Shen Bi and Xiucui stood in front of Shen Dingzhu. They looked at each other. Shen Bi touched Xiucui with her hand: "Go ahead and tell the queen."
Xiucui sighed. She originally planned to tell her father and mother after they left.
"Empress, I just learned that Fu Yunqiu from Donghe Palace seems to have broken a leg. Last night she was treated as an assassin and an arrow was nailed into her knee. The doctor said she could only drag her leg away."
Shen Dingzhu frowned slightly and looked at her mother subconsciously. Her family was still there, and letting them hear about the dangers of the harem would make them worry about her.
"Go down, Shen Bi. If you act so recklessly again, I will punish you."
After being scolded, Shen Bi realized that she had done something wrong, and her face turned pale: "Mother, I know you are wrong." They both walked away in despair.
Shen Dingzhu was about to comfort Shen's mother, but unexpectedly, Shen's mother recalled the past and said with some emotion: "This girl from the Fu family, speaking of it, her mother and I are somewhat destined."
"Fate?" Shen Dingzhu was confused.
Mother Shen nodded: "She was born only half a day apart from you. She was born in the morning and you were born at night. When you were born, there was a circle of colorful light around the moon, so some people later said that her life was extremely precious. Mom just wants to laugh, it’s obviously my fixed pearl, the auspicious sign of the colorful moon.”
The time of joyful gathering passed by in a hurry, and in the evening, before his family left the palace, Father Shen called Shen Dingzhu to talk to the window alone.
"Dingzhu, please listen to my father's advice and stop insisting on forcing the emperor to thoroughly investigate the grievances of our family back then."
One sentence made Shen Dingzhu freeze on the spot. The autumn wind came in through the gap of the half-open window and blew away the thin red color on her face caused by happiness.
"Father, why do you suddenly say this? Did the emperor ask you to convince me?"
Father Shen shook his head, his gray hair showing that he was full of fatigue: "I just don't want to see you go on like this, torturing yourself and torturing the emperor. Now that our Shen family can save one life and reunite in the capital, as a father, we no longer have the luxury of asking for a goodbye." of."
Shen Dingzhu's tone became urgent and anxious: "Why? You are innocent! If the injustice is not redressed, what the Shen family will leave to future generations will be nothing but infamy and slander. Father, are you really willing to do so? You have been a loyal minister all your life!"
"My father is old and can't do anything anymore. Dingzhu, if we continue to investigate, it will cause instability in the government and the public, and it will be even more detrimental to the country. The emperor is an emperor who knows how to do things ruthlessly. If you serve him well, he will be a wise king in the future. Let's Just forget about family matters." Father Shen sighed heavily.
Shen Dingzhu was stunned, her watery eyes flickered, and her delicate face dimmed: "Why? Is innocence not important to father?"
"It's important," Father Shen said, looking at her with distressed eyes, "but daughter, your stability and happiness in the harem are more important than the innocence of the Shen family and your father's life."
As he spoke, he let out a long sigh and looked at the autumn geese flying far away in the sky. He didn't know what he was looking at through the pale yellow sky with his turbid eyes. Maybe he saw his high-spirited days, or maybe he saw the heavy The day the house was raided.
The sky is full of autumn, bringing with it an emotional silence. A gust of wind passes by, and a leaf falls on everyone's heart.
"Father, I hope you know how to advance and retreat. Holy grace will not be forever strong. You must leave a way out for yourself. Tossing everything to the extreme will inevitably lead to disaster. The Shen family was prosperous back then, but now the building has collapsed and the ground is in a mess. We are Those who have endured hardship must learn to remember and learn lessons.”
"Daughter," Father Shen put his hands behind his back and staggered away slowly, leaving behind a long sigh, "Stop being persistent, learn to let go of the past, and be a good concubine. You have to learn how to get along with the emperor. Yes, there are many more..."
at night.
Grand fireworks bloomed from the palace, and the brilliance rising from the ground was like a colorful net, surrounding the prosperous and magnificent palace in a blaze of splendor, and the sky and the earth were as bright as day.
The crackling sound was endless, and the people who were close to the imperial city looked up. The crowd stopped and made an uproar, tut-tutting. Everyone soon knew that today was the birthday of Concubine Shen, and the emperor had three hundred fireworks set off. Make the imperial concubine happy.
In the bright main hall of Yaoguang Palace, a tall figure held the shoulders of a beautiful beauty. The two stood together in front of the window, looking up at the colorful night sky, lit by countless fireworks.
"Why are you unhappy all day? You have met your parents, what else is sad?" Xiao Langyan lowered his eyes and saw that Shen Dingzhu's beautiful porcelain face always had a smile as light as a cloud.
She was distracted.
Shen Dingzhu came back to her senses, looked at Xiao Langyan, and showed a smile. The two topaz pendants under her earlobes swayed, reflecting the bright and beautiful light.
"I am just thinking about a dream from the past."
"Dream?"
"Well, doesn't the emperor know that I have many precognitive dreams? I have dreamed about it once before. On my eighteenth birthday, the emperor also set off a bunch of fireworks for me. I was so happy that I couldn't sleep all night long. Get some sleep.”
Xiao Langyan narrowed his eyes and recalled that her eighteenth birthday should have been celebrated outside the palace.
He said: "There are times when prophetic dreams are inaccurate."
Shen Dingzhu laughed, her beautiful eyes sparkling. In fact, she was talking about her past life.
At that time, Xiao Langyan also doted on her, but he was not as indulgent as he is now, so she tried her best to please him and never dared to disobey him.
"But the emperor didn't know that after the house was ransacked, I was afraid of the sound of firecrackers and fireworks, because it would remind me of the menacing officers and soldiers that day, and the banging sound of banging on the door. But in that dream, I still endured the sound in my heart. I told the emperor that I like fireworks very much, but in fact I am very scared."
Xiao Langyan looked at her thin eyes, and gradually became serious. A drowning heat rose in the depths of his eyes. He stretched out his arms and easily held Shen Dingzhu in his arms. He also carefully tightened it without force. .
"You don't have to be afraid. I promise you that I will treat your parents, brothers, sisters-in-law, and members of your Shen clan well."
Shen Dingzhu did not answer, but gently leaned her head on his chest. Her long slender eyelashes covered her dark eyes.
The more silent she became, the more Xiao Langyan felt like he couldn't catch her.
So he put his strong arms around her shoulders and waist, lowered his head slightly, and kissed her fragrant hair. Xiao Langyan's thin eyes were shining black, his sword-shaped eyebrows were handsome, and he was as handsome as a god.
"Don't be afraid, don't worry, give me some time and let your heart wait for me." He murmured, his voice was hoarse and low.
at the same time.
Far away in an inconspicuous narrow alley in the capital, two tall men entered the quiet and dark courtyard one after the other.
As soon as he entered the house, the young man took off his bamboo hat and showed a boyish smile.
He glanced at the gorgeous fireworks through the window: "Tsk, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty is so extravagant. He loves a noble concubine so much and ignores the criticism of his courtiers. He doesn't seem to have any brains. We are so cautious, isn't it a bit Is it superfluous?”
Another man has sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. His black and red outfit makes him look taller and has a deep and steady temperament.
He took a sip of tea and then said sternly: "Don't underestimate the enemy. Emperor Xiao Langyan of Jin is playing with power and covering the sky with one hand in the court, and you are not weaned yet."
The young man stomped his foot bitterly: "Brother! I'm sixteen, but a few years younger than him. Let's wait and see who is better in a few years."
The man chuckled.
The young man rolled his eyes and stepped forward: "This time we come to the Jin Dynasty, in addition to doing things for our father, we also need to find my sister-in-law. Brother, are you afraid that she is already married?"
The man looked cold and put the tea cup in his hand heavily on the table, which scared the young man into shutting up.
"Nonsense." His cold gaze was as sharp as a hidden blade.
The young man went to pack his bags dejectedly.
The man picked up the tea cup again and turned to look at the fireworks outside the window, with deep pupils and a cold expression.
In fact, he had never seen his fiancée. He only knew that his family said that on the day she was born, the moon was surrounded by colorful lights.
