Chapter 175: Calumny

The news that Shi Qingxue had recovered and come back home spread quickly in Duke Shi’s mansion, and Zhou Ruyu might be the most restless.

Zhou Ruyu had finally managed to “kick out” her most powerful enemy. Before she tortured everyone in the first master’s family to death, Shi Qingxue had come back unexpectedly, which made her furious.

No, she couldn’t let Shi Qingxue have a chance to swagger in Duke Shi’s mansion.

After making a decision, Zhou Ruyu rushed to the Shou’an Hall. Mo Shujun had just finished dinner and was enjoying the cool in the courtyard.

“Mother, good evening.” Zhou Ruyu was anxious but didn’t dare to act recklessly. She greeted Mo Shujun respectfully.

Mo Shujun glanced at Zhu who served her, and the maid understood. Zhu greeted Zhou Ruyu and then led the other servants to leave and stay several meters away, letting them talk in private.

“Tell me. Why did you come to me late in the evening?” Mo Shujun asked indifferently and didn’t even look at Zhou Ruyu.

Zhou Ruyu was seen through and looked awkward, but she was thick-skinned and soon smiled, trying to please her. “Mother, I hear that Qingxue came back today?”

Mo Shujun leered at Zhou Ruyu and smiled faintly. “Didn’t you come to me because you got the news earlier?”

“No. I come to visit you every morning and night. I am worried that you are too tired today, so I came earlier. I am afraid that I will disturb you when you have a rest.”

Mo Shujun smiled and didn’t say whether she believed it or not.

Zhou Ruyu thought Mo Shujun believed it and then seized the chance to explain her purpose of coming here. “I hear that Qingxue came to greet you as soon as she returned home today. It’s obvious that she is a good child.”

“A good child? She just did it to act in front of outsiders. Do you think I am blind and can’t see through her?” At the mention of this matter, Mo Shujun was angry and looked colder.

Zhou Ruyu was happy to see that, but she still pretended worried. She expressed with concern, “You know how naughty Qingxue is. Why do you get mad at her? If you get sick out of anger, it will be unworthy.”

Zhou Ruyu wanted to speak evil of Shi Qingxue. Unexpectedly, Mo Shujun didn’t get mad at Shi Qingxue but reproached her coldly, “Since you said that I have brought her up, you don’t need to tell me about her moral quality.”

“… I, I didn’t mean that.” Zhou Ruyu forced a smile and secretly cursed Mo Shujun who was partial. She didn’t pretend to be virtuous and innocent anymore.

She added frankly, “I know you love Qingxue, Mother. But all people witnessed what she had done in the past few days. She and her cousin hurt each other, and then she lived in King Rui’s mansion as an unmarried woman. She just humiliated our family.

In the past, His Excellency announced in public that he wouldn’t let Qingxue go, but now he let her return home without saying anything. What would the outsiders think? They would think that Qingxue slept with His Excellency, and later he got tired of her and abandoned her. This…”

“Shut up!” Mo Shujun shouted in rage and interrupted Zhou Ruyu ruthlessly.

She stared coldly at Zhou Ruyu and cursed, “Since you know it’s our family’s scandal, you should keep your mouth shut and not speak a word. How can you talk nonsense to disgrace our family’s name?

I warn you. If I hear that you or your people make irresponsible remarks outside and defame the Shi Family next time, I won’t spare you!”

Zhou Ruyu almost shrank her head into her neck when being cursed, but the more obedient she looked, the more resentful she was.

Shi Qingxue had done something out of line and ruined the Shi Family’s fame, but Zhou Ruyu was wrong as she told the truth.

Zhou Ruyu concluded that Mo Shujun was partial, but she didn’t know that if something was done but wasn’t spoken out, the outsiders would forget it soon. On the contrary, if she didn’t do something but many people talked about it, no matter how she proved her innocence, people would comment on her.

It was said that gossip was fearful, and that was true.

Zhou Ruyu was unhappy as Mo Shujun was unmoved after Shi Qingxue became a laughingstock, but Mo Shujun’s attitude was evident, and Zhou Ruyu couldn’t comment, so she just brought up the same matter. “Mother, even if you can forgive Qingxue easily, what she has done these days is enough to prove that she can’t take the great responsibility for the token granted by Emperor. You said that you will take it back.

Now she has come back home, and we can’t let her keep such a valuable thing anymore. Otherwise, nobody knows what trouble she would make.”

After saying that, Zhou Ruyu shrank her neck by instinct and was afraid that Mo Shujun would rebuke her again.

Unexpectedly, this time, Mo Shujun just glanced at her nonchalantly and didn’t curse her. She merely announced, “I know how to deal with it. You don’t need to worry.”

Zhou Ruyu knew well about Mo Shujun. Hearing that, she was aware that it was possible to take the token granted by Emperor back. As long as Shi Qingxue didn’t have the protection of the token, a younger whose fame was ruined would be at her mercy, but she didn’t bother about this matter more.

Instead, she suggested warmly, “Since Qingxue has recovered and returned home, shouldn’t we hold a family dinner to welcome her and get rid of her bad luck?”

Zhou Ruyu spoke with a strong sense of righteousness, but she lowered her head while speaking and was worried that Mo Shujun would notice something wrong.

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Nobody knew if Mo Shujun was tired or was convinced by her. She yawned and waved her hand. “You can make the decision for such a trifle. Don’t need to ask me.”

After getting the “order”, next day, Zhou Ruyu excitedly held a dinner party to welcome Shi Qingxue.

But all people from the first master’s family knew that it was a dangerous dinner.

Shi Qingxue was clear that she wouldn’t live carelessly like she did in King Rui’s mansion after she came back home, but when Zhou Ruyu provoked her, she was depressed.

She was forced to attend such a family dinner and listen to Zhou Ruyu’s sarcasm, who flattered her on the surface but harmed her in secret. Her weird tone was annoying.

The most upset was that Shi Qingxue couldn’t leave the table. She picked up the teacup obediently with a perfect excuse to refuse to drink liquor that she had just recovered and couldn’t drink. She patiently waited for Zhou Ruyu to finish speaking and then smiled. “Aunt, thanks for your blessing. I will live in safety happily in the future as you expected. After all…”

She paused for a while intentionally. After she attracted all people’s attention, she continued meaningfully, “After all, only few people in the family would hurt others, and most of us live in peace. Am I right, Auntie?”

Zhou Ruyu’s face stiffened, and she was rendered speechless.

The label of “hurting the family” was stuck to Shi Baojin. Even though she had been killed by Mo Junyang, she couldn’t get rid of it, and Zhou Ruyu was humiliated as her mother.

Zhou Ruyu was depressed and reluctant, saying crossly, “Right, Qingxue, you are always friendly and kind. You never hurt your cousins.”

Shi Qingxue smiled and didn’t reply Zhou Ruyu, as if the older woman were putting on a one-man show boringly.

Zhou Ruyu didn’t get any reply and shut up resentfully soon.

But she was a busy woman. After sitting for a short while, she suddenly talked to Mo Shujun with a smile. “Speaking of the harmonious family, ours is well-known in the capital city. Now Brother has returned home with victory, and my son Baozhao and daughter Baoyou have come back to us. We are really a happy family.”

Mo Shujun’s dignified face finally showed some gentleness and she nodded with a smile. “I am old. I just hope that the children can love each other and won’t disturb my peaceful life with something pointless or ruin our family’s moral standards.”

“Yes, Mother (Grandma)!” All the young generation answered obediently.

Zhou Ruyu stated all of a sudden, “We are harmonious, but there is some flaw.”

“Oh? How?” Mo Shujun raised her brows and her expression was confused or what.

“Mother, have you forgotten? We have many people around the table, but not everybody is here.”

Mo Shujun’s face darkened, and she seemed unhappy.

Zhou Ruyu suddenly realized that her words would make others misunderstand her, so she explained in a hurry, “More than one year has passed, and we don’t know how Baoyan is in the family temple. The other day, I sent somebody to visit her, and she said she missed her grandma.”

The fifth lady Shi Baoyan had tried to kill Shi Qingxue and after it was exposed, Mo Shujun told her to meditate in the family temple as a punishment more than one year ago.

All people heard Shi Baoyan’s name and felt astonished, as if they had forgotten her.

It was rare for Zhou Ruyu to remember a young girl as she was not Shi Baoyan’s biological mother or a member of the first master’s family.

Shi Qingxue glanced at Zhou Ruyu in secret and didn’t say anything. She had known what Zhou Ruyu had planned to do, but she didn’t want to get involved.

Mo Shujun didn’t like this girl whose mother was a concubine. Hearing that Baoyan missed her, she was unmoved and just rebuked, “Since she is in the family temple as a punishment after making a mistake, she should focus on meditation and not consider something unrealistic.

And you, don’t send people to the family temple for nothing. Baoyan is from the first master’s family. Even though her mother doesn’t have a say, Hui can make the decision. As her aunt, you don’t need to show her excessive attention.”

Zhou Ruyu’s face froze, and Dong Hui whose name was mentioned was also embarrassed.

Although Dong Hui “generously” kept Shi Baoyan alive who was created when her husband was drunk, she felt uncomfortable to see her as the daughter was raised in the first master’s family.

So since Shi Baoyan was sent to the family temple, Dong Hui never asked about her except telling people to send her some necessities at intervals and just let her grow and die by herself.

Now Mo Shujun said that, and it seemed that Dong Hui didn’t care about the child as a mother.

Dong Hui was depressed and didn’t want to talk with Zhou Ruyu, but as Mo Shujun mentioned that, she had to answer respectfully, “Mother, you are right. Although Baoyan is in the family temple, she is a daughter of our family and I won’t maltreat her.”

“It’s right, but she is a girl, sixteen years old. She should get married. If she still stays in the family temple, it would be improper.” Zhou Ruyu pretended to talk casually and revealed her intention.

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