I get stronger every day I live.

Chapter 17: Vicious Provocation

Wu Wangfu.

study.

Lord Mo held the information obtained by his subordinates in his hand and read it carefully word by word.

Everyone else remained silent, not daring to breathe. The atmosphere in the study seemed extremely depressing and solemn.

When Lord Mo put down the news in his hand, his tiger eyes turned red, like a ferocious beast waiting to devour its prey.

"So, the Liu Zhaodi that kid mentioned is indeed Yu'er, my Lord Mo's eldest daughter, Mo Yu, is that right?" Lord Mo's tone was filled with depression and anger.

Without waiting for anyone to say anything, the enraged Lord Mo smashed the table in front of him with a palm and cursed, "I asked you to investigate Yu'er's disappearance. After more than ten years of searching, there's been no news. I finally got some news about Yu'er, and you tell me, Yu'er is dead? Killed by a mere son of a wealthy family. How dare the local magistrate collude with that guy and try to cover up the truth, causing my daughter to die unjustly? How dare they? How dare they?! Ah!!!"

"Your Highness, please calm down." Everyone was so frightened that they knelt on the ground.

Soon, Lord Mo's emotions calmed down again, but his eyes were filled with bloodshot and murderous intent.

"It's too easy for them to die so easily."

"Go, kill everyone involved in this matter, including their relatives and families. Leave no one alive!"

"Yu'er wandered for many years before her death. As her father, I failed to fulfill my responsibility to take care of her. After her death, I cannot let her starve and freeze outside. Have Yu'er's remains brought back to Beijiang City for a proper burial. Regarding this matter... keep your mouth shut and don't tell my wife for the time being."

Everyone's heart trembled. They knew that their prince was really angry. They quickly clasped their fists and responded, "I understand."

Lord Mo turned his back to the crowd and waved his hand: "Go ahead, and do it cleanly."

"As ordered!"

After a while, Mo Shenjun was the only one left in the room. He looked at the portrait of a woman in his hand, which somewhat resembled Mo Ruyan, and reached out to gently stroke it.

Even though they had been separated for more than ten years, he recognized her at a glance as his eldest daughter, Mo Yu. She looked very similar to her mother, especially her eyes.

"Yu'er..."

On the other side, at the poetry manor of the seventh princess Yan Yan.

As everyone knows, the seventh princess Yan Yan is fond of poetry and songs. She holds one or two poetry competitions almost every year and invites the daughters of princes and nobles to participate.

And the poetry gathering is not just a poetry gathering. For the daughters of princes and nobles, it is also equivalent to a large-scale blind date event.

At the poetry gathering held by the seventh princess Yan Yan, many pairs of talented men and beautiful women were brought together, creating many beautiful stories.

However, in reality, those who can come here are basically the children of high-ranking officials in the court, and the interests between them are complicated.

Very few people really talk about feelings, most of them talk about their careers and the future of their families.

As children of a wealthy dynasty, they have enjoyed a favorable environment since childhood and are born with abundant resources that others can only dream of.

Of course, you have to pay something for it, such as freedom.

To put it bluntly, the so-called marriage relationship between aristocratic families is just to make the interest relationship between each other more solid.

Therefore, the love stories in vernacular novels that arise from the different identities and classes of the male and female protagonists are so praised and admired.

Mo Ruyan took Lai Yang to the garden party.

When the two entered the poetry reading, they saw a woman in a fiery red long dress in the crowd in the distance. She was surrounded by stars. The temperament she exuded was as beautiful and noble as a peacock. When others looked at her, they all showed a hint of respect.

If nothing unexpected happens, she must be the organizer of this garden poetry party, the seventh princess - Yan Yan.

The next moment, as if to verify Lai Yang's thoughts, Mo Ruyan's voice rang out in time: "Look, that's Princess Yan Yan. Let's go over and say hello to Princess Yan Yan."

Lai Yang didn't say anything either, just followed silently.

He was not good at socializing, and in situations like this, the more he spoke, the more mistakes he would make. He just had to keep his mouth shut and leave the rest to Mo Ruyan.

"Your Highness Yan Yan, long time no see." Mo Ruyan stepped forward and saluted in a standard manner.

Yan Yan stepped forward and held Mo Ruyan's hand intimately, saying softly, "Sister Ruyan, now you're here, Uncle Mo is willing to let you out. I thought you wouldn't come to this poetry gathering."

"Since Your Highness has invited me, I will come." "The relationship between you and me is so distant that it seems strange if you call me Your Highness." Yan Yan said angrily.

Mo Ruyan smiled and then said, "I didn't come here alone today. I brought a friend with me."

After saying that, Mo Ruyan turned to look at Liu Yang behind her and gestured, "Liu Yang, come here and meet Her Royal Highness the Seventh Princess."

Upon hearing this, Lai Yang immediately took two steps forward, bowed and saluted with a fist clasped in a dignified manner, saying, "My name is Liu Yang, and I'm honored to meet the Seventh Princess."

Seeing this scene, Yan Yan's eyes swept back and forth between Lai Yang and Mo Ruyan's faces. Mo Ruyan felt uncomfortable being looked at by her and became inexplicably nervous.

"Hey~ Sister Ruyan, this is the first time I've seen you with another man at a poetry gathering. What's your relationship?"

Yan Yan seemed to be asking Mo Ruyan, but her gaze turned to Lai Yang who was standing beside her. She looked him up and down with a strong hint of gossip in her eyes.

It turns out that liking gossip is human nature, especially for women.

"Don't get me wrong, we are friends. Liu Yang is a distinguished guest of my Wuwang Mansion. This time, we happened to catch the poetry meeting. I saw that he was bored in the mansion, so I kindly brought him here to see the world." Mo Ruyan explained.

What good intentions? It's clearly coercion and inducement.

Is this the kind of place where a commoner like me should be?

Lai Yang secretly complained in his heart.

He might as well go back and read a few more miscellaneous books to learn about the history of various countries. Maybe they won't be useful, but it's always good to have more knowledge.

"Oh? Really? Then let's just take it as that." Yan Yan responded with a smile, but her strange expression clearly showed that she didn't believe what Mo Ruyan said.

However, at this moment, an inappropriate voice sounded among the crowd.

"I heard that a few days ago, Princess Wuyan was captured by the famous flower thief Liang Shangfei. I wonder how the princess escaped?"

The man emphasized the three words "flower thief" with a hint of meaning.

Everyone's expression suddenly changed, and they all turned to look at Mo Ruyan, ready to watch the show.

Mo Ruyan's expression suddenly turned a little ugly. She guessed that someone might have deliberately embarrassed her at the poetry meeting, but she didn't expect the other party's methods to be so dirty.

As the saying goes, three people make a tiger, and gossip can melt gold. The other party wants to ruin her reputation.

Once this matter is confirmed, her innocence and reputation will be ruined. What a vicious intention.

But who is Mo Ruyan? She is the daughter of King Tongwu.

As for King Tongwu, he was a king of a different surname who helped the current Emperor of Great Yan conquer half of the country and was granted the title of king for his outstanding military achievements.

Today, King Tongwu is a powerful being that commands a large number of troops to guard the northern borders of the Great Yan Dynasty and resist the invasion of barbarians from the north.

In the imperial city, apart from the Great Yan Emperor, which court official would not respectfully call him "King Tongwu" when seeing him?
"I won't deny that I was indeed held hostage by Liang Shangfei. Fortunately, Liu Yang rescued me in time, killed the villain with a single sword strike, and escorted me all the way back to the Imperial City. I am very grateful to him for that."

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in surprise, and looked at Lai Yang beside Mo Ruyan with a look of surprise.

No one present was unaware of Liang Shangfei's notoriety.

Since they are given the title of the Eight Evil Men, they must be people who have committed a lot of evil.

This man looked like he was under 30 years old, yet he actually killed Tian Liang, one of the eight evil men in the martial arts world, with just one sword?
Even though Liang Shangfei ranks last among the eight evil men, he is still someone that even masters can hardly deal with.

"How could this man kill Tian Liang? Could it be that he possesses the strength of a Grandmaster?"

"So what if he could kill Tian Liang? It still doesn't prove anything. Everyone present here knows that Tian Liang is a notorious lustful person, a sex-hungry ghost. Princess Ruyan is so beautiful, I'm afraid..."

The man deliberately did not finish his words, but others had already understood the underlying meaning he wanted to express.

What he wanted to say was that Mo Ruyan's innocence had probably been tarnished by the flower thief long ago.

Upon hearing this, Mo Ruyan's expression was icy. She placed her hands on her hips and shouted domineeringly, "How dare you, Pang Xiaoyu, stir up trouble at the Seventh Princess's poetry gathering, distorting right and wrong and framing me. I can certainly have my name verified, but do you know what the law of the Great Yan Dynasty is for framing me?"

The instigator is the daughter of the Minister of Works
——Pang Xiaoyu!

(End of this chapter)