Chapter 62 - Good at Betraying a Teammate (2/2)

Even those in the Shi Family didn’t understand what had happened.

Shi Junhe grabbed Shi Qingxue and asked, “Did you do anything to drive Zhou Ruru away?”

Shi Qingxue shook her head in confusion, “No, I didn’t do anything.”

Shi Junhe murmured in doubt, “Why did Zhou Youcheng bow to us specially before he left?”

“What?” Shi Qingxue was shocked and suddenly thought of a possible reason. But she immediately denied it.

Mo Junyang had already shown an attitude of keeping a distance from her. Maybe he didn’t even know what had happened to the Shi Family these days. How could he help her?

Shi Qingxue suppressed the anxiety in her heart and showed a relaxed smile to Shi Junhe, “Daddy, after all, it is good for us that Zhou Ruru is gone. Don’t think about it any more. Let’s think how to get mother back! It is Lunar New Year’s Eve soon and we need to gather together!”

Shi Junhe’s face was suddenly helpless, and he ran back with embarrassment to find a solution.

In fact, it was not hard to make Dong Hui return to the house of the Shi Family, especially when Zhou Ruru had left and it had been peacefully in the Shi Family. When Shi Junhe brought sons and daughters to her home and begged her, she was immediately tenderhearted and came back to the house of the Shi Family.

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The Lunar New Year’s Eve at the end of the 41st year of the Mo Dynasty was a very good day. Mo Junhao also brought back a pretty exciting news that the riot caused by the snow disaster, which used to trouble the capital city as well as the surrounding areas every winter, was solved easily by him.

The snow this year was still very heavy, but Mo Junhao brought people to prepare for the preventive work around the capital city as early as possible, in order to minimize the influence of the snow disaster. He also led the victims to make progress together. Besides, the food for the victims to survive the disaster offered by the government was sufficient this time. Therefore, the riot which should be barely suppressed by the army before was resolved by Mo Junhao.

When the Emperor, Mo Xiangbin, was informed of this news, he was overjoyed. Not only did he reward Mo Junhao a lot, but he also made an order that he would go to the Palace in the Wen City in person to recuperate, accompanied by several favored princes and King Rui’s eldest son, apart from Mo Junhao. At the same time, Empress Dowager made an imperial decree that she would go to the Peace Temple in the Wen City to burn incense and worship Buddha, accompanied by Qin Yanyan, the future Fourth Princess, Zhao Zhu’er, the only daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Zhao Ming, Leng Jing, the daughter of the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War Leng Yuan, Chen Xiujiao, the second daughter of the Imperial Censor, and Duke Shi’s two daughters.

Shi Qingxue heard this decree at the palace banquet, she was not surprised that she should accompany them to go. But seeing Mo Junhao’s complacent face at the banquet, she felt much annoyed.

Anyone who had a brain could find that Mo Xiangbin’s arrangement was just to exalt Mo Junhao’s Family. She was mad while thinking of this.

It had been more than half a year since her rebirth. Although it had changed a lot, she still hadn’t been able to threaten the status of Mo Junhao, her mortal enemy. In this way, when would she really have her revenge?

“Sister Xue, why are you outside and standing in cold wind alone?” Mo Junyu’s gentle voice suddenly sounded behind Shi Qingxue, startling her.

Shi Qingxue turned to look at him, Mo Junyu was also glancing at her with an inquiry. The deep meaning in his eyes made her alert, “What can I do for you, Your Highness?”

Mo Junyu smiled with kindness and didn’t answer her. Instead, he came up with another topic, “King Rui’s eldest son has been unhappy these days. He doesn’t even enter the palace often. I don’t know what he is up to in the house of King Rui, so I’m quite worried. I wonder whether you know something or not.”

Shi Qingxue was shocked in her heart, and a little panic could be found on her small face. But she immediately pretended to be calm and said, “I’m afraid Your Highness asks a wrong person. I am not familiar with His Excellency, and we haven’t met each other for a long time. So I have no idea.”

“Unfamiliar?” Mo Junyu’s smile disappeared, and he frowned.

Suddenly he felt that Mo Junyang’s hard work had been wasted, because it was just in exchange of a judgement that they were unfamiliar. When he spoke again, his tone became a bit colder, “It seemed that he was being officious to find Zhou Youcheng specially for someone a few days before. Well, no wonder he has been upset recently. He helps an ungrateful soul. Who won’t be disappointed?”

Shi Qingxue did understand that Mo Junyu was satirizing that she was ungrateful, but she cared more about another matter, “You said that Mo Junyang had found Zhou Youcheng? What did he do?”

Mo Junyu raised an eyebrow and sneered, “What did he do? You really don’t know?”

Shi Qingxue was speechless.

Yeah, how did she not know that Mo Junyang was a completely ruthless person no matter in her previous life or in this life. If it were not because of her, why would he have minded such matters that got himself no benefits at all?

But wasn’t he unwilling to see her? Why did he do this kind of thing?

When Shi Qingxue expressed her doubts, the sarcasm in Mo Junyu’s eyes turned into surprise, and then he said firmly, “No way! Even if my gender were changed, it should be impossible for him to be unwilling to see you.”

Shi Qingxue was amused by Mo Junyu’s silly words. She imagined the Crown Prince as a girl secretly in her heart and she couldn’t help laughing out again. Her disappointment on account of having been ignored by Mo Junyang also vanished a little. She only said in doubts, “You also saw it at the Yinfeng Lake that day. He wouldn’t even like to see me.”

“This…” Mo Junyu was also confused by Mo Junyang’s attitude. And the conversation even made him more puzzled.

Later, he investigated for a long time but didn’t find out who the so-called enemy of Mo Junyang was. When he looked at Shi Qingxue again, he suddenly asked, “Do you know whether Junyang has a mortal enemy related to life and death?”