Xiao Langyan's tall figure walked on Xia Yang's hot palace road. He carried the bright light on his shoulders as if he was carrying a heavy fire.
The emperor's words kept echoing in his ears——
"For the ban on drugs, you have to push someone to sacrifice for you, Fu Yunqiu or Shen Dingzhu, you decide for yourself. I will only wait for you for three days. After three days, I will help you choose."
At that time, Xiao Langyan said coldly: "Fu Yunqiu colluded with the deposed prince and brought banned drugs from outside the palace. This is the truth. Why didn't the father directly tell the world and convict her of her crime? Instead, let his sons choose?"
The emperor's face was about to run out of oil, with a thin layer of skin covering the bones, but his eyes were as dark as torches, staring at Xiao Langyan.
The emperor said slowly: "The Fu family is more useful than that orphan girl Shen Dingzhu."
It seemed that the emperor already had an answer in his mind, but he insisted on forcing Xiao Langyan to make a cruel decision.
Xiao Langyan left the Qianyuan Hall with a gloomy expression, and on his way back to the confinement courtyard, his thin eyes were full of anger.
He glanced sideways and whispered to Chen Heng: "Gather the palace soldiers tonight. Eunuch Qiao Zhuangcheng enters the palace and takes Shen Dingzhu away first."
Chen Heng took the order.
The group of people walked outside the seclusion courtyard, not far from the two palace passages. Chen Heng raised his head with a look of shock on his face: "Your Majesty, the seclusion courtyard is in trouble!"
Xiao Langyan suddenly raised his eyes and saw thick smoke billowing in the direction of Youyuan. Many forbidden soldiers were carrying water dragons and ran over hastily.
The expression on his brows changed, and he hurried over in a hurry. As soon as he entered Youyuan, Xiao Langyan went straight to the courtyard where Shen Dingzhu lived. Unexpectedly, there was already thick smoke billowing.
There were flames in the doors and windows, and they had burned through the roof.
Xiao Langyan only froze for a moment, and then immediately raised his steps to rush into the fire.
However, Xu Shou, Chen Heng and others held him tightly, and everyone shouted in panic: "No, Prince, no!"
Xiao Langyan called her name hoarsely.
"Shen Dingzhu! Shen Dingzhu——"
After the fire was extinguished, the walls turned into ashes, broken walls and ruins, and everywhere was filled with darkness caused by the fire.
Xiao Langyan pushed away the crowd and staggered towards the embers step by step. He looked around and finally saw a charred corpse beside the collapsed window sill.
His slender palms, trembling slightly, picked up the red jade hairpin from the ashes, which was something Shen Dingzhu had never left.
Xiao Langyan's thin eyes were filled with collapsing coldness, and every inch of pain was like a vine, gradually tightening his heart.
His knees softened and he knelt directly on the ground, holding his hands beside the bones.
Everyone behind them shouted in horror: "Your Majesty! Take care of yourself!"
Everyone had never seen Prince Ning look so out of sorts, as if he had lost his soul. There was only pale sadness on his stern face.
Hesitant as if to destroy the world.
Xiao Langyan was supported by Xu Shou and stood up slowly. He took a deep breath, and the cold light in his thin eyes was like tears and knives.
"Who has been here since the king left? Why did the fire start?" He spoke with gritted teeth, making everyone tremble with fear.
The little palace maid who was guarding Shen Dingzhu hurriedly knelt in front of him and cried back: "I was originally guarding outside, but just now Concubine Xian came, and I went to prepare tea. Later, Concubine Xian left. Aunt Shen said she wanted to be alone for a while, so I went out..."
Unexpectedly, no one expected that the fire quickly ignited from inside the room. When the Imperial Army standing at the door of the courtyard smelled the smell, and when they turned around, the fire had already reached the sky.
After hearing what the little palace maid said, Xiao Langyan's eyes were as sharp as a knife. He suddenly pulled out Chen Heng's sword and walked quickly to Concubine Xian's palace with a gloomy expression.
Xu Shou hurriedly caught up from behind, grabbed his sleeves and knelt down to persuade him: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, no! The Emperor is just waiting for you to show off. You must not mess up your position now."
"Get away!" Xiao Langyan kicked Xu Shou in the heart and kicked him away.
Chen Heng came with the imperial army to stop him, but Xiao Langyan rushed out with red eyes. He walked all the way to Concubine Xian's palace with his sword in hand. At this time, Princess Puyue was applying medicine to Concubine Xian.
With a loud "boom", Xiao Langyan kicked open the palace door. Accompanied by the screams of the palace maids, his face was stained with blood and his eyes were dark and captivating, like a Shura who walked in from hell.
Princess Puyue was sitting next to Concubine Xian and was startled. When she realized it was Xiao Langyan, she frowned and stood up: "Fifth brother, why are you here like this?"
Xiao Langyan suddenly swung his broad-sleeved robe and inserted his long sword into the footstool at Concubine Xian's feet, shocking the mother and daughter.
Concubine Xian covered her forehead and stood up in shock and anger: "Xiao Langyan! Are you going to rebel? I am your mother-in-law, what do you want to do?"
"Why do you want to kill Shen Dingzhu?" Xiao Langyan said, his voice was so cold that even he had not expected.
Concubine Xian was stunned and frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about? Why did I want to kill her! I went to Youyuan just to persuade her to leave. Otherwise, you will not accept Lianfu as your concubine."
Princess Puyue stood in front of Concubine Xian and explained with a trembling voice: "Fifth brother, you really misunderstood Concubine Mu. Concubine Mu just asked Aunt Shen to leave you, don't hold you back."
"For this reason, the concubine wanted to give her a large sum of money as a gift, but she not only didn't ask for it, but like a madman, she hit the concubine on the forehead with the book in her hand. She said she would never leave you. "
With that said, Puyue let go of her hand, and Xiao Langyan saw that Concubine Xian's forehead was indeed bright red.
Concubine Xian looked angry and resentful: "You're crazy because of her, you're so lawless! I haven't even settled the score with her about her smashing me up, how dare she slander me with you?"
Xiao Langyan was like a drowning person, his eyes were dazed, revealing a dark coldness and hesitation.
"She's dead."
After hearing this, Concubine Xian was also shocked: "Dead? How is it possible? Two hours ago, I saw her in good health."
"After you left, there was a fire in Youyuan, and Shen Dingzhu was burned alive." Xiao Langyan's tone was too calm, but the anger and pain in his eyes made Concubine Xian have no choice but to believe what he said. if.
Concubine Xian jumped up in shock: "You don't think that I set fire to her, do you? How could I be so stupid! I killed her as soon as I saw her. Both the emperor and you have to suspect me. On the palace head."
Xiao Langyan closed his eyes, his jawline tightened, and the joints of his fists that he clenched as hard as he could were pale.
Princess Puyue tentatively spoke: "Fifth brother...Fifth brother? Are you okay?"
Xiao Langyan suddenly opened his eyes and took two steps forward. The mother and daughter were so frightened that they hurriedly hugged each other and watched helplessly as he pulled out the sword and left.
The tall back looked like there was a hole in his heart, and there was a slight chill in his heart.
"It's crazy, it's really crazy. I say that Shen Dingzhu is a fox! The deposed prince lost his life for her, Xiao Langyan lost his soul for her!"
It's been three days.
However, everyone saw that Ning Wang Xiao Langyan often sat among the pile of ashes.
Shen Dingzhu was suddenly burned to death in Youyuan. There were many opinions about who was responsible.
The most people doubted Concubine Xian, forcing Concubine Xian to almost hang herself to prove her innocence.
Some people also say that he was the assassin of the queen, in order to avenge the deposed prince. However, since the death of the deposed prince, the queen has been unable to recover, and she has been greening the lanterns and ancient Buddhas all day long.
The emperor tried to pin the crime of banned drugs on Shen Dingzhu, but Xiao Langyan tried his best to stop it.
Fireflies in the summer night flew together, circling and swaying above the ruins.
Xiao Langyan raised his head and saw fireflies flying.
He was stunned for a moment, listening to the lonely chirping of insects around him, and asked in the frost-like moonlight: "Shen Dingzhu, are you really dead?"
Sudden.
Xiao Langyan remembered something.
He immediately stood up and walked quickly to the courtyard next door with a sullen brow. The hole in the wall where he and Shen Dingzhu talked to each other was still embedded in the wall alone.
The entrance to the cave connecting Shen Dingzhu had been burned down in half, showing dark traces of fire in the night.
They all said that Shen Dingzhu tried to escape, but because she was under house arrest and the doors and windows were locked, she eventually fell under the window sill.
But Xiao Langyan felt something was wrong. There was a hole in the wall here and she could call for help.
He quickly walked to the hole in the wall and tried to check it out. He had seen this place countless times before, but this time, he carefully touched the stone bricks in the hole.
Sudden.
He touched something and looked at it before his eyes, his thin eyes suddenly turned cold.
