Chapter 270: Confront, Expecting a Fluke

When Shi Qingxue reached the Shou’an Hall, Mo Shujun was drinking tea at leisure in her room.

“Grandma, nice to see you.” Shi Qingxue bowed to greet her politely yet distantly.

Mo Shujun leered at her coldly and snorted. “What are you doing here?”

They disliked each other since long ago. Although they remained in amity on the surface, when the two were alone in a room, they didn’t need to pretend.

Shi Qingxue certainly thought so and didn’t care about Mo Shujun’s distance.

She shrugged and smiled. “Since I come to disturb you so late at night, of course, I have something important to talk about with you.”

“Disrespectful girl, don’t you know what time it is now? You still came to disturb me at bedtime. I indulge you too much at ordinary times.” Mo Shujun suddenly rebuked her granddaughter, and it seemed that Shi Qingxue’s arrival was a serious crime.

Shi Qingxue frowned slightly and looked at Mo Shujun for a while. Then she smiled faintly. “Grandma, since you are going to bed, I won’t disturb you.”

After saying that, she didn’t even explain but turned around to leave, as if she came mainly to greet Mo Shujun, so anything else was insignificant.

When Shi Qingxue walked to the door, she seemed to be called up something suddenly and stopped. Then she looked back and smiled at Mo Shujun meaningfully. “Grandma, you have sent the maid Leng Yan to the East House, so if she makes a mistake in the future, it will be handled by the East House, and I won’t disturb you because of that.”

“Wait!”

Hearing that it was something about Leng Yan, Mo Shujun got nervous and spoke involuntarily to stop Shi Qingxue.

Shi Qingxue seemed not to understand why Mo Shujun was nervous, and she continued unhurriedly, “Grandma, don’t worry. Even if Leng Yan really commits a crime, we won’t blame you.”

“What did she do?” Mo Shujun certainly understood that Shi Qingxue would punish Leng Yan, so she questioned instantly.

Although she didn’t care about Leng Yan’s life or death at all, Leng Yan was conceiving Shi Juncai’s baby, who might have a chance to be the third Duke Shi, so Mo Shujun couldn’t let anything bad happen to the maid for now.

Moreover, the unexpected conflict in the first master’s family was an opportunity for them.

Mo Shujun would never let the first master’s family drive Leng Yan away so easily.

Shi Qingxue didn’t conceal her emotions and directly showed an indifferent smile in front of Mo Shujun, snorting. “Leng Yan is immoral and impure. Before she married Father, she slept with somebody and got pregnant. How would I spare such a bitch?”

When she said the last words, she almost gritted her teeth and looked resentful, as if she was anxious to skin Leng Yan alive.

Mo Shujun opened her eyes wide in astonishment and didn’t know if she should worry because the secret was exposed that Leng Yan was pregnant before marriage or be shocked as Shi Qingxue and the others knew the truth so soon unexpectedly.

And judging from Shi Qingxue’s expression, she wouldn’t let Leng Yan go.

“Er…” Mo Shujun hesitated and didn’t know what to say.

On one hand, even if the people in the East House had known Leng Yan’s situation, Mo Shujun still wanted to protect Leng Yan’s unborn baby, which was Shi Juncai’s descendant, and if he had one more child alive, he would have more chances; on the other hand, she suspected Shi Qingxue said that to trick her.

When Mo Shujun looked hesitant, Shi Qingxue continued slowly, “Grandma, don’t need to suspect me. I have asked Doctor Qin and Doctor Shen to find the truth, and Leng Yan is pregnant indeed. What’s more, she has admitted it and written a confession.”

“No way!”

After Mo Shujun screamed in shock, she realized that she forgot herself, but the surprise on her face didn’t fade away.

She didn’t believe that Leng Yan would let the doctors examine her and even admit that she was pregnant.

Wasn’t she courting death?

Shi Qingxue smiled and asked in reply, “Grandma, you said no way. Do you think that Leng Yan isn’t pregnant or she wouldn’t admit her guilt?”

Mo Shujun wanted to say both, yet from Qingxue’s confident and calm expression, she could see that the girl didn’t intentionally trick her but must have found some evidence this time.

At this thought, Mo Shujun stopped herself from retorting. She pondered for a while and soon made a choice.

She looked furious and yelled at Qingxue, “Leng Yan is so absurd! I trust and like her so much and even married her to your father. Even though she is a concubine, she isn’t treated unfairly.

“But I never expect that she doesn’t have self-respect. She had an affair and even got pregnant. She wants your father to take the responsibility? How dare she do that? I won’t spare her!”

Mo Shujun spoke with justice and looked upright, full of righteous indignation. It seemed that she didn’t know that Leng Yan had done something so dirty and that she never got involved in it.

However, Shi Qingxue just looked at her grandma peacefully, with her calm eyes, as if she had seen through everything.

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It made the liar feel a chill down her spine, unable to talk her head off.

Mo Shujun clenched her fists and forced herself to calm down. Then she asked, “By the way, where is the evil servant Leng Yan? Give her to me. I will deal with her for you.”

Shi Qingxue replied with no emotion, “You have sent her to the East House, and we won’t trouble you to deal with a servant, which is something insignificant.”

“I need to. After all, I have raised her. I will give you an explanation.” Mo Shujun softened her tone rarely and tried hard to get the job to punish Leng Yan. She was so enthusiastic that it seemed to be true.

Seeing that Shi Qingxue was unwilling to answer, Mo Shujun asked, “Where is Leng Yan now? Does she still stay with your father? Did they…” have sex at the wedding night?

Mo Shujun realized that she shouldn’t say something like this to an unmarried lady, so she shut up awkwardly and looked at Shi Qingxue vaguely.

Shi Qingxue just pretended that she didn’t see it. Then she responded casually, “Such a shameless woman naturally can’t be left in the East House. I have dealt with her.”

“How dare you!” As soon as Mo Shujun found an opportunity, she reproached loudly and aimed at Shi Qingxue. “How can you act so impetuously? Although Leng Yan is only a maid and has made a mistake, you are just a young lady in the mansion. When you beat and curse the servants at ordinary times, I turn a blind eye and let you go. Now you even dare to kill somebody unexpectedly. Do you want to ruin the Shi family’s fame?”

Mo Shujun got more emotional while speaking, with her old eyes twinkling. It seemed that as long as she kept bothering about Leng Yan’s case and put the blame on Shi Qingxue, she could…confuse the public.

But could Shi Qingxue be fooled by her so easily?

She was quite patient and stated unhurriedly after Mo Shujun said a lot quickly, “Grandma, don’t be emotional. When did I say that I have killed Leng Yan?”

“…”

Mo Shujun was speechless and looked at Shi Qingxue’s calm face. Then she realized that this girl just lured her into telling the truth.

The princess royal had never been tricked to her face in this way, so she immediately got angry and put the teacup on the table heavily, demanding forcefully, “Since you didn’t kill Leng Yan, just…”

“Grandma, please keep calm. I still want her to help me find her baby’s father. Who on earth is the man she slept with?” For the second time, Shi Qingxue spoke before Mo Shujun asked her to give out Leng Yan, which shocked the old lady again.

Mo Shujun couldn’t help but turn away with guilt and tried her best to calm down. After a long while, she coughed to clear her throat and then expressed seriously, “I am just angry because Leng Yan did something shameless behind my back. I am not trying to stop you from finding the truth.”

Shi Qingxue instantly nodded in agreement. “Exactly. Grandma, you certainly feel sad for Father and don’t want him to be implicated for no reason and suffer from injustice.

“Fortunately, after the case was exposed, Leng Yan told us who the man is and admitted her guilt, so I plan to send her to the government and ask them to handle it. What do you think?”

Without thinking, Mo Shujun retorted harshly, “No.”

After that, she realized that she was too emotional, so she hurriedly softened her tone and pretended to be gentle, grabbing Shi Qingxue’s hand. Then they walked into the inner room and sat down.

Mo Shujun explained again, “Kid, you are too serious. Moreover, with only several witnesses and their testimonies, you rashly confirm the man’s identity. It’s too premature.”

Shi Qingxue smiled and echoed Mo Shujun. “Grandma, you are right. It’s something significant, and we can’t confirm it rashly. What’s more, Leng Yan said that her baby’s father is Uncle Juncai.”

“No way!”

Mo Shujun roared in panic more emotionally, “Leng Yan must have told a lie. No matter how badly-behaved Juncai is, he would never have an affair with his brother’s concubine.”

“Right.” Unexpectedly, Shi Qingxue didn’t retort Mo Shujun but continued to nod with a smile. “I think so, yet Leng Yan recorded everything on the confession. Although I don’t believe it, for something, we have to investigate it. Only after we find the truth can we prove Uncle Juncai’s innocence. Do you think so?”

Mo Shujun certainly knew that was true, but she was guilty and knew that she couldn’t let Shi Qingxue and the others investigate it.

If they investigated it, something bad would happen.

“I think if you really investigate this case in a big way, it would harm Juncai’s fame and surely be related to our whole family’s reputation. In my opinion…” Mo Shujun wanted to make concessions to avoid trouble and keep it a secret with her identity once more.

However, Shi Qingxue responded quickly, “If somebody’s fame would be harmed, Father is the one who is hurt most. Now since he doesn’t mind revealing it to the public and wants to seek justice for himself, how can I bear to let him down? Do you think so?”

“But…”

Mo Shujun was reluctant and wanted to say more, while Shi Qingxue continued, “If we really investigate this matter and find the truth, we will do Uncle Juncai justice, which is the key point. Or don’t you mind if outsiders censure Uncle Juncai because he has an affair with his brother’s concubine?”

“Of course I do,” Mo Shujun replied without hesitation.

Not to mention letting outsiders harm Shi Juncai’s fame, even when Shi Qingxue said that in the room where there were only two people, Mo Shujun was unhappy.

Mo Shujun’s eyes rolled, and a vicious plan came to her mind.

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