Chapter 1000: Wake Up (2)
Shen Miao nodded.
"Do you feel anything is wrong?" Xie Jingxing asked: "Let Gao Yang come in and take a look?"
He usually looked lazy and nonchalant, not taking anything to heart, but at this moment he showed a rare anxiety. Shen Miao said, "No need. I'm fine." Then he asked, "How is Mr. Pei?"
Xie Jingxing's face suddenly turned dark.
Shen Miao saw his expression change, and was stunned for a moment before understanding. She didn't know how to explain it. Was Pei Lang abominable? Of course he was. In a previous life, he had taken her fingertip's blood and given it to Madam Mei. Although she didn't know if Madam Mei's "changing fate" was true, there was always some intention of aiding and abetting the evil. And the words he said to Fu Xiuyi, "cut the grass at its roots," indirectly led to Fu Ming's fate.
Shen Miao's feelings for Pei Lang were extremely complicated. She could have ignored them herself, but when it came to Fu Ming, she couldn't forgive him. But Pei Lang ultimately sacrificed his life to buy her a chance to start over.
It's hard to explain the feeling. One can't be completely grateful or completely hate someone, so all one can do is sever ties. Shen Miao no longer wants to be tied to Pei Lang as someone she "owes" or "is owed." The past life was over, but in this life, she no longer wants to owe Pei Lang anything, nor does she want to be owed anything by him. She remembered clearly that when the child-like assassin lunged at her, it was Pei Lang who blocked the heaviest blow. If Pei Lang died because of her, then the connection between these two lives would be impossible to completely sever.
However, looking at Xie Jingxing's expression, Shen Miao knew that he had misunderstood. When Xie Jingxing got angry because of these things, Shen Miao inexplicably felt that he was very similar to the little wolfhound that Luo Sui raised in the Luo family army.
She quickly stroked the wolfhound's fur and said, "He saved my life. He's still my benefactor. I have no relatives, and to have someone risk their life to save me like this, I can't just accept this favor."
Xie Jingxing's expression eased slightly as he said, "Gao Yang has checked. He woke up last night, so he's lucky." He glanced at Shen Miao again and said, "But why won't you wake up? If you don't wake up again, I'm going to chop off that Taoist's head."
"Taoist?" Shen Miao was stunned: "Are you talking about Taoist Chi Yan?"
"What's the point of being a Taoist priest?" Xie Jingxing scoffed. "He's nothing but a charlatan trying to make money." The so-called "Taoist Priest Chiyan" had bid farewell to Prince Rui's residence early this morning. Before leaving, he even took the exquisite antique vase from the hall, saying it was a thank-you gift. It was hard to say what kind of master a Taoist priest could be who spent his days calculating and scheming for money.
After hearing Xie Jingxing say that the Taoist priest had taken a vase and left, Shen Miao felt somewhat puzzled. That long dream had cleared up many of her doubts, though it wasn't necessarily true. But for some reason, Shen Miao felt that everything that happened in the dream was the complete story of her past life.
The Taoist priest was indeed someone she had met on the way back to Mingqi from Qin State. She thought he was a refugee fleeing famine and disguised himself as a Taoist priest to beg for food. After all, she was also the daughter of Shen Xin's religion, and she always had a kind heart. She gave him a bowl of water to drink, but she didn't expect that it would involve so many things.
If she had truly listened to the Taoist priest in her previous life and not set out on the journey back to Dingjing, perhaps the tragedy that followed would not have happened. But if she had to do it again, knowing that it was a road to the underworld with no return, she would still have no other choice, because her two children were in the deep palace.
But the Taoist priest finally fulfilled a fate.
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