When Imperial Physician Cen came to check his pulse, medicinal juice was bubbling in the copper stove next to him. In the aroma of medicine that filled the room, Shen Dingzhu's face was drooped, and his black hair covered half of his expression of embarrassment.
She frequently looked at Xiao Langyan, who was standing next to her, with annoyance.
Xiao Langyan pursed his thin lips, watched Imperial Physician Cen check her pulse, and quickly asked: "What's going on with her? She couldn't stop breathing and almost fainted."
"This..." Imperial Physician Cen hesitated and glanced outside. All the maids were guarding the entrance of the palace. Only Shen Dingzhu's two personal maids, Shen Bi and Xiucui, stood behind a nearby screen.
Imperial Physician Cen sighed, lowered his voice, and said with a somewhat helpless look: "Your Majesty, last time I told the imperial concubine that it is best not to be favored during the first three months and the next three months of pregnancy, not to mention that she is pregnant this time. We have been forced to preserve the fetus twice despite the difficulties. For the sake of the empress and the dragon fetus, the emperor also needs to exercise restraint and forbearance."
After saying these words, Shen Dingzhu's face was almost bleeding.
Xiao Langyan glanced at her, bent down and said solemnly: "I went too far last night."
Shen Dingzhu saw from the corner of her eye that Doctor Cen was hesitant to speak, and she felt even more embarrassed. Seeing that Xiao Langyan wanted to ask Doctor Cen to prescribe plaster, she grabbed his sleeve.
"Your Majesty, if you do this again, I will never see you again until I am born." Her delicate temper made her somewhat pale face appear pretty and lively, with a hint of anger.
Xiao Langyan pursed his thin lips, waved his hand, and asked Dr. Cen to prescribe medicine to protect the fetus.
After he left, Xiao Langyan sat down by the bed and held Shen Dingzhu's hand. His eyebrows were smiling and his thin eyes were starry-eyed.
"I shouldn't be joking with you, saying that I have to compete with my children for a bite of food, which makes you uncomfortable."
Shen Dingzhu didn't expect that he would dare to say that he had gone too far last night. She raised her little feet without stockings under the quilt and boldly kicked him lightly.
Xiao Langyan was not angry, but grabbed her feet and kneaded them for her.
There was an intriguing smile on his handsome face. Looking at Shen Dingzhu, she was the only one who could understand what he was thinking, so her cheeks became even redder.
"Your Majesty!!" she said angrily.
Xiao Langyan raised his sword eyebrows: "I didn't say anything, why are you angry too, or are you thinking about something?"
Seeing that she had fallen into his trap, Shen Dingzhu knew that Xiao Langyan was the master in controlling the situation, so she simply pursed her red lips and stopped following his nonsense.
However, Shen Dingzhu has many ways to trick him back.
The two people had been together for a long time and were familiar with each other's habits and characteristics. Shen Dingzhu only needed to tease her gently, and Xiao Langyan couldn't bear it, and his body was as hot as fire.
But every time he looked at her with dark eyes, Shen Dingzhu covered her abdomen and pretended to be weak: "Mr. Cen said that I can't accept my kindness, so the emperor should restrain himself and endure it?"
Xiao Langyan gritted his teeth: "You are so brave, you even provoke me, huh?"
Shen Dingzhu turned to gently beat his lower back, as if he was raising a child, and Xiao Langyan's face became even darker.
He had no choice but to say harsh words: "I will punish you after you give birth."
Then, he left in a hurry, while Shen Dingzhu looked on and snickered.
Fortunately, Xiao Langyan was busy with government affairs and was often busy. When he occasionally came to see her, Shen Dingzhu, who was in the late stages of pregnancy, was mostly sleeping.
Xiao Langyan chose a tutor and two Hanlin teachers for their daughter Xiao Xincheng. However, the little girl was at an age where she was naturally playful and could not study at all.
Within a few days, I became depressed and my face became thinner.
"Mother," Xiao Xincheng looked at her charming and charming mother while having dinner together and couldn't help but say, "after you give birth to your younger brother, will you and your father not love Chengcheng anymore?"
Shen Dingzhu was wearing a bright purple dress and her skin was fair and pink. It was a moment full of feminine beauty, but the child's words made her so shocked that her hair was full of panic.
"Why would Chengcheng say that? Of course my mother will not stop loving you. Even if she has a younger brother, she will not part with her love for you."
Xiao Xincheng could usually be comforted by saying this, but this time, the little guy lowered his head and felt even more sad.
"But mother, Taifu said, Chengcheng is too playful and she is just a princess. If she doesn't learn better, when her younger brother is born, he will take away all the love from father and mother. You will work hard to train him to become a powerful person. people."
The little guy said, tears falling down.
"But Chengcheng has worked very hard to learn, but he is learning very slowly. Chengcheng is too stupid and can't compete with my brother. Mother, please send me back to my grandfather."
Xiao Xincheng cried so hard that Shen Dingzhu's heart was broken. She remembered that she rarely held her daughter in order to raise her baby recently. When the little one was still with Father Shen and Mother Shen, mother and daughter were extremely happy every time they reunited. .
But now that he was raised by his side, Xiao Xincheng felt the gap.
Probably because he was by Xiao Langyan's side when she was pregnant with this child, he also paid special attention to it. Even those in the palace knew that Shen Dingzhu's holy grace was prosperous, so they all made up auspicious words to please the baby in her belly. Instead, he ignored the little princess.
Shen Dingzhu took her daughter's little hand and explained gently and patiently: "Don't cry, Chengcheng. Your father found a teacher for you so that you can read and write, so that you can call out the pastry you like when you meet it in the future." Instead of just asking my mother, 'What is that'?"
Hearing this, Xiao Xincheng gradually stopped crying, raised his pink face, and listened carefully to Shen Dingzhu's words.
Seeing that this method worked, Shen Dingzhu took the handkerchief and wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"Your father and mother have never wanted you to become a powerful person, nor have they ever thought about the difference between you and the child in your mother's belly. The love we give you is the same. Because he is born, he will love you less."
After saying that, Shen Dingzhu saw that her daughter had stopped crying at all, and asked with a smile: "If Chengcheng doesn't like class, tell your father that he always loves you, but he just doesn't mention it, but if you tell your feelings Tell him that he will understand, trust your father and let him solve it for you, okay?"
Xiao Xincheng thought of her father, Xiao Langyan, who seemed really reliable. She always felt safe when she was around him.
Because having her father around means that no one dares to bully her and her mother, and no one dares to say that she is a little weed without a father. She can eat whatever she wants, and everyone is coaxing her.
"Okay!" Xiao Xincheng suddenly burst into laughter.
Seeing how well-behaved she was, Shen Dingzhu became even more affectionate: "Your grandma's birthday is at the end of the month. Chengcheng studies hard and mother takes good care of her health. Then, can we go out of the palace together to celebrate your grandma's birthday?"
Xiao Xincheng's eyes were about to light up when he suddenly remembered something and said hesitantly: "Will dad agree?"
After the little one entered the palace, she realized that it was easy to get in, but not so easy to get out. It was completely different from before. Everyone said she was a princess and the emperor's daughter. If she wanted to go out, she had to ask the emperor.
But his father was so busy that Xiao Xincheng could only see him once a day.
Shen Dingzhu chuckled lightly and asked Xiucui to bring the Poria cocos cake she had just made: "Take the cake and go to the Imperial Study Room to give it to your father. He must be still busy at this time. As for whether your father will agree with us When you leave the palace, it depends on whether Chengcheng Li is strong or not."
Xiao Xincheng understood immediately. He puffed up his little chest and his water-soaked eyes were particularly bright, like two grapes: "Chengcheng understands, now go and please daddy!"
She jumped off the chair and ran outside. Xiucui quickly chased after her with a food box: "Your Highness, wait for me, slave!"
Shen Dingzhu felt relieved when he saw all the palace guards following him.
At the same time, in the imperial study, Xiao Langyan, with a serious and cold face, was listening to Xu Shou's reply.
"Your Majesty, the people we sent out caught a suspicious citizen. He went to the drug store to buy medicine for his injuries, but there was no injury on his body. When the people below searched him, they found that he had Beiliang with him. Documents of the country!”
