Chapter 995
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In the entire Imperial Palace, only the Cold Palace was burnt to ashes. The sorrowful mood, the tearful accusation, the curses before death and the deep despair all disappeared with the fire, leaving behind only the ghastly embers and the rumours that people talked about.
Ming Qi's Empress Shen died.
After the Shen family was executed for treason, the Crown Prince was deposed and committed suicide, Mei Furen was appointed as the new Crown Prince and Fu Sheng became the new Empress. The lonely Cold Palace suddenly caught fire in the night and burned the deposed Empress Shen to ashes.
This was a matter that made one sigh. The Emperor of Ming Qi was benevolent and did not let the Empress go to the netherworld because of the Shen family's disloyalty. He spared her life and only banished her to the Cold Palace but this female had no fortune and died in the fire.
History was written by the victors and it was the same for the Inner Palace.
With a change of dynasty, the traces of Empress Shen's life were completely covered up. She did not have any belongings left as they were all destroyed in the fire. There was no one left in the First household of the Shen family and it was really the end of the family dying out.
That new Crown Prince's Empress Li changed from her previous gentle and charming temperament and became somewhat fierce. She wholeheartedly supported her own brother and coaxed Fu Xiu Yi until he was docile and the court was actually controlled by her.
There was some meaning of the relatives monopolizing power.
There were also some officials who faintly felt that something was wrong and wanted to secretly remind the Emperor but before they could take action, because of some inexplicable reasons, they were either demoted or exiled.
Pei Lang looked at everything with cold eyes but his heart was somewhat tired.
In less than half a year after Shen Miao's death, Ming Qi almost turned the Heaven and Earth upside down. He indeed did not see wrongly. Mei Furen and her siblings had great skills and it was difficult to say if the Ming Qi's country would fall into Mei Furen's hands in the future. He was loyal to Fu Xiu Yi and should have reminded Fu Xiu Yi but after reminding a few times to no avail, he no longer reminded and even secretly felt that he deserved it.
A person's heart was the easiest to change. A wise ruler could become an incapable ruler and a loyal official could have disloyalty.
Every night when Pei Lang was sleeping, he would be awakened by a pair of eyes in his dreams. That pair of eyes were black and white and there were no tears but it made one's heart heavier than tears.
Those were Shen Miao's eyes.
Pei Lang used to think that what he did was right. He followed the trend of the times, seeking benefits and avoiding harm. This was his instinct, and it was also the best choice. But the longer time passed, the more he couldn't deceive himself.
How was this the general trend? He obviously did not want Shen Miao to die like this.
When did he start to have other feelings for Shen Miao? Pei Lang himself did not know. He was her teacher in Guang Wen Tang. He watched as Shen Miao, an arrogant and pampered girl who did not know anything, insisted on marrying Fu Xiu Yi. He watched as she entered the residence of Prince Ding and learned things that Fu Xiu Yi did not like, becoming a Wangfei, Empress and finally a deposed Empress.
She was actually a little stupid, but not very smart. She was a slow learner, but she had a kind of terrifying stubbornness. In the harem, she had some unnecessary kindness. Sometimes Pei Lang felt that Shen Miao was ridiculous to be willing to pay for a person, but at other times he felt envious of Fu Xiu Yi.
Later on, he couldn't help but pay more attention to her. Even he himself did not realise that he had to be extra patient in teaching Shen Miao's problems.
But Pei Lang was an intelligent person and intelligent people would not allow themselves to make mistakes.
Thus when he realised that he was having strange thoughts, he was determined to stop this mistake. So when Shen Miao went to the Qin country to be a hostage, it was him who suggested it. But five years later, Shen Miao returned and his thoughts still did not change.
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