For a moment, the palace fell silent.

Shang Ruyi clearly saw that Chu Yang's face slowly became gloomy, especially the cold light flickering in the slender phoenix eyes was countless times colder than before, and when he looked at himself, the blood around his body seemed to be frozen by the extreme cold in that gaze.

She could only clench her hands hard under the quilt to make herself tremble so much.

After a while, Chu Yang suddenly chuckled.

He said, "I know."

Shang Ruyi was a little caught off guard as the expression on his face became relaxed and happy, he got up and walked to the side and pushed open the window, and a gust of wind with fragrance and warmth blew into the hall, blowing away the cold air that had almost filled the entire space just now.

Then Chu Yang said, "Who is it that captured the Eastern Capital? Liang Shide? Or the rabble in Wanggangzhai?"

"It's them together."

"Together?"

Chu Yang sneered, "I asked Yu Wenye to attack Wanggangzhai, but he actually returned in vain, didn't he?"

「……！」

Hearing that name unexpectedly, Shang Ruyi's heartbeat still missed a beat uncontrollably.

She thought it was a little ridiculous.

Now, isn't he thousands of miles away from him? Why, when you hear his name, you still feel a pain in your heart?

Just when she was pale and silent, Chu Yang seemed to feel something and looked back at her.

Under his sharp gaze, Shang Ruyi could only lower his head and said softly, "Before he sent out his troops, Wang Gangzhai had already sent people to the city as an internal response. When His Majesty left the Eastern Capital, the brigade also left, and the Eastern Capital was empty, Liang Shide's army attacked the city, and those people should join forces with the outside world, and the Eastern Capital was lost."

Chu Yang's face showed an ugly expression.

That expression, as if someone had cut a piece of flesh bloody from his heart with a knife, but he could only watch and could not do anything.

He turned around and looked out the window again.

And Shang Ruyi looked at his back and said softly, "Your Majesty—"

"Shang Ruyi,"

Before he finished his words, he was interrupted by Chu Yang's cold voice: "You are really like this, you know that what can make me happy, and you also know that what you say will make me unhappy, but you prefer the latter, right?"

「…… No, it's not."

"Do you know what you're going to say now?"

「……」

"Do you know what I want to hear now?"

「……」

Shang Ruyi was silent for a long time, then raised his head and said softly, "Her Royal Highness the Princess and Her Royal Highness King Zhao, both of them are safe."

As soon as he heard this, Chu Yang's shoulders twitched slightly, and he turned his head to look at her, and his eyes finally regained some warmth and vitality.

He said, "They are well."

Shang Ruyi could see that he was not surprised by the news, obviously Wo Xue had already reported it.

She continued, "Queen Mother...... Peace also."

Chu Yang's eyes flickered.

After being silent for a long time, he showed a hint of a smile on his handsome and carefree face, as if he was warm and cold: "She can be regarded as having fulfilled her wishes, and her merits have been completed."

Shang Ruyi's heart skipped a beat and he looked up at him. ….

Chu Yang said, "What, you still can't see it?"

「……」

"Although she is the queen of the Great Cause Dynasty, she has never thought about standing by my side, and now, she only has a pair of children in her eyes. Otherwise—"

He sneered and looked at Shang Ruyi, "How could she be so courteous to you?"

「……」

"She has always wanted Xinyue to marry Yu Wenye, even if he has already married you and wants to let his daughter be a concubine, she will not hesitate, and even hopes that you can get along well in the future......

「……」

"I don't know

Why does she value the Yuwen family, Yuwen Yuan, Yu Wenye, and even Yu Wenchou, as if they are all the pillars of the imperial court in her eyes?"

Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in his eyes: "But I have never believed in them."

Shang Ruyi's heartbeat was slightly heavy, and he looked at Chu Yang with difficulty: "I, I am also a member of the Yuwen family, and Your Majesty never believes me?"

Chu Yang said, "You're not."

"I—"

"You are the one I have chosen to recognize. Now, aren't you by my side?"

Shang Ruyi's heart trembled slightly unconsciously.

At this time, Chu Yang seemed to feel her silence, turned around and walked over slowly, looked at her distracted eyes, was silent for a long time, and said, "What are you thinking?"

Shang Ruyi shook his head slightly: "It's nothing."

Chu Yang frowned: "You, are you thinking about Yu Wenye?"

「……」

"Are you still thinking about him?"

Shang Ruyi felt a little funny in his heart. How can I think about him, instead of spending energy thinking about him, I should think about how to break the predicament in front of me. So, she slowly looked up at him, and said in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Your Majesty, do you still want to go back to the Eastern Capital?"

Chu Yang's eyes flickered.

He immediately said, "Of course, not by thinking, but by the fact that I will definitely go back."

"That's—"

"It's just that I'm in Jiangdu, and there are still some things to do. When I finish those things, I will naturally go north again, just like when I went south to destroy Chen, and I will finish the battle!"

「……」

"Dongdu, I will definitely return to my hands again!"

Shang Ruyi looked up at him, no matter what happened around him, no matter how many people died where he couldn't see, no matter whether it was the rebels or the people who died, or even whether it was a fire or a flood in the world, he was always so high-spirited, as if he could make everyone kneel at his feet as long as he wanted to.

It's just that the too gentle and humid air in Jiangnan made his words lose some sharpness.

"By that time,"

Chu Yang slowly sat on the edge of the bed again, looked at Shang Ruyi's lowered eyelashes, the bright pupils that flickered slightly, and said, "You go back with me."

「……」

Shang Ruyi suddenly felt very tired.

She couldn't say anything, and she didn't even know what else she could say, so she could only nod her head slightly.

A little smile appeared on Chu Yang's face.

He stretched out his hand, as if to touch her, but before his fingertips touched Shang Ruyi's cheek, he was stopped by her sudden shrinking movements, and the hand stiffened for a moment, but slowly put it back. ….

Then he stood up, "Rest."

「……」

"In the past few days, take good care of your body, and I will accompany you when I recover, the scenery here is very good, and when the time comes, I will accompany you to see it."

Shang Ruyi said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chu Yang turned around and left.

When he left, a burst of cold incense came out of the raised sleeves, hitting Shang Ruyi's face, and for the first time there was a sad aura, and Shang Ruyi also saw that his hand was exposed from the cuffs, as if wrapped in a bandage, but it was only exposed for a short moment, and then disappeared in front of him.

Shang Ruyi sighed and leaned his head back weakly.

Gangnam ...... Mulan sculls, the south of the Yangtze River where kingfishers cry in spring, is it really just a good scenery here?

For the next few days, Shang Ruyi stayed in this palace to recuperate.

In fact, she can only cultivate here, although this time she went south she did not experience any bloody disasters, not even scratched the skin wounds, but the long-term hunger and the fascination of drugs, so that her body and spirit still suffered a huge loss, she ate soup for several days, all kinds of precious tonic herbs also had to be sent to her room as if she didn't need money, and finally after a few days she was able to move freely, and she could eat and drink normally.

In the past few days, she has not seen Wo Xue.

She was a little worried that Chu Yang still killed her, and when she asked Father-in-law Yu, she found out that Wo Xue had picked up a life at her request, but because of her mistakes, she still received dozens of sticks.

A young and slender little girl, beaten down with dozens of sticks, lost half her life if she didn't die.

Seeing Shang Ruyi's somewhat worried expression, Father-in-law Yu said with a smile, "She is the one who Madame came forward to protect, and Your Majesty naturally won't really want her life. Those dozens of sticks are indeed punishments, and they are also beaten for others to see."

As he spoke, he sighed again and said, "Your Majesty is really concerned about Madame's affairs."

...... heart?

These two words made Shang Ruyi's heart uncomfortable for a while.

She said abruptly, "Doesn't my father-in-law know my identity?"

These days, Father-in-law Yu often comes to take care of her, and the two are already familiar with each other, Shang Ruyi feels that although this chamberlain is good at calculation, his heart is not bad, and he is also a little extra concerned about himself in addition to obeying his will. So the two of them can still talk from time to time.

Father-in-law Yu glanced at her, his expression seemed to be a little embarrassed, and he smiled bitterly, "Who doesn't know."

「……」

"But, you know, what?"

「……」

"Since Madame has already arrived at Jiangdu Palace, don't think about anything else, take good care of your body, and in your spare time, maybe it will be good for Madame to advise Your Majesty again."

Exhortation?

When Shang Ruyi heard these two words, his heart seemed to be a little touched. She looked at Father-in-law Yu and said softly, "Your Majesty hasn't shown up recently, isn't he handling government affairs?"

Father-in-law Yu glanced at her and didn't speak.

Shang Ruyi seemed to feel something, and asked again, "Father-in-law Yu, what is the situation on the Jiangdu side, please let the public know."

Father-in-law Yu still didn't speak.

Shang Ruyi frowned and said, "Jiangdu, are you still safe?"

Father-in-law Yu didn't say a word, but there was finally a faint crack on his face, which had always kept smiling, as if the smile couldn't keep up with the uneasiness in his heart.

At this moment, a little eunuch walked in with a panicked expression and whispered a few words to Father-in-law Yu, whose face changed greatly when he heard this, and exclaimed, "How could such a thing happen?!"

Shang Ruyi listened beside him, and sighed in his heart - what happened?

The little eunuch said, "Father-in-law, what should I do?"

"This kind of thing must be reported to Your Majesty immediately!"

Saying this, Father-in-law Yu was in trouble again, and said hesitantly, "But, but Your Majesty is now-"

Just when he was sweating profusely, he suddenly turned his head and saw Shang Ruyi on the side, his eyes lit up, and he grabbed her like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw, and said eagerly, "Madam, I have to rely on you this time."

"What?"

Before Shang Ruyi could react, he was dragged away.

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