Shen Dingzhu raised her eyes and looked at him seriously. The water drops rolled down her black hair and dripped into the spring, making the beauty's figure look even more graceful under the water.
"Yes, I'm afraid." Facing Xiao Langyan, she no longer concealed her feelings, "Your Majesty, the future is very far away. I'm afraid of those times that have not yet come. I'm afraid that such great wealth will one day bring... Disaster, if the emperor really loves me, Cheer and Chengcheng, don’t be so anxious and wait for everything, okay?”
Xiao Langyan's eyes were as deep as the sea, filled with complicated love, as he stared at Shen Dingzhu.
Of course he wanted the best for her.
But he also knew that Shen Dingzhu would only feel a little uneasy about the overwhelming wealth and power.
Xiao Langyan hugged her waist tightly, pressed her into his arms, and kissed her black hair with great pity: "I am too anxious, but I just want to give you and the child the best power, but since you are like this Say, I will rely on you and everything will come slowly."
He wanted to use time to prove to Shen Dingzhu that he was not the late emperor and would not reduce his feelings for her just because of the passage of time. He would spend his whole life caring for her and her children.
So, no rush.
A soft smile appeared on Shen Dingzhu's pretty face. She stood up on her tiptoes and kissed Xiao Langyan's chin.
"Now I can say, thank you, Your Majesty."
Her kiss was just a hint of water, but it completely ignited Xiao Langyan's ready-to-go flame, and a hidden light flickered in his deep, thin eyes.
Xiao Langyan took advantage of the situation and pressed Shen Dingzhu on the edge of the soup pool, looking at her beautiful white skin with her back facing him, and the charming and enchanting lines extending to the water.
His eyes darkened and his voice became hoarse. He leaned against her ear and said casually, "During the year when you were not in the palace, I did not admit any new people to the harem. There were many memorials from the courtiers saying that I The heirs are withering away, they say that when the late emperor was my age, he had six sons."
Shen Dingzhu supported the edge of the pool and looked back, with a bit of shame and annoyance on her beautiful pink face.
"Still alive? We already have Chengcheng and Cheer. Your Majesty, please find someone else to give birth to!"
Xiao Langyan slapped her buttocks like a punishment: "I don't want anyone else, but the matter of giving birth is not urgent. I want you to raise her again."
While he was speaking, he had already fixed Shen Dingzhu's waist and slowly took possession of her. Their bodies and minds, which were familiar with each other, were like two lost souls, finally reunited at this moment.
It's just that Shen Dingzhu was squeamish and couldn't bear it after only two or three times. She tried to hide several times, but Xiao Langyan pushed her back.
Before she could feel any discomfort, she was taken into the deep sea by him again, as if her body was floating along with him.
If the heart is honest, it will be reflected in the body. Both of them have missed each other for a long time. Shen Dingzhu cried several times in his hot embrace. In the blur, she could feel him kissing away all her tears.
The spring water swayed fiercely, like the undulations of the uneven sea. In the night sky filled with white mist, you could occasionally hear the suppressed hum of a woman and the gasp of pleasure of a man.
Shen Dingzhu was drowsy at the end, and she was indeed tired. She didn't know how she got back to the house. She only remembered that when Xiao Langyan took her out of the pool, he looked at her with her face red and her eyes closed, feeling depressed. The pleasant voice smiled.
After returning to the house, he held Shen Dingzhu in his arms and worked tirelessly until dawn.
At this point, Shen Dingzhu was finally convinced that this year seemed to be a hard time for him to endure.
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The Beiliang Emperor was probably really frightened by Jin's artillery. The letter Xu Huaisong brought back actually seemed to him to be a peace treaty, so he sent someone to write to Xiao Langyan, claiming that he was willing to give away his favorite princess. Go to Jin to make peace to ensure the peace of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
In response, Xiao Langyan called the messenger to Wubanzi and asked him to go back and warn the Emperor Beiliang: "I have a good relationship with the queen, so don't let him send his daughter to seek humiliation."
After the beginning of spring, Xiao Langyan appointed a few generals to stay in charge. When he returned to the capital, he would arrange for several more civil servants to co-manage the city. Then he chose an auspicious day to return to the capital.
Along the way, Shen Dingzhu rode in the same carriage with him, and his back and legs were often sore.
When they arrived in Yuzhou, which is famous for its flowers, she lay lazily in the carriage and refused to get out of the carriage. Xiao Langyan went out of his way to pick flowers and show them to her, which finally made the beauty smile.
Traveling crisscrossed by land and water, at the end of February in early spring, the emperor's army finally arrived in the capital, greeted by the roar of the people on their knees along the way.
Everyone has heard that the emperor not only won a complete victory, but also brought back Empress Zhaoyuan who had been exiled to Beiliang Kingdom!
People in the public have long regretted the "passed" queen. Many literati saw the emperor's deep love for her and wrote poems with emotion. Now, the emperor's "passed" love has come back to life. The common people blocked both sides of the road. Looking forward to catching a glimpse of Queen Zhaoyuan.
Everyone in the capital already knew the story of Shen Dingzhu. This Empress Zhaoyuan was just a concubine! When he was still a criminal, he was taken back by the emperor and pampered.
From then on, she stayed with the emperor and watched him ascend the throne from prince to emperor. Her status was also raised again and again. The emperor worked hard for her, first liquidating Shen's enemies in the past, and then redressing Shen's injustice. .
To this day, Concubine Shen, who possesses all the divine favors, has finally become Empress Zhaoyuan.
Now her eldest brother Shen Lan is a meritorious general who fought in the Northern Liang Dynasty, and her second brother Shen You is the minister of the Ministry of Industry. He has led officials to build countless dams and prevented the casualties caused by three flash floods. It can be said that his merits are immeasurable.
I'm afraid no one in the court would dare to say that Shen is unworthy.
The emperor's chariot, protected by a large army, drove away without a trace and entered the palace. All the civil and military officials knelt to receive him and shouted holy peace.
Xiao Langyan had many government affairs to deal with, but he knew that Shen Dingzhu cared about his children, so he decided to accompany her to the East Palace to see the prince first.
All the officials followed closely. Seeing the emperor and empress joining hands, they all secretly guessed that the emperor had finally settled down this time, right?
As soon as he arrived at the East Palace, Xiao Langyan ordered the servants and eunuchs who were kneeling on the floor: "Go and ask the wet nurse to take the prince out."
Shen Dingzhu was thinking deeply about his son, and his black eyes were full of water: "Let's go in and take a look. The cold wind in early spring, don't hurt him."
As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw a palace concubine in elegant and gorgeous clothes coming out with a little child in her arms.
"I see you, your Majesty, and see you, the Queen." The visitor was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had a dignified figure. When she raised her head, Shen Dingzhu recognized that it was Cui Lianfu.
After a year of absence, Cui Lianfu became more calm. Shen Dingzhu was not in the palace, Xiao Langyan also concentrated on government affairs, and Cui Lianfu took care of most of the harem affairs.
"Concubine Cui De." Shen Dingzhu smiled first and told her not to be polite.
Shen Dingzhu's eyes didn't look anywhere, only at his son's small face.
The child is so handsome. He is wearing a white and red silk robe with a four-clawed golden dragon. His eyebrows and eyebrows are very similar to Xiao Langyan's. The way he looks at Shen Dingzhu curiously with his small mouth pursed is even more like him!
Shen Dingzhu's heart softened, and she stretched out her hand: "Che'er, let mother hug you."
Concubine Cui De smiled and looked at the little man in her arms: "Your Majesty has just come back. I'm afraid she doesn't know that His Highness the Crown Prince is a little shy of strangers. It would be better for Your Majesty to get familiar with him first before hugging him."
However, as soon as she finished speaking, the little prince Xiao Xingche in her arms stretched out his little hand and shouted in a sweet voice: "Mother~"
Shen Dingzhu was overjoyed. She never expected that the child would recognize her! And let her hug her!
Concubine Cui De's smile froze for a moment, and the child was taken away by Xiao Langyan and put into Shen Dingzhu's arms.
Xiao Langyan's thin eyes were deep and deep, and when he looked at the mother and son, he revealed the gentle and doting unique to an emperor.
Eunuch Xu Shou came forward, held up his hands to please him and said, "When the queen was not in the palace this year, the emperor often pointed to the portrait of the queen and told the young prince that this was his mother. Oops, our prince is so smart. , I learned so quickly.”
The child not only calls his mother and father, but also his sister and uncle.
Xiao Xingche raised his head and looked at Shen Dingzhu intently. This beauty was even more beautiful than in the painting, and her whole body was filled with warm and deep maternal love for him.
The child is a little ignorant, but he can feel a kind of kindness.
The little guy thought for a while, rested his head on Shen Dingzhu's shoulder, and grabbed his mother's shoulder with his little hands, not letting go.
Shen Dingzhu smiled broadly at this: "My dear boy."
At this moment, Princess Xiao Xincheng, who had just returned from the Imperial Academy, ran over with her skirt raised, followed by a group of palace people.
"Mother, mother!" The six-year-old girl threw herself into Shen Dingzhu's arms and burst into tears. "Chengcheng knew that mother would come back, and my father did not lie to me."
Xiao Langyan smiled and picked up his daughter. The family of four looked happy, and the officials immediately praised him.
Concubine Cui De was pushed to the edge. She wanted to keep her smile as usual, but it was extremely difficult.
Looking at the family of four, she felt a little panicked for the first time.
She is so redundant in the harem. After Shen Dingzhu comes back, will her life be the same as before?
