Shen Dingzhu's red lips were slightly pursed. In the warm yellow candlelight, her skin was snowy and her eyes were dark.
At this glance, Xiao Langyan felt that he suddenly couldn't understand the thoughts of the woman in front of him.
Living here was a place he was willing to regard as precious, and when he opened it to her, why did she still look so reluctant?
Shen Dingzhu finally said softly: "I am afraid that... the prince's power will not be stable. If the emperor is angry in the future and is annoyed that you treat the palace as your home and bring everyone into the palace, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it clearly."
When Xiao Langyan heard this, his strong cold eyebrows slightly raised. After a moment, he said: "Father is not getting better."
She suddenly looked towards Xiao Langyan and saw that his expression was indifferent, but he was hiding a serious look of solemnity.
After he became the emperor in the future, he would become more and more decisive in killing, but now, he could already see the shadow of his future in his eyes.
Shen Dingzhu understood immediately.
It's not that the emperor can't get better, but that Xiao Langyan won't let him get better again.
He is like a vicious wolf that, after crouching and pretending, bites the flesh and never lets go until the other person dies.
Shen Dingzhu did not refuse in the end, and smiled, with broken shadows in his eyes.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. The concubine will enter the palace with you when the time comes and stay with you."
In fact, Shen Dingzhu knew that there was no special reason why Xiao Langyan wanted to take her with him, but that with her around, some things would become easier.
Shen Dingzhu thought he was going to take her somewhere, but it turned out that she was sitting in Yuheng Hall until almost three o'clock in the morning.
Xiao Langyan must have felt very comfortable and contented in her heart. He didn't trust anyone else, and no one told her, so he forcibly dragged her here.
Xiao Langyan would occasionally talk about being bullied as a child, with a faint smile, as if he was not the one who was punished to kneel down and humiliated.
When leaving Yuheng Hall, he pulled Shen Dingzhu and pointed to a tall building not far away hidden in the snowy night.
The cold night cast a black shadow on the building's brackets and eaves.
However, there are faint lights hanging around the building, like a guiding star in the vast sea.
"The one who accompanies me the most, apart from the Nine Links, is the Star-Zhaing Tower."
Shen Dingzhu looked in the direction Xiao Langyan pointed, and the cold wind blew through her black hair on the temples.
She thought for a while and said with a smile: "I went there twice when I was a child. My father brought me to the palace. Once I was playing up there. My father thought I had lost her in the palace and looked for her anxiously."
"Later, when they found me, I was sleeping in Zhaixinglou."
Xiao Langyan paused and turned to look at her with a deep look in his eyes: "How old were you then?"
Shen Dingzhu recalled for a moment: "I can't remember clearly, maybe seven or eight years old."
Xiao Langyan's mood seemed to be a little wrong, his eyes were filled with dark ink, and he felt cold.
Shen Dingzhu was already sleepy and couldn't help but yawned. Her beautiful eyes became even more empty and stained with tears.
"Your Majesty, aren't we going back?" Her soft voice sounded sleepy.
Xiao Langyan came back to his senses and cherished the words like gold: "Go back."
After that, he held her waist and left Yuheng Hall.
Walking forward along the silent palace road, Shen Dingzhu became increasingly sleepy. His body was half hanging on Xiao Langyan, using his strength to move like a laziness.
When they arrived outside the inner palace, the carriage was already waiting there. Shen Dingzhu didn't ask, and now he knew why Xiao Langyan could come and go freely when the key was issued.
I'm afraid the emperor is holding a banquet with his ministers tonight and is dragging his body to tell everyone that he has given half of his power to Xiao Langyan.
Shen Dingzhu followed him onto the carriage, and when he passed a moon gate, he saw a delicate figure wearing a black cloak covering his head.
The man lowered his head and was escorted by two nuns as he came out of the inner door and got into the small sedan.
The carriage passed her quickly, and Shen Dingzhu could only see the corner of her delicate jaw, but could not see the person's appearance clearly.
She couldn't help but ask: "Where was that place behind the Moon Gate just now?"
Xiao Langyan came back from his thoughts and glanced outside: "East Palace."
Is that where the prince lives?
Shen Dingzhu's eyes flashed, and she turned to look at Xiao Langyan and said, "My lord, would you like to find an opportunity to remind Miss Fu that I just saw a woman coming out of the East Palace."
She recognized Fu Yunqiu's figure, and that person just now was definitely not Fu Yunqiu.
Shen Dingzhu reminded Xiao Langyan with good intentions in case something happened to Fu Yunqiu, but he couldn't let it go and wanted to make arrangements for her.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Langyan's deep eyes were filled with anger.
His handsome and cold face seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "Why are you worrying about her? Don't you feel aggrieved by being nice to her?"
Shen Dingzhu didn't understand where his sudden mood came from. She just licked her red lips and said with a bright and innocent face: "The prince likes the person, and I think about her. What's wrong with it?"
She thought she had lowered her stance enough. Unexpectedly, Xiao Langyan became even more angry after hearing this.
"You don't have to try to please me. No matter what, I will take care of you." His tone was cold and stern.
After that, he folded his arms coldly: "You should worry less about the prince's affairs. When you have time, why not think more about what you should do well if you stay with me."
These words were incomprehensible. Shen Dingzhu half-opened her eyes. She was so sleepy that she still asked: "Concubine, don't you do well at ordinary times?"
She originally wanted to complain. After all, in order to please Xiao Langyan, she... did everything for him.
Isn't that what serving people is all about? What else does he want?
Xiao Langyan looked ahead, and the deep breath he took in seemed to suppress the raging fire in his body.
"I thought you would care a little bit." After all, they are already somewhat close.
However, after he said this, Shen Dingzhu did not respond for a long time.
Xiao Langyan turned around and saw that the pretty beauty had fallen asleep leaning against the other side of the car. She was too sleepy.
Xiao Langyan's face was tense and livid, and he stretched out his slender palm to pinch her awake.
But after thinking about it, he didn't take action after all.
When Shen Dingzhu woke up the next day, she was already in her room.
Gui's mother was boiling medicine outside. When she heard the noise inside, she came in, wiped her hands and said with a smile, "Auntie, wake up, the medicine will be ready soon."
Shen Dingzhu rubbed the center of his eyebrows and looked completely sleepless. It was all because of Xiao Langyan, who kept her out until the middle of the night last night.
After the wind, my head is even heavier than yesterday.
At this moment, Shen Bi came back in a hurry from outside. Seeing that she had something to report, Gui's mother stepped back knowingly.
"Miss, Miss Su Biao is here again. The slave has just come back from outside. She insists on seeing you."
Shen Dingzhu closed her eyes: "Tell her that I am very ill and can't get up or see her."
Shen Bi lowered her voice and said, "That's what my slave said. However, my cousin said that human life is at stake. If you don't want me to die in Mobei, you must see her!"
