It was clearly sunny outside, early summer was approaching, and smelling flowers were blooming in the yard, but for some reason, Shen Dingzhu felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
Her black hair was draped over her shoulders, making her weak and pale beautiful face look hazy as if it were covered with a layer of white mist.
Her expression was so sad, but she opened her lips several times, but nothing came out.
In the end, when the cold light in Xiao Langyan's eyes completely died down, Shen Dingzhu nodded with a trembling voice: "You blame me, it's my selfishness. Chengcheng is gone. I'm afraid that you will be distracted, so they don't Let me tell you, don’t blame them, it’s my fault and has nothing to do with them..."
Xiao Langyan stood up suddenly, the table was overturned beside him, and the floor was covered with tinkling broken porcelain. Xu Shou at the door heard the movement and quickly opened the door and came in to check.
"Get out!" Xiao Langyan shouted angrily without even looking at him. The thunder was so furious that his red eyes were enough to frighten anyone to death.
Xu Shou hurriedly closed the door.
The entire Shen family was trapped in the front hall by the emperor. Otherwise, they would have been worried if they heard such noise.
Xiao Langyan's voice was hoarse and cold: "Do you know that because of your selfishness, I missed the best opportunity to find Chengcheng. I received a letter yesterday and she was arrested by people from Beiliang."
Shen Dingzhu's black eyes were suddenly startled: "What?"
Looking at the tears that quickly rose in her eyes, Xiao Langyan sneered with red eyes: "You did such a thing and you feel sorry for her? I was stupid enough to think that you left my flesh and blood because of I can’t bear to part with her, but now I know that you want to keep her as a bargaining chip in exchange for your Shen family’s innocence!”
Shen Dingzhu was holding on to the bed rail, sweating weakly. Her face was pale, her lips were bloodless, but tears ran across her face.
"How can I not be sad? Chengcheng was my child during my ten-month pregnancy. I raised her alone for four years. I insisted on giving birth to her because I couldn't bear to part with her. I..."
As Shen Dingzhu spoke, she coughed violently. Xiao Langyan saw her pale and delicate face, looking very painful. He wanted to step forward several times, but he held back.
With only a pair of thin, dark eyes, he looked at the woman he loved and hated with mixed emotions.
What should he do with her?
Shen Dingzhu calmed down for a while, her body was sore. She raised her head and choked with bitterness: "What can I do at that time? Please teach me, Your Majesty. What I have been obsessed with all my life is about to bear fruit. At this time, my The child has been kidnapped. On one side is my family and on the other side is Chengcheng. How do you want me to choose?"
Shen Dingzhu understood him. In Xiao Langyan's eyes, things were divided into priorities.
The loss of his daughter was of course the most important thing. He had decided to postpone the old case for the Shen family.
But Shen Dingzhu was really afraid of falling short and Xiao Langyan going back on his word. Her first reaction was to mobilize Lei Chen and all the guards to find her daughter. If it weren't for the fact that she was frightened and gave birth prematurely when she heard the news that Chengcheng was missing, she would have given birth prematurely. We must follow Lei Chen to find the child.
Xiao Langyan looked at her with eyes filled with dark, cold disappointment and a biting desolation: "I can't choose. No matter what happens, I only want my own woman and children."
Having said this, he lowered his head slightly. His tall figure actually seemed a little lonely, and his voice was hoarse and tired.
"I didn't want to tell you this after you just gave birth to the child, but Shen Dingzhu, I can't convince myself to forgive you this time. You don't love our children, so I took them away."
Shen Dingzhu suddenly raised his eyes, tears rolling down in shock: "No, no..."
Xiao Langyan closed his eyes and turned his back. His back was cold, as if he was a qualified ruthless emperor.
His voice was emotionless and cold: "When I find Chengcheng, I will personally raise her and take care of our son, but I will not allow you to see them again. Since you can't bear to leave the Shen family, you will stay with them from now on." Come down, live well with your family.”
With that said, Xiao Langyan was about to leave, and Shen Dingzhu cried: "Your Majesty, let me see the child again!"
Xiao Langyan stood at the door without looking back. The light coming from outside the door dyed his black temples a cold color like a war.
"Don't look at it, don't cry anymore. I'm afraid that just after I decided to be cruel to you, I couldn't help but get close to you and forgive you. This time is different, Shen Dingzhu, I have done what I promised you, and you can May you also live the life you have always dreamed of."
Xiao Langyan suddenly opened the door and left, and Shen Dingzhu's cry came from behind: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Xiao Langyan!"
She wanted to chase her, but because she had just given birth, she had no strength and rolled off the bed.
Shen Dingzhu's miserable cry came out, and Xiao Langyan froze at the door as he left.
His heart said he should look back. She had just narrowly escaped death and gave birth to his second child. No matter what she did, he should forgive her.
He loves her, doesn't he?
However, Xiao Langyan slowly took a deep breath and suppressed all the noisy voices in his heart.
"Xu Shou." He gave the cold command, and Xu Shou quickly came to wait.
Xiao Langyan looked at the sunny sun, the light was warm but could not shine into his eyes: "Excommunicate Shen Bi and Xiucui from the status of palace maids, and let them stay with Shen Dingzhu from now on, and there is no need to return to the palace."
Xu Shou was stunned, but Xiao Langyan had already strode away.
Looking at the emperor's cold back, Xu Shou really didn't understand why the emperor didn't just talk to the imperial concubine.
In order to wait for the imperial concubine to wake up, the emperor sat in the room and waited for several days.
It was clear that the imperial concubine fainted during childbirth and her life was hanging by a thread. When the emperor learned the news, he fell down the stairs directly. But why didn't the emperor tell his empress?
Instead, the empress woke up, and the two began to argue and push each other away.
Xu Shou shook his head and sighed.
Outside Shen's Mansion, a dark group of Imperial Guards guarded a carriage. In the carriage, Imperial Physician Cen, headed by the Imperial Physician Cen, and the other two imperial physicians with superb medical skills, were taking care of the infant child.
As soon as Xiao Langyan lifted the curtain and got into the car, he looked at the child with his bloodshot and tired eyes. His son was as thin as Xiao Langyan's hand, but his skin was fair and he was born with a little black fetal hair.
Looking at him, Xiao Langyan had a complicated expression, thinking about every detail of Shen Dingzhu's seven-month pregnancy, and how she smiled warmly at him every time she endured the hardships of pregnancy.
Xiao Langyan raised his hand and pressed his eyebrows, forcing himself not to think about the past.
Imperial Physician Cen happened to say: "Your Majesty, the little prince is less than a month old, so I'm afraid he needs to be nursed back to health."
Xiao Langyan nodded, his eyes dark, his handsome face tired and a little haggard: "Your main responsibility in the future is to take good care of the prince. I want him to grow up safely."
At this moment, Xu Shou arrived and announced outside the carriage: "Your Majesty, Mr. Shen would like to see you."
Xiao Langyan closed his eyes to rest, his lips tightened, and he replied coldly: "If you want to thank me, there's no need to say anything else. Let him live in peace and let's go."
The emperor's car drove away under the escort of the imperial army.
After Shen Bi and Xiucui got the news, they were finally released from the main hall. They hurried back to the courtyard. When they pushed the door open, they found that Shen Dingzhu had stood up on his own and slowly moved to the door.
Xiucui was so frightened that she lost her mind: "Mother, where are you going?"
"I'm going to beg the emperor. He can hate me and blame me, but how can he not let me see the child again? I'm going to beg him..." Shen Dingzhu's face was as pale as a white peony beaten by the heavy rain.
Shen Bi cried and held her hand: "Mother, don't go. You are better than anything else. You are better than anything else. When the emperor calms down, I will take you back to the palace."
Shen Dingzhu had no strength, so Shen Bi and Xiucui helped her to the bed and lay down. Tears kept falling. She knew that this time was different. Xiao Langyan was really angry with her.
Five days later.
Xiao Langyan, who had been waiting for the second letter, finally waited for the second letter. The people in Beiliang couldn't hold back their anger. They wanted to send Xiao Xincheng to the designated place in advance and threatened Xiao Langyan to release the young man he had captured.
