Princess Fuyun knew about the month Cui Pingan spent under the Mo Family’s protection, she would certainly despise the Mo Family.

Considering this possibility, just as Old Lady Cui was about to speak up, Mo Yan interrupted, "To answer Your Highness, Hejia’s master has opened a medical clinic in the city. Hejia often assists the master at the clinic. The master has visited previously to examine Master Cui, and today the old lady had intended to invite the master for a follow-up. Unfortunately, the master was busy and couldn’t come, so he discussed Master Cui’s previous diagnosis with Hejia and asked her to come and check on him."

Intuition told Mo Yan that she couldn’t let Princess Fuyun know that Cui Pingan had lived in her home during the month he ran away, so she fabricated this explanation on the spot. Moreover, since Doctor Du had indeed been summoned by the Cui family to examine Cui Pingan, and Mo Yan had learned of this through past conversations with the Cui mother and daughter, she wasn’t concerned about Princess Fuyun investigating, as long as she informed Doctor Du in due time.