On the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the family and the country gathered and celebrated together, and Emperor set a palace banquet, inviting the officials with their families.

s.h.i.+ Junhe was still fighting in the northwest, and on behalf of the s.h.i.+ Family, Mo Shujun took the big family to take part in the banquet.

s.h.i.+ Qingxue didn't want to go. She planned to pretend to be sick, but was persuaded by s.h.i.+ Baoning and had to go at last.

"How honorable it is for Emperor has invited us to the palace banquet! But Qingxue looks like that she is not going to a joyful banquet but a funeral instead." s.h.i.+ Baojin suddenly snorted, taunt spilling out from her words.

These days, s.h.i.+ Baojin seemed to have taking gunpowder, and she fired with her words whenever she was unhappy. She didn't talk in a devious way like before, but said anything rude straightforward. Of course, s.h.i.+ Qingxue was the worst affected.

Others might not know why s.h.i.+ Baojin suddenly became like this, but s.h.i.+ Qingxue could guess why s.h.i.+ Baojin was in a bad mood and didn't bother to quarrel with her.

She pulled s.h.i.+ Baoning and sat down on the other side of the carriage, apparently showing that even though she didn't want to argue her, she could still hide from her?

s.h.i.+ Baojin was not satisfied with her victory, and she wanted to follow her up after getting off the carriage.

But Mo Shujun snorted coldly, "Third Lady, isn't there enough trouble you causes at home? What is this place? Is it where you can be noisy?"

s.h.i.+ Baojin had no choice but to shut up and glared at Qingxue unwillingly, full of resentment.

s.h.i.+ Qingxue was so doubtful when she was glared at, thinking, "What had I done to bother you? Why did you glare at me? Psychopath!"

But they had arrived, and before she thought more about it, those people who greeted them had already arrived.

"Great-aunt, my father orders me to wait here for a long time. Please get off the carriage." A clear male voice sounded, and the sight of all the madams and ladies fell on s.h.i.+ Qingxue.

s.h.i.+ Baochun, the Seventh Lady of the s.h.i.+ Family, who had good relations.h.i.+p with Qingxue, pushed Qingxue with her elbow, and smiled jokingly, "Qingxue, it's Fourth Prince!"

s.h.i.+ Qingxue calmly looked back and said indifferently, "Does it have anything to do with me?"

"Isn't it your Brother Hao?" s.h.i.+ Baochun laughed more happily, and spoke rudely.

If it was in the past, s.h.i.+ Qingxue must have flushed her face, and talked to Mo Junhao with shyness.

But at this moment, she just looked at s.h.i.+ Baochun nonchalantly until the smile on her face stiff, and then she smiled slightly, "It's not proper to gossip about prince. Be careful that grandmother would punish you!"

The slender forefinger gently touched her lips and made a motion as a sign of shutting up, then she followed Mo Shujun off the carriage.

Mo Junhao saw s.h.i.+ Qingxue, and his eyes lit up. He quickly greeted her, and called her softly, " Xue, you are also here."

Was that nonsense? She was standing right here.

s.h.i.+ Qingxue rolled her eyes secretly. If it wasn't for the etiquette, she could just walk away.

She reluctantly bowed, "Your Highness. If there is nothing else, then I don't disturb Your Highness."

After that, she didn't give Mo Junhao time to talk, and grabbed s.h.i.+ Baoning following behind Mo Shujun.

Mo Junhao didn't have time to spread his love, but could only look at s.h.i.+ Qingxue's back silently.

What was happening?

He eagerly tried his best to ask for this job from Emperor, planning to talk and build a closer relations.h.i.+p with s.h.i.+ Qingxue, whom he hadn't seen for many days. But he was left out just like this?

It didn't go as he had planned!

"Your Highness, why are you here?" As soon as Qin Yanyan, the Fifth Lady of the Qin Family got off the carriage, she saw Mo Junhao standing in front of the gate, and suddenly became overjoyed and ran to him.

She thought that the one she liked came to pick her up. It didn't need to mention how joyful Qin Yanyan was in her heart. She smiled and grabbed Mo Junhao's sleeve and swayed it slightly. She said with shyness, "I haven't seen Your Highness for several days, and I miss Your Highness so much. Why doesn't Your Highness come to the house and find my brother any more?"

Qin Yanyan, the youngest daughter of Left Prime Minister Qin, was also his only daughter. She was spoiled by the whole family and had developed a petulant and selfish character. And she was in conflict with s.h.i.+ Qingxue when she was young.

Although Prime Minister Qin also secretly showed his loyalty to Mo Junhao, compared to him, Mo Junhao obviously preferred the military power of Duke s.h.i.+. And when he was facing the two daughters from the two families, he surely preferred Qingxue.

He just smiled at Qin Yanyan in a perfunctory manner, "Recent schoolwork has been heavier these days, and father asks me to learn to deal with the court earlier. If there is any neglect, please don't mind it."

Of course Qin Yanyan waved her hands to say no. She also held her red face, coquettishly, "Brother didn't say anything. It's just that I miss Your Highness!"

After saying this, Qin Yanyan seemed to realize that she was being too bold and ran back to hide behind her mother.

Mo Junhao just showed a kind smile to Mr. and Mrs. Qin, but disliked Qin Yanyan in his heart. What was her? Did she think that she pretended to be shy and then could seduce him? It was indeed blind imitation with ludicrous effect. Shameful!

Of course, he knew that Qin Yanyan's behavior was all learned from s.h.i.+ Qingxue. But she was pretentious. There was nothing like Qingxue's natural charm, let alone Qingxue's unique brightness.

However, out of respect for the Qin Family, he should coax her, and kept her on his side with a position of Side Concubine in the future. But it might be not easy to explain to s.h.i.+ Qingxue.

Mo Junhao didn't realize that the little girl who had been chasing after her and calling him Brother Hao had already figured out what he really was like. But he still dreamed of marrying them both!

s.h.i.+ Qingxue ignored Mo Junhao and sat down with Mo Shujun properly in her seat.

The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet didn't require the n.o.ble ladies of aristocratic families to perform and compete like the Qiqiao Festival banquet. They just sat in their seats, ate, drank, talked and watched the shows, and basically did nothing.

However, during this period, many people were pa.s.sionate with interaction with others, especially those who would like to flatter and find some powerful to lean on. They looked forward to this opportunity to build a relations.h.i.+p with the wealthy and powerful people.

After s.h.i.+ Qingxue dealt with two n.o.ble ladies who came to talk, she was completely uninterested. When she saw s.h.i.+ Baoning, who was still talking with them intently aside, she yawned elegantly, and she held her head to watch the shows in the front.

"Qingxue, you seem to have no interest. Don't you like this performance?" s.h.i.+ Baojin suddenly came over and said.

Qingxue glanced at her, and reluctantly smiled, "How could it be? It was just that I didn't sleep well yesterday, and I am a bit sleepy."

s.h.i.+ Baojin also smiled, and intimately held s.h.i.+ Qingxue's arm, and said with a smile, "Since this is the case, why don't we go out and hang out in the yard to become more energetic?"

"I'm not that sleepy, and now the banquet has begun, it may not be proper for us to leave privately." s.h.i.+ Qingxue declined politely.

She wasn't stupid. She knew s.h.i.+ Baojin had no good intention for her and would she still stay alone with her?

s.h.i.+ Baojin immediately expressed her disappointment, and even sobbed, "I think you must hate me. You are even unwilling to hang out with me. It really makes me sad."

If a person didn't know about her, he might probably be persuaded by s.h.i.+ Baojin's words. But s.h.i.+ Qingxue never relented, and she only smiled but said nothing in the face of s.h.i.+ Baojin's weakness.

s.h.i.+ Baojin cried for a long time without receiving a response, and felt bored. Then she restrained her sobbing, and her look became cold suddenly, "Since you are unwilling, I won't bother you."

s.h.i.+ Qingxue nodded, and then turned her head around to watch the show, so she didn't notice that s.h.i.+ Baojin sneaked into the yard secretly while no one was paying attention.

"How's it going? Does she promise to come out?" s.h.i.+ Baojin was startled by the sudden male voice as soon as she hid in the corner.

She patted her chest quickly and yelled, "Your Highness, you almost scare me to death!"

Mo Junhao didn't have time to deal with her thoughts, he only asked again coldly, "Where is Qingxue?"

"Huh! Qingxue, Qingxue. You both just know Qingxue. What's so good about her?" s.h.i.+ Baojin complained angrily, and her words were full of jealousy against s.h.i.+ Qingxue.

"She is of course superb. You are not qualified to say anything about her!" Mo Junhao was unwilling to hear s.h.i.+ Baojin slandering Qingxue. He was about to yell at her, when he suddenly got the meaning in her words.

He frowned and hurriedly asked, "Who else is fond of Qingxue?"

It seemed that Qingxue was already his possession.

"Who else can it be. It's just..." s.h.i.+ Baojin was about to speak it out, she suddenly was reminded of Mo Junyang's means and her heart was tightened, so she shut her mouth up.

If Mo Junyang knew that she had leaked his secret, would he use his perverted methods to deal with her again?

"Who is it?"

In the face of Mo Junhao's aggressive questioning, s.h.i.+ Baojin couldn't help but think that Mo Junhao also seemed to be a little capable. If he dealt with Mo Junyang, wouldn't she be able to revenge and stay away from it?

Anyway, no one would know that she was the one who told Mo Junhao!

Malice full of her heart, s.h.i.+ Baojin snorted and said, "It's just King Rui's eldest son. He even found an excuse and moved in the house of the s.h.i.+ Family. Isn't he longing for Qingxue?"

"He?" Mo Junhao's only impression of Mo Junyang was that he was Crown Prince's study company, and was ordinary and unknown at any time.

"A toad wants to have a swan. Don't need to worry about him." Mo Junhao thought for a while, then left this behind. He continued to ask, "I ask you to get Qingxue out. Where is her?"

Speaking of this, s.h.i.+ Baojin was resentful, "What can I do if she doesn't want to come out?"

"Useless! At last, I still have to ask her out personally." Mo Junhao was unwilling to ask s.h.i.+ Qingxue out in his own name at first, for he was afraid that others would figure his ambition.

But s.h.i.+ Qingxue was obviously reluctant to talk with s.h.i.+ Baojin, and it seemed that he couldn't care so much. Otherwise, if things were delayed for too long, there might be some other changes.

Mo Junhao made up his mind, took off his jade and gave it to his servant, and said a few words.

Seeing that s.h.i.+ Baojin was still standing there with her face twisted, he snorted again, "Fine, you can go back if you don't have anything else! Why are you still standing here?"

s.h.i.+ Baojin was aggrieved, but because of the ident.i.ty of him, she could only salute and turn away.

After she crossed the corner, she couldn't help but scold, "What is he showing off, since he hasn't become the Emperor yet? What's the use of it to marry s.h.i.+ Qingxue. The position of Duke s.h.i.+ will be my father's sooner or later. You guys will beg me to marry you kneeling and crying then!"

On the other side, Mo Junhao thought that he was about to meet s.h.i.+ Qingxue. He picked a bunch of pansy and planned to please the beauty later.

He didn't know how happy s.h.i.+ Qingxue would be when she heard his confession.

With the personality of Qingxue, she would probably throw herself into his arms.

Mo Junhao thought about it nicely.