Xiao Langyan is a man who sticks to his word. Because Master Yuanjue saved Shen Dingzhu's life, he has stopped the attack. Originally, their plan was to attack beyond Pengcheng and to the south of Jianjiang River in Beiliang. All the cities are in the pocket.
However, just for the sake of Shen Dingzhu's life, Xiao Langyan ordered his army to immediately adjust and crowd around White Lion City. Once Shen Dingzhu had recovered well, he would return to the court.
At that time, Xiao Langyan will leave two generals behind for some finishing touches.
Although he promised Master Yuanjue not to engage in war, it did not mean that he would agree to return the captured city.
Starting from Yuyangguan to the south, it is already the territory of Jin.
Xiao Langyan was extremely busy all day long, arranging war affairs and reviewing the urgent memorials sent from the capital. Emperor Beiliang sent envoys several times to negotiate peace, and also tied up Zhou Luli and Puyue and handed them over to Xiao Lang Yan Chu wanted to calm down his anger.
As for Zhou Luli, Xiao Langyan didn't even try him, so he had him hanged on the gate of White Lion City, facing the Jin capital, and ordered him to see clearly who he belonged to before he died.
Shen Dingzhu also found out later that all the care Zhou Luli had shown in the past were just countermeasures that he had discussed with Beiliang.
He thought that when Shen Dingzhu was in danger, facing Xiao Langyan's cold and stern personality, he would definitely suffer in the palace, so Zhou Luli wanted to take advantage of her fragile heart to make her like him, so that everything would go smoothly. Finally, he got the Xuanjia Army in the hands of Shen Dingzhu.
However, Zhou Luli and Beiliang Changsheng King failed to calculate, Shen Dingzhu didn't even know that he had the Xuanjia Army, and he didn't have the time to care whether Zhou Luli liked him or not.
She spent the first half of her life working hard to redress the grievances of the Shen family, and all her energy was used to curry favor with Xiao Langyan.
Facing his former sister Puyue, Xiao Langyan patiently asked her a question.
"Am I not treating you well?"
Pu Yue and his half-mother, all the princes and princesses together, Xiao Langyan treats Pu Yue more like a brother and sister. He knows that this sister is innocent and simple, so even when Concubine Xian and the Ninth Prince competed with him for political power, he did not Take action against Bo Yue.
Unfortunately, Puyue had a biological brother, and the Ninth Prince Mingwang was not as good as Xiao Langyan in his tactics, so he died tragically in his hands. Concubine Xian also died because of this, and Puyue began to hold a grudge against Xiao Langyan.
"Are you nice to me? How ridiculous!" Puyue knelt on the ground, covered in blood, and her eyes were full of cold hatred. "You are like a kitten or puppy. You only stay because you see that I am not a threat." My life, if you were really good to me, why did you let me get married! Why did you brutally kill my brother! My mother and concubine have taken care of you for more than ten years, but you forced her to death without leaving any way for her to escape! "
At that time, Shen Dingzhu was sitting next to Xiao Langyan. Seeing Pu Yue's expression of crying and accusing her, she pursed her red lips and sighed in her heart.
In fact, Xiao Langyan had already left a way out for Concubine Xian's mother's family.
After the deaths of Concubine Xian and Prince Ming, he did not continue to blame Concubine Xian's mother's family for the troubles. Instead, after he ascended the throne, he named Cui's daughter a concubine. He did not exterminate Prince Ming's remaining power.
But Puyue wouldn't understand.
Xiao Langyan's thin eyes were dark and emotionless. He looked at Puyue as if he were a stranger.
When the emperor has no weakness, his expression is most cold and indifferent.
"If I really didn't care about you, you wouldn't have escaped from the messenger's hands smoothly. Do you really think that I don't know where you have been running away all these years?"
When Puyue first came to Beiliang to get married, she made a fuss about leaving. Not long after, she disappeared. She thought she had escaped smoothly, and even robbed the money of the messenger who sent the bride.
But it turns out... Xiao Langyan wanted to let her go?
Bo Yue's heart trembled, and she raised her head to look in the direction of Xiao Langyan, her eyes flashing with uneasiness and astonishment.
Xiao Langyan's voice became calmer and colder: "You have an impulsive and simple temperament, and the palace is not suitable for you. But as long as you live, the Cui family will use your status as a princess to cause trouble in the court. I let you go to protect you, and also to I don’t want to target the Cui family.”
But Puyue still didn't understand.
The hatred growing in her heart has turned into a giant tree.
Xiao Langyan stopped looking at her and waved his hand, signaling Chen Heng to drag her out to finish.
Puyue was dragged away with a dazed look on her face. It wasn't until she went outside and the cold blade was placed on her neck that she trembled all over. When she came back to her senses, all the regrets turned into a roar in her throat, mixed with blood and tears - —
"Fifth brother! Fifth brother...please bury me and brother Lu Li together..."
Her voice stopped suddenly, and with the thud of the head falling to the ground, Shen Dingzhu closed his eyes, and Xiao Langyan turned to hold her hand.
His palms were warm, providing her with warmth in the cold early winter: "Are you scared?"
Shen Dingzhu shook his head: "No, it's just that the princess really likes Zhou Luli."
Even when I die, I want to be buried with him.
Zhou Luli was not supposed to have a whole corpse, but because of Puyue's "Fifth Brother" before her death, Xiao Langyan still agreed to bury them together.
The bodies of the two were buried in the mountain col behind Taiwei Temple, facing the direction of Jin, but thousands of miles away from their hometown.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Shen Dingzhu's body recovered to some extent.
Xiao Langyan was originally scheduled to return to the court on the sixth day of November, but unexpectedly, White Lion City ushered in heavy snow, with the rivers freezing and the roads icy.
Therefore, Xiao Langyan could only order the army to rest where they were. I am afraid they would have to wait until next spring when the ice and snow melt before they can go home.
Taking advantage of this period of time, Xiao Langyan asked the soldiers to clean up the big house in Baishi City and put Shen Dingzhu in it to be pampered.
This house was the Xu family's old house. It was chosen by Xiao Langyan because it had the simplest and most elegant decoration, occupied a large area, and was a place familiar to Shen Dingzhu.
After leaving the temple, a steady stream of delicacies appeared on Shen Dingzhu's table every meal.
Xiao Langyan felt that she had lost a lot of weight, and he wished he could grow her into a round and beautiful woman.
But the beauty strives for her best, no matter how much she eats, her waist is still slender, but other parts are a little more plump, with peach breasts and willow waist, white skin and red lips, and dark eyes with an unconscious charm.
On this day, she took the two little maids who were waiting for her and went for a walk in the front yard.
The little maid was a little nervous: "Madam, the weather is cold and it looks like it's going to snow again. Why don't we go back and walk in your yard to avoid catching a cold."
Shen Dingzhu wore a fire fox fur around her neck, and her bright white face made her look even more delicate and picturesque. She blinked her long black eyelashes and smiled: "Walking around in that yard every day is really boring. I won’t go out, I’ll just walk here.”
As she said this, she walked along the corridor and arrived at the door of the mansion, but she heard whimpering and plaintive crying coming from outside the door. Shen Dingzhu was curious and stepped out of the threshold to look outside.
Unexpectedly, I saw soldiers escorting dozens of disheveled female family members passing by. It looked like they were sending them to the direction of Yuyangguan.
In this battle, Xiao Langyan also captured many Beiliang nobles and their relatives. He has been letting them go one after another in the past few days. Some people with ordinary status have been released long ago.
Shen Dingzhu thought that these were also a group of female relatives who were about to be released.
However, a woman turned around and looked into her eyes. The woman's eyes were red with tears and she was suddenly surprised. She immediately struggled and cried: "Si Bao! Si Bao! Please save me, he treats you so well, how can you I'm willing to watch him die in the hands of you Jin people!"
The expressions of the soldiers responsible for escorting her changed, and they turned to hold down Mrs. Xu who was struggling: "My queen, please forgive me, she is delirious, I will take her away now."
However, Shen Dingzhu came back to his senses from the chaotic thoughts: "Wait!"
She hurriedly lifted her skirt and walked to Mrs. Xu: "What did you say? Xu Huaisong is going to be killed?"
