There is a small torture room in Shouan Hall, which is rarely used on weekdays. It is usually used for servants who have made mistakes to meditate on their past, but all the torture instruments are available inside.
More than a dozen torture instruments, such as salt water whips and tiger stools, were used on Dong Shuang's body in turn, almost beating him to death. Mo Shujun asked indifferently: "Speaking of which, where is the Iron Coupon of the Alchemy Book?"
Dong Shuang couldn't open her eyes at this time, and her body was dripping with blood. With her last breath, she repeated her answer angrily: "I really don't know."
"It seems that if I don't give you some color, you don't know how powerful I am..." Mo Shujun sneered and waved her hand to the executioner, indicating that he should continue.
And at this moment, a report suddenly came from outside: "Master, please see me."
Shi Junhe is here.
The executioner stopped what he was doing and looked up at Mo Shujun, who said coldly: "Did I tell you to stop? Continue."
"But Master, he..."
When gods fight, mortals suffer. The servant who carries out the execution is a member of the big house. Now that his master is here, how can he do it
"Useless thing." Mo Shujun glanced at this man, threw up her sleeves and left the execution room.
Shi Junhe was standing in the courtyard of Shou'an Hall, with the scorching sun in the sky. Within a few minutes, he was sweating profusely, but he could not move.
Mo Shujun stood in the corridor for a while and finally said: "Come in!"
The two sat opposite each other in the room for a long time before Mo Shujun said coldly: "What's the matter?"
Shi Junhe lowered his head, with guilt and hesitation in his expression, "My son neglected his duty and failed to bring Qingxue back home safely."
It turns out that the reason why Shi Junhe rushed to pick up Shi Qingxue from Prince Rui's Mansion before Shi Qingxue fully recovered was because Mo Shujun gave the death order.
After hearing Shi Junhe's report, Mo Shujun was not surprised or disappointed, and just said lightly: "I went to Luotong Pavilion today."
Shi Junhe kept his head bowed and his expression unchanged. He had obviously heard about it before. He just explained in a hoarse voice: "Qingxue went out in a hurry that day, so it was impossible to carry the Alchemy Iron Coupon with her."
In other words, the Alchemy Iron Coupon must still be in Shifu.
"Just because she didn't bring it with her doesn't mean that the people under her won't be greedy." Mo Shujun said coldly, pointing out the fact, "The Alchemy Iron Coupon is indeed not in Luotong Pavilion now."
"That maid Dongshuang grew up with Qingxue. She is most sincere and loyal. There is no way she would have any different intentions!"
Shi Junhe carefully defended Dong Shuang, "Besides, you are now torturing a maid into a human shape without any evidence. If this spreads out, I am afraid people will criticize you. Please think again, mother."
Mo Shujun couldn't hear Shi Junhe's defense of Dongshuang, and she was shocked and angry. Her fists were clenched under her wide sleeves: He actually contradicted her for a mere maid, he was really her good son!
The angrier she became, the brighter the smile on her face became, and she said mockingly: "Then according to your opinion, the medal that your father has worked hard to earn all his life will be given away to outsiders like this
Shi Junhe, aren't you afraid that your father will be so angry that he jumps out of his grave? "
The accusations, including names and surnames, were heartbreaking, forcing Shi Junhe to lower his head in shame.
After a long time, he defended in a low voice: "Qingxue, she is not an outsider."
"There is no such daughter in my Shi family who hangs around all day long, without any sense of shame or family reputation!" Mo Shujun pointed out Shi Qingxue's 'spots' one by one.
Under Shi Junhe's astonished eyes, she proudly announced: "For the sake of the Shi family's reputation and future prosperity, I will take back the alchemy iron coupon in her hand and deprive her of the clan!"
"No!" Shi Junhe shouted in shock and looked at Mo Shujun in disbelief.
Big families are very defensive and cherish their own wings. Unless it is so heinous that not sacrificing that person will lead to the destruction of the family, the family heads will not give up on their own members easily.
Being exterminated means being abandoned by the family. In the more than 40 years since the establishment of the Mo Kingdom, there has been no such example in the aristocratic circle.
Shi Junhe looked sad and begged with difficulty: "Qingxue is your granddaughter! How could you be so cruel to her!"
Mo Shujun was unmoved and said coldly: "I will never allow anyone to ruin the family fortune that Yunyang has worked so hard to build. Anyone who dares to offend will be punished!"
Every word struck Shi Junhe's heart, and he argued eagerly: "But Qingxue did not make a big mistake. Even the family rules of the Shi family only stated that those who are sexually explicit should move to the family temple to meditate on themselves for three years. From then on, He didn’t say that he wanted to exterminate the clan, not to mention that Qingxue was just recuperating in Prince Rui’s Mansion, so it didn’t count... "
"If you can bring her back, I won't say anything. But..."
Mo Shujun looked at Shi Junhe from above and said in a long and meaningful voice: "Can you?"
Shi Junhe was speechless.
"Mom, I beg you, just give Qingxue another chance!" Shi Junhe pleaded.
Mo Shujun was silent for a moment, then agreed, "It's not impossible, but I have a condition."
Shi Junhe hurriedly asked: "What?"
Mo Shujun said slowly: "I have a maid in this palace, Leng Yan. You have seen her, right? What do you think of her?"
Shi Junhe didn't understand what Mo Shujun meant, and only cautiously agreed: "She is a smart girl, and it is not in vain that you dote on her so much."
Only then did Mo Shujun smile, her wrinkled face showing a rare gentleness, "She has been raised by my side since she was a child. To put it bluntly, she is even more beautiful than my granddaughters." She wants to please me, but I have always treated her as my own daughter!"
"..." Shi Junhe didn't respond, silently lowering his eyes - he already knew what Mo Shujun had in mind and couldn't answer the question at all.
Mo Shujun didn't know whether she didn't see Shi Junhe's silent rejection or was confident. Seeing that he didn't answer, she directly made a condition: "I want you to take Leng Yan as my concubine."
Shi Junhe immediately refused, "This won't work!"
Seeing Mo Shujun's face darken, he quickly explained: "Mom, I already have a wife, how can I marry again?"
"Hmph! What's the use of a hen that can't lay eggs?" Mo Shujun resented Dong Hui deeply. She compared a good person to a hen that couldn't lay eggs. She was basically mocking Dong Hui for not having children. Son, this is extremely unpleasant to hear.
She didn't wait for Shi Junhe to retort, and said directly: "Ahe, don't forget, the Duke's Palace needs an heir at this time!"
Shi Junhe froze, avoiding Mo Shujun's gaze and pretending to be stupid, "I already have a child, how come there is no heir?"
"Are you talking about Shi Baoning or Shi Qingxue? One has betrayed the family, and the other is about to marry someone else. How can he be regarded as the heir?"
"If Baoning gives birth to a child, wouldn't it be the blood of our Shi family?" Shi Junhe suddenly asked, with a solemn look on his face.
Mo Shujun's face darkened, as if she had thought of something, and she said angrily: "Your father took over the position of Duke of Shi. He must not fall into the hands of someone with a foreign surname."
Shi Junhe sneered and asked, "Does that mean that their child's last name is 'Shi'?"
Mo Shujun immediately shouted excitedly: "It doesn't matter if the surname is 'Shi', the Crown Prince of Shi must not keep Wen's blood."
Shi Junhe stared at Mo Shujun with burning eyes, "Why not? Wen Renbo is a confidant selected by my father, and Wen Renchi is also a child raised by me. I gave the position of Duke Shi to his child. , not only will the Duke of Shi’s government not be defeated, but he can also continue to lead the Shi family’s army, isn’t it the best of both worlds?”
"Because they heard that there is no good person in this family, they are uneasy and kind-hearted!" Mo Shujun shouted loudly, her face was ferocious, and she was no longer compassionate and dignified in the past.
Shi Junhe's eyes were dark, and he asked in a low voice: "Is it because they are not well-intentioned, or mother, you can't tolerate hearing about others?"
Mo Shujun felt her breath stop and her eyes moved left and right, but she didn't dare to look at Shi Junhe.
"I..." Mo Shujun took a deep breath, sat up straight, and said seriously: "I don't know what rumors you heard to ask this question, but everything I did was for the Shi family. , I have a clear conscience."
Mo Shujun has been accompanying the late emperor and the old prince on their expeditions since she was a girl. She has an aura that is unmatched by ordinary women and is shocking.
Even though Shi Junhe disagreed with Mo Shujun's approach, he was unable to refute it. Even he couldn't help but wonder, as the head of the Shi family, was he too unqualified in this regard
"Ahe..." Mo Shujun suddenly slowed down her tone again and said softly: "Let's not mention the past things anymore. I just said that Qingxue can do it if you want me not to pursue it, but you must marry Cold face."
"Mother..." Shi Junhe shouted helplessly, obviously unwilling, but his attitude was not as firm as before.
Seeing this, Mo Shujun added: "I just hope that Leng Yan will find a good home. After she marries to Dongyuan, she will be your Dongyuan, and I will not force you to treat her equally with Huiniang." , this request is not too much!”
Shi Junhe was still resisting, "I'm afraid I won't be able to give Leng Yan happiness, and I will only let down my mother's wishes."
Mo Shujun sneered, "Are you really unable to give it or don't want to give it? I won't bother you. Choose one of the two, do you agree to accept Leng Yan, or let me exterminate Shi Qingxue's clan and go back by yourself? Think about it!"
Shi Junhe wanted to say something else, but Mo Shujun had already made a gesture of seeing off the guests, so he had to put the matter down first, and then asked: "Dong Shuang really doesn't know anything about the Alchemy Book and Iron Coupon. If I say something else, I'm sure She is still in Shifu, and I can find her if I spend more time. I also ask my mother to allow me to take that girl away."
Mo Shujun sneered coldly in her heart: She is a person who values friendship. I don't know if it's because of Shi Qingxue's face, or... that girl is quite good-looking!
"Since you insist, then take the person away!" Mo Shujun put aside her worries and magnanimously agreed to Shi Junhe's request.
When Shi Junhe walked out of Shou'antang, he didn't feel relaxed at all.
He can't abandon Shi Qingxue under any circumstances, but if he wants him to marry Leng Yan - just a maid who can't stand up to the stage - even if he thinks that as long as she is not affectionate and becomes a decoration in Dongyuan, it doesn't matter, will Dong Hui agree
Shi Junhe vaguely remembered that when Dong Hui first became pregnant with Shi Baoning, she had actively asked to give him her maid to be his maid, but at that time he pityed Dong Hui and refused.
There was also Wu Niangshi Baoyan's biological mother Kou Lian, who used him to get drunk and climbed into his bed to have a child. Dong Hui also graciously gave up the child and agreed that he could give Kou an aunt as he wanted. Just think that Dongyuan has an extra person to spare.
This matter has remained intact for so many years, and the situation now is similar to that then.
"For Qingxue, maybe Hui Niang won't care about it?"