Shen Dingzhu went to the Ministry of Rites. According to the regulations, there were four officials from the Ministry of Rites, one eunuch in charge, and six officials from the Qin Tianjian. They burned incense and opened the altar, in order to inform the heaven and earth and the ancestors of the royal birth. .
Xiao Langyan should be there for such an important occasion, but when the auspicious time came, he still didn't show up.
Su Xincheng had already been dressed up by the palace servants. At this time, her little figure was sitting in a chair, waiting for Xiao Langyan to come so that she could recognize her ancestor and return to her clan.
After a while, the eunuch who went to check the letter hurriedly came over: "The emperor is still busy with something, let the adults get started directly."
The officials of the Ministry of Rites looked at each other and felt a little strange.
The emperor values the concubine and the princess so much, how could he not attend the princess's shrine ceremony?
Shen Dingzhu didn't want to speculate or overthink, and just said: "I'm afraid the emperor is busy with government affairs and has no time to spare, and he can't miss the auspicious time. Since he has said so, please get started."
The official of the Ministry of Etiquette held up his hands and said: "Yes, your Majesty."
At the same time, in the imperial study, the doors and windows were closed, and the atmosphere was dark and gloomy.
The Duke of Pingyi, who was high-spirited and entertaining guests yesterday, was kneeling in front of the royal table, crying bitterly.
"Your Majesty, my old minister..." He was about to explain.
Xiao Langyan interrupted him directly.
"I ask, you answer, don't say anything more, but if you dare to lie, the guillotine next to you is prepared for you."
Old Duke Su looked sideways with his whole body trembling, and saw the tiger-headed guillotine in front of two expressionless Imperial Guards!
He knelt down and nodded repeatedly, his face pale: "Old minister, I would never dare to hide it!"
Xiao Langyan's thin eyes were deep and cold: "Back then, my mother-in-law was engaged to someone before she entered the palace. Someone suddenly recommended my mother-in-law's portrait to my father, and then forcibly took my mother-in-law into the palace as his concubine. This person is Not you?"
Cold sweat rolled down Old County Duke Su's forehead, and his eyes were filled with fear and anxiety.
"Say!" Xiao Langyan suddenly slapped the table with his big palm, his momentum was so fierce that it could scare people to death!
Old Duke Su kowtowed and cried with remorse: "It's the old minister. This mistake was committed by the old minister."
At the beginning, the old Duke Su fought with his political enemies. In order to please the late emperor, he knew that he loved beauties, so he searched everywhere.
It happened that at that time, Xiao Langyan's mother, Liu, was not of high birth, but she was a famous beauty in the local area. Therefore, Lord Su asked someone to make a portrait and sent it to the late emperor.
Concubine Liu had delicate eyebrows, a soft figure, and a charming smile. It is said that the late emperor fell in love with her at first sight, so he ordered that Concubine Liu, who was already engaged, be forcibly taken to the palace.
However, the emperor's love did not last long, and the number of beauties in the palace increased day by day. The women he obtained, no matter how beautiful they were, lost their freshness and became unimportant.
After being ignored by the emperor, Concubine Liu died of depression a few years after giving birth to Xiao Langyan. Before her death, she was despised by the emperor because of her sluggish and crazy expression. She allowed the concubines to frame her up and put Concubine Liu into the cold palace.
In the end, Concubine Liu was only twenty years old when she died.
The initiator of all these tragedies was Old Duke Su.
Xiao Langyan slowly closed his sharp thin eyes, tightened his jawline, and felt murderous intent all over his body. He turned his big fist into a fist, and his bones cracked.
When Old Duke Su saw the emperor's expression from the corner of his eye, he was even more frightened to the point of numbness.
He wanted to say, if it weren't for him, how could Xiao Langyan be born, and how could he transform from a prince to an emperor?
But he didn't dare. Saying such words at this time would be tantamount to taking his own life.
Then, he thought of his granddaughter, Shen Dingzhu.
"Your Majesty, I know that I made a mistake. At that time, I was greedy for profit, so I accidentally made such a mistake. Later, I was reprimanded by the late emperor and returned to my ancestral home, where I was also punished. Please, for the sake of Dingzhu and her unborn child, Your Majesty. , spare my life!"
Xiao Langyan suddenly opened his thin eyes filled with murderous intent, and Lei Lei was furious: "Do you think I won't kill you for Shen Dingzhu! Helping the late emperor seize his wife, you will not be tolerated by the law of heaven, come on!"
He gave an order and asked the imperial army to hold Old Lord Su down.
"Send him to a tiger-head guillotine, and I will personally lift his head to pay homage to my mother and concubine."
"Yes." The Imperial Guards stepped forward, directly pressed down on the old Duke Su, and lay down in the tiger's head guillotine. The cold blade hung above his head, and there was a possibility of falling at any time.
Just waiting for Xiao Langyan to say a word.
"Your Majesty! No, Your Majesty!" Old Duke Su was crying hysterically, and he said in a panic, "You killed my old minister, how should you face Dingzhu and her children? The old minister is Dingzhu's grandfather, and even more... It’s not a pity to die as a pariah for the great ancestor in her belly, but my Majesty, how can I ruin the relationship between you and your empress because of this old minister?”
Xiao Langyan stood in front of the window with his hands folded into fists, and his profile was sharp and profound.
Old County Duke Su kept crying for mercy and repeatedly pulled out Shen Dingzhu to plead for him. However, the murderous intent in Xiao Langyan's eyes never faded away. Only for a few moments, when he was thinking about Shen Dingzhu, His eyes were cold and complicated.
Will she blame him for being ruthless for the sake of her family?
Xiao Langyan suddenly realized that he had been with Shen Dingzhu for so long and he did not dare to grasp her attitude.
In her heart, the most important thing has always been her family, and he must come second, otherwise, there will be no quarrels over the Shen family.
So, if he killed Old County Su today, would it make her even more frustrated?
Xiao Langyan killed many important people in his life without blinking an eye.
The late emperor had died suddenly under his planning.
But Xiao Langyan couldn't forget that when he was a child, he was always held by his mother, listening to her muttering to herself, hating his miserable fate. Why was he sent to the palace?
Later, one time, the late emperor finally remembered Concubine Liu and wanted her to sleep with her. Concubine Liu refused and cut her cheek. Blood dripped on Xiao Langyan's still immature face.
The late emperor became furious and threw Concubine Liu into the cold palace. Xiao Langyan remembered that it was an extremely cold winter night when he was dragged away from his mother and concubine by the late emperor's eunuchs.
Concubine Liu cried and screamed all the way, shouting: "Langyan, my son, if there is a chance, I will break my mother's bones into ashes, and let my mother and concubine follow the wind and go home..."
That was the last time Xiao Langyan saw her. When he heard about it later, she had died in the cold palace. The old palace servants who served her said that when Concubine Liu died, she was shouting that she wanted to go home.
Later, Xiao Langyan lost his mother's protection and lived an extremely difficult life.
Thinking of the past, when Xiao Langyan opened his eyes again, his eyes were as dark as an abyss.
Half an hour later.
Xiao Langyan's sedan chair stopped outside Si Li Prison.
Xu Shou picked up the curtain for him, but he did not go down. He just looked at Shen Dingzhu's figure inside the door through the half-open curtain.
She was six months pregnant, but still beautiful. She was holding their daughter Chengcheng in her arms and talking happily.
"Your Majesty, it seems that the ceremony of entering the genealogy has been completed." Xu Shou took a look and asked, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"
Xiao Langyan closed his eyes, and the dragon on his chest seemed to be splashed with bright blood, making the dragon look fierce.
"No need, go back to the imperial study."
