Now that she thought about it, the two teacups on the table seemed a little too strange.
Shen Miao shook her head and threw away the thoughts in her mind. Regardless of who was behind the partition, she had to say what she wanted to say to Su Mingfeng. With her understanding of Su Mingfeng, this should work.
After getting into the carriage, Gu Yu asked, “Miss, will Young Master Su help Master and Madam?”
Jingzhe and Gu Yu were outside. They did not know what Shen Miao and Su Mingfeng said. They thought that Shen Miao was asking Su Mingfeng for help. However, the relationship between the Su family and the Shen family had always been awkward, so they were a little worried.
Shen Miao nodded. “Yes, he will.”
In her previous life, the entire Su family was killed because of smuggling war horses. The royal family could no longer tolerate an old family like the Earl of Pingnan, so in addition to the evidence of smuggling war horses, they also found other things to accuse them of. At the beginning of the 69th year of Ming Qi, the war horses managed by the Earl of Pingnan fell ill and even caused a horse plaque to break out. Later, the Earl of Pingnan found a veterinarian from the countryside to curb the epidemic. Other than the Su family’s trusted aides, no one knew about this. Later, the Earl of Pingnan was executed, and this matter was exposed.
Back then, Shen Miao was still the empress, and she had read the file on Earl of Pingnan’s crimes carefully, so she knew where the veterinarian lived. In fact, even if Shen Miao didn’t come to look for Su Mingfeng today, before long, when the horse plague spread, Su Yu would still be able to find the veterinarian and curb the outbreak.
However… Shen Miao’s expression darkened. Before Shen Yuan died, he handed the evidence of Shen Xin disobeying the emperor to Fu Xiuyi. Fu Xiuyi actually started to deal with the Shen family without having sufficient evidence, which made Shen Miao a little nervous. Currently, she did not have enough chess pieces to go against Fu Xiuyi. Time was not ripe, and there was no opportunity. Retreat might really be the only way for the time being.
However, retreating was also a problem. How to retreat unscathed after arranging everything was what she should worry about now.
Shen Miao quickly returned to the Shen family as she had to avoid staying outside for too long and arousing suspicion. In the Shen family, when everyone saw her return, they thought that Shen Miao just went to talk to Feng Anning. As for Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan, it didn’t seem like they were going to come back from the palace anytime soon. Probably because Shen Gui and Shen Wan said something, the rest of the Shen family looked like they were watching a show.
Shen Miao was already used to the Shen family treating the first branch as their enemy. She did not even look at them and returned to the west courtyard straight away. Jingzhe and Gu Yu thought that Shen Miao would probably have to sit at the table for the entire night like yesterday. Unexpectedly, Shen Miao washed up early and went to bed, making the maids look at each other in confusion.
Shen Miao lay on the bed and looked at the four-cornered sachet hanging on the pillar of the bed. She slowly closed her eyes.
She had done everything she could. Now, the only thing she could do was wait.
When the Su family joined forces with the other court ministers to impeach Shen Xin, Emperor Wen Hui would be suspicious.
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In the palace, Shufang Palace was different from other magnificent palaces. Decorated only by some flowers, paintings, and calligraphy, Shufang Palace could even be considered simple. Consort Dong was sitting on the soft couch and listening to music. The person playing the music was a young girl. She had a round face and was not very beautiful, but the music was lively. Consort Dong listened with a smile. Among the four consorts, she was the least eye-catching one.
