Chapter 403 No Future (2)
In an instant, only Xie Jingxing and Shen Miao were left in the carriage.
“I heard that the Marquis of Lin’an offered help in the court yesterday. Thank you, young marquis.” Shen Miao said.
Xie Ding helped Su Yu impeach Shen Xin. On the surface, it was an impeachment, but in reality, it was giving Shen Xin a way out. Others might not see it, but Shen Miao believed that an old fox like Xie Jingxing, who was so advanced in Taoism, could not fail to see it.
As expected, as soon as her half-truth came out, Xie Jingxing raised his lips and smiled, leaning back lazily, his arms slightly relaxed, and said, "Lin'an Hou has his own ideas, it has nothing to do with me."
“Oh,” Shen Miao looked at him and smiled: “Then the young marquis came to my carriage uninvited, wasn’t it just to hear my thanks?” She deliberately emphasized the four words “my carriage”, obviously she was very annoyed that Xie Jingxing always did such uninvited things.
Xie Jingxing stared at her and said, "Are you planning to let Chen Xin retreat to the northwest? Luo family?"
Shen Miao’s heart skipped a beat and she looked at Xie Jingxing without saying a word.
That's what she thought. Xie Jingxing had pointed out a way out for her, but she just didn't want to withdraw passively. She hadn't even finished the game with Ming Qi yet, so how could she lose the initiative now? Her ambition, her revenge, hadn't even begun, and she was going to be suppressed. That was naturally unacceptable.
Confiscating their military power wasn't a big deal. What the Shen Xins valued most wasn't the tiger talisman the Fu family believed, but their ability to lead troops in battle. If they could lead one Shen Family Army, they couldn't necessarily lead another. And among those whose military power had been confiscated, those who had infiltrated the Shen Family Army were already members of the Shen Yuan clan, and they were also Fu Xiuyi's men. Leading such an army, constantly on guard against snipers, would be too tiring.
Unless he led another clean army, starting over, the Shen family lost their military power, but they still had Luo Xueyan's family, the Luo family. However, the Luo family's army had never been as strong as the Shen family's, and their tactics were not sophisticated in defending the border, so they did not attract attention.
Shen Miao's plan was to target the Luo family. He wanted to turn the Luo family into another Shen family army, as a trump card in his hand, a trump card that no one knew about. Hadn't the Fu family always worried that Shen Xin would rebel with his own army? She wanted to show the Fu family how to rebel!
However…this secret thought was actually exposed by Xie Jingxing's sharp gaze. The panic of having her thoughts exposed made Shen Miao's face look a little embarrassed.
If Xie Jingxing knew her thoughts... what would this man, a tragic hero who left a profound mark in the history of Ming and Qi dynasties, do? Blackmail her? Report her? Or... kill her?
However, there probably wasn't another chance. Shen Miao was someone who had weathered the most difficult times in her previous life. Even if she was briefly startled, she would quickly suppress her emotions. She thought, Xie Jingxing was about to leave for the Northern Frontier. If this trip to the Northern Frontier followed the same route as in his previous life, Xie Jingxing would die. He would be pierced by thousands of arrows. The ten-day deadline was approaching. Fate was the hand that could change the world. No matter how cunning and treacherous Xie Jingxing was, he would not be able to escape the same fate.
Shen Miao raised her eyes and looked towards Xie Jingxing.
Xie Jingxing was truly handsome. In her previous life, when Shen Miao resided in the Six Palaces, she had seen many talented and handsome young men, but even Fu Xiuyi, whom she had always had her heart set on, did not possess such grace and elegance. He had long, handsome eyebrows that slanted down to his temples, a high nose bridge, and thin, slightly upturned lips that were very rosy. His smile always had a hint of wickedness. He was handsome and somewhat overbearing, with a sharp, cold face, yet he had a pair of dark, bright peach blossom eyes. When he looked at people, he seemed affectionate but also heartless, yet with a touch of tenderness.
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