The Great Planned Marriage: Becoming A Splendid Princess
Shi Junhe stood blankly three meters away from the bed and seemed to be nailed, unable to move a bit. He just fixed his eyes on the dead body on the bed.
“Father.”
Shi Qingxue’s low voice dragged Shi Junhe back to reality and also attracted Zhang Qiuyan’s attention.
As soon as she saw Shi Junhe, Zhang Qiuyan suddenly got up and rushed to him, crying, “You bastard. It’s you. You caused my husband’s death. It’s your fault.”
Her unreasonable denouncement made Shi Junhe in a daze. Zhang Qiuyan even waved her fist and wanted to punch him.
Fortunately, Shi Baojing was swift-handed and stopped Zhang Qiuyan in time, shouting angrily and anxiously, “Mother, stop!”
Shi Baojing summoned some servants and stopped Zhang Qiuyan from making a scene.
Zhang Qiuyan would have accused this daughter of her husband’s concubine of disrespecting her in the past, yet now Shi Baojing was the second prince’s fiancee. An unfavored prince was more powerful than an ordinary person. Zhang Qiuyan waved her hand but didn’t dare to slap Shi Baojing while seeing her silent and indifferent face.
Under Shi Baojing’s glare, Zhang Qiuyan withdrew her hand resentfully but didn’t show mercy while speaking. “I know that you want to make up to your uncle. Don’t forget that the one lying on the bed is your biological father. Will you ignore your father in order to gain wealth and glory?”
She was fierce both in look and voice while criticizing the girl and mentioned the crucial point.
If somebody with evil intentions made use of it, Shi Baojing would suffer a lot.
However, Shi Baojing still looked calm and wasn’t panicked or irritated as Zhang Qiuyan expected.
After Zhang Qiuyan said that, Shi Baojing just responded indifferently, “If you want to find the murderer and avenge Father, please keep your voice down, Mother.
“If you kick up a fuss, you may wrong good people, which is insignificant. If the murderer runs away because of this, can you take the blame?”
“I…” Zhang Qiuyan still wanted to use lame arguments and perverted logic and say that Shi Junhe had killed Shi Junfeng, but she was clear that she said that because she thought that if they hadn’t broken up the family and Shi Junfeng still lived in Duke Shi’s mansion, something like this wouldn’t have happened today. So she put the blame on Shi Junhe for Shi Junfeng’s death.
In fact, Shi Junhe was busy with Shi Baoning’s wedding yesterday and went to the Wenren family’s mansion this morning, so he didn’t have time to commit a crime.
Zhang Qiuyan finally quieted down. Although she still didn’t give in, she wanted more to find the murderer. So she stopped causing trouble and just shouted furiously, “Since you are so awesome, hurry up and find the murderer to avenge my husband. If you can’t, you should take responsibility for his death.”
In the end, Zhang Qiuyan just acted like a rascal.
However, Shi Baojing promised Zhang Qiuyan something in order to placate her and prevent her from making a spectacle of herself. She had told somebody to report to the government and the governor of the Capital Bureau would come later. Then Zhang Qiuyan left after Shi Baojing comforted her.
As for the others in the mansion, Shi Baojing pacified them all and they didn’t create a disturbance.
When the governor of the Capital Bureau Zheng Liangcai arrived, Shi Baojing could arrange the servants in the mansion in an orderly way to cooperate with the people from the government in investigation.
Although Shi Junfeng was a lowly official, his elder brother was a Rank-1 official, so Zheng Liangcai didn’t dare to neglect this case but trembled and brought the post-mortem examiners and runners.
They cordoned the crime scene off, examined the dead body and asked the related people…
Shi Junhe waited in the main hall for the news in the company of Shi Baojing.
During the period, he was in a trance all the time and it seemed that he hadn’t come to his senses from the sad news of Shi Junfeng’s death.
Shi Qingxue held Shi Junhe’s arm worriedly and asked cautiously, “Father, are you okay?”
Shi Junhe smiled with difficulty and wanted to say that he was fine, but he couldn’t speak a word after opening his mouth.
At last, he gave up his plan to conceal it and sat in a chair under Shi Qingxue’s support. He rubbed his furrowed brows and sighed in a low voice. “No, I am not fine at all.”
Shi Qingxue was not familiar with her uncle who was a fence-sitter and didn’t have a sense of presence, so she didn’t have feelings after he died.
However, Shi Junhe and Shi Junfeng had been brothers for so many years, and they were almost at the same age and had grown up together since childhood, so he loved this younger brother deeply.
Even though Shi Junfeng was timid, to some extent, Shi Junhe worried about him less than Shi Juncai.
But unexpectedly…
Shi Junhe raised his hand and covered his face, concealing his fragility which was revealed unconsciously.
After a long time, he asked in a deep voice, “Baojing, has anything unusual happened in your family recently? Did your father become anybody’s enemy?”
Shi Baojing was intelligent by natural endowments and good at observing.
In the past, because of her identity as a concubine’s daughter, she had to pretend to fall asleep even when she was “awake”, yet after she became Mo Junwen’s fiancee, she knew that even if she stayed out of it, she couldn’t jump out of the vortex.
She was innocent, but it was her fault as she was talented.
So these days Shi Baojing always consciously learnt more knowledge about the current situation.
As Shi Junhe asked, she answered in an instant, “Father is always cautious and never offends others randomly. Moreover, the political situation is unstable now, so he doesn’t want to offend anybody. It is impossible for him to make enemies.”
Shi Junhe nodded to show that he believed it.
The situation at the imperial court and in the whole country was unstable recently, and even Shi Junhe restrained himself a lot. Shi Junfeng wouldn’t be so stupid as to stand out and be a target.
“No…” Shi Baojing answered.
Afterward, she paused for a while hesitantly and seemed to think of something. She furrowed her brows slightly and looked as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.
Shi Qingxue asked in a hurry, “Baojing, if you think of something unusual, just speak it out. It may be the key point of the case.”
Although it was the Capital Bureau’s duty to solve cases, Qingxue always thought that Shi Junfeng’s death was queer. If they investigated this case in the ordinary way of the government, they might gain nothing.
“Qingxue, you misunderstood. It’s not something important,” Shi Baojing hurriedly replied.
Shi Qingxue didn’t believe it. “You thought of something obviously.”
Shi Baojing glanced at Shi Junhe cautiously and looked hesitant.
Shi Junhe’s face softened a bit, and he stated gently, “Baojing, if you have something, just say it. Don’t need to worry about me.”
“In fact, it is really not something significant.” Shi Baojing struggled with hesitation.
Seeing that all people looked at her, she sighed as if to give up and then continued helplessly, “Since we broke up the family, Uncle Juncai’s family is closer to our family.
“Uncle Juncai often visits our family, and Father often goes to Uncle Juncai’s mansion. And the two mistresses have connections from time to time…”
Shi Baojing said that with difficulty and meanwhile observed Shi Junhe’s face carefully several times as she was afraid that what she said would make him unhappy.
Shi Junhe’s face was terrible-looking but not too much.
After all, all people knew that Shi Junfeng and Shi Juncai were blood brothers, and they were Shi Junhe’s half-brothers, so it was not surprising that the two brothers were close.
Shi Qingxue didn’t want Shi Junhe to bother about this matter, so she asked in a hurry, “Since you have said that it is not something important, why did you mention it suddenly?”
Shi Baojing smiled bitterly. “Because Uncle Juncai was too nice to my father these days and seemed to please him…I…”
She stuttered and tried to find proper words. At last, she gave up and shrugged, saying directly, “I don’t know what you will think about it, but I think it is abnormal.”
All people present were clear about what “it” meant.
Right.
Shi Junfeng always flattered Shi Juncai, yet it changed all of a sudden, so it was weird.
Nevertheless, it couldn’t prove anything, right?
Meeting Shi Qingxue’s questioning eyes, Shi Baojing had a more bitter smile. “So I said that I just made blind and disorderly conjectures.”
Everybody in the main hall fell into silence again. They had complicated thoughts and didn’t know what to say.
Mo Junyang reminded in time, “Under the complicated situation, if we want to find the truth, we’d better pay attention to the case.”
He said “situation” and “case”, and the others didn’t understand his riddle.
Shi Qingxue instantly realized what he meant and was enlightened suddenly. “Do you mean that we’d better find how the murderer killed Uncle than guess the complex motives? We should think about anything else after we find the murderer?”
Mo Junyang nodded with approval. Meeting the others’ doubtful eyes, he rarely explained patiently, “No matter who wanted to kill the second master, judging from the current situation, the murderer must live in the mansion. We will just investigate everybody and find the murderer.”
All people showed that they understood and thought that it was a good idea indeed.
However, Shi Baojing frowned again at once and murmured hesitantly, “Did somebody in the mansion do that? Really…”
Mo Junyang showed a distant smile. “We will know it after investigation.”
Shi Junhe clapped and echoed, “His Excellency’s consideration is reasonable. You go to tell Lord Zheng. He is experienced. With this train of thought, he will surely find the murderer soon.”
Shi Baojing nodded and had to leave.
“Father, is it proper to tell Baojing to inform Lord Zheng? Won’t it make things difficult for her?” Shi Baoning couldn’t help but ask worriedly.
Although Shi Baojing’s calm performance was beyond Shi Baoning’s expectation, she still thought that Shi Baojing was an unmarried lady and it was improper for her to talk with an official who investigated the case.
Since Shi Junhe cared about Shi Junfeng so much, why didn’t he do that and find the murderer to avenge his younger brother?
Shi Junhe glanced at Shi Baoning meaningfully and shook his head. Then he sat silently with his eyes closed and didn’t plan to say more.
Shi Qingxue explained out of kindness, “Baoning, don’t you understand? In this case, except Baojing, all of us are people involved, so she is the most suitable person.”
“What people involved?” Shi Baoning asked subconsciously as she was still confused.
Till she saw the others’ serious faces, she suddenly awakened.
If they investigated it, all people in this room were suspected of killing Shi Junfeng.
Chapter 300: People Involved
“Father.”
Shi Qingxue’s low voice dragged Shi Junhe back to reality and also attracted Zhang Qiuyan’s attention.
As soon as she saw Shi Junhe, Zhang Qiuyan suddenly got up and rushed to him, crying, “You bastard. It’s you. You caused my husband’s death. It’s your fault.”
Her unreasonable denouncement made Shi Junhe in a daze. Zhang Qiuyan even waved her fist and wanted to punch him.
Fortunately, Shi Baojing was swift-handed and stopped Zhang Qiuyan in time, shouting angrily and anxiously, “Mother, stop!”
Shi Baojing summoned some servants and stopped Zhang Qiuyan from making a scene.
Zhang Qiuyan would have accused this daughter of her husband’s concubine of disrespecting her in the past, yet now Shi Baojing was the second prince’s fiancee. An unfavored prince was more powerful than an ordinary person. Zhang Qiuyan waved her hand but didn’t dare to slap Shi Baojing while seeing her silent and indifferent face.
Under Shi Baojing’s glare, Zhang Qiuyan withdrew her hand resentfully but didn’t show mercy while speaking. “I know that you want to make up to your uncle. Don’t forget that the one lying on the bed is your biological father. Will you ignore your father in order to gain wealth and glory?”
She was fierce both in look and voice while criticizing the girl and mentioned the crucial point.
If somebody with evil intentions made use of it, Shi Baojing would suffer a lot.
However, Shi Baojing still looked calm and wasn’t panicked or irritated as Zhang Qiuyan expected.
After Zhang Qiuyan said that, Shi Baojing just responded indifferently, “If you want to find the murderer and avenge Father, please keep your voice down, Mother.
“If you kick up a fuss, you may wrong good people, which is insignificant. If the murderer runs away because of this, can you take the blame?”
“I…” Zhang Qiuyan still wanted to use lame arguments and perverted logic and say that Shi Junhe had killed Shi Junfeng, but she was clear that she said that because she thought that if they hadn’t broken up the family and Shi Junfeng still lived in Duke Shi’s mansion, something like this wouldn’t have happened today. So she put the blame on Shi Junhe for Shi Junfeng’s death.
In fact, Shi Junhe was busy with Shi Baoning’s wedding yesterday and went to the Wenren family’s mansion this morning, so he didn’t have time to commit a crime.
Zhang Qiuyan finally quieted down. Although she still didn’t give in, she wanted more to find the murderer. So she stopped causing trouble and just shouted furiously, “Since you are so awesome, hurry up and find the murderer to avenge my husband. If you can’t, you should take responsibility for his death.”
In the end, Zhang Qiuyan just acted like a rascal.
However, Shi Baojing promised Zhang Qiuyan something in order to placate her and prevent her from making a spectacle of herself. She had told somebody to report to the government and the governor of the Capital Bureau would come later. Then Zhang Qiuyan left after Shi Baojing comforted her.
As for the others in the mansion, Shi Baojing pacified them all and they didn’t create a disturbance.
Although Shi Junfeng was a lowly official, his elder brother was a Rank-1 official, so Zheng Liangcai didn’t dare to neglect this case but trembled and brought the post-mortem examiners and runners.
They cordoned the crime scene off, examined the dead body and asked the related people…
Shi Junhe waited in the main hall for the news in the company of Shi Baojing.
During the period, he was in a trance all the time and it seemed that he hadn’t come to his senses from the sad news of Shi Junfeng’s death.
Shi Qingxue held Shi Junhe’s arm worriedly and asked cautiously, “Father, are you okay?”
Shi Junhe smiled with difficulty and wanted to say that he was fine, but he couldn’t speak a word after opening his mouth.
At last, he gave up his plan to conceal it and sat in a chair under Shi Qingxue’s support. He rubbed his furrowed brows and sighed in a low voice. “No, I am not fine at all.”
Shi Qingxue was not familiar with her uncle who was a fence-sitter and didn’t have a sense of presence, so she didn’t have feelings after he died.
However, Shi Junhe and Shi Junfeng had been brothers for so many years, and they were almost at the same age and had grown up together since childhood, so he loved this younger brother deeply.
Even though Shi Junfeng was timid, to some extent, Shi Junhe worried about him less than Shi Juncai.
But unexpectedly…
Shi Junhe raised his hand and covered his face, concealing his fragility which was revealed unconsciously.
After a long time, he asked in a deep voice, “Baojing, has anything unusual happened in your family recently? Did your father become anybody’s enemy?”
Shi Baojing was intelligent by natural endowments and good at observing.
In the past, because of her identity as a concubine’s daughter, she had to pretend to fall asleep even when she was “awake”, yet after she became Mo Junwen’s fiancee, she knew that even if she stayed out of it, she couldn’t jump out of the vortex.
She was innocent, but it was her fault as she was talented.
So these days Shi Baojing always consciously learnt more knowledge about the current situation.
As Shi Junhe asked, she answered in an instant, “Father is always cautious and never offends others randomly. Moreover, the political situation is unstable now, so he doesn’t want to offend anybody. It is impossible for him to make enemies.”
Shi Junhe nodded to show that he believed it.
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Shi Junhe lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Then he asked, “Do you think there is something wrong with your father recently?”“No…” Shi Baojing answered.
Afterward, she paused for a while hesitantly and seemed to think of something. She furrowed her brows slightly and looked as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.
Shi Qingxue asked in a hurry, “Baojing, if you think of something unusual, just speak it out. It may be the key point of the case.”
Although it was the Capital Bureau’s duty to solve cases, Qingxue always thought that Shi Junfeng’s death was queer. If they investigated this case in the ordinary way of the government, they might gain nothing.
“Qingxue, you misunderstood. It’s not something important,” Shi Baojing hurriedly replied.
Shi Qingxue didn’t believe it. “You thought of something obviously.”
Shi Baojing glanced at Shi Junhe cautiously and looked hesitant.
Shi Junhe’s face softened a bit, and he stated gently, “Baojing, if you have something, just say it. Don’t need to worry about me.”
“In fact, it is really not something significant.” Shi Baojing struggled with hesitation.
Seeing that all people looked at her, she sighed as if to give up and then continued helplessly, “Since we broke up the family, Uncle Juncai’s family is closer to our family.
“Uncle Juncai often visits our family, and Father often goes to Uncle Juncai’s mansion. And the two mistresses have connections from time to time…”
Shi Baojing said that with difficulty and meanwhile observed Shi Junhe’s face carefully several times as she was afraid that what she said would make him unhappy.
Shi Junhe’s face was terrible-looking but not too much.
After all, all people knew that Shi Junfeng and Shi Juncai were blood brothers, and they were Shi Junhe’s half-brothers, so it was not surprising that the two brothers were close.
Shi Qingxue didn’t want Shi Junhe to bother about this matter, so she asked in a hurry, “Since you have said that it is not something important, why did you mention it suddenly?”
Shi Baojing smiled bitterly. “Because Uncle Juncai was too nice to my father these days and seemed to please him…I…”
She stuttered and tried to find proper words. At last, she gave up and shrugged, saying directly, “I don’t know what you will think about it, but I think it is abnormal.”
All people present were clear about what “it” meant.
Shi Junfeng always flattered Shi Juncai, yet it changed all of a sudden, so it was weird.
Nevertheless, it couldn’t prove anything, right?
Meeting Shi Qingxue’s questioning eyes, Shi Baojing had a more bitter smile. “So I said that I just made blind and disorderly conjectures.”
Everybody in the main hall fell into silence again. They had complicated thoughts and didn’t know what to say.
Mo Junyang reminded in time, “Under the complicated situation, if we want to find the truth, we’d better pay attention to the case.”
He said “situation” and “case”, and the others didn’t understand his riddle.
Shi Qingxue instantly realized what he meant and was enlightened suddenly. “Do you mean that we’d better find how the murderer killed Uncle than guess the complex motives? We should think about anything else after we find the murderer?”
Mo Junyang nodded with approval. Meeting the others’ doubtful eyes, he rarely explained patiently, “No matter who wanted to kill the second master, judging from the current situation, the murderer must live in the mansion. We will just investigate everybody and find the murderer.”
All people showed that they understood and thought that it was a good idea indeed.
However, Shi Baojing frowned again at once and murmured hesitantly, “Did somebody in the mansion do that? Really…”
Mo Junyang showed a distant smile. “We will know it after investigation.”
Shi Junhe clapped and echoed, “His Excellency’s consideration is reasonable. You go to tell Lord Zheng. He is experienced. With this train of thought, he will surely find the murderer soon.”
Shi Baojing nodded and had to leave.
“Father, is it proper to tell Baojing to inform Lord Zheng? Won’t it make things difficult for her?” Shi Baoning couldn’t help but ask worriedly.
Although Shi Baojing’s calm performance was beyond Shi Baoning’s expectation, she still thought that Shi Baojing was an unmarried lady and it was improper for her to talk with an official who investigated the case.
Since Shi Junhe cared about Shi Junfeng so much, why didn’t he do that and find the murderer to avenge his younger brother?
Shi Junhe glanced at Shi Baoning meaningfully and shook his head. Then he sat silently with his eyes closed and didn’t plan to say more.
Shi Qingxue explained out of kindness, “Baoning, don’t you understand? In this case, except Baojing, all of us are people involved, so she is the most suitable person.”
“What people involved?” Shi Baoning asked subconsciously as she was still confused.
If they investigated it, all people in this room were suspected of killing Shi Junfeng.
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