Chapter 51 - Interrogation (1/2)

Shen Luo didn’t have a proper answer, he could only turn to look at Mo Junyang. However, he didn’t intend to give him a hint.

He could only explain reluctantly, “His Highness was found to have been poisoned yesterday. Because the East Palace was too easy to be aimed at, and the one who had poisoned him was not found out, they could only suppress his poison inside temporarily. We originally planned to come to the Storytelling Pavilion today to get him detoxified, but unexpectedly…”

Shi Qingxue heard the assassins’ plan with her own ears and experienced what had happened, so she was not surprised. But… “Why are you the one to detoxify His Highness?”

Didn’t they come to the Storytelling Pavilion on purpose just in order to hide from others? But if Mo Junyu really wanted to hide this matter that he had been poisoned, he shouldn’t ask an outsider to detoxify himself. Unless…

“Who are you to His Highness?” Shi Qingxue’s eyes became strict and she stared straight at Shen Luo.

“Ahem!” Shen Luo was choked because of Shi Qingxue’s being straight forward, he became extremely awkward.

He didn’t expect that Shi Qingxue was so smart that she immediately pointed out the key to the problem. How was he supposed to answer?

“He’s in Crown Prince’s party.”

When Shen Luo was racking his brain to find the proper answer, a faint voice told the truth.

Shen Luo stared, “…”

Shi Qingxue stared, “…”

Fine! No one was more straightforward than Mo Junyang.

However, Shi Qingxue was not surprised by this answer. At that time, that she should go to Mang Mountain to seek medical treatment was proposed by Mo Junyu. Shen Luo moved in the house of the Shi Family without hesitation because of Mo Junyang’s help.

Mo Junyang was on Crown Prince’s side, and everything seemed to be logical.

She did not think that Mo Junyu deliberately inserted Shen Luo into the Shi Family. In addition, she was not interested in the court stuff anyway.

She told the two what she had overheard in the Storytelling Pavilion, and then said, “If there isn’t anything else, then I’ll go back first.”

“I’ll send you.” Mo Junyang started to ignore others again. Except for Shi Qingxue, anything could be non-significant.

Shen Luo already knew the man’s temperament. It was useless to persuade him. Threats were impossible for him to listen to. Shen Luo could only grit his teeth.

He was mad but didn’t dare to speak it out.

However, this time Qingxue refused Mo Junyang with a determined expression, “No, thanks. Our carriage is waiting for us. I’ll take Yuechu back home by myself…”

Seeing that Mo Junyang was still unwilling to let her go, she smiled, “Don’t worry. I’m giving you time to think out the answer. Anyway, next time when we meet, you need to explain to me why I was so fortunate that I came to the Storytelling Pavilion and happened to find out a shocking secret and why the servant in the Storytelling Pavilion also appeared here. Well, we seem to have met before.”

Wei Zichao, who had been trying to hide himself in the group of guards, faced Shi Qingxue’s seemingly smile. Instantly the truth was revealed, and he could only smirk.

Shi Qingxue ignored him. Seeing that Mo Junyang was finally speechless because of her words, she held Shi Yuechu and left with satisfaction.

Wei Zichao quickly rushed forward to plead guilty, “Master, I was really not intentionally exposed. But at that time Sixth Lady wanted the private room, I had to lead them to the room which you often used. Who knew that…”

“Who knew that something did happen and she happened to have overheard it. Well, she must think that you made this show for her on purpose!” Shen Luo gloated.

Wei Zichao was in distress, and he really wanted to seal Shen Luo’s mouth, “Master…”

“Enough!” Mo Junyang waved his hand to interrupt Wei Zichao’s words and looked at Shen Luo. Seeing that the latter still smiled leisurely, he also smiled, “What? Are you so idle?”

Shen Luo’s goosebumps suddenly popped out, and it was his turn to shake his head, “I’m busy. I’m busy. I’m really busy!”

No longer afraid to speak, Shen Luo hurried to detoxify Mo Junyu.

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By the time Shi Qingxue returned to the house of the Shi Family, it was almost dusk.

“What are you doing? Let go of us! I tell you, we are the siblings of your First Madam. If we are injured or harmed a little bit, you will surely be punished!”

The female voice sounded at the gate of the house of the Shi Family, and several people were entangling there.

As soon as she got out of the carriage, she saw such a scene. And she recognized that those who were fighting with others at the gate were her two uncles and aunts at the first glance.

“What are you doing?” Shi Qingxue yelled, stopping those people, and asked Xia Mang to send Shi Yuechu back to the guest room first.

On the other side, when Shi Qingxue’s aunt, Madam Yang, saw her coming, she became even more arrogant. She pulled Qingxue over and began to complain, “Qingxue, look at those useless subordinates of your Shi Family. They can’t even recognize me, your maternal relative, and they even stay here to guard the gate. If they were in the Dong Family, I would kick them out!”

The doorkeeper who had heard Madam Yang’s complaint sweated in frightening. He thought that he would die this time, for everyone knew that Sixth Lady of the Shi Family protect her own families most.

However, the expected scolding didn’t come out. But she just asked in a cold voice, “What exactly is going on?”

The door keeper answered, “It was Princess Royal who asked me to drive them out. It was said that they stole things. They were not sent to the officer for they were relatives.”

“What?” Shi Qingxue stared at them. She was also startled.

The two aunts from the Dong Family shrank their necks because of her stare.

Madam Yang said with a trembling voice, “Qingxue, we, we just thought that the bracelets were beautiful and picked them up to have a closer look. We really didn’t intend to steal them. We just forgot to take them off after we wore them on.”

The younger aunt, Madam Zhao hastened to add, “This is what has happened. We didn’t steal anything at all. They wronged us! Qingxue, you must justify us!”

It seemed to be true!

Shi Qingxue was almost laughed out of anger, “Whose things did you steal?”

The two aunts did not reply, but the doorkeeper replied, “They entered Shou’an Hall.”