Chapter 71 - Causing Trouble (1/2)

Mo Junyang lowered his eyes, he didn’t say that he should sleep on Shi Qingxue’s bed. He only led her to the bed and said softly, “You shall sleep!”

He didn’t mention what he would do at all.

Shi Qingxue was speechless. How could she fall asleep in this way?

Mo Junyang was so stubborn that if he really decided on something, Shi Qingxue couldn’t stop him either. She could only lay in the bed obediently.

She closed her eyes, and after a while, she opened her eyes again. She turned her face towards Mo Junyang and whispered, “Mo Junyang, I’m really fine…”

After a short pause, her voice was lower and hardly audible, “Don’t be afraid. I won’t die.”

Mo Junyang shuddered, he looked up at Shi Qingxue, and met her calm gaze.

This shock was indescribable, and after the shock, Mo Junyang felt unprecedentedly peaceful in mind. He subconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, which made his cold expression gentle.

Shi Qingxue also smiled, and exhaustion hit her. So she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.

The next day, when Shi Qingxue woke up, Mo Junyang was no longer there. Before she went to greet the Empress Dowager, a subordinate came to report that the Empress Dowager temporarily decided to go back to the palace.

Unprecedented high efficiency!

Xia Mang couldn’t help but praise, “His Excellency is really capable. He actually persuaded the Empress Dowager so quickly!”

Shi Qingxue glanced at Xia Mang and asked in doubt, “How did you know that it was him? Wasn’t it possible that Her Majesty wanted to go back?”

“It must be His Excellency!” Xia Mang was so sure, she took what happened yesterday as an example, “Just like yesterday. His Excellency did things neatly and without faults!”

Speaking of this, Shi Qingxue was also curious, “How was the man’s body dealt with at last yesterday?”

Although she wasn’t sure whether Mo Junyang had killed the person at once, she was sure that he definitely didn’t see today’s sun!

Xia Mang shrugged and said casually, “That kind of rubbish, even if he was minced and fed to a dog, the dog wouldn’t eat him. You can rest assured. His Excellency won’t allow that jerk to affect your reputation.”

The fact had proved that one couldn’t be so sure about a thing.

Shi Qingxue returned to the house of the Shi Family and lived peacefully for several days, and even Mo Junyang didn’t come to find her. But she didn’t know when the rumor was spread in the capital city that the little daughter of Duke Shi was lust and had done excessive things with a man in the saint place of Buddhism to ruin its peace.

The reason why the rumor was the rumor was that it didn’t require any evidence and that it could quickly sweep the entire circle, leaving the victim no chance to refute.

Even if the party had never done anything, there would have always been someone keeping asking about it.

In a straightforward way, or in a devious way. Shi Qingxue was so bothered by those questions.

Shi Qingxue just sent a group of people, when Dong Hui came and asked anxiously, “Qingxue, what happened to you in the Peace Temple? What are those rumors that are spread outside?”

Shi Qingxue was completely annoyed. She sighed helplessly, “Nothing. Those are just nonsenses spread by others. They are not true. Don’t believe them!”

Dong Hui still looked anxious, and was more worried, “Are they all fake? How can it be spread like this? Could it be that you didn’t notice and did something that misled others and was seen? Or…”

“Mother! What are you talking about?” Shi Qingxue opened up her eyes and couldn’t believe it was what Dong Hui could say!

Dong Hui knew that she said the wrong words, and looked a little embarrassed. But she still criticized seriously, “Qingxue, I know that you don’t care about these since you were young. But the reputation of a woman is so important that you can’t ignore it.”

It was hard for Shi Qingxue to refute Dong Hui’s good will. So she suppressed her dissatisfaction, but her tone still showed that she was unconcerned, “It doesn’t matter. If that person really loves me, he definitely won’t care about my reputation.”

Seeing that Dong Hui was about to criticize her, she continued to say, “If he doesn’t love me for who I am, then the fame of our family will support me, so my reputation won’t be that vital.”

Dong Hui’s eyes were wide open, and she looked at Shi Qingxue in disbelief. Her mouth opened but she couldn’t say a single refutation.

Thinking about it, it seemed that Shi Qingxue was right. She had the identity of the second daughter of Duke Shi. There were a lot of people who wanted to marry her. Shi Qingxue didn’t worry about it!

Dong Hui shook her head to forget this inappropriate idea. She looked serious and snorted, “Don’t tell me this nonsense. Haven’t you thought about it that if the one you love knows about your bad reputation and don’t want to marry you, what will you do?”

Shi Qingxue smiled a little coldly, and thought that it wouldn’t matter if she didn’t get that kind of person!

He could abandon her once because of her reputation, then he might abandon her for a second time because of some other trivial matters.

But she couldn’t tell Dong Hui straightforwardly, so she had to be roundabout, “Mom, don’t you know what kind of person I am? I am clear. I’ll be fine if other people hurt my heart and say those bad words about me. But do you even choose not to believe your own daughter but those rumors outside?”

Dong Hui quickly waved her hands and denied, “Of course I don’t believe that you have done those ugly things. But…”

“A clean hand wants no washing. Things I haven’t done, no matter how others tell them, can’t be true.” Shi Qingxue stopped this topic in a tough tone, and wouldn’t like to talk about it.

Dong Hui had to shut her mouth in dismay. After thinking for a while, she again whispered, “If you really didn’t do those things, we couldn’t leave those rumors spread. This is not only…”