Fu Yunzhi was so frightened that she lost her mind. How had she ever been accused by so many people at the same time?
So, after listening to Fu Yunqiu's words, no matter how reluctant he was, he stepped forward with choked sobs: "Miss Shen, it was my fault just now. Please forgive me."
Shen Dingzhu leaned his head in Xiao Langyan's arms and pressed his eyebrows: "Headache."
It means that she doesn't want to pay attention to such a perfunctory apology.
Fu Yunqiu saw that Shen Dingzhu relied on Xiao Langyan in every possible way. The two of them were too close, and it was inevitable that he would feel sour and bitter in his heart.
Xiao Langyan used his big cloak to protect Shen Dingzhu's fragile body. He raised his cold eyes and looked at Fu Yunqiu: "Even this king can't believe his sincere apology, let alone Shen Dingzhu who has been wronged? "
Princess Puyue continued: "When I just came here, I heard that Miss Fu was also accusing Aunt Shen. Since Miss Fu knew that it was her third sister who lied, why would she allow her to slander others!"
"In my opinion, princess, you should apologize and make amends."
With one word, Fu Yunqiu was pinned to the spot, and the cold spring breeze blew through her, making her whole body feel chilly.
How could this happen...why has she become the target of public criticism?
Fu Yunqiu opened his mouth, but bit his lip, unwilling to really apologize to Shen Dingzhu.
At this moment, she raised her watery eyes and looked at Xiao Langyan aggrievedly, hoping that he would understand her innocence based on their past friendship.
However, Xiao Langyan just asked coldly: "Why haven't you apologized? Do you want me to deal with Fu Yunzhi seriously?"
Fu Yunzhi behind him trembled and cried out in fear: "Sister, I have already apologized. You should also apologize to her quickly."
This useless thing! Fu Yunqiu cursed inwardly.
With trembling lips, she slowly took a half step forward and spoke with difficulty: "Miss Shen, we misunderstood you. I'm really sorry."
Only then did Shen Dingzhu open her eyes. She stopped when she saw what was going on, and she was very sensible.
"Sorry, that's not necessary. Miss Fu and I are on good terms, just don't always target me in the future."
Those words were like a slap in the face, hitting Fu Yunqiu hard in the face.
She took a deep breath and lowered her head so that no one could see her sinister gaze.
Xiao Langyan turned to hold Shen Dingzhu's hand and said to Fu Yunqiu: "That's it this time. If you let me know next time that you ganged up to bully her, I will definitely pursue it to the end."
After that, he took Shen Dingzhu and left. Zhou Luli and a group of officials followed Xiao Langyan. When they passed Fu Yunzhi, Zhou Luli didn't even give her a look.
Princess Puyue stood proudly next to Fu Yunzhi and glanced coldly at her bleeding cheek.
Then, Princess Puyue chuckled: "Miss Fu San, you should go to the Imperial Hospital to have her face looked at. If she is disfigured, it would be an insult to our general to marry an ugly woman into the Zhou family."
After speaking, she also took the palace maid and walked away.
When everyone was gone, Fu Yunzhi cried miserably, tears streaking across the scars on his face, stinging again.
"Sister, take me to the imperial doctor quickly, my face is getting more and more painful." Fu Yunzhi shouted for a long time, but Fu Yunqiu didn't respond.
Ningxiang carefully looked at her young lady's expression. Fu Yunqiu didn't speak. After a while, he raised his head and said in a low and vicious tone: "You asked for it."
Xiao Langyan held Shen Dingzhu's hand and walked at the front. The officials who were going to Qinzheng Hall to talk followed closely behind them.
Shen Dingzhu wanted to pull away his wrist, but unexpectedly, Xiao Langyan held it tighter.
He looked straight ahead and said in a cold voice: "Let go later, they are still watching from behind."
Shen Dingzhu immediately realized that what Xiao Langyan showed in front of the crowd just now was an illusion he wanted everyone to misunderstand.
Half of the reason why he was so cruel to Fu Yunqiu was because he was angry with her and felt that she should not have abandoned him for the prince in the first place.
Shen Dingzhu nodded understandingly and said in a soft voice, "Thank you so much, Your Majesty, for rescuing the siege."
Xiao Langyan sneered: "If you encounter this situation again, I hope you will be tougher and less embarrassing to me."
"Can you be tough on Miss Fu?"
Xiao Langyan looked at her with a cold look and cherished his words like gold: "Yes."
Shen Dingzhu was a little surprised at his decisiveness.
"If the prince is looking for trouble..." She hesitated.
Xiao Langyan directly interrupted her hesitation: "I will bear the burden for you."
Shen Dingzhu's long curly eyelashes were stunned for a moment, and she even forgot to blink. She was busy looking at Xiao Langyan, but felt that she couldn't understand the man in front of her.
Is he...really trying to support her?
At the fork in the road, Shen Dingzhu had to go back to Yuzhang Palace, while Xiao Langyan had to go to Qinzheng Palace to discuss matters.
He took the initiative and said, "I didn't ask you just now, where have you been and how did you come from that direction?"
Shen Dingzhu held the broken hair around her ears with her bare hands, with fair skin and red lips, and a charming look.
"The prince has a request for my cousin Su Wenhua. He said that Su Wenhua has no appetite for meals recently, and asked me to go to the East Palace at noon occasionally to accompany her to relieve her boredom."
Xiao Langyan frowned coldly.
"You agreed?"
"I don't want to agree, but the prince is kind and powerful, so I..."
Before she could finish her words, Xiao Langyan had already said seriously: "It's useless! You can't even refuse people?"
It was late, and the officials were all waiting. He turned around and left, without even having time to explain to Shen Dingzhu, leaving only a cold back for her.
The officials passed in front of her with their heads lowered. Only Zhou Luli stopped and looked at her, but hesitated to speak.
"Farewell General Zhou." Shen Dingzhu took the lead and bowed his head, breaking the awkward silence.
Zhou Luli pursed his thin lips slightly and said, "The situation in the palace is complicated. Miss Shen, I advise you to be careful."
After that, he strode away.
Zhou Luli's words inevitably meant admonishment and reminder.
Shen Dingzhu also knew that Fu Yunqiu would never give up after being wronged. Even if she didn't care, the queen would come forward to make the decision for Fu Yunqiu for the sake of the Fu family's face.
Shen Dingzhu decided to stay in Yuzhang Palace for the next few days and not go out.
After this incident, I didn't hear that the queen was angry about it. Instead, I learned from Chunxi that the prince had reprimanded Fu Yunqiu for some unknown reason.
Many people in the East Palace saw Fu Yunqiu leaving the palace in tears, but that afternoon, the queen's reward was sent to the Fu family, which was a disguised form of comfort.
However, Fu Yunqiu still didn't come to the palace for several days, using the excuse that Fu Yunzhi was ill and she wanted to take care of him.
From this, Shen Dingzhu could tell that the prince was not satisfied with Fu Yunqiu, the princess, but the queen tried her best to tie the Fu family to the prince.
Shen Dingzhu was originally a person who had been slandered and wronged, but in the eyes of the queen, he was insignificant and did not reprimand or comfort her.
She knew deeply that the palace was always on thin ice, and with her low status, the queen would definitely find an opportunity to take action on her to reassure the Fu family.
Shen Dingzhu couldn't wait any longer. She had to find a way to make her position in the palace unshakable for the time being.
At least, the queen must be careful and not give her away easily.
And now, she has a good opportunity.
