Chapter 205 - Find Fault (1/2)
Shi Qingxue was speechless.
She couldn’t give the answer Mo Yuzhen wanted.
Mo Junjiu ended up like this because he deserved it, and he couldn’t blame anybody.
But she couldn’t say that to Mo Yuzhen.
She had to hug her friend tightly like many times in the past when Mo Yuzhen had a grievance but she could do nothing.
She just comforted Mo Yuzhen silently.
She told Mo Yuzhen with her action, “I can’t help you, but I will be with you forever.”
Mo Yuzhen cried for a while. Till her eyes were swollen and her voice was hoarse, she raised her head slowly and sat straight again.
Shi Qingxue felt sad to see that the arrogant and beautiful face became haggard.
She hurriedly took out her handkerchief and carefully wiped away the tears left on Mo Yuzhen’s face before pouring a cup of tea for her.
Mo Yuzhen was unwilling to open her mouth, so Shi Qingxue made some efforts.
She coaxed and cheated Mo Yuzhen, pouring the tea into her mouth.
After Yuzhen calmed down a bit, Shi Qingxue asked Dong Shuang to come in, telling her to prepare ice bags and put them on Mo Yuzhen’s red and swollen eyes.
Mo Yuzhen just sat blankly and looked dull, with no reaction.
But she saw Shi Qingxue’s busy work and felt warm in her broken heart.
“Qingxue, don’t do so much for me. I am fine.” Mo Yuzhen grabbed Qingxue’s arm and didn’t want to let her go.
Shi Qingxue glanced at Mo Yuzhen hesitantly. “But your eyes are swollen. If we don’t reduce the swelling in time, it would be more obvious tomorrow.”
Mo Yuzhen shook her head and insisted, “I just want to stay with you alone for a while.”
Under the situation, how would she care if she could show her face?
Shi Qingxue could do nothing to Mo Yuzhen and had to sit down.
She sat with her quietly, but it was the comfort that Mo Yuzhen most needed.
They sat face to face for a long time and then there was a knock on the room door.
Xia Mang stated in a low voice outside the door, “My Lady, the Empress Dowager summoned you urgently and told you to enter the imperial palace right now.”
Hearing that, the two girls in the room were surprised and then looked at each other at the same time.
After a moment’s silence,
Mo Yuzhen expressed in a hoarse voice, “I want to enter the imperial palace, too.”
Mo Yuzhen was the most favored princess and could enter the imperial palace whenever she wanted to even after she got married, but during the sensitive period, she obviously wanted to see Mo Xiangbin with the excuse of accompanying Shi Qingxue.
In another word unpleasant to hear, she wanted to make use of Shi Qingxue.
So as soon as she said that, Mo Yuzhen lowered her head with shame, afraid of seeing disdain in Shi Qingxue’s bright eyes.
There was hesitation in Shi Qingxue’s eyes indeed. She stared at Mo Yuzhen for quite a while and then nodded at last. “Okay!”
Mo Yuzhen raised her head suddenly, as if she didn’t believe that Shi Qingxue would agree with her.
She would just cause trouble to herself.
While Shi Qingxue gave Mo Yuzhen a sweet smile and added frankly, “Yuzhen, you and I are like sisters and even closer than sisters. How can I not make your wish come true?”
Even if this decision might make others get mad at Shi Qingxue, she found it her duty to go forward and not to turn back.
Mo Yuzhen couldn’t help but have tears in her eyes again, and she sobbed. “Qingxue!”
Shi Qingxue hurriedly held Mo Yuzhen’s face with both hands and rebuked her seriously, “You can’t cry. If you cry, I won’t take you to the imperial palace.”
“No, I didn’t cry.” Mo Yuzhen noticed the comfort in Qingxue’s angry voice and felt warmer.
Afterward, she wiped her face in embarrassment and then smiled at Qingxue.
Shi Qingxue continued with her straight face, “I can take you to the imperial palace, but you must agree to my requirement.”
Mo Yuzhen nodded in a hurry. “I agree.”
Qingxue couldn’t help laughing and then asked helplessly, “Don’t you ask me what requirement?”
“I won’t ask. Anyway you won’t hurt me,” Mo Yuzhen replied without thinking.
Shi Qingxue felt warm yet with a heavy heart.
After thinking it over, she warned Mo Yuzhen seriously, “Since you know that I won’t hurt you, promise me that you must act cautiously after entering the imperial palace, and don’t behave recklessly. Don’t ask His Majesty to show mercy to His Highness as soon as you see him, okay?”
Mo Yuzhen was seen through and redness rose to her face from her neck.
She lowered her head and pondered for a minute. Then she nodded to assure Qingxue.
She expressed cautiously, too, “Okay. I promise you that I won’t be impulsive after seeing my father or get you into trouble.”
Shi Qingxue opened her mouth and wanted to say that she was not afraid that Mo Yuzhen would get her into trouble, but she feared that Mo Yuzhen would bring trouble on herself yet couldn’t save Mo Junjiu.
However, it was better that Mo Yuzhen had scruple than that she acted rashly.
Then she didn’t explain but suggested, “So let’s enter the imperial palace.”
Shi Qingxue told Dong Shuang to prepare a carriage and ordered Xia Mang to put on make-up for Mo Yuzhen.
After everything was finished, they went into the carriage and headed to the imperial palace.
On the way, Mo Yuzhen looked at Shi Qingxue several times and wanted to say something but stopped herself.
Shi Qingxue sighed helplessly and asked, “Do you want to ask why Her Majesty told me to enter the imperial palace?”
Mo Yuzhen nodded in an instant, with a complicated expression of envy or jealousy.
But she brought up another subject in a low voice. “Grandma is so nice to you and will think of you no matter what happens.”
Not to mention why Ling Ruiyin told Shi Qingxue to enter the imperial palace, the single summons was enough to show Shi Qingxue’s importance to Ling Ruiyin.