Chapter 391 Disdain and Hate (2)
Now that I think about it, the two teacups on the table were also a bit strange.
Shen Miao shook her head and threw away the messy thoughts in her mind. No matter if there was someone behind the screen or who it was, she had already said what she wanted to say to Su Mingfeng. Based on her understanding of Su Mingfeng, this matter should be able to succeed.
After getting on the carriage, Guyu asked, "Miss, will Young Master Su help the Master and the Madam?"
Jingzhe and Guyu were outside, not knowing what Shen Miao and Su Mingfeng had said. They just thought Shen Miao was asking Su Mingfeng for help. However, the relationship between the Su and Shen families had always been like that, which made them a little worried.
Shen Miao nodded: “Yes.”
In a previous life, the Su family was executed for illegally trafficking in military horses. Although the Tian family could not tolerate an established family like the Pingnan Bo family, they always had to maintain a complete facade. Besides the evidence of trafficking, another offense was also recorded. At the beginning of the 69th year of the Ming Qi era, the military horses under the charge of Pingnan Bo Su Yu became ill, even causing a small wave of equine plague. However, Pingnan Bo later brought a veterinarian from the countryside to control the outbreak. This incident was kept secret except by those close to the military horse department. Therefore, no one else knew about it. Later, when Pingnan Bo's property was confiscated, the incident was exposed.
Shen Miao was still the Empress, and she had carefully read the files concerning the Pingnan Earl's guilt, thus knowing where the veterinarian lived. In fact, even if Shen Miao hadn't come to Su Mingfeng today, Su Yu would have been able to find the veterinarian and control the epidemic soon after Xiaobo's horse plague spread. The reason Shen Miao didn't let Su Mingfeng tell Su Yu about this was to take advantage of the time difference.
Su Mingfeng used other reasons to ask Su Yu to submit a memorial, and she also took advantage of this condition, which was just perfect.
But… Shen Miao's face darkened. Before his death, Shen Yuan had handed Fu Xiuyi the evidence of the Shen family's disobedience to the emperor. This evidence was definitely incomplete. Fu Xiuyi had actually begun to deal with the Shen family now, which made Shen Miao feel a little nervous. At present, she did not have a complete trump card to compete with Fu Xiuyi. The time was not right, and there was no opportunity. This really fulfilled Xie Jingxing's words - retreat.
However, how to retreat was also a problem. To retreat was a retreat, but to retreat in order to advance was also a retreat. How to make all the arrangements and then retreat safely was the problem she should worry about now.
Unable to remain outside for too long without arousing suspicion, Shen Miao quickly returned to the Shen Residence. Inside the Shen Residence, everyone saw her return and assumed she had complained to Feng An Ning about her troubles. However, Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan had yet to return from the palace. Perhaps Shen Gui and Shen Wan had spoken about something, and the rest of the Shen family seemed to be watching the fun.
Accustomed to the Shen family treating the eldest wife as their enemy, Shen Miao didn't even glance at them and went straight back to the west courtyard. Jingzhe and Guyu had assumed that Shen Miao was preoccupied tonight and would probably sit at the table all night like yesterday, but who knew that Shen Miao would actually wash up early and go to bed, causing the maids to look at each other in bewilderment, becoming even more worried about Shen Miao.
Shen Miao lay on the bed, looking at the four-cornered sachets hanging on the carved bedposts, and slowly closed her eyes.
She had done everything she could, and now the only thing she could do was wait.
Wait until the Su family joins forces with other court officials to submit a memorial, and wait... Emperor Wenhui becomes suspicious.
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Inside the palace, in Shufang Palace, unlike the other magnificent palaces, it could even be considered simple. Even the decorations were mere floral displays or paintings. Concubine Dong Shu was seated on a soft couch, listening to a tune played by a young woman with a round face. While not particularly beautiful, she played the tune with a lively air. Concubine Dong Shu listened with a smile. She wasn't particularly beautiful, and amidst the beauties, she seemed rather ordinary. Though beautiful, she was rather docile and indifferent, making her the least striking of the four concubines.
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