"My lord, are you injured?" Shen Dingzhu asked in surprise.
When she saw Xiao Langyan leading troops to come to them, she thought something went wrong with the assassination.
Xiao Langyan didn't answer, he just held her in his arms, then galloped forward on his horse, heading straight back to the palace.
As soon as they returned to Xiyuan where they lived, the emperor's eunuch was already waiting at the door with his accompanying imperial physician.
"Your Highness Prince Ning," the eunuch stepped forward and smiled to please you, "You are walking too fast. The Emperor is worried about your injury and has specially asked me to bring the imperial doctor to take a good look at you."
Xiao Langyan's eyes were dark and calm: "Thank you very much, Father, for your concern. Father-in-law, please come in."
The great eunuch glanced at Shen Dingzhu in his arms from the corner of his eye and lowered his head.
Shen Dingzhu changed into clean clothes in the side room. When he went to the main hall, Xiao Langyan had already taken off his outer robe, revealing his smooth muscular upper body.
There was a diagonal stab wound above his right arm. When he was looking for Shen Dingzhu, he was caught in the rain again. Now the flesh and blood were turned out, and the wound was surrounded by a white flesh, which was shocking to see.
Shen Dingzhu took two steps closer and listened to the imperial doctor's instructions: "Your Majesty, this injury can no longer get wet."
The great eunuch groaned: "Fortunately, the swords of those assassins are not quenched with poison. Your Majesty is really auspicious. In this case, I should go back and tell the emperor."
Xiao Langyan nodded: "I won't see my father-in-law off anymore. Xu Shou, you can see him off for me."
Xu Shou took the eunuch away, and Shen Dingzhu hurriedly walked to him: "The prince is injured, why do you come to me..."
"Then what else? Are you left to make trouble for the Crown Prince? I brought you here. Whether you are alive or dead, I will take you back." After saying that, Xiao Langyan stretched out his arms and glanced sideways at her, "I have trouble with my arms." , come and change my clothes."
Shen Dingzhu picked up the robe on the shelf and served it carefully, fearing to touch the wound he had bandaged.
"I want to go to my father in person to thank him. There may be assassins in the palace. You can rest here and don't move around."
With that said, Xiao Langyan left in a hurry.
After a while, Xu Shou came back and asked his two apprentices to carry hot water inside.
"Shen Tongfang, when the prince left just now, he told you to take a bath and be careful of the cold air entering your body." After that, he resigned.
Shen Dingzhuyu put his hand into the water, tested the water temperature, then plugged the door bolt, took off his clothes, and immersed himself in the bucket.
The overflowing warm water immediately soothed her frozen limbs. She lay comfortably beside the bucket, her black hair spread like algae on her fair and jade-like shoulders.
The water mist surged up, making her dark eyes feel wet and touching.
The steaming water soothed her body and allowed Shen Dingzhu to regain her thoughts.
What happens now should be the same as in the previous life.
Xiao Langyan blocked the emperor's sword, and then the emperor began to notice his son's talents and no longer angered him because he competed with the prince for Fu Yunqiu.
Xiao Langyan will soon be reused by the emperor, and then step by step he will take charge of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs, holding the lifeblood of the Jin Kingdom in the palm of his hand.
Shen Dingzhu felt happy. The more Xiao Langyan became more powerful, the more likely she was that the Shen family's grievances would be cleared up.
But the most important thing right now is to save the lives of my parents. In the previous life, my mother froze to death this winter, and my father died two years later because he had no money for medical treatment.
And the eldest brother and the second brother...
At night, the heavy rain outside was still pouring. For safety reasons, the emperor ordered that the rain stop the next day before setting off back to the palace.
Shen Dingzhu waited until 4 o'clock, when he was about to fall asleep, before Xiao Langyan came back.
His body was covered with rainwater, and the thin black cloak was soaked by the water drops, soaking into a deep pool.
Shen Dingzhu hurriedly carried the heater over. She looked up and down and raised her eyebrows: "The imperial doctor said not to let the prince get wet, so why did he still get wet in the rain? Where are the followers?"
Xiao Langyan allowed her to take off her outer robe and said calmly: "I advised my father not to punish the prince, so I stood outside for a while. It's okay."
Shen Dingzhu paused in arranging his clothes.
The emperor wants to punish the prince?
She looked at Xiao Langyan with her bright watery eyes, but she saw him sitting on the edge of the couch and sneering, his eyes as dark as abyss, with a playful smile.
"Come here to warm the bed, and I'll stay here to serve you tonight," he said.
Shen Dingzhu slowly got on the couch, and he pushed her inside with one arm. Before she could sit up, she was already pinned down by Xiao Langyan.
His hanging black hair was entangled with her black hair, and panic appeared in Shen Dingzhu's beautiful eyes.
"Your Majesty, we agreed..."
Xiao Langyan laughed softly, which was completely different from his usual cold demeanor. Now it was more like he was no longer pretending and showed his true colors.
His long fingertips scraped across Shen Dingzhu's face, and finally landed on her heart.
"My father found a murder letter signed in my name from the assassin's body."
Shen Dingzhu's long eyelashes trembled. Was that the letter she copied?
Xiao Langyan pursed his thin lips in a leisurely manner, half-smiling.
He told her in a low voice: "I had already blocked the assassin for him at that time, so my father called the secretarial supervisor to compare the handwriting, and sure enough it was found to be fake."
"Who do you think my father found in the end? If you guessed it right, I will reward you."
Shen Dingzhu was so suppressed by him that he had difficulty breathing, but he still said with difficulty: "Could it be...that he is the prince?"
Xiao Langyan narrowed his eyes with satisfaction, lowered his head, and breathed into her ear: "I am just following the plan."
Shen Dingzhu was surprised because Xiao Langyan would not tell her in such detail before.
Then, he said: "If you regard the prince as a better way out and want him to stand up for you and take care of your family in Mobei, I'm afraid you will make a mistake."
Shen Dingzhu was stunned.
Where did he go?
"My lord, you misunderstood. I never thought of asking for help from the prince. You got up first and it made me uncomfortable." She pushed gently.
But the moment she touched Xiao Langyan, she felt his hot body.
Shen Dingzhu was stunned and quickly touched his forehead. It was really hot.
"My lord, you are sick. I will ask Eunuch Xu to call the imperial doctor." She struggled to escape from him.
However, Xiao Langyan pressed her down forcefully: "I haven't said what reward I will give you yet, but I will make you a scarf for the white fox I hunted today. How about that?"
Shen Dingzhu blinked his long eyelashes, a little surprised.
Because fox skins are so precious, men would take the opportunity to give foxes they hunted to their favorite girls during autumn hunting.
Shen Dingzhu thought that Xiao Langyan must be given to Fu Yunqiu.
After all, when the white fox was mentioned in the woods, Fu Yunqiu wanted it, but Xiao Langyan did not refute it.
Hearing what he said, she smiled: "Just because I guessed correctly, the prince will give me a fox fur? Then I will give the opportunity to leave to Miss Fu. Can the prince give it to my parents..."
Before Shen Dingzhu finished speaking, Xiao Langyan's expression changed instantly.
He suddenly pressed her lips with his hand, his eyes dark and burning with displeasure.
"Stop saying such disappointing things." How could she negotiate a deal with him?
Shen Dingzhu lowered her long eyelashes angrily. Xiao Langyan was probably really angry with her, so he finally let her go and lay beside her.
She took advantage of this time to stay and went to Xu Shou to invite an imperial physician.
After taking off Xiao Langyan's outer robe, he saw that his wounds were red and swollen again due to the rain.
The imperial doctor gave Xiao Langyan another pair of sweat-relieving medicine. After it was cooked, Shen Dingzhu fed it to him bit by bit.
Xiao Langyan always had cold eyes and looked in a bad mood.
After all the trouble, it was already midnight and he finally fell asleep.
Shen Dingzhu returned to the house and fell down in a daze. It was a big dream.
When she woke up at dawn, Xiao Langyan was no longer in the house.
The little eunuch who stayed behind said, "Your Majesty asked Miss Shen to go to Nanyuan to find the dressmaker's aunt to measure the neck circumference. The white fox has already been lifted."
Shen Dingzhu didn't expect that after making Xiao Langyan angry last night, he would still be willing to give her the white fox.
She followed the little maid in the palace to Nanyuan. Before she entered, she heard Fu Yunzhi's compliments coming from inside.
"Sister, His Royal Highness's people will be here soon. If we compare the white fox and the fire fox, I still think the fire fox scarf is worthy of you."
