The night sinks like water.

At the end of the year, the chaos in Chang'an City, which had lasted all night, had not completely subsided. Fortunately, the terrifying voices of the soldiers and the frightened shouts of the people gradually became quieter, indicating that the chaos of tonight was nearing the end.

The courtyard is deep, the doors of the Pingnan Palace's Mansion are closed, the palace is so quiet that you can hear the needles falling, and the guards and soldiers arranged everywhere are still waiting for them, not daring to relax in the slightest.

Tonight, the rebels under the crown prince not only broke through the palace, but also set fire to the chaos along the way, causing turmoil in the hearts of the people.

After a large number of rebels were suppressed by the king of Pingnan and the prince of the world, the rest of the desperate people began to slaughter the people with knives and burn down the houses.

The master they followed failed to kill his father and seize power, and King Pingnan was the well-deserved winner tonight, and the palace of Pingnan became a thorn in the flesh of the red-eyed rebels.

It was because there was another group of guards outside fighting the rebels who were frantically trying to storm the palace.

A slender and elegant figure was standing in the courtyard, never retreating half a minute.

There was no fear on that white and delicate face, and a long skirt made of moon-white Shu brocade also made her particularly dignified and beautiful.

Everyone knows that the princess does not know martial arts, and she has never led troops to defend against the enemy, but she can make the entire Pingnan palace calm down just by standing in place.

"Princess, the fires on the walls of the palace have been extinguished." A guard said respectfully to Shen Hanshuang.

Immediately afterwards, the guards outside the palace gate also shouted: "The rebels around the palace have all been cleaned up!" ”

Shen Hanshuang quietly let go of the force that was pinching his palm, and first ordered the people outside the door: "Leave some people to continue to guard, and the rest will go nearby to support." If there is any change in the palace, it will be withdrawn immediately. ”

With their responsibilities, the prince and the prince can't just take care of the people in their own mansion, but they also have enough troops to protect the Pingnan Palace.

Shen Hanshuang is not such a selfless person, and when he confirms that the palace has passed the most critical time, he will use his spare strength to help others get out of danger.

"Obedience!"

Shen Hanshuang said to the guards in the mansion: "Carefully check the personnel in the mansion, and beware of rebels taking advantage of the chaos to sneak in." Be vigilant tonight. ”

There is no news from the palace yet, and it is not yet time to completely put your mind at ease.

Shen Hanshuang walked into the main hall with a calm face.

When she turned her back to everyone, she couldn't help but let out a slow sigh of relief.

The fears, uneasiness, and sourness that had been suppressed all night finally found a way out, and spread out in wisps.

There was a dull pain in his palm, Shen Hanshuang raised his hand, and realized that he had broken the soft flesh of his palms at some point, and there were red blood stains oozing from the wound.

"The princess ......" Seeing this, the maid next to her, Chunye, exclaimed.

"Don't make a noise." Shen Hanshuang reminded.

Shen Hanshuang clenched her fists and hid the blood in her palm.

The prince and the prince are not in the palace, the princess is weak, and the palace cannot be chaotic, she must stabilize the minds of everyone in the palace.

After quietly turning around and taking a seat in the main hall, Shen Hanshuang came back to his senses and recalled that Zhu Yinzhou had come back tonight.

At that time, the Pingnan Wangfu had just been besieged by the rebels, and Zhu Yinzhou told his subordinates a few words after jumping into the wall and preparing to leave the palace again.

She just grabbed his sleeve in the main hall, and showed weakness to Zhu Yinzhou for the first time-

"I'm a little scared." She whispered.

Zhu Yinzhou wanted to fulfill his responsibilities, but Shen Hanshuang didn't want to embarrass him and didn't dare to say too much. Even if you are very afraid, you will only say one or two points in the words.

She didn't want Zhu Yinzhou to stay because of herself, she just wanted to hear him say a few words.

In that case, the husband should probably say something to his wife that reassures her.

But Zhu Yinzhou didn't say a word to her.

He paused briefly, frowned and glanced back at her, then drew his sword and left.

The hand that was pulling at his sleeve naturally couldn't touch him anymore.

Before Zhu Yinzhou walked out of the main hall, Shen Hanshuang heard him say to the subordinates who followed him: "Go to the East Palace and protect the crown princess." ”

Crown Princess......

Chen Lanshuang.

Shen Hanshuang said "no wonder" in her heart.

She still remembered Chen Lanshuang's face, which could be called a snow-skinned flower, and her complexion was overwhelming.

Chen Lanshuang wishes Yinzhou's childhood sweetheart, and she is just a little bit closer to becoming his concubine. But the crown prince first asked the emperor for a decree of marriage, and made her the crown princess.

The crown prince was the elder brother of King Pingnan, and he never remarried after his wife died, until he fell in love with fifteen-year-old Chen Lanshuang at first sight.

Many people in Chang'an City say that Chen Lanshuang is a blessed person, after all, in front of the identity of the crown princess, the princess is indeed nothing.

But the crown prince is forty-five years old, Chen Lanshuang is only eighteen years old this year, and her father Chen Chengxiang is only forty years old.

There are also many people who feel pity for Chen Lanshuang in private. With her family background and appearance, if she hadn't been favored by the prince, she could have had a more suitable husband.

But it was precisely her family background and appearance that made the prince think about her.

A month after Chen Lanshuang married the crown prince, Shen Hanshuang also married into the Pingnan Mansion and became the princess of Zhu Yinzhou.

On the second day of marriage, Shen Hanshuang, who was originally full of joy, learned that he was actually just wishing Yinzhou to retreat and seek the second choice.

Because of the word "frost" in her name, he chose her from the portraits of the women to be his wife.

There are countless men and women who have been united by the words of their parents, and many couples in the world have no love for each other, and they can spend the rest of their lives peacefully because of suitability and habits.

Shen Hanshuang thought that he and Zhu Yinzhou could do the same.

But I don't know when she still secretly had feelings for the husband who pretended to be someone else in her heart.

When she noticed this, Shen Hanshuang should have thought that no matter how well she hid her thoughts, she would not be able to do nothing like a saint.

For the first time in her life, when she faced life and death, she showed weakness to her husband, but when she saw Zhu Yinzhou, who had always looked cold, frowned, the bitterness and sourness in Shen Hanshuang's heart made her understand-

I really shouldn't expect that preference that I will never have.

He can't give it.

Zhu Yinzhou frowned and looked at her in his eyes, was he impatient or disgusted?

Shen Hanshuang didn't have time to see it clearly.

Today, I wish Yinzhou the opportunity to choose Chen Lanshuang, who he has missed once, how could he hesitate because of her momentary fear?

never thought that the first time she asked him for warmth, he would change the coldness and indifference she had become accustomed to.

But it's even more embarrassing.

Shen Hanshuang once felt that maybe it was just Zhu Yinzhou's personality that he would be so cold and silent on weekdays.

After all, except when he is really busy with official business, Zhu Yinzhou will go back to his house every night to share a bed with her. Compared to ordinary couples, that should be a lot more. And he never quarrels with her, and everything she wants is as she pleases.

Because of these, Shen Hanshuang once thought that after three years of husband and wife, Zhu Yinzhou may not be without feelings for herself.

But he forgot that, with his nature, it was either all or nothing.

He already pretended to be Chen Lanshuang in his heart, how could he give her some love?

These things that should have been tacitly understood by them in the same bed and different dreams were punctured because of her sentence "I'm a little scared".

I wish Yinzhou has his temperament and integrity, and he can't do the next thing with a married woman.

The heart is absent, she is here, he also gave her the dignity of being a princess and his wife, and if he is greedy to ask for more, where should he find it for her?

However, what is wrong with asking for love and affection from one's husband?

Why did she have to compromise and lower herself all her life because of a man who didn't love her?

After years of holding on to a piece of ice that cannot be melted, my heart will eventually be cold.

Since he couldn't give her what she wanted, she didn't want it.

Together with him as a person.

After today's events, Shen Hanshuang knew that he could no longer maintain the status quo as before.

Knowing that his heart had chosen someone else, she buried her head in the future, and only the cliff was left.

I have thought about it more than once, but it is still time to stop the loss in time and change the way.

When Shen Hanshuang gradually sorted out his chaotic thoughts, someone came in the main hall.

"Mother," she said, rising to meet her, "why are you here?" ”

Today's Princess Pingnan is Zhu Yinzhou's stepmother, who has been in poor health since giving birth to Zhu Yinzhou's younger brother Zhu Xun sixteen years ago, and has often needed to recuperate in recent years.

She has always loved Zhu Yinzhou and Shen Hanshuang very much, and let Shen Hanshuang take charge of the feed early. It was too chaotic outside tonight, so Shen Hanshuang sent another person to guard her Yunmei Xuan.

"I can't rest assured, I'm coming to see you."

The princess held her hand and asked worriedly, "Looking at your face, you should be frightened?" ”

"I heard the guards say that when Yinzhou came back halfway, he didn't even leave you a word? As a husband, I don't know how to comfort you in that situation. Like his father, he is a person who doesn't know how to hurt. When he comes back, I'm going to scold him hard. ”

"My daughter-in-law is fine." Shen Hanshuang was moved, but he didn't want his elders to worry about him.

"There is so much fighting and killing outside, you will have to turn eighteen years old in a few days, how can you not be afraid?" The princess sighed lightly.

Rao is calm and rational again, hearing his mother's words, Shen Hanshuang still couldn't help but have a slight heat in his eyes.

I wish Yinzhou to treat her coldly on weekdays, and there is no her in my heart. But her mother-in-law and father-in-law are very good to her, and her younger brother Zhu Xun also respects her sister-in-law, and Shen Hanshuang is not bad in the palace.

A man who doesn't love her, she sees it and puts it down.

But to lose these family members who have been in his heart, Shen Hanshuang is a little sad.

The princess saw that there was a hidden sorrow between Shen Hanshuang's eyebrows, she held her hand affectionately as usual, and was about to say a few more words of relief, but she felt something.

She hurriedly spread out Shen Hanshuang's hand, and after seeing the wound in her palm, she frowned and said, "Why is it hurt?" ”

"Go and get the Golden Pill!" Before Shen Hanshuang could say anything, the princess had already instructed the grandmother beside her.

Seeing that the princess planned to help herself with the medicine, Shen Hanshuang hurriedly said: "I'll just come by myself, and my mother will rest." ”

"The palms of both hands are hurting, how can you come by yourself?"

Just like treating her own children, the princess's tone was full of distress.

She could naturally see how those injuries came from, but she didn't ask any more, and only carefully and gently treated Shen Hanshuang's wounds.

After applying the medicine, when she looked up at Shen Hanshuang again, tears flashed in her eyes.

The princess blamed herself: "You have been pampered and protected at home since you were a child, and you look so good. It was our royal palace that treated you badly and made you feel wronged. He is good everywhere in Yinzhou, but his temperament is too cold and he doesn't know how to cherish you......"

Before the princess finished speaking, she suddenly heard a guard outside the main hall come and say: "Princess, princess, the prince ordered two people to come to the palace for a short stay." ”

Shen Hanshuang already had a guess in her heart, but she didn't speak.

The princess asked, "Who is here?" ”

Guard: "Back to the princess, it's the crown princess and one of her maids, from the East Palace." ”

Hearing this, the princess's expression changed, and the hand holding Shen Hanshuang tightened a little.

I don't know what she thought, she subconsciously looked at Shen Hanshuang, her eyes full of worry and unbearability.

Shen Hanshuang didn't show it on his face, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

It turns out that Zhu Yinzhou will also have such a anxious time.

He was the one he had begged for.

Before she could find a chance to propose peace, Zhu Yinzhou couldn't wait to send people home.