When Shi Qingxue and the others were engaged in Dong Hui’s childbirth and scared out of wits by the dangerous process, Mo Junyang didn’t disturb them.
He did something else.
So when all people finally came back to earth from fear, Mo Junyang had captured the murderer who had poisoned Dong Hui.
In fact, nobody was surprised at the real murderer, Mo Shujun.
Mo Shujun had heard the servants gossip that Dong Hui gave birth to a “monster”, an “ugly” baby this time. Now the evidence and witness were found, and she didn’t deny it.
Instead, she pointed to Shi Junhe and cursed evilly, “You have killed my two sons, and now it’s your son’s turn to get retribution. God is fair and evil actions will bring retribution.
“Great, great. God helps me. Juncai, I finally avenge you, finally…”
In the beginning, Shi Junhe was furious, yet hearing Mo Shujun’s curse to make unfounded countercharges, he got more confused.
She poisoned his wife and son, but why was it his retribution?
Shi Junhe finally couldn’t help but stop her. “When did I kill Juncai?”
Shi Juncai died in Beizhou miserably, which was his own business, and Shi Junhe didn’t know anything, not to mention that Shi Junfeng had been killed by Shi Juncai, so it had nothing to do with Shi Junhe.
Even if Mo Shujun wanted to find an excuse to harm Dong Hui, she should find a convincing reason.
Hearing him deny it, Mo Shujun sneered as she was extremely furious. “Huh, don’t try to deny it. I knew that it was you. You envy my son Juncai, so you told somebody to poison him and made him die among the strangers. I put the same poison in your wife’s food and let you feel my pain.”
Unfortunately, Dong Hui didn’t die as Shen Luo saved her.
However, the baby got retribution, so Mo Shujun was happy.
Hearing Mo Shujun’s more absurd words, Shi Junhe couldn’t help but frown deeply. “I have never told anybody to poison Juncai, and I don’t know what kind of poison caused his death.”
Mo Shujun snorted and didn’t believe his words.
In any case, Shi Junhe’s son had been punished, so she was satisfied.
Anyway, no matter what she had done, Shi Junhe didn’t dare to do anything to her. Otherwise, he didn’t respect his parent.
“What Father said is true. Somebody intentionally killed Shi Juncai in the name of Father in order to ruin the relationship between you two,” Shi Qingxue cut in coldly.
Both Shi Junhe and Mo Shujun turned to Shi Qingxue in astonishment. It seemed that they couldn’t understand why a little girl who had stayed secluded on Tan Mountain for so long knew so much.
Shi Qingxue also gazed at Shi Junhe with a frown and asked in confusion, “I have told a little monk in the family temple to send you a letter to inform you of this matter. Why didn’t you know anything?”
Till now, Shi Qingxue couldn’t understand why Mo Shujun moved back to the mansion.
Mo Shujun thought that Shi Juncai had been killed by Shi Junhe, but Shi Junhe still took her back to this mansion. Didn’t he invite disaster by letting in an invader?
No matter how much her father respected the elders, he shouldn’t have done something so stupid.
However, Shi Junhe was more surprised than her. “What little monk? I have never seen one. You…”
Before he finished his words, both of them kept silent at the same time.
If they still didn’t know that a third person got involved in this matter and intentionally intercepted the letter from Tan Mountain to Duke Shi’s mansion, they would be really stupid.
When they thought of what Mo Shujun had done, it was not difficult to guess the enemy’s purpose.
Shi Junhe looked serious and turned to Mo Shujun who was still in a daze, sighing deeply. “Believe it or not, I didn’t kill Juncai. If I really poisoned him and Hui was poisoned with the same material, why couldn’t I see it and take out the antidote to save her?”
Mo Shujun was dumbfounded and speechless after hearing this question.
“But you should think it over. Who told you that I sent somebody to kill Juncai? Who gave you the poison?”
Mo Shujun’s eyes widened. She seemed to be suddenly awake or more terrified.
While thinking, she shook her head in disbelief. “No way. It’s not true. How is it possible?”
Mo Shujun couldn’t accept the truth.
If it was true, what was the point of everything she had done?
What was the meaning of taking revenge she thought of all the time?
Shi Qingxue pointed out without mercy, “In a word, somebody else killed Shi Juncai and made use of you.”
What she said was like a knife stabbing Mo Shujun’s heart, making this old woman in her sixties have tears covering her face, unable to support herself before falling on the floor.
However, nobody present would feel pity for her.
All people just looked on coldly. For a moment, Shi Junhe even hated himself as he was soft-hearted.
It was his fault. He should have known that the adoptive kinship as he thought was inexistent and from beginning to end, Mo Shujun took him as a stumbling block of her son to gain the title of Duke Shi, never taking him as a son.
However, Shi Junhe wanted to keep the affection on the surface, even though he knew the truth and once hated Mo Shujun.
As time passed, he still couldn’t help but forgive his mother in name.
Even when he saw that she fell sick, he was anxious to let her make use of him.
Thinking that he was so stupid then and didn’t consider Mo Shujun’s unusual performance, Shi Junhe wished to go back to the old days and strangle himself to death.
While thinking, Shi Junhe got angrier to his heart’s content.
If Mo Shujun were not his mother in name, ironically, which was her reason to fear nothing, he really wanted to walk forward and strangle this woman to death.
Mo Shujun suddenly raised her head and stared at Shi Qingxue, asking, “Who? Who killed my son Juncai?”
Shi Qingxue looked at her and sneered. “What? Do you still want to take revenge?”
“I will make anybody who harmed my son die a graveless death!” Mo Shujun’s eyes were cold and sharp, and her voice was shrill, as if she were still the lofty Princess Royal and could control anybody’s life and death.
However, Shi Qingxue just smiled at her coldly and disillusioned her, stressing each word. “Stop daydreaming. You have no chance.”
Mo Shujun looked cold and glared at Shi Qingxue ferociously. “What do you mean? What do you want to do?”
Shi Qingxue didn’t mind Mo Shujun’s glare, and her eyes were even more ruthless than the old woman’s. “What? Do you think that the blood debt can be forgotten after you poisoned my mother and brother?”
Mo Shujun shrank her neck when she was questioned. Suddenly she got scared.
She knew that Shi Qingxue was different from Shi Junhe. This girl was reckless and hot-tempered and probably dared to…
“No, you can’t do anything. I am your grandmother, the Princess Royal!” Mo Shujun craned her neck.
Right, she got back the glory which belonged to her.
She was the Princess Royal of Mo Country, and almost only one person was superior to her. Moreover, she was the old mistress in Duke Shi’s mansion, so these younger members didn’t dare to do anything to her.
Mo Shujun raised her chin haughtily again, while Shi Qingxue just glanced at her with disdain. “Who said that I would do something to you?”
Mo Shujun was stunned.
Shi Qingxue continued with a smile, “I won’t do anything to you. Instead, I will let you stay alive and keep you in the Shou’an Hall till you are one hundred years old.”
“What do you mean?” Mo Shujun trembled uncontrollably. She looked at Shi Qingxue with fear. “I am the Princess Royal of Mo Country. You don’t dare to…”
“I certainly don’t dare to show disrespect for the Princess Royal of the country, so I will provide for you. Even when you are dead, I will think that you are still alive. All the outsiders will only see that the Princess Royal of Mo Country is healthy and lives a long life for one hundred years before she is sent to the royal mausoleum.”
Shi Qingxue slowly announced Mo Shujun’s ending.
The endless fear defeated Mo Shujun’s cognition. She couldn’t cheat herself anymore. Shi Qingxue didn’t dare to treat her ruthlessly, but the girl’s cold eyes told her clearly that Shi Qingxue would do that.
“No, you can’t do that. You can’t!” Mo Shujun shouted in a sharp voice and then murmured crazily, “I want to avenge Juncai. I will find the real murderer and avenge my son Juncai. You can’t stop me. You can’t…”
Shi Qingxue wondered what Mo Shujun would say, yet in the end, this Princess Royal still wanted to avenge her son, a loser unexpectedly.
Avenge him?
It was so laughable.
Every evil thing that Shi Juncai had done was enough to cause his death.
His death was not regretful.
But what wrong did her mother and brother do?
The most innocent person had to suffer the most pain.
Since these people were heartless, she didn’t want to talk about humanity, justice, morality or ethics.
As she couldn’t do anything to Mo Shujun, she would let the old woman feel the mental destruction.
She lowered her head and leered at Mo Shujun who was crazy, stressing each word to destroy her last hope. “Sorry. You will never have a chance to avenge Shi Juncai or know who the real murderer is, but you have time to think about this matter in the rest of your life.”
After saying, she didn’t give Mo Shujun time to recover from despair but told the servants to lock the Shou’an Hall.
Nobody would come out of here alive.
When the door was closed, all people saw Mo Shujun’s vicious eyes, while she tried to rush out desperately.
However, nobody outside would sympathize with her.
Shi Junhe just felt relieved.
He hated Mo Shujun for what she had done, yet he would never take actions against her.
Shi Qingxue’s way to cope with her helped him out of the dilemma, and she even bore the “bad name” for him.
Even if this matter were revealed in the future, which was almost impossible, he had an excuse to dissociate himself.
“Qingxue, thank you.” Shi Junhe patted Shi Qingxue’s shoulder, and his voice was deep with emotion.
He had no courage to face this daughter.
Shi Qingxue naturally didn’t know what Shi Junhe was thinking about. She smiled at him at ease. “Father, what are you talking about? I avenge Mother and my brothers. I am happy to do that.”
She even raised her pointed chin proudly, like a cocky peacock.
Looking at Shi Qingxue, Shi Junhe felt more ashamed as he agreed with Dong Hui who sent her to the family temple.
He wanted to confess.
However, Shi Jie ran to him in haste and said anxiously, “My Lord, bad news. Madam wants to kill the first young master.”