As soon as these words came out, everyone was slightly shocked.
The emperor frowned, but before he could speak, the prince answered calmly: "Is there anything that I can't hear?"
This was a bit presumptuous. The emperor gave him a cold look and then ordered everyone to leave.
Xiao Langyan had no choice but to retreat outside the hall and wait.
The door was closed tightly, and his eyes fell on Shen Dingzhu. He felt that her figure seemed too thin compared with the vast and cold hall.
While waiting, Xiao Langyan's expression remained unchanged, his eyes dark and cold.
The prince was beside him and said quietly: "Fifth brother, Shen Dingzhu is your brother-in-law, and you don't know what she is going to say?"
"I don't know." Xiao Langyan replied coldly, as if he didn't want to say more.
The prince laughed: "It seems that she probably didn't follow you voluntarily."
Xiao Langyan was finally willing to give him a serious look. His eyes were dark and bottomless, and he asked quietly: "Did she tell you personally?"
The prince was speechless, as if someone had stuffed a walnut into his throat, and he didn't know what to say.
Fu Yunqiu had been listening calmly, and now he spoke to ease the atmosphere: "I don't know if Miss Shen can survive this incident safely. If I had known that Zhao Yuyuan was so hateful, I wouldn't have spoken for her."
Xiao Langyan glanced at her and didn't answer.
The prince did not answer her words, the scene fell silent for a moment, and Fu Yunqiu pursed his lips nervously.
At this moment, the great eunuch came out of the palace, lowered his head and left in a hurry.
Xiao Langyan frowned slightly, and after a while, the great eunuch came with Princess Puyue.
"Third brother, fifth brother." Princess Puyue was petite and exquisite, with an oval face and almond-shaped eyes.
At this moment, I saw everyone gathered outside the palace, with doubtful expressions on their faces: "Do you know what Father summoned me to do?"
Before Xiao Langyan and the others could answer, the great eunuch had already said with a flattering smile: "Your Highness, the emperor is in a hurry, you will know when you get in."
When Princess Puyue entered, the door of the main hall slowly closed again.
Through the gap of two moments, Xiao Langyan saw that Shen Dingzhu actually stood and answered.
He raised his eyebrows faintly, and a trace of surprise flashed across his cold, thin eyes, which passed quickly.
After Princess Puyue entered, she first said hello. Then she saw Shen Dingzhu out of the corner of her eye and looked at her carelessly several times.
"You look so familiar," she said.
When Princess Puyue was born, the emperor dreamed that a nine-colored deer broke into his arms, so compared to other princesses, Puyue was more favored.
Therefore, she was not shy in front of the emperor.
Shen Dingzhu raised his head slightly, but did not answer. Instead, the emperor said: "Puyue, were you rescued by someone during the Lantern Festival last year?"
Princess Puyue nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Father, you know that, I will tell you when I come back that night!"
On the day of the Lantern Festival, she was playful and naughty and secretly left the palace with only two maids. Unexpectedly, she ran into bandits.
Those extremely vicious bandits actually wanted to do evil to her!
Fortunately, a girl appeared and deliberately diverted the bandits away, saving her.
However, Princess Boyue only saw a silhouette that day. In her panic, she didn't even see her benefactor's face clearly.
The emperor asked: "Do you still remember what color clothes the benefactor who saved you was wearing that day?"
Princess Bo Yue replied without thinking: "The purple-red dress is as bright as fire. I remember it deeply."
As a result, the emperor looked at Shen Dingzhu less harshly than before.
Princess Puyue also guessed it. She suddenly looked at Shen Dingzhu and was quite surprised: "It's you? You are the one who saved me that day!"
Shen Dingzhu Fushen said: "It is my concubine, please see Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Princess Bo Yue has been staying in the fief for the past two years. Occasionally she comes back to the capital to stay for a few days, but then she loses her temper and wants to go out for fun.
Even so, she had also heard of Shen Dingzhu's reputation.
Seeing such a stunning beauty, I was immediately connected to the legendary Shen Dingzhu who was the most beautiful in the capital.
"How did you escape that night? I later took the guards back to rescue you, but they couldn't find anyone."
Shen Dingzhu lowered his head and said: "They forced me to the river. I had no choice but to jump into the river and escape. Fortunately, God was kind and allowed me to escape."
Her clothes were taken off by those cowardly bandits.
Thinking back to that night, Shen Dingzhu's eyelashes trembled, full of fear.
Princess Bo Yue, who is also a woman, immediately felt the same way: "It's really hard on you. Then why have you never come to claim credit? I even asked my father to post a list of emperors to look for a benefactor, but you didn't show up."
Shen Dingzhu smiled helplessly, his beautiful face filled with helplessness.
"The princess and my concubine are both women. Their innocence is of utmost importance. If we take the initiative to speak out, I'm afraid it will damage our reputation."
Princess Puyue thought about it. Even the emperor's list didn't explain how to save her.
Her mother, Concubine Xian, also said that this matter should not be publicized to prevent malicious people from spreading rumors, and the bad woman was innocent.
Princess Bo Yue was naturally happy to have found her benefactor, but seeing Shen Dingzhu's respect, she curiously asked the emperor: "Father, what has she committed? If it is not serious, can you please spare the benefactor for your daughter's sake?" once. "
The emperor's face softened a lot, and he was very satisfied with Shen Dingzhu's decision to take the overall situation into consideration.
Therefore, he said: "Of course I want to be spared. Not only should I be spared, but I should also be rewarded."
Just as Xiao Langyan was staring closely at the palace door, finally, the door opened, and Shen Dingzhu's pretty figure, Pingting, came out.
She was unscathed, and there was a light pink on her delicate and white cheeks. When she saw Xiao Langyan, her red lips pursed into a soft smile.
The prince was about to step forward, but Xiao Langyan beat him to it.
He protected her behind him and did not rush to ask the emperor what the punishment was. He just said: "It's cold here, shall we go back to the palace?"
Shen Dingzhu nodded lightly, and after humming, she looked back at the palace, where Princess Bo Yue was telling an interesting story lively beside the emperor.
A flash of envy flashed in her eyes.
Once upon a time, she was also a delicate girl by her father's side.
But the emperor attacked her father mercilessly, causing her to lose her father's reliance and turning her into a prisoner overnight.
But thinking of the emperor's later ruthlessness towards Princess Bo Yue, Shen Dingzhu could only sneer in her heart.
Does a man who only cares about power really understand what father-daughter love is?
She withdrew her gaze and followed Xiao Langyan out of the palace.
Zhao Yuyuan, who was kneeling on the ground, stared wide-eyed. He couldn't believe that Shen Dingzhu could leave so easily. Wouldn't the emperor punish her?
Fu Yunqiu was also very surprised.
After a while, the eunuch came out with the emperor's imperial edict.
"According to the emperor's decree, the sinner Zhao Yuyuan ignored the etiquette, violated the female patrol, deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates, and was executed after three days. The criminal, Shen, who is neither humble nor arrogant, will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver as a reward."
The emperor's kindness to the Shen family was limited to this. It was still very early for him to completely forgive the Shen family, but it was enough.
Zhao Yuyuan was quite surprised. She didn't react until the Imperial Guards came to drag her.
"Your Majesty, I was wronged. Your Majesty..."
Fu Yunqiu's eyes darkened. If he had known that Zhao Yuyuan was an uncertain fool, there would be nothing she could do to help her.
On the other side, as soon as Shen Dingzhu boarded Xiao Langyan's carriage, her body went limp and fell into his arms.
Xiao Langyan lowered his eyes, with a hint of sneer on his thin lips: "Finally you know you are afraid?"
