Chapter 199 Part 2 - Secret (Part 2) (1/2)
Chapter 199: Secret (Part 2)
When in the room, Shen Miao then told Xie Jing Xing of what had happened today. Xie Jing Xing said, “The Imperial Hunt?”
Shen Miao nodded her head, “It seemed some what unusual.”
“The Imperial Hunt is on the second day of the sixth month of every year and it was the established standard by the Late Emperor.” Xie Jing Xing said lazily, “However Imperial Older Brother and I would only be wondering outside and would not go deep in.”
“Why?” Shen Miao asked.
“Dangerous.” Xie Jing Xing lowered his voice.
Shen Miao was startled.
When Xie Jing Xing saw her expression, he laughed and raised his eyebrows, “Scared already?”
“What is there for me to be scared?” Shen Miao looked at him, “Do you mean that there will be someone that will take action against the Emperor and you? In the Imperial Hunt, the Imperial guards are all inside so who would have such a courage?”
“You have seen Mo Yu Army before.” Xie Jing Xing suddenly changed the topic, “Those are my people and has nothing to do with Great Liang’s army. Imperial Older Brother also knows about it. Do you know why the Mo Yu Army was raised?”
“Because the Imperial army is not trustable?” Shen Miao quickly asked but she somewhat could not believe in her heart.
Xie Jing Xing snapped his fingers.
Shen Miao did not say anything.
The world had said that Emperor Yong Le was Great Liang’s wise Monarch and the younger generation of Great Liang were of high esteem. It seemed that the commoners were as such but the officials and soldiers were not as loyal as rumoured. There was no fighting and scheme in the Imperial family of Great Liang but there was external aggressions.
The Imperial army of the Imperial family was passed down from generation to generation, that was to say that the Late Emperor had passed down the people but they refused to comply with the current Emperor Yong Le. Thinking about the cool tone of voice Xie Jing Xing used on the Late Emperor previously, Shen Miao because curious in her heart. She hesitated for a moment before looking at Xie Jing Xing to ask, “Speaking of which, at the beginning when you drifted to the Ding capital of Ming Qi, what was exactly the circumstances and on-goings?”
Hearing that, Xie Jing Xing’s gaze slightly changed. Shen Miao said beside him and she could feel the coldness of his emotions at that moment.
After a while, Xie Jing Xing smiled and reached out to stroke Shen Miao head, “How come there are so many questions? Want to know my secret again? If you want to know then come and exchange yours.” He smiled warmly, “One’s body can also do.”
Shen Miao rolled her eyes.
Xie Jing Xing again said, “But you seemed not to be angry with Lu Wan-er’s words at all?” He was slightly dissatisfied, “Someone covet over your husband and you are not furious at all? Shen Jiao Jiao, you really have no conscience.”
Shen Miao said, “Anyways, you will also not agree to it, isn’t it so? The Lu family is ambitious and you most likely do not have a heart so big as to raise a poisonous snake at one’s side.”
Xie Jing Xing laughed out loud and stared at her mouth, “Aren’t I raising a poisonous snake at one’s side? It is also a beautiful snake.”
This person could not be serious for more than three sentences. Shen Miao could not be bothered to talk to him and just said, “The Ye family… What do you think of the Ye family?”
Xie Jing Xing pondered, “The Ye family people are smarter than the Lu family and knows how to endure silently. Perhaps it is because of the matter of descendants, they are not as arrogant as the Lu family. Imperial Older Brother and I planned to start from the Ye family and incite disharmony between the Ye and Lu families.”
Shen Miao pulled back her hand. She did not know why but when she faced Ye Furen today, she had an indescribable feeling. She seemingly felt that the Ye family was not as easy to deal with as it looked on surface but this thought came unfathomably, that she did not know how it happened.
However Xie Jing Xing saw her strange look and asked, “You seemed to have something to say?”
Shen Miao shook her head. It was most likely she was too paranoid, thus she asked, “Will you be attending this Imperial Hunt? Ji Furen told me not to be schemed by others and I felt very strange.”
Xie Jing Xing’s expression turned slightly cold, “This time even if one is unwilling to go, you have to follow.”
“Why is it so?”
“Today it is the sixtieth year sacrificial ceremony stipulated by the Late Emperor. In the Imperial Hunt, Imperial Older Brother must hunt a lion in the hunting grounds as it represent that the common year would be smooth and he is a wise monarch.”
Lion? Shen Miao said, “That is a wild beast.” In a general hunting ground, naturally safety was the most important. After all the people who were hunting were all high ranking officials and aristocrats and it was not good for one’s life to be harmed. There would not be lions but wild hare or foxes, else a life would be lost in a moment of carelessness.
“Beasts are not to be feared.” Xie Jing Xing lips were raise but his smile was somewhat cold, “Beasts would not release arrows secretly and is much safer than people.”
“Only the Imperial army can be brought in and that was the rules set by the Late Emperor. However it is difficult to say if the people of the Imperial army is loyal or not.” Xie Jing Xing raised an eyebrow, “So you have to know that this is a match that the Late Emperor left for us brothers. To let everyone under Heavens watch, Imperial Older Brother and I do not have any choice even though one knew clearly about it.”
He then looked at the sorrowful Shen Miao and pinched her face, “But you can rest assure that nothing will happen to you. Even though the females of the Imperial family follow by name, there is no need to enter the hunting grounds.”
Shen Miao asked, “Do you have assurance to manage?” There was an bad premonition in her heart and seemed to have seen through Xie Jing Xing’s joking expression that he was not relaxed at all.
Xie Jing Xing stared at her and shook his head, “No.”
Shen Miao’s heart was lifted up tightly.