Chapter 243 - Can You Make Something of Your Life (1/2)

Hearing Luo Ziyuan talk about the old story and mention their conflict again, Mo Junhao instantly waved his hand and interrupted him. “Fine. I have my plan for this matter. Don’t worry.”

Luo Ziyuan’s expression stiffened and his face darkened. He stopped talking.

It was the first time for Mo Junhao to interrupt him so arbitrarily. Even though the prince was polite, Luo Ziyuan still felt unhappy.

At the same time, he confirmed his thought more. Shi Qingxue was a disaster. She influenced the prince so greatly even before she married him. If she really became the fourth prince’s wife, the consequence would be beyond imagination.

Shi Qingxue couldn’t be kept.

If Shi Qingxue knew Luo Ziyuan’s thought, she would sniff at him and tell him that he worried too much.

The atmosphere in the carriage got tense at once.

After a while, Mo Junhao coughed twice and changed the subject abruptly. “By the way, I told you to investigate something. How is it going on?”

“Your Highness, as you guessed, Third Madam Shi is grounded in the South House in secret, but most of the servants in Duke Shi’s mansion don’t know why she is grounded. I have inquired about it everywhere and learnt that it is because she secretly dated her cousin Shi Zhi.” Luo Ziyuan solemnly reported to Mo Junhao about the information he got after inquiring.

He didn’t miss anything, but he showed that he was unhappy.

Mo Junhao pretended not to have seen it but sighed with emotion. “It’s him.”

After pondering for a while, he asked, “Does Lord Shi know the third madam’s current situation?”

“All people in Duke Shi’s mansion keep it a secret and he must not know it for now. But Lord Shi loves the third madam very much and would know it sooner or later.”

Mo Junhao got excited immediately and asked with a smile, “Can you guess what he would do then?”

“He can even promote his lover’s husband. And he won’t stand by and do nothing when his lover is in trouble,”

Luo Ziyuan said with certainty, but he couldn’t figure out what method Shi Zhi would use.

Would he make use of his influence and protect Zhou Ruyu’s position in the Shi family or take the chance to let her get rid of the Shi family and marry him?

But Mo Junhao laughed. “It’s great that he loves her. As long as he loves somebody, he has a weakness, so we won’t be afraid that we can’t use him. Let’s just wait.”

Luo Ziyuan was unable to reply.

Young Master Luo had to admit that this prince could find the key to the problem if he used his brain, but…

He wanted to ask, “Then what would happen as you love Shi Qingxue?”

However, once he mentioned this subject, they would argue with each other, so he was sensible and didn’t say anything.

Mo Junhao didn’t know that Luo Ziyuan had so many thoughts. He asked after pondering for a while, “What about the other thing?”

“Er, this…” Luo Ziyuan thought that he was smart, capable and resourceful, but he could do nothing this time. He stuttered for a long time and had to admit in the end, “I just found that the third madam must have evidence against Shi Juncai and Princess Royal, and this evidence is significant. But I don’t know what on earth it is for now…”

“You haven’t found it after the investigation?” Mo Junhao raised his brows slightly because he was surprised as Luo Ziyuan was baffled.

Luo Ziyuan blushed with shame and explained, “It may be related to something about the last generation, and it happened decades ago. I wasn’t born then, and you gave me so little time. It’s normal that I haven’t found it for now. At the worst, I will help you find it later.”

“I didn’t blame you. Why are you anxious?” Mo Junhao comforted him in a hurry.

He wittily changed the subject. “Fine. I leave it to you, and you don’t need to be anxious. Since you said that this matter can be kept as a secret for twenty years, it must be a big secret. I give you a suggestion. It’s difficult to do something to Princess Royal, but you can make an effort on Shi Juncai. He is mercenary and sensual…”

Luo Ziyuan understood at once and patted his forehead, sighing with emotion. “Why didn’t I think of that? I know what to do. Just wait for the good news from me.”

In the South House in Duke Shi’s mansion

Zhou Ruyu was sitting in her room and drinking tea, but what she was thinking about was not the tea.

She looked up at the door from time to time and looked excited, joyful and anxious occasionally…

Till Shi Baoyou came in slowly, Zhou Ruyu sprang from the chair all of a sudden and walked to her. “What’s up?”

Shi Baoyou knew that her mother asked about what happened between her and Mo Junhao. Before she spoke, she blushed with shyness.

Zhou Ruyu got overjoyed immediately and clapped while laughing. “Wonderful. I know that my daughter is excellent and bound to be the empress. Now you suffer from injustice as you are just the fourth prince’s wife, but don’t rush. You will live a good life in the future. You…”

“Mother, Mother! That’s not true.” Shi Baoyou hadn’t expected that Zhou Ruyu misunderstood her, so she stopped her mother in an instant.

Zhou Ruyu still didn’t know that Mo Junhao didn’t agree to marry Shi Baoyou, and she continued happily, “What? Listen to me. Now the fourth prince is powerful. As long as you steady your position as his wife, in the future…”

“Mother! His Highness didn’t agree to marry me!” Shi Baoyou shouted hurriedly.

“He didn’t agree to…” In the beginning, Zhou Ruyu didn’t hear clearly and talked endlessly, but she stopped halfway, like a duck whose neck was pinched. She looked at Shi Baoyou with fear and couldn’t speak a word.

Shi Baoyou nodded again and responded in depression, “His Highness said that he likes me, too, but he has to consider for his followers. As you guessed, he needs to marry Qingxue, so…”