Before Shen Dingzhu had time to explain, a tall figure walked in at the door of Fengyi Palace.
She looked back and saw Xiao Langyan panting slightly, his dark and cold thin eyes locked on Shen Dingzhu.
He took a rough look at her from top to bottom to make sure she wasn't injured.
"See the Queen Mother." Xiao Langyan cupped his hands.
The queen was already displeased, slapping the armrest angrily, and said coldly: "Prince Ning, you are so arrogant and dare to break into my Fengyi Palace without permission. Do you still have palace rules in your eyes?"
Xiao Langyan looked calm, neither humble nor arrogant: "After returning to my mother, my father handed over the security of the imperial guards to my son. Shen Dingzhu disappeared for no reason. In case a bad person took her away, my son has the right to investigate thoroughly. "
With that said, he grabbed Shen Dingzhu's arm and pulled her up from the ground.
"There are still many things that need to be tortured and examined, so I will take her away first."
Shen Dingzhu was dragged by him and staggered. He followed Xiao Langyan and turned to leave, but the queen shouted sharply from behind: "Stop!"
"If Shen Dingzhu made a huge mistake, would you still condone it?"
Xiao Langyan paused and looked sideways at Shen Dingzhu beside him.
The beauty has a fair and rosy face, and her sparkling black eyes are filled with a hint of panic like a deer.
Instead, Xiao Langyan held her wrist tightly and turned to face the queen with Shen Dingzhu: "Shen Dingzhu is just an orphan. What mistake did she make that made the queen mother say it so seriously?"
"No matter what she did, I am willing to bear it."
Hearing these words, Shen Dingzhu's slightly drooped black eyelashes trembled, and quietly lifted up like the wings of a butterfly, with a twinkling light in her beautiful eyes.
The queen sneered, as if she was waiting for Xiao Langyan's words.
She raised her head and said, "Do you think Shen Dingzhu disappeared for no reason? She probably wanted to escape just because she knew she had done something wrong. In the end, she found the dragnet in the palace and she couldn't escape anywhere."
"If you want to know what is going on, you might as well wait until you are in front of the emperor, and I will tell you properly."
Not long after the Queen finished speaking, the eunuch at the door hurriedly entered: "Queen, Your Highness Prince Ning is also here. Just in time, Your Majesty, please come over."
Xiao Langyan's pupils turned a frosty color.
He pursed his lips and looked at Shen Dingzhu, who had his head lowered.
What did she do that alarmed even the emperor?
Xiao Langyan had countless spies in the palace, but none of them even noticed.
In this way, they rushed to the emperor's Qianyuan Palace together.
When he first entered, Shen Dingzhu smelled a strong smell of medicine, mixed with the smell of blood that was difficult to capture.
She was not qualified to go around the screen, so she could only wait outside and saw the little eunuch serving the emperor come out with a bowl of ginseng soaked in blood juice.
Shen Dingzhu's heart trembled, and after a while, he saw the emperor being helped out.
The emperor's expression was sinister, with a pale look of illness. His eyes were like ruthless stones, and his unceremonious gaze swept across Shen Dingzhu's face.
Shen Dingzhu knelt down to greet Xiao Langyan, and the queen had already gone to the emperor's side.
"Bring the people up and bring Concubine Xuanxian here." The emperor leaned on the dragon chair, his voice was like a broken kite, and his voice was very hoarse when he spoke.
When the person the emperor mentioned was brought up, Shen Dingzhu looked back and saw that it was her aunt Xia Bing, the head of the embroidery workshop.
Xia Bing knelt on the ground, always lowering her head.
A moment later, Concubine Xian also hurried over and glanced at Shen Dingzhu unkindly.
"See you, Your Majesty, the Queen." Concubine Xian saluted.
The emperor held the handle and said with deep eyes: "Concubine Xian, you presented me with a picture of a blue dragon a while ago. You also said that it took the skillful hands of the embroidery ladies to get this embroidery for two years. , but really?”
Concubine Xian nodded: "It's true, I have already made preparations for the emperor's sixtieth birthday."
Having said this, she raised her eyes slightly and glanced suspiciously at Shen Dingzhu and Xiao Langyan beside her.
"Is there something wrong, Your Majesty?"
"Hmph, you still have the nerve to ask me, Xia Bing, tell her!" The emperor's tone was fierce and serious, and Concubine Xian's heart trembled.
Xia Bing, who was kneeling aside, immediately lowered his head and said: "The blue dragon picture contributed by the empress is not a good omen, but a sinister thing."
"It's usually hard to tell, but the thread used for the left eye of the blue dragon is actually the white thread we usually use when embroidering ferocious beasts."
The queen was standing by and said in a deep voice: "Sister Concubine Xian, why are you so careless? Your Majesty has been ill recently. His sixtieth birthday is the time to welcome blessings from God, but here you are dedicating a fierce dragon."
After the emperor fell ill, he was in a moody mood. When the queen said this, he grabbed the tea cup in his hand and smashed Concubine Xian directly on the head.
Xiao Langyan was the first to react and quickly stepped forward to block such a heavy blow with Concubine Ti Xian.
The tea porcelain fell to the ground and broke into several pieces. The flying porcelain pieces scratched Xiao Langyan's jaw, bringing up a bright red line with blood oozing out.
Shen Dingzhu's eyes tightened and she turned to look at Xia Bing, but the other party did not dare to look at her.
Concubine Xian was frightened by such a posture for a moment. When she came to her senses, she cried and explained.
"Your Majesty, how could I be so careless in what I presented to you? What's more, when I got this blue dragon picture, the dragon had not been painted yet. I sent it to the Embroidery Department to ask them to help. Depicting a dragon’s eye!”
If it's wrong, it's also the embroidery department's problem.
Queen Youyou: "How is it impossible? Aunt Shen discovered this mistake and told Aunt Xia Bing. The white line on the longan extends from the dragon's forehead. Isn't it because the embroiderer you found made a mistake? Is this such a taboo mistake? Sister Xianfei, what else do you have to argue with?"
Concubine Xian's eyes turned cold and cold in an instant when she looked at Shen Dingzhu.
This Shen Dingzhu didn't want to tell her immediately when he discovered the problem. Instead, he reported it to Xia Bing?
However, Shen Dingzhu kowtowed at this moment: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for making a bold guess. You must not have seen the blue dragon picture, but only listened to Xia Bing's words. But whether it is a ferocious dragon or not, His Majesty still believes what he sees. "
The emperor was startled and his eyes darkened.
Indeed, he only listened to what the queen said and forgot to care about the authenticity.
When the emperor came to his senses, he immediately ordered: "Go and bring the blue dragon picture. I want to see which of you is causing trouble!"
Shen Dingzhu pursed his lips, folded his hands and placed them on his abdomen, with a peaceful and beautiful look on his face.
She raised her head slightly, and her eyes instantly met with Xia Bing's. For a moment when their eyes met, Shen Dingzhu curled the corners of his lips calmly.
The big fish she wanted finally took the bait.
When the great eunuch brought the blue dragon picture from the Embroidery Department, he unfolded it and showed it to the emperor.
The emperor, the empress, and Concubine Xian spent a long time looking with their three pairs of eyes, but they couldn't find the so-called white line of the dragon's eye.
Instead, white immortal lines of longevity appeared on the dragon's eyebrows. The emperor couldn't help but stretched out his hand and touched it. It was actually embroidered with white silk, making the dragon's eyes more lifelike.
The emperor raised his sinister eyes: "Is this what you are talking about, the fierce dragon's white line?"
The great eunuch brought the embroidery to Xia Bing and asked her to confirm it. Xia Bing looked at it again and again, and said in horror: "Impossible, I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be gone..."
Suddenly, she realized something and turned to look at Shen Dingzhu.
Shen Dingzhu leaned over and kowtowed: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I secretly dismantled the mistakes made by the embroidery department and re-embroidered them. I failed to inform you in advance. It was my fault that I was reckless."
Everyone present was slightly startled.
Did she embroider it? How could a legitimate daughter of the Shen family, who was born into a noble family, have such a talent as a female celebrity?
