Chapter 292 - Win the Bet (1/2)

After You Junle said that, there was deadly silence in the room.

Shi Junhe’s face was paler than it had been when he entered the room, and there was almost no blood.

After a long time, he finally found his voice. “Do, do you mean that Mother was, was…”

Even though Shi Junhe had seen a lot, he couldn’t come back to earth from the shocking news and say the last words.

Refusing to save a life and murdering were totally different.

If she refused to save his mother, Shi Junhe might think that they were even and would become strangers.

However, if she murdered his mother, as she had raised him and he owed a big debt of gratitude to her, how would Shi Junhe face the reality in the future?

Shi Qingxue looked at Shi Junhe worriedly and called in a low voice, “Father!”

Afterward, she couldn’t help but glare at You Junle resentfully. Although she knew that he was innocent, who told this guy to make her father so hesitant?

Shi Junhe suddenly came back to reality and met Qingxue’s worried eyes. He wanted to smile at her as a comfort, yet only to purse his lips feebly.

It was weird and embarrassing in the room, and the only one who was not affected must be Mo Junyang.

He asked calmly, “As soon as Elder Duke Shi’s wife died of an illness, the princess royal married him and raised General Shi, but he was more than one hundred days old then. Was there nobody suspecting that?”

“The tenth day of the first lunar month in the Year of Yihai was Junhe’s birthday, and ten months earlier, my parents loved each other deeply. Father never talked with her, so if they said that it was his birthday, some people would suspect her relationship with Junhe soon.

“But three months later, Mother had been pregnant for three months and was nourishing the fetus at home, while Father was on the battlefield far away…”

Before You Junle finished his words, Mo Junyang understood. “The princess royal happened to be on the battlefield with the army and stayed with Elder Duke Shi then, right?”

You Junle snorted coldly, and what he meant was self-evident.

At that time, news of victory spread from the frontier frequently, and it was about how Shi Lei and Mo Shujun worked together and resisted the enemies jointly. Obviously, it was sent by people under Mo Shujun’s orders.

It was to add insult to You Si’s injury undoubtedly when she suffered from antepartum depression. She lost a lot of blood when she gave birth and fell sick after delivery, so it took her life in the end.

“It means that the princess royal said that she was pregnant during the war and then took General Shi as her son?” Mo Junyang caught the key point accurately.

However, he had another question soon. “You must have stayed with Elder Duke Shi’s wife all the time then. Didn’t the princess royal know you?”

If she knew that Shi Lei had an adopted son who was old enough to know that and was close to You Si, would Mo Shujun let go of You Junle easily?

You Junle sneered. “She thinks that I have died.”

That year, nobody knew why You Si sent You Junle away before Shi Lei divorced her, and the fact proved that she did a right thing.

Later, Mo Shujun had tried several times to find You Junle, but she didn’t find him, so she thought that he had died.

Mo Junyang nodded to show that he understood this story.

Then he pointed out accurately, “It happened more than forty years ago, and now even few people who know it are still alive, but there is an important witness that the princess royal can’t kill to hide the truth.”

Shi Qingxue immediately understood who Mo Junyang mentioned, and her eyes lit up. “Do you mean the Empress Dowager?”

Before Mo Junyang nodded, she put on a long face again and stated in depression, “But if the story was exposed, it can be a scandal of the royal family, and the Empress Dowager keeps a good relationship with the princess royal. How would she stand out?”

However, Mo Junyang shrugged and retorted impassively, “As long as she gets enough profit, nothing is impossible.”

Shi Qingxue was speechless. On second thought, it was true.

Nevertheless, there was another problem. How much profit could move Ling Ruiyin?

“The Empress Dowager…is not necessary, and we have to find the midwife who delivered General Shi that year. As long as we prove General Shi’s real birthday, the princess royal’s lies will collapse without being attacked.”

You Junle looked helpless and sighed. “It’s pointless. Although when Father was alive, in order to maintain her image, Mo Shujun didn’t kill all people related to Mother, as soon as Father passed away, the old people who served him died one after another, and all the old servants left in the Shi family are Mo Shujun’s followers. Even if they know the story, they won’t accuse her.”

Mo Junyang didn’t make comments and smiled. Without denying You Junle’s words, he just asked casually, “It depends on how much the princess royal did that year.”

“Are you planning to confront her directly?” Shi Junhe looked at Mo Junyang questioningly and soon denied it. “No. She is alert to me now. If I ask her about this matter, won’t I act rashly and alert her?”

Mo Junyang asked in reply, “If we don’t alert her, how can we catch her?”

Shi Junhe was unable to answer this question. He didn’t know what to do, so he had to ask Mo Junyang for help. “Your Excellency, do you have a solution?”

Mo Junyang walked to Shi Junhe and whispered in his ear.

In the beginning, Shi Junhe listened to Mo Junyang calmly, but while listening, he wrinkled his face more deeply. At last, he was too surprised and couldn’t help asking, “Can it really work?”

“You will know after trying.” Mo Junyang laughed.