For several days, the Ding capital was very calm.
In Prince Qin's mansion, Princess Ming An also rarely stopped for a few days. In the past few days, apart from going out and strolling on Dingjing Street, he didn't do anything.
Only on the surface, but not in private.
Above the mansion, Princess Ming An was beautiful, wearing a gold-red gauze dress, and was eating preserved fruit on a plate. Opposite her, there were two people who looked like courtiers on their knees. In the face of Princess Ming An's humiliation, the two of them did not look angry at all in Jingye. These two are none other than the two sons of the Marquis of Lin'an, Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao.
Since the time of Xie Jing Xing, Xie Ding had no intention of running the government, but he gave his power to the two concubines and let them run the court by themselves. Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao were not low-handed, they were both working under King Ding now. Although King Ding did not rely heavily on them, he was trained as someone who would be useful to him in the future. Both hope to make a difference.
If there was anything resentful about Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao, it was that even if Xie Jing Xing died, the descendants of Princess Yuqing would be gone. Xie Ding also refused to straighten Mr. Fang. If Mrs. Fang did not straighten, the two of them would always be the name of the son of a concubine. Now Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao are eager to make some achievements, so that when their merits reach a certain height, they can force Xie Ding to change them into direct sons. Even if it was for the lintel of the Marquis of Lin'an, it was the only way to do it.
And the reason why they appeared on the Qin Prince's mansion was also because of Fu Xiu Yi's orders.
Fu Xiu Yi wanted to make friends with Prince Qin now, and wanted to reach some kind of agreement in private, so he naturally had to spend a lot of thought on Huangfu Hao's sister, Princess Ming An. Thinking that Princess Ming An might not be familiar with Dingjing, she sent Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao.
Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao were Fu Xiuyi's people, but they were in private, and what they had to do on weekdays was to accompany the big men. Therefore, it would not be surprising for the two of them to flatter Princess Ming An.
Princess Ming An has a violent temper, but she has suffered a lot for Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao these days.
The same is true today.
She looked at the two of them opposite and laughed: "You follow this palace all day, but you don't feel bored. Do officials in Ming Qi like to follow princesses from other countries? That Ming Qi's Jiangshan is here. It was too easy.”
"The duty of the minister is to make Her Royal Highness enjoy herself." Xie Changwu said, "If Her Royal Highness is satisfied, the minister will be at ease."
Princess Ming An sneered: "You are not a courtier of this Palace, and Ben Palace does not accept such idle people. I heard that there was a wonderful and beautiful Hou Shizi in your Lin'an Houfu, but unfortunately he died young. If it was him , Ben Gong can consider making him a courtier of Ben Gong.”
The two people who were crawling on the ground lowered their heads, but their expressions were hazy for a moment.
Some people die, but the shadow they bring to people will not diminish at all. Since the time of Xie Jing Xing two years ago, Xie Chang Wu and Xie Chang Chao thought that they would never live under Xie Jing Xing's shadow again. However, whenever people mentioned the Marquis of Lin'an Mansion, the first thing that came to mind was Xie Jing Xing. They always said, "If that young Marquis Xie didn't die, and now I don't know how things are going, I'm afraid the Marquis of Lin'an would be extremely proud."
But they forgot that the two brothers were also the young masters of the Marquis of Lin'an, but it seemed that no matter how good they were, they couldn't surpass the heroic presence that Xie Jing Xing left in the hearts of the world.
Xie Changchao's eyes flashed, and he said, "Brother is indeed wonderful. He used to have a close relationship with Fifth Young Lady Shen, the daughter of the mighty general. Speaking of which, it is fate."
Hearing Shen Miao's name, Princess Ming An was stunned for a moment, then her eyebrows stood upright and her tone became heavy involuntarily, "What's the matter? You tell this Gong!"
Xie Changchao raised his head and looked at Princess Ming An with a bit of surprise, and said, "Your Highness Princess remembers the incident when Fifth Young Miss Shen took the lead in the Ming Qi examination field."
Princess Ming An's expression became more and more gloomy, Xie Changchao's words made her think of the ugliness she had compared with Shen Miao at the tribute banquet, so she could only wish to tear Shen Miao apart.
"At that time, after Cai Lin came off, my second brother wanted to challenge Fifth Young Miss Shen. If my second brother played, it would definitely make Fifth Young Miss Shen fall, but at this time my elder brother rushed out, protected Miss Shen, and replaced him by himself. ." Xie Changchao said. He would always remember that time when he wanted to win over Lord Cai by venting his anger for Cai Lin, but who knew that Xie Jing Xing suddenly jumped out. Although Xie Jing Xing looked at Merry on the surface, when did he take the initiative to help the girl out? Xie Chang Wu and Xie Chang Chao decided almost at that time that Xie Jing Xing had some other intentions towards Shen Miao, otherwise why would they help Shen Miao.
It was also because of the appearance of Xie Jing Xing that their brothers were beaten down by Xie Jing Xing in the verification field, which almost became a joke, and it became the resentment that Xie Chang Wu and Xie Chang Chao could not let go of for the rest of their lives.
“So it is.” Hearing this, Princess Ming An sneered: “It seems that Xie Jing Xing is not a good thing, since he is hooking up with that bitch, he deserves to die, he will die happily!”
Xie Chang Chao and Xie Chang Wu's eyes flashed with consolation, as long as they smeared Xie Jing Xing and heard someone say that Xie Jing Xing was not good, they felt very relieved in their hearts, as if they could express their dissatisfaction in this way.
“Then Shen Miao’s palace is also very annoying to look at, if it wasn’t for the protection of my elder brother, this palace would not be able to take action. She had already died ten times and eight times.” Princess Ming An was a little irritable. On that day above the Crown Prince's East Palace, the words that Prince Rui said echoed in Princess Ming An's ears from time to time.
"Such a good girl, this king also wants."
She was madly jealous, new hatred and old hatred were added together, she could only wish to smash Shen Miao's corpse into ten thousand pieces. But she was restrained by Huangfu Hao, and even when she went out, she was accompanied by Huangfu Hao's guards and couldn't do anything. Now that Shen Miao was mentioned by Xie Changchao, those vicious emotions randomly grew up from the bottom of his heart.
Princess Ming An has been arrogant all her life, and there is nothing she can't get. Now that Shen Miao has become her roadblock, there is no reason to keep it.
She suddenly moved in her heart and looked at Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao.
Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao knelt on the ground, they couldn't get up until Princess Ming An asked them to get up. This has been the case all day, very obedient. It seems that every command will be followed obediently.
She suddenly laughed, Princess Ming An picked up a piece of cake and carefully looked at the delicate patterns on the cake, but said: "Xie Changwu, Xie Changchao. You have been with King Ding for a few years, why are you still only a What about errands?"
Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao had a meal, not expecting that Princess Ming An would suddenly attack them. But Princess Ming An's words almost touched the pain point of the two of them. They had to know that they had been secretly working for Fu Xiu Yi two years ago, but they were all trivial matters. For example, now, he has reached the point where he is no different from the servants in the palace, trying to please a princess. The reason why they didn't get Fu Xiu Yi's attention, in the eyes of the two of them, naturally had nothing to do with me. Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao believed that both Wen Tao and martial arts were outstanding.
Princess Ming An's words were sarcastic. Although they didn't say anything, they couldn't help showing a bit of anger on their faces.
Princess Ming An said, "You guys really want to be promoted, right? You really want to be brought by King Ding, and you should take him seriously, right? You really want to rise to prominence one day, and you don't have to bear the name of an insulting concubine, right?"
The Xie brothers did not speak.
"Bengong has a way to make the two of you get what you want." Princess Ming An said slowly.
Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao looked at each other, and invariably leaned over and said, "I beg your Highness Princess to teach me!"
"That's Ben Gong." Princess Ming An smiled and said, "Ben Gong is the princess of Qin, and now King Ding wants something from my brother, the prince. That's why I asked the two of you to please me. If Ben Gong is here Please say a few words of kind words for you in front of the prince, and let the prince and Prince Ding succeed, and Prince Ding will also remember the credits of the two of you." She looked at her nails painted with Kodan: "You are trying to please this palace these days. , isn't that what it is for?"
Xie Changchao and Xie Changwu did not speak. Generally speaking, this is the case, but they were sent to make Princess Ming An happy. At first, they didn't hold the idea that Princess Ming An could say good things for them. You must know that Princess Ming An is domineering and arrogant, and it is a good thing not to be angry with her. How dare you have the idea of hering her eyes. Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao were not fools. Knowing that Princess Ming An suddenly brought up this matter, there must be some conditions in exchange, so they didn't speak for a while.
Seeing that neither of them said anything, Princess Ming An couldn't help herself, so she said it herself. She said: "It's just a word from Ben Gong. No matter how many people want to ask for it, they can't come. The two of you are not related to Ben Gong, so it's good. Ben Gong speaks for you, so naturally, you need to get some compensation."
No matter how stupid these words are, Xie Changwu said, "Please instruct Her Royal Highness."
"As you all know," Princess Ming An raised her little fingernails and said, "Bengong has always been very kind, and in Mingqi, he also thought of being kind to others, but there are always some sluts who don't have long eyes to provoke Bengong." The voice suddenly became sharp: "The most annoying thing in Ben Gong right now is that little bitch of the Shen family!"
Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao were aware of the quarrel between Shen Miao and Princess Ming An, Princess Ming An was a big deal and suffered a loss in Shen Miao’s hands, so she would definitely not let it go. But now that she was in Ming Qi's territory, Shen Miao was not an irrelevant young lady from a small commoner household, if something really happened, Princess Ming An herself would be a big trouble.
Princess Ming An looked at Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao. It was the first time her eyes were so friendly, and she said, "I know that you are two of the best young talents in Ming Qi. Are you busy?"
Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao were stunned for a moment, and Xie Changchao asked tentatively, "What are your plans for Her Royal Highness?"
"Don't worry, Ben Gong has a good heart and doesn't want her life." Princess Ming An smiled and said, "But you have to sell her to Ming Qi's lowest-ranking kiln and wait until she gets used to the life there. Think of a way to ask the government to rescue her."
The two brothers of the Xie family took a deep breath.
Sell people to the lowest kiln, and the woman is almost ruined. The guests in the lowest kilns are the most rude warriors and robbers, and the way of tossing people makes life worse than death. A lot of people who made a mistake were let in by the slaves of the master's house, but they lost their anger for a day. But Princess Ming An even specially ordered not to let people die, when Shen Miao was tossed and turned into a walking corpse and let the government rescue her, wouldn’t it be a big joke in the world, I’m afraid everyone knew about Ming Qi The fact that the fifth young lady of the Shen family had become a worthy prostitute could drown Shen Miao with spittle.
Letting the most honorable young lady be ravaged by the roughest and most savage man, it would be better for Shen Miao to die.
Xie Changwu reluctantly smiled and said: "The Shen family guards all the martial arts, how to sell the fifth Miss Shen to... that place."
“This is your business.” Princess Ming An returned to her aloof appearance, “Since this palace said that you have the courage, how to kidnap Shen Miao depends on your ability. The palace considers it for you, what does this palace want from you?"
Seeing that Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao were still hesitating, Princess Ming An let out a soft tone again, and said in a gentle manner: "However, if this is done, this palace will also speak well for you in front of King Ding, at least let King Ding do it for you two. To find a good job, you don't have to be as high or low as it is now. Don't you agree to such a cost-effective deal?"
Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao looked at each other, and both saw the tangled color in each other's eyes.
Wealth and wealth are sought in danger. People like them who have been in the official career and have been denied entry all yearn for nothing more than one day prosperity. Princess Ming An has now provided a shortcut for the two of them. It seems that it only takes a short time to get one step closer to what they dream of.
But it was indeed not an easy task to kidnap Shen Miao. Even now, the two of them also have some people of their own, but the Shen family was originally from a military household, and those guards were unusual. It is feared that any guard around Shen Miao is highly skilled in martial arts, and if Shen Miao disappears, Shen Xin will definitely lock down the capital and put her under martial law. When that time comes to hide Shen Miao and transport her to the kiln, it will still take a lot of trouble.
Success, prosperity and wealth, failure, everything is a phantom, gains and losses, the two are uncertain.
Seeing this, Princess Ming An sneered: "Since the two of you are hesitant, then it is assumed that this palace has not mentioned this matter. There is only one chance, and this palace will not give it a second time. Go down, Ming Qi has the courage. It's not just the two of you, Ben Gong thinks, there will always be someone willing to gamble on this wealth."
"My minister is willing!" Xie Changchao called out first before Princess Ming An ordered his servants, and he pulled Xie Changwu. Seeing that Xie Changchao had already said it, Xie Changwu had no reason to say no. He had no choice but to bow down and salute: "I am willing to go through fire and water for Her Royal Highness, and I will do whatever it takes!"
It means to do this transaction.
Princess Ming An smiled and said: "Get up, since you are working hard for this palace, this palace will not treat you badly. This palace will wait for your good news in the palace, after that... wait for the good news." She smiled. on the road.
After coming out of Princess Ming'an's mansion and returning to the Marquis of Lin'an mansion, the Xie brothers closed the door and discussed the matter. Xie Changwu complained: "Third brother, you are too impatient, and just agreed in front of the princess. This matter is extremely difficult, and there will be a mistake if you are not careful."
Xie Changchao disapproved of his words and said: "Second brother, the princess also said that if we don't do it, she will find someone else to do it. What you and I lack now is not the ability, but the opportunity. Isn't this the result you and I both want to see?"
“But Shen Miao is not the daughter of an ordinary family,” Xie Chang Wu sighed, “Even if we can rob Shen Miao out, what will happen after that? Shen Xin is searching the whole city and it is not safe for us to hide her anywhere.”
"Isn't there still our mansion?" Xie Changchao smiled.
Xie Changwu looked at him: "You mean..."
"Even if Shen Xin searches the whole city, there is no reason to find his colleagues' house. No matter how suspicious he is from outsiders, they will not suspect that the two of us robbed Shen Miao, we and Shen Miao have no grievances or enmity, and robbed her. What are you doing?" Xie Changchao smiled: "It's perfect!"
Xie Chang Wu's originally worried expression gradually softened, only to hear Xie Chang Chao say, "Only how to rob Shen Miao, it is up to you and I to make a long-term plan."
…
Shen Miao was not aware of these agreements between the Xie brothers and Princess Ming An. It was dark early in the winter in the Ding capital, and soon after dinner, the sky turned completely dark. Things in the DPRK and China are quite busy these days, Shen Xin and the others are also very busy, but it is cheaper for Shen Miao.
But today, she is replying to the post under the lamp.
Feng Anning had sent her a lot of posts before, but because she was thinking about Chang Zaiqing, she never went there once. They all asked Luo Tan to hang out with Feng An Ning. Once they came and went, Feng An Ning's eldest lady got angry and sent her a message today, asking her to come out and visit the shop together in two days. If you don't come out, your friends don't have to.
Shen Miao thought for a while and felt that Feng Anning could still be regarded as her friend after all. In order to maintain this "hard-won" friendship, he mercifully prepared to reply to the post and accepted Feng Anning's invitation.
After writing the post and handing it over to Gu Yu, Jing Zhe and Gu Yu went out and closed the door. Shen Miao yawned and planned to go to bed early, so she walked to the couch.
Fang walked to the edge of the couch, and suddenly saw something arched on the edge of the couch, squirming under her quilt.
Shen Miao was startled, just now Jing Zhe and Gu Yu were both in the room and did not notice when this thing came in. For a while, some strange thoughts came up in my mind, and I instinctively got goosebumps. But after a moment of silence, he calmed down again. Speaking of which, she herself is someone who has died once, so what's so scary if she really sees ghosts and gods.
He immediately went to the bed and lifted the quilt.
Under the quilt, there was a big cat-like thing. The fur was a rare snow-white color, and it was fluffy and curled into a ball. The quilt was suddenly lifted, and he paused for a while, then looked up at her.
Shen Miao was stunned for a moment.
The little thing came running over her bed with joy, and happily picked up the sleeve of her shirt. It was only when I got closer that I could see clearly that it was... a white tiger
Shen Miao was crazy, the lights were blinding, where did such a white tiger come from
I heard someone in the shadows laugh lowly and call out, "Jiaojiao."
Shen Miao looked back subconsciously, but saw the white tiger cub who was biting on her sleeve stood up with a "huh" and ran to the other end.
Under the lights, his purple robe was illuminated inch by inch, and the place embroidered with the gold thread dragon pattern reflected a tiny sparkle. The appearance was also plated with a layer of warm color by the faint yellow candlelight, and it did not look like some people in the world.
Xie Jing Xing leaned over and picked up the white tiger who turned his head to bite the corner of his sleeve, and casually put the white tiger in his sleeve and said, “Naughty.”
Shen Miao blinked her eyes and suddenly came to her senses, looking at the white tiger with only one head exposed in Xie Jing Xing's sleeve, she said in disbelief, "What do you call it?"
“Jiaojiao.” Xie Jing Xing raised his eyebrows, walked over unhurriedly, and even asked, “Is it a good match?”
Shen Miao did not want to talk to him anymore. Taking her small characters as a name for a beast, is Xie Jing Xing still a person
Xie Jing Xing walked over to the small table and sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and said, "The tea is still hot, it seems that you are very thoughtful for me."
Shen Miao said, "Shameless!"
How can there be such a shameless person in the world? But Xie Jing Xing actually glanced at the chrysanthemum cake on the small table and said, "Tsk, there are snacks prepared, but I'm not hungry, I have work."
That was a snack prepared by Jing Zhe because he was afraid that Shen Miao would be hungry at night, did Xie Jing Xing actually think that he prepared it for him? Shen Miao looked at Xie Jing Xing coldly, with this person like this, she should not speak.
“It’s been very tiring these few days,” Xie Jing Xing said, “It’s fortunate that I can rest here with you for a while, thank you very much.”
Shen Miao's heart moved, Xie Jing Xing had not come for some days. Although Shen Miao was not used to it because he had never come uninvited at night, but now she had some other thoughts. She asked, "What did you do?"
Xie Jing Xing glanced at her with a half-smile but not a smile: "Do you want to lie to me again?"
Shen Miao was noncommittal.
“It’s always unfair.” Xie Jing Xing said leisurely, “You know a lot of my secrets, I don’t know anything about you, why don’t you tell me about you?”
Shen Miao rolled her eyes at Xie Jing Xing in her heart, knowing that Xie Jing Xing had an intelligence building like Feng Xian Pawnshop, Ming Qi's world affairs were not under his applause. Are you embarrassed to say that you don’t know anything about Shen Miao? Only then did Shen Miao feel that Xie Jing Xing was more dangerous, okay
"What Prince Rui wants to hear can go to Shopkeeper Ji." Shen Miao said coolly, "Manager Ji will be happy to tell His Highness."
"Manager Ji doesn't ask about Fengyue," Xie Jingxing said, "Manager Ji can't answer what this king wants to know, only you can tell this king."
Shen Miao asked, "What do you want to know?"
Xie Jing Xing held his chin and looked at Shen Miao in a relaxed manner. After watching for a while, he suddenly said, "What do you like about Fu Xiu Yi?"
Shen Miao was slightly startled.
She thought that Xie Jing Xing would ask her some inexplicable questions, and during her dealings with Xie Jing Xing over the years, she also clearly realized that her previous life's understanding of Xie Jing Xing was very shallow. The young talent who died young is by no means the best description for him. Xie Jing Xing was a smart and dangerous hunter, if he didn't grasp the balance, he could easily be caught by the hunter to his fatal weakness.
She knew that she had revealed a lot of information and there were some mistakes that made Xie Jing Xing suspicious. She even thought how Xie Jing Xing should answer when she asked how she knew so many future events. But he did not expect Xie Jing Xing to ask such an irrelevant question.
What does she like about Fu Xiu Yi, does it have a slight relationship with the world's plans
Shen Miao asked, "Why ask this?"
Not hearing Xie Jing Xing's answer for a long time, Shen Miao turned her head and happened to meet Xie Jing Xing's gaze.
Under the lights, Xie Jing Xing was staring at her sideways. He was born handsome and seductive, but at this moment, under the lights, his black eyes were like stars, as if the stars in the sky were not as bright as his eyes. However, in that bright, there are some sharp edges, people can't take their eyes away when they look at it, and they are firmly locked and unable to move.
There seemed to be something else in his eyes, it seemed to be questioning or something else, three points were strong and seven points were domineering, but with an unavoidable state, the deep meaning in his eyes burned.
Why do you ask about this? He doesn't answer.
Shen Miao heard her heart beat violently and she panicked for a moment. This long-lost, fresh voice that came out of her chest made her at a loss, dazed, but there was no more resistance.
On a cold winter day, the dim candles shone warmly, the young man's eyes were sharp, he seemed to understand everything, and the corners of his lips slowly twitched.
"Ahhh", the white tiger in Xie Jing Xing's arms didn't know where the fine dust had smeared his nose and sneezed, awakening the silent two people in the room.
Shen Miao regained her senses and said, "Your pet is sick." She avoided this question without a trace.
Xie Jing Xing did not entangle him, instead he picked up the white tiger from his sleeve, glanced at it, and said, "Squeamish!" He didn't know who he was talking about.
Shen Miao took a deep breath and always felt that Xie Jing Xing took this white tiger as his small letter with very bad intentions. In the future when people scold this beast, Shen Miao would inevitably think of herself. Thinking of this, he was somewhat displeased with the white tiger, and even looking at Xie Jing Xing was not pleasing to the eye.
“Since it is squeamish, please ask Imperial Physician Gao to show it when you look back.” Shen Miao mocked, “Anyway, Imperial Physician Gao is very skilled in medicine, doctors are the same as beasts.”
Xie Jing Xing smiled, “Jiaojiao doesn’t like Imperial Physician Gao, she just likes to stick to this king.”
Shen Miao glared at him.
Xie Jing Xing must have done it on purpose!
“Prince Rui is not leaving yet?” Shen Miao said, “I have to rest.”
Xie Jing Xing was displeased: "Sometimes when I travel with Feng Anning for a whole day, it is really unrighteous for this king to rush after him." Having said that, he stood up from his seat and walked to the window, suddenly remembering something. , turned back to the side standing beside the couch and said, "I will tell this king about the question just now."
His figure disappeared from the window.
Shen Miao walked over to cover the window, blew out the light, and collapsed by herself.
The room fell into silence, as if someone had been here just now was just an illusion. It's just that the cup of tea left on the table can remind you that it's not just a dream.
Everything is real, it's just… .
On the bed, Shen Miao's hand touched her heart.
There, the violent beating just now has not subsided until now.
Not a hallucination.