Chapter 11 - Persistent Madam Zhou

Mo Junyu was slightly stunned, probably because he did not expect Shi Qingxue to be so direct.

After a long while, he said, “Qingxue, don’t treat me as a stranger. Seeing you this time is not for recompense. I have something else vital to tell you.”

Shi Qingxue nodded but did not speak. She waited for Mo Junyu’s words.

Mo Junyu also didn’t keep her guessing, and said straight forward, “Baoning’s illness, you can go to Mang Mountain for medical treatment.”

Shi Qingxue’s pupils tightened suddenly, and she suddenly looked up at Mo Junyu, who also looked back frankly and did not evade. But it made her even more confused about Mo Junyu’s attitude.

In this life, what Shi Qingxue couldn’t bear the most was that others tried to frame her close relatives, and her voice became a little colder, “Your Highness is well-informed, why not tell the news to my grandmother yourself?”

The Shi family had been concerned for the First Lady Shi Baoning’s illness. If someone offered a good doctor at this time, the Shi family would definitely give valuable remuneration.

Especially when that person was a prince. It might not be impossible if there was a good fairy tale of a marriage because of this life-saving favor.

Mo Junyu shook his head and said sincerely, “It is inconvenient for me because of my identification. Duke Shi is a loyal subject of the country. It is not appropriate to keep a too close relationship with me.”

The alert in Shi Qingxue’s eyes turned to surprise, and it was not good to say any offending words. She lowered her eyes and whispered, “Your Highness’s good intention, I will always remember it in my heart.”

No matter why Mo Junyu was concerned for the Shi Family, she could not refuse this affection.

Mo Junyu didn’t care about Shi Qingxue’s attitude, but reminded, “The skilled doctor’s name is Shen Luo, and he is very famous in Mang Mountain area. You will know if you go and ask. But the skilled doctor is quite hard to get along. The way to him is not safe either. You must be more careful on the way.”

“I know!”

Shi Qingxue once again thanked Mo Junyu for his kind reminder. The two didn’t say much more, and they left after talking a few words.

However, Xia Mang, who was not far away, couldn’t help but ask, “Sixth Lady, the Prince invited you to meet in private. Is he trying to use you to win over First Master?”

Shi Qingxue nodded and then shook her head immediately, looking at Xia Mang’s confused look, smiling, “It’s just a meeting with me. Who knows what his plan is? Let’s wait and see what will happen in the future!”

Xia Mang always trusted her master and saw that Qingxue was confident, so she didn’t bother to think about it. She only whispered, “Those of Third Master’s family just came to trouble you. I made Dong Xue ease them out. They didn’t know that the Prince met you.”

Shi Qingxue gave Xia Mang an admiring look, satisfied with her alertness, but the disgusting guys in Third Master’s family made her frown again, “What trouble is my Third Aunt causing now?”

“The First Lady fainted away just now, and the madams and ladies in the family followed princess royal to visit her. The Third Madam somehow brought you up again…” Xia Mang didn’t finish speaking, but it was conceivable that what Zhou Ruyu said was certainly not good words.

Shi Qingxue sneered, “I just need to tell my grandmother something, so let’s see what she has to do with me.”

Qingxue took Xia Mang to Shi Baoning’s Jingshu Boudoir. The room was already full of people, headed by Mo Shujun, and the madams and ladies of the Shi Family were almost all there.

Dong Hui was looking at Shi Baoning anxiously beside the bed while listening to the doctor explaining the cautions. But Zhou Ruyu was standing next to Mo Shujun speaking noisily and just mentioned, “Mother, you don’t have to worry. Baoning will be taken good care of by juniors, and nothing will happen. You can see that they are all here…Oh, Qingxue…”

“Third Aunt really cares about Qingxue very much. I just go out for a while, and you are in a hurry to find me!” Shi Qingxue interrupted Zhou Ruyu’s words coldly.

Zhou Ruyu was caught up when saying bad things about others, and her face suddenly turned red. She spoke haltingly, but she didn’t dare to retort to Shi Qingxue at last.

But at this time, someone stood out for Zhou Ruyu and retorted coldly, “Qingxue means that it is wrong for Auntie to care about you?”

Shi Qingxue didn’t need to raise her eyes but knew that the only person who would retort to her at this time was her sister Shi Baoyan.

As soon as Shi Baoyan said this, everyone’s sights fell on Shi Qingxue, and there were many people who waited for the show.

She was used to the provocation by Shi Baoyan. Shi Qingxue was not panicked. She didn’t even raise her eyelids, and said lightly, “Whether Auntie is wrong or not, how can we juniors judge it? But she is really good at capturing the opportunity!”

Shi Baoyan had always looked down on Shi Qingxue, thinking that she was acting egoistically in the family just because she was born by First Madam, but actually she was useless. She simply said, “Is that what you meant when you interrupted Third Aunt just now? Isn’t that judgement?”

Shi Qingxue looked calm and responded indifferently, “Since Auntie has asked about me, of course I should answer her words. Do you think that you should not answer the elders?”

“You!” Shi Baoyan was stunned lightly. Her face flushed, but she had nothing to say.

Shi Baoyan did not expect Shi Qingxue to be able to say so, and the others looked at Shi Qingxue suspiciously.

They didn’t see her for a few days, but the rude and wayward Sixth Lady Shi seemed to have been changed into a totally different person.

She was not less proud, but the manners and behaviors displayed were elegant, and they could no longer see the unreasonable gestures before. Especially at the banquet, when those madams and ladies from aristocratic families met her, none of them didn’t praise her!

Was it possible for the illness to make a person be better?

At this time, Mo Shujun spoke, “Well, you are both sisters. What does it look like to have a quarrel?”

Criticizing both sides, she wanted to solve this problem.

Shi Baoyan was still unwilling to give in. She almost wrote “Grandma was partial” on her face!

Even Zhou Ruyu felt unfair. She thought that Grandmother was way too partial in her heart, and she was always helping those two daughters in the First Master’s family, as if other granddaughters were not hers!

Shi Qingxue looked at it with a cold eye, but with a sneer in her heart. She secretly said in her heart about her grandmother! Did Grandmother think that she was still the same Sixth Lady Shi as before…