Chapter 1087 Conquest (1)
Two days after Ye Mei and her brother escaped, Emperor Yongle exterminated the entire Ye family, accusing them of colluding with Lu Zhengchun and participating in a rebellion. Dealing with the Ye family was easier than dealing with the Lu family. The Lu family was the Ye family's backbone; without the Lu family, the Ye family alone would be powerless. Although Ye Maocai had many connections and followers during his lifetime, under Emperor Yongle's iron-fisted tactics, everyone saw through it, feared it, and dared not act as recklessly as before.
Ye Maocai was personally convicted by Emperor Yongle and beheaded at the Meridian Gate. Honestly, Ye Maocai wasn't wrongly accused. Shen Miao selected the items related to the imperial family from the items she had exchanged with Ye Mei and gave them to Empress Xian De. Ye Maocai had, in order to control the imperial family, secretly made a number of moves. This item, in turn, became crucial evidence in convicting the Ye family.
The beheading at the Meridian Gate showed the royal family’s great power this time.
The Moyu Army, who had followed Ye Mei and Jin Xingming, also reported back periodically that their escape had been successful. Most people believed that the newly recognized siblings of the Ye family had perished on the cliff, having lost sight of the path during their nighttime escape and, in a panic, had fallen off the cliff, leaving their bodies mutilated. Although Daliang's troops continued their search, they had found no trace of them.
Everyone outside the family said that none of the Ye family members survived, except for one person, Ye Hongguang. Shen Miao asked Mo Qing to deal with it, but Ye Hongguang has not woken up yet. Gao Yang said that whether he can wake up depends entirely on Ye Hongguang himself, and he might just sleep like this for the rest of his life.
Xie Jingxing returned on a rainy night.
The autumn rain brought a chill. Shen Miao was reading under the lamp. The raindrops hit the window, making a small sound. The weather was gradually getting cooler. The tea on the table quickly became cold.
The door creaked open, and the wind and rain outside blew in a little. Shen Miao turned around, and Xie Jingxing closed the door and walked in. His clothes were slightly wet from the light rain, and he took off his outer clothes. Seeing Shen Miao staring at him blankly, he couldn't help but curl his lips. He walked over to her and pinched her face: "Oh no, my wife has become stupid."
Shen Miao pushed his hand away: "Why did you come back just now? Without even telling me a word?"
Xie Jingxing had been gone for quite a while, without even a single message. Even Shen Miao, who had a good temper, was already a bit annoyed. She should at least have let him know he was safe. But no one in the mansion knew his whereabouts, which was really a headache.
Xie Jingxing coaxed her, "I'm afraid that talking to you will make me want to come back. There's nothing I can do about what my royal brother has asked me to do. I can't delay." He put his arm around Shen Miao's shoulders and smiled, "If I had known that Madam missed me so much, I should have come back sooner."
“You might as well not come back.” Shen Miao’s anger had not subsided.
Xie Jing Xing thought about it, then put on a righteous look and said, "How about this, to make it up to my wife, I will let you do whatever you want today and will not struggle at all."
Shen Miao couldn't help but laugh and said, "You are sick."
Seeing her smile, Xie Jingxing said, “It’s done. But I heard something when I came back.” He looked at Shen Miao, “Did you let Ye Mei run away?”
"I didn't let her get away." Shen Miao said, "She was going to Mingqi and stole the secrets about Daliang that Ye Maocai had collected. I think she wanted to use this to seek refuge with the nobles in Mingqi. I replaced her things and gave her some military defense maps and the like. I think it will be more useful. Who knows, with this, she can even become the queen."
Xie Jingxing was slightly stunned, then he understood what she meant and blinked: "Madam, this trick is really vicious!"
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