The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage

Chapter 222: Fu Ming (Part 2)

Those words had the meaning of giving serious consideration to Shen Miao’s words. Shen Miao did not dare to be vague and thought about it before speaking, ”Now that the ending of the Lu family is a foregone conclusion, the child in Consort Jing’s womb would not be able to turn the tide. Since the Emperor and His Highness have already made a decision, everything else will fall naturally.”

”How about that child?” Empress Xian De took a sip of tea and asked, ”Do you think that child should be kept or not?”

Shen Miao paused before saying, ”There would be no impact to the overall situation if the child is kept or not. It is all Your Ladyship’s decision to keep the child or not.”

”BenGong’s decision.” Empress Xian De sighed gently, ”There is always a thorn stuck in BenGong’s heart but BenGong is not callous enough to pull out this thorn.” She mocked herself, ”This Empress position is really not suitable for BenGong. Getting used to it is one thing, being suitable is another.”

Shen Miao did not speak as whatever she say would be wrong at this point of time.

Empress Xian De turned the topic around, ”WangFei, without a doubt you are a good mistress of the entire residence of Prince Rui but if in the future you need to carry more responsibilities and face more complicated matters, will you be able to do well?”

Shen Miao’s heart jumped. There was another meaning to Empress Xian De’s words, seemingly implying something. If it was in the past, Shen Miao would not think much about it but Xie Jing Xing had told her about Emperor Yong Le’s matters. If Emperor Yong Le could not live past thirty five, if Emperor Yong Le had other plans… Shen Miao seemed to have immediately guessed their intentions.

She composed herself and said, ”Your Ladyship, no one can say anything firm of the future but ChenFu will accompany by His Highness side. No matter what His Highness does, ChenFu will assist.”

Empress Xian De looked at her for a while before shaking her head and sighing, ”It is good that you have no ambitions but it is also not good.” She continued, ”But Jing Xing is not the Emperor so your fortune is very good. However you have to understand that if one day you reached to the height, there are a lot of matters that one cannot act in one’s own volition. You might not like it but you cannot show that you do not like. You have to do it because this is the truth of the world.”

Was Empress Xian De telling her of her own feelings? Shen Miao calmly said, ”ChenFu would not do that. At the beginning when the true of the world was first mentioned, everyone would be suspicious of it. If one could not retain one’s initial heart, then there is no meaning to reaching a higher position. Being unable to act in one’s own volition only happens when one do not have enough power to change the environment around them.”

When Empress Xian De heard it, she was lost in thoughts for a long time and when she finally reacted, she looked at Shen Miao deeply. That gaze was very complicated that Shen Miao was unable to describe it clearly. Perhaps there was some envious and some self-depreciation. She then said, ”Perhaps so. You spoke correctly but BenGong’s half a lifetime has passed so one does not have any time to change.” She was somewhat wan and Shen Miao felt that as compared to the last time she came, it looked like Empress Xian De has great changes and has become old.

Was it because of Consort Jing? Shen Miao was thinking about it in her heart and asked, ”One heard that the siblings from the Ye family had also entered the Palace to meet Consort Jing?”

”Since a Consort carrying a Dragon Seed came out from the Lu family, naturally the bugs of Long Ye will start to move. The Ye family was supposed to visit BenGong thus they entered the Palace today but BenGong saw that the win-lover’s heart was not in the cup thus they were released. Most probably the Ye family saw that Lu Jing is pregnant and have other ideas and thus wanted to take action from Lu Jing’s end.” Empress Xian De’s gaze was somewhat drawn-out, ”That Young Lady that the Ye family found is sure beautiful. Not only she is beautiful, she is also very intelligent. Not only she is very intelligent, she is also ambitious. This kind of female is best suited to survive in the Inner Palace.”

Shen Miao’s gaze slightly lagged, ”Ye Mei wants to enter the Palace?”