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Published at 20th of November 2020 10:45:58 AM


Chapter 144: 144

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Mo Junyu sat in the living room of King Rui’s mansion, and a young man about 25 or 26 years old stood behind him. His name was Mo You, the crown prince’s distant cousin.

Mo Junyang walked into the living room. Before he spoke, Mo Junyu asked him in a loud voice, “Junyang, what the hell are you doing these days?”

Mo Junyang remained calm and found a seat randomly before asking, “Your Highness, what do you mean?”

“I won’t say anything unnecessary to you. You forced Qin Shirong out of his position, and I didn’t stop you, but you were related to Zhao Ming’s case earlier. Can’t you restrain yourself? Why did you make everybody know that Qin Shirong was harmed by you?”

Mo Junyu was furious at Mo Junyang’s recklessness and shouted in sheer exasperation, “In less than one month, two important officials at the imperial court lost their positions and got killed, with their whole families destroyed, because of you. Will you be happy only after the imperial court gets unstable and all the officials in the capital city are frightened?”

In fact, these were not important. As a qualified crown prince, Mo Junyu wouldn’t be scared by such turbulence. What he couldn’t endure most was that Mo Junyang did everything silently without asking him in advance, and afterward, he didn’t even give a reasonable explanation. He just didn’t take his master seriously.

However, Mo Junyang only raised his eyelids lazily, with no emotion on his face, and he said indifferently, “Your Highness, I think you should be satisfied with the current situation, right?”

The crown prince who had got the advantage was unable to reply.

Fine. Mo Junyu had been the weakest prince in the past, but he became the most stable force. He was the biggest winner after the turbulence, and he was insatiable to denounce Mo Junyang’s deeds.

But he was upset. Especially till now, Mo Junyang didn’t regret it, which made the crown prince angry.

“Mo Junyang!” Mo Junyu called Mo Junyang’s full name, and his face was serious unprecedentedly.

He stressed each word. “I hope you can realize that you are in my boat. If you act willfully as before, I may reasonably reconsider our partnership.”

Oh, it even endangered their partnership, but Mo Junyang still had no emotion on his face.

Qu Yuebai couldn’t help but wipe the sweat on his forehead, explaining for his master, “Your Highness, please don’t be mad. His Excellency didn’t want to irritate you, but it happened all of a sudden. Lady Qingxue is still unconscious, and he was worried about her…”

Mo Junyu’s face was ghastly pale and he shouted emotionally, “Qingxue is the reason that he did something without thinking? Shi Qingxue is so important, and would he…” Betray me because of her.

“Your Highness!” Qu Yuebai interrupted Mo Junyu in a sharp voice and didn’t have time to care if he respected ceremonial rites.

He was afraid that if Mo Junyu said the next words, their partnership would end.

He looked at Mo Junyang subconsciously and saw his face turning cold as expected, as if a storm would come.

A conflict might break out at any moment, so Qu Yuebai added in a hurry, “Your Highness, you are kind-hearted. Hope that you can give His Excellency time to rest for the sake of his effort of working for you many years. In the future, he would do everything for you like before.”

Mo Junyu regretted after shouting. A wise master would never threaten his subordinate with something he valued most and it was easy to lose control. Now that Qu Yuebai gave him a chance to change his mind, the crown prince seized the opportunity and comforted softly, “Junyang, just have a rest in your mansion these days. I will help you in the imperial palace. Take care.”

“Thanks, Your Highness!” Qu Yuebai answered instantly and grabbed Mo Junyang’s sleeve in secret.

Mo Junyang met Qu Yuebai’s worried and anxious eyes and stood up slowly, bowing. “Your Highness, goodbye.”

Qu Yuebai was speechless. Fine, Mo Junyang told the guest to leave, and it meant that he expressed his opinion. At this time, Qu Yuebai could hardly expect more.

He comforted himself and smiled at Mo Junyu. “Your Highness, bye.”

Mo Junyu glanced at Mo Junyang for the last time and then left.

As soon as they went away, Qu Yuebai’s forced smile disappeared.

He looked at Mo Junyang helplessly. “I know you are not in a good mood and don’t want to talk with him, but the crown prince is your ally you chose in the first place. If you fall out with him at this time, would you watch your efforts of many years become in vain?”

Mo Junyang was expressionless and leaned against the table, asking casually, “So what?”

Qu Yuebai responded, “…Don’t you care…”

He bit his tongue and stopped.

He didn’t need to ask this question. Before Mo Junyang replied, Qu Yuebai was clear about the answer.

Mo Junyang didn’t care at all.

“Alright! I know you are not in the mood to get involved in the fight among the factions at the imperial court.” Qu Yuebai had to lower his bottom line. “But you can’t ignore Yuexuan and the others. Didn’t you see what a mess they made in the Love Xue House?”

Mo Junyang raised his brows and sneered. “Didn’t you allow them to? It was you who cut the young master’s wrist, right?”

“Uh…” Qu Yuebai was used to pretending to advise in earnest words and with good intentions. He heard Mo Junyang’s words all of a sudden and found that he was exposed as a liar.

He hadn’t expected that Mo Junyang was in the bedroom, as numb as a stone but knew everything that was happening. It was horrible.

Mo Junyang curled up his lips helplessly. “To be honest, when I was in the bedroom, I thought if only I could become a stone and had no sense. Unfortunately…”

Some abilities were deep in his cells. Even if he didn’t want to hear, he couldn’t ignore everything.

Qu Yuebai pretended serious and didn’t talk about his role in what Qu Yuexuan and the others were doing. He changed the subject. “In fact, it’s fine to vent the feelings occasionally, but there should be a limit.

Yuexuan and the others drained the young master’s blood at first. Who knows what trouble he would make. Even though this mansion is our place, there might be one or two spies. Moreover, many people knew that the Qin Family was brought here…”

“Enough!” Mo Junyang interrupted Qu Yuebai. “You are more and more hesitant recently.”

The hesitant Young Master Qu gritted his teeth. “…It’s all my fault.”

Mo Junyang took it for granted and nodded. “It’s great that you know it. A man should be manly. Otherwise nobody wants to marry you…”

“Hoho. Thanks for your concern, Your Excellency.” Qu Yuebai was calm but rolled his eyes secretly.

Mo Junyang waved his hand casually to show that he was generous and didn’t want Qu Yuebai to feel grateful to him.

Before irritating his subordinate, Mo Junyang concealed his arrogance and said seriously, “Let’s go to have a look in the Love Xue House. We can’t let them do everything.”

Mo Junyu quickly walked out of King Rui’s mansion and got into the carriage. His guard Zhou Ji gave him a cup of hot tea, but he waved his long sleeve and the teacup bumped into the wall of the carriage with a clang.

Zhou Ji kept silent.

Seeing that, Mo You waved his hand to tell Zhou Ji to leave and then advised in a low voice, “Your Highness, you have known His Excellency for so many years, and you should be clear about his character. Why do you get angry to harm your health for that?”

The rage on Mo Junyu’s face faded and it was replaced with tiredness.

He rubbed his temple and grunted, “Of course I know about his character. That year, he saved me and he had only one requirement when he started to work with me.

He just wanted Shi Qingxue. But after so many years, he went through many hardships with me. I asked him to treat me wholeheartedly and at least, he can’t put me behind a woman.

Did I ask too much?”

In the past few years, he was Mo Junyang’s master and close friend and they trusted each other, while Shi Qingxue had stayed with Mo Junyang for just a few days, and they were actually not in a relationship.

Why wasn’t he as important as Shi Qingxue to Mo Junyang?

As the proud crown prince and his jealous friend, Mo Junyu couldn’t allow something like this to happen.

Mo Junyu went to King Rui’s mansion in person today and even threatened Mo Junyang. He wanted Mo Junyang to express his opinion and wished to see his loyalty, but unexpectedly…

“Mo You, if Qu Yuebai hadn’t interrupted me but let me finish my words, what would Mo Junyang have done?” Mo Junyu smiled at Mo You, but there was no smile in his squinted eyes.

Mo You lowered his head. “I don’t dare to guess.”

“Come on! There is no outsider here. I want you to tell me frankly.”

Mo You pondered for a while and then suggested vaguely, “His Excellency cares more about Lady Qingxue than everybody imagined.”

Mo Junyu soon understood what he meant and looked colder. “Ha! Maybe if I go against that woman someday, he would give me up and help her.”

Mo You said in fear, “Your Highness, you are the heir to the throne. Only you can abandon a useless pawn, and nobody dares to betray you. But…”

He thought for a while and then stated honestly, “But His Excellency is truly wild and might be hard to control.”

“Cousin!” Mo Junyu interrupted Mo You coldly and stared at him. After quite a while, he suddenly got frustrated.

He sighed. “It’s you who said that. If somebody else had said it, I would have killed them! You, please remember that Mo Junyang is my savior. It can’t change even if I have many conflicts with him. I never want to control him.”

Mo You gazed at Mo Junyu deeply but didn’t surrender as usual. Instead he said forcefully, “But you are the crown prince, the heir to the throne, Your Highness.”

Perhaps Mo Junyu could have friends and be a good brother of his subordinate, but he was the heir to the throne and must stay alert at any time. If there were possibilities of damaging the whole situation, he had to give up somebody no matter how much he didn’t want to.

Only in this way could he become a wise emperor.

“I…” Mo Junyu hesitated for a second and then continued, “I know what you mean, but I believe Mo Junyang wouldn’t betray me. I said that just because I was moody and guessed randomly.”

He would never go against Shi Qingxue.

Mo You lowered his head and concealed his emotion. He didn’t expose that Mo Junyu cheated himself but said sincerely, “The late empress saved my life and told me to try my best to assist you. If I make you angry, please forgive me, Your Highness.”

The tension on Mo Junyu’s face relaxed finally. He helped Mo You up and said gently, “Of course, I believe you are loyal to me and won’t blame you for such a trifle. Don’t worry.

And you are right. I am afraid that I really need to prepare for the future.”

Mo Junyu looked into the distance with his deep eyes, as if lost in thought.




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