Shen Dingzhu paused. When he talked to Fu Yunqiu in the past, he deliberately avoided her, but this time he asked her to stay.
She thought about it and sat back down again. Fu Yunqiu's smile faded a bit.
"Your Majesty, we have discussed it before and please pass on my apology gift to Princess Bo Yue. However, something went wrong while the gift was being transported to Beijing. I can only give it to you on the birthday of His Highness Prince Xuan. However, men and women will be seated separately. Wouldn’t it be inconvenient?”
Xiao Langyan's eyes were dark and his expression was indifferent: "I will take Shen Dingzhu there that day, and you give her the things."
Fu Yunqiu smiled: "That would be great, thank you Miss Shen."
Shen Dingzhu responded with the same expression as Xiao Langyan, and doubts arose in his heart.
She vaguely remembered that Fu Yunqiu had offended Princess Puyue, but Shen Dingzhu had no way of knowing exactly what he was offended for.
However, in her previous life, Princess Puyue was married to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. When she heard that Xiao Langyan had Fu Yunqiu imprisoned in the palace, she even wrote three letters to warn her.
Next, Fu Yunqiu talked to Xiao Langyan about how Princess Bo Yue turned her away. Shen Dingzhu listened attentively.
However, when a gust of wind blew, she suddenly smelled the musky scent of Fu Yunqiu opposite him.
The musky smell that Xiao Langyan carried before was probably contaminated by her.
Shen Dingzhu couldn't stand the smell, and was afraid of getting sick from the conflict again, so she stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I'll wait for you outside."
After that, she hid her face and left, her beauty hurried away, not even giving Xiao Langyan a chance to refuse.
Looking at her back, Fu Yun Qiuying pretended to blame herself: "Your Majesty, did I say something to make Miss Shen angry?"
Xiao Langyan withdrew his gaze and looked at Fu Yunqiu, with doubts in his cold brows: "She is not used to your fragrance."
Fu Yunqiu was stunned: "Scent?"
"I was just going to ask you, where does that musky smell on you come from?"
When she heard the word musk, Fu Yunqiu felt her heart skip a beat. She covered her temples with a handkerchief and said softly, "Maybe it was used by the maid to fumigate clothes recently. I never noticed it."
Shen Dingzhu waited for a cup of tea in the carriage before Xiao Langyan came out of the house.
When she saw Xiao Langyan bend down and enter the carriage, she couldn't wait to cover her mouth and nose, and her delicate body shrank directly into the corner.
Xiao Langyan's cold face suddenly darkened: "Is it that smelly? I didn't even get close to her just now."
Shen Dingzhu's dark eyes were full of innocence: "It's not that it smells bad, but I don't want to get sick, so as not to be inconvenient to attend the birthday of Prince Xuan."
Xiao Langyan pursed his thin lips and said nothing, but his expression was not good on the way back.
It was as if she was disgusted.
Back at the palace, Xiao Langyan asked Xu Shou to take a bath with water immediately. After washing away his breath, he lowered his head and smelled his sleeves again and again.
Xu Shou quickly bowed forward and said with a flattering smile: "Your Majesty, these clothes have been scented with bamboo silk."
He was scolded last time, but he didn't forget it this time.
But Xiao Langyan frowned and asked, "Do I still have a musky smell on me?"
Xu Shou was stunned, stepped forward and sniffed: "No, what's wrong, Your Majesty?"
Xiao Langyan thought of Shen Dingzhu's figure that had almost fled when he returned home. He sneered and sat down on the couch: "Ask Shen Dingzhu to come and serve."
He had to teach this woman a lesson.
However, before Xu Shou could step out of the courtyard, someone came from the palace and said that the emperor had ordered him to enter the palace to discuss matters.
After leaving, Xiao Langyan didn't return to the palace for two days.
Shen Dingzhu took advantage of these days to make the black boots for him.
It was a heavy night, and she was leaning against the table to sort out her needlework. A gust of cool breeze passed through the door, and Xu Shou's voice sounded in the yard.
"Shen Tongfang, are you in the house?" He couldn't go in, so he just stood in the courtyard and called.
Shen Dingzhu lifted the curtain and went out: "Eunuch Xu, it's so late, but what are your orders?"
Xu Shou's figure seemed very silent in the night, and he deliberately lowered his voice: "Concubine Xian prepared a banquet for Princess Puyue to receive the wind and wash away the dust. The prince drank a little too much and has just returned to the courtyard."
"Miss Zheng has already gone to wait on you, but the prince is so drunk that he is unconscious. The Za family feels that it is better for you to wait on him. In fact, I shouldn't have reminded you this time, but for the sake of the kindness between Shen Tongfang and the Za family , that’s all for now.”
After that, Xu Shou left in a hurry.
Shen Dingzhu was silent while holding on to the door rail. Was Xu Shou specially here to remind her to fight for favor?
She had never met Zheng Erlan since she returned home, but it was said that Zheng Erlan stayed in the inner courtyard and continued to be Xiao Langyan's first-class maid.
Therefore, if Xiao Langyan drinks too much, there is nothing wrong with Zheng Erlan taking care of him.
but……
Shen Dingzhu thought that her eldest brother was recuperating in Mobei, and Xiao Langyan had not yet given her a definite answer, so as soon as the figure in the room flashed, Shen Dingzhu put on her thin cloak and went to Xiao Langyan's yard with a lantern.
Chen Heng, the guard at the door, was about to stop him, but Xu Shou waved his hand at him. Chen Heng frowned and watched Shen Dingzhu go in.
As soon as I walked outside the house, I heard Zheng Erlan's annoying voice coming from inside: "Your Majesty, this is the sobering soup. Please drink some... Ouch!"
She screamed, and Shen Dingzhu hurriedly opened the door and went in. Xiao Langyan was half propped up on the edge of the couch with his clothes wide open, his narrow eyes slightly raised, looking sinister and unhappy.
Looking at Zheng Erlan again, a ball of ink-colored soup soaked through her thin clothes, which made her scream in pain.
"Your Majesty," Zheng Erlan burst into tears, "I will serve you to drink sobering soup."
Xiao Langyan looked slightly drunk, and his usually cold and thin eyes were tinged with confusion. Even so, he still had an intimidating aura.
His eyes were gloomy, and his handsome face was slightly red with alcohol: "Get out."
Zheng Erlan didn't dare to delay any longer, hurriedly cleared away the dishes and left in embarrassment.
When she arrived at the door and saw Shen Dingzhu standing there, she felt embarrassed and resentful, and glared at her: "What are you looking at? The prince is drunk, and he didn't go in to serve him."
Shen Dingzhu glanced at her: "Bring another bowl of sobering soup and deliver it to the door."
Zheng Erlan was angry: "By you? You dare to order me?"
"This is the prince's business, whether you like to do it or not." Shen Dingzhu said and went in.
A trace of resentment suddenly burst out in Zheng Erlan's eyes.
After Shen Dingzhu went in, she smelled the strong stench of wine. When she looked at Xiao Langyan, she had already collapsed on the bed exhausted.
She picked up the clothes on the ground, which were also stained with the smell of alcohol. She frowned and muttered in a low voice: "This is how much you drank."
Shen Dingzhu was planning to send the clothes outside and ask Xu Shou to give them to the maids in the house to wash.
However, when Xiao Langyan saw that she was about to leave, he half-opened his long, thin eyes and stared at her.
"Shen Dingzhu, can't you see that I am drunk? Why are you running? Come here!" The last two words were scolding.
Shen Dingzhu ignored his temper, her voice was gentle, but her eyes were as cold as snow: "Your Majesty, wait, I have to send these clothes to Eunuch Xu first."
However, as soon as she took a step, she heard a muffled sound behind her.
Looking back, Xiao Langyan actually fell off the couch!
He probably wanted to chase her, but he didn't have the strength to move his feet.
Xiao Langyan propped up his body and stretched out his hand toward her. His thin, long black eyes were moist and his tone was softer: "I want a drink of water, help me up..."
