Chapter 106 - The Beauty Is a Disaster (1/2)

Shi Junhe thought, “Wenren Chi loves you secretly. If you take the initiative, there might be something wrong.”

But he couldn’t say that. So he replied, “Didn’t you promise to make a large piece of embroidery of hibiscus for Baoning? You just have a start, but you want to go out every day. With your skill, can you finish it before her wedding? Do you want to find somebody to make it for you?”

Shi Qingxue was good at embroidery, but she did it unusually slowly. When she was a child, she had a friend who insisted on asking her to make her a small piece of embroidery as a birthday gift. Qingxue had no choice but to agree. At last, she wanted to go to the military camp with Shi Lei and couldn’t finish the embroidery in time. Shi Lei told her to find a maid to finish the task for her. Later, she even cut the connection with that friend whom she thought as a burden.

Although Shi Lei incited her to do that, she always took it as a shame. When Shi Junhe mentioned it, Shi Qingxue blushed with shyness and stopped talking about going out but agreed obediently, “I am not going, okay? Please don’t bring it up anymore.”

Shi Baoning turned her eyes from Shi Junhe to Qingxue occasionally and thought of something. Then she nodded seriously with determination. “I see. I will go to the Wenren Family’s mansion later.”

However, Shi Baoning was bound not to see Wenren Chi this time. As soon as she reached his mansion, the butler Li told her that the young master had just gone out.

Shi Baoning didn’t see him. But it was not that Wenren Chi avoided meeting her on purpose. Somebody had invited him to the Juxian Restaurant.

“Your Highness, why did you invite me here?” Wenren Chi got straight to the point, not arrogant or humble.

Mo Junjiu was clear about this man’s character and didn’t mind. He made a gesture to invite him in and smiled. “We haven’t seen each other for a long time. We should keep in touch.”

Wenren Chi had to sit down. He didn’t get an answer, so he kept silent and stared at the cup of tea in front of him, as if he could see something amazing.

Mo Junjiu tried to chat with him several times but couldn’t continue because of his simple answers. He had to smile bitterly. “General Chi, are you so unhappy to have a talk with me?”

“Your Highness, you get me wrong. I am not talkative. Please forgive me.” Wenren Chi remained calm.

Mo Junjiu realized that this guy was a hard nut to crack and had no choice but to talk business. “General Shi wasn’t injured in the battle on the Qingluo Mountain but got my father’s praise and claimed all the credit for him. However, you didn’t get any profit. What a pity.”

“Hmm,” Wenren Chi just replied softly. Nobody knew if he agreed with Mo Junjiu or just expressed that he had heard what was said.

Mo Junjiu was desperate. “Are you willing to get this result?”

Wenren Chi looked indifferent. “Everything is set in stone. It doesn’t matter if I am willing.”

But Mo Junjiu refused to let it pass. “Let’s forget about the past. I heard that the victory on the Qingluo Mountain this time was because King Rui’s heir gave the advice, and then you led the soldiers to defeat the bandits. Shi Junhe did nothing but got the reward. It’s not fair, right?”

Wenren Chi glanced at him and asked meaningfully, “Does the reward you mentioned mean that His Majesty granted my marriage to Infanta Baoning?”

“Eh…”

Wenren Chi didn’t make it clear, but Mo Junjiu knew the hidden meaning in his words, so he said awkwardly, “I know you don’t want to marry the daughter of your father’s murderer, but it is impossible for you to seize control of the Shi Army unless you marry Shi Baoning. You don’t hope to see that the soldiers trained by General Wenren with his effort of a lifetime were controlled by somebody else, who even killed him.”

“Shi Junhe gave me all the loyal subordinates cultivated by my father when he recommended me to the City Guardian Army. All the soldiers left in the Shi Army were trained by the Shi Family, so we shouldn’t say that the result of effort was grabbed.”

Mo Junjiu was disappointed at Wenren Chi and glared at him. “You don’t know that Shi Junhe did so in order to control the Shi Army more.

Think about it. The people he gave to you were loyal to General Wenren and had important positions in the Shi Army. He couldn’t win them over, so he expelled them. Only you foolishly took it as his kindness.”

Wenren Chi sneered. “What’s done is done. Your Highness, what do you think I should do?”

Mo Junjiu pretended to ponder for a while before saying, “The Shi Army is too powerful now, especially after they easily killed the bandits on the Qingluo Mountain, which confirmed its high status. But sometimes, the one who sits too high would be unstable. Power should be balanced.”

Wenren Chi acted as if he didn’t understand. “Your Highness, what do you mean?”

“Sometimes, it would make people relaxed if the military power is controlled by two talented leaders. Do you think so?” Mo Junjiu smiled mysteriously.

Wenren Chi lowered his head. “I don’t have the family name of Shi. I don’t think I am a talented leader as you mentioned.”

But Mo Junjiu laughed. “All people think that the Shi Army should be controlled by a man from the Shi Family, but with your position in the army and your identity as a son-in-law of the Shi Family, it is easy for you to divide the power. I’m sure that is what my father wants, too.”

Mo Junjiu didn’t mince matters. Wenren Chi knew that as long as he agreed, Mo Junjiu would surely help him seize control of the Shi Army.