Chapter 265: A Tongue

Shi Baojing thought of that day when her mother in name Zhang Qiuyan forced her to get married.

The second madam Zhang Qiuyan would marry her to an official, a widower, who was cruel, with a lust for women. He was rude in bed, so he killed several wives.

If Shi Baojing didn’t know that Zhang Qiuyan chose such a husband who would kill her, she almost gave up her relationship with Mo Junwen and prepared to listen to her parents and get married.

Fortunately, later Mo Junwen found that official’s bad habit and tried his best to persuade her to refuse this marriage, and he even said that he was willing to give up his title as a prince and rove with her all over the world.

Even Mo Junwen could give up everything so bravely because of her, so Shi Baojing suddenly got reluctant.

She finally fell in love with somebody, and more rarely, he returned her so much love.

If she gave up so easily, it would be a pity.

However, Shi Baojing was a concubine’s daughter that nobody in the family loved, and Mo Junwen was a prince unknown to the public. Neither of them could decide their marriage.

Shi Baojing was helpless, so she had to ask the members in the East House for help.

To be honest, even after she knelt to Shi Junhe and told him the truth and her request, she still didn’t have confidence at all.

Shi Baojing didn’t think that she deserved their help.

However, what happened next was beyond her expectation. Frist, Shi Qingxue forcefully asked Shi Junhe and Mo Junyang to help her. Then Shi Junhe and Mo Junyang asked the emperor for mercy for her. At last, Shi Qingxue went to see the empress dowager because of her.

A hopeless marriage was decided unexpectedly.

Till now, Shi Baojing still felt it was unreal.

Seeing that Shi Baojing praised her exaggeratedly, Shi Qingxue blushed and hurriedly grabbed her cousin’s hand, stopping her from speaking more. “Come on, Baojing. If you continue to praise me, I will be too shy even though you don’t feel embarrassed.

“And the truth is not all like what you said. We have made use of your marriage, but why do you still…”

While speaking, Shi Qingxue felt more awkward.

She leered at Shi Baojing cautiously with guilt.

Shi Baojing laughed heartfully. “Don’t worry. I really want to marry Junwen. You are our savior since you agree to bring us together.”

“Really?”

Shi Qingxue looked Shi Baojing up and down again and then confirmed that her cousin wasn’t reluctant at all, judging from her calm expression.

So she patted her chest and got relieved.

“It’s great that you can marry a man you love. You have a good husband, so you will escape from the quagmire in the Shi family. Now I am so annoyed by the mess that I don’t know what to do.”

Shi Qingxue had no choice but to complain to Shi Baojing as she tried to grasp any straw.

At the moment, she forgot to keep it a secret. First, she really needed somebody to share her worry and help her solve the problem, even though it seemed that Shi Baojing wasn’t suitable to be such a character. Second, Shi Qingxue trusted Shi Baojing who didn’t like to gossip. More importantly, the two girls were in the same boat, so Shi Qingxue didn’t need to hide this thing from her cousin, and perhaps she couldn’t hide it.

Shi Baojing patiently listened when Shi Qingxue endlessly talked about what had happened these days and vented her annoyance. Then she understood everything roughly. “Do you mean that Aunt wants to divorce Uncle because he is forced to marry the maid Leng Yan?”

Shi Qingxue glanced at Shi Baojing to show that the latter was smart and praised Shi Baojing who summed up her recent annoyance exactly.

“No. Don’t praise me so soon. I can’t figure out many things.” Shi Baojing waved her hand modestly, with confusion shown on her peaceful face.

“What? Just ask me!”

Shi Baojing lowered her head and pondered for a moment before asking about what confused her most. “I remember that Uncle Juncai likes the maid named Leng Yan very much. How would he agree to let her marry your father as his concubine?”

Shi Qingxue never thought about this question, so she answered casually, “Perhaps because Grandma arranged it.”

Shi Baojing shook her head seriously. “No. You and I know that Uncle Juncai is bossy. If he likes something, he would never give it to anybody easily. Moreover…” It was his elder brother Shi Junhe that he was always jealous of.

Even if it was something that he didn’t like, as long as it was Shi Junhe’s, he would want to grab it from his elder brother. Moreover, it was what he liked. Wouldn’t he get it even after he made a scene? And Mo Shujun loved Shi Juncai so much. As long as he asked for it, she wouldn’t disagree.

“Right. Then why did Grandma give her maid to Father forcefully? And she gave the maid to him so anxiously, as if that were a hot potato, and she wants to give it away hurriedly.” Shi Qingxue reacted gradually and couldn’t help but mumble.

Shi Baojing suddenly thought of something and turned pale.

She nervously pulled Qingxue to a corner and then whispered, “When I went to greet Grandma one day, I heard something outside the rockery in the Shou’an Hall…”

She said the last words vaguely.

Shi Qingxue didn’t hear it clearly and then saw that Shi Baojing blushed. She was confused. “What did you say just now? I didn’t hear it clearly. And, why did you blush?”

Shi Baojing was angry and stomped because Shi Qingxue was numb. She could do nothing but stress, “That thing! I heard that Uncle Juncai and Leng Yan hid in the rockery and did that thing. And they made loud sounds while doing that. Anybody can understand as soon as he hears it…”

Shi Qingxue realized it at last.

Before she felt embarrassed, she got angry.

“How…how could they do something like that?” Shi Qingxue cursed loudly out of anger.

What made her more furious was that Shi Juncai had slept with Leng Yan, but how did he have the face to marry Leng Yan into the East House?

Didn’t that maid have an affair before marriage?

Although Shi Qingxue didn’t like Leng Yan from beginning to end, it didn’t mean that she could allow that woman to cheat on her father.

More importantly, it was fine if she had an affair. They could be absurd and harm themselves, yet they would even mess up the East House unexpectedly.

It was unforgivable.

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“No! I can’t allow Leng Yan to marry my father. I am going to tell him to stop the ridiculous marriage now.” Shi Qingxue gritted her teeth and turned to run back.

Shi Baojing instantly stopped her and advised in a low voice, “Qingxue, don’t be impulsive. We have no evidence. Even if we tell Uncle now, it will be pointless. We can’t ask him to tell Grandma that Leng Yan has an affair with Uncle Juncai, so he won’t marry her, right?

“With no evidence, we will just give others a chance to make a false countercharge.”

Shi Qingxue stiffened for a while and soon realized that she was impulsive.

“I…” She sighed deeply and grabbed her braid, starting to rack her brains to figure out a way.

Seeing that Shi Qingxue looked hesitant, Shi Baojing couldn’t help but say with guilt, “I am sorry. I did nothing to help you.”

She wanted to help, yet she had no good idea except offering a clue. Especially…Leng Yan would get married today.

“Don’t say that. You have provided me with a thread.” Shi Qingxue didn’t mind and waved her hand. She didn’t think that Shi Baojing should apologize to her.

She bit her lower lip and began to think about the doubtful points of this issue little by little. For example, Mo Shujun was anxious to marry Leng Yan to Shi Junhe, which was a big problem.

Otherwise, Mo Shujun loved ostentation and wanted to humiliate Dong Hui, so she would spread the news everywhere and even invite all the noble families that she knew. Then she could give Dong Hui a loud slap in the face.

“But she didn’t do that. Perhaps she didn’t have time to invite them…” Shi Qingxue murmured for a long while.

While listening, Shi Baojing was more puzzled and didn’t understand what was wrong with Qingxue’s questions and where they should find the evidence to prove what happened between Leng Yan and Shi Juncai.

“Qingxue, what on earth are you thinking about? If we really have no way, how about forgetting it…”

“We can’t forget it so easily.” Without hesitation, Shi Qingxue objected to Shi Baojing’s advice to shrink back.

However, she smiled slily at Shi Baojing and said, “I have an idea.”

Shi Baojing looked at her blankly and asked after a long while, “What idea?”

“Aha, I am afraid that I need your help!” Shi Qingxue put her palms together to beg her cousin.

Shi Baojing nodded before asking. “Tell me what you want me to do.”

“You help me later…”

After hearing Shi Qingxue’s words, Shi Baojing frowned more and couldn’t help mumbling in the end, “Can it really work?”

Shi Qingxue showed a sly smile. “How would we know that it won’t work before we have a try?”

The maid Rou’er secretly took out the thing she had prepared in advance and gave it to Leng Yan, showing a restless expression on her face. “Yan, how about we don’t do it? If somebody finds it, we will suffer a lot.”

“Cut the crap. Give it to me now.” Leng Yan grabbed the thing from Rou’er’s hand.

Seeing that Rou’er was still timid, Leng Yan rolled her eyes and said crossly, “What are you afraid of? If there is something wrong, I will take the blame, and it’s none of your business. Moreover, if we don’t succeed this time, we will die. Don’t you want to live a life that everybody admires?”

Rou’er was tempted by Leng Yan’s words, yet she hesitated after thinking for a moment. She said softly, “But I am still afraid that the first master…”

“It will be fine. Anyway, hurry to go back to our room and pack up now.”

Leng Yan comforted Rou’er casually for a while and then pushed her out, telling her, “After I marry the first master tonight, you can bring our luggage and move into the East House openly next morning.”

Rou’er was scared but could do nothing to Leng Yan. She had to obediently do as Leng Yan ordered.

When she returned to the bedroom in the Shou’an Hall, it was at dusk, and the light around was dim.

In late autumn, winter was coming and leaves fell on the ground all the way. In the quiet corridor, there were low and weird sounds.

Rou’er was feeling guilty. After she took only two steps, she was quite terrified. She ran back to the room and lit the oil lamp on the table. Then she was relieved a bit.

“Don’t be frightened. There will be nothing wrong.” Rou’er kept murmuring. When she finally stopped trembling, she got up and planned to pack up.

Rou’er walked to her bed first and suddenly found that there was a bulge in the middle of the quilt.

She was doubtful and started to feel frightened again. However, at the moment, the thing in the quilt moved seemingly, which scared her so much that she screeched and retreated to the table.

When she fixed her eyes on it, she found that there was nothing unusual in the quilt. It seemed that she was just dizzy.

Rou’er nerved herself again to walk forward quickly and then lifted the quilt.

A tongue with fresh blood was lying on her bed and it seemed to shake once.

Then the tongue flew to Rou’er all of a sudden and dashed into her arms, as if it had consciousness.

Rou’er was petrified. Till her hands were wet, full of fresh blood, she suddenly woke up.

“Ah!” She screamed sharply and shook her hands abruptly, throwing the tongue out of her arms.

Then she turned around, trying to run away.

At the moment, it was dark around suddenly.

Rou’er couldn’t see anything. Before she stopped screaming, there was green light in the room.

It was like hell.

“Ah…”

Rou’er was terrified by the horrible scene before her eyes, and her legs softened. Then she fell to sit on the floor.

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