Chapter 750: Exposed (5)
“The crime of deceiving the emperor.” Shen Miao replied.
"Collaborating with the enemy, treason, and deceiving the emperor. These eight words are enough to get your entire Shen family executed, and even the nine clans will be exterminated. I think you also saw what happened to Shen Wan. Do you know what you are saying now? What lies have you told me?"
Shen Miao said: “This subject said nothing.”
"You won't cry until you see the coffin, will you?" Princess Rongxin's voice was filled with a chilling coldness. "If I wanted you dead, it would be easy. If your answer today doesn't satisfy me, I only need to mention it to my brother, and the Shen family will be doomed. Are you going to let your parents and brothers lose their lives just because of your own willfulness?"
Shen Miao remained silent.
Princess Rongxin said slowly, "Now tell me, Prince Rui is Xie Jingxing who died in battle, right?"
"No." These two words were firm and unwavering as they came out of Shen Miao's mouth. It was as if the terrible threats before were nothing but smoke and clouds, not leaving the slightest trace on her heart.
“Shen Miao!” Princess Rong Xin was furious: “I will make the Shen family guilty!”
"Everything should be based on evidence."
"As long as I am willing, I can punish you without any evidence!"
Shen Miao almost sneered in her heart. This was how the Fu family was, so strong and overbearing. Even the seemingly fair and impartial Princess Rongxin would not hesitate to use her imperial power to bully others when faced with something she wanted to know.
People are complex and human nature is selfish.
"This princess asks you again, is Prince Rui Xie Jingxing?"
"no."
Princess Rong Xin was nearly furious. Normally, she admired Shen Miao's composure and calmness, but when that composure was used against her, she felt as if she were facing a copper pea, unable to find any flaws. An ordinary girl would be frightened by a few threats, but Shen Miao was not afraid!
“Someone come!” Princess Rongxin’s face darkened. “Give me Chen Miao…”
Before she could finish her words, the rest of them were caught in her throat.
A purple figure leaped in from the window. He had jumped in from the back window. No one was guarding the backyard, so no one saw him. The man was dressed in a dark purple brocade robe, with a pattern embroidered in gold thread on the corners that Princess Rongxin was most familiar with.
After entering the house, he glanced around unhurriedly, then strolled leisurely to Shen Miao. As if he were in his own home, he stood in front of Princess Rong Xin. Only then did he lazily and unhurriedly speak, "She's timid, Aunt Rong, don't scare her."
Princess Rongxin remained silent after seeing this person and stood there blankly. When she heard the voice of "Aunt Rong", she pointed at the other person and trembled so much that she couldn't speak.
In this not very spacious room, the lights flickered slightly. The man was playing with the ring on his thumb. He was wearing a half-silver mask. The mask was shining with a cold light, revealing his red lips with a slight smile, but it did not make people feel warm at all.
Shen Miao stared at Xie Jingxing in disbelief. She had never expected that Xie Jingxing would dare to show up at this time, openly appearing in front of Princess Rongxin in the Princess's Mansion! You have to know that Xie Jingxing had died on the battlefield in Northern Frontier two years ago. If Xie Jingxing showed up again, not to mention the uproar it would cause in Mingqi, but if he added the identity of Prince Rui, he would be labeled a spy, a traitor, a secret agent... all kinds of names would be unavoidable.
How dare he?
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