Chapter 851 Showdown (4)
"Father-in-law, you're worrying too much." Xie Jingxing smiled nonchalantly, "She knows my identity and understands the situation she's facing better than you do. Perhaps you should think about the relationship between the Shen family and Mingqi."
Shen Xin frowned when he heard the hidden meaning in his words and asked, "What do you mean?"
Xie Jingxing snapped his fingers, his gaze fixed on the chessboard that had just been played. Of the remaining pieces, Shen Xin's white pieces had been nearly completely devoured, while Xie Jingxing's black pieces were still scattered across the board. Shen Xin's defeat was tragic, yet the game didn't seem too intense. Xie Jingxing said, "The game I just played with my father-in-law was played by me as a member of the Mingqi royal family. Didn't my father-in-law notice anything?"
Shen Xin suddenly raised his head and said angrily: “Nonsense!”
"Whether it's nonsense or not, you and I both know." Xie Jingxing suddenly put away the smile on his face, and the lazy expression was immediately put away. Instead, it was replaced by a sharp and almost harsh tone: "What is Mingqi's attitude towards the Shen family? I don't believe that my father-in-law didn't see it before. In fact, if it weren't for Shen Miao's secret manipulation, I'm afraid the Shen family would not be able to protect themselves so prudently now. I'm not a kind-hearted person, but I don't want to see Shen Miao protecting your Shen family alone, and you know nothing about it. She is just a little girl and she is a bad person. I can't bear it."
Shen Xin was so angry that the beard on his lips stood up straight, but he still grasped the key point in Xie Jingxing's words and asked: "What's wrong with Jiaojiao? What did you mean by what you said just now? Explain it to me clearly!"
"My father-in-law and mother-in-law are stationed in the northwest all day long, and they have the whole world in their hearts. Naturally, they are too busy to take care of Shen Jiaojiao, but I am lucky enough to know. Do you think the second and third branches of the Shen family are good people? They colluded with Prince Yu to send Shen Miao to Prince Yu's bed and drugged Shen Miao with incense in Wolong Temple. How did Shen Yuan die? What made Ren Wanyun go crazy? What happened to Shen Gui and Shen Wan? Jing Chuchu, Jing Guansheng... The Shen family plotted against Shen Miao, let alone your life. The Mingqi royal family has never cared about your head."
"Do you think who was behind your retreat to Xiaochun City? Was it really just a coincidence that Su Yu of the Su family suddenly showed up and accidentally got the Emperor to show mercy? Is it really God's blessing that the Shen family always escaped unscathed?"
He looked at Shen Xin's stiff expression and said sarcastically, "Two years ago, my father-in-law returned to the capital. It happened to be Old Lady Shen's birthday. The Shen family ancestral hall was set on fire. But was it Shen Miao who set it on fire herself? Was it to make you realize the ambitions of the Shen family? She used her own life to warn and comfort you. General Shen, do you dare to say that you can still protect her safety?"
Shen Xin was struck by lightning.
These things happened one after another since he and Luo Xueyan returned to Dingjing City. He had suspected that something was wrong, but every time he investigated, he could not find out the reason. Later, the Ministry of War had many matters to deal with, and he did not have much time to get entangled in them, so he put it aside.
Shen Miao had not mentioned it, so Shen Xin had ignored it. Now, after hearing the whole story of these good things from Xie Jingxing, Shen Xin couldn't tell whether he was shocked or angry, and was actually speechless.
"The second and third branches of the Shen family have reached this point because of Shen Miao's scheme. General Shen, don't blame her for being ruthless. If it weren't for her, the grass on my grave would be over ten feet tall." Xie Jingxing sneered, but his eyes became sharper and sharper, almost suffocating. He said, "My father-in-law may be a good general in the eyes of the world, but I don't think that's the case for Shen Miao. I don't know why she has to bear all these things on her own, as if she owes the Shen family. But in my opinion, General Shen is not a good father, but the Shen family is very lucky to have a daughter like Shen Miao."
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