It was dark outside. When Shen Dingzhu was eating, he realized that she had slept for two hours and it was almost night time.
And Xiao Langyan was so busy that he didn't even take a bite of dinner.
The two of them sat down to eat together. The dishes prepared in the small kitchen were very light. Finally, there was a pot of wolfberry chicken soup, Xu Shou cloth meal, and the chicken legs were placed on the plate in front of Xiao Langyan.
However, Xiao Langyan only glanced at it twice before putting all the meat into Shen Dingzhu's bowl.
"Eat more," he said.
Recently, Xiao Langyan always felt that Shen Dingzhu had a loss of appetite. He had seen the menu of dishes in the small kitchen that she ordered, and they were all extremely light dishes.
He watched her become thinner and thinner, and her jaw became smaller and more pointed than before.
Shen Dingzhu felt sick to her stomach when she saw the meaty smell. She silently pushed the plate forward and continued to enjoy the tofu soup in front of her.
"What does the emperor want to tell my concubine?"
Xiao Langyan put down his chopsticks: "If you feel better tomorrow, I will bring someone to see you."
Shen Dingzhu's eyes flickered: "Whose girl is it again?"
Xiao Langyan suddenly raised his eyebrows and turned to look at her. His expression was intriguing and he sneered: "In your heart, what kind of person am I? This time I am not a girl, but a man. I am five years older than you. My name is Shen." Hanshan, I have the same surname as you, you should have heard of him, he was the top martial arts scholar during the late emperor’s time.”
Shen Dingzhu thought for a while, and there was indeed such a person.
Although he has the same surname as her, he is not from the same clan. Shen Hanshan's ancestral home is in Changzhou. The family values martial arts and has produced several generals. While Shen Hanshan was the top military scholar, his father and uncle were both in the court. A general with military power.
"I have heard of his reputation. I heard that his boxing skills are excellent and his skills are great."
Xiao Langyan nodded: "I put him in charge of going to Nanzhou to collect evidence this time, so he contributed a lot to your matter."
When Shen Dingzhu heard this, he gradually put down his spoon: "Why does the emperor suddenly want to introduce him to his concubine?"
She half-jokingly tested: "If we want to talk about matchmaking, I don't have any sisters of the right age in my family to marry." At this time, Shen Dingzhu already had a bad premonition.
Xiao Langyan's eyes were dark and captivating, and his thin lips pursed in an indifferent arc.
His voice was low: "I want you to recognize him as your adopted brother, and join the Shen Hanshan clan from the current Shen family."
Shen Dingzhu was stunned and couldn't believe what he heard.
"Your Majesty, you...you must be joking with me, right? My parents are still alive, so why do you want someone else to be your step-brother and step-father?"
"I have thought about it for you. With the current father and mother Shen, they can no longer rely on you. Moreover, Shen Hanshan's family is a single generation. There are four sons in his generation. After you pass, you will still be the youngest daughter of the Shen family. "
Shen Dingzhu suddenly stood up and stared blankly at Xiao Langyan's unfathomable thin eyes.
Her heart felt as if it was surrounded by ice, and her eyelashes trembled: "Your Majesty, what do you mean? You feel that my mother's family is not powerful enough, but you have known about my situation for a long time, and the emperor has agreed to it." I am a concubine, do you want to redress the grievances of my father?"
At some point, Xu Shou had already retreated with the rest of the palace people, leaving Xiao Langyan and Shen Dingzhu alone in the room.
Xiao Langyan pursed his thin lips. The dragon embroidery on his clothes was illuminated by the candlelight, making him look powerful. Under his dark sword-shaped eyebrows, his eyes were heavy.
"In the imperial court, the forces are so complicated that overturning the verdict is as difficult as going to heaven. I will take Chengcheng back to the palace and raise it under your lap. If you don't have a strong mother's family, how do you think you can gain a foothold in the harem? "
"I don't want to stand on my own, I just want my family to be clean! My father, who is over fifty years old, has been accused of collaborating with the enemy and treason. There are still nursery rhymes in the market about his faults. When can I wait for an edict? , to restore my father’s innocence?”
Shen Dingzhu's eyes were deep red, and her emotions were intense, causing her cheeks to turn red. Her black hair fell down on her delicate shoulders, like her heart that was gradually collapsing.
Xiao Langyan frowned suddenly and looked at her: "What you should consider now is how to protect Chengcheng. Are your parents important, but me and our children are not important?"
"The reason why I changed your clan is just to allow Chengcheng and you to live peacefully in the harem. In private, you can still interact with Father Shen and the others."
"Besides, your father already knew about this and he agreed."
Tears welled up in Shen Dingzhu's eyes, and she smiled bitterly: "Is this the good news the emperor said? For this concubine, it is a nightmare."
She staggered. She was already weak, but now she felt dizzy. She fell straight to the side and fell to the ground along with a bottle of thin pillar candle lamp.
With a "Gululu" movement, the palace candle rolled in a circle on the ground and immediately extinguished the flame.
Xiao Langyan's expression changed, and he quickly stepped forward and grabbed her arm. Just as he was about to help Shen Dingzhu up, she slammed his hand away.
"Do not touch me!"
Her nails accidentally scratched the back of his hand, leaving two bright red scars and blood beads emerging one by one.
Xiao Langyan's eyes darkened, his face turned livid, and he looked at her condescendingly.
"What on earth do you want to do? I have given you so much, why don't you understand my painstaking efforts? Do you know how powerful the clan behind Shen Hanshan is! They have heavy troops, and I am protecting you. From now on, your confidence in the harem will be stronger than others!"
"Don't talk about raising a princess then, even if you do, do..." Being a queen is not a bad idea.
But Xiao Langyan was furious because of this ignorant woman in his eyes. He was breathing heavily, his face was tense, and his thin eyes were red, full of anger that burned everything.
Tears fell from Shen Dingzhu's pretty face: "What I want from the beginning to the end is not power and status. Your Majesty, you have forgotten that I followed you to rehabilitate my family. Didn't we agree? Why do you want to Regret. "
Xiao Langyan seemed to have been hit in the head by someone, and he was stunned. A trace of surprise suddenly appeared on his handsome and deep face.
That’s it, that’s it!
She never really loved or liked him, she just needed him!
Even if it were someone else instead of him who would be the emperor today, Shen Dingzhu would still seek that person!
He was stupid and confused. He thought that having so much favor in front of her would make Shen Dingzhu follow him willingly, but it turned out that it was all his delusion!
He ignored the criticism of the ministers and took great pains to recognize their daughter back to the palace. When he wanted to reunite the family, little did he know that his name, Xiao Langyan, had never been among the family in her heart!
Even when he heard about his wife, the first person he thought of was Shen Dingzhu. He spent countless nights thinking about how to improve Shen Dingzhu's family background and how to stop her from always thinking about it. Looking at his family outside the palace, he stayed with him with peace of mind.
He thought he had given enough.
But Shen Dingzhu always believed that their relationship was a transaction! ! !
Xiao Langyan's thin eyes were filled with fierce anger like a lion. He sneered again and again, his throat rolled, and his thin eyes were red: "I really flatter you, and I love you so much that you are lawless."
Shen Dingzhu raised his teary eyes and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The emperor really loves me, he treats me like a cute little kitten and puppy, he teases me a few times when he's interested, and when he's not interested, he just throws me away. "
"You never ask me if I need your love. You just give me what you want to give. I can't ask for what you don't want to give. With just one word from the emperor, I have to welcome the queen who will take care of the future for you. I did everything the emperor asked me to do, but you forgot your original promise. Is this the love you say you love?"
These words completely angered Xiao Langyan and destroyed all his remaining sanity.
"Okay, you're very good! Shen Dingzhu, don't regret what you said today." Xiao Langyan turned and left.
The bench was right in front of his boot, and he kicked it away. It fell directly onto the door panel, and the hatchback shattered into pieces.
There was a big hole in the door and half of the door was crumbling. Xu Shou, Shen Bi and others outside were so frightened that they knelt on the ground with a plop.
Xiao Langyan's angry back paused for a moment at the door, glanced at the palace people around him, and ordered in a cold voice: "From now on, Concubine Shen is grounded. Without my will, anyone who dares to visit will be killed! Yaoguang Palace's All palace people will be assigned to palace affairs department immediately, and there is no need to keep anyone in Yaoguang Palace."
After he said that, he disappeared into the darkness and left without looking back.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Xu Shou was shocked and hurriedly chased after him with his men.
Nanny Song was the first to react, her face turned pale, and she hurriedly chased after her: "Your Majesty, you can't do that! Your Majesty, she..."
Before she finished speaking, Nanny Song rolled down the white jade steps because she ran too fast.
Shen Dingzhu stood up holding the Duobao frame. When she heard Shen Bi and Xiucui's exclamations, she hurriedly went out to check.
Unexpectedly, Chen Heng, who was left behind, led the imperial army and suddenly blocked the door with his sword.
"The emperor has an order, the queen is not allowed to come out."
Shen Dingzhu was pushed back, and she called anxiously: "Save Nanny Song quickly, save her!"
Xiucui and the others were dragged away one after another, and even their cries could not be heard.
Soon, there was only a group of closely guarded Imperial Guards outside. People from the Ministry of Industry rushed over and relocated the door that Xiao Langyan had kicked in, and then left in a hurry.
Everywhere in the gorgeous palace is still grand, but the ground is in a mess, and in the silence, you can only hear the sound of rain falling outside.
On a swaying rainy night, the stars were obscured by dark clouds. Shen Dingzhu's beautiful red and tired eyes glanced at Geng Le next to her.
Just after midnight, it was the fourth day of September.
It was less than half a month before her death in her previous life.
