Chapter 284: Who Took the Skeleton Away?

Mo Shujun paused and suddenly raised her head, to see that Shi Junhe and the others stood at the entrance of the dark room and looked at her, yet she didn’t know when they came.

She turned pale with fear and questioned subconsciously, “What are you doing here?”

Shi Junhe walked to Mo Shujun step by step and asked in reply, “I should ask you this question, right? I am the family master, but I don’t know since when we have a secret room, and…”

Shi Junhe’s eyes fell on the white bones on the couch. Before he asked, Mo Shujun stood in front of the bones to prevent him from seeing them. She shouted anxiously, “He is mine!”

In anxiety, Mo Shujun forgot her identity and was only worried about whether Shi Junhe would take the white bones away.

Shi Junhe remained unmoved and just asked calmly, “Mother, can I ask why Father’s skeleton is here?”

“I…” Mo Shujun was speechless.

She had never expected that Shi Junhe and the others would find this dark room. All of them came here and perhaps they had guessed something earlier, so they intentionally said that Shi Lei’s skeleton had been found, which scared her so much that she came to the dark room to have a check.

Mo Shujun thought resentfully, “They are so despicable.”

She glared at Shi Junhe and still refused to admit it. “I don’t know what you are talking about. Didn’t you say that you had found your father’s skeleton? Why did you say that it is here?”

According to her words, it was Shi Junhe’s fault.

Shi Junhe looked gloomy. Hearing Mo Shujun make a false countercharge, he didn’t get angry but stated slowly, “Somebody told me earlier that you dug Father’s grave and took away his skeleton, yet I didn’t believe that you would do something like this to disturb his peace, so I set a trap to expose the person who stole Father’s skeleton. Unexpectedly…”

They had confirmed long ago that the person who had stolen Shi Lei’s skeleton was a member of the Shi family, so Shi Junhe got the news that the skeleton had been found as soon as they broke up the family in order to frighten the criminal, who thought that the skeleton was missing and then personally led them to find it.

“I…” After hearing that, Mo Shujun couldn’t speak a word again. She had never expected that she was exposed because she was too nervous.

Even though the witnesses and evidence were present, she was still unwilling to give up Shi Lei’s skeleton. Instead, she denied it. “This is not…my husband’s skeleton. You made a mistake.”

Anyway, after turning into the white bones, everybody was the same.

As long as she didn’t admit it, it was not him.

“Mother, if you are in doubt, I can ask Doctor Shen to check it. He can find out whose skeleton this is.”

Shi Junhe spoke casually and interrupted Mo Shujun’s wishful thinking as she intended to get away with it.

Mo Shujun’s chicanery was retorted, so she sat on the couch with a pale face. She didn’t agree or go away.

It appeared that if they dared to carry away Shi Lei’s skeleton, they should step on her.

Shi Junhe stayed silent for a moment and then asked out of the blue, “Mother, you know that a dead person should be buried to rest in peace. You and Father were a couple. Why do you refuse to give him the last peace? Please return Father’s skeleton and have it buried earlier…”

“No way!” Mo Shujun interrupted Shi Junhe without hesitation, even though she didn’t have any reason.

Meeting Shi Junhe’s surprised eyes, Mo Shujun got shameless. “No matter what you will say, my husband’s skeleton is mine. I would never give it to you.”

After saying that bossily, Mo Shujun even raised her chin slightly. “I am Yunyang’s wife. It’s reasonable that a couple should be buried together.”

Even though when Shi Lei was alive, he didn’t agree to be buried with her.

Shi Junhe certainly realized what Mo Shujun was thinking about, but on second thought, she cared about Shi Lei so much, so it was understandable.

Moreover, because the person who had stolen the skeleton was Mo Shujun, and she refused to give it out, Shi Junhe couldn’t forcefully demand her to do anything, and he even had to cover it up for her.

After all…

A wife stole her late husband’s skeleton just to be buried together. Was there something more absurd than this?

Shi Junhe pursed his lips and wanted to cover it up.

However, Shi Qingxue secretly grabbed his sleeve and hinted with her eyes, “You can’t let it pass.”

Shi Junhe shook his head helplessly and expressed in a low voice, “If it’s my mother… We can’t…”

“Grandma asked to be buried with Grandpa, which is reasonable indeed, but…” Shi Qingxue’s brows uplifted, and she sneered. “You can’t let it pass as she ruined Grandpa’s grave and tombstone.”

Everybody’s face stiffened and they thought of the miserable condition in front of Shi Lei’s grave and then remembered that when Mo Shujun went to the mausoleum, she tried to charge Shi Qingxue without asking for the reason.

This…

She just made a false countercharge.

No matter how thick-skinned Mo Shujun was, what she said and did slapped herself in the face.

However, even so, Mo Shujun still wouldn’t lower her head easily. She just avoided mentioning the truth with her dark face. “I didn’t ruin my husband’s grave and would never do that. I just took away his skeleton and don’t know anything else.”

She said that she didn’t know anything else, and she just disassociated herself from this case.

You are reading story The Great Planned Marriage: Becoming A Splendid Princess at novel35.com

Shi Qingxue sneered and didn’t expose Mo Shujun’s lie at once. She just asked, “Where is the eight-treasure box?”

Even in the dark and secret room, it could be seen that Mo Shujun looked unnatural on her face, yet soon she concealed it.

She explained casually, “What eight-treasure box? I don’t know. I just took away Yunyang’s skeleton. I don’t know where the eight-treasure box in the coffin has gone.”

She didn’t know again…

Mo Shujun thought that after she said she didn’t know, she could disassociate herself, while unexpectedly, Shi Qingxue was waiting for her answer.

After Mo Shujun said that, Shi Qingxue asked in reply instantly, “Since you said that you don’t know, how did you know that there was an eight-treasure box in the coffin?”

“Didn’t you say that…” Mo Shujun responded subconsciously.

Before she finished her words, she realized that she was in a trap.

Shi Qingxue had mentioned the eight-treasure box just now, but she didn’t say where the box had been.

Shi Qingxue smiled and then asked, “Allow me to guess. Grandma, since you know the existence of the eight-treasure box, you must have seen that the people who buried Grandpa put the box in the coffin, right?”

Mo Shujun didn’t want to prove herself wrong, so she had to admit this fact.

But she retorted soon, “So what even if you told the truth? The stuff in the eight-treasure box was put inside by the servants under Yunyang’s order before he passed away. I have never seen it, so I certainly don’t know what was in the box.”

“When you took Grandpa’s skeleton away, you found that the eight-treasure box was gone. Why did you keep it a secret and allow others to destroy Grandpa’s grave?”

Shi Qingxue asked questions one after another, which rendered Mo Shujun speechless again.

When she started to tell a lie, she didn’t consider so much, so she needed to tell more lies to prove herself till she blundered repeatedly and couldn’t go on.

Mo Shujun was in this condition. Shi Qingxue couldn’t be fooled easily like Shi Junhe, and she was forceful, so Mo Shujun couldn’t suppress her only by force.

Fortunately, at this time, a servant rushed to Shi Junhe and reported, “My Lord, somebody outside the mansion said that he had something to give to a descendant of the Shi family as he had an agreement with the late lord.”

“What?”

All people were stunned.

He “had an agreement with the late lord”, and the late lord meant Shi Lei obviously, while the descendant of the Shi family must be Shi Junhe or others.

As soon as Shi Lei’s skeleton disappeared, somebody came here, although it had been found. The comer just arrived in time, which made people imagine.

Mo Shujun wished that somebody attracted all people’s attention, so she declared immediately, “Since a guest has come, let’s see him first and talk about anything else in the future.”

Afterward, she kicked all people out of the dark room and then went out at last. She locked this room and summoned two servants to guard at the door.

She was so cautious, and it appeared that she was afraid that somebody would steal Shi Lei’s skeleton when she was not here.

Shi Qingxue was unfavorably impressed by Mo Shujun, but she felt sad involuntarily after seeing her grandma’s actions suddenly.

No matter how evil and partial Mo Shujun was in the past, only for the sake of her love for Shi Lei, Shi Qingxue couldn’t denounce her in this case.

Shi Qingxue believed that Mo Shujun was not the one who had ruined Shi Lei’s grave.

When Mo Shujun rushed to the mausoleum, her anger and shock were not affected. She didn’t know in advance that Shi Lei’s grave had been ruined.

However, in this case, why did she try to cover up something?

“Because she has known who ruined the grave and promised to keep it a secret for that person after she got the benefit,” Mo Junyang explained gently.

Shi Qingxue was pondering and didn’t say anything, yet Mo Junyang accurately guessed her doubt and even gave her an answer.

She didn’t know whether she should be surprised at how Mo Junyang guessed what she was thinking about or at his answer.

Qingxue pondered for a moment. Seeing that nobody noticed them, she still decided to let it pass. She just asked, “Why did you say that? You have seen that she cares about Grandpa a lot. Somebody disrespected Grandpa, and even I can’t endure it. As Grandpa’s wife, she must be angrier with the criminal than me and want to cut him to pieces, right?”

Mo Junyang nodded and replied, “Logically, it’s true, but what if the benefit is attractive and the criminal is not somebody that she wants to punish?”

“How attractive is the benefit?” Shi Qingxue couldn’t figure it out.

“For example…” Mo Junyang smiled meaningfully and looked at the room where all people came out, asking in reply, “For example, Elder Duke Shi’s skeleton. Do you think this benefit is enough?”

It was enough indeed.

Shi Qingxue was enlightened yet got more doubtful. Then she asked, “Do you know who the criminal is? Why did he ruin Grandpa’s grave and steal his skeleton? He couldn’t have done that in order to give it to Grandma.”

In this case, the criminal shouldn’t have ruined the grave, but he would steal the skeleton secretly to flatter Mo Shujun.

It was like a huge onion, and the truth was covered inside. It was difficult to strip off each skin, and the more they stripped off, the more confusing it was.

You can find story with these keywords: The Great Planned Marriage: Becoming A Splendid Princess, Read The Great Planned Marriage: Becoming A Splendid Princess, The Great Planned Marriage: Becoming A Splendid Princess novel, The Great Planned Marriage: Becoming A Splendid Princess book, The Great Planned Marriage: Becoming A Splendid Princess story, The Great Planned Marriage: Becoming A Splendid Princess full, The Great Planned Marriage: Becoming A Splendid Princess Latest Chapter