Chapter 269: The First Protest

Leng Yan didn’t have any chance of winning.

She straightened her back and knelt to Shi Qingxue, begging in tears, “My Lady, it was my fault. I am blind and brainless, so I offended you. Please don’t mind as you are broad-minded. Please spare me this time.”

Shi Qingxue pursed her lips coldly and didn’t say anything.

Seeing that she couldn’t change Shi Qingxue’s mind when she begged, Leng Yan made up her mind and expressed her loyalty firmly. “If you can spare my life, I am willing to accuse Princess Royal and the third master with Rou’er.”

She was afraid that Shi Qingxue couldn’t realize her importance, so she tried hard to stress, “Although you have Rou’er’s statement with her signature, after all, she is an outsider. With her one-sided words, you can’t prove anything. Perhaps they will make unfounded countercharges then.

“But I am different. I am a person concerned, and the baby in my womb is the solid evidence. Even if the third master wants to deny it, he can’t.”

Shi Qingxue expressionlessly listened to Leng Yan defending herself. After a long time, she said unhurriedly, “So if needed, you are willing to stand out and speak out who is behind the scenes, right?”

Leng Yan nodded repeatedly and agreed without hesitation.

Shi Qingxue finally nodded with satisfaction and then looked at Shi Junhe with her eyes indicating, “Father, what else do you want to ask?”

However, since Shi Junhe knew that the father of Leng Yan’s unborn baby was Shi Juncai and it was Mo Shujun’s plan, he was in a trance.

He heard the truth in his ears but it seemed that it couldn’t be transferred to his brain anyway, and he couldn’t deal with it accordingly.

When Shi Qingxue looked at him, he wanted to smile at her, yet he was exhausted physically and mentally and couldn’t even purse his lips. He just pressed his temple wearily.

“I…”

Shi Junhe licked his dry lower lip and managed with effort to say, “I will leave it to you. I need to stay alone.”

Afterward, Shi Junhe gave Rou’er’s confession back to Shi Qingxue and turned around to leave the bedroom, returning to the study.

Shi Qingxue knew that her father must be in a bad mood, so she didn’t pester him but shouted at the person who was recording outside all the time, “Xia Mang, bring it in and tell her to sign it.”

Xia Mang walked in with a piece of paper with Leng Yan’s confession recorded on it and put it in front of her.

After checking, Leng Yan knew that on the paper it was what she had said and admitted just now.

It turned out that Shi Qingxue had planned beforehand and waited for Leng Yan to admit her guilt.

However, under the situation, Leng Yan had no choice but to sign her name.

Shi Qingxue put away the two records of confession and then showed a relieved smile.

Seeing that Leng Yan looked frustrated, Shi Qingxue comforted her casually. “Don’t worry. I am not the kind of person who would break a promise. Since I have promised to protect you, I won’t let something bad happen to you and your baby.

“Next, just wait and see.”

After finishing everything, Shi Qingxue returned to the study to see Shi Junhe.

Shi Junhe lay on the wooden couch and looked absent-minded. He hadn’t come back to reality from the sudden bad news.

“Father, are you okay?” Shi Qingxue looked worried and walked close to the couch cautiously.

Shi Junhe closed his eyes and rested his mind. Hearing Shi Qingxue’s voice, he didn’t answer but asked in reply casually, “How long have you known it?”

At the moment, Shi Qingxue didn’t dare to hide it from him, so she honestly reported to him about what she had done today.

“Letter, what letter?” Shi Junhe was stunned and suddenly sat up on the couch, gazing at Shi Qingxue.

Shi Qingxue was afraid that her father would be irritated more, so she said vaguely, “It’s, it’s that Mother told somebody to send a letter…”

She didn’t want to reveal that Dong Hui asked for a divorce and forcefully changed the subject. “Father, anyway, we have found the evidence against Grandma and Uncle Juncai now, and you don’t need to marry Leng Yan. Let’s figure out a way to pick up Mother and then our family live together happily, okay?”

Shi Junhe was probably hurt by Mo Shujun’s dirty plans. Hearing that Shi Qingxue seemed to plan to “break up the family” and live apart in her words, he didn’t object to it but even considered it carefully.

“You seem to have found the evidence against your grandma indeed, yet if you can’t deal with this matter well, we will be in trouble.” Shi Junhe lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment before analyzing seriously.

Shi Qingxue nodded in a hurry to express that she was clear about his worry.

Shi Junhe thought it over and then added, “It must be not so easy to live apart.”

Logically, after Shi Lei passed away, the three brothers in the Shi family should have lived apart or at least checked the financial state in the family.

If they broke up the family thoroughly, Shi Junfeng and Shi Junhe should even move out of Duke Shi’s mansion.

After all, the person who would inherit the title of nobility was Shi Junhe, not them.

However, Mo Shujun cared about her youngest son and wanted Shi Juncai to get promoted because of Shi Junhe. She said that she was still alive and didn’t want to see the three brothers live apart, so she forcefully “trapped” the whole large family in Duke Shi’s mansion.

Shi Junhe was not stupid and certainly knew it, yet he respected his mother and protected his brothers, so he didn’t say anything but listened to Mo Shujun.

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However, Mo Shujun had done something like this and crossed the line repeatedly, and he was disappointed at Shi Juncai, so he didn’t reject the plan to live apart at all.

Nevertheless, how would they break up the family?

How would they ask for Mo Shujun’s permission?

It was Shi Juncai’s golden age to “build up his career”. Many people helped him for Shi Junhe’s sake. Without the backup Shi Junhe, even if Shi Juncai could be a Rank-4 official, he would be unable to get promoted no matter how much effort he would make.

Shi Qingxue listened to Shi Junhe expressing his worry. In the end, he turned down her idea and thought that even if they had the evidence against Mo Shujun and Shi Juncai, they wouldn’t break up the family and live apart for now.

“Father, don’t worry. Let me handle it.” Shi Qingxue smiled and interrupted Shi Junhe who talked endlessly, taking this challenging job.

Shi Junhe disagreed at once. “No way. It is the resentment among us, the elders. I shouldn’t have let you help me do so many things. How can I leave the trouble to you?

“Moreover, she is your grandma. If you make her unhappy after saying something, she can accuse you of disrespecting the elders at any time.”

How could Shi Junhe bear to let his beloved daughter suffer from injustice?

Shi Qingxue didn’t think so but asked, “She can accuse me of disrespecting the elders at will. Can’t she treat you in the same way?

“Speaking of which, my kinship with her is not as strong as yours, and I am just a young lady. I am young, so I am ignorant. She can’t be too harsh on me.

“However, you are different. You are an official of a high rank, and you are already in a drizzle of gossip. A lot of people keep an eye on you and wait for you to make a mistake. If they keep commenting on this matter, perhaps there would be much trouble.”

Before Shi Junhe prepared to speak more, Shi Qingxue pressed his wrist and said softly with a smile, “Father, listen to me this time. I promise that I will finish the job and won’t let you down.”

Shi Junhe met Qingxue’s calm and sincere eyes and could certainly feel her kindness.

Although he still felt that it was improper, he nodded in agreement at last. “Okay. I will let you handle it.”

He pondered for a moment and then reminded her, “It is your grandma’s fault indeed this time, but you need to be careful while negotiating with her. Don’t give others a chance to criticize you.”

“Okay! I am sure to finish the job.” Shi Qingxue waved her hand carefreely and seemed not to take it seriously.

Her attitude made Shi Junhe worry more.

When he planned to advise her more, Shi Jie said anxiously from outside, “My Lord, somebody from the Shou’an Hall came just now and asked why you still stay in the study at your wedding night? He told you not to cold-shoulder the bride.”

“Pah, is she a bride? She is just a…” bitch.

Shi Qingxue felt that Shi Junhe suffered from injustice, but because of her grace under the family education, she couldn’t say such a dirty word. She had to secretly curse the people in the Shou’an Hall.

Shi Junhe looked unhappy and just replied indifferently, “I see.”

Shi Qingxue turned to Shi Junhe in disbelief. “Father, are you really going to spend the wedding night with Leng Yan?”

At the mention of the woman Leng Yan, Shi Qingxue looked disgusted as if seeing something dirty.

Right. Sometimes the dirty things didn’t disgust people, while the ugly heart made people feel so sick that they wanted to throw up.

“What nonsense are you talking about? Even if it didn’t happen just now, I wouldn’t get close to her. Moreover…”Shi Junhe stopped and then looked at Shi Qingxue playfully, asking with a smile, “Is she still in the bedroom now?”

Shi Junhe didn’t believe that with her narrow mind, Qingxue would let Leng Yan continue to occupy Dong Hui’s room.

Shi Qingxue was seen through yet didn’t feel embarrassed. Instead, she admitted it calmly. “Right. I have told her to go away. Since Grandma told you to go back to the bedroom, why don’t you return to have a rest now?”

After that, the father and daughter smiled at each other and noticed the sly expression in each other’s eyes.

However, before Shi Qingxue got happy, she looked serious again all of a sudden. She gazed at Shi Junhe and said solemnly, “How long have you been away from the bedroom? Less than one hour, right? But the news has spread to the Shou’an Hall…”

There were spies from the Shou’an Hall in the East House.

The father and daughter had this thought at the same time and stayed silent in concert without previous arrangement.

After quite a while, Shi Qingxue asked in a low voice, “Father, what do you think we should do?”

Shi Junhe’s eyes flashed and he returned calm, saying impassively, “Forget it. By the way, when you dealt with Leng Yan…”

“Rest assured. I can keep it secret. Now nobody knows that she has disappeared from the bedroom,” Shi Qingxue answered quickly and confidently.

Even so, Shi Qingxue still felt reluctant.

Why should they be exhausted from running about on missions in order to cope with the dirty tricks of Mo Shujun and the others after they were fooled?

“Humph! They make us feel bad, and I will make them unable to sleep well tonight.”

Shi Qingxue made up her mind and then left the East House swaggeringly, heading to the Shou’an Hall.

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