Chapter 158 Plan (2)
Even if they were unfamiliar with the affairs of the harem, they could tell that something was wrong with Shen Miao. Shen Qiu opened his mouth, and Luo Xueyan held Shen Miao's hand and whispered, "Jiao Jiao, if anything happened, tell mother. Dad and mother are back, and no one will dare to bully you from now on."
"No one dares to bully me." Shen Miao smiled and said, "Nothing happened to me."
"What happened when the ancestral hall caught fire that day?" Chen Xin asked in a deep voice, "Why did you stay in the ancestral hall alone?" The couple went to the palace to meet the emperor early this morning, and only left people to investigate secretly, but there was no time to investigate the mystery in detail.
"I made a mistake and was locked up in the ancestral hall. Unexpectedly, a fire suddenly broke out in the hall..." she said with difficulty.
Seeing this, Shen Qiu, who was behind him, hesitated to speak. He knew what was going on, but Shen Miao had repeatedly warned him not to tell Shen Xin and his wife about it. Although he wanted to tell his parents the truth, Shen Miao's words that if Shen Qiu didn't keep the secret, she would never talk to him again made him give up the idea.
As expected, Shen Xin asked Shen Miao, "What crime did you commit? Even if it was a big crime, you shouldn't be locked up in the ancestral hall alone."
“Oh,” Shen Miao said lightly, “I contradicted my second uncle in front of my grandmother and others.”
“What?” Luo Xueyan’s eyebrows were raised, but she did not scold Shen Miao, but said: “Second Brother is really going backwards as he grows older. A grown man arguing with a little girl, do you have any shame?”
Guyu and Jingzhe who were serving in the room twitched their lips. It turned out that the saying that the eldest wife of the Shen family was the most protective of her shortcomings was not nonsense. Even if Shen Miao hit Shen Gui, I am afraid that Shen Xin and his wife would still blame Shen Gui for making Shen Miao's hands sore.
"Sister, why did you contradict Second Uncle?" Shen Qiu couldn't help but ask.
“Maybe… I don’t want to get married.” Shen Miao said.
"Marry someone?" Luo Xueyan and Shen Xin exclaimed in unison. Luo Xueyan looked at Shen Miao anxiously and asked, "Marry someone? How come your father and I don't know?"
Shen Miao lowered her head and said, "The Wei family, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, proposed marriage to their legitimate son, Wei Qian. The engagement letters were exchanged, but I was unwilling to marry, so I contradicted him in public."
"Wei Qian..." Chen Xin murmured for a moment. "The Wei family is a wealthy family, and the eldest son of the Wei family seems to be a young and outstanding person. If you think about it, he and Jiaojiao..." He was actually seriously considering this marriage again. Chen Xin had been an official for many years. Although he was not in Dingjing City, he knew his colleagues in the officialdom well. If the Wei family was a prodigal son, he would naturally see it at a glance. However, Wei Qian was a rare and good son-in-law. Chen Xin's thoughts were temporarily elsewhere.
"What are you thinking!" Luo Xueyan roared, "He is the king of heaven, even if he is the emperor, it won't work if Jiaojiao doesn't agree!"
Luo Xueyan's words were shocking. She was a fierce woman born into a family of Northwestern military commanders, and her marriage to Shen Xin was something she had fought for herself. Therefore, Luo Xueyan could not stand all the arrangements made by parents and matchmakers. She said, "Besides, neither you nor I know about this matter, so who knows what their intentions are!" Ever since she saw Shen Miao trapped in the sea of fire, while Ren Wanyun and the others remained calm and composed, Luo Xueyan had been filled with disgust towards the rest of the Shen family, and her previous good impression had been swept away.
Shen Xin also frowned. Logically speaking, if the Wei family arranged such a good marriage for Shen Miao, it wouldn't be a loss. After all, it was rare to find such a good young man in Dingjing City. But if it was such a good marriage, why did the Shen family hide it from them?
Chen Qiu curled his lips. He knew what was going on, and he also felt a bit resentful about why Shen Miao hadn't told others about the Shen family's marriage swap plan. However, he could only remain silent. He didn't know why, but every time Shen Miao glanced at him, it seemed to intimidate him. Chen Qiu himself didn't want to believe that he, who was invincible on the battlefield, would actually be afraid of his own sister.
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