"Huh?"

Shang Ruyi, who was sitting on the edge of the bed reading a book, suddenly raised his head and looked out the window.

On the zenith, there are black oppressive clouds, like a huge black palm covering the entire Luoyang City impenetrable, these days the wind and snow are non-stop, so that everyone's heart is also pressed with the same haze.

She couldn't help but frown.

And Tusher, who was sitting at her feet with a handkerchief and was embroidering, heard the noise, looked up at her, and asked, "Miss, what's the matter?"

Shang Ruyi looked at the sky outside and said, "I just now, how did I hear thunder?"

"Thunder?"

When Tusheer heard this, she couldn't help laughing: "Miss, what nonsense are you talking about, it's winter, it's still snowing, how can it be thundering?"

「……」

Shang Ruyi himself felt strange, thought about it, and said with a smile: "I think I heard it wrong."

Tusher put down the needle and thread in her hand and said, "I see, the young lady hasn't slept well these days, and she can't keep her mind. My uncle has been gone for seven or eight days, and you probably haven't slept well for a night in the past seven or eight days combined."

She said, and looked at Shang Ruyi with a smile: "Miss, are you worried about your uncle?"

Hearing this, Shang Ruyi's mind was in a trance.

She was indeed worried about him, not only as a woman worried about the mentality of her husband who went on the expedition, but more importantly, she would always recall the words that Lei Yu said to her before she left these days, and what Chu Yang said to her on the day she entered the palace.

Yu Wenye's battle is very important.

Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi said, "Of course I'm worried about him, this is the first battle he fought after he was named a general, and it is related to the entire Yuwen family, and even the imperial court—"

Before she could finish her words, Tusher immediately said, "Oh miss, that's not what the slave asked."

"And what are you asking?"

"I'm talking about my uncle."

"What, what do you mean?"

"Isn't Mademoiselle worried about him as a person?"

Speaking of this, Tushe'er pouted slightly again, and said, "Although the slave has always been a little angry with him before, we were attacked and besieged by the Turkic army in Yanmen County, especially Miss, you were so seriously injured, but as a husband, he has never been by your side, and all the dangers and sufferings have to be faced by Miss alone, I thought at that time, Miss was really wrong to marry him."

「……」

"It's better to stay at home and never marry for the rest of your life, as Mrs. said, than to suffer this kind of grievance."

Shang Ruyi's heart trembled slightly, and he glanced at her.

Tusher continued, "However, when I came back this time, my uncle seemed to be nice to Miss. The last time the young lady entered the palace, my uncle came home and knew about it, and I heard that I didn't even get off the horse, so I turned around and went directly to the palace gate to wait for the young lady......

「……」

"He's still very attentive to you, Miss."

「……」

"Miss, you too—that day my uncle went on the expedition, and you hurried to see him off."

Speaking of this, a sweet smile appeared on Tusher's face, and he said softly, "Miss, actually, you are not angry with him for a long time, are you?"

「……」

"Otherwise, you wouldn't have had people go to the city gate every day to ask if there was any news of the war—just now, you kept looking out the window, you must be waiting for news from your uncle, right?" ….

「……」

"Actually, if you're worried about him saying it, I won't laugh at you......

Shang Ruyi sat there dumbfounded.

Tusher said something later, she couldn't hear it at all, at this moment, her ears only echoed back and forth with that sentence, as if Tusher said, but at this moment, kept asking herself in her mind-

Yu Wenye, is he really interested in himself?

That night, braving the wind and snow, he carried himself all the way to the horse

Is it true that he galloped home, even carried himself back to the room, and felt the warmth in his arms?

She subconsciously reached out to touch her heart, feeling the heart under her chest beating irrepressibly violently, such a real stirring, as if everything was as real as her heartbeat that she had never been able to calm these days.

But—

The pounding heartbeat reminded her of another thing.

Isn't all this in the eyes of outsiders?

He clearly said that in front of outsiders, he would be a good husband, and he would play a good couple with him that everyone would envy.

Shang Ruyi only felt a tangle in her heart, as if she was entangled in her heart by an invisible silk thread, which almost strangled her breathlessly.

She couldn't fall into it easily, especially after she had been clearly rejected, or even humiliated and ridiculed. It's sad enough not to be loved, and it's more pitiful than sad to know that you are not loved, and you want to be loved by people again.

What's more, Princess Crescent -

Just when her mind was entangled for a while, Wo Xue hurriedly walked in from the outside and said, "Young lady, someone has come to the palace, saying that it is the will of the queen mother, and I will pass you into the palace."

"What?"

Shang Ruyi frowned when he heard this.

Empress Jiang, pass her into the palace again?

The last time she was rumored to enter the palace, in fact, they got along well, but when she left the palace, she was "robbed" by Chu Yang, and even worked for the queen to go to the warm dock to pick her up. originally thought that after experiencing that incident, the queen would definitely be on guard and would not let her have the opportunity to be alone with the emperor like that again, but I didn't expect-

Why did she pass herself into the palace?

Although Tusheer didn't know what she encountered when she entered the palace last time, Shang Ruyi, who was the wife of the newly promoted general of the auxiliary state, was obviously not an easy thing to be introduced into the palace by the queen, she immediately stepped forward and said worriedly, "Miss, do you want to enter the palace?"

Shang Ruyi glanced at her and said in a deep voice, "I can't disobey the queen's will."

She hurriedly asked Tusheer to serve her and put on a dignified but very simple clothes, and her hair accessories were simply combed, and then walked out, and the one who came to deliver the decree was the chamberlain who accompanied her into the palace last time, and he was also familiar with the way, and exchanged a few words with Shang Ruyi, and then took her out and got into the carriage in the palace.

Everything is the same as the last time.

After entering the Xuanren Gate, passing the Zuozang Palace, and then entering the Anning Gate, you will arrive at the Queen's East Palace.

It's just that this time is different, as soon as he walked into the East Palace, he saw that Queen Jiang and Princess Crescent Moon were sitting inside, obviously waiting for her, Shang Ruyi hurriedly stepped forward to bow and salute, only to see Queen Jiang smile and step forward to help her up personally, and laughed softly: "When you enter the palace in the future, you don't have to worry about these red tapes." ….

Shang Ruyi said cautiously: "Niangniang, the ceremony cannot be abolished."

As she spoke, she glanced at Empress Jiang carefully, and then subconsciously looked around.

As if seeing the worry in her eyes, Empress Jiang said softly, "You don't have to worry."

"Huh?"

"The emperor has something to do out of the palace today, no- there won't be another thing like last time."

「……」

When Shang Ruyi heard this, he immediately breathed a big sigh of relief.

But then, she looked at Empress Jiang a little nervously, but saw that the queen lady looked at her gently, and said, "Ruyi, you can rest assured, since this palace has passed you into the palace, it will definitely protect you; If I can't keep you safe, this palace won't let you in, after all—this palace doesn't want you to be harmed in any way."

「……」

Shang Ruyi looked at her sincere appearance, and her heart was in a mess.

I don't know why, she always feels that this queen mother is not just condescending to herself, her attitude, and even a little-some cautious to please herself?

Is it a delusion?

As a queen, even if she doesn't oppress her subordinates' wives and doesn't seek justice for her daughter, why would she come to please such an insignificant person as herself?

Shang Ruyi could only say softly, "Niangniang's words are serious."

Looking at her cautious appearance, Empress Jiang only smiled, waved her hand to sit down, and then said, "There is a tribute red orange sent today, and the palace thinks that this thing is best used when it is served with tea on a snowy day, so I will let you enter the palace to taste it too."

Shang Ruyi walked to the table and sat down, and sure enough, he saw not only boiling tea on the table, but also a plate of red oranges, like a cluster of red lanterns, which looked bright and gratifying.

Chu Ruoyan smiled on the side and said, "I like this red orange the most, sweet and sour, sister, you can also taste it."

After saying that, I personally peeled one and handed it to her.

Shang Ruyi took the accusation in fear and said, "Her Royal Highness the princess is upset."

Empress Jiang smiled: "It was this palace that asked her to call you that, you are the same age, you are older than her, and you are also sensible and calm, if you are a child, there is no one around you who can take care of and teach her, if you are - this palace is also more relieved."

「……」

Shang Ruyi only felt as if he was in a ridiculous dream.

The last time she entered the palace, Queen Jiang said to her "entrust", and this time, she directly asked the princess to call her "sister", and what did she say to teach, what was she thinking?

And this princess of the crescent moon doesn't care about her identity as a golden branch and jade leaf, and she really has the meaning of a sister!

She was in a trance, but tried to calm herself down.

The three of them had tea, eating red oranges, looking at the snow scene outside, and gossiping, but it was another happy scene - only Shang Ruyi knew that her back was full of cold sweat.

As he was talking, Chu Ruoyan suddenly sighed and said, "It's a pity that the second brother is not here, he likes to eat red oranges the most."

Shang Ruyi glanced at her.

Empress Jiang smiled bitterly and said, "In the past two years, the road has been blocked, and there are not many tribute red oranges, otherwise, you can reward some to go to the Guogong Mansion."

「……」

"Besides, this time the war dragged on—he's afraid it's hard to eat the red orange."

As soon as she heard the news of the war, Shang Ruyi immediately looked up at her: "Niangniang, Xingluocang - is there any news coming back?".

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