It was already dark, and there was still a candle lamp on Xiao Langyan's table as he took charge of handling difficult government affairs.
These days, he is not in the capital, and those forces are getting ready to make moves.
Trouble comes one after another.
He was a little tired, so he put down his pen and pressed his eyebrows. Suddenly, the sound of other horses neighing came from behind the carriage, accompanied by a slight noise.
Xiao Langyan frowned, and immediately stopped the car, raised the curtain and asked Xu Shou: "What's going on behind the scenes?"
He looked back and saw that a lamp was hung outside Shen Dingzhu's carriage and it had stopped at the side of the mountain road a little far away from them, bathed in the moonlight.
Xu Shou said hurriedly: "I just heard that the guards behind me went to ask for the accompanying Dr. Cen. There must be something urgent, so I went to check first."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Langyan had already got off the carriage.
"Ouch! Your Majesty, be careful of the cold night. I will hold a lantern for you." Xu Shou held the cloak on the carriage in his left hand and a lantern in his right hand, and hurriedly chased after him.
When Xiao Langyan walked over, Doctor Cen had just begun to take Su Xincheng's pulse. Shen Dingzhu stood under the carriage anxiously, looking at the child with a distressed expression.
When people around him saw Xiao Langyan, they hurriedly saluted: "Your Majesty."
Xiao Langyan looked at Shen Dingzhu with a cold look in his thin eyes. Seeing her pale face, he asked: "You are fine, why are you suddenly sick?"
"You probably caught a cold while playing in the water during the day, and it's all my fault." Shen Dingzhu said, his eyes already red, "It would have been better if I had stopped Chengcheng."
Xiao Langyan glanced inside the carriage.
His daughter's face was red, her breathing was a little short, her eyes were closed, and she looked groggy. Compared with her normal alertness, she looked very pitiful.
Xiao Langyan's heart also sank, but he said calmly: "It's almost early summer, so it's okay to play in the water. I just got sick suddenly. Maybe there are other reasons."
Imperial Physician Cen happened to have come to a conclusion. He got down from the carriage and first bowed to Xiao Langyan and Shen Dingzhu.
Xiao Langyan raised his dark and cold eyebrows: "Quickly tell me, how is the child?"
Dr. Cen said: "Your Majesty, your Highness occasionally feels cold and has some symptoms of acclimatization. That's why the illness is so severe. I'll give you acupuncture and some medicine, and your condition will get better."
Xiao Langyan immediately waved his sleeves: "Go quickly."
After a while, when Dr. Cen was about to perform acupuncture, Shen Dingzhu and Xiao Langyan were sitting on either side of Su Xincheng.
The little guy seemed to feel something, half leaning on his mother's arms, and holding his father's lapel with his other little hand. She was no longer afraid, nor was she moaning in discomfort like before.
Shen Dingzhu watched Dr. Cen administer the needles to the little guy, inserting them into the white and tender arm little by little. After more than a dozen needles were inserted, they were pulled out after a while.
Suddenly, Su Xincheng shed two nosebleeds.
Shen Dingzhu exclaimed: "Chengcheng!" Her beauty turned pale and she quickly took out her handkerchief to wipe it.
Xiao Langyan said in a stern tone: "Mr. Cen, what's going on?"
Feeling Xiao Langyan's murderous ferocity, Imperial Physician Cen hurriedly explained: "This is releasing the blood of sinister poison. The onset of illness and cold in the body is caused by yin-cold. After it is forced out, you will be much better."
Yuebai helped Shen Dingzhu wipe Su Xincheng's face clean.
After a while, Dr. Cen brought the pills he had brought and fed them to Su Xincheng with warm water. Shen Dingzhu felt relieved after watching the little guy fall asleep.
At this time, a slender hand reached out and scraped the tears off her face.
"You always cry in front of your children. If you are so weak, she might be worried if she sees you." Xiao Langyan's cold tone was filled with care that was not easy to detect.
Shen Dingzhu wiped her face with her hands, and her fingertips were stained with water. She wiped them with a handkerchief again and again, and said in a muffled voice: "I won't be able to do it next time. Since the emperor has something to do, just go and get busy."
Xiao Langyan said solemnly: "I have already told them to rest here tonight and set out again tomorrow morning. Let Chengcheng have a good sleep."
Shen Dingzhu was silent, gently touching the child's face with his hand and brushing away the broken hair from her ears.
Xiao Langyan glanced at her and walked outside. After a while, he returned to the carriage. Then, Xu Shou led people to bring all the memorials he wanted to review.
Shen Dingzhu then raised his eyes, a little surprised: "The emperor wants to approve the papers here?"
Xiao Langyan hummed lightly, and his thin eyes under his long eyebrows were deep and cold: "Right here."
As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows: "Do you think you are the only one who cares about the child?"
This was something Shen Dingzhu didn't expect at all.
Su Xincheng slept peacefully. Xiao Langyan was at the door of the carriage, concentrating on handling government affairs. Shen Dingzhu sat in the middle, sometimes helping Xiao Langyan add tea, and sometimes touching Su Xincheng's forehead.
The little guy took the medicine given by Dr. Cen, and his fever subsided. Now he was sleeping very peacefully. He put his little hand on his cheek, which looked particularly cute.
After Xiao Langyan finished handling the government affairs, he finally put down his pen and blew out the lights. Xu Shou outside saw that the lights were out and immediately reached in and moved the table away.
Xiao Langyan leaned against the car wall and closed his eyes to fall asleep.
He seemed very tired and breathed a shallow sigh of relief. He was probably still worried about the child, so he didn't make a lot of noise.
Shen Dingzhu originally planned not to talk to him, but after thinking about it, she still said: "Your Majesty, please lie down and sleep. I will lean in a little closer."
Xiao Langyan opened his thin eyes, stretched his arms, lowered his eyes and signaled: "Come closer."
Shen Dingzhu was startled, glanced at the sleeping little guy, and then leaned over silently.
Xiao Langyan held her in his arms and leaned his head down, treating her like a pillow. He lay comfortably, but Shen Dingzhu felt like half a mountain was pressing on him.
She moved before she found a comfortable position, so Shen Dingzhu reached out and gently kneaded his temples. Xiao Langyan's frown gradually relaxed.
"After returning to the capital, you will first place Chengcheng with your parents to raise her. After I have settled her down, I will take her into the palace."
Shen Dingzhu was silent, his white complexion, under the shadow of the moon, showing a layer of bright and dim velvet light, making the beauty's face look sad but calm.
Xiao Langyan said in a deep voice: "Your father is old and he should be happy to have a child by his side. Besides, if some things are not settled properly, bringing Chengcheng directly into the palace will harm her."
Of course Shen Dingzhu understands this truth.
She had been away for four years and brought a child back. How could she prove to the world that this was Xiao Langyan's child?
She lightly opened her red lips and asked, "Can I stay with my parents with Chengcheng?"
Xiao Langyan didn't speak, but suddenly raised his head, reached out and pressed Shen Dingzhu's neck, forcing her to lower her head. He kissed her lips, his thin eyes narrowed, shining like blades in the moonlight.
He said: "No."
Shen Dingzhu's eyes dimmed, and he heard Xiao Langyan continue to say: "Only when you are by my side can I settle down your family. Shen Dingzhu, you can't give me nothing."
Seeing that she didn't speak for a long time, Xiao Langyan raised his eyebrows: "What? You don't believe that I can handle this matter well?"
Shen Dingzhu's soft voice was lowered and seemed to be humming.
"I don't want to gamble. The emperor may not know that I had a dream before."
"What dream?"
"I dreamed that I was pregnant, but I stayed in the palace and ended up miscarrying."
After she finished speaking, Xiao Langyan frowned: "So you want to say that this time you left the palace and successfully gave birth to the child? What you are afraid of is that I can't protect you and Chengcheng."
Shen Dingzhu replied without saying anything.
Xiao Langyan sat up with a cold face.
He took out a chapter from the memorial on the side and threw it into her arms.
"look by youself."
Shen Dingzhu blinked her long slender eyelashes twice in confusion. When she opened them, she saw that Xiao Langyan had ordered the Ministry of Etiquette to prepare for the concubine ceremony.
She looked over line by line and was stunned.
Xiao Langyan is going to make her a noble concubine again.
The trajectory of fate began to overlap with that of the previous life, but all the details became different.
