Chapter 314 - King Rui’s Anxiety

Mo Junyang smiled at Shi Qingxue faintly and casually with calmness.

“It doesn’t matter.”

He didn’t explain more, but his attitude told Shi Qingxue clearly that it was no big deal to him.

Shi Qingxue still didn’t know Mo Junyang’s plan, yet she didn’t continue to ask.

She trusted Mo Junyang so much. Since he said that it was no big deal, it was unimportant.

She just stated, “In this case, I will go back home now. The Lunar New Year’s Eve will come in a few days, and there will be a banquet in the imperial palace on regular basis. Let’s enter the imperial palace together then.”

Mo Junyang had wished to lure her into his mansion, and in fact, he almost succeeded.

If nobody stopped his carriage on the road, Shi Qingxue would stay there till night even though she would go back home, but now…

Mo Junyang finally felt sad.

He couldn’t express his feelings obviously, yet he had to say, “I am going to send you back home.”

Shi Qingxue shook her head. “No need. Some people came to the mansion, and you should go and have a look.”

She was afraid that Mo Junyang would be worried about her, so she patted her chest, pledging in all sincerity and seriousness, “Don’t worry. I am not a child now. I can take good care of myself.”

In fact, Shi Qingxue wanted to say that before she woke up in this life, that Shi Qingxue was a real young girl, but she didn’t see that Mo Junyang was nervous about her then.

They were much closer in the past than in the previous life, yet they were not so inseparable as now.

It seemed that Shi Qingxue was something fragile and would be broken as soon as she was out of Mo Junyang’s sight.

Although Shi Qingxue knew Mo Junyang’s thought and she was clear that he was worried about her, she couldn’t stand it once it happened frequently.

These days, even Shi Junhe laughed at her and said that she was like a child and seemed to be kept in captivity by Mo Junyang.

“Just believe me. I will be fine.” Shi Qingxue played the woman and grabbed Mo Junyang’s sleeve, making a pledge that she could take good care of herself.

Of course, Mo Junyang couldn’t rest assured, but he couldn’t bear to make Qingxue unhappy.

Even though he had a lot of thoughts, he still agreed to Shi Qingxue’s decision. “Okay. I will ask somebody later to prepare a carriage for you and then tell Zichao to escort you back home.”

“Hmm, okay!” Hearing Mo Junyang agree, Shi Qingxue nodded hurriedly.

However, after she nodded, she immediately realized the problem.

Wei Zichao was almost the most powerful military officer in the capital city. What was the difference between being escorted by Wei Zichao and by Mo Junyang?

However, this time before she didn’t say anything to disagree, Mo Junyang continued, “I will only go back to my mansion, so I don’t need Zichao to protect me, but you, since I took you out of your mansion, I have to send you back in safety. Otherwise, I will have to say sorry to Duke Shi.”

Shi Qingxue tilted her head and pondered. Although she thought that Mo Junyang underestimated her, with sanity, she understood his hard effort, so she didn’t refuse anymore. “Okay, just do as you said.”

Shi Qingxue went to the gate of King Rui’s mansion in the carriage and didn’t enter the mansion. Then she went back to Duke Shi’s mansion escorted by Wei Zichao in this carriage.

The carriage clattered and went away from King Rui’s mansion. Mo Junyang stood at the gate of the mansion and looked at the carriage going away. Till it disappeared, he remained still.

Qu Yuebai couldn’t help but shout, “Fine, she has gone. Come back to reality. Something serious is waiting for you.”

Before King Rui brought the seriously ill woman into the mansion, Qu Yuebai had been waiting at the gate, and he gave the young couple some time to say goodbye after Mo Junyang came back.

Unexpectedly, Mo Junyang could stand at the gate for so long. He couldn’t wait, so he came forward to drag the young master back to reality.

Mo Junyang glanced at Qu Yuebai indifferently. “What’s up?”

Qu Yuebai was speechless. Aha, the master was unhurried, yet the servants were anxious to find a way to help him.

Mo Junyang was calm, while the subordinates were worried about him.

Qu Yuebai rolled his eyes to express his displeasure.

Mo Junyang stated, “If there is something wrong with your eyes, just ask Shen Luo to treat you.”

Qu Yuebai was rendered speechless and waved his hand in the end to show that he gave up.

He admitted defeat. “…Come on. I can’t outargue you. Let’s get down to business. I have sent some people to investigate Qi Zhengdao. He and his mother fled from famine in a snow disaster and came to the capital last year. Because he is in poor health, he couldn’t find a job in the city. It happened that the government opened the granary to provide disaster relief and help the refugees settle down, so they were settled in a cottage in the southern suburbs.

“The people in the neighborhood have said that he is nice to his mother. Even though he was weak, he often went out to find a job and make money. He had no ability to make much money to provide for himself and his mother, and he had to pay much money for her medical expenses. In the beginning, he could barely make ends meet, till the woman, oh yes, whose name is Qi Ruyue was seriously ill. She couldn’t get up and needed him to look after her.

“Qi Zhengdao could do nothing but resign and concentrate on taking care of his mother. They sustained life for a period with the help of other people. When winter came, they could hardly stay alive…”

In the beginning, Mo Junyang listened carefully, yet in the end, he became uninterested and couldn’t help looking at the end of the road, as if he could still see Shi Qingxue’s figure.

He finally waved his hand involuntarily and stopped Qu Yuebai from continuing, saying, “It’s easy to guess these things. Tell me something that I don’t know.”

Qu Yuebai knew well about Mo Junyang, so he stopped talking about useless things and expressed firmly, “Qi Zhengdao is really your half-brother.”

Mo Junyang kept silent for a long time.

Qu Yuebai got impatient and stared at Mo Junyang, asking, “Even so, the comers have ulterior motives. We should make plans earlier.”

“What’s your plan?”

Qu Yuebai didn’t like to keep others in suspense. Moreover, with their relationship, he didn’t need to beat around the bush. He answered directly, “Although a concubine’s son is unpresentable, Qi Ruyue is different from His Highness’ any other concubine, while Qi Zhengdao looks almost the same as him. If you let him return to your ancestors, perhaps there will be a constant source of further troubles, so I think…”

Mo Junyang raised his head and interrupted Qu Yuebai, saying gently under his doubtful eyes, “Yuebai, you can’t do that.”

Qu Yuebai was stunned and made no response.

Mo Junyang paused for a while and then continued to explain slowly, “If he is Father’s son, I won’t harm him. As for anything else, let’s talk about it in the future.”

He was decisive and spoke firmly, without giving Qu Yuebai a chance to object. Then he continued, “By the way, how are they now? Is her seriously ill?”

“Nothing. You know Luo’s capability. He can bring the patient back to life as long as anybody is still breathing, let alone a minor illness. He said that she would be fine after taking two doses of medicine. You don’t need to worry.”

He stressed the word “worry” on purpose, with hidden meanings.

All the servants could see that Mo Xiangrui cared about Qi Ruyue a lot.

Perhaps the news of the “mistress” in King Rui’s mansion would spread since tomorrow, yet their young master seemed to have changed and became merciful.

Mo Junyang didn’t get alert to the two uninvited guests but made arrangements for their everyday food and clothing. He seemed to take Qi Ruyue as Mo Xiangrui’s welcomed guest.

Qu Yuebai had never seen such a young master who was so polite and paid attention to etiquette.

He couldn’t help wondering if Mo Junyang had a plot.

Mo Junyang glanced at Qu Yuebai and knew what he was thinking about.

Indeed, when others didn’t know his identity, they would think that his behavior was not logical and didn’t like what he would do at ordinary times.

He didn’t plan to explain more but glanced at Qu Yuebai to comfort him, saying casually, “Don’t worry. He is unable to threaten me.”

Qu Yuebai smacked his lips and estimated his master’s capability. Then he accepted Mo Junyang’s words easily.

He thought that he had guessed what his master was planning, so he asked excitedly, “Are we going to the Qingshui House now? That woman has woken up, and His Highness is waiting inside. It’s the right time for you to go there now.”

He thought that Mo Junyang prepared to buy over the two illegitimate members. As an assistant, he dutifully provided several plans to buy them over and did a feasibility analysis for each plan.

Till he became thirsty after talking too much, Mo Junyang stated unhurriedly, “No need. Let’s go back to the Love Xue House.”

Afterward, he ignored Qu Yuebai who was open-mouthed, walking ahead to the Love Xue House.

Wei Ziye followed them. Seeing that the assistant stiffened like a stone, he patted Qu Yuebai’s shoulder. “Lord Qu, come back to reality. Our master has gone away.”

Qu Yuebai blinked and then could only see Mo Junyang’s clothes disappear at the corner.

He was more speechless.

“Ziye, what do you think he means?” Qu Yuebai asked in depression.

He always knew that he could hardly see through his master, yet in the beginning, he could guess something, while now he couldn’t figure it out.

Wei Ziye shrugged and responded indifferently, “How can I figure it out? Just do as the master said.”

This might be the greatest difference between a guard and an assistant.

Wei Zichao and Wei Ziye would never try to guess what the master wanted to do after ordering. They would just try their best to do it well.

Qu Yuebai knew what Wei Ziye thought about and regretted it as soon as he asked. He rolled his eyes at Wei Ziye. “Forget it. I don’t want to waste time talking with you. I am going to see Junyang.”

Afterward, he rushed to the Love Xue House.

“Junyang, what on earth are you thinking about?” Qu Yuebai stopped Mo Junyang in his bedroom and asked seriously.

Mo Junyang didn’t joke with his assistant but replied directly, “I don’t think about anything. It’s fine as long as Father is happy.”

Seeing that Qu Yuebai was going to get mad again, he added, “If you are free, investigate the two’s background for me, and it will be fine.”

Qu Yuebai sighed with relief and answered, “Leave it to me, yet you can’t be careless. Especially they are from nowhere, and it is annoying even if he is just an illegitimate son. If he is a spy of those parties, then…”

Mo Junyang raised his brows and interrupted Qu Yuebai. “Fine. As for something, don’t make a conclusion before you get evidence.”

However, if Mo Junyang didn’t mention it, nor did Qu Yuebai talk about it, would there be nobody coveting the title of King Rui’s heir?