"How can you repay kindness with kindness?" Shi Qingxue asked with a sneer, looking directly at Shi Baoning, "So in the heart of eldest sister, do you and I have the same status as your other sisters?"
"I… "
Shi Baoning was speechless and speechless.
She always prided herself on being fair and felt that she was the eldest lady in the house. She always wanted to be impartial so that she could be worthy of the title given to her by Mo Shujun; but at any other time or for another person, she would be able to answer confidently Say that you are never biased.
Can…
Shi Baoning didn't even dare to look at Shi Qingxue's bright eyes, and avoided talking about Qingxue's sharp questions. He only said: "I just think that as sisters, we should support each other..."
Shi Qingxue interrupted her directly, "When Baojin did those things to me, did you ever think that we are sisters and show mercy? Didn't sister always say it's fair? How did Shi Baojin treat me? I No matter how you treat her, isn't it fair?"
At this moment, Shi Baoning was really speechless.
Dong Hui didn't want the two sisters to argue over an outsider again, so she put her arm around Qingxue's shoulders, slapped her and persuaded: "Baoning just doesn't want you to make too many enemies. After all, it's better to offend a gentleman than a villain. Sometimes what do you do? You’ve done nothing wrong, but you still get hurt, which is also very helpless!”
Shi Baoning also nodded, took Qingxue's hand again, and said sincerely: "What mother said is what I want to say, you are my sister, I just hope you are safe and no longer hurt."
"That's right, it is my mother's greatest wish that you sisters be in harmony and well-being. If you get into arguments over trivial matters and ruin the sisterly bond, won't you make the people in the third room laugh?"
As Dong Hui spoke, she pushed Shi Junhe, hoping that he could help persuade Shi Qingxue.
Who would have thought that Shi Junhe looked at Shi Baoning seriously and asked, "When we were in Prince Rui's Mansion, Prince Mo mentioned the matter of Tranquility Temple. What did he mean?"
Shi Baoning froze, with an unpredictable expression. Not only was he sad that Shi Junhe actually asked her this question, but he was also afraid that what happened at that time would be revealed.
Her expression changed several times, but in the end she was unable to say a word.
Shi Junhe looked at Dong Hui again and asked the question again. Under Dong Hui's increasingly ugly expression, he said calmly: "Although Prince Mo has many shortcomings, he will not lie about this matter, so I want to know What happened at that time that made him accuse us?"
Shi Qingxue didn't know that the Shi family had gone to Prince Rui's Mansion to ask for someone, so she didn't speak and listened quietly.
But Shi Junhe didn't get the news he wanted from those two people, so he turned his attention to Shi Qingxue and said slowly: "Qingxue, tell me!"
"I… "
"No!" As soon as Shi Qingxue opened her mouth, Shi Baoning interrupted her eagerly.
Shi Baoning's eyes were red, both in pain and humiliation. Big tears fell from her cheeks, "Father, I know you have always been partial to Qingxue, but I am also your daughter. You should know my character. How can you question me because of an outsider's unclear suspicion?"
The solemn look on Shi Junhe's face did not change, but he asked: "If you really haven't done anything to regret your sister, why are you afraid of me asking?"
Shi Baoning argued eagerly: "I'm not afraid! I, I just, I just feel that you don't trust me!"
After saying that, he lowered his head slumpedly, looking very hurt.
Shi Junhe remained unmoved and said calmly: "If that's the case, then if I investigate this matter now, I can also clear your name. Next time Mo Shizi comes, I won't be like last time. He was left speechless by his question."
"I..." Shi Baoning really had no words to say this time.
The feeling of suffocation came to her heart again, and her tears fell even more fiercely. She shouted at Shi Junhe with embarrassment and annoyance: "You are going too far!"
Shi Baoning covered her face and ran out of the study. The expression on Dong Hui's face was not good-looking either, but she felt guilty and did not argue with Shi Junhe. She only whispered: "Ning'er is still just a child. I'm afraid that she might If you don't want to do anything stupid, I'll go see her."
Shi Junhe and Shi Qingxue were the only two people left in the study.
Shi Qingxue knew that Shi Junhe said those words because he felt sorry for her, so she didn't say those unpleasant words to make her father more sad. She sat obediently next to Shi Junhe and stayed with him.
After a while, Shi Junhe recovered from Shi Baoning's accusation, and still insisted on asking Shi Qingxue, "Qingxue, please tell me everything that happened in Tranquility Temple!"
"Ah..." Shi Qingxue was stunned. He hesitated for a long time and just uttered those meaningless modal particles.
Shi Junhe waited for a while and became impatient. He stared at Shi Qingxue and lowered his voice, "What? When did you become so generous? Or do you want to hide these things from me, a father?" ?”
"No, that's not what I meant!" Shi Qingxue hurriedly denied.
Seeing that he couldn't hide, he had no choice but to confess, "Okay, I'll explain."
She held Shi Junhe's arm and said coquettishly, "Father knows his daughter best. I will never be merciful. I don't harm others, but if anyone dares to offend me, I will definitely ask her to repay him ten times or a hundred times."
"If that's the case, then why have you been reluctant to tell me what happened in Tranquility Temple, and you had to ask me before you would tell me?" Shi Junhe was very puzzled.
Shi Qingxue stuck out her tongue, looking naughty but very cute, "Because I don't remember what happened in Tranquility Temple! How can I pursue this?!"
Shi Junhe was shocked, and after a while he murmured: "No, how could it be? Didn't you say you recovered your memory? How could you not remember
Or are you lying to me? You didn't remember anything at all. Mo Junyang asked you to say that? "
Shi Qingxue was helpless that Shi Junhe had such a bad impression of Mo Junyang, so she had to explain obediently: "No, I really remembered it."
In order to increase her persuasion, Shi Qingxue also told Shi Junhe about her victory over Zhao Haoran in the archery competition, and said proudly: "If I hadn't recovered my memory, how could I have shot as accurately as before? After all, these But it’s all the skills that grandpa and you gave me.”
Shi Junhe also smiled happily, stroking Shi Qingxue's soft hair with his big hands, and the warmth on his face became more and more obvious, "It's good that you haven't forgotten it, it's good that you haven't forgotten it!"
As he spoke, a hint of loneliness appeared on his majestic face, and his voice lowered, "You don't know how worried I am that you have really forgotten me as your father, and only remember your Mo Junyang."
"Daddy!" Shi Qingxue's eyes suddenly became hot.
She suddenly remembered that when she was a child, she had few chances to reunite with Shi Junhe. Her strict father made things difficult for her, but Shi Junhe was always gentler than harsh to her. When she naughtily annoyed Dong Hui, it was Shi Junhe who indulged her. She held her in her arms and refused to let Dong Hui punish her.
At that time, my father's embrace was so generous and warm.
She still remembers it vividly.
Shi Qingxue couldn't bear it any longer, threw herself into her father's arms, and whispered in a tearful voice: "No, I will never forget you on purpose. Even if something unexpected happens, I will think of you right away and call you back quickly." Come to your side, so don’t be sad!”
Shi Junhe held up Shi Qingxue's little face and gently wiped away the tears from his eyes and cheeks with his rough fingers. He thought with emotion: He originally thought that as long as a bowl of water was balanced between his two daughters, his behavior would not be the same. It's okay to treat him badly, but until now, he was indifferent to Baoning's tears, but his heart was broken by Qingxue's red tearful eyes, and he couldn't wait to give her all the good things! No wonder Baoning said he was partial!
"Okay, stop crying. If you cry again, you will really become a little cat!" Shi Junhe coaxed distressedly.
Changing the subject: "You haven't told me properly why you came back!"
"It was brother Jun Yang who asked me to come back! He was afraid that I would be criticized if I didn't go home after I recovered, so he let me come back."
Speaking of this, Shi Qingxue showed a hint of cunning on her face, "So the first thing I did when I came back was to go to Shou'an Hall to say hello to my grandmother."
Her beautiful big eyes are pure and clean, and her long eyelashes are flickering, extremely moving.
Shi Junhe knew that his silly daughter completely believed in Mo Junyang, so why should he be a bad guy here.
He only reminded him seriously: "I don't know if Prince Mo has told you that your grandmother wants to get back the iron coupon of the alchemy book, but now that you are back, you should know about it."
Shi Qingxue was stunned, not understanding what Shi Junhe meant, "Dad told me this, does he want me to give the iron certificate of the alchemy book to my grandmother?"
"Of course not!" Shi Junhe looked solemn in a different way. He pulled Qingxue and sighed heavily, "There are some things that I should have told you a long time ago."
"Huh?" Shi Qingxue looked confused. She didn't know why her father was so solemn all of a sudden.
Shi Junhe touched Qingxue's head helplessly, "Do you still remember what your grandfather said when he gave you the iron certificate of the alchemy book?"
Shi Qingxue nodded, "Grandpa said that the Iron Coupon of the Alchemy Book can protect me. As long as I take out the Iron Coupon of the Alchemy Book, the whole family must promise me something."
"Besides, my father actually has a more important reason for giving you the Iron Coupon of the Alchemy Book." Shi Jun and Shen paused for a while before confessing: "The nobles of Kyoto know that anyone who has the Iron Coupon of the Alchemy Book can be guaranteed A safe family is a treasure that many people covet.
But my father felt that giving the children of the family such a 'gold medal to avoid death' was actually no different from poison wrapped in honey. The first bite was sweet, and people couldn't help but take the second bite. If this continues, one day You will get yourself killed because of your willful behavior. "
Recalling the scene when Shi Lei said these words to him, Shi Junhe's face was filled with nostalgia and some kind of helpless heaviness.
He failed to fulfill his father's expectations after all!
Shi Qingxue didn't want Shi Junhe to show such an expression, so she pretended to be relaxed and said: "Then grandpa also gave me such 'sugar-coated poison', didn't he want to induce me to 'take poison'?"