Shen Dingzhu had actually known for a long time that when she was unconscious for a few days, she thought she saw Xiao Langyan, but it was not a hallucination.
However, it was not Xiao Langyan who came, but one time after she passed out, she saw two unnoticed footprints on the ground.
So, she kept an eye out, and one time when she was pretending to be comatose, she saw someone pushing open the window to confirm her safety. The man was wearing silver armor and an iron mask.
It was exactly the same as the Xuanjia Army she had seen when she was a child.
Then, Shen Dingzhu understood that Xiao Langyan must have opened the box left for him in her Yaoguang Palace.
The Xuanjia Army she returned with both hands was eventually used by him to secretly protect her.
This may be their last tacit understanding...
Of course, Shen Dingzhu would not be stupid enough to go out alone. The Xuanjia army followed them everywhere, each with superb skills. One against a hundred, she just wanted to save her daughter.
The chaotic scene was about to break out. Xiao Xincheng was trembling in her arms with fear. Two Xuanjia soldiers came to Shen Dingzhu: "Your Majesty, please leave with us first."
As soon as he finished speaking, the warriors from the eldest son's side came to support from the dense forest. Facing one of Shen Dingzhu's Xuanjia soldiers, they were almost attacked by hidden arrows. He waved his sword to resist, and hidden arrows were fired frequently around him.
Seeing that more and more people came to support the eldest son, Shen Dingzhu's expression changed and he handed the child to another person: "Take Chengcheng away first!"
The Xuanjia soldier didn't talk nonsense, picked up Xiao Xincheng and left quickly.
Xiao Xincheng's crying voice gradually faded away: "Mother, I don't want to leave, mother--!"
Shen Dingzhu recovered her thoughts and was about to follow another Xuan Jiajun to leave first, when she was unexpectedly knocked down from behind.
"Bitch! Don't even think about escaping!" Fu Yunqiu grabbed Shen Dingzhu's hair, sat on her, raised his palm, and wanted to slap Shen Dingzhu.
Shen Dingzhu hurriedly held her wrist. Just as the Xuanjia soldier was about to come to help, he was attacked by the Beiliang warriors who rushed towards him. The two of them were beaten with lightning.
As for Shen Dingzhu, she resisted vigorously, and Fu Yunqiu went crazy: "How come you are always so lucky? The Shen family has been charged with collaborating with the enemy and treason, yet you can actually trick Lang Yan into clearing your family's name. This time I thought you were dead, but he gave you something as important as the Xuanjia Army, you deserve to die, die!"
Shen Dingzhu found the opportunity, touched a stone with his right hand, and hit Fu Yunqiu hard.
"Ah -" Fu Yunqiu screamed, and Shen Dingzhu quickly kicked her away and staggered to his feet.
The surrounding battlefield has become very chaotic. There are many warriors supporting the eldest son. Many of them were once the guards of General Zhou, but now they have rebelled one by one.
The Xuanjia Army was bleeding like a river, but people kept rushing up to fight.
The battle situation was tense. Shen Dingzhu was about to pick up a sword to defend herself, but unexpectedly, a soft sword was suddenly hooked on her waist. Before she could react, she was pulled back and fell into the hands of the eldest son. .
He grabbed Shen Dingzhu's waist and, with a little effort, led her to the edge of the cliff. There were four secret guards protecting the eldest son.
Shen Dingzhu was about to slap him with his backhand: "Let me go!"
However, the eldest young master quickly pinched her wrist.
"Your life must be very precious, I have to keep you." His eyes were very cold, and Shen Dingzhu's beauty was right in front of him. He just darkened his eyes slightly, and tied her hands behind her back mercilessly.
"Xiao Langyan will come soon. I want to see if you, as a hostage, can get my second brother back." The eldest son said coldly in her ear, seeming to grit his teeth.
Throwing a rat weapon, the Xuanjia Army saw Shen Dingzhu being captured and changed from the offensive side to the defensive side. They gradually gathered into a whole team and slowly retreated.
The warriors and secret guards who supported the eldest son also retreated to his side.
The two sides were in a stalemate, and the atmosphere was tense.
Until the sound of a fierce horse's hooves broke the anxious silence of the battle like thunder.
Xiao Langyan arrived first.
He suddenly tightened the reins, the raised purple and gold dragon robe was stained with blood, and the blood on the sword in his hand flowed down like endless drops of water.
Her hair is tied up with a golden crown, a fierce dragon is draped on her robe, and a pair of murderous red eyes are under her cold brows.
With such a powerful and fierce aura, no one else needs to tell him, the eldest son also knows it.
Xiao Langyan actually led his troops here in person.
Because of this woman in his hand.
Xiao Langyan's eyes were first locked on Shen Dingzhu, and he looked at her to confirm that she was not injured.
He then turned his eyes and looked at the eldest son, with a cold tone: "Qi Jingxi, Beiliang, if you and I meet the real seal on the battlefield, I will still think highly of you. Now, what is your ability to embarrass a woman?"
The eldest son named Qi Jingxi sneered: "If I don't arrest her, how can I force you to let my brother go?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of soldiers and horses arrived behind Xiao Langyan.
What Chen Heng was holding was the bloodstained second son, his younger brother Qi Mingnan.
"Ming Nan!" Qi Jingxi's brows were sharp, "If you let my second brother go, I will let your woman go, otherwise -"
He placed the sword across Shen Dingzhu's neck and pushed her to the edge of the cliff.
"I asked you to watch her die."
At Shen Dingzhu's feet, there was an abyss, and the rushing Huai River surged like a ferocious beast, swallowing everything.
Her face was pale, but when she raised her dark eyes, she shouted angrily to Xiao Langyan: "Kill them, Beiliang has been planning to attack the Jin Dynasty, don't let any of them go!"
She was far away, so she couldn't see clearly what Xiao Langyan's expression was. She could only see him, sitting high on a horse, his tall figure like a huge oppressive mountain, shrouded in darkness in everyone's eyes.
Xiao Langyan pursed his thin lips. Suddenly, he raised his sword and pointed it directly at the unconscious Qi Mingnan.
Qi Jingxi's heart trembled. Did Xiao Langyan really not care about Shen Dingzhu's life or death?
"For a woman, I may be somewhat sincere, but for her sake, how can I let you leave safely?"
The words were like sharp thorns, piercing into Shen Dingzhu's heart. She repeatedly told herself that what Xiao Langyan said was not true.
But remembering his cold and stern attitude last time, his eyes inevitably turned red.
Qi Jingxi sneered beside her: "Shen Dingzhu, I feel a little sorry for you. If I had known this, why did you bother to be with him in the first place? If I had known that the person engaged to me was you, I would have come to the Jin Dynasty much earlier. Pick you up and be my princess. At least I won’t be like him, watching you being captured and remain indifferent.”
A hot tear ran down Shen Dingzhu's cheek. She stubbornly refused to lower her head. The fierce wind swept up from the cliff and blew her skirt, making her look like a fluttering butterfly.
"Xiao Langyan, after so long, I owe you a thank you. Without you, I probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for so many difficult days and nights. If I hadn't been in such a bad state when we met, how much better would it be? Okay?"
"And if Shen's house was ransacked, it was actually a nightmare of mine, then I hope I can wake up after this time..."
After she said that, Xiao Langyan's expression suddenly changed: "Shen Dingzhu!"
The next second, even Qi Jingxi didn't react, Shen Dingzhu slammed into him, and the two of them fell off the cliff!
Xiao Langyan dismounted in panic and chased after him like crazy. The Xuanjia Army and the soldiers and horses he brought hurriedly surrounded them and subdued all the people Qi Jingxi brought in a few seconds!
Xiao Langyan rushed to the edge of the cliff and almost jumped off, but was firmly held down by the Xuanjia Army who were chasing him.
"Your Majesty! No!"
Xiao Langyan's thin eyes were filled with bloodshot eyes. He looked down the cliff and heard the sound of rumbling water. Where was the human figure?
A pink silk ribbon was swept up by the strong wind in the cliff valley, and slowly followed the wind. Xiao Langyan reached out to grab it, only to find that it was the rope used by Shen Dingzhu to tie her hair.
Fu Yunqiu struggled to get up and put his face on the ground, laughing wildly.
"Dead, she is finally dead! Hahahaha, Xiao Langyan, you deserve it! Shen Dingzhu is finally dead, no one can rob me anymore..." Before she could finish her words, she was stabbed by the Xuanjia Army. Dead, dead with your eyes open.
Xiao Langyan's tall body was swaying, and he turned around with a look of hesitation on his face, stumbling step by step.
Sudden.
"Cough..." Xiao Langyan vomited a stream of blood.
His knees became weak and he knelt straight on the ground.
"Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!!"
The shouts reached the sky, but Xiao Langyan only felt ringing in his ears. At that moment, he couldn't hear anything except his own breathing and his ever-increasing heartbeat.
He put his hands on the ground and stared at the pink powder in his hands with bloodshot eyes.
Xiao Langyan remembered that in the box with the secret order in Yaoguang Palace, there was also a letter left to him by Shen Dingzhu:
"My father said that Emperor Jianwu once told me that the secret order must be given to the Mingjun of the Jin Dynasty. Please allow me to be selfish for once. I just want to leave it to my husband. When I realized that I wanted the emperor to be my husband only, I I'm thinking that after I stop being Shen's daughter, I should be able to learn how to be your wife. It would be nice if my family background didn't give you such a headache. Fortunately, the rest of my life is long, and we can discuss it slowly."
Xiao Langyan suddenly spat out another mouthful of blood. He kept wiping the blood that overflowed from the corners of his lips with the back of his hand. He suddenly stood up, turned around, and walked towards the cliff.
"Wait for me, wait for me!" He seemed to be going crazy. Several people tried to stop him, but he waved them aside.
With no other choice, Xuan Jiajun could only knock Xiao Langyan unconscious with his hands.
"Bring the emperor back quickly and send him the imperial doctor!"
"Send someone to the Shen Mansion to inform the Shen family's parents that the imperial concubine drowned and died."
