Shen Dingzhu felt groggy, sleeping and waking up, and his head was very heavy.
Once she woke up and felt someone wiping her bare feet. She opened her eyes slightly and tilted her head to look. She saw the tall figure sitting silently at the end of the bed.
It seems to be Xiao Langyan?
Shen Dingzhu closed his eyes again.
Sometimes she felt like there was fire burning on her body, and the sweat evaporated from her body, but someone wiped her body with an extremely soft handkerchief, their movements were gentle and careful, as if they were handling a treasure.
She didn't know what time it was, but she heard the sound of chopping meat outside. Shen Dingzhu was woken up and asked in confusion, "What's the sound? It's so noisy outside."
The person next to her who was holding her hand obviously froze. Even though Shen Dingzhu had her eyes closed, she could still feel it. He bent over and said in her ear: "Then I'll tell them to be quiet."
He went out and came back after a while. Sure enough, there was no movement outside, and she fell asleep peacefully again.
Three days later, Shen Dingzhu had a hard time drinking medicine. He vomited again after drinking it, and his whole body lost weight. After that, the silver needle was pierced into his body, which made him suffer even more. These three days, it was like falling from the oil pan on a mountain of knives. Rolled over again.
But what she didn't know was that she had been in pain for a few days, and Xiao Langyan hadn't gone to court for a few days. The previous court was a mess, but the news about the harem was tightly kept, and no one knew what happened.
On the last day, her pulse finally stabilized, and Dr. Cen breathed a sigh of relief.
When Shen Dingzhu woke up again, it was autumn dusk, and the setting sun was shining slantingly, reflected through the carved windows.
Her tired and sour beautiful eyes slowly turned and looked at the furnishings in the surrounding hall. The familiar pandan bed tent and the slightly swaying tassels were knitted by Grandma Song herself.
"Mother Song..." Her chaotic mind finally cleared up for a moment, and she woke up muttering. When the tall figure beside her heard the movement, she immediately put down her pen and walked towards her.
"Mother Song is fine. She woke up earlier than you and her condition is stable. I asked two imperial doctors to take turns taking care of her without interruption. You can rest assured." Xiao Langyan's voice was deep, and Shen Dingzhu raised her eyes to look at him, They were all a little startled.
He had a few stubbles, which had never happened before. Even in his previous life, Xiao Langyan always kept clean and tidy, with a capable and steady aura.
This was the first time Shen Dingzhu saw his green stubble. There was also a faint greenish tint under his thin eyes. It looked like he hadn't had a good rest either.
In the blink of an eye, Shen Dingzhu saw that her round table was filled with memorials as high as a hill. So, Xiao Langyan was guarding her while approving memorials here?
She lowered her head and couldn't help but rub her belly.
Xiao Langyan sat down beside her bed and said in a low and beautiful voice: "Our child is very good. You brought him back from the hell gate."
As he spoke, he leaned over and wanted to kiss the corner of her lips, but Shen Dingzhu quickly turned his head to avoid such a loving kiss.
Xiao Langyan was startled, and his thin eyes darkened. The golden light of the setting sun from outside fell on his shoulders, adding a touch of unpredictability to the emperor.
Shen Dingzhu thought he was going to be angry again, but unexpectedly, Xiao Langyan's thin, dark eyes locked her tightly. After looking at her for a moment, he took the initiative to smile.
"As long as you're fine now, I can also send someone out to give your father a message to ask him to rest assured."
Shen Dingzhu's heart skipped a beat: "What did the emperor tell my concubine's father?"
Seeing that she was willing to take the initiative to talk to him, Xiao Langyan raised his eyebrows slightly, knowing that mentioning her family would always work.
He said, "I said you are feeling unwell. Chengcheng has been making noises for a few days to come to the palace to visit you, but I stopped him. Once you have rested, I will ask Chengcheng to come and stay with you for a while."
Then, Xiao Langyan stood up and scooped out a bowl of cloud porridge from the bubbling stove.
"Eat a little, so you can recover quickly." His tone was like coaxing a child. Shen Dingzhu hesitated for a moment before obediently eating the spoonful of porridge he fed.
The moment she lowered her head, she saw a white bandage wrapped around his hand.
As if injured.
Xiao Langyan noticed her gaze, raised his injured hand and sneered, "You bit it, do you remember it?"
Shen Dingzhu withdrew her eyes, pursed her pink lips, and curled up the corner of the quilt with her slender fingertips. She planned to deny it.
Xiao Langyan would not settle the score for this matter. Instead, he could not help but feel happy when he saw the slight change in her expression.
He had many things to ask her, but Shen Dingzhu ignored them.
Xiao Langyan knew that Shen Dingzhu was angry with him and refused to forgive him.
He then asked something she would be interested in: "So, you refused to eat meat before and only drank vegetable porridge because you were afraid of vomiting? So, was it hard when you were pregnant with the child you are now, or was it hard when you were pregnant with Chengcheng? ?”
Shen Dingzhu was eating porridge and didn't want to answer at first, but when she mentioned Chengcheng, she couldn't help but said: "It was hard when I was pregnant with Chengcheng."
At that time, she was the first child, and there was no one around to help her. Everything she did was very difficult.
After finishing the porridge all night, Xiao Langyan wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and when he dragged her delicate face with his big palm, his eyes were dark and hot.
Xiao Langyan couldn't control the heat in his heart and the noisy and turbulent emotions.
He looked into her eyes——
"Shen Dingzhu."
"No matter what your reasons are, you must keep this pregnancy."
"I want to thank you all."
"I am willing to leave my flesh and blood."
Xiao Langyan said, slowly stepping forward and wanting to kiss her lips, but he was afraid that Shen Dingzhu wouldn't like it.
So, he raised his thin lips and kissed her between her eyebrows, turning the love in his heart into this fleeting touch of love.
Shen Dingzhu did not resist, but lowered her slender black eyelashes, and the moist luster in her beautiful eyes kept flashing.
Her delicate face was filled with a faint pink color. These days, she was always wearing dry clothes without any dirt on her body. Shen Dingzhu knew who was responsible for this.
But what she wanted was far more than that.
Shen Dingzhu raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Langyan, and said in a delicate and calm voice, "Because this is also my concubine's child."
Such a sentence was like spring water, instantly injected into Xiao Langyan's heart, and instantly opened up his cold heart and all principles.
The next day, Xiao Langyan went to court refreshed and refreshed. The ministers saw that the emperor's majesty had not diminished, but was even better than before.
After the morning court, Mrs. Du stayed alone.
He was very uneasy and frightened: "Your Majesty, it is true that a censor impeached Concubine Du Shu for harming the Dragonborn. If it is true, I am willing to apologize to the emperor on behalf of Concubine Du Shu!"
The spies placed in the palace by Mrs. Du seemed to have all disappeared overnight, and no one could be contacted. Not only that, he actually couldn't find out the news about his granddaughter Du Shufei. If she really hurt Long Yi, Xiao Lang Yan would not just sit quietly and not punish her at all.
It stands to reason that the decree of condemnation should have been spread a long time ago, but now, not only has the decree not been heard, but Concubine Du Shu seems to have disappeared. All the news in the harem has been blocked by an invisible hand. !
The quieter it is, the more dangerous it is. Old Master Du is well aware of Xiao Langyan's ruthless character, so he is even more uneasy.
Xiao Langyan looked at Old Master Du kneeling on the ground, his thin eyes cold and dark, without any emotion.
"It's true that Concubine Du Shu hurt the Dragonborn, but Mr. Du, the way you apologize is not just to kneel here, so that I can forgive you."
Old Master Du trembled all over and raised his anxious eyes: "Please express it clearly, Your Majesty."
Xiao Langyan pursed his lips, took out a folder from the table, and threw it at his feet.
Old Mrs. Du picked it up tremblingly and opened it. It turned out to be a list of six people. Four of them were actually famous scholars in the imperial examination. There was also one person named Meng, who was exactly that person. A top scholar from a poor family!
Xiao Langyan's cold voice came: "Mr. Du, you are good at making use of others and have great prestige in the court. It will not be difficult for you to arrange for these people to take important positions in the court. I will give you half a month." Time, please make good arrangements."
"After that, I will tell you the whereabouts of Concubine Du Shu. Otherwise, no one in the Du family can escape."
Old Master Du's body was trembling like a fallen leaf in the wind, and his wrinkled face revealed the hesitation and desolation of his dying years.
"emperor……"
The emperor is really shrewd in his calculations. Most of the people on these books come from poor families, and there are also a few fringe forces. If the emperor wants to arrange so many people to hold important positions, I am afraid that people will suspect that they are harboring favoritism, so the emperor He wanted to use his hand to place all these people in the imperial court.
Thinking back to the emperor's recent methods of shuffling the family's power, Old Master Du couldn't help but shudder. He could guess that when these things were settled, he would be pushed out by Xiao Langyan immediately. , died very quickly.
The emperor's mind is really ruthless.
But he had no choice. If he could die and save the entire Du family, it would be worth it.
"My lord, I obey the order." Old Master Du kowtowed heavily.
at night.
Xiao Langyan went to Yaoguang Palace, and Shen Dingzhu was lying with his eyes closed, but he did not fall asleep.
He stood by the couch, bent down and looked at her, and said in a low and sweet voice, "Can I sleep on the couch?"
