Doctor Cen's acupuncture gave Shen Dingzhu excruciating pain. She fainted several times, but Xiao Langyan was not by her side.
When she woke up completely, it was already the next night.
In Yaoguang Palace, the lamps and candles were warm, illuminating the gorgeous interior like day. She sat up with a pale face. Shen Bi, who was boiling medicine outside, heard the noise and walked in quickly.
"Mother, you're awake." Shen Bi's eyes were red and swollen, and she looked like she had cried several times.
Shen Dingzhu was covered with pearl brocade, and her black waterfall-like hair was spread over her shoulders. She had a beautiful face with a slightly lighter color.
"Where is the emperor? Isn't he here?" she asked in a hoarse voice.
Shen Bi lowered his head: "Your Majesty... I really can't get away."
Through Shen Bi's explanation, Shen Dingzhu learned that the regent's wedding team from Changliu Kingdom was forcefully detained by Xiao Langyan's people as soon as they entered the Jin Dynasty.
It turned out that Xiao Langyan had no intention of letting the so-called regent go back alive. In the previous battle between the Jin Dynasty and the Changliu Kingdom, thousands of Jin Dynasty people were innocently slaughtered. Xiao Langyan wanted to use the regent's head to commemorate these people. The souls of the people are in heaven, and their blood debts must be paid with blood.
But a spy appeared in the army. As soon as he detained the regent of Changliu Kingdom, Changliu Kingdom suddenly sent troops over there. On the way to meet the enemy, General Zhou accidentally fell into the cliff and died. The soldiers only found him at the bottom of the cliff. The red tassel gun.
At the same time, news came from the Northern Liang Kingdom that Princess Boyue, who had been married to Princess Boyue, went out to enjoy flowers, but her whereabouts were missing. It seemed that something had happened to her.
Xiao Langyan's court was in chaos, and he decided that Beiliang and Changliu should unite internally and externally in order to catch the Jin Dynasty off guard.
Shen Dingzhu fell silent after hearing this.
She silently looked out the window at the bright blue moon. The starry sky was like a brilliance, reflecting the deep coolness in the beauty's eyes.
Shen Bi brought the medicine bowl over: "My Lady, please drink the medicine first. Imperial Physician Cen said that it is difficult for you to have a good pregnancy and you have suffered so many things. You and the emperor must be safe..." "
Shen Dingzhu looked at the bowl of thick brown concoction, his beautiful eyes showing the coldness of the moon.
Fu Yunqiu's provocation didn't make her feel so angry and sad. What made her sad was, why didn't Xiao Langyan believe her?
Her grandfather's affairs had little to do with her. Even if he wanted to be angry, he should ask her about her attitude. But in Xiao Langyan's eyes, she and the Su family were closely integrated.
Only at this moment did Shen Dingzhu suddenly understand what his father meant by "the way to get along with the emperor."
Just when she thought she got a lot of favor from him, he would ignore her for a simple reason.
The love of an emperor does not last long.
Shen Dingzhu closed her eyes, stretched out her hand, and drank the bitter concoction in one gulp. She was so painful that she spit out her tongue and retched, tears filled her eyes, and she had to endure the discomfort.
When I saw Xiao Langyan again, it was already four days later.
It was early spring, and the Yaoguang Palace was filled with flowers, but the cheerful laughter of the past was gone.
Thin raindrops beat on the eighteen-section jade bone umbrella, creating a hazy mist of water vapor. Under the umbrella, the emperor's handsome, deep eyes were filled with tiredness.
He had been busy with government affairs for two or three days and had not had a good rest. He finally closed his eyes and all he saw was Shen Dingzhu's tearful face.
The moment Xiao Langyan stepped into the palace, the fatigue in his eyes was swept away, and there was another emperor with a majestic and cold look. Shen Bi and Xiucui retreated consciously.
He stood in front of the screen and looked at Shen Dingzhu's delicate figure behind the screen.
She was covered with a brocade quilt, and her black hair was scattered on the pillow. The beauty was motionless, as if she was asleep.
But Xiao Langyan, who was familiar with her, knew that she was not sleeping.
"I heard that you only take medicine but refuse to eat. Why? Could it be that after hearing the news of Zhou Luli's death, you no longer have the heart to take good care of your body?"
When he spoke, his words were as cold as thorns.
Xiao Langyan only found out in the morning that Shen Dingzhu had fallen. The people below thought that he wanted to be quiet, so they really didn't spread the news about Shen Dingzhu to his ears.
In addition, the war broke out and he was busy dealing with it. Unexpectedly, when he took the initiative to ask Shen Dingzhu how she was, Xu Shou said that she had fallen and almost had a miscarriage.
Xiao Langyan abandoned government affairs at that time and desperately came to find her. When he learned the reason on the way, he stopped again and again.
He knew that he should be cruel to Shen Dingzhu.
Before coming, he had thought about all the sarcastic remarks, but now when he saw her through the screen, he suddenly didn't want to blame her.
Being pregnant for six months was already difficult, and she had always been delicate, but she never told him about the hardships of pregnancy.
The caring words came to her lips, but when they were spoken, they turned into cold and stinging words.
Xiao Langyan frowned, not knowing why the jealousy in his heart came to his lips.
Behind the screen, Shen Dingzhu heard his voice and opened her beautiful eyes. The inside was empty and filled with water. The dark hall was filled with no light, only darkness.
Her voice was slow: "The emperor can think whatever he wants. I am tired and can't argue anymore."
One sentence completely ignited the anger in Xiao Langyan's heart.
He strode around the screen and picked her up from the quilt with his palm: "You can't fight anymore? Or are you unwilling to deal with me? Why don't you eat? Who are you doing this for?"
As soon as Xiao Langyan finished speaking, he was stunned.
He saw Shen Dingzhu's tears overflowing slightly and flowing down her smooth and white face.
One drop after another of hot tears fell on the back of his hand, seeming to leave traces on his heart.
Shen Dingzhu murmured: "I'm not doing this for anyone. I'm just thinking about how much sincerity the emperor always talks about his love. If he really loves me, why did my grandfather do what he did? It clearly has nothing to do with me, the emperor will blame me."
The more she talked, the sadder she felt. Her beautiful eyes were red, and her black hair stuck to the side of her face, looking even more like a white hibiscus stained with raindrops.
"The emperor was so angry with me that I didn't even come to the day when Chengcheng was crowned princess. If the emperor's favor is like this, I won't want you anymore. Why should I worry about whether I eat or not? Anyway, after the child is born, it won't be Just like the concubines and Chengcheng, they are hated by the emperor."
Xiao Langyan's throat moved slightly, and his thin eyes, like deep pools, stared closely at her beautiful and sad face, until the waves of soft-heartedness flashed through his eyes.
"I'm not angry with you." He said solemnly.
Xiao Langyan lowered his eyes, looked at her bulging belly, and suddenly sneered with melancholy.
"I hate myself. When I met you, my principles changed again and again. I thought that if I didn't see you, I would not be affected. However, I was wrong." He said, raised his head and took a long breath. The eyes are closed, and the thick eyebrows have deep creases.
Shen Dingzhu looked at him with tears in his eyes.
Xiao Langyan laughed self-deprecatingly and said in a low, pleasant voice: "Your grandfather was wrong when he sent my mother and concubine into the palace. I should have taken his life to relieve my mother and concubine. But when I was furious, But I thought of you.”
"If you don't keep him and use the Su family as your backing, how can you take two children and gain a foothold in the harem? I'm really tired of listening to the slanderous remarks made by the government, and I can't wait to pave the way for you. All the ways, but when I think about the people I am exalting, it is the Su family that ruined the happiness of my mother and concubine, and I feel sick again."
"I seem to be trapped by something. After thinking about it, I may be worried about you."
"Otherwise, I should have killed Pingyi County Duke immediately after learning about it, but I really don't want to increase the distance in our relationship anymore."
Therefore, Xiao Langyan only chopped off one of Pingyi County Duke's hands. Externally, the old County Duke had to endure the fear in his heart and tell others that the injury was accidental.
That day, before Xiao Langyan told him to get lost, he said coldly to Pingyi County Duke Sen: "I gave you this life for the sake of the noble concubine. From now on, the Su family will take her as the priority. Plan for her and let your sons and grandsons strive for success. If you can't help her, I will kill you all the same."
The Duke of Pingyi County covered his wound in fear and left, but Xiao Langyan was still upset.
At this time, his eyes looking at Shen Dingzhu were filled with complicated heat, more like a kind of pity.
"You have to allow me that there are things that you can't let go of."
His emotions were turbulent, like huge waves, trapping Shen Dingzhu in the apex of his heart and in front of his eyes.
Shen Dingzhu's long eyelashes trembled, her palm-sized face was as bright as a hibiscus, but it looked bleak due to tears, and her voice was cold and pitiful: "So, what does the emperor want to do, send this concubine away, or put her in the cold palace?"
