Shen Dingzhu was not as strong as him and couldn't get away. She lowered her head decisively and bit Xiao Xuanke's wrist hard.
Xiao Xuanke groaned in pain and was unwilling to let go, but until Shen Dingzhu bit hard and the bloody smell came out, he finally let go.
The moment she was out of his control, Shen Dingzhu pulled out the jade hairpin on his head, leaned against the pillar, and pointed the tip of the hairpin at Xiao Xuanke.
"I would rather die than get dirty and betray the prince."
Xiao Xuanke covered his bleeding wrist, his eyes bloodshot and red, like an angry beast.
"You are so infatuated with him, but do you know how you deserve him? He can't give you anything Gu can promise you."
"You still don't know, right? Xiao Langyan secretly delivers prescriptions to Fu Yunqiu. How can you have a place in his heart? Shen Dingzhu, you are a plaything, not the princess he wants. You should know yourself."
Shen Dingzhu's delicate body trembled slightly: "I have self-awareness, that is, whoever I follow will belong to me. No matter who the prince likes, I will not change my mind."
Although the words sounded righteous, Shen Dingzhu knew clearly that the most important thing was that Xiao Langyan would definitely become the overlord of the world in the future.
After hearing this, Xiao Xuanke thought it was ridiculous at first, but the roaring anger in his eyes made his expression dark and sinister.
"Then you will show me how Xiao Langyan failed. One day, you will climb onto Gu's bed and beg Gu to spare his life!"
Xiao Xuanke strode away with a cold expression. As soon as he reached the door, he met Xia Bing who came in a hurry.
"Your Highness, are you looking for a slave?" Xia Bing looked suspiciously at the pale Shen Dingzhu behind him, and then saw Xiao Xuanke covering his wrist.
Xiao Xuanke looked at her coldly: "What did you do? You came here so late and you were in a good mood, but you ruined everything!"
"Kneel down here and reflect. You are not allowed to get up even for an hour!"
After that, Xiao Xuanke left straight away. Xia Bing looked terrified. She didn't even know what she had done wrong.
However, Xia Bing had no choice but to obey the prince's order. She lifted up her robe and knelt outside the embroidery department.
Shen Dingzhu seemed to be in shock and quietly left her side.
Xia Bing lowered his head, expressionless.
However, after only one stick of incense, Shen Dingzhu returned it, holding a bottle of good wound medicine in his hand.
"Aunt Xia Bing, it's my fault. I said some unpleasant words just now, which made His Royal Highness angry. This bottle of medicine was given to me by the prince. It has a miraculous effect in reducing swelling and blood stasis."
Shen Dingzhu said softly.
Xia Bing looked at the ground and said in a dull voice: "Thank you Aunt Shen, but my skin is rough and my flesh is thick, so I definitely don't deserve such a good ointment. I appreciate your kindness."
Shen Dingzhu didn't speak, but directly put the medicine bottle into her hand, and then stood up: "My aunt and I are both duckweeds in the palace. Helping you is also helping myself."
Back at Yuzhang Palace, Shen Dingzhu had always wanted to take the initiative to explain today's events to Xiao Langyan.
Unexpectedly, he became even busier. According to Chunxi, the prince frequently dragged Xiao Langyan to work together, which showed signs of grabbing power.
In the next few days, Su Wenhua sent people to invite Shen Dingzhu to come over, but Shen Dingzhu refused on the excuse of being unwell.
On the other hand, Su Wenhua took the initiative to come once, just to complain that Xiao Xuanke was ignoring her again.
He also said: "That day, I finally saw His Highness once, but I saw a white bandage wrapped around his wrist. I don't know how it was injured. I asked a few more questions, and he drove me away impatiently."
Su Wenhua was worried about losing favor, and Shen Dingzhu didn't say much to comfort her. After sitting for a while, Su Wenhua left feeling depressed.
Shen Dingzhu went to the Embroidery Studio and visited Xia Bing several times.
In the end, she still used the medicine given by Shen Dingzhu, but whenever Shen Dingzhu asked about it, Xia Bing's attitude was always lukewarm and she always kept a distance.
However, Xia Bing took the initiative to talk to Shen Dingzhu more often.
On this day, Shen Dingzhu came to Xia Bing to ask for help with the thin boots.
"Aunt Xia Bing, look at the sole of this shoe. Is it too tight?"
Xia Bing put down what she was doing, took a look at Shen Dingzhu, and nodded: "Aunt Shen, please look at these two threads and loosen them, so that the prince can wear them comfortably."
Shen Dingzhu's beautiful eyes flashed with joy: "Auntie has experience."
Xia Bing was unfazed by favors and humiliations. His happiness and anger never showed on his face. Hearing this, he just smiled lightly.
Shen Dingzhu looked inside the embroidery studio and saw that there were only two or three embroidery ladies busy.
She turned to look at Xia Bing, who was embroidering a picture of hundreds of flowers.
Shen Dingzhu leaned back in the chair and said in a low voice: "Aunt Xia Bing, there is something that I think is very important. Since I am in love with you, I decided to tell you after much thought."
Xia Bing raised her head: "What's wrong?"
Shen Dingzhu pointed to the green dragon embroidery that was being dried not far away.
"There's something wrong with the dragon's eyes. I just saw that Qinglong's left eye has a white thread, not a silver thread."
Xia Bing was startled.
Usually, auspicious embroidery will use silver thread to show the light of the gods in the eyes. Only evil beasts and evil spirits will use dull colors such as white thread and black thread to embroider the eyes.
The embroidery studio is responsible for dotting the dragon's eyes, and will soon present this blue dragon embroidery to the emperor on his birthday.
How can anything go wrong when embroidering something on a dragon robe?
Xia Bing immediately got up to check, and sure enough, as Shen Dingzhu said, the embroiderer made a mistake and actually mixed a white thread in!
Although you can't see it from a distance, the maids and eunuchs around the emperor will check it.
The green dragon embroidery used to celebrate birthdays symbolizes good luck, so they will definitely check it carefully and find this mistake.
But there were only two days left before the emperor's birthday party, and there was no time to remove the stitches and start over again!
The two longans are different, and the entire embroidery department will lose their heads!
Shen Dingzhu reminded in a low voice: "Auntie will find two embroiderers who are skilled in female red and work hard day and night, and they will definitely be able to complete it."
Xia Bing was distraught: "I understand, thank you very much, Aunt Shen."
Seeing Xia Bing standing in front of the Blue Dragon Picture, deep in thought, Shen Dingzhu left quietly.
In the previous life, it was because of this error in the embroidery that the sick emperor regarded it as unlucky, and directly murdered one hundred and twenty-six embroiderers and line painters in the embroidery department.
However, as the eldest aunt of the consul, Xia Bing had nothing to do. She was only sent to the Clothing Bureau, all because the queen tried to save her life behind the scenes.
Therefore, Shen Dingzhu's reminder was not out of kindness, but for another purpose.
After returning to Yuzhang Palace from Xiufangsi, it happened to be evening, and the night was like burning glaze, glowing with cold black and blue.
As soon as Shen Dingzhu entered the courtyard of the side hall, she found that Chunxi and Xiucui both looked bad. They looked at her and hesitated to speak several times.
"What's wrong with you?" Shen Dingzhu drank tea to soothe her throat and asked a little funny, "What trouble did you get into? Why do you always have this expression?"
Xiucui glanced at Chunxi, lowered her head first, and signaled Chunxi to speak.
Chunxi had a temper that she couldn't hold back, so she stepped forward and said, "Master, the prince has just come back and is resting in the main hall."
Shen Dingzhu was surprised: "Isn't that a good thing? The prince has been busy for a long time and hasn't come back."
Chunxi said: "But the prince seemed a little uncomfortable. He was looking for you everywhere just now. When you weren't there, the prince summoned Qinghe to go in. It's been almost half an hour and he still hasn't come out."
Shen Bi was the first to worry: "Master, could it be that the prince... asked Qinghe to sleep with him?"
