Chapter 158: Cry for Candies

Shi Junhe was stunned and then shook his head to deny. “No way! At that time, my cousin admitted without hesitation that the sachet was hers. Hui couldn’t have framed her.”

Mo Shujun snorted and seemed to laugh at Shi Junhe’s foolishness, saying leisurely, “Of course she had to say that it was hers. Otherwise, if others knew that she was an unmarried woman but secretly brought a sachet which was thrown away by a man, how would she have the face to live on?

But later the sachet was checked and there was musk in it. It was too late for her to deny…”

While speaking, she suddenly gave Shi Junhe a weird smile and then added in low spirits, “Junhe, didn’t you think that sachet looked familiar then?”

Shi Junhe’s face stiffened and he tried to argue after quite a while. “No way! I promised Hui that I would never have a concubine, and she loves our children so much. How could she have framed somebody else to hurt others and herself…”

He refused to believe it. Moreover, it had happened many years ago, and the truth couldn’t be found. Now it was Mo Shujun’s one-sided statement. Nobody knew the fact.

“Do you think that so many years have passed and my oral expressions can’t be taken as evidence? And I wronged Dong?”

Mo Shujun accurately guessed what Shi Junhe was thinking about. He didn’t answer. His silent resistance made her laugh again, but she mocked at herself. “My son brought up by me actually believes an outsider but doubts his mother. How pathetic!”

“No, Mother. I didn’t mean that,” Shi Junhe hurriedly explained. His dark-skinned face blushed with shame.

Mo Shujun raised her hand and interrupted him. Her dignified face looked serious, and she stated firmly yet coldly, “You don’t believe me, but you might believe your father, right? He was open and aboveboard all his life and never told a lie.

He knew it, but considering Dong Hui’s dignity and the baby in her womb, he had a talk with her and then kept it secret. In order to protect your relationship with your wife, we didn’t tell you.”

Shi Junhe was shocked, and his unswerving heart was swayed.

He knew that Mo Shujun loved Shi Lei so much. She might tell a lie for anything else, but she never said anything false when she talked about Shi Lei.

“If you don’t believe me, you can ask Dong. If she still has consciences, she wouldn’t ruin your father’s fame!” Mo Shujun spoke frankly but with some inducing intention in her words.

Would Dong Hui defame Shi Lei if she denied?

However, Shi Junhe was too powerless to think about the hidden meaning in Mo Shujun’s words. He was in panic and staggered out of the Shou’an Hall, even forgetting to say goodbye.

Dong Hui was sitting on the bedside and talking with Mammy Zheng about nourishing the fetus and relieving uneasiness of mind. Seeing Shi Junhe quickly walk into the room, she smiled at him. “Junhe, you…”

When she just started to speak, she found that Shi Junhe looked solemn and was about to lose his temper. She was nervous and had a bad feeling, so she changed the subject and showed her concern about him. “Who made you angry?”

Shi Junhe wore a long face and waved his hand to tell the servants to go out. Then he stood in front of Dong Hui and gazed at her. “Hui, I ask you. What happened about the sachet which almost made you have a miscarriage?”

“I… I don’t know what you are talking about.” Dong Hui negated it subconsciously, but her smile froze on her face in an instant, and fear flashed in her eyes. She quickly lowered her head to hide it, but Shi Junhe noticed that.

Shi Junhe felt a bucket of ice water being poured from his head to toe, and even his heart was cold.

He looked at Dong Hui with his eyes opened wide, feeling doubtful and heartbroken. In the end, he still wanted to give her another chance and asked, “Mother told me that Father had covered up for you. Is that true?”

“No…” Dong Hui still didn’t want to admit it, but under Shi Junhe’s sad eyes, she couldn’t say anything.

The answer was completely bared.

Shi Junhe stopped cheating himself and asked in pain, “Why? That is the musk. It can kill an unborn baby at any time. Didn’t you know that?”

Dong Hui lowered her head and clenched her fists, whispering in a sobbing voice, “I knew, but under the circumstances, I had no choice.”

“You had no choice?”

Shi Junhe felt it laughable. “I promised you I wouldn’t marry anybody but you. Even if there was something wrong, you could tell me. Would I have a concubine regardless of your feelings? Why did you hurt others and yourself?”

Since he said that, Dong Hui didn’t hide anything from him anymore. She wiped the tears on her cheeks and raised her head, saying coldly, “Right, you wouldn’t ignore my feelings, but what about Princess Royal? If she insisted on telling you to have a concubine, wouldn’t you give in?”

Shi Junhe didn’t agree with Dong Hui and felt more confused. “At that time, you once advised me to sleep with a maid, so I didn’t think you would care about it. Why did you resist Mother’s plan so much?”

Dong Hui sneered and seemed to laugh at Shi Junhe who was naïve.

“A maid who can sleep with you is just a servant. After I gave birth to the baby, nobody would say anything even if I beat her up or kill her, but a concubine has a status. No matter how unwilling I am, I have to share you with her and let her spend several nights with you every month. Otherwise, others would say that I am jealous. They are totally different.”

Shi Junhe was petrified. He had never thought about this matter, nor did he expect that Dong Hui would think in this way.

Maybe Dong Hui had a grievance of her own, but…

“As you said, you could frame somebody innocent and even put your own daughter’s life in danger?” Shi Junhe’s voice was deep and hoarse. It appeared that he suffered terribly but he couldn’t tell anybody.

Dong Hui was sorrowful, but she refused to admit that she was wrong. If she didn’t do that, she couldn’t win her loved man’s heart, and she might even lose her position as Duke Shi’s wife.

A woman involved in the fight for her husband’s love would never stay out of rivalry in public or secret. Who could remain aloof? Even if Shi Junhe would blame her for being cruel, she could say nothing but just worried that Mo Shujun told him to have a concubine.

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“You promised me. If I don’t allow you to have a concubine, you wouldn’t. You won’t break your word, right?” Dong Hui looked at Shi Junhe expectantly, with plea in her eyes.

Shi Junhe felt sadder and smiled bitterly with self-mockery. “Yes. How would I break my promise to you?”

Dong Hui felt joyful, but before her smile spread, she heard Shi Junhe.

He expressed indifferently, “So you can fear nothing? You sacrificed a daughter to keep your position as a duke’s wife, and now you abandon the other daughter who did everything to protect you…”

“I didn’t!” Dong Hui denied and explained in a hurry, “The musk’s amount was limited. I knew how to control it, and it wouldn’t kill the baby.”

Shi Junhe didn’t think it was comfort but asked coldly, “What about Qingxue? How many times has she saved you and protected your fame? But you don’t want to do anything for her?”

Dong Hui was rendered speechless and looked pale, but she bit her lower lip and looked as if she wouldn’t change her mind no matter what he said.

Shi Junhe lost his last hope. Without looking at Dong Hui, he continued casually, “Have a rest at home and keep the baby safe. These days, I will send more people to look after you. If you like somebody, you can tell her to come. After all…”

He showed a distant and cruel smile. “After all you are the most important, right?”

After speaking, Shi Junhe seemed not to hear Dong Hui calling him and left.

He felt sad inexpressibly. On one hand, he knew that what Dong Hui did was not inexcusable, but on the other hand, he didn’t want to see his wife like this.

The woman he loved most and the most kind-hearted and pure person in his opinion was so unacceptable. Who could understand his feelings when he was disillusioned?

Shi Junhe walked out of the mansion and dismissed the servants. He walked alone aimlessly and came to King Rui’s mansion before he realized it.

He stood at the door and thought for a while. Then he couldn’t help but ask to see the master. Unexpectedly, Mo Junyang agreed to see him this time.

He was led by a servant into King Rui’s mansion.

Looking at the three meaningful words on the entrance of the Love Xue House, he sighed deeply.

“Duke Shi, your wife has good news. Congratulations. Why do you look unhappy?” Mo Junyang’s nonchalant and lazy voice came from far away.

Shi Junhe looked into the distance and found that Mo Junyang was holding Shi Qingxue and sitting in a pavilion while having tea leisurely.

He looked at his daughter’s pure and happy smile and couldn’t help stepping forward, shouting excitedly, “Qingxue, are you okay?”

Shi Qingxue was grabbing the last cake from Mo Junyang and had a good time. Suddenly she heard somebody call her name. She could understand that she was Qingxue. She trembled with fear.

Her hand shook, and the cake in it fell on the ground.

Shi Qingxue was petrified for two seconds and then cried, like a child. “Sweetness. It’s gone…”

Mo Junyang stopped teasing her and hurriedly wiped the tears on her face. Meanwhile he comforted her, “We still have some. I will tell somebody to bring them for you. They taste better than this one. We will get some osmanthus cakes you like most, okay?”

Shi Qingxue had lost her memory but liked osmanthus cakes a lot to the point that as long as an osmanthus cake was given to her, she would be happy.

As expected, hearing that there were osmanthus cakes, Shi Qingxue stopped crying. She grasped Mo Junyang’s arm and moved closer to him, saying something to flatter him even if nobody taught her. “Junyang, you are the best!”

She blinked her big eyes with tears and there were some on her long eyelashes, which made her look pure and attractive.

Mo Junyang swallowed his saliva and turned away silently, crooning in a deep voice.

“I know Junyang loves me most. I will have osmanthus cakes for dinner and at night…” Shi Qingxue seized the chance and asked for more, wishing to make osmanthus cakes full of her life.

Since Shi Qingxue got absurd while speaking, Mo Junyang resisted the temptation and interrupted her. “No, the osmanthus cake is too sweet. If you eat too much, your teeth will go bad. You can have three pieces at most every day.”

Shi Qingxue’s smile disappeared soon and she pouted. Tears filled her eyes at once but didn’t fall. She just looked with a grievance at Mo Junyang and protested quietly.

Mo Junyang couldn’t speak a word. No. He had to be tough and couldn’t be defeated under the attack of Shi Qingxue’s tears.

“Junyang, I want to eat osmanthus cakes. Qingxue wants to eat…” Shi Qingxue begged pitifully.

She shook Mo Junyang’s sleeve, like a helpless child who was abandoned. It seemed unforgivable to refuse her.

Mo Junyang thought he wouldn’t be defeated by the plea. He didn’t care at all.

“Then four pieces every day. You can’t eat more!”

He couldn’t help but compromise. After he said that, he regretted, but Shi Qingxue’s big eyes twinkled like the stars.

They were sly but tempting.

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