Chapter 156 - The Choice (1/2)

There was a small torture room in the Shou’an Hall, and it was seldom used at ordinary times. Generally, the servants who made mistakes would come in to reflect, but all kinds of instruments of torture were inside.

A stick with salt water, a torture-rack and so on were included. More than ten kinds of instruments were used to torture Dong Shuang, and she was almost beaten half dead till Mo Shujun asked coldly, “Tell me. Where is the token granted by the Emperor?”

Dong Shuang couldn’t even open her eyes, with blood all over her body, and she almost had her last breath. She repeated her answer feebly. “I really don’t know.”

“It appears that you still don’t know my capability before I show you…” Mo Shujun sneered and waved at the tormentor, gesturing for him to continue.

At this time, somebody suddenly reported from outside, “His Lordship asked to see you.”

Shi Junhe had come.

The tormentor heard that and stopped, raising his head to look at Mo Shujun, but she ordered indifferently, “Did I tell you to stop? Go ahead.”

“But His Lordship…”

The powerful people had a fight, and the servants would suffer. The tormentor was from the first master’s family, and how could he go on since the master came?

“Trash.” Mo Shujun glanced at this man and waved her sleeve, leaving the torture room.

Shi Junhe was standing in the courtyard of the Shou’an Hall. The sun was burning on the sky, and in just a while, he had sweat all over his head, but he didn’t move a bit.

Mo Shujun stood on the corridor for a while and said at last, “Come in.”

The two sat face to face in the room for a long time, and then Mo Shujun asked nonchalantly, “What’s up?”

Shi Junhe lowered his head, looking guilty and hesitant. “Mother, I didn’t finish my job. I couldn’t take Qingxue back home.”

It turned out that Shi Junhe urgently went to King Rui’s mansion to pick up Shi Qingxue before she fully recovered because Mo Shujun had ordered him.

Hearing Shi Junhe’s report, Mo Shujun didn’t feel surprised or disappointed but told him casually, “I went to the Luotong Boudoir today.”

Shi Junhe still lowered his head and looked as before. Obviously, he had heard about it. He just explained in a hoarse voice, “Qingxue went out in a hurry that day and couldn’t have taken the token granted by the Emperor with her.”

In another word, the token granted by the Emperor must be in this mansion.

“She didn’t take it, but it doesn’t mean that her servants wouldn’t covet it,” Mo Shujun responded coldly and told the truth. “The token granted by the Emperor is not in the Luotong Boudoir now.”Read more chapters at Lisnovel.com

“Dong Shuang grew up with Qingxue since childhood, and she is the most honest and loyal. She would never have improper intentions.”

Shi Junhe cautiously defended Dong Shuang. “What’s more, you tortured a maid badly for no reason. If the news spreads, somebody might comment on you. Please think twice, Mother.”

Mo Shujun could certainly notice that Shi Junhe tried to protect Dong Shuang. She was astonished and angry while clenching her fists under the wide sleeves. He even retorted her because of a maid. He was really her good son!

The more furious she was, the brighter her smile was. She asked with sarcasm, “Do you mean that the medal that your father got with his efforts of a lifetime would be given to an outsider?

Shi Junhe, aren’t you afraid that your father would jump out of his grave in a rage?”

She called his full name and criticized him, with every word stabbing his heart, forcing him to lower his head with shame.

After a long pause, he explained in a low voice, “Qingxue is not an outsider.”

“An unmarried woman stays outside every day with no sense of shame, regardless of the family’s fame. We don’t have this girl as our family!” Mo Shujun pointed out Shi Qingxue’s blots one by one.

Under Shi Junhe’s stunned gaze, she announced arrogantly, “For the sake of the Shi Family’s reputation and future prosperity, I will take back the token granted by the Emperor from her and disown her.”

“No!” Shi Junhe shouted in astonishment and looked at Mo Shujun doubtfully.

All the powerful families concealed the members’ faults and protected their children. The masters wouldn’t easily abandon any family member unless the one was unforgivable and the family might be destroyed before sacrificing him or her.

Disowning her meant that she was abandoned by the family. In the past more than forty years since the country was established, there was no example in the noble circle.Read more chapters at L isnovel.com

Shi Junhe looked sad and begged, “Qingxue is your granddaughter. How can you be so cruel to her?”

Mo Shujun was unmoved and stated with no emotion, “I will never allow anybody to damage the family property won by your father with his efforts. Anybody who dares to snatch it should be killed.”

Every word stuck Shi Junhe’s heart. He argued anxiously, “But Qingxue didn’t make a huge mistake. Even in the family rules, it just stipulates that the lascivious ones should move to the family temple to reflect for three years. It never said that somebody should be disowned. Moreover, Qingxue is just sick and rests in King Rui’s mansion. She is not…”

“If you can take her back, I won’t say anything, but…”

Looking down at Shi Junhe, Mo Shujun asked meaningfully, “Can you?”

Shi Junhe couldn’t reply.

“Mother, I beg you. Please give Qingxue a second chance!” Shi Junhe pleaded.