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
Shi Qingxue worriedly looked at Mo Xiangrui.When they were in the carriage, she had guessed that Qi Zhengdao might be Mo Xiangrui’s illegitimate son.However, she didn’t think too much then. Now Mo Xiangrui was so nervous, and it was difficult to understand.Mo Junyang still didn’t care but smiled at Shi Qingxue to comfort her.Seeing that, Shi Qingxue was relieved and followed them to see Qi Zhengdao.Qi Zhengdao was feeble as he had just woken up, and a servant was feeding ginseng soup to him.A doctor in the mansion stood aside. Such a stranger didn’t qualify to be treated by Shen Luo in person. After seeing Mo Xiangrui, he knelt down respectfully at once and greeted, “Your Highness.”Qi Zhengdao suddenly raised his head and looked at Mo Xiangrui, without hiding the strangeness and excitement in his eyes. His pale face looked more pitiful and weaker.He trembled and got
The bad state of disrepair in the room was beyond Mo Xiangrui’s imagination.A crude table was in the middle of the room with one broken leg.The table with three legs was in imminent danger of falling down.There was a big bed with a width of less than one meter and a half in a corner, and a woman at her last gasp was lying in it.The woman was covered with a dirty and heavy cotton quilt, showing only her small face.She didn’t wear make-up on her face, yet she looked weak and more charming because of her illness.However, the woman covered her lips and coughed seriously. Her face twisted in pain.It didn’t look ugly but showed weird beauty.Mo Xiangrui recognized her at first glance and rushed to the bed at once, shouting emotionally, “Ruyue.”The woman called Ruyue seemed to have finally found that there was an uninvited guest in the room. She suddenly raise