Xiao Langyan sneered.
After the last night talk, Shen Dingzhu never took the initiative to come to him. Occasionally they would meet at the inn where they stayed, and she would go to bed early with Su Xincheng.
Xiao Langyan knocked on the side of the little guy and finally asked why she didn't even let him get close to her children recently.
He took the initiative to push the plate of preserved fruits in front of Su Xincheng: "What else did your mother say?"
The little guy picked up a piece and shared it with Xiao Langyan first. Seeing him shaking his head, he started eating happily.
"Well, it's nothing. My mother has recently written a lot of words for Chengcheng to learn, but some of them are too difficult. It would be great if Uncle Fang was here. He taught her in an easy-to-understand way." Tong Yanwuji, what he said , even more unintentionally.
But Xiao Langyan frowned.
Is he not good enough?
Shen Dingzhu's reaction to the position of imperial concubine was dull, and even his daughter Su Xincheng occasionally missed Fang Suifeng.
Xiao Langyan would not lose his temper with children, but he still frowned coldly.
"What's so difficult about this? After returning to Beijing, I will find the best teacher for you."
In early June, Xiao Langyan's car arrived in the capital.
The familiar prosperity of the past once again caught Shen Dingzhu's eyes.
She opened the car curtain and looked at the scene outside. The market was noisy, the people were living and working in peace and contentment, and the sound of hawking was endless.
It was Su Xincheng's first time in the capital, and everything she looked at felt strange.
Xiao Langyan was on tour incognito, so he did not arrange for Jing Zhaoyin to pick him up. The carriage passed the main road, then turned and entered an alley familiar to Shen Dingzhu.
After the carriage stopped, Shen Dingzhu raised his eyes and looked at the plaque with the words "Shen's Mansion" engraved on it, and was stunned for a moment.
This is her home, which was bought by Xiao Langyan before. Now, it seems that people have moved in.
"Won't you come down to see your parents?" Xiao Langyan had already got off the carriage in front and stood outside the curtain, looking at Shen Dingzhu.
Su Xincheng took her little feet first and ran out excitedly. Yuebai held up the curtain for Shen Dingzhu and helped her out of the carriage.
There was movement inside the door soon, and two gray-haired old men came out tremblingly.
Looking at the familiar faces of his parents, Shen Dingzhu's eyes were extremely red!
"Father, mother, my daughter finally sees you again." She cried and knelt down, tears welling up. The excitement in her heart was beyond words.
Putting together the past life and today, it was more than ten years later that she finally met her parents.
The majestic Father Shen in the memory has already turned gray on his temples, washed away by the wind and frost in Mobei. Even Shen's mother has white hair.
What remained unchanged was the distress shown in the eyes of the two of them when they looked at Shen Dingzhu.
"Common people pay your respects to the emperor." Father Shen had to abide by the rules and salute Xiao Langyan first if he wanted to help his daughter up.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Langyan raised his hand to stop her, looked at Shen Dingzhu, and said calmly: "Mr. Shen has not seen his daughter for a long time. I will wait in the carriage."
After saying that, he turned to the carriage and did not enter the door.
Shen Dingzhu knew that there were still ministers in the court waiting for Xiao Langyan to return to the palace, and she wanted to follow him back, so she could not delay for too long.
Father Shen quickly helped Shen Dingzhu up. Mother Shen stepped forward, hugged Shen Dingzhu, and cried, "My Pearl, why have you lost so much weight?"
Her hands were full of scars, probably from when she was in Mobei. She was constantly wiping Shen Dingzhu's tears, but as if she was afraid of hurting her, her movements were gentle and motherly.
Shen Dingzhu burst into tears. After all these years of hard work and obsession, she was finally relieved at the moment when she saw her parents.
"My parents are suffering outside. If my daughter has a big heart and a fat body, wouldn't it be even more unfilial?" She wiped away her tears and quickly brought Su Xincheng over. "Chengcheng, come here and call your grandma and grandma."
Su Xincheng blinked her big eyes and said in a sweet and cute voice: "Grandpa, grandma, I am Chengcheng."
The little child looks ice-cold and cute, with eyebrows and eyes like Xiao Langyan, and lips and mouth that look very much like Shen Dingzhu.
Father Shen bent down and hugged Su Xincheng directly in his arms, with tears in his eyes: "Good boy, my grandpa will die without regrets when he sees you."
Mother Shen took out the longevity lock she had prepared and put it around the little guy's neck: "Chengcheng, this is my grandfather and grandmother's wishes. I wish you peace and happiness."
Just as he was talking, a little boy’s excited cry came from the yard——
"It's my aunt who's back!"
Shen Dingzhu raised her head, and a tiger-headed little boy rushed into her arms.
She recognized it immediately, her smiling eyes bright: "Shan'er, it's Shan'er, right?"
Shen Qingshan raised his head, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, he was like a young version of her elder brother.
"It's me, aunt. After you left, my parents often mentioned you! Is this sister Chengcheng? I'm your brother, Qingshan." The two villains were not much different in age, and they immediately started playing together.
"Little sister!" A familiar voice came from the yard.
Shen Dingzhu raised her eyes and saw her eldest brother Shen Lan limping toward her while supporting her sister-in-law.
She suddenly frowned in distress. Back in Mobei, her eldest brother's leg was broken, and the root of the disease might still be left behind.
"Brother, sister-in-law." Shen Dingzhu took the initiative to greet him.
Shen Lan was a military general. Just like before, when he wanted to open his arms and hug his sister carelessly, he was grabbed by her sister-in-law.
The eldest sister-in-law coughed lightly, and looked at Xiao Langyan's driver over there: "Time is running out, our little sister has to enter the palace, so don't mess around, lest she make her eyes red from crying, and it will be bad."
Shen Lan laughed, with sharp eyebrows and white teeth: "Yes, it's my fault. I heard that my little sister is away, and I have been looking forward to seeing you again."
"Uncle!" Su Xincheng shook off Shen Qingshan. The little guy didn't accept life at all and ran to Shen Lan to act like a baby.
Xiao Langyan slightly lifted the curtain and saw the Shen family looking happy and happy.
Shen Dingzhu stood in the middle of her family. She smiled happily and lively, like a carefree little girl.
It was very similar to the way he looked when he met her that night when he invited her to the moon banquet.
Delicate, bright and carefree.
Her inclination to flatter him and her deliberate attempts to please him were all gone at this moment, and she was happily being herself.
Over there, Shen Dingzhu asked: "Where is my second brother?"
Shen's mother smiled and replied: "The emperor gave your second brother a free job. He is on duty at the Ministry of Industry. He is on duty today. I am afraid that he is busy with official duties and will not be able to come back to see you in time."
Shen Dingzhu laughed: "It doesn't matter, we will all be in the capital from now on, and there will be plenty of opportunities."
Eunuch Xu Shou stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Shen, don't worry, the emperor feels sorry for you before it's too late. He will definitely let you visit your family more often."
When she saw Eunuch Xu Shou, Shen Dingzhu knew that this was a tactful reminder to her that it was time to go!
There are still a bunch of ministers in the palace, waiting for Xiao Langyan to settle difficult government affairs.
Father Shen was a prime minister after all, and he immediately understood: "Thanks to the emperor's great kindness, Dingzhu, please go back with the emperor quickly. Leave Chengcheng to us. Everything is fine. Don't worry."
Shen Dingzhu's countless warnings were all reflected in his reluctant eyes.
But she knew that if she wanted her parents and family to live a more stable life, she must always stay with Xiao Langyan, gain his favor, and protect her family.
"Mom and Dad, my daughter is leaving now. Chengcheng, you must be obedient as you follow my grandfather."
Su Xincheng nodded obediently: "Mother, I know, my father has already told me!"
Shen Dingzhu then boarded the carriage and sat down next to Xiao Langyan. Her fingertips couldn't help but gently pinch the corners of her clothes.
Xiao Langyan was holding the book and looking at it coldly. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye and said, "If you want to look through the curtain, just do it."
Shen Dingzhu was startled, she didn't expect that he guessed her thoughts so accurately.
But she shook her head and finally endured it: "I believe I will be able to meet them again soon."
Xiao Langyan sneered and said no more.
As soon as he returned to the palace, Xiao Langyan asked Xu Shou to send Shen Dingzhu to his Qianyuan Palace first.
He did not tell her which palace she would be assigned to, nor did she specify her identity in detail.
He hurriedly followed the footsteps of the officials who came to pick him up. Shen Dingzhu had no choice but to go to Qianyuan Hall first.
Her return was like a drop of water falling into a pan of oil, and everyone in the harem became nervous and in danger.
The emperor personally killed the former prince for Shen Dingzhu, and now she has disappeared for four years and is back again!
