Mammy Luo hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Third Master, you are blaming me unjustly! Although I was ordered to stay at the ancestral hall by princess royal, my status was so low that I never dared to enter the ancestral hall easily. And I usually obey the first empress's arrangement if anything happened. I didn't dare to slack off. How was it possible for me to neglect my duties?"
The third master and the servant cooperated well and talked without a break. There was no chance for others to interrupt. They seemed to be criticizing and self-defending, but it was obvious that they wanted to blame on Dong Hui for the ancestral hall having got on fire.
Those at present were not fools, and instantly knew the intention of the two of them. They all looked at Dong Hui.
Dong Hui became shameful and her face and ears turned red, but Shi Juncai didn't explicitly blame her. She couldn't take the initiative to refute. She felt so wronged and could only look to Shi Qingxue for help.
Shi Qingxue was probably one of the several people at present who knew what actually had happened. This incident had happened in her last life. It was just those contemptible scoundrel putting on a big show at this moment.
She secretly gave her mother a reassuring look, and then reminded Mo Shujun when the banquet was in a mess, "Grandma, it is necessary and urgent to go to the ancestral hall first.
Mo Shujun immediately came back to her mind. She quickly nodded and walked to the ancestral hall, left the guests at the banquet alone.
Seeing this, the others in the Shi Family could only apologize to the guests, and followed up quickly.
The guests looked at each other and seemed to be hard to react on this sudden change. But they all endured a tacit understanding, sitting quietly at the banquet, and waiting for the Shi Family to tackle their own business first.
When everyone of the Shi Family rushed to the ancestral hall, the flames in the courtyard of the ancestral hall had already scattered, and the dense smoke shadowed their eyes, making it unable for them to enter.
Mo Shujun thought that it was the tablet of the man she loved most there, and suddenly became anxious, and she tried to enter there riskily.
Fortunately, Dong Hui stopped her in time and persuaded sincerely, "Mother, it's still burning insides. You can't enter there anyway!"
But Mo Shujun, who was so anxious, instantly pushed Dong Hui away and yelled, "How dare you say that to me? I make you in charge of shrine and accommodation stuff of our family, but you can't even take good care of such a little thing! If anything happens to Yunyang's tablet, you definitely can't get away from this!"
Dong Hui's face became pale because of the criticism, and her lips trembled. Fortunately, Shi Qingxue was holding her aside so that she was able to barely stand still.
Zhou Ruyu stood aside and watched frankly, thinking that Dong Hui had made such a huge mistake this time, and the position of mistress mustn’t belong to her any more.
At that time, once her husband said a few good words in front of the old madam, the power of taking charge of shrine and accommodation could be hers easily.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ruyu showed another provocative look to Shi Qingxue: If you were so capable, could you defend for your mother again?
She had expected that Mo Shujun was angry at this moment and if Shi Qingxue stood out, she could only be criticized.
Shi Qingxue sneered, ignoring Zhou Ruyu's provocation, and said in a serious look, "Grandmother, don't worry. The urgent priority at this moment is to put out the fire first and then find out who is to blame."
Mo Shujun calmed down a bit when she heard these words, and asked in a cold tone, "Qingxue, do you have any good ways to put out the fire?"
This time, Zhou Ruyu didn't wait for Qingxue’ answer, and smartly pretended to comfort her, "Qingxue! I know you feel grieved for your mother, but don't you see what a circumstance it is? It's your grandfather insides! And you're still protecting your mother. I'm afraid it's biased?"
With those words, she was blaming Shi Qingxue for regarding Dong Hui even higher than her grandfather. It seemed like that Shi Lei himself were in the ancestral hall. She was trying to put Shi Qingxue and Mo Shujun into the opposite sides!
Zhou Ruyu had a very good plan. She reckoned that Shi Qingxue must burst into anger with her feature that she couldn't bear any provocation!
She would be hated by Mo Shujun if she said some angry words then.
But at this time, Shi Qingxue was not the arrogant young girl who could be irritated by a few words any more.
She didn't bother to argue with Zhou Ruyu, and only gave Zhou Ruyu a faint glance, which made her astonished. Shi Qingxue turned around and called a servant. She whispered in his ear, and the servant took the order and ran away.
Mo Shujun found it strange and asked, "Qingxue, what are you doing?"
Shi Qingxue smiled to Mo Shujun to comfort her, "Grandmother, please rest assured. I have a way to put out the fire."
Zhou Ruyu couldn't help but sneer again, "Who couldn't say nice words! Such a bluff. Aren't you afraid that you would get retribution for it!"
"You shut up!" Mo Shujun finally couldn't help but yell at her, staring at Zhou Ruyu coldly. Zhou Ruyu felt scared and dared not to say anything else.
At this time, the servant who ran away before brought more than ten servants, and each of them carried a large barrel in their hands and rushed to the fire.
Seeing this, Zhou Ruyu snorted in the bottom of her heart: The fire was so big, and the yard was overgrown with grass and trees. How could a few barrels of water be able to put out the fire?
But to everyone's surprise, less than thirty minutes, the fire was gradually getting weaker. In the end, only a few sporadic sparks were left outside in the courtyard, which was not a cause for concern. "How could this happen?" Zhou Ruyu was so shocked that her chin was about to fall to the ground. The others also looked at Shi Qingxue curiously, wondering how she could put out the big fire in such a short time. Shi Qingxue looked around the ancestral hall as soon as the fire weakened, and she felt a little relieved. Then she explained, "I just ordered people to carry the sand and gravel to separate a fire break first. It's to protect the ancestral hall. And then sprinkle the sand towards the burning place, and the fire would definitely be put out by doing so over and over again." "How did you think of using sand to put out the fire?" The helpers called by Mammy Luo were pouring pots of water into th
Mammy Luo was a little hesitant. She always felt that there was some other meaning in Shi Qingxue's remarks, but she couldn't figure out what was wrong. She could only nod and say surely, "Yes! I saw the enshrining table in the ancestral hall burned.If I am lying, make me shocked by thunder and meet with a tragic death!" Such vicious vows were spoken out. They couldn’t help but be moved. People at present almost believed Mammy Luo's words. However, Qingxue looked inside the ancestral hall with surprise at this moment, "Well? But it was not burned in the ancestral hall!""It's impossible!" Let alone Mammy Luo, even Shi Juncai was surprised this time! "Grandmother, if you don't mind, you could enter the hall and then you would know it." Shi Qingxue didn't argue with them at all and proved it with the facts. Mo Shujun was thinking about the tablet in the ancestral hall. As soon as she heard what Shi Qing
Seeing that Mammy Luo was scared and about to tell everything, Shi Juncai was also terrified that his legs became weak for a while. He said in advance, "Luo Song, my mother sent you to guard the ancestral hall. How do you dare to neglect your duties? Do you still want to quibble?" Mammy Luo became a little more conscious with his yell, and her original confession was swallowed back under Shi Juncai's glaring. All the lives of her family were in Shi Juncai's hands. If she dared to drag him into this mess, he could ruin her with one finger! "It's all my fault. I hated the first madam's partiality and canceled my salary this month, and I made such a mistake. Your Majesty, please forgive me this time, regarding that I've been cautious and conscientious these years!" As if she suddenly understood, Mammy Luo burst into tears, and had a good attitude of confession, but she did not mention who directed it. "You! You're being stupid. Ev
Shi Qingxue hadn't spoken yet, but Mammy Luo took the chance to ask for mercy, "Sixth Lady, please forgive me! I really just made a wrong decision. Regarding that I have served the princess royal, please..."Qingxue's look was cold, and she said straight to Dong Hui, "Mother, haven't I just said that? You are the hostess of this family. It is your right to dispose of this evil servant in accordance with family rules. I don't believe that when you deal with a servant who offended the master, there would be people who dare to say anything about you? Even if you throw her out of the house, no one dare to disagree with that." In addition to disturbing the frame of her Third Uncle, more importantly, she made this trap today to let her mother establish prestige in the Shi Family!In this way, people like Mammy Luo would not appear again. In such a situation, she still dared to ignore Dong Hui and Shi Qingxue for forgiveness. Did she really think tha
Mo Junhao said that he wouldn't blame her. He waited for a while, but Dong Hui and Shi Qingxue seemed completely unaware of their embarrassing situation, and did not mention the destruction of ingredients in the kitchen at all. He couldn't wait any longer, so he had to start the topic first, "I saw the kitchen messed up, and auntie was embarrassed. I wonder if there is anything that I can help with?" Shi Qingxue sneered in her heart, secretly saying that she was really blind in her previous life. Why did she feel that Hao could be like a god and could save her and her mother from such an embarrassing situation?This man was clearly malicious, he dug a trap and waited for them to jump into it! At this moment, they kept silent, but he was ready to push them down at any time! What a great brother of her! She didn't hold back, and asked back with a cold look that seemed to be smiling, "Your Highness, I don't know what
However, it was Shi Qingxue that was overjoyed when she heard that Mo Junyang was here to deliver things, and she didn't even think about why she was willing to owe Mo Junyang a favor, but unwilling to have any relationship with Mo Junhao, even though they were both her enemies in her last life. She just gave her mother a wink. The latter understood. She nodded quickly and welcomed Mo Junyang and the others into the kitchen. Shi Qingxue didn't know whether it was her imaginary or not that Mo Junyang seemed to have expected that the kitchen would be destroyed. Apart from the cook, he even brought the cleaning man from the palace. Those people cleaned up a place in an orderly way and started to prepare the dishes, which was very efficient. On the contrary, Mo Junhao, originally full of confidence, thought that with this favor he could capture the beauty's heart. Suddenly he was interrupted by Mo Junyang, and all his plans were us
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 th
Shi Qingxue also wasn't willing to let go of them so easily, but she didn't bother to think deeply about it at this urgent moment.Pretending not to see the looks of those people, she said in a humble tone, "Grandma, please forgive me. It is not that I don't treasure this sisterhood. I accidentally learned just now that there was a skilled doctor in Mang Mountain named Shen Luo, and he might be able to cure Baoning's illness. That's why I went to send people to inquire, hoping to invite this skilled doctor to heal Baoning."Mo Shujun didn't expect Qingxue's execution to be so strong, and she even thought of finding a skilled doctor to heal Baoning."Huh! What kind of skilled doctor is she talking about? Who knows whether it's gonna work or not? Besides, the doctor of the family is experienced, Qingxue is planning to abandon the good doctor in the house, and to go somewhere far to find a rural doctor. Who's to blame if anything bad happens?" Shi