One of the two men present had a long face, and the other was expressionless, but there was joy in his eyes apparently.

Before coming here, Mo Junhao was sure that s.h.i.+ Qingxue loved him. She was cold to him just because she was angry with him as he had married Qin Yanyan, and he even thought that she bit him as a joke between lovers.

But now s.h.i.+ Qingxue walked to Mo Junyang without thinking and showed that she was going to seek protection. It was hard for him to ignore her intention.

With a cold face, Mo Junhao glanced at Qingxue and said in a deep voice, “Qingxue, come here.”

He said that as if it was his ultimatum. It seemed that if s.h.i.+ Qingxue didn't listen to him, he wouldn't want to marry her.

s.h.i.+ Qingxue cast a sidelong glance at Mo Junhao and noticed the threat in his words, but she felt it laughable. Why did he have the confidence to think that she behaved like this because she couldn't forget him?

She didn't even want to look at Mo Junhao. His touch disgusted her, and she just wanted to find a place and have a wash.

“Mo…” Realizing that Mo Junhao was in front of them, she couldn't call Mo Junyang by his name. She pulled Junyang's sleeve and said in a low voice, “Let's go!”

She didn't want to see Mo Junhao again.

Mo Junyang raised his eyebrows and was happy at s.h.i.+ Qingxue's behavior. He didn't give her a chance to withdraw her hand but held it in front of Mo Junhao.

s.h.i.+ Qingxue tried to take back her hand but failed. She raised her head and met Mo Junhao's intense gaze.

Magically, the disgusted feeling after being touched by Mo Junhao disappeared. She felt secure and didn't resist Junyang's hand but accepted to hold hands with him.

Mo Junhao was furious.

His face turned red and pale occasionally. He stared at their hands and suddenly laughed in a sharp voice. “Great! s.h.i.+ Qingxue, I thought we deeply love each other and even if we don't say anything, we won't ruin our relations.h.i.+p. But I didn't expect you to have an affair with Mo Junyang behind my back. I have underestimated you!”

In s.h.i.+ Qingxue's opinion, this unreasonable curse was ridiculous. She wanted to retort, “What did you do in the previous life? How can you have the face to say that we deeply love each other? Don't sully these words.”

But she couldn't say that. Firstly, nothing serious had happened, even if she knew that Mo Junhao would do the same under the same situation. Secondly, she disdained to be in a relations.h.i.+p with Mo Junhao.

However, s.h.i.+ Qingxue could endure that, but it didn't mean that Mo Junyang would turn a deaf ear to his criticism. He toughly stood in front of s.h.i.+ Qingxue, with killing intent in his sharp eyes. Even Mo Junhao was scared by this sudden murdering intent and moved a step backward involuntarily.

Before Mo Junhao realized the situation, Mo Junyang laughed all of a sudden, with no smile in his eyes, and his voice was cold. “Your Highness, it's unreasonable of you to criticize her. When you asked Prime Minister Qin to marry his daughter to you, you made it clear that you and Qingxue were like brother and sister and nothing had happened between you. Why do you blame her now? Do you have other feelings for her?”

Mo Junhao was astonished. He certainly had said that to Qin s.h.i.+rong, but it was a secret between them and couldn't reach Mo Junyang's ears. He subconsciously retorted, “Of course not. I…”

Mo Junyang didn't give him a chance to finish his words and concealed his smile, saying expressionlessly, “Qingxue has always taken you as a brother. She doesn't care or want to ask what you think. Your Highness, if you want to explain, just explain to your wife!”

His statement showed that s.h.i.+ Qingxue was just like Mo Junhao's sister and couldn't accept his criticism and also indicated that Mo Junhao was under the hallucination and thought she loved him. He just put the blame back onto Mo Junhao easily.

Then Mo Junyang looked away and turned to Mo Junhao's back. The latter was alert and looked back. Then he was stunned again to see his wife. “Yanyan…”

Mo Junyang was satisfied with the scene before his eyes, but he was unwilling to see more. He pulled s.h.i.+ Qingxue away and left the couple alone to make a fuss.

He took s.h.i.+ Qingxue to a stream on the hillside and told her to sit down. Then he took out his handkerchief to wet it with the stream water and used his internal force to heat the wet handkerchief before he turned around, trying to wash her face. Meanwhile, he explained in a warm voice, “It's cool in April. Just wash your face first. If you still feel unwell, I will send you back home.”

s.h.i.+ Qingxue avoided Mo Junyang's hand automatically and both of them were petrified. She finally realized his intention and her face was flushed with shyness. Then she grabbed his handkerchief in panic and mumbled, “Thanks. I will do it myself.”

Mo Junyang's joy faded soon, and he kept silent for a while. What happened just now made him lose his self-control which he was always proud of. He couldn't help but ask, “You don't like me to touch you?”

s.h.i.+ Qingxue stopped her hand, and her first reaction was that she didn't like anybody to touch her.

But meeting Mo Junyang's deep eyes, she couldn't say that bravely. It seemed that if she said that, she would be heartless and ungrateful…

What the h.e.l.l!

s.h.i.+ Qingxue shook her head and got rid of the inexplicable thoughts. She explained in a hurry, “Wrong. I am not used to you doing this for me.”

Mo Junyang looked at her deeply again, which almost scared her to admit defeat and correct herself. Then he moved backward and gave up the plan to wipe her face in person.

Before Qingxue heaved a sigh of relief, the man said casually, “You will get used to it sooner or later.”

s.h.i.+ Qingxue was unable to reply.

She stared at Mo Junyang and doubted that she had misheard, but he didn't look at her. After speaking, he stood up and looked into the distance, as if he was an outsider. So she was too shy to ask more.

They stayed silent for a while. s.h.i.+ Qingxue finally washed every part on her face Mo Junhao had touched. She didn't feel disgusted anymore, but she felt awkward now.

She couldn't stand it and broke the ice, asking, “Why did you show up in time?”

“I found that Mo Junhao followed you, so I went to have a look.” At the mention of what happened earlier, Mo Junyang was still angry. If he hadn't been stopped for a while, he could have prevented Mo Junhao from the start and wouldn't have given him a chance to get close to Qingxue.

s.h.i.+ Qingxue didn't realize Mo Junyang's regret but felt lucky. She couldn't help but say, “Fortunately, you were there. Otherwise, I don't know what I will end up!”

Mo Junyang stared at her again and didn't look away until she felt uncomfortable. He said casually, “I am always here for you.”

s.h.i.+ Qingxue felt it was like a bomb and frightened her.

She was speechless and wanted to goggle at him, but she thought she shouldn't do that. After all, Mo Junyang didn't do anything, and she couldn't make a fuss.

But…

But Mo Junyang was flirting with her.

s.h.i.+ Qingxue was resentful and couldn't be more depressed.

“I am going back home.”

“I will send you back.” Mo Junyang had no objection. He even wanted to hide Qingxue and allow n.o.body to see her.

s.h.i.+ Qingxue just didn't want to stay with him awkwardly, but unexpectedly, Mo Junyang took action soon. He told Xia Mang to prepare the carriage and then asked someone to tell Mo Yuzhen that they were leaving. Then he prepared to send her back.

He finished everything in less than fifteen minutes.

s.h.i.+ Qingxue wanted to cry but shed no tears. She looked at the carriage nearby and then turned to Mo Junyang, wondering whether it was too late if she said now she didn't want to go back.

And the activity started less than two hours ago, but she would leave earlier. If the news spread, n.o.body knew if they would say something unpleasant.

Mo Junyang seemed not to see the plea in her eyes and asked, “Can't you walk? Need me to carry you?”

s.h.i.+ Qingxue shook her head crazily and hurried to look around. After making sure that there was n.o.body, she let out a sigh of relief. She didn't dare to protest and then got into the carriage.

Fortunately, Mo Junyang didn't stupidly spread the news. Otherwise, her reputation would be ruined.

“If you don't want to go back home yet, I can take you to the Moon Lake. The scene there is as beautiful as here on the Moon Mountain.” Mo Junyang thought s.h.i.+ Qingxue hadn't had enough fun and suggested.

s.h.i.+ Qingxue felt depressed and responded, “I don't want to. I don't find that funny at all.”

Mo Junyang didn't want to let her go so soon, so he offered, “You haven't been to King Rui's mansion in the capital city yet. Will you pay a visit? My father is not at home these days.”

“King Rui's mansion!” s.h.i.+ Qingxue was still in low spirits, but somehow, she seemed to read the expectancy in his eyes, so she nodded without thinking. “Okay!”

Mo Junyang's gloomy eyes lit up suddenly. Although there was still no expression on his face, anybody could notice that he was in a good mood.

s.h.i.+ Qingxue also felt better and didn't feel regretful anymore.

King Rui's mansion was in the north district of the city, not far away from Duke s.h.i.+'s mansion, but s.h.i.+ Qingxue came here for the first time.

Looking at the magnificent courtyard and buildings, she had the first thought that Mo Xiangbin was nice to his half-brother, a son of his father's concubine.

Mo Xiangbin gave Rui King a first-grade mansion and so many people to guard his mansion.

But on second thoughts, she was nervous and looked at Mo Junyang in a hurry. She wondered if Mo Xiangbin trusted King Rui, Mo Xiangrui or was worried about him.

Unfortunately, with her current position, she didn't qualify to ask.

Before s.h.i.+ Qingxue's eyes dimmed, Mo Junyang explained, “These people were all employed by my father and are loyal to us. Don't need to worry.”

“Oh?” Qingxue looked at Mo Junyang in surprise and soon understood. Mo Junyang had desire as he stared at her big beautiful eyes, but he couldn't do anything. He had to turn away and tried to say slowly, “I will show you around. This mansion was built following the mansion in my father's fiefdom, so the architecture had the unique feature in Rui City. Have a look. Do you like it?”

“I am wondering why I have never seen some pavilions or towers. It turns out to be Rui City's unique feature. Then how about your house? Was it built following the mansion in Rui City?” s.h.i.+ Qingxue had grown up in the capital city and then entered the imperial palace. She had few chances to go out, so she was curious about the outside world.

But she didn't know which words she said were wrong. Mo Junyang kept silent and the smile on his face was replaced with seriousness. He was unwilling to look at Qingxue anyway.