Chapter 796 Conviction (3)

Xie Jingxing raised his lips and smiled: "Naive."

Shen Miao: “…” It had been a long time since anyone had said she was naive.

Xie Jingxing said, "The royal family only cares about the outcome. The truth is unimportant. After all, Huangfu Hao can't be resurrected." He played with the teacup in his hand and said calmly, "Qin has lost a prince and princess. It's not necessarily that Qin doesn't have other suitable princes. It's just that Qin's government is definitely in turmoil because of this incident. Qin is wary of Ming Qi, so naturally Ming Qi will have to pay the same price."

"No matter if the Crown Prince is a murderer or not, he must die." Xie Jingxing's smile was cold: "Only when the Crown Prince dies can Mingqi and Qin be even."

Shen Miao took a deep breath in her heart.

Xie Jingxing's words were indeed ruthless, but they also tore through the brightly colored fabric covering the surface. Ming Qi and Qin were originally equally powerful, but now that Qin had lost its crown prince, the struggle for the throne among the princes would only cause further chaos in the government. If Ming Qi remained stable, it would only infuriate people.

No matter what, the first reaction of a person stuck in a quagmire is not to find a way to climb out, but to pull those around him to slide in with him. The so-called alliance of sharing weal and woe is nothing more than this, bound together by interests and carefully calculated by interests.

Emperor Wenhui probably saw this clearly, so soon the crown prince would become the weight to balance this unfair situation. Ming Qi had an extra crown prince, so he would be eliminated.

No matter how reluctant you are, you have to give it up for the sake of the country.

Shen Miao remained silent.

Xie Jing Xing smiled: "Killing two birds with one stone, you did a good job."

Shen Miao said: "I am just responsible for thinking, you are the hero."

This play was conceived by Shen Miao, and Xie Jingxing was responsible for perfecting it. Xie Jingxing had many talented people, and among them, calculating the different journeys of the Crown Prince and Huangfu Hao, timing it precisely, and acting it perfectly were not easy tasks.

Shen Miao thought that Xie Jingxing’s contribution was the greatest.

Xie Jingxing smiled slightly and remained silent.

After talking for a while, Shen Miao's hair was dry and she yawned twice due to sleepiness. Seeing this, Xie Jingxing planned to leave.

Before leaving, Shen Miao suddenly called him over, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Has Princess Rong Xin contacted you recently?"

"No." Xie Jingxing raised his eyebrows.

"So... what are you going to do?"

Xie Jingxing rushed out of the window without looking back and threw down three words.

"Nothing."

…

Shen Dongling and Wang Bi were imprisoned in the innermost room of the prison. Emperor Wenhui didn't know whether it was intentional to show fairness and not to arrest people indiscriminately, and he did not touch other members of the Wang family.

But this does not mean that the situation is much better. Wang Bi is the only heir in the Yuanwailang Mansion. If something goes wrong with Wang Bi, I am afraid the Wang family will be finished.

The jailers passing by did not respond well to these two people. This prison had held many powerful people. Once they lost their power, they would lose everything. Besides, Yuanwailang was not a high-ranking official, so he was not worthy of being treated well.

Shen Dongling was extremely embarrassed.

A while ago, she had cherished dreams of a meteoric rise to prominence, but she hadn't imagined this ending. In their comfortable and prosperous times, she and Wang Bi had treated each other with respect and lived in harmony. However, once trouble struck, the hidden cracks and contradictions between the shrewd Wang Bi and the equally astute Shen Dongling were exposed.

Wang Bi blamed Shen Dongling; after all, the idea of Pinxiang was hers. Who could have known that they would both be imprisoned? Wang Bi was no fool. Since even the Crown Prince hadn't been rescued, how could their reaction be any better? Most importantly, the Crown Prince was the heir apparent, and the Empress would campaign for him. Besides the hidden wealth, what else did the Wang family possess?