Chapter 162. The banquet officially begins

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Commandery Princess Muling wasn't the only one who resented Ning Xueyan. Another person also hated her to the point of wanting to eat her flesh and drink her blood...

Ya Moqin returned to her manor after leaving the zither store in anger and shame.

When she reached her manor, she changed her mind and ordered the carriage driver to take a turn toward Wu Yao's manor. She had always considered her maternal aunt to be the epitome of elegance. Not even her paternal aunt in the palace was as graceful as her. Most importantly, Wu Yao was kind and considerate.

Wu Yao was unlike her paternal aunt, who liked to make her own decisions. Her aunt knew that she liked Ao Mingyu and they had grown up together, but still chose to break them up for the bigger picture. Her aunt made her give up the princess position and even the consort position because of Ning Qingshan.

Ya Moqin couldn't accept this.

Wasn't her bad reputation the result of her aunt's insistence on her plan? The worst thing of it was that her grandfather agreed with her aunt and let her turn out this way.

Ya Moqin would never examine herself for her faults. Rather, she would blame it all on Honored Consort Ya and Grand Tutor Ya. She thought that Ning Qingshan was the reason she would be questioned to the point that she couldn't retort. If it wasn't for Ning Qingshan, she wouldn't be mocked today.

She was so angry that she didn't feel like returning home and speaking to her grandfather. In any case, Ning Xueyan had entered the zither store and she had spoken to Commandery Princess Muling about her plan. The Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Min used to treat Ning Xueyan differently and even showed interest in marrying her. She was sure that Commandery Princess Muling would be furious about Ning Xueyan.

Commandery Princess Muling's feelings for Wen Xueran weren't a secret among the noble ladies.

Neither of them expected that Commandery Princess Muling, who only had eyes for Wen Xueran, would marry Ao Mingyu while she couldn't even become Ao Mingyu's consort. She was upset about her outcome with Ao Mingyu, but also furious at Commandery Princess Muling. If Commandery Princess Muling hadn't gotten in the way, she might just become Ao Mingyu's princess and wouldn't be trapped in her current situation.

Ya Moqin got down from the carriage and entered Wu Manor in a fit of rage. She walked into the inner courtyard and asked, "Is my aunt in?"

The courtyard in Wu Manor was small compared to most manors and her status didn't allow her to live in a spacious courtyard. Therefore, it didn't take Ya Moqin long to reach the inner courtyard.

An older female housekeeper immediately went up to Ya Moqin after seeing her. "Madam is in the prayer hall. Please wait here for a moment, Eldest Young Lady. I'll inform her right away."

"Don't bother. I'll go and see her myself. Jeez, I wonder what she's thinking, being obsessed with praying. She should leave that to women in their seventies and eighties like my grandmother," Ya Moqin said, turning around to walk in another direction.

She knew that a prayer hall had been recently built in Wu Manor. It was located in the northwest corner of Wu Manor, in a secluded spot far from Wu Yao's room. She didn't know what Wu Yao was thinking. She couldn't understand why Wu Yao would be so devoted to praying.

Even Ya Moqin, whose thoughts revolved around Ao Mingyu, could see that Wu Yao wasn't in the right state of mind lately. It was as if Wu Yao had become gloomy overnight. The look in her eyes when she stared at people had changed, but Ya Moqin couldn't remember when exactly this happened.

It was likely around the same time as the incident at Ao Mingyu's manor.

But what did that have to do with Wu Yao? Was Wu Yao depressed because she was in trouble? So depressed that she couldn't even smile anymore?

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