Chapter 163
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Three days later, the royal family held a banquet to return to the capital. All the civil and military officials brought their families to attend. Even though it was said that the ruler and officials were celebrating together, everyone was well aware that this returning banquet was only the Emperor's celebration banquet for Shen Xin.
The Shen family held great power in their hands and also had fierce generals like Shen Xin and Shen Qiu. If used well, it would be a good knife to protect Ming Qi. If used improperly, it could threaten the person sitting on the chair at any time. Towards the Shen family, the Imperial family of Ming Qi was both reliant and guarded against them, but in front of them, the Shen family was at least safe when the foreign lands had not been purged.
As long as the Shen family did not recklessly wade into the muddy waters of the fight for the heir apparent, the Imperial family would not take any action against the Shen family within ten years. This was something that anyone in the court with a brain could see. But previously Shen Miao was infatuated with Prince Ding, causing others to think that if Shen Xin were to marry his daughter to Fu Xiu Yi, the Shen family's position in court would become subtle. But afterwards it seemed that Shen Miao's interest in Fu Xiu Yi gradually faded and the Shen family did not need to be involved in the storm of the fight for the heir apparent, so naturally they would be safe and sound. In the next ten years, the name of the Formidable Great General in the Ding capital would be able to awe many people.
Early in the morning, Luo Xue Yan came over to see Shen Miao. In these few days, Luo Xue Yan and Shen Xin were investigating the matters that happened in the past year in the Shen residence but those matters were covered up very well and were all insignificant small matters, thus nothing could be found out. But even so, Shen Xin and wife still felt that it was strange. These days, their attitude towards Old Shen Furen and the other two households was a lot more distant.
Shen Miao did not tell Shen Xin and wife about Shen Qing losing her innocence, thus it was even more impossible for Ren Wan Yun and Chen Rou Qiu to take the initiative to say it. Thus Gui Momo's death was casually found as an excuse, saying that her hands and feet were not clean and thus she was expelled from the Shen residence. Ren Wan Yun initially thought that Shen Miao would tell the truth but who knew that Shen Miao would follow her excuse. Ren Wan Yun was sure that Shen Miao did not complain to Shen Xin and wife because of some concerns, thus she became even more fearless.
"Miss, there are too few hairpins in your box." Bai Lu combed Shen Miao's hair into a long bun. Now that Shen Miao was thinner, she gradually had the style of a young female, thus it would be inappropriate to dress up like in the past. Moreover, they were entering the palace today, so it was better to dress respectfully and appropriately. But in the past Shen Miao's jewellery were all handled by Ren Wan Yun and most of them were gold and silver jewellery and those jewellery were all spent when Shen Miao bought Yan Mei Shui Bi from San Fu Ban as well as helping Mo Qing to bribe Physician Chen. Now, the jewelry box was empty.
"Didn't Master bring back His Majesty's reward yesterday?" Shuang Jiang suddenly had an idea, "Why not let Young Lady pick from those? There are definitely many good things bestowed by the Palace."
"Forget it." Shen Miao flatly refused. Those things in the Palace, which one was not stained with blood? Now she did not want to wear those things on her body at all, as if it was stained with blood, it would remind her of those tragic years. She thought for a moment, then opened a hidden compartment in the jewelry box and picked out a hairpin.
"Oh, this hairpin is so beautiful!" Bai Lu was pleasantly surprised, "When did Young Lady have such a hairpin? Was it given by Furen?"
Shen Miao picked up the hairpin and looked at it carefully. This was the real Begonia that Xie Jing Xing had used in the academy examinations in the plum blossom forest to exchange for the Begonia that she wore on her head. If it was not for Bai Lu mentioning about no jewellery today, she would have thrown this thing to the back of her mind.
The entire body of the hairpin was made of jade, from light to dark, until it reached the part of the flower, the entire piece of jade was a sparkling purplish red colour. The craftsman who carved it was also skillful. The Begonia petals were in full bloom and there was a sense of prosperity. It was cold and moist to the touch, obviously it was a top quality jade material. One fear that this Begonia hairpin was worth more than a thousand gold. In the previous lifetime, Shen Miao had seen a lot of good things in the Palace, so naturally she could see that this hairpin was extraordinary. Because of this, she was even more surprised with Xie Jing Xing. No matter how rich the residence of the Marquis of Lin An was, it would not be able to withstand such extravagance.
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