After a stick of incense.
Shen Dingzhu was pinned down by Xiao Langyan in front of a table of dishes.
She looked at the table full of light food and couldn't help but raise her beautiful eyes, silently looking at Xiao Langyan opposite.
"What, you still have a request?" His voice was low and cold, his patience seemed to be running out at any time, and he frowned slightly.
Shen Dingzhu wanted to say that these dishes were too bland and she wanted to eat something spicy and sour.
However, she knew that she should not make any more demands on Xiao Langyan, so she picked up the vegetable and minced meat porridge in front of her and said softly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiao Langyan sneered: "Don't think that I will forgive you if you show weakness like this. If it weren't for the sake of the dragon fetus, no one would care about you starving to death."
Shen Dingzhu ate with his head lowered, his movements slow and leisurely, his face soft and beautiful, as if he didn't take these words into his heart, Xiao Langyan looked at her with his peripheral vision.
With a face as white as porcelain, with a hint of pink, she has not lost much weight, but she takes good care of herself.
She was seven months pregnant, and her belly was not as big as when she was pregnant with Xiao Xingche. As the Yang family and his son said, she had been frightened and bled in the first three months and had an abnormal pregnancy.
Xiao Langyan frowned deeply when he thought of this.
If the calculation is accurate, could it be the time when he was in trouble in Jizhou when she was frightened?
After all, she was worried about him.
Shen Dingzhu was slowly drinking wolfberry chicken soup with his head down, but when he heard a "bang", Xiao Langyan pulled out the chair opposite her and sat down heavily.
His pair of extremely cold and dark thin eyes looked at Shen Dingzhu's face with a sense of oppression from a superior.
"I will give you three more days to settle everything here, and then follow me back to the palace. Our accounts will be settled slowly from now on."
Shen Dingzhu paused while holding the spoon.
She raised her dark eyes, and before she could answer, she couldn't help but look at his legs.
Seeing how Xiao Langyan looked like this, he was probably good.
While eating just now, she had thought that since he was well, her return to the palace would have nothing to do with Wei Wan.
Unexpectedly, her gaze stung Xiao Langyan.
He slapped the table with his big palm and gnashed his teeth: "What are you looking at? Didn't you hear me?"
The dishes, bowls and chopsticks on the table were shaken.
She put her jade hand on her abdomen and gently comforted them, but she couldn't help but ask: "Then... what does the emperor want to do with Mr. Xu and Uncle Ren?"
Xiao Langyan sneered, and the darkness in his thin eyes became even colder.
"I am being merciful by not killing them. Do you still want to plead for them?"
Shen Dingzhu lowered his eyes, and his pretty face was a little sad: "Master Xu helped me, and Uncle Ren took care of me. These are all kindnesses. I...I really want to beg for mercy, and ask the emperor to be patient and not embarrass them. "
Xiao Langyan raised his sword eyebrows and took a deep breath. His whole aura became particularly fierce.
He stepped back and leaned slightly on the chair: "Xu Huaisong, do you really think he is a good person? He wants to use your whereabouts to do my favor, in the hope that I can reduce his tariff by one-third. "
For all merchants from other countries who come to Jin to do business, customs and taxes are a hurdle, and all four gates in Jin will extract 10% of the profits.
When Shen Dingzhu heard this, her expression didn't change much. She just said: "Businessmen value profits, and the Xu family has a great business. I can't blame Mr. Xu for thinking this way."
She had no idea about Xu Huaisong, and it was at this moment that Shen Dingzhu really realized that she didn't like Xu Huaisong, so she didn't care about his actions.
What's more, she also knew that Xu Huaisong had given her the greatest care within his ability.
But he is not her husband, so why bother worrying about what he does?
However, when her words fell into Xiao Langyan's ears, Shen Dingzhu understood Xu Huaisong.
She was so tolerant and generous to Xu Huaisong, which ignited the fire that was already burning in Xiao Langyan's heart.
Xiao Langyan suddenly stood up, and his chair overturned behind him with a crisp sound.
His thin eyes were like a sea of fire, filled with deep anger.
"Then you have to think of a way for yourself. The kindness they give you is your business, what does it have to do with me? If I want to kill them, what does it have to do with you? Do you think I will still look at your face and do nothing to others? Are you kidding me? A joke!"
Xiao Langyan strode to the door, stopped, turned his head and told her coldly.
"Shen Dingzhu, in the days since you left, I have completely given up on you. It is useless to be nice to you. When you give birth to this child, I will issue an edict to reconcile with you. You don't want the queen's There are plenty of people coming to sit at the location.”
After saying this, he kicked the door open and left.
Shen Dingzhu's back froze and she sat motionless in the chair. The winter sun outside shone in and fell on the beauty's back, making her black temple hair shine.
After a long time, she picked up the bowl in front of her again and sipped the half-cold porridge.
A hot tear fell down the cheek into the porridge, but no one saw it.
After a while, Chen Heng went to the front yard.
Mr. Shi's house has a total of four rooms, and Xiao Langyan lives in the main room in the front yard for the time being.
When Chen Heng entered, the emperor was sitting on the bamboo couch under the window, with his hands on his knees and his head lowered.
Seeing Chen Heng coming, his lowered eyebrows were still cold, but he asked: "She didn't chase me out after I left?"
Chen Heng shook his head: "No. The queen just sat there for a while and then started eating again. After eating, I saw her sunbathing in the yard for a while before returning to the house."
There was a hint of coldness in Xiao Langyan's thin eyes: "She is so cruel."
That day, Mr. Shi and Xu Huaisong, who were locked up in the woodshed, were deprived of food.
Mr. Shi has woken up, and after drinking the medicine, his mood has stabilized.
It was dusk, and he was lying at the window of the woodshed, shouting at the strict guards outside: "We haven't delivered food since noon. Have you forgotten? Hey, tell the emperor!"
Xu Huaisong sat behind him, his white robes like pines and bamboo standing in the snow.
He said calmly: "Stop shouting, Mr. Shi. She must have had a bad negotiation with the emperor, and the emperor wants to use us to force her to submit."
Mr. Shi stamped his feet angrily on the spot. He lowered his voice and cursed angrily: "What kind of emperor is this? He is angry with his own woman. She is still pregnant with his flesh and blood in her belly! Hey, if you don't want to eat, you won't eat. So what if I went hungry for three days because of Azhu?"
The dinner at Shen Dingzhu's place was light again.
I don't know where Xiao Langyan found the cook. He only made white water noodles and boiled meat in white water. Even the chicken soup and fish soup were so bland that they seemed to have no salt.
She took a few bites and then put it down, letting Chen Heng bring someone in to take it away.
Seeing that Shen Dingzhu didn't eat much, Chen Heng said expressionlessly: "The emperor has ordered us not to take special care of the empress. If you are hungry at night and have nothing to eat, you can only endure it."
Shen Dingzhu picked up the embroidery bag, his drooping eyebrows were watery and dark, revealing a touch of tenacity.
"I'm not hungry, and I won't bother you."
Chen Heng didn't care anymore and took away all the food.
Xiao Langyan deliberately let Shen Dingzhu dry and approved some urgent notes sent from Beijing. It was almost midnight and it was dark outside, and he realized that Shen Dingzhu had never come to see him.
Just when Xiao Langyan's expression turned cold, Chen Heng came in to report.
"emperor……"
"Go and tell her, I don't have time to listen to her cry."
Chen Heng was silent for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "The emperor misunderstood. It was the county governor who came to see you late at night."
The anger in Xiao Langyan's heart was aroused by the untimely arrival of the county guard.
"What is he doing here? Let him go."
"The county governor heard about the three bastards. He knelt outside and held a thorn tree to apologize. He also said that the house was small and he had moved out of his own mansion. He invited the emperor to stay in his mansion."
"Don't let me say some words a second time." Xiao Langyan's patience has reached its limit.
Chen Heng understood: "I'm sorry, I'll tell you, Lord Sheriff, to go back."
He left in a hurry, and Xiao Langyan was like an unhappy lion, pacing back and forth, his face dark.
Shen Dingzhu's patience was better than his. Even when he wanted to leave her alone, he was already affected by her.
Xiao Langyan knew that he should not be eaten to death by her.
He opened the door and asked someone to stop Chen Heng.
"Just say that I changed my mind and went to live in his house." It might be better to stay away from her.
However, as soon as Xiao Langyan took two steps, the guards from the inner courtyard rushed over.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong, the Queen is missing!"
Xiao Langyan's whole body was full of anger and anger instantly broke out: "Look for it! If you can't find it, come and see me!"
