The two brothers and sisters Shen Qiu and Shen Miao had not talked for a long time like today. The guards outside the West Garden and the military personnel that Shen Qiu had specially retrieved were all guarding outside, and no one else could come in. An hour was neither long nor short, but Shen Miao was listening to Shen Qiu all the time. Shen Qiu was probably trying to make Shen Miao happy, talking about some interesting things in the army, and also inquiring about what Shen Miao had experienced in the past year, but Shen Miao avoided them.
Some things, now is not the time to say. Moreover, the current Shen family has not yet reached the time when they started to frame the big room as they did in their previous life, even if they say it, it is unbelievable. Today, if you want to make a shot, you will kill with one blow, even if it is a dull knife to grind meat, the first thing to be sure is to break the skin down.
After speaking some more words, Shen Miao had a look of fatigue on Shen Miao's face, Shen Qiu was concerned about his younger sister and when he saw it, he said, "My younger sister is not in good health, so I don't want to disturb you, you can rest for a while, parents will come back. The house will probably have to wait until it gets dark, and when my parents come back, I will come over to see my sister together."
Shen Miao nodded and said yes.
Shen Qiu got up and was about to leave, suddenly thought of something, hesitated for a moment, turned to look at Shen Miao, "Sister, you said that Shen Qing's innocence was stained, did you ever catch the thief? It was to protect Shen Qing's reputation, but There are guards in the Shen residence, and they should be traced in private."
Shen Miao looked at him and rolled her eyes, "That thief is very cunning, if he was not careful... he was fled."
“So it is.” Shen Qiu lowered his head thoughtfully, then looked at Shen Miao and smiled calmly, “Since this is the case, I will take a step first.” He strode out of the room, and when he walked out the door, the expression on his face Chicheng's smile disappeared suddenly, leaving only a haze full of haze. The servants outside couldn't help but fight a cold war. It seemed that he deeply understood the iron blood in the bones of the young general's warm smile. He instructed the guards beside him, "Find two people to go to Wolong Temple, and Jing Zhaoyin's side has also checked for me what is going on recently." He glanced at the door where Shen Miao was confined, clenched his fists and whispered. Said: "Sister, what happened this year..."
Inside the room, Shen Miao said to Gu Yu who walked in, “Go and get some money for Chuntao, and by the way, find a servant to send some silver notes to Doctor Chen. This is the most critical time when the fetus in Big Sister’s belly has to be taken away. Take care." She stroked the scars left by the burns on her arms, and the scars were particularly dazzling on her fair skin, as if a piece of fine brocade had been scalded. And she didn't feel sad at all, as if she was satisfied with a good deal: "For the next play, I still have to rely on my unborn nephew."
“Girl.” Jing Zhe asked, “Why didn’t you tell the Eldest Young Master about everything?” After all, what Shen Miao told Shen Qiu was still concealed. For example, the person who did evil is the matter of Prince Yu. Jing Zhe said: "If the eldest young master takes action, at least he will not dare to act rashly. Moreover, if the master and wife know about it, she will also protect the girl."
“Even if I didn’t say it, Big Brother himself went to investigate.” Shen Miao looked out of the window, “I am afraid that at this time, I have already gone to inquire about the scene of the Wolong Temple that day.”
"But can the eldest young master find it?" Jing Zhe was worried: "If you find it, you will eventually know, what's the use of the girl hiding it?"
"Prince Yu works flawlessly. If I guess right, the monks in Wolong Temple are probably all cleaned up inside and out. Not to mention the eldest brother, even the father can't find any clues."
“Oh my God.” Jing Zhe covered his mouth, “Wouldn’t it be that this matter will never come to light in a lifetime?” The wickedness of the second room of the Shen family, the shamelessness of Prince Yu, thought that everything would be good for Shen Miao after the Shen Xin couple came back. What Shen Miao said at this moment almost meant that everything that happened in Wolong Temple that day has been deeply buried and no one knows the truth.
“I did not intend to use such a fair method to seek justice for myself.” Shen Miao said lightly, “There are many ways in this world to achieve the goal…”
Fairness, justice, nothing is as good as grass. What justice constrains are the weak, and the real strong are just. In those years in the harem, she understood a lot of truth. It is not that there are no good women in the harem, but those women are like flowers in winter, too fragile to even withstand the wind, and they were crushed into mud. Since she took a dark and bloody road, the means along the road are destined to be blind.
"But what can the girl do?" Jing Zhe said, "At least the old lady can protect the girl, and if she can, she can vent her anger for the girl. After all, the girl is a boudoir girl, and even if she wants revenge, there are many inconveniences. "Jing Zhe spoke for Shen Miao wholeheartedly.
“Father and mother are resentful in their hearts, if they enter, they will directly confront Prince Yu’s mansion, and if they retreat, they can only protect me and make Prince Yu jealous.” Shen Miao said, “If you want to let the Shen family confront Prince Yu’s mansion, if you want to be unharmed, then Impossible. If it's just for shock and deterrence, that's not what I want."
Jing Zhe couldn't understand more and more, Shen Miao meant: neither let Shen Xin find Prince Yu to vent his anger nor let Shen Xin intimidate Prince Yu so that Prince Yu did not dare to make decisions on Shen Miao. But looking at Shen Miao, it is clear that this matter will not be dismissed in vain, then what was Shen Miao's idea
Shen Miao smiled slightly, "If anyone offends me, I will destroy all of them."
Jing Zhe was startled and subconsciously raised his head to look at Shen Miao, but saw the girl bathed in the rising sun, the smile on her lips was clear and innocent, but like a cub with fangs and claws in the pitch-black jungle, it quietly showed its fangs.
She was shocked, and at that moment she felt terrified. She couldn't say a word of the question, and lowered her head in fear. Thinking about what Shen Qiu said was right, why in just one year, Shen Miao seemed to have completely changed. Not to mention Shen Qiu, even those girls who were opposite Shen Miao day and night could not find any trace.
Shen Miao narrowed her eyes comfortably, everyone came back and the chess game could begin. Shen Qing is a pawn, Prince Yu is the car, and the Ming Qi royal family is like a white son, when will that car be swallowed up, thus disrupting the whole game. Everything is up to God's will.
This time, God's will is up to her.
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Lin'an Houfu.
Even in the chilling winter, the entire Hou Mansion is still full of flowers. When the first lady, Princess Yuqing, was alive, she liked flowers and grass the most. When Fang married the Marquis of Lin'an, he also had a lot of love and sweet talk, and melody. Xie Ding doted on Princess Yuqing, and repaired the entire Hou Mansion into a princess palace where Princess Yuqing lived in the palace. It was quite a sensation at the time. It was a bit funny for a military general to repair the mansion so beautifully.
Later, Princess Yuqing passed away, but Xie Ding still retained all the scenery when Princess Yuqing was alive. Invite a special person to protect and take care of it, so after so many years, even in winter, the place will not feel depressed.
However, although the scenery is prosperous, the depression is not the scenery but the people. It is an irresistible problem on the road of life. The surface that is forcibly maintained will never return to the past.
Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao practiced guns in the yard. Since the inspection, the two have rarely left the house. One was that Xie Jing Xing single-handedly picked the two of them that day to make them lose face, and they really had no face to go out, and the other was that they were not able to work their bodies because their injuries were not fully healed. Speaking of which, Xie Jing Xing looked at it as an understatement that day, but in fact it was extremely heavy, and it took a hundred days to break the muscles and bones, and even after a few months of support, they still felt a little pain. Fang Shi was very distressed, but he didn't dare to say anything to Xie Ding. Even so, Xie Ding still scolded the two of them.
Thinking of this, the two brothers itch with hatred. Xie Changchao threw his arm, Xie Jing Xing stepped on his shoulder that day, and it seemed that he was still in pain. He said: "Second brother, I heard that Shen Xin and his wife entered the palace today. This time they have made military exploits. Your Majesty is afraid to reward Shen Qiu."
The Shen Xie family were already at odds with each other. Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao did not regard Shen Qiu as a thorn in their side because of their political stance. In fact, they regarded all the young talents in the capital as rivals. And Shen Qiu was undoubtedly the most outstanding among those young talents. Although Xie Jing Xing was also very good, but Xie Jing Xing did not have an official position after all, and with Xie Ding protecting them, they had no choice but to do whatever they wanted, but Shen Qiu was different. If Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao entered office, I'm afraid everyone would compare the two brothers to their nemesis, the eldest son of the Shen family.
As for Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao, what they hated most was being inferior to others.
"What are you afraid of?" Xie Changwu said disdainfully, "I'm just a martial artist who only knows how to fight and kill, and he doesn't know anything about court affairs. Except for Shen Xin's military achievements, what can Shen Xin do? Look good, after all..." He stopped abruptly and didn't say any more.
"Second brother is right." Xie Changchao smiled: "Who told the Shen family to be neutral? In this world, if you want to be alone, it's just a dream. But thank you for the stupidity of the Shen family, at least in the future, we will have one less opponent. ."
If the conversation between the two of them is known to others, I am afraid they will be shocked. After all, Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao looked like a splendid faction outside, and the Xie family did not participate in the prince's succession, but the words of Xie Changwu and Xie Changchao just now implied that they had joined a certain faction behind the Xie family's back.
“Speaking of which, there is nothing to be afraid of in the Shen family, we have another one in our own family.” Xie Changchao suddenly turned to another direction, that direction was the yard where Princess Yuqing was recuperating from her illness, and it is also the yard where Xie Jing Xing lives now. He thought of the appearance of Xie Jing Xing pointing a flower spear at his head on the examination field, and a feeling of depression rose up in his chest. After a while, he said, "That bastard is getting more and more arrogant now."
He actually called Xie Jing Xing a "jerk" in private, but if he met him on weekdays, he would be very respectful, it was really shocking.
"That's right." Xie Changchao followed Xie Changwu's words and said, "He has settled down a lot these days, and his father values him even more. Could it be that there are experts around him who are giving advice, is there some conspiracy?"
Xie Jing Xing had a wicked temper for so many years, let alone entering an official position, although it was a headache, the two brothers of the Xie family secretly felt relieved. But even so, when the world mentions Lord Xie Xiaohou, in addition to being cynical, they are full of praise for his heroic appearance on the battlefield, not only that, no matter how Xie Jing Xing fights against Xie Ding, Xie Ding treats Xie Jing Xing wholeheartedly, but treats both of them instead. The filial son's attitude was neither cold nor warm, and as a result, the jealousy towards Xie Jing Xing almost became more and more intense with ten years.
In the past, as long as Xie Jing Xing was in the Ding capital, there would be major incidents every three or five times, but since the last time he checked the incident on the field, he seemed to have changed his temper, and he lived in a secluded place every day, not knowing what he was doing. But Xie Ding was very relieved to be so uncharacteristically quiet, and even felt that Xie Jing Xing finally put away his stubbornness and did something serious.
Because of this, Xie Changchao and Xie Changwu were even more nervous.
"It doesn't matter what kind of expert advice he has," Xie Changwu sneered: "One day, he will be trampled under my feet. That woman was a princess at the time, so it's not a good thing, let alone a son?"
"Anyway, we still have to strengthen the relationship with His Royal Highness Prince Ding at the banquet at the Chao Dynasty." Xie Changchao said, and after that, he picked up the gun and stabbed the haystack in front of him viciously.
At this time, the protagonist of the discussion between the two was sitting at the table in the room.
The yard where Princess Yuqing was recuperating was full of flowers and plants, and some trees looked lush even in winter. In front of Xie Jing Xing’s house, the branches and leaves of the trees almost blocked the entire window, but even in the daytime, the house was always full. It looks gloomy.
However, in the gloom, the young man sitting upright dazzled his eyes like sunlight. The guard in front of him handed him a letter. He read it carefully and threw the letter into the fireplace in the room. It flew out, and the letter disappeared without a trace.
"How do you say it?" A figure came from behind him, and the young man in white was comfortably pouring tea for himself.
“The situation has changed.” Xie Jing Xing did not turn his head, as if he was thinking about something.
"Oh?" The young man in white made a move, frowning at him: "It wasn't long ago..."
“Gao Yang,” Xie Jing Xing suddenly said, “What about breaking first and then standing, and then dying?”
"You don't have such a temper." Gao Yang was stunned for a moment, and seemed a little surprised, then shook his head and said, "You don't always like to keep a low profile, and then start when everything is set. If you don't win, you don't do it. You are used to planning today. It surprises me to say that," he asked, "did something happen to you?"
“Meeting a lunatic,” Xie Jing Xing raised his eyebrows, “I suddenly felt that it would be good to gamble.” He stood up, the purple robe corner was embroidered with cloud patterns with gold thread, if you didn’t look carefully, you wouldn’t be able to spot it at all. However, in the dark light, a dazzling brilliance faintly flowed out.
"You wouldn't say it was the Shen family's direct daughter, would you?" Gao Yang said sharply, "I heard Tie Yi talk about what happened that day. Although he was bold, he was too reckless. Now that Shen Xin is back, I am afraid that Shen Xin's attitude Temperament, I'm going to make a big fuss again."
"The thing is not in the Shen family," Xie Jing Xing said, "I changed my mind."
"Don't plan to use the Shen family?" Gao Yang was a little surprised.
“There are too many variables in the Shen family.” Xie Jing Xing shook his head, once the handsome boy’s brows lost the usual cynicism, they showed a calmness beyond his age. And the natural elegance and extravagance make his whole person plated with a mysterious brilliance, which is more dazzling than the scorching sun in the sky.
"What do you mean by variable?" Gao Yang asked.
Xie Jing Xing raised his lips, "I have a hunch about the Fu family's attitude. In Ming Qi's future structure, the Shen family will become the biggest variable."
Gao Yang seemed a little unconvinced, but the trust in the young man finally overcame the suspicion in his heart, he said, "How do you know? Why does the Shen family become a variable, Shen Qiu? Shen Xin? It cannot represent the entire attitude of the Shen family."
“There is a smart person from the Shen family.” Xie Jing Xing said lazily, “But fate is too cruel, so what if we struggle again?” He said, “In short, the plan has changed, and the method has to be changed.”
"You don't want to..." Gao Yang was moved.
"For so many years, I have endured for too long." Xie Jingxing said, "Because I have concerns, I have endured it, but now..." He smiled casually, as if the dark clouds had suddenly faded, and the sun was pouring over the house. Matte. Xie Jing Xing stood with his hands behind his back, and said indifferently, “Gao Yang, I am tired of lurking, I will do it as soon as possible.”
"But are you willing?" Gao Yang asked.
"Nothing to give up."
Gao Yang sighed, and when he raised his head again, he became determined: "If that's the case, just do as you said. Let's hide it for now, let's start with Ming Qi, Fu family, who do you think it's from? start?"
"Old rule, toss a ball, whoever catches it first will take it." He smiled lightly. However, his fingers touched something in his sleeve. With a move in his heart, a delicate vial was picked up by his fingertips. It was the medicine bottle that Gao Yang gave him. In the medicine bottle, Gao Yang's so-called "good medicine that cannot be replaced by a thousand dollars" was used to treat scars. , With this plaster, no matter how deep the scars can fade away.
He clenched the medicine bottle in his fist, and when he released his palm, the delicate vial had turned into powder.
Just like what Shen Miao did, a fire would burn down all false balances, and the hideous truth exposed in it was the pattern that could really be attacked. Shen Miao used her scar to prevent the possibility of reconciliation in the future, so what about him
His eyes swept out the window lightly. He had seen the dark sky in the four corners of the Marquis of Lin'an Mansion. He had seen it too many times over the years. Because of the warmth in his memories, he was willing to maintain a false balance.
Now is the time to tip the balance.
He closed his eyes, his long eyelashes were as beautiful as the wings of a spring butterfly, but when he opened his eyes, his eyes were sharper than the sharpest knife.
In front of his desk, there is a map flatly spread out at the moment. That map is nothing else. Seriously, it is the map of Ming Qi's territory. From the Thirteen Capitals of Youzhou to Dingyuan City in Mobei, from Yuzhou in the south of the Yangtze River to Donghai in Dingxi, and from the ancient city of Lin'an to the ancient city of Luoyang, the most prosperous Dingjing city is in the center of the territory.
The country is surging and the world is full of heroes. He stretched out his hand and gently touched the center of the territory map with his finger.
As if deciding the ups and downs of a dynasty.