Back in the mansion, Xiao Langyan grabbed Shen Dingzhu's wrist and pushed her directly into the house. Then he followed her inside and locked the door with his backhand.
Shen Dingzhu wanted to explain, but he grabbed him and pressed him against the door.
She groaned in pain, her eyes filled with tears, and her thick long eyelashes trembled: "Your Majesty, I don't really want to leave."
"No?" Xiao Langyan gnashed his teeth in a low voice, "With those high-sounding words of yours, you can deceive Ma Xuewei, but don't show it off in front of me."
"Before I get really angry, you'd better explain what's going on. Otherwise, I won't let you and your family go!"
He said sternly and turned to sit at the table, putting one hand on his knee and looking gloomy.
Shen Dingzhu knew that he was really angry.
Then she wiped her tears and sobbed: "I just want to leave the palace for a while and go outside to relax. I was forced by the prince to have no choice. The prince was so fierce and powerful that night, and I was afraid..."
"Afraid?" Xiao Langyan sneered, "You are scratching my body, and you are still saying that you hate me, one by one. I don't think you are afraid at all."
Shen Dingzhu became anxious and raised a face as beautiful as a hibiscus: "Why are you not afraid? I was almost forced by the prince..."
At this point, she felt ashamed again. She bit her lower lip tightly, turned her head to the side, clenched her little hands into fists, and refused to speak anymore.
Xiao Langyan raised his eyebrows, waiting for her next words. Seeing that she never spoke again, his face turned red as if he had applied thick rouge.
"What does force mean? You are my concubine. Whatever I do to you is what I should do."
"Even so, it is based on your wishes. I am not a girl born in Goulan. It is difficult to accept the forced marriage." She said it bitterly. It was mostly acting as a grievance, but when she talked about it, she unconsciously felt Shed two lines of clear tears.
Xiao Langyan could suddenly understand why she ran away.
This woman is stubborn and hard to tame. Once she feels a little wronged, she will not seek death and survival, but will only want to leave here.
He sneered and picked up the teacup on the side: "In that case, what crime do you deserve? This king has indulged you once or twice, but this time, I am not going to give you mercy."
Shen Dingzhu raised her long eyelashes and asked tentatively: "I prepared some food to provide disaster relief in the name of the prince. Doesn't this make up for my fault?"
"Not enough." Xiao Langyan put down the tea cup after sipping the tea with a cold expression.
This is not enough...
Shen Dingzhu thought hard, and for a moment, her eyes became fixed, as if she had made some determination.
"Actually, the prince also received help and benefits from my concubine from this incident."
"Oh?" Xiao Langyan laughed, "What do you have in mind?"
Shen Dingzhu said calmly: "Qin Tian Jian just observed the sky and calculated that the emperor and the horse are in conflict. At this time, the Queen and Concubine Xian tried hard to ask the prince to marry Ma Shangshu's daughter, making it clear that they wanted to break up the prince. The way to take over as Crown Prince.”
"The Queen is planning for the Crown Prince. It is understandable that Concubine Xian, who is the adoptive mother of the Prince, has such thoughts, which shows that she also realizes that the Prince is becoming more and more mature, and if the Prince is allowed to develop, the person who is most threatened will become His Royal Highness Prince Ming—the biological son of Concubine Xian.”
"It is not convenient for the prince to directly reject Concubine Xian's request, so he pretends to deal with Miss Ma. Although my plan today is to escape danger for myself, on the other hand, it also helps the prince. Miss Ma caused such a trouble Anyway, neither the Queen nor Concubine Xian can ask the prince to marry her anymore."
Xiao Langyan smiled suddenly after hearing her long speech. His thin black eyes, sharp eyes, and whole body posture were like a wanton beast, even more dangerous than a wolf.
"You have guessed my king's thoughts clearly, but even so, I will not regard this matter as a way to save you from a desperate situation."
Shen Dingzhu licked his lips: "Your Majesty, I know that I am already a grasshopper in the same boat with you."
"So, I want to spare no effort to support you, but please, Your Majesty, let me see some hope of saving my family."
Xiao Langyan was leisurely holding the teacup: "I have fulfilled my promise and found a way to connect your sister-in-law and your second brother to the capital. What else do you have to be dissatisfied with?"
Shen Dingzhu glanced out the window and lowered his voice: "Your Majesty knows that this is not enough. My father and mother are the people the Emperor really wants to deal with."
"At first, I didn't understand. My father was loyal to his duties. Three generations of the Shen family were loyal and good, and they were reused during the late emperor's period. Why would the emperor be suspicious of my father, and even robbed the entire Shen family at any cost? Now I understand, because my father has , holding what the emperor wants but can’t get.”
"And this thing, the prince must also be interested in." When she said this, she raised her long eyelashes, and there were two clear snow lights in her eyes.
Xiao Langyan's smile gradually faded. He looked at Shen Dingzhu and raised his eyebrows slightly in interest.
Could she be referring to the Xuanjia Army?
The late emperor did not die normally, but was poisoned and slowly died. Before his death, the late emperor already knew who did it, but did not publicize it to the outside world.
Originally, the late emperor wanted to pass the throne to his eldest son, who was a concubine. His Royal Highness was a talented and resourceful prince who was raised by the late emperor himself. Although the emperor was his legitimate son, he had an impulsive personality when he was young and did not like the late emperor.
Therefore, the emperor drugged the late emperor, ascended the throne as his legitimate son, and imprisoned the original eldest son and then poisoned him.
These are the secret histories of the palace. Shen Dingzhu does not know, so he can only guess the bloody facts of the change of imperial power from the day when the late emperor died, when a large number of palace officials and ministers died inside and outside the palace.
What the emperor feared the most was the Xuanjia Army, a group of dead soldiers trained by the late emperor.
Legend has it that they hold the real imperial decree in their hands. As long as this imperial decree is made public, it will prove that the current emperor is a sinner who killed his father and brother!
Privately, the emperor never stopped looking for the Xuanjia Army. He eliminated everyone's suspicions one by one and finally zeroed in on Prime Minister Shen. Half an hour before the late emperor's death, the late emperor summoned Lord Shen into the palace for a secret talk.
I don’t know exactly what was said, and Mr. Shen himself was even more secretive. After the emperor ascended the throne, he repeatedly knocked on the side, but in the end he couldn’t find out anything.
But it didn't take long for someone to accuse him. Ma Shangshu took the lead in reporting that Prime Minister Shen had collaborated with the enemy and treason, and had close contacts with the enemy Beiliang. The emperor followed suit and confiscated the entire Shen family.
Xiao Langyan looked at Shen Dingzhu, and she was not afraid to meet his gaze.
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Xiao Langyan nodded: "What do you want?"
Shen Dingzhu pursed her lips: "The emperor's health is getting worse day by day. Although he seems to favor the prince now, according to the true imperial decree, he will not pass the throne to the prince."
Xiao Langyan sneered, but his eyes were cold and biting: "Shen Dingzhu, are you instigating me to kill my father and usurp the throne?"
Shen Dingzhu tightened her hands under her sleeves. The enemy of her family was the emperor. Her goal was first to clear her family's grievances, but if she could prevent the emperor from dying well, it would be considered revenge!
She raised her head formally and said with firm eyes: "Your Majesty is slowly planning to move from the crown prince to the monarch. I am willing to help you."
The first step, of course, is to get rid of the prince.
As long as Xiao Langyan becomes the crown prince of Jin, the emperor's life can end at any time.
But now that the prince Xiao Xuanke is here, if the emperor dies, it will definitely not be Xiao Langyan's turn to ascend the throne. Otherwise, it will be a cruel struggle that bloodbaths the palace.
Shen Dingzhu felt that it was better to strike first.
After she spoke for a long time, Xiao Langyan didn't speak, as if he was thinking about something.
After a moment, he put down the tea cup.
"Shen Dingzhu, I forgive you for what happened this time."
"But remember, this king's ship is a pirate ship. Once you get on board, don't even think about getting off."
As he spoke, he walked up to Shen Dingzhu, caressed her face with his hand, smiled, his thin eyes were sharp, dark and deep.
"If you want to escape again, don't blame me for being rude."
