Dong Hui’s expression with expectancy halted and then stiffened gradually. In the end, she avoided Shi Qingxue’s expectant eyes guiltily.
“I...” Dong Hui opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but she shut it at last.
Shi Qingxue smiled knowingly, while her eyes got cold.
She stayed silent for a while and then suddenly asked, “Mother, do you know that Qingmin has something wrong with his left leg besides the birthmark on his face after he was born?”
“What?” Dong Hui sprang from her chair and asked in a trembling voice.
Shi Qingxue had kept it a secret all the time, and besides the maids and servants taking care of Shi Qingmin, only Mo Junyang and Shen Luo knew this matter.
She had planned to hide it forever, but now she thought that Dong Hui was Shi Qingmin’s biological mother anyway and had the right to know the truth, even though this truth was not likeable.
Dong Hui’s expressi
Seeing that Mo Junyu made a fuss, Mo Junyang just shrugged and said casually, “He ran away from my sphere of influence, so I should bring him back.”The Imperial Kinship Bureau was always under Mo Junyang’s control, and even if Mo Junyu wanted to meddle, he had to do it in Mo Junyang’s name.In Mo Country, the Imperial Kinship Bureau managed the domestic affairs of the royal family, and if there was no power independent of the royal family, they couldn’t discipline the royal family members, so Mo Junyu thought in secret that the Imperial Kinship Bureau was a dangerous force, while he had to keep it according to the ancestors’ tradition.Or he had to accept the Imperial Kinship Bureau.Fortunately, Mo Junyu trusted Mo Junyang and didn’t worry that the Imperial Kinship Bureau would cause trouble.Hearing Mo Junyang’s almost perfect reason, Mo Junyu frowned slightly and didn’t believe him.However, he
Xi was appointed to serve the emperor after Mo Junyu took the throne, and his job was mainly to send messages.The other eunuchs admired Xi as he got such a good job, but only he knew the sorrow.He was so scared that he almost wet himself.At the same time, he was frightened and didn’t dare to stutter.He answered fluently, “Your Majesty, Lady Qingxue asked to see you.”Speak of the devil.Mo Junyu glanced at Mo Junyang meaningfully, in a better mood. “Let her in.”Shi Qingxue walked in with Xi. There was surprise flashing in her eyes obviously when she saw Mo Junyang, but soon she restrained it.She walked forward and greeted Mo Junyu with a bow, “Your Majesty, I am honored to see you.”“Qingxue, don’t stand on ceremony.” Mo Junyu gently told her to get up.His smile was so bright that it made Shi Qingxue have a chill on her spine. She looked at
Shi Qingxue returned to Duke Shi’s mansion after getting out of the imperial palace.All people in the mansion were busy making preparations for Shi Junhe’s upcoming trip to the battlefield in the north.It was not Dong Hui’s first time to watch her husband go to the battlefield. She knew that she didn’t have the right to say no, so she had to carefully prepare everything and make him have nothing to worry about.However, sadness could hardly be concealed on her face. As soon as she saw Shi Qingxue, tears were going to fall from her eyes, but she restrained herself toughly. She just smiled at Qingxue faintly. “You have come back in time. Your father wanted you to go to his study after you came back. He has something to tell you.”Shi Qingxue thought that she hadn’t told Shi Junhe that she would go to Jiangzhou, so she nodded in a hurry and then went there.Shi Junhe was reading in the study. Qingxue had come to
Mo Junyang had managed his force for many years, and it couldn’t be underestimated.He didn’t want to fight for the throne. Otherwise, it was uncertain who would rule the country in the end.If he wanted to investigate what happened in Jiangzhou, which was kept secret by Mo Junyu all the time, it was merely a matter of time.He got some information after ten days.It turned out that the epidemic in Jiangzhou was more than the epidemic.After a storm in the lunar sixth month, there was a flood in Jiangzhou, and almost more than half of the city was drowned, yet the government embezzled all the disaster relief grain sent by the imperial court because the new emperor didn’t have time to consider the remote areas when he took the throne. They didn’t help the sufferers settle down but drove the victims away from their jurisdiction.Even the messenger who reported it didn’t know where the spreading epidem
Shi Qingxue would go to Jiangzhou with Mo Junyang, yet she couldn’t go away whenever she liked.There was a big “problem” in the mansion. Before she solved it, she really couldn’t go out.The problem was nothing but Shi Qingmin.Her beloved brother.Although Shi Qingmin didn’t need her to feed him, he was still dependent on her. Especially when he was sick or injured, he wouldn’t be calm if she didn’t take care of him.After Shi Qingxue left this time, probably she wouldn’t come back until one or two months later.She didn’t know if Shi Qingmin could accept it.“My Lady, just go there. I and the servants will take care of the first young master, and he will be fine.” Dong Shuang patted her chest with confidence.Shi Qingxue smiled bitterly and thought, “As you said that, I won’t relax.”“Forget it.” Shi Qingxue sighed slightly, pretending that she didn’t see Do
Two days later, Mo Junyang and Shi Qingxue went out of the south gate of the city in the carriage with Wei Zichao and his brother as well as Dong Shuang and several guards, heading to Jiangzhou in the south.Mo Junyang and Shi Qingxue were certainly sitting in the carriage. Because they went on a simple trip, the carriage was not luxurious but merely comfortable.However, the two people in the carriage had suffered a lot, so they wouldn’t dislike it but were satisfied with such an arrangement.Shi Qingxue bent over the window of the carriage and looked at the bright sun in summer outside, saying with a smile, “Junyang, we go out in this way. Is it like to travel?”When she went on a long journey last time, she went to Qingluo Mountain alone to save her father and brother one year ago.Although the way ahead was unknown, compared with her anxiety when she went to Qingluo Mountain, she was relaxed and free this ti
Shi Qingxue blinked naughtily and smiled at leisure. “He lets them follow you, not us.”“What you or us? Isn’t it the same?”Wei Zichao was more confused after hearing Shi Qingxue’s words, but she dug out two prepared packages in the carriage and then threw one of them to Mo Junyang.Mo Junyang caught the package, and the two started to pick something in their own packages by tacit agreement.Later, the two looked up almost at the same time.Seeing that Wei Zichao stared blankly, Shi Qingxue asked in surprise, “Why are you still here?”Wei Zichao was puzzled. “Why am I here? No, no, My Lady, Master, what do you plan to do?”He didn’t understand their actions.Shi Qingxue finally remembered that they hadn’t told Wei Zichao about his task.“Hmm, go and bring two horses.”Wei Zichao didn’t understand. He wanted to ask more, but Mo Junyang glared at hi
Shi Qingxue and the other two rode fast horses, and it would take less than half of the time to Jiangzhou.At night next day, they had reached a small town near Jiangzhou City.This small town was only about thirty-five kilometers far away from Jiangzhou City, and if they urged the fast horses, they could enter the city in three hours.However, they decided to stay in the small town for a night. Firstly, they had plenty of time, and it was unnecessary to push themselves so hard. Secondly, it was not early now, and if they moved on a little slowly, the city gate might be closed. If they didn’t want to reveal their identity, they had to stay in the wildness for one night.The last point was the most important. They didn’t know anything about the situation in Jiangzhou City, and they’d better inquire everything clearly and enter the city at dawn tomorrow.The three came to the only hotel in the small town. Because