768 Black-hearted Couple (5)
Xie Jingxing looked at her in admiration and said, “Smart.”
“You knew all along?” Shen Miao was a little suspicious.
“It’s Shen Dongling’s idea.” Xie Jingxing casually picked up a pastry and took a bite. “To let Huangfu Hao and the crown prince come to an agreement and put on a show together. The condition for the State of Qin and Ming Qi to form an alliance is that you have to marry Huangfu Hao. Otherwise, the alliance will not work, and the Daliang Dynasty might attack Ming Qi. At that time, when this news spreads, the people will ask Shen Xin to marry you to Huangfu Hao in fear. Torn between protecting the people and you, Shen Xin will be in extreme pain.
“At that moment, the crown prince will come forward and say that you are already engaged to him. Compared to marrying you to Huangfu Hao, Shen Xin will be more willing to let you marry the crown prince and stay in Ming Qi. He would even be grateful to the crown prince for this.” Xie Jingxing shrugged. “Your half-sister is not a simple person.”
When Shen Miao heard that, her face turned ashen. She sneered. “She’s really concerned about me, isn’t she?”
She actually used the people of Ming Qi to threaten Shen Xin. Shen Xin had always been taught by Old General Shen to fight for the people at all costs. When Shen Xin was torn between the people and his beloved daughter, he would be in extreme pain. Among the people of the Shen family, Shen Miao and Shen Dongling had always minded their own business. Now that Shen Dongling revealed her true color, Shen Miao felt an uncontrollable disgust towards her.
She said, “I can’t marry the crown prince.”
Xie Jingxing stared at her with a faint smile. “Why? Do you want to marry me so badly?” Without waiting for Shen Miao to flare up, he continued, “Don’t worry, no one in the world can and dares to snatch my woman from me.”
Xie Jingxing was always so unreserved and blunt about his feelings. Shen Miao blushed for some reason and changed the topic. “Shen Dongling schemed against me, so I naturally have to give her a taste of her own medicine.”
“Madam Xie, I’m at your service,” Xie Jingxing said lazily.
Shen Miao was speechless.
She said, “What exactly do you mean now? Are you going to destroy Ming Qi and let the Daliang Dynasty unify the world?”
Xie Jingxing smiled mysteriously and said, “If I say yes, will you help me?”
“I’ve said it before that in this aspect, we are the same,” Shen Miao replied.
The teasing smile on Xie Jingxing’s face gradually disappeared. He did not know what Shen Miao was thinking, and he could not tell at all. When it came to the war between the two countries, Xie Jingxing had never thought that Shen Miao would support him. Shen Miao’s indifferent attitude towards the destruction of Ming Qi surprised him, and her expression told him that she was serious.
She wanted to destroy Ming Qi?
But why?
Shen Miao was definitely not a person pursuing fame and fortune, so she would not do it just for that. Would she do it because she liked Xie Jingxing so much that she was willing to turn her back on her country?… Xie Jingxing did not think so. It seemed that ever since he met Shen Miao, Shen Miao had been extremely hostile to the royal family. Of course, this was because the royal family also wanted to bring the Shen family down, but Shen Miao was a girl. How did she know so much about what was on the mind of the royal family? Sometimes, she could see things more clearly than Shen Xin and Shen Qiu. She had always been secretly protecting the Shen family like she had long expected something to happen. The closer he got to Shen Miao, the more he realized that there were many mysteries about her. However, even the Exiled Immortal Pawnshop could not find out.
It was really puzzling.
He hesitated for a moment and asked, “You… don’t like Ming Qi?”
Shen Miao lowered her eyes. “That which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide. This has always been the case since ancient times. It’s not something that can be changed by whether I want it or not. Even if I don’t want it to happen, it will still happen. This is destined.” She looked up at the flickering candle on the table and said, “Moreover, compared to the royal family, I prefer this country to be in your hands.”
