After a while, there was no more movement from outside.
Shen Dingzhu gently tugged on his sleeve and said in a low voice: "Don't be too nervous. This wooden house is in the most remote place in the south. Even hunters will not go so far. It is still very safe."
Xiao Langyan put away the knife, turned to the wall, and sat back to his original position. The corners of his lips were tense, and his handsome face seemed a little serious.
Shen Dingzhu asked Su Xincheng to stay with Xiao Langyan, and then she cleaned up the only bamboo bed. There was only a dry and hard mattress.
She guessed that Xiao Langyan would not give in, so she simply threw it away.
Then, Shen Dingzhu supported Xiao Langyan and said, "Your Majesty, go and lie down."
Xiao Langyan frowned: "You guys rest, I'll stay here until Chen Heng and the others come."
Shen Dingzhu sighed: "Even so, it will take a while. Why don't you lie down first and let me look into your eyes?"
Xiao Langyan was no longer stubborn and just lay down with a cold face.
Shen Dingzhu took out the wet handkerchief and wiped the water droplets around his eyes bit by bit. Seeing that his thin eyes were bloodshot, he might not be able to see clearly for a while.
She didn't know what the powder was, so she could only wipe it with water for him.
After Shen Dingzhu finished his work, Su Xincheng came over and said, "Mother, Chengcheng is a little cold."
Shen Dingzhu was startled, and then she remembered that the three of them were all wet. Even in late spring, with wet clothes sticking to their bodies, it was very uncomfortable!
"Be good, Chengcheng. Mom, let's go look for it." She remembered that she had left a set of rough clothes when she was picking wild fruits nearby.
Shen Dingzhu opened the tattered cabinet and found dusty clothes in the bottom corner.
She took it out and dusted it, then took off Su Xincheng's wet clothes and put the new ones on the little guy.
Su Xincheng blinked her big eyes and asked, "Mother, your hands are so cold. Are you cold?"
Shen Dingzhu felt warm in her heart, and smiled softly on her face. She pinched Su Xincheng's little face and said, "Mother is not cold."
As she said that, she raised her eyes and pointed in Xiao Langyan's direction. Su Xincheng quickly ran over and asked, "Dad, are you cold?"
"It's not cold." Xiao Langyan had already sat up, leaning against the wall, and the knife was placed next to him.
Shen Dingzhu walked over: "Your Majesty, take off your robe. I will help you dry it."
Xiao Langyan made no objection, and Shen Dingzhu reached out to untie his robe, and then put the wet clothes on an old wooden shelf.
She touched her soaked sleeves, twisted them, and water dripped down.
Shen Dingzhu also wanted to take off her robe, but she glanced hesitantly at Xiao Langyan not far away. Although the two of them had done something very intimate, she still couldn't let go of taking off her clothes in front of him. open.
However, Xiao Langyan's vision was blurred now, so naturally he couldn't see anything.
Shen Dingzhu silently took off her clothes, wearing only a thin undershirt. She wrung out the rainwater from her soaked clothes and then hung them up to dry.
At some point, Su Xincheng, a naughty little guy, had kicked off his shoes and lay down next to Xiao Langyan's legs.
She curled up and was about to fall asleep. Her little hands were still holding Xiao Langyan's trousers tightly, as if she was afraid that he would disappear.
After a while, Shen Dingzhu looked up again and saw Xiao Langyan leaning against the wall, resting with his eyes closed, while Su Xincheng, with his back against Xiao Langyan's legs, had fallen asleep.
After a while, the rain stopped outside. Shen Dingzhu thought for a moment, put on his clothes lightly, and then opened the door and left.
After about two sticks of incense, she returned to the shabby house. As soon as she opened the door and entered, a sharp blade struck her neck.
"Ah!" Shen Dingzhu whispered and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, it's me."
Xiao Langyan's eyes were red and his eyebrows were sharp. He dropped the long knife only after hearing Shen Dingzhu's voice.
Shen Dingzhu turned around and saw that the little guy Su Xincheng was already hiding next to the cabinet.
Before she could react, Xiao Langyan grabbed her with his big palm, held her in his arms, and asked through gritted teeth: "Where did you run away! Do you still want to leave without saying goodbye? My patience It's limited, Shen Dingzhu, don't think that I'm reluctant to kill you!"
Shen Dingzhu's watery eyes froze, feeling that his whole body was as hot as a soldering iron: "Your Majesty, are you feverish?"
Xiao Langyan didn't answer, he just tightly held her waist and held her in his arms. Su Xincheng on the side slowly covered her eyes with her little hands, but out of curiosity, she spread her chubby little fingers apart. Eye slits.
Shen Dingzhu took out the herbs from his sleeve and held it up to his breath: "I'm not leaving, I'm going to pick herbs. When I was picking wild fruits before, I learned several ways to identify herbs from the hunters nearby."
"This is redbud grass, which can clear away heat and detoxify. It should be able to relieve the symptoms of the emperor's eye discomfort."
Xiao Langyan's brows were sullen, and his red and bloodshot eyes were scary, but if you look closely, you could see that there was no spirit in them. He really couldn't see at the moment.
Finally, Xiao Langyan let go of his arms, and Shen Dingzhu asked him to sit on the bed. Su Xincheng clicked her little feet and sat next to Xiao Langyan again.
"Mom, what do you want to feed dad?"
"Herbs that can make his eyes more comfortable." Shen Dingzhu patiently responded to her daughter's every innocent inquiry.
There is no chisel to grind the medicine here, so I can only twist it roughly twice with my fingers: "Your Majesty, open your mouth."
Xiao Langyan took a deep breath, his expression obviously stern: "If you were in the palace and gave me medicine indiscriminately, you would have been punished long ago."
There was a faint pink on Shen Dingzhu's pretty cheeks, and her voice was calm: "The emperor doesn't have to take it. I only know that this medicine can detoxify, but if the emperor takes it, I won't be able to afford it..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Langyan reached out to take it and stuffed it into his mouth.
Watching him swallow it, Shen Dingzhu smiled reassuringly.
Su Xincheng blinked curiously at the side: "Mom, if something happens to my father, will he die? After the father of A Niu at the entrance of the alley died, his mother remarried!"
Xiao Langyan suddenly frowned. Before he could say anything, Shen Dingzhu turned red and quickly stuffed the last bit of herb leaves into Su Xincheng's mouth.
The little guy spit it out in pain, with his tongue exposed, and said aggrievedly: "Mom, it's so painful!"
Shen Dingzhu's beautiful eyes were serious: "Then don't talk nonsense."
Instead, Xiao Langyan reached out and held Su Xincheng in his arms. He said to the little guy: "Your mother has no chance to remarry, and I will not die in front of her."
Shen Dingzhu was a little annoyed: "Your Majesty, please don't always say such things in front of your children. Chengcheng is still young."
It was almost night, and Xiao Langyan's secret guards hadn't found them yet, not even the smoke signal appeared.
The rain outside had long since stopped, and the chirping of insects rippled through the grass.
Half before burning the incense, Shen Dingzhu was pulled onto the bamboo couch by Xiao Langyan. She was still holding Su Xincheng. Xiao Langyan let the mother and daughter sleep inside, while he held a knife to protect the outside.
In the dark and quiet night, only a beam of moonlight allowed them to see each other.
Su Xincheng slept in it, and the little one was actually the most comfortable one. Before going to bed, she was obviously very sleepy, but she still managed not to close her eyes.
Shen Dingzhu patted her back gently: "Chengcheng, go to bed when you feel sleepy. Mother is always here."
Su Xincheng's childish voice was full of sleepiness, but she said: "Chengcheng doesn't want to sleep, because this is the first time that mother and father have coaxed Chengcheng to sleep. Chengcheng is afraid that she won't be able to see her father when she wakes up."
Shen Dingzhu was startled. She looked at Xiao Langyan out of the corner of her eye and froze when she saw his back.
