Leng Yan didn’t have any chance of winning.
She straightened her back and knelt to Shi Qingxue, begging in tears, “My Lady, it was my fault. I am blind and brainless, so I offended you. Please don’t mind as you are broad-minded. Please spare me this time.”
Shi Qingxue pursed her lips coldly and didn’t say anything.
Seeing that she couldn’t change Shi Qingxue’s mind when she begged, Leng Yan made up her mind and expressed her loyalty firmly. “If you can spare my life, I am willing to accuse Princess Royal and the third master with Rou’er.”
She was afraid that Shi Qingxue couldn’t realize her importance, so she tried hard to stress, “Although you have Rou’er’s statement with her signature, after all, she is an outsider. With her one-sided words, you can’t prove anything. Perhaps they will make unfounded countercharges then.
“But I am different. I am a person concerned, and the baby in my womb is the solid evidence. Even
When Shi Qingxue reached the Shou’an Hall, Mo Shujun was drinking tea at leisure in her room.“Grandma, nice to see you.” Shi Qingxue bowed to greet her politely yet distantly.Mo Shujun leered at her coldly and snorted. “What are you doing here?”They disliked each other since long ago. Although they remained in amity on the surface, when the two were alone in a room, they didn’t need to pretend.Shi Qingxue certainly thought so and didn’t care about Mo Shujun’s distance.She shrugged and smiled. “Since I come to disturb you so late at night, of course, I have something important to talk about with you.”“Disrespectful girl, don’t you know what time it is now? You still came to disturb me at bedtime. I indulge you too much at ordinary times.” Mo Shujun suddenly rebuked her granddaughter, and it seemed that Shi Qingxue’s arrival was a serious crime.Shi Qingxue frowned slightly and looked at M
Mo Shujun looked at Shi Qingxue and stated forcefully, “Kid, I can see that you have evil intentions and want to frame your uncle purposely, right?“Juncai seldom talks with you at ordinary times. Although he doesn’t spoil you, he never offends you. How can you be so heartless as to put all the blame on your innocent uncle?”She cursed and shouted. It was obvious that she thought that Shi Qingxue made irresponsible remarks and intentionally framed Shi Juncai.She was really good at making false countercharges.Shi Qingxue couldn’t help but tut-tut to praise her grandmother.Nevertheless, she didn’t hurry to retort or explain. Instead, she pretended to look at Mo Shujun doubtfully. “Grandma, why did you say that? I never show disrespect to Uncle Juncai.”“In this case, give Leng Yan to me. Then it can prove that the maid talked nonsense and it has nothing to do with you. So I naturally won’t blame you.”
Mo Shujun was so angry that she even burst into laughter. She glared at Shi Qingxue ferociously and snorted. “Do you think it is possible?”Was she joking?She could hardly agree to let Dong Hui return to their mansion, and Shi Qingxue even dreamed that she would go to the Dong family’s mansion to beg Dong Hui to come back. The girl just tried to step on her dignity.Humph!They couldn’t try to think about it. Mo Shujun wouldn’t surrender because of that.Shi Qingxue shrugged indifferently and stated, “In this case, tomorrow I will give the two confessions in my hands to the government to put on record. If the people in the government don’t handle it, I still have a say in front of the Empress Dowager. I believe that she is willing to uphold justice for me.”“You…” Mo Shujun trembled out of anger.She had never expected that Shi Qingxue would be so reckless as to ruin Shi Juncai’s fame.
At last, Dong Hui returned to Duke Shi’s mansion.Leng Yan who made a scene in the East House disappeared at the wedding night, and all the servants carefully concealed mentioning it.It seemed that this thing never happened.The next day after Dong Hui returned to the mansion, some servants fished up a maid’s dead body from the well behind the Shou’an Hall. After an identification, it was the maid Rou’er who had lived with Leng Yan.She died for no reason, and all her body was white and hot after being soaked in the well water. It looked quite scary.There were gossips in the mansion gradually that the geomantic omen of the room where Leng Yan and Rou’er lived was bad and it took people’s lives, so the two people who lived there disappeared or died.The rumor spread that there were ghosts in the mansion, but soon other gossips replaced it.“Qingxue, Rou’er was…” Shi Baojing hadn’t expected th
After saying goodbye to Shi Baojing, Shi Qingxue went to King Rui’s mansion.Because of Leng Yan’s case, she almost didn’t see Mo Junyang these days.It was not that they didn’t contact each other.For example, Mo Junyang helped her hide Leng Yan. Even if Mo Shujun was capable and dug the ground, probably she couldn’t find the maid.However, Shi Qingxue hadn’t apologized to Mo Junyang.She came to King Rui’s mansion alone and wanted to give Mo Junyang a pleasant surprise, but as soon as she reached the gate of the mansion, a carriage stopped at the gate and prepared to set off at any time.The guard Wei Zichao knocked at the door of her carriage and said in a low voice outside, “My Lady, my master invited you to share a carriage with him later.”Shi Qingxue sat in the carriage and surprise could hardly be concealed on her face.She had been out for only a short while, yet Mo Junya
The ancestral mausoleum of the Shi family was a treasure place with good geomantic omen in the northern suburbs of the capital city.It was said to be the ancestral mausoleum, but in fact, only Shi Lei was buried here.However, Shi Lei was far-sighted and cleaned up the large ground, saying that it would be the place for all the family members to rest in peace in the future.The geographic position of the ancestral mausoleum was wonderful indeed, with a broad view, and it was quiet yet not too horrible.Every time Shi Qingxue came to pay respect to her grandpa, she would give him thumbs up.“You know what? I hated here most when I was young. I always thought that this place took my grandpa away from me. On Tomb-Sweeping Day and the Winter Solstice every year, I was unwilling to come here then. And I came here while sobbing only after Father had to tell me to kneel in the ancestral hall as a punishment.” Looking at the
The grave keeper was beaten hard, but he didn’t dare to resist at all.He didn’t resist and even accepted Shi Qingxue’s anger silently till his face became black and blue, almost not like a person.Mo Junyang walked forward and stopped Shi Qingxue again, saying in a deep voice, “Stop beating him. Calm down.”Shi Qingxue did stop, yet she still glared at the grave keeper resentfully and gritted her teeth, swearing, “I will kill him!”Her words made the grave keeper tremble out of fear, but soon he returned calm. It seemed that Shi Qingxue said she would only “injure him” instead of “killing him”.Mo Junyang glanced at the grave keeper coldly and agreed. “Okay.”He said it simply and decisively, almost without hesitation.He seemed to be a slave of his wife and agreed with Shi Qingxue unconditionally no matter what she said, which even scared her.Wei Zichao had a headache and looke
After hearing the old craftsman’s “stress,” Shi Qingxue giggled.She was proud but not arrogant and raised her chin, saying shyly, “If the descendants raised by Grandpa need the ancestors’ blessing to keep the title of nobility and have a bright future, as his descendants, we would be ashamed before he jumps out of the coffin to curse us.“Elder, just rest assured and do the job. As long as you can make it and won’t disturb my grandpa’s peace, you don’t need to worry about so much.”Perhaps this old craftsman heard such words for the first time, so he was stunned and didn’t have reactions after a long time.In fact, he knew that the “ancestors’ blessing” was the same as the ghost theory, and it existed if he believed, while it was fine if he didn’t believe it.It was okay as long as he was always in awe of the ancestors.But!Knowing it was different from doing it.In this