Shang Ruyi originally wanted to stay away from that name as if he was fleeing, but when he heard this, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

Cheng Qiao said, please be careful?

With the last sentence she just said, even if Cheng Qiao really cares about her, what he wants to say should be to ask her to take care, why is it the word "careful"?

Caution and care, while they sound similar, are very different here and now.

Shang Ruyi looked back at Cheng Qiao, originally wanting to ask a question, but after looking around, he changed his words and said, "By the way, yesterday the Praetorian Guards fought with your people, and there were a lot of casualties, do you know about this matter?"

Cheng Qiao's face sank, and he said in a low voice, "Of course."

"Your Majesty is sending someone to investigate this matter, do you know why the fight started?"

「……」

Cheng Qiao looked at him and seemed to want to say something, but he stopped talking, and hesitated for a long time before slowly saying, "For a dish of green vegetables."

"What?"

Shang Ruyi thought he had misheard, and Cheng Qiao repeated with a wry smile: "It's just a plate of green vegetables."

Shang Ruyi looked confused - for a plate of vegetables?

How can it be?!

It seemed that even Cheng Qiao, who knew the truth, felt ridiculous, and he said with a wry smile: "Young lady, don't doubt it, in fact, as soon as it happens, we will all ask clearly. Yesterday, our people went to the Chengnan Restaurant to eat, and there was a plate of green vegetables in the dish they ordered, and then the Praetorian Guards came, and they also ordered the same dish, but the store only had the last point left. The Praetorian Guards asked our men to give up the order, but our men naturally refused, so they quarreled, and they quarreled and fought."

「……」

"And then, that's it."

Shang Ruyi was still speechless, although she heard Father-in-law Yu say that the people on both sides had a grudge, and it was logical to quarrel like this, but when she thought that the cause turned out to be a plate of green vegetables, she still felt incredible.

After a while, she said, "Why is it for a little green?"

That Cheng Qiao glanced at him again, stopped talking a few times, and finally said, "Although it's just a little green, it's worth a lot."

"What?"

Shang Ruyi heard the question and immediately asked, "Why do you say that?"

Na Chengqiao said: "This time, His Majesty has brought more than 400,000 people to the Jiangdu Palace, and the food and drink of these people are all problems."

Shang Ruyi immediately said, "But I heard that His Majesty the Emperor brought grain."

"I did bring some food, but the ration consumption of 400,000 people was too great, so I still had to take some more from the people, not to mention, fresh vegetables, poultry and eggs, which could not be brought, and needed to be supplied by the local people."

「……」

"Now it's the time when the green and yellow are not available, the people themselves can't eat enough, and suddenly there are more than 400,000 mouths, the young lady is afraid that she doesn't know, and now even the eggs have risen to three dollars of silver."

"What?"

I don't know how many times Shang Ruyi couldn't believe her ears, she opened her eyes and looked at Cheng Qiao, and suddenly looked back at Wo Xue, but saw Wo Xue's face was embarrassed, and she hesitated for a long time before nodding her head gently.

It's true!

Speaking of which, a dish of greens that caused a scuffle and killed and injured many people was just afraid-

….

Cheng Qiao said worriedly: "I heard that people have begun to starve to death outside the city, and the situation inside the city is not optimistic."

Saying that, he looked up at Shang Ruyi: "So please take care of the young lady, be careful."

「……」

Shang Ruyi stopped talking, only looked at him with a solemn face, and she also knew the deep meaning of the word "careful" in his words.

If the common people do not survive, there is only one way to go, which is the fundamental reason why rebels have sprung up all over the country over the years.

Shang Ruyi said abruptly, "I know, you also- take care."

With that, she turned to leave.

But just walked two steps to the bridge again

Stopped her out loud, Shang Ruyi turned around, not knowing what else he was going to say, but seeing Cheng Qiao hesitating and asking softly, "Young lady, is the second son really not coming?"

「……」

Shang Ruyi's chest seemed to be punched by something.

She barely suppressed her chaotic breathing, saw Cheng Qiao for a while, and said with a faint smile: "He, he has his own things to do, and there are people who need his protection, I think, he won't come."

After saying that, she stopped and turned to leave.

Walking all the way back, Shang Ruyi's footsteps did not stop, and it was not until she was about to return to the palace where she lived that she stopped, barely breathed a sigh of relief, Wo Xue quietly walked up to help her, and said softly, "Young lady, you have to take care of your body."

Shang Ruyi gasped for a while, then looked back at her: "Wo Xue, is the situation outside really that bad?"

「……」

Wo Xue didn't speak, but the posture of lowering her head seemed to be a default.

Shang Ruyi's brows twisted into a pimple, and she gasped for two more breaths before she said, "Since it's already like this, why is the kitchen still so wasteful?"

Wo Xue still didn't speak.

Shang Ruyi frowned and looked at her, and recalled that every time he met with Chu Yang since he met, his life was indeed extravagant, just take the first time the two met when he accompanied her to see the scenery, and the gorgeous pair of woven feather step fairy shoes on his feet were only stained with some mud, and they were replaced and discarded on the side of the road at will.

And the pearls and jade inlaid on those shoes are enough for several families to eat and drink for a year.

Thinking of this, she sighed and smiled, "What I said is also superfluous."

After saying that, she shook her head, raised her head and continued to walk forward, and returned to the gate of the palace after a few steps, but as soon as she pushed the door open, Shang Ruyi's breathing immediately tightened again, because she saw Chu Yang sitting inside, a pair of slender phoenix eyes slowly looked at her when she heard the sound of the door opening, her eyes were impatient.

When did he come? How long have you been waiting?

Shang Ruyi and Wo Xue were both startled, and the two of them hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Meet the emperor."

Chu Yang slowly got up and walked in front of her, and when the hem of his clothes flickered, Shang Ruyi once again saw the luxurious and exquisite woven feather step fairy shoes on his feet, but now that she saw that she had completely lost the original amazement of beauty.

I just feel glaring.

At this time, Chu Yang's voice sounded above his head-

"Where did you go?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty didn't let me out......

"I'm asking you where you've been."

"Ruyi - I've been in the house for a few days, and I'm a little bored, and if I want to go out for a walk today, I'll let Wo Xue accompany me for a walk outside."

….

「……」

Chu Yang looked at her for a while and said, "Next time, don't let me wait that long."

Shang Ruyi didn't breathe a sigh of relief until this time: "Yes."

Immediately, a smile appeared on Chu Yang's face again. He leaned down and grabbed Shang Ruyi's wrist to help her up, and said, "Actually, I came here to see you. Although you were not familiar with the sword dance you accompanied me yesterday, you are very talented, and the sword dance is also beneficial to your body. So, I'm going to take you again—"

Shang Ruyi hesitated for a moment and said, "But Your Majesty, I just walked for a while and I'm a little tired."

Chu Yang said, "Really? Then you can rest immediately."

After speaking, he took her hand and walked back to the table and sat down, looked at her carefully for a while, and then said, "You are tired, your face is not very good-looking, you can't go too far for a walk in the future."

「……」

Shang Ruyi glanced up at him.

At this time, she couldn't close her eyes and remembered the first time the two of them met, she was a hundred times more depressed than now, and he just took herself to an abandoned post pavilion to see the scenery, without a word of comfort.

It's not like now, and he even cares about his own face.

For a moment, she couldn't help but wonder which side it was

The true face of this Ninety-Five Supreme, but immediately, she told herself that in fact, it was either side.

Because the courtiers' admonitions were harsh, it was he who was directly exiled and killed; The decree is harsh, and it is he who treats the people of the world as a mustard; He was the one who swept the floor into soldiers and buried hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Great Cause Dynasty on the battlefield of the Gouli Kingdom.

Even--he is the one who doesn't care about Empress Jiang, and he is the one who cares about himself.

People are inherently multifaceted.

Thinking about it this way, isn't it the same for Yu Wenye?

It's just that the aspirations of the two of them are different from what they expect, and in essence, there is no difference.

Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi couldn't help but smile.

As soon as he saw her smile, Chu Yang immediately said, "What are you laughing at?"

"I—"

Shang Ruyi was stunned for a moment, and was not sure how to answer, when at this moment, Gonggong Yu walked in from outside, bowed to Chu Yang and said, "Your Majesty."

Chu Yang frowned: "What's the matter?"

Yu Gong said fairly: "The fight between the guards of the old palace and the Praetorian Guards that happened in the city yesterday has been investigated, and I am here to report it to Your Majesty."

Shang Ruyi immediately looked at him.

As soon as Chu Yang stretched out his hand, the jade father-in-law hurriedly presented the documents, only to see Chu Yang take the documents and unfold them and look at them a few times, and his face immediately sank.

After a while, he said, "Just for a dish?"

Shang Ruyi's breath couldn't help but sink.

Really.

Although she knew that Cheng Qiao should not deceive herself, she still felt ridiculous and uncomfortable when she really saw it from the investigation documents and heard the truth from Chu Yang's mouth.

It's just for a plate of greens.

Chu Yang's face was pale, and he looked at the document again with anger in his eyes, then snapped it shut and said, "Since the matter has been clarified, there is no need to say more. The Praetorian Guards, the two who led the trouble, were immediately decided, and they were executed immediately; The remaining thirteen were exiled from their homes. The guards of the Jiangdu Palace who participated in the brawl were each given seventy military sticks, and all of them were fined for one year."

With that, he threw the paperwork to the ground.

Father-in-law Yu hurriedly knelt down and picked it up, and said, "The slave is going to pass the decree."

Chu Yang let out a heavy breath, and as soon as he raised his head, he happened to meet Shangshang's wishful gaze, and asked, "What's wrong?" Do you have something to say?"

Shang Ruyi has no opinion on his rewards and punishments.

However, killing only a few people, beating a few people, and punishing a few people is simply a symptom but not a root cause. She thought for a moment and said softly, "Your Majesty, actually, that dish—"

Before she finished her words, Father-in-law Yu, who was crossing the threshold, suddenly tripped up.

"Ouch!"

Cold green shirt