Reborn: Femme Fatale First Daughter

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Chapter 431: Asking for the Peony Garden

Feng Yuran smiled lightly and spoke casually. However, Mo Xuetong understood what he meant immediately.

The Princess Royal was King Jin's daughter and had been sent away at a young age. Other than the secret guards King Jin prepared for her secretly, she would also have some people she could command to ensure her safety. These people's identities should be hidden and they would move around the Princess Royal's side doing all sorts of things. The abbot of Repayment Temple was probably one of them.

This could also explain why Mo Xuetong's mother had asked her to ask for help. She was still asking help from the Princess Royal, but in this way, it would be easier to hide the fact that her mother and the Princess Royal were biological sisters.

Meanwhile, Feng Yuran had strong points on his own to build his faction. Things were complicated in King Xuan's Manor so setting up a stronghold outside was the best possible idea. However, there was something Mo Xuetong could not understand. Why did the Princess Royal hand over some of her people to Feng Yuran so easily? Bai Yihao was her biological nephew.

So why did she treat Feng Yuran so well? Did she pity Feng Yuran for his mother's death?

This did not make sense either. There were so many consorts in the palace and Emperor Zongwen had more than one consort who died. For example, the third prince, King Yan, Feng Yulei's mother had also passed away. Why didn't the Princess Royal treat him better than others then? If it were really about how close of a relationship they had, King Ning, Feng Yuzhen, was the Empress Dowager's grandson. The Princess Royal was raised by the Empress Dowager. She was closer to Feng Yuzhen than to Feng Yuran.

Mo Xuetong was very confused and only barely managed to stop herself from asking Feng Yuran about it directly. She felt it difficult to accept that she was King Jin's granddaughter. She would much rather be the granddaughter of the Old Madam of the Fu General Manor. In her past life, and in this life, only the old madam had truly loved her.

Mo Xuetong touched her slightly pounding head. She felt that the Princess Royal treated Feng Yuran differently. It was not only because he was her nephew though. Otherwise, why would she help Feng Yuran despite the fact that it could possibly reveal her true identity? She even handed over the men in her hands to Feng Yuran.

"Why are you not pretending to be Peony Master now?" Mo Xuetong felt a little confused. She could not understand what was happening at this moment. As such, she bit her lips and turned the topic back to what they were originally speaking about.

Ever since the last incident, there was no news of Peony Master ever again. It seemed that Feng Yuran did not wish to make use of that identity right now. That gave Mo Xuetong a new idea. She opened her eyes wide and looked at Feng Yuran with anticipation.

"I'm busy right now and most of my men are out doing other things. There's truly no one left in the peony garden. So it was left empty." Feng Yuran said with a smile. He could not help but reach out to pinch her nose. He could tell that she was up to something just by her cheeky expression.

Empty? Mo Xuetong's watery eyes twinkled. She patted away his naughty hands and said sweetly, "Then why not give me that peony garden? The peonies there are so beautiful. It'd be a waste not to use them!"

Those beautiful peonies should be admired. However, the peony garden used to be under the control of the Peony Master, and not many people could enter in. There were many noblewomen and young ladies who had never seen it before. If she could hold a banquet there, it would be elegant and leisurely. Furthermore, the identity of the Peony Master was very attractive to Mo Xuetong.