Chapter 564 Alliance (5)
"Remuneration?" Xie Jingxing said nonchalantly, "The Shen family offered ten thousand taels of gold, but I don't care. The Daliang treasury is well-equipped. What can you offer?"
Shen Miao gritted her teeth: "As long as you don't pledge your body to me, then everything is fine."
Xie Jingxing raised an eyebrow at her and sighed, "So that's what you think. Are you reminding me that you want to marry me? A woman should be graceful and reserved. It's not good for you to be like this."
Shen Miao could only sneer in response.
“Forget it,” Xie Jingxing said, “Saving people is just a small matter for me, I won’t make it difficult for you. The reward is simple.” He stared at Shen Miao and said with a half-smile, “Writing poems and playing the piano, making cakes and sewing, these are the few things for now.”
Shen Miao: “…”
She said, "Change it."
"This is what I want." Xie Jingxing rejected Shen Miao's words. As if he felt the ground was a little cold, he pulled Shen Miao up again.
"I can't send you back to the Shen residence right now. You've been missing for three days, and there are rumors everywhere. If you go back now, you'll inevitably be suspected." Xie Jingxing said, "I'll arrange for someone to take you to the Princess's Mansion. Aunt Rong will help you."
Shen Miao was stunned, looked at Xie Jingxing, and asked, "Princess Rongxin also knows your identity?"
Xie Jingxing shook his head: "You are the only one among the Mingqi people."
Shen Miao fell silent. Xie Jingxing looked at Xie Changchao's body on the ground, a trace of disgust flashing in his eyes. He suddenly said, "But today, in order to save you, I killed someone, which inevitably caused trouble. This matter started because of you. From now on, we are grasshoppers on the same rope. You are my ally, do you understand?"
“I don’t think I agreed.” Shen Miao was furious.
"My agreement is enough." Xie Jingxing said happily, snapped his fingers, and two men in black walked in from outside.
"Move it back." Xie Jingxing touched Xie Changchao's body with his foot.
Shen Miao was surprised: "What do you want his body for?"
Xie Jingxing raised his eyebrows: "It can be of great use."
Tieyi and Nanqi carried Xie Changchao's body out. Luckily, Xie Changwu and his brother had built this secret room themselves, a place unknown even to the servants of the Marquis of Lin'an's mansion. They dug a tunnel through the room, allowing them to exit directly outside. This made travel much easier.
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There haven't been any guests at the princess's mansion for a long time.
Ever since the news of Xie Jingxing's death on the battlefield two years ago, Princess Rongxin had fallen seriously ill. Even after recovering, it seemed as if she'd left a persistent illness, rarely attending even royal functions. She left the palace less and less frequently, even claiming she wouldn't see anyone who came to visit. Everyone knew it was because Xie Jingxing had died. Princess Rongxin, childless throughout her life, treated her nephew like her own son. While Xie Jingxing was still alive, he'd visited the palace regularly, but after his death, and Princess Rongxin's erratic temper, he practically deserted her.
Today, a guest came to the princess's mansion.
The maid sweeping outside was an old servant in the princess's mansion. She immediately recognized the girl in the carriage. She had been to the mansion two years ago, and Princess Rongxin had treated her warmly at that time. Her name was Shen, or Shen something, but the maid couldn't remember. However, the messenger didn't have to wait long before she saw Princess Rongxin's personal maid hurried out and ushered the female guest and her guards in.
Seeing this, the remaining maids who were cleaning the house gathered together and whispered, "Whose girl is this? The princess hasn't seen any guests in the past two years, and yet she saw one today."
"Look at him, he seems to be very impatient. Maybe he has some friendship with the princess in the past. It's rare to see such a person."
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