All the others in the room were confused by Shi Qingxue’s action.
Shi Juncai asked with sarcasm, “What? Do you think that if you kneel in front of your grandpa’s memorial tablet, he will jump up and help you find the token granted by Emperor?”
He mocked at Shi Qingxue and even showed disrespect to Shi Lei indistinctly.
Shi Junhe frowned again and wanted to rebuke him, but he remembered that they were like water and fire now. It was pointless no matter what he said.
Shi Qingxue ignored Shi Juncai’s “bark” and seriously kowtowed to Shi Lei’s memorial tablet for three times, murmuring to apologize, “Grandpa, I am sorry.”
It was silent in the ancestral hall, and all people heard Qingxue say sorry yet didn’t understand what she was sorry for.
She knelt for about fifteen minutes and then got up. Afterward, she took a few steps forward.
She almost got close to the shrine for worshiping. Then s
Hearing Shi Qingxue’s firm words, Shi Juncai thought that it was bad news and then couldn’t help saying, “Shi Wang just told the truth. You don’t ask your father but criticize Shi Wang for lying. How can you do that?”Perhaps if Shi Qingxue asked Shi Junhe to confirm, Shi Juncai would say that Shi Junhe told a lie.No matter what she said, he would aim at Shi Junhe in the end.However, this time Shi Qingxue stated unhurriedly, “Judging from his answers to my questions, I can affirm that he was lying.”“How…how come?” Shi Wang asked in panic and still didn’t know when he exposed himself.He glanced at Shi Juncai subconsciously and looked flurried.Shi Juncai glared at Shi Wang ferociously, indicating, “Why are you in panic? She must trick you.”They exchanged glances secretly and thought that nobody knew it, while Shi Qingxue noticed everything.However, she didn’t say anyth
It was stipulated in the law of the Mo Country that the ordinary murderer should be imprisoned or more and a servant who murdered the master should be hanged.Shi Wang was Shi Junfeng’s personal servant. He wasn’t grateful to his master’s kindness but killed him, and he would surely be sentenced to death.Shi Wang turned pale with fear after he knew that.Facing the fear of death, Shi Wang suddenly had courage. He raised his head and looked at Mo Junyang, asking in a loud voice, “Your Excellency, don’t you want to know the truth?”He glanced at Shi Junhe with threat and his meaning was obvious. Anyway he would die. If he insisted that Shi Junhe had ordered him to do that, the first master would never disassociate himself.However, Mo Junyang laughed, with coldness in his eyes. “I don’t like to be threatened, especially by a servant who killed his master.”He also swept his eyes over Shi Wang’s famil
Shi Juncai thought that he could rest easy after Shi Junhe put up bail for him, so he didn’t show mercy to Zhang Qiuyan.He covered Zhang Qiuyan’s mouth and told the servants to drag her away.During the period, Shi Junhe looked on coldly and didn’t stop him.Shi Juncai was more sure that Shi Junhe was soft-hearted to him, so he was bailed.He moved closer to Shi Junhe shamelessly at once and expressed flatteringly, “Junhe, you really love your brother deeply. I knew that you would care about my life and death.”Shi Junhe leered at Shi Juncai coldly and stated casually, “Of course I care about my brother’s life and death, and I won’t let him die with a grievance.”Shi Juncai was nervous and stared at Shi Junhe. “What do you mean?”“Junfeng was killed, so all people who killed him should be punished according to the law, and nobody is an exception.” While speaking, Shi Junhe didn’t look
Shi Juncai lowered his head with a pale face and sat on the floor on his knees, trembling.When he raised his head again, he had tears covering his face, crying, “I admit that I stole Father’s skeleton, but…I did that for Mother!”After shouting, he suddenly looked at Mo Shujun and begged, “Mother, I did that because you love Father deeply and want to be buried with him. In order to satisfy you, I considered stealing his skeleton and giving it to you.”Shi Juncai did give the skeleton to Mo Shujun, and she couldn’t remain unmoved, although it was missing later.Shi Qingxue wasn’t convinced but asked coldly, “If you just wanted to steal Grandpa’s skeleton, why did you ruin his grave and even do something so evil to it?”It might be excusable to steal the skeleton, yet he couldn’t go unpunished after ruining the grave.Shi Juncai’s face stiffened, and after a long while, he tried to explain, “I was af
Mo Shujun glanced at Shi Juncai and then looked away subconsciously as soon as she met his begging eyes.“Mother, you can’t watch me die and do nothing. I am your only child now. If I die, you will be really alone.” Shi Juncai was afraid that Mo Shujun wouldn’t save him, so he moved on his knees to her and grabbed her sleeve, making a pitiful plea.However, Mo Shujun shook off Shi Juncai’s hand in the end and declared distantly, “Just deal with this case as you like. I won’t get involved.”After saying, she led her people to leave the ancestral hall of the Shi family, no matter how pitifully Shi Juncai cried.Shi Juncai got up in a hurry and wanted to chase Mo Shujun, while Wei Zichao stopped him at the gate.He pushed Wei Zichao in rage, yet as the latter attacked him with internal force, he fell to sit on the floor heavily, screaming, “Ouch!”Unfortunately, all people present didn’t have extra sym
“Feel contented?” Shi Juncai snorted with disdain. “How can I feel contented? No matter how good the bright future you planned is, can it compare with the title of Duke Shi?“In the final analysis, no matter how good I am in your heart, I am less important to you than Shi Lei’s bloodline, right?”“No, I…”Mo Shujun subconsciously wanted to retort, but she felt guilty and couldn’t speak a word when she met Shi Juncai’s eyes with sarcasm.In fact, Shi Juncai was right.Although she looked down upon Shi Junfeng who was obedient, because that was the son of her and Shi Lei, she decided to leave the family fortune Shi Lei had gained to his son.And she even neglected Shi Juncai’s wish.Hearing Shi Juncai’s complaint, Mo Shujun felt heartbroken and regretful.She gave hope to Shi Juncai in the past years and made him think that he could inherit the title of Duke Shi, so he always
Wei Zichao still didn’t understand how he had offended his master. He answered nervously, “Well…A servant in our mansion came to report that King Rui has returned to the capital city and wants to see you and…”Wei Zichao hesitated rarely and glanced at Shi Qingxue cautiously before continuing, “And Lady Qingxue.”“Me?” Shi Qingxue pointed at her nose and tilted her head in confusion.She was wondering why King Rui Mo Xiangrui who always traveled around and stayed out of the state affairs returned to the capital unexpectedly, but it was understandable.After all, the Spring Festival was around the corner.Nevertheless, why did Mo Xiangrui want to see her?Mo Junyang furrowed his dashing eyebrows and seemed to be puzzled, too.However, he didn’t ask but waved at Wei Zichao, gesturing for the others to go away.When they were left alone in the courtyard, Mo Junyang turned to Q
It was silent in the carriage.Shi Qingxue started a conversation and asked first, “Qi Zhengdao? I have never heard of this name in the past. You…”Of course, the past meant the previous life of them.In the previous life, King Rui had only one son till death, Mu Junyang, his wife’s illegitimate son, but he never had an illegitimate son.So they were confused by the illegitimate son who showed up all of a sudden.Shi Qingxue wanted to ask if Qi Zhengdao was lying.However, Mo Junyang said, “The jade pendant is real.”“Is this jade pendant very important?” Shi Qingxue tilted her head in doubt.Otherwise, how could Mo Junyang have recognized at a glance that it belonged to King Rui and he attached importance to it?Mo Junyang glanced at Shi Qingxue and then replied, “It belonged to Qi Yue. Do you think that it is important?”Shi Qingxue was speechles