Chapter 823: Protecting the Shortcomings (6)
To be fair, Xie Jingxing treated him very well. If he hadn't, Su Mingfeng wouldn't have been thinking about him for so many years. Xie Jingxing was arrogant, unruly, and did whatever he wanted. There was almost nothing that could restrain him. Although he said he was ruthless, he always helped Su Mingfeng with some help. For example, when someone bullied Su Mingfeng as a child, Xie Jingxing took the man and beat him up without a word. Even if the person was a child of the royal family, he still beat them up. Finally, no one dared to bully Su Mingfeng anymore.
It's just that although Xie Jingxing did a lot, he never took credit for it, and he never even mentioned it. His sister always treated him badly, so over time, people remembered his bad side, while his good side was gradually forgotten.
After Shen Miao finished her conversation, she felt extremely happy. She didn't know why, but when she saw Su Mingfeng accusing Xie Jingxing, she felt that the scene was extremely jarring. After she finished speaking, although she felt a little embarrassed, she did not regret it.
Did Xie Jingxing have any intention of using Su Mingfeng? Shen Miao thought, definitely not. Otherwise, in his previous life, when the Su family was ordered to be executed by Emperor Wenhui, and no one was left to collect the bodies of Su Yu and his son, and everyone was afraid of Emperor Wenhui's anger and suspicion, only Xie Jingxing stood up and buried them with honor.
Even though Xie Jingxing at that time was dying in battle carrying Xie Ding on his back, the Lin'an Marquis Mansion was in danger, and he himself was about to receive an order to go to war.
Loyal, a true hero, following his own heart and impulse, that was Fu Ming's evaluation of Xie Jingxing, but the child's eyes saw the most real things. Shen Miao thought that what Fu Ming said was exactly like this.
If such a person was still scolded by Su Mingfeng as "unworthy of being a brother", Shen Miao would feel extremely sorry for Xie Jingxing. An identity was enough to change everyone's perspective. The title of King Rui looked glorious, but in reality, how many people could endure the things that he had to endure without changing their expression and chatting and laughing?
She didn't realize that when she was speaking, Xie Jingxing was slightly surprised, then his eyes fell on her with a happy smile.
Su Mingfeng looked at Xie Jingxing, speechless.
He felt complicated and sad. His friend was still alive, which should have been a happy thing. But for some reason, he had no interest in being happy at all.
Xie Jing Xing glanced at him and said, "I don't owe you anything."
"Even if there's a debt, it would have been paid off long ago." Xie Jingxing said, "The Lin'an Marquis's mansion is too big to attract attention. The Emperor wants to suppress it. The Lin'an Marquis has tens of millions of soldiers under his command. If the father is kind and the son is filial, and the son inherits the father's business, the Emperor will sleep uneasy. The closer you get, the faster you die. I want to live a few more years, so I'll first protect a mansion for the Lin'an Marquis."
"Is it worth it to exchange the grace of raising me for the stability of a marquis's mansion?" Xie Jingxing raised his lip and asked.
Su Mingfeng was speechless when asked.
"If I don't do this, Xie Ding is already a thorn in the emperor's side, and he will die one day. The Lin'an Marquisate will be framed with a trumped-up crime, smeared, and ruined. Now, even though my son is dead and there are no descendants, at least the Lin'an Marquisate is still there. The emperor has spared the Lin'an Marquisate. When people mention the Lin'an Marquisate, they still think of it as a clean and honest family." Xie Jingxing laughed sarcastically, "I have a nominal mother-son relationship with Princess Yuqing. For this little bit of affection, all I can do is to preserve the dignity of the Lin'an Marquisate and the Lin'an Marquisate."
Shen Miao looked at Xie Jingxing's handsome profile. He spoke so nonchalantly, as if none of this mattered at all. However, in the past few years, these unspoken words could only be kept in her heart.
Xie Jingxing was a candid man, yet he was also the most dishonest. He spoke candidly of the truth, the events of the past, but what he didn't share was his own heart. He didn't mention the grievances he'd suffered, nor did he mention his worries and anguish. Thus, in everyone's eyes, he played with life, cynical, seemingly unfazed by anything. Yet, in his attempts to maintain the integrity of the Marquisate, he was forced to endure the accusations of being "disobedient," "insolent," "disrespectful to elders," and "disrespectful to his father and brothers."
Su Mingfeng was stunned when he heard this.
"My life in Daliang is not as simple as you think, rich and prosperous." He looked at the icicles on the tree and said nonchalantly: "If it were you, you would come back crying to your mother after staying there for even a day."
Su Mingfeng was so angry that his throat choked.
"Nothing in the world is good for no reason. Whatever you get, you must fight for it. Su Mingfeng, you have an easy life, but you can't judge me by that. I've been through much more than you can imagine."
He sighed softly, still with a smile on his face. His peach blossom eyes were slightly curved, and his eyelashes dropped in a beautiful arc. From this angle, his eyebrows and eyes were gentle, and his beauty seemed like a spirit walking out of a painting. However, there was no smile in his eyes.
As cold as a winter wind.
"Most importantly, Mingqi didn't nurture me, he only erased me," he said.
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