Chapter 173 You Come and I Go (5)
After a moment, Emperor Wenhui laughed heartily and said, "For so many years, Lord Shen has guarded the northwest. Now that the enemy has been defeated, I am deeply pleased. Having such a great general is a blessing for Ming Qi. Lord Shen's request is granted!"
Shen Xin immediately thanked him: “Thank you, Your Majesty!”
This action caused the others in the hall to look sideways. After Emperor Wenhui granted his approval, he left the main hall on his own, leaving the others behind. Shen Xin's actions were quite unexpected. The first person to speak was actually Lin'an Marquis Xie Ding. This man, who had been dealing with the Shen family all his life, was obviously quite confused about Shen Xin's actions. He taunted, "General Shen, are you afraid of the war and staying in Dingjing for half a year to enjoy yourself?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Xin was not annoyed at all. Instead, he smiled, revealing his white teeth, and said, "Does Lord Xie envy this general? Well, it's no wonder. After all, Lord Xie has no wife or daughter..."
"You!" Xie Ding's face turned pale. Chen Xin looked like a big and strong man with no scheming, but in fact he was very vicious. The death of Princess Yuqing and Xie Jingxing's treatment of him as a stranger were Xie Ding's Achilles' heel. Chen Xin stabbed him in the back without mercy. Xie Ding really wanted to kill Chen Xin with a spear.
Fu Xiuyi looked at Shen Xin with a rather interesting expression. The Shen family had repeatedly surprised him. In the past, Shen Miao had a crush on him, and although he was extremely annoyed, he still thought that he could use the Shen family. Later, Shen Miao actually clarified to his face that she had no such intentions towards him, causing Fu Xiuyi to be ridiculed by Prince Zhou and Prince Jing. Now Shen Xin proposed to stay in Beijing for half a year, which was even more confusing. Fu Xiuyi had an inexplicable feeling that the Shen family, which seemed to be the easiest to control, had suddenly become a shaky stone. It seemed that in the future, countless variables would arise, thus affecting the entire situation...
Chen Xin's unconventional approach left the officials somewhat baffled, but the awards he received today were truly enviable. The others came forward, offering sincere or false congratulations and chatting. Chen Xin recounted interesting stories from the northwest, unaware of the sullen gaze behind him.
The gaze was fixed on Chen Xin, like a man-eating snake coiled in the grass, waiting for the right moment to rush forward and bite him to death. And the man looking at Chen Xin, with one side of his robe left bare, was fiddling with the ring in his hand. It was none other than Prince Yu.
The atmosphere here was quite lively, and outside, Chen Qiu also blocked Wei Qian in the corridor.
Wei Qiansheng was a handsome man, modest in his description, but compared to the healthy and vigorous Shen Qiu, he seemed too frail. He looked at Shen Qiu, frowned, and asked, "Little Lieutenant General Shen, why are you stopping me?"
Shen Qiu looked Wei Qian up and down. He was a cheerful and friendly person. If he had met Wei Qian in the past, he might have made friends with him. But after hearing Shen Miao say that Wei Qian already had a lover in his heart, he felt angry. In Shen Qiu's view, his sister was perfect in every way. She only looked down on others. How could she tolerate being disliked?
"Are you Wei Qian?" Thinking of this, Chen Qiu's tone was not very happy.
Wei Qian was startled, then realized the visitor's ill intentions and said, "That's right."
"I'm here for nothing," Shen Qiu patted Wei Qian's shoulder and said, "I just want to tell you that there were rumors that my sister was engaged to your Wei family. Since it's a rumor, my Shen family doesn't take it seriously, and your Wei family doesn't need to take it seriously either." Shen Qiu took a step back and said in a stern tone as if there was nothing to say, "The husband my sister chooses must naturally be approved by me first!" After that, without even looking at Wei Qian's expression, he turned around and strode away.
Wei Qian stood there in a daze. Shen Qiu's words clearly meant to sever ties with his family. However... he did have a sweetheart, and even if Shen Qiu was still fighting for his sister, there was no need to make him look like a worthless fool. The Shen family was too protective of their own shortcomings. Besides, he had no chance to interfere in this marriage!
Outside the corridor, Gao Yang looked at Wei Qian, who was standing there in a daze, with great amusement. He shook his head and said, "This Shen family is really too domineering. They are so arrogant that they don't even take the Wei family seriously."
"Have you seen enough?" The purple-clothed youth beside him had a hint of impatience between his eyebrows and a less than pleasant tone: "Are you done yet?"
"Wei Qian is your man," Gao Yang said. "He's being bullied like this, and you won't stand up for him?"
"If you like, go ahead." Xie Jingxing glanced at him.
"I wouldn't dare," Gao Yang said, as if he were enjoying a good show. "That girl from the Shen family has so many people protecting her. If she's not careful, she'll be in trouble. However," he said with a gentle smile, his tone gloating. "With Prince Yu here today, I'm afraid things won't end well. I heard that Prince Yu is planning to marry a princess. Which girl from the Shen family do you think he's going to marry?"
"I guess he can't marry her." Xie Jingxing raised his eyebrows and looked ahead.
In the garden, a familiar figure trotted forward, said something to the young eunuch on the other side, and stuffed a sachet into the young eunuch's hand.
That figure was none other than Shen Miao’s personal maid, Jingzhe.
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