Shen Miao was uncertain and stopped standing here to argue with the Shen family. Instead, she quickly returned to her room without looking back. Outside, Shen Gui and the others had had enough of the show and wanted to ask their colleagues if they knew anything about this, so they dispersed in twos and threes. Shen Yue followed behind Chen Ruoqiu with a trace of joy on her face. Yesterday, when she heard that Consort Dong met Shen Miao and Luo Xueyan, Shen Yue felt very uneasy. After all, Consort Dong was the mother of Prince Ding. What if Shen Miao caught the eye of Consort Dong and Consort Dong wanted to matchmake her? Fortunately, today, it seemed that the first branch was unlucky.
At the thought of this, Shen Yue felt relieved.
On the other hand, Shen Dongling, who was held by Concubine Wan, looked at the courtyard thoughtfully and went back.
The huge west courtyard became empty in the blink of an eye. Even Ah Zhi returned to the barracks of the Shen army with Shen Xin’s guards. Emperor Wen Hui suddenly summoned Shen Xin to the palace, so naturally the Shen army had to be under watch. Fortunately, Mo Qing was still around, because he was not in the Shen army yet.
In the room, Jingzhe, Gu Yu, Bai Lu, and Shuang Jiang all stood behind Shen Miao. Mo Qing stood by the door with his head lowered, his face solemn. Although Shen Dongling said that Emperor Wen Hui might continue to reward Shen Xin, everyone knew that it was unlikely.
Shen Miao sat at the table with a frown, which comforted Mo Qing a little. He was originally worried that Shen Miao would be nervous and flustered when she found out about this. Now, although Shen Miao looked gloomy, she was not nervous at all.
Shen Miao looked at the letter in front of her. In her previous life, the Shen family was wiped out by Fu Xiuyi. At that time, she had tried to stop him, but Fu Xiuyi accused the Shen family of their wrong doings one by one in front of the entire court. Although she knew that the accusations were all fabricated, there was nothing she could do to save her family.
She could still remember vividly what happened that day in the throne room when the denunciation against Shen Xin was said out loud. Now, it was the 69th year of Ming Qi, and she was reborn in the 68th year of Ming Qi. The things Shen Yuan told Fu Xiuyi must be prior to the 68th year.
What crimes did the Shen family commit prior to the 68th year of Ming Qi?
Shen Miao closed her eyes, and some scenes flashed across her mind.
She was wearing the empress’s court dress with a disheveled appearance. The civil and military officials were excited as Fu Xiuyi angrily threw the evidence at her face.
A civil official read, “In the 68th year of Ming Qi, the soldiers of the Shen army disobeyed the emperor’s order, released the bandits, and deceived the emperor…”
Releasing the bandits and deceiving the emperor!
Shen Miao suddenly opened her eyes!
She suddenly remembered that in the 68th year of Ming Qi, something big had indeed happened. The Shen army fought with the Xirong and defeated them, winning three cities. Emperor Wen Hui ordered that everyone in the cities be killed without mercy.
To a general, massacring a city was the hardest thing. In the city of Xirong, other than the soldiers, most of the people were old, weak, women, and children. These old, weak, women, and children were as harmless as the people of Ming Qi. The ones who were in the wrong were the soldiers of Xirong. Shen Xin was not someone who took delight in killing, so he secretly spared the lives of those women and children.
Other than the Shen army, no one else should know about this. The people of the Shen army were all trained by Shen Xin, so it was impossible for them to betray him. Shen Yuan should have played a part in this. Perhaps a long time ago, Shen Yuan had already planted a hidden chess piece in the Shen army.
However, compared to all the accusations in her previous life, the accusation of “deceiving the emperor” did not seem to be that important. For Fu Xiuyi, who was always patient and calm, to make a move this early, it could only mean that the current situation made Fu Xiuyi feel threatened. The Shen family had already become a variable. In this life, because Shen Miao and Fu Xiuyi had nothing to do with each other, Fu Xiuyi did not stop Emperor Wen Hui from letting the Shen family off for a few more years. In the end, the royal family still targeted the Shen family.
