Chapter 33 - Who Was Better at Acting? (1/2)

“Wait.”

Right at the time when Princess Royal was mad, how would there still be anyone who dared to risk his life to meet with such anger?

What kind of warrior was this guy?

The crowd looked at where the voice sounded, and they found that the person who spoke was exactly Mo Junyang, he entered the room with Shi Qingxue and sat there after greeting and pretended to be invisible.

King Rui was the younger brother of the current Emperor. As the eldest son of King Rui, Mo Junyang should reasonably call Mo Shujun Great-aunt.

But King Rui was never in peace with Emperor Wen, Mo Xiangbin. And he was still in charge of a strong army.

The person of whom Mo Xiangbin was afraid was surely powerful and dignified.

Mo Shujun didn’t want to be against with King Rui. She had to suppress the anger and asked, “Mo Junyang, what’s your opinion?”

Mo Junyang bowed again, full of courtesy, saying, “The Family of Duke Shi has always valued etiquette and believed that everything should be reasonable and well-founded. Now that this maid is just found having the rewards from Emperor with her, and it is still not certain whether she is framed up, but she is about to be tortured until she confesses. I am afraid that it will tarnish the reputation of the Shi Family. So I hope that Princess Royal should think twice.”

Whoever in the Shi Family said that, Mo Shujun could glare at him and make him shut up.

But this person was Mo Junyang. If he was not satisfied, this matter could be spread out at any time.

Although she wasn’t afraid, she didn’t want to make the matter big, and could only be angry in her heart, who led this guy into the door?

“What are you talking about? Grandma is merciful and kind to her servants. How could she punish Dong Shuang if the evidence is not conclusive? You must not stigmatize my grandma!” Shi Qingxue grumbled, as if she was very dissatisfied that Mo Junyang was impolite to Mo Shujun.

But because of the sweet voice, the scolding words seemed to be coquettish.

Only a pair of her glittering eyes seemed to be angry, but Mo Junyang was regarding it as a wink.

This anger came all in a sudden, but Mo Junyang thought about it and knew what his kitten was planning.

He couldn’t help but admire Qingxue’s intelligence. She thought of the countermeasure right after he made a start. His getting involved in this matter for good intention was worthy.

Immediately he cooperated with a serious expression, and asked, “But I just heard what you said, and no one saw this maid stealing with their own eyes. How could there be conclusive evidence? Even if someone found the stolen rewards in her room, she might have been framed by others, right?

Besides, it is impossible for a maid to enter her master’s room without the order, isn’t it to tell others that she has a guilty conscience in her heart? Should there be any other reason?”

Shi Qingxue’s arrogant flame suddenly withered, and she felt aggrieved and retreated, squatting beside Mo Shujun, and said pitifully, “Grandma, Dong Shuang entered my study room because of my order. I asked her to go to my study room and get my waist token. I forgot to bring it yesterday.”

“And Sixth Lady was not at home yesterday.” Mo Junyang then came up with another doubt.

Shi Qingxue tilted her head and seemed to be ignorant of it, “Yesterday I stayed in Third Princess’s palace with Dong Shuang, but that was all in yesterday. The theft in the study room happened today. Is there any connection between the two matters?”

Mo Junyang smiled slightly and asked calmly, “The maid who just came back to the house of the Shi Family today entered your study room, how could she just steal your things and hide them in her own room at the same time?”

“Ah?” Shi Qingxue suddenly became stupid with this question.

Why didn’t she think of it?

Shi Qingxue wrinkled her small face, as if she could never find any refutation of Mo Junyang’s words. She could only turn to Mo Shujun for help with disappointment, and complained grievously, “Grandmother, I can’t argue back!”

She was almost like a little kid who quarreled with another child but didn’t win and could only go back to ask her adult for help!

Mo Junyang looked at it aside and almost laughed out. His baby was really good at acting.

Turning around and looking at Zhou Ruyu, she was relieved because of Shi Qingxue’s childish waywardness, probably thinking that this was what Sixth Lady who was spoiled and framed to death by them should be.

Mo Shujun looked at Mo Junyang with a little blame, comforting Shi Qingxue softly, “Qingxue, don’t be upset. What Mo Junyang thought was not completely unreasonable. According to his words, maybe the theft was not done by Dong Shuang actually.”

“Really?” Shi Qingxue opened her eyes full of tears, and seemed to be puzzled.

After Mo Shujun nodded affirmatively, Shi Qingxue immediately seemed to completely be changed into another person.

Standing up with her arms folded, she said to Zhou Ruyu with anger, “Auntie, you had no evidence at all, and wronged my servant for no reason. She was bruised all over. You also misled grandma and all of us. If anything that is bad for grandmother’s reputation is spread out, how do you save it?”

This initiative argument stunned everyone, especially Zhou Ruyu, and it was so hard for her to explain!

Originally, she should be a person who stood by and expected greater mess. Why was she dragged to the center of the trouble all of a sudden?

Facing with Mo Shujun’s cold eyes, Zhou Ruyu was so nervous that she started to sweat. She quickly explained, “I hope mother to make decision more carefully. There was indeed someone who saw this girl hiding in the study room secretly, and then those stolen rewards were found in her room, so that I thought…”

“Well! Is what you think sure to be true? Dong Shuang went back to the house to get my waist token because of my order. You caught her without even asking, and framed her to steal something. You are definitely trying to make me shameful!” Shi Qingxue sobbed deliberately, looking so pitifully.

Zhou Ruyu was uncomfortable with her coquettish appearance, and she repeatedly showed her guilt, “Qingxue, you have misunderstood me. Why do I intentionally make you shameful? It is really…”

Suddenly her sight fell on Chun Yu aside, and her voice suddenly increased, and she pointed at Chun Yu, saying, “It really wasn’t that I didn’t believe your maid. It’s exactly because another maid of yours told me she saw Dong Shuang steal something and led us to find the stolen rewards in Dong Shuang’s room. Then I captured her and brought her to the front of my mother.”

Shi Qingxue thought for a while, and suddenly muttered, “Chun Yu seems to be in the same room with Dong Shuang.”

Such a seemingly inadvertent sentence made Chun Yu, who was about to become a hero, become the target of everyone’s criticism.