The Devious First Daughter

Chapter 122. Schemes of the Harem

It was a sleepless night in Prince Yi's Manor.

Having married two brides simultaneously, one would usually visit the princess' place at night, but Prince Yi was no ordinary person. No one knew which bride he would visit. When they saw him head to Ning Xueyan's courtyard, they thought that he would be staying there instead of Commandery Princess Xianyun's place.

To their surprise, the so-called favorite concubine of Prince Yi sent her maid to Consort Ning's place to invite Prince Yi. That left the candles in the two bridal chambers lit all night. On the contrary, it was the concubine's courtyard that looked like it had just celebrated a joyous occasion.

It was said that several concubines argued so much that they even kicked up a fuss at Consort Ning's place. Consort Ning's maid had to chase them away. Later, a housekeeper came and punished the trouble-making concubines with 20 rod-beatings. If the manor wasn't having a celebration, they would have been beaten to death.

The other person destined for a sleepless night was Ao Mingyu. He hadn't expected to kidnap Ya Moqin instead of Ning Xueyan. To make things worse, the Emperor had already granted Ao Mingwan's marriage request by making Ya Moqin his consort.

It wasn't a secret whom Ya Moqin had loved. She had wanted to check out the festivities on the day of Prince Yi's wedding with her maid, only to knocked unconscious. By the time she regained consciousness, she found herself in her cousin's side courtyard. Others might not recognize the place, but she knew everything here like the back of her palm.

She was overjoyed, thinking that her cousin bringing her here meant that he couldn't bear to let her go. The brilliant bridal robe that she was wearing had surely been prepared by her cousin as well. She was so elated that she stayed quiet and waited for Ao Mingyu to return at night without kicking up a fuss.

The idea of marrying her cousin before other women made her so happy that she ate an additional half a bowl of lunch. Then, with a red face and a happy mood, she bashfully waited for Ao Mingyu's return with a red veil over her head. She had been unsatisfied with her wedding in the first place and had been making a racket in the manor for the past few days.

It was Grand Tutor Ya who finally calmed her down. He told her that they would just send her to the Fourth Prince's Manor as a lowly concubine without a title instead of as a consort. Her life or death would have nothing to do with Manor Ya from then on.

His words gave Ya Moqin a bad fright. She had been pampered since young, even often bullying his father's concubines in the manor. Once, she had even beat a concubine pregnant with her father's child to death. Naturally, she dared not to make a fuss anymore after considering that she might be experiencing such days.

However, it wasn't her that was causing trouble but her cousin. This meant that it had nothing to do with her!

His cousin must still love her to secretly bring her here to marry her. She believed that he would surely request a title for her in the future. Never mind a consort, she might even be his princess. Thus, she wasn't at all worried. Her cousin wouldn't let her suffer.

She was over the moon and terribly bashful, too. That made her unusually quiet as she sat by the bedhead and waited for Ao Mingyu to come back and lift her veil.

Unexpectedly, she found Ao Mingyu indignant.

Ao Mingyu had already heard that Ning Xueyan was safe at Prince Yi's Manor. Knowing that an unknown hiccup had occurred, he drank only a few cups of alcohol before excusing himself and rushing to his secondary courtyard outside the city. When he came down from the carriage, he discovered that the person inside the hijacked marriage sedan was his cousin, Ya Moqin.