The Rebirth of the Empress

Su Ming Feng's

No matter what the Eastern Courtyard did, Shen Miao still deliberately alienated the people from the Second and Third Household. He no longer stuck to Shen Yue and Shen Qing anymore. At first, everyone in the Shen residence thought that he was just making childish tantrums about the matter of falling into the water but Shen Miao started to do trouble with his own thinking, instead, so that everyone feels something is not right.

Gui Momo persuaded Shen Miao as usual not to get angry with the Eastern courtyard and sometimes also mentioned about Prince Ding as a peerless man in Ming Qi. But Shen Miao seems unwavering because every time Gui Momo calls that person, she would berate him angrily which makes Gui Momo dizzy. However the Western courtyard was filled with the cunning maids of the Second and Third Household and Gu Yu and the others thought that because of Shen Miao's temperament had changed, it had changed, he'll rearrange things on the inner page. Who knew that Shen Miao had completely ignored him.

Naturally, Shen Miao had his own plans.

These past few days, he had gone to Guang Wen Tang more diligently. Even though everyone saw him like he was at the bottom, he was not angry and just did things well. The more generous he is, the more others will feel bored and thus he will have a few days of peace.

Today after the literature class ended, Shen Miao was a little claustrophobic in her chest and thus headed to the park in Guang Wen Tang for a leisurely stroll.

Although Guang Wen Tang was an academy, it covered a fairly large area. Since there were three different classes, level one, two and three, Shen Miao was at level two because of his age but had subconsciously gone to the level one area.

Coincidentally, he saw a small child sitting on the stairs while wiping away his tears.

This boy looked around the age of twelve and was fair and plump. Perhaps his body was too bloated, one would think he was a round ball at first glance. He was wearing a blue silver-striped robe, a pair of small boots and a collar around his neck. Like a doll coming out of a new year's painting.

Shen Miao was a little surprised and she walked over to say gently, "Why are you crying?"

The doll did not expect that someone would come suddenly and was so shocked that she rolled down the stairs with a 'pu tong'. He did not cry but sat down and looked at Shen Miao blankly.

She was naturally fair and curvaceous, with a pair of sparkling eyes, with a small crease on her head and still a tear on her face, making her very naive. Shen Miao could not help but laugh.

The boy said with a childlike attitude, “Kak dagar.”

Shen Miao's heart almost melted when this child called out to her. She gave birth to Wan Yu and Fu Ming in her past but she was already in the Qin state as a hostage before Wan Yu and Fu Ming were five years old. When she returned, the two children had already studied manners and obediently called her 'Imperial Mother'. Shen Miao himself did not know how his two children were doing before he was five years old. Seeing that even this child was older, he seemed to know nothing about the world and reminded him of Wan Yu and Fu Ming.

Shen Miao slightly bowed and patted her head, "What are you crying about?"

“Teacher asked a question to me and I could not answer so my palm was hit.” The boy took out his hand, revealing a red palm as he said sadly, "It's very painful."

Shen Miao wanted to tease him so he kept asking, "What question is the teacher asking?"

"The teacher wants me to write the words 'the fox grieves when the rabbit dies' but I can't do it." The boy was crying.

If one were at the age for level one in the academy and did not know writing from memory, it would be somewhat unjustified. Ignoring Shen Miao himself, such a child in Ming Qi at this age would begin to learn to handle political affairs in court, even it was just pretending to contact, he said, less can handle it. Although the youths in the Imperial family would mature faster, the children studying in Guang Wen Tang were all from noble families and would not mature that late.

The boy didn't seem to complain enough and kept tweeting, “If I go back and dad finds out, he'll punish me harshly. What does it mean for me to live, it's better to just die.”

The boy looked at Shen Miao. Currently Shen Miao had just passed the age of fourteen and combined with her childish appearance, she looked as old as this child. But for some unknown reason, there was an indescribable air around him, as if he had seen strong winds and high waves and could calm people down. Even this child also accidentally shut up and told her own background.

“I am the Second Young Master of the Ping Nan Bo family in the capital, Su Ming Lang. My father is Ping Nan Bo, Su Yu and my eldest brother is the heir of Ping Nan Bo, Su Ming Feng.”

He was completely forthright about it and clarified his own family background clearly.

Shen Miao was shocked for a moment, the Su family? Ping Nan Bo's?

No matter if it was his past life or this life, the Su family and the Shen family had no relationship because they had opposing political views. The Su family had a good relationship with the Xie family. Ping Nan Bo, Su Wu and the Marquis of Lin An, Xie Ding were excellent brothers and Su Ming Feng and Xie Jing Xing were friends who played together since childhood. How far along is their relationship? As Su MingFeng died, only Xie JingXing dared to take his remains.

Yep. Su MingFeng died. Or it could be said that the entire Su family perished. The late Emperor unearthed evidence of the Su family's involvement in a conspiracy to sell military horses. As for the matter of military horses, once they were involved, there was no room for leeway at all.

The Imperial decree came suddenly and quickly. They were not even put on trial and the army immediately confiscated their property and executed them on the spot. In the middle of the day, the entire blood of the Su family flowed from East to West of the capital city of Ding.

By the time Xie Jing Xing found out, it was too late because no Su family had survived. Those who had a good relationship with them did not appear at all and Xie Jing Qing who had personally collected the corpses of the Su family members before went to the late Emperor to plead guilty to his offense and ask burial for them in connection with the meritorious merits the Su family had once performed for Ming Qi.

The late Emperor allowed it, so the funeral of the Su family was self-organized by the Xie family. Shen Miao remembered very clearly that when Shen Xin learned of this matter upon her return at the end of the year, she sighed for quite some time.

The death of the Su family would occur about two months later. Soon this innocent and foolish child would also die because of that cold Imperial Decree.

His expression suddenly became a little cold and his eyes shone faintly.

The child could not help but shrink back a little. When Shen Miao looked back at the boy, his tone was as gentle as before, “Su MingFeng? Is he the heir of the Su family who recently completed a great meritorious service and manages military horses very well?”

"Yes!" The boy raised his head and replied, "Dad said that His Majesty will definitely reward Eldest Brother with rank this time."

Shen Miao smiled as she bowed slightly and leaned on the boy to say softly, “You said that if your father knew that you could not answer the teacher's question, you would be punished. I have a method that will make him not punish you.”

"What's that?" The boy blinked as he asked.

“You have to promise me that you can't tell them that I'm the one who told you, then I'll talk.”

"Good." The boy thought for a long time before nodding.