Chapter 169 - 168: There Can Be Only One Voice
Miss Yu’s eyes showed a hint of panic, and she hurriedly said, "Young Master, you have always refrained from competing or fighting for things. Although you are the legitimate son, you don’t even have inheritance rights. It’s unfair for you, so I thought of recruiting Luo Huaiyang and others to be your retinue. On the other hand, it’s no big deal to compensate Lord Gu. With your status, would Lord Gu refuse your invitation? This way, you would have your own allies!"
Mo Beiyan sighed gently and said, "You’re quite eloquent and have some spiritual qi, but this spiritual qi is misused; you are my maid. Unless something unexpected happens, you will at least receive the title of a concubine in the future. We are destined to share glory or downfall, why can’t you understand this?
I don’t know which brother is behind you, or what benefits he promised you to make you betray me. The most he would promise you is the status of a concubine, but if you just think about it, it’s impossible; your identity is already determined, and the world will only recognize you as my woman. Do you think that the person behind you would risk being branded as stealing his sibling’s wife for you?"
Miss Yu’s face stiffened.
Mo Beiyan said softly, "Actually, I know that you have always been arrogant since childhood, never resigning yourself to being a mere maid, and have always blamed me for not giving you a status. But why can’t you comprehend that you have no family background? If I gave you a title, then when I marry and take concubines, how could there still be a place for you to survive in the back courtyard?"
Miss Yu raised her head, her expression complex.
Mo Beiyan continued, "In fact, I gave you many opportunities. I realized a long time ago that you were secretly monitoring me for others, but I never cared because you always had a bottom line, and never truly tried to endanger my life."
Miss Yu said incredulously, "You... you... always knew?"
Mo Beiyan stated plainly, "If I couldn’t even control Shuixie Manor, how do you think I’ve survived this long? Or rather, you, who I bought as a maid, how could you become Miss Yu? Others respect you because I was never the worthless person you thought I was,
Outsiders could see clearly, but only you never considered me. Perhaps I’ve spoiled you too much, always treating you like the little sister who played in the mud with me, but Yu’Er, you’re smart, why couldn’t you realize that if I were really the helpless waste you imagined, why would those brothers have so many spies watching me at my residence?"
Miss Yu sank to the ground, her face showing a ferocious expression, and said, "Kill me then, stop pretending to be nice. If you really treated me as family, why didn’t you ever tell me these things? If you had told me earlier, how could I have betrayed you, how could I have done these things? Wasn’t it all because you forced me to?"
Mo Beiyan sighed and said, "You still don’t understand. You have a bit of cleverness, but if you knew the truth, could you still survive in Canglan City’s murky waters?"
"Why can’t I? Why!" Miss Yu shouted angrily, "You say I look down on you, but in fact, isn’t it you who have always looked down on me, keeping me in the dark? If you hadn’t hidden things from me, how would I have ended up here today?"
Mo Beiyan shook his head slightly and said, "Your biggest mistake is that you never positioned yourself correctly, you... are only a maid!"
Miss Yu was slightly stunned.
Mo Beiyan said coldly, "As a servant, a maid, you cannot develop a mindset of being the master just because the family is kind to you, Yu’Er, I really have given you many chances. If you had even once cared about the bond between us and warned me of harm, today wouldn’t have come.
But you fell deeper and deeper, from reporting my habits to selling my whereabouts and later preventing people from defecting to me, and then intercepting letters between me and my father, step by step growing more excessive. I was waiting for you to wake up but you showed no remorse at all.
Today, you outright attempt to cast me into an abyss. You are aware of what happened in Pingyang City, you know well the relationship between Brother Gu and my Ninth Sister, yet you still push me to be enemies with Brother Gu, knowingly,
You know that the relationship between Brother Gu and Luo Huaiyang is unlikely to be peaceful, and you know Brother Gu’s character. He is likely to directly start an uproar at my residence, potentially becoming hostile with me, which might result in either my death or Brother Gu’s death. If Brother Gu dies, I will certainly have conflicts with Ninth Sister.
You all know that I can remain stable in Pingyang City mainly because of my father’s support from Canglan City, and maintaining this relationship with Canglan is due to Ninth Sister’s existence. If I fall out with Ninth Sister, and you then use some means, you could force me out of Pingyang Prefecture,
This Pingyang Prefecture is a rare place where few brothers can interfere.
Yu’Er, you are out for my life!"
Miss Yu sat wearily on the ground, murmuring, "I am not wrong, I am not wrong, this is not my fault. It can only be blamed on you for never telling me anything, I..."
"Alas!"
Mo Beiyan sighed and gestured slightly.
In the next instant,
A flying needle suddenly shot out in the hall, piercing into Miss Yu’s forehead, a red dot appearing, and Miss Yu instantly fell silent on the ground.
Mo Beiyan looked at Miss Yu’s corpse, his eyes filled with sorrow, and sighed deeply, saying, "The matters in Shuixie Manor, clear them up as needed, from now on, there’s no need to keep those people."
As Mo Beiyan finished speaking,
Gu Zhan felt several strong presences hiding in the hall suddenly vanish,
In the flying snow, a slaughter quietly occurred in Shuixie Manor.
In the hall,
Mo Beiyan ordered the handling of the body, then led Gu Zhan to a corridor in the manor, saying as they walked, "Sorry to make Brother Gu see such a thing, my Shuixie Manor... is truly riddled with holes. Out of three to four hundred people, over a hundred have been planted by others or were bought."
Gu Zhan smiled and said, "Not much use, isn’t it? All are under the control of Sixth Young Master."
Mo Beiyan sighed, "Brother Gu, if you don’t mind, just call me Beiyan. We each discuss our own matters; I can’t figure out your relationship with my Ninth Sister, I suspect she just wants to enjoy the feeling of being an elder."
Gu Zhan cupped his hands and said, "Brother Mo."
Mo Beiyan nodded, "Ninth Sister knows your skills and character, and guessed that after you arrived at Pingyang Prefecture you’d surely make a commotion, letting me prepare accordingly. But your actions were too fast, I couldn’t react completely, what are you planning exactly?"
Gu Zhan thought for a while and said, "My plan is simple, now that I’ve come to Pingyang Prefecture, there will only be one voice in Pingyang Prefecture!"
"Impressive!"
Mo Beiyan gave a thumbs up, praising, "Your character truly suits the current era!"
With that, Mo Beiyan sighed, "If only you were me, I’ve let too many people down. To reach this point today, it’s all thanks to Ninth Sister holding things together. She’s a woman, alas, if only I could be like you, Ninth Sister wouldn’t be so exhausted."
Suddenly, Mo Beiyan turned his head, looking at Gu Zhan seriously, "Brother Gu, have you married?"