Ming Qi's years have been quite happy, but he doesn't seem to be very happy either.
It's always a joy to be together as a family. What was unhappy was that Shen Miao would marry to Great Liang as soon as the year passed. As time approached, everyone in the Shen residence was busy every day without touching the ground. Shen Miao's dowry, the guards and servants to be brought, the dowry maids, and Da Liang's carriages and horses had to be prepared for all the roads.
Although the dowry that Shen Xin prepared for Shen Miao was not comparable to the dowry given by Xie Jing Xing, it was still very solid. The shops and fields are not given, because they are not used in Great Liang, and they don’t bring much furniture. Except for some rare jewelry, they are basically silver that has been folded into white flowers. In a foreign country, other things may be dispensable, but silver is indispensable, and it is much more convenient to have cash on hand.
Originally, the money that Shen Xin and his wife had prepared for Shen Miao was enough, but Shen Qiu secretly pulled Shen Miao aside and took out a thick stack of silver notes from his sleeve, only said, "This is from Tonghui Qianzhuang. Silver notes can also be used in Great Liang." Then he said bluntly, "Big brother has nothing to spare, only these silver notes are for you, sister, don't think too much."
Shen Miao looked at the crumpled silver note that was pinched by Shen Qiu, and a warm current surged in her heart. Shen Qiu was a young man after all, and the soldiers in the Ministry of War worked hard for him all day long. Naturally, Shen Qiu would occasionally reciprocate and invite them to a meal or something. Shen Qiu’s salaries were not many, most of them were rewards for military exploits in the past, they were not reserved for getting married in the future, but gave to her, Shen Miao was moved and said, “Big Brother, the money my parents gave me is fine. I won't worry about food and clothing for the rest of my life, what are you doing for me?"
"Father and mother are father and mother, elder brother is elder brother. How can what I give to you and what father and mother gave to you are the same?" Shen Qiu was anxious, shoved the silver note into Shen Miao's hand, and left without looking back. Shen Miao couldn't help laughing while looking at his back, thinking that she had to find an opportunity for Mo Qing to secretly return it to Shen Qiu.
Just thinking about it, she saw Shen Xin walk in from outside and said, "Jiaojiao, Dad has something to tell you, come, let's go to the study."
When Luo Xueyan heard the words, she was about to follow up, saying, "Just in time, mother also wants to explain a few words to you."
"It won't be too late to explain, Madam, after a while," Shen Xindao said, "Let me and Master Jiaojiao have a few words alone."
Luo Xue Yan scoffed, but did not follow up. She thought it was Shen Xin who wanted to secretly get money or something for Shen Miao, so she didn't think much about it.
Shen Miao followed Shen Xin into the study, Shen Xin asked the servants to guard the door outside, and asked Shen Miao to sit down at the table in the room and bring cakes and tea to Shen Miao. She sat down opposite Shen Miao again, sighed deeply, and said, "In a few days, Jiaojiao, you are going to get married. I plan to let Mo Qing go to Great Liang with you as well." Xin added: "Although Prince Rui is the younger brother of Emperor Yongle and has a considerable position in Great Liang, the royal family is always full of disputes, and some things may not be as simple as they appear on the surface. Don't feel wronged, if someone bullies you, tell Prince Rui that you are married to Prince Rui's daughter, he will always protect you, don't carry it yourself, just leave it to him."
Shen Miao agreed.
"If Prince Rui can't protect you, don't be afraid, there are still parents. I picked a few people from the Shen family army. Although their skills are not as good as Mo Qing, they are not ordinary people, dressed as Shen's dowry. The guards will bring it with you, so don't let yourself suffer."
Shen Xin was earnest and enticing, Shen Miao thought for a while and finally couldn't help but ask, "Father, you and your mother... have you never thought about leaving Ming Qi?"
Shen Xin was startled, looked at Shen Miao and said nothing.
Since the words had already been said, Shen Miao simply said all of them, she said, "Since I am married to Great Liang now, the emperor will inevitably have some estrangement with the Shen family, although parents are still military generals, but in the future The emperor may not be able to use you. The emperor's mind has always been difficult to guess. If the emperor has other thoughts... It is better to go to Great Liang with me if you don't worry about it. If you don't want military power, you don't want it. The Japanese military power was also taken back."
Her words were tactful, if she had heard Shen Miao's words before this, Shen Xin would definitely be a little confused. But that day Xie Jing Xing talked to him for a long time, and after listening to Shen Miao's suggestion, Shen Xin immediately understood. He couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. It turned out that his daughter had reminded him so many times, secretly and secretly, why didn't he take it to heart once? Is it because of the family motto of the Shen family's loyalty to serve the country? Or he did not believe that what Shen Miao said was true from the bottom of his heart.
Shen Tao: "The royal family wants to suppress the Shen family, and they are afraid of the military power in my hands. They will definitely not let the Shen family leave Ming Qi easily. What's more, they also want to use the Shen family to contain you."
Shen Miao was stunned for a moment, she had always been worried about Shen Xin and did not dare to say too clearly about the indifference of the Ming Qi royal family. It was not because she felt that Shen Xin was ignorant, but Shen Xin was taught by the old general Shen to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. . Getting someone to overthrow something that has been revered for decades is a long process that some people can't do in their entire life. But right now Shen Xin's words seem to be very transparent.
Shen Xindao: "Jiaojiao's concerns, Dad knows, but Dad still can't go."
“If Dad makes up his mind, even if he uses some means, he can always leave.” Shen Miao said, “The Tian family wants to use the Shen family to contain me, or use me to contain the Shen family, the calculus is good, but I am not afraid. I lost my wife and lost my army." At the end, there was a hint of hostility between his brows, and his words became sharper.
Shen Xin laughed: "At first, I thought Jiaojiao was too gentle, and she didn't look like a girl from my family of generals, but now seeing you like this, it's just like being a father, but you have the demeanor of a heroine. Not afraid of power. , I have Qiuhe in my heart, it's very good!" He took a sip of tea and said, "Jiaojiao is so smart, it's not difficult to find a way, but what will happen in the future?"
“In the future?” Shen Miao wondered, “What future?”
"Jiaojiao." Shen Xin suddenly said, "The Tian family sees the Shen family as a thorn in their eyes. Even if the Ming and Qi are strong one day, the Shen family will one day become a piece of fish and be slaughtered by others." Shen Xin sighed deeply: "I am the Shen family. The person is not afraid of a crooked shadow, even if he dies, but he doesn't want your mother, your elder brother, and you to be implicated, let alone the Shen family's Qingming, the name of loyalty and virtuousness passed down by your grandfather and grandfather from generation to generation. insults."
Shen Miao's heart jumped "bang bang bang", she guessed what Shen Xin was going to say, but she couldn't believe it.
The next moment, Shen Xin's voice sounded: "This loyal servant of the heavenly family, I, Shen Xin, will quit."
Shen Miao raised her head suddenly and she said, “Father…”
"Jiaojiao doesn't need to persuade me." Shen Xin smiled heartily: "Although I am loyal to your father, I will not be loyal to the wolf-hearted person. I will not take the life of the whole family. Follow you to Great Liang, if Great Liang attacks Ming Qi one day, the people of the world will scold our Shen family as a traitor, they will scold you for helping Zhou and abusive, inexplicable stigma, we will not carry it."
"And we stay in Dingjing, you are married alone, if one day Ming Qi and Daliang meet each other, you don't show up, you are just a woman, you are in duckweed, you are alone in a foreign country, you can't help yourself, the people will not The blame lies with you. And my Shen family is in Ming Qi, and it is even more impossible for me to collude with Great Liang, and naturally I will not carry an unwarranted stigma."
Shen Miao shook her head, "In that case, would Dad use the name of the Shen family army to fight against Great Liang on behalf of Ming Qi?"
"No." Shen Xin smiled: "Before that, His Majesty will definitely do something to the Shen family. Even if the emperor doesn't do it, I can still make him do something to the Shen family." Shen Xin looked at the tea on the table: "God The family is suspicious, as long as you move your hands and feet and let the emperor listen to some groundless rumors, the emperor has been jealous of the Shen family for a long time, and he will definitely be unable to hold back." He said ironically, he fought for Emperor Wenhui for many years, guarded the country, and died many times. , but as long as the villain speaks slanderous words in front of Emperor Wen Hui, Emperor Wen Hui will forget his subjects' allegiance to him, and he will kill him without hesitation.
Once he threatened his throne or had the slightest doubt, Emperor Wen Hui would not leave him any trouble.
"Wait until that day..." Shen Xin's eyes suddenly sank: "The day the royal family treats our Shen family unkindly and unjustly is the time when the Shen family rises up!"
I don't want the Shen family to bear the stigma, but I also don't want to sacrifice the living for the sake of Qingming and become the victim of the despicable imperial power. Therefore, it is necessary for the people of the world to see clearly that it is the royal family who is inhumane to the Shen family first, and then the Shen family will be unjust to the royal family.
Perhaps compared to the royal family, a mighty general with illustrious military exploits would have a higher prestige among the people of Ming Qi. Shen Xin was going to take advantage of this to have a heart-to-heart contest with the royal family.
This is the Shen family's counterattack against the Ming Qi Tian family.
But Shen Miao was not thinking about this at the moment. What she thought was that this was not Shen Xin's behavior.
The Shen family members are straightforward and straightforward. They say one thing and two other things. They don't play tricks at all. Except on the battlefield, they are more magnanimous like white paper. This is why Shen Miao has always taken care of everything by herself since she was reborn. First, the Shen family can't calculate the hearts of the people, and secondly, she is afraid that her appearance will fall into the eyes of the Shen family, which is called deep scheming, sinister and vicious.
But what Shen Xin is doing now is secretly planning a layout. It was absolutely impossible for Shen Xin to take the initiative to do this, whether he heard what others said, or someone made a request, Shen Miao thought of one person almost immediately, Xie Jing Xing.
She looked at Shen Xin and wanted to speak, but she was speechless for a while.
Shen Xin seemed to see the entanglement in her heart, and patted her head with a smile: "At first, I always thought that Jiaojiao didn't grow up, but then Jiaojiao grew up in Dingjing alone. Girl, it's not good to be too old all day, but now, Dad is very lucky." He smiled and said, "In this way, even if Mom and Dad are not around, Jiaojiao can protect herself."
Shen Miao said, "Father, if the Shen family cannot protect themselves, write a letter to Great Liang, I am the daughter of the Shen family and I will find a way."
"These are all things men do. You are a girl, do you really think of yourself as a boy?" Shen Xin laughed: "But our Jiaojiao is the best girl in the world, remember, marry Prince Rui. It's still a loss."
Shen Miao felt that her nose was a little sore, and it seemed to start at this moment, she clearly understood that in this life, she was about to leave her family.
"Prince Rui is a bit cunning and ruthless, but he still has faith. Since he promised to marry you, he will always protect you. If you like him, don't worry about anything. If you like what you like, do what you want. things will do.”
“I understand.” Shen Miao said softly.
Shen Xin looked at Shen Miao for a while before smiling and said, "In a few years, in a few years, Dad promised you that he will definitely come to you."
Shen Miao smiled slightly: "I am waiting for Dad."
…
Since that day Shen Xin and Shen Miao had a long private conversation in the study, the relationship between Shen Xin and Shen Miao seemed to be closer and Shen Miao often watched Shen Xin practice martial arts in the courtyard. This made Shen Qiu very appetizing, so he only said, "My little sister has been clinging to her father recently, and she doesn't even care about me."
However, Shen Miao felt that she and Shen Xin had an unspoken secret, and Shen Xin became the one who knew her best in the Shen family, so she had no scruples when she spoke. Most of the time, it was to persuade Shen Xin how to beware of the Tian family. She stayed in the palace for so long in her previous life, and she always knew a little bit about the members of the Ming Qi royal family. When it was told to Shen Xin, Shen Xin was very surprised and did not know where Shen Miao got all these. Naturally, Shen Miao did not hesitate to give all the credit to Xie Jing Xing, which made Shen Xin wary of Xie Jing Xing a little bit, such scheming and skill should not be underestimated.
Speaking of Xie Jing Xing, Shen Miao also asked if Xie Jing Xing said something to Shen Xin. Xie Jing Xing did not admit or deny it, seeing his attitude, Shen Miao knew it. When talking about what the Shen family would do in Ming Qi in the future, Xie Jing Xing said, Ming Qi has his support in Dingjing, and the Shen family will be fine. With his words, Shen Miao felt relieved.
In the blink of an eye, it was the night before the wedding.
On the second day, Shen Miao was about to get married from the Shen family, and took the sedan chair to walk around the whole city in Dingjing. After a lively ceremony, she went out of the city through the gate of Dingjing and left Ming Qi with her relatives in a mighty manner to go to Dingjing. cold.
Bring what you need to bring, and bring who you need to bring. Even Pei Lang and Shen Miao did not forget that Pei Lang’s identity is now very dangerous to stay in Dingjing, Fu Xiu Yi would definitely dig three feet in the ground to find him, it would be better to let Pei Lang go to Great Liang with the married team .
Shen Miao thought before that even if it was for Liu Ying, Pei Lang would not easily agree to go to Great Liang, and had to persuade, but she just mentioned it in the letter, and Pei Lang replied to her very readily, saying she agreed to go. Great Liang made Shen Miao somewhat puzzled, thinking that Xie Jing Xing threatened Pei Lang, but felt that Xie Jing Xing probably would not do such a thing, whether Pei Lang stayed in Ming Qi or Great Liang, life or death, it is estimated that Xie Jing Xing would not take it to heart at all.
Shen Miao is going to get married tomorrow, apart from the sleepless night in the Shen residence today, there are naturally people around who are also unwilling to sleep.
Princess Mansion is one.
Princess Rong Xin was pacing back and forth in the room, and all the servants were dismissed by her. She was only afraid that her abnormal behavior would cause suspicion.
Ever since she discovered that Prince Rui was Xie Jing Xing, Princess Rong Xin had never taken the initiative to ask Xie Jing Xing at Prince Rui's residence even though she had many doubts. She knows that there are many eyes and ears in the Ding capital, although she is just a princess who doesn't care about the world, it may not be that no one does not pay attention to her every move. If someone with a heart finds something, and finds out Xie Jing Xing's identity, what will happen then
Princess Rong Xin always had some old feelings towards Xie Jing Xing. She was wary of him, suspicious of him, vigilant against him, but she could not forget the crawly company in the past years, and she could not forget that in those lonely days, it was Xie Jing Xing who came to speak with her and let her go through the difficult time of being a widow.
Human emotions are very complicated, and there is no pure love and hate. If one can distinguish between love and hate, many things in the world will become much easier. The most difficult thing is that love is mixed with a lot, so I can't be ruthless, and I can't do it as if nothing happened.
Tomorrow Shen Miao was going to get married, and Xie Jing Xing was going to leave Ming Qi’s Ding capital tomorrow. When Xie Jing Xing returns to Great Liang and steps into Ming Qi again, when will he meet him? Or take people to the Ding capital of Ming Qi
Princess Rong Xin was Xie Jing Xing's former aunt, but she was also Ming Qi's princess. In the face of Jiangshan and family, there is always a choice. What's more, there is an element of deceit in this family relationship.
After a while, she walked to the table and sat down, took out the pen and paper, dipped the pen with ink, and was about to write on the paper, but stopped when she was about to land on the paper, as if she was very entangled.
This letter is written, this letter is sent out, no one knows what is waiting for Xie Jing Xing, it may be accusations by thousands of people, or he may be in danger, but one thing is certain, when this letter is completed, it will be It represented that she had made a choice, and the affection between her and Xie Jing Xing in the past had vanished in an instant.
From a close relative to a person with hatred, it was a painful thing for Princess Honor and Xie Jing Xing. The honored princess didn't dare to think about this ending, but she couldn't help it.
She really did not expect that she, who had almost followed Xie Jing Xing's death when she heard the news of Xie Jing Xing's death, would now personally push Xie Jing Xing to a possible death road.
She gritted her teeth, and finally picked up the pen and started writing quickly.
…
In Uncle Pingnan's mansion, Su Yu and Mrs. Su looked at Su Mingfeng's closed study door and looked at each other in dismay. Su Mingfeng has lived for more than 20 years. For the first time, he has longed for a girl in his heart. Unfortunately, this marriage was unrelated. There was a prince who was coercing in front of him before, so it was easy for the Su family to take the risk and let Su Mingfeng marry Shen Miao first, but who knew that the matter of the prince was over, but suddenly a Prince Rui came over.
A person who loves his daughter like Shen Xin, finally had to obey the imperial decree and let his niece marry the Great Liang, not to mention that their status is not as good as that of Ping Nanbo of the General's Mansion.
Mrs. Su sighed and said, "The plan now has to wait for a long time to pass. Ming Feng wants to understand by himself and forgets Miss Shen."
"It's easier said than done," Su Yu shook his head: "Ming Feng's temperament follows me, long love. If you want to empathize, forget about Miss Shen, I'm afraid it's not that simple." He looked at Madam Su: "Let's It's useless to stand here, let's go back first and let Ming Feng think about it for himself."
Mrs. Su glared at Su Yu: "Feelings are not the flesh that fell from your body. You don't even know that you feel bad. This is my son. Seeing him sad is more painful than gouging out my flesh."
"Then you don't go in to persuade him, and you don't listen to him, isn't it the same." Su Yu was wronged. But outside, he saw Su Minglang passing by holding a thick stack of copybooks.
As Su Minglang got older, he finally put away the liveliness of his childhood and gradually became the second Su Mingfeng, but compared to the gentle and polite Su Mingfeng, Su Minglang was more arrogant. Now that she has to act like a little adult in front of her parents, Su Yuming has secretly complained several times that Su Minglang is not cute anymore.
Su Yu called him: "Mingming!"
Su Minglang stopped, walked towards the two of them, and called out to his parents.
"Your eldest brother has been hit today and is in a bad mood. Dad has an important matter for you. Go to your eldest brother's study, talk to him for a while, and persuade him."
Although Su Minglang's temperament has changed, he is still as close to Su Mingfeng as before. It is also true that Su Minglang was enlightened late, and when he was a child, he was round and round like a meat ball. He was either laughed at by his friends or reprimanded by Su Yu. Every time, Su Mingfeng protected him and pleaded with Su Minglang in front of Su Yu. Su Minglang did not forget the well digger when he was drinking water. When he grew up, he remembered the kindness his eldest brother treated him when he was a child.
Mrs. Su also said: "Yes, Minglang, you ask your elder brother to teach you to write, or let him play leaf cards with you for a while, so don't let him idle."
Su Minglang glanced at the couple, and said in an old-fashioned manner, "Do you want me to persuade eldest brother not to be sad because of Sister Shen's marriage?"
Su Yu and Mrs. Su: "..."
Su Minglang glanced at the lights in the study and said, "Our brothers want to have some heartfelt words. If father and mother are all right, let's go first. I won't let eldest brother commit suicide by throwing himself into the river."
After choking for a while, Mrs. Su said, "Thank you Mingming then."
Su Minglang walked towards Su Mingfeng's study, he pushed open the door laboriously, and saw Su Mingfeng sitting in front of the desk with a somewhat anxious and complicated expression, which he always had these days.
Su Minglang climbed onto the chair that was very close to Su Mingfeng and sat upright before looking at Su Mingfeng and said, "Brother, if you like it, go for it."
Su Mingfeng: "?"
"Dare to act like a man," Su Minglang encouraged him with a solemn look: "As a brother, I will definitely support you. Since you like Miss Shen, go grab your relatives and grab her. Anyway, compared to that What kind of king you don’t know, brother, you are much better.”
Only then did he understand what Su Minglang was talking about. Su Mingfeng laughed and shook his head: "Who does she marry and what does it have to do with me?"
"Then why are you sad?" Su Minglang asked suspiciously, "Don't you like Sister Shen?"
"Don't listen to mother's nonsense, why did I ever like her?"
"But you still sent someone to investigate the Shen family sister secretly," Su Minglang complained, "Isn't this what you like?"
Su Mingfeng shook his head: "I didn't do it because I liked it, but because..." His tone suddenly stopped, and a complicated expression appeared on his face.
Su Minglang looked at him: "Brother, you are so strange now."
"Second brother," Su Mingfeng asked suddenly, "Do you still remember Xie Jingxing from the Marquis of Lin'an?"
"Brother Xie?" Su Minglang said, "Of course I remember, isn't that eldest brother's best friend? Back then, eldest brother said that brother Xie went far away and would never come back. In the future, let me not mention brother Xie, why today? I brought it up again. Big brother, has Big Brother Xie returned to Dingjing?"
Su Mingfeng shook his head: "No." He asked, "Do you also think he is my best friend?"
"Of course." Su Minglang said, "Although Brother Xie is fierce and has a bad mouth, he always bullies me, but he is good to our family. Didn't he say before that he is the youngest of the Marquis of Lin'an Mansion? , Brother Xie is the eldest brother of the eldest brother."
Su Mingfeng was silent.
Su Minglang looked at him curiously: "Did Big Brother quarrel with Big Brother Xie?"
Su Mingfeng stood up: "No, I'll go out, Ming Lang, you stay here and don't go anywhere."
The night in Dingjing concealed everything. On the princess's mansion and the peaceful Nanbo mansion, the undercurrent was like surging and undulating under the reef, and a storm that could destroy everything was brewing on the calm water.
In Prince Ding's mansion, Fu Xiu Yi was sitting in a high position.
His appearance looked a little haggard, which made his handsome and handsome appearance a lot less. Some time ago, the dungeon of Prince Ding's mansion was completely burned down, and Fu Xiu Yi almost smashed everything that could be smashed in the entire dormitory. There was no way to vent his anger, and the news that followed made him even more furious. There was no Pei Lang's body in the dungeon.
Apparently, Pei Lang was rescued, and it was natural to know that the fire was put down by the people who came to rescue Pei Lang.
Dare to act wild in his Ding Palace, but still so blatantly, the most important thing is to destroy what he valued very much, Fu Xiu Yi was determined to dig three feet into the ground to find out Pei Lang and the people behind Pei Lang. He originally thought it was from the Shen family, but in the end he found out that he had nothing to do with the Shen family. Looking further down, the clues were cut off, and there was no sign at all.
One could imagine the anger in Fu Xiu Yi's heart.
And tomorrow Shen Miao and Prince Rui get married, after tomorrow, Shen Miao will go to Great Liang with Prince Rui, and the secrets of Prince Rui will not be known. Seeing the opportunity disappear in front of him, how could Fu Xiu Yi be reconciled
At this moment, the guards that Fu Xiu Yi sent to investigate the matter came in from outside, saluted Fu Xiu Yi, and said, "Your Highness, there is something going on in the Princess's Mansion and Heping Nanbo's Mansion."
Fu Xiu Yi's eyes lit up and said, "How?"
The guard took two steps closer, bowed and whispered a few words in Fu Xiu Yi's ear. That's all, Fu Xiu Yi's face was shocked, and then he showed a look of great joy.
"God help me! Immediately send someone to follow the two of them, don't let go of the slightest bit."
The guard led the way and left, Fu Xiu Yi leaned back in his chair and slowly raised a complacent smile.
“Prince Rui, Princess Mansion, Uncle Ping Nan, Shen Miao.” He said, “This hall would like to see if there are any secrets between the two of you.”