Chapter 229 - Why Didn’t You Marry Me? (1/2)

Shi Qingxue flicked the pieces of paper on her body and asked casually, “Aunt, you have a good relationship with Lord Shi and contact him frequently, so there must be more than one letter that you have written to him, right?”

Zhou Ruyu seemed to think of something and turned pale with fear. She yelled at Shi Qingxue, regardless of her manners, “Shi Qingxue, don’t slander me. That’s not true.”

Then she turned her head and asked Mo Shujun for mercy in a hurry. “Mother, don’t listen to her bullshit. She lied to you.”

She was terrified and just told a very poor lie which revealed the truth.

Mo Shujun cursed “idiot” in secret and ignored Zhou Ruyu. She pretended calm and asked, “Qingxue, do you mean that you have other letters? Where are they? Show them to me now.”

When she spoke, she was anxious involuntarily.

Mo Shujun soon came back to earth and shut up. Then she sat straight and showed that she was impartial, stating in a dignified manner again, “Qingxue, since you have the evidence, show it to me. I will uphold justice for you.”

Shi Qingxue smiled but spoke with no emotion. “A letter is so fragile. What if it accidentally becomes…”

She looked down at the floor and then continued, “If it becomes the ‘white snow’ all over the floor again, it would be bad. Do you think so, Grandma?”

Mo Shujun was speechless after hearing the question. Her face looked stiff, and she appeared to be angry, but she couldn’t vent it.

Shi Junhe stayed silent from the beginning. Seeing that, he coughed in a low voice. When Qingxue looked at him, he glanced at her to warn her, “Don’t go too far.”

Shi Qingxue gave him a glance with comfort. “Don’t worry. I know what to do.”

Afterward, she didn’t push Mo Shujun too hard but stated flatly, “I don’t dare to keep such important evidence by myself, so I put some letters in His Excellency’s mansion, and he happens to have a subordinate who can recognize everybody’s handwriting and easily find if these love letters were written by Aunt Ruyu.”

“No!” Without hesitation, Mo Shujun tried to stop her.

It was no joking matter. Now it was exposed and humiliating. If they let Mo Junyang get involved in this matter, the fame of Duke Shi’s family would be ruined.

Shi Qingxue thought that Mo Shujun didn’t believe in the capability of Mo Junyang’s subordinate and then said unhurriedly, “Grandma, if you don’t think that person’s ability is reliable, there must be such capable men in the imperial palace. I can go to beg Empress Dowager. She might be willing to help us for my sake. What do you think?”

Mo Shujun stopped breathing for a while.

At the moment, she certainly understood that Shi Qingxue was threatening her.

If she still covered up for Zhou Ruyu, Shi Qingxue dared to tell the emperor about this matter.

Mo Xiangbin was angry as Shi Juncai was a deserter on the battlefield. Now that Shi Juncai committed one more crime as he couldn’t discipline his wife strictly and would attract everybody’s attention again in the capital, he would never turn the tables.

Mo Shujun glanced at Zhou Ruyu vaguely and ruthlessness flashed in her eyes.

In an instant, she showed an amiable smile to Shi Qingxue and asked gently, “Kid, why would you make a mountain out molehill? When did I say that I don’t believe your words?”

She paused for a moment and her voice became deep. “Leng Yan, forward my order. The third madam Zhou is immoral and ruined the family’s reputation. Lock her up in the South House. Nobody can let her out without my orders.”

Mo Shujun changed her mind quickly all of a sudden.

Zhou Ruyu’s complacent smile was frozen on her face, and she looked at Mo Shujun in disbelief.

However, Mo Shujun didn’t give her a chance to react and waved her hand, telling the servants to drag Zhou Ruyu away.

“No! No, Mother, you can’t do this to me!” Zhou Ruyu was dragged out and then came to her senses. She suddenly started to struggle.

Several maids could hardly catch her, and she almost ran away for a few times.

For a moment, the main hall was in chaos.

Curses, screams and cries were mixed and intolerable to the eye.

“Clap!” Suddenly a slap was heard and the main hall returned to silence.

All people stared at the door, and Shi Juncai stood there out of breath.

He had slapped Zhou Ruyu in her face and didn’t give up. Seeing that she still stood there blankly, he rushed to grab her hair and cursed, “You are a shameless slut. You dare to cheat on me. I will beat you to death!”

Shi Juncai and Zhou Ruyu were not close at ordinary times, and the couple were apparently friendly but in fact not so. However…a man couldn’t endure his wife who had an affair.

Shi Juncai burst into anger and didn’t show mercy when he beat her. After he slapped her for several times, her face was red and swollen, and the jewelry on her head fell all over the floor.

She was like a crazy woman.

Shi Baoyou secretly asked Shi Juncai to come in order to help Zhou Ruyu out of a predicament, but unexpectedly, he didn’t care about their love at all but beat her as soon as he came. He was so ruthless that he wanted to kill his wife seemingly.

“Father! No. Don’t beat Mother. Stop beating her!” Shi Baoyou was scared and tears fell from her eyes. She hurriedly came to stop him.

Shi Juncai was out of mind because he was angry, and he waved away Shi Baoyou’s hand, kicking Zhou Ruyu to fall on the floor.

He still felt it was not enough and spat at the floor, cursing, “Bitch. Slut. You just like to sleep with another man. I will divorce you and make you unable to show your face.”

Before that, Zhou Ruyu was like a puppet out of control and lost her spirits, without fighting back no matter how he beat or cursed her.