Chu Yang's face immediately sank.

And the jade father-in-law was so frightened that he hurriedly confessed: "The slave and maid are out of honor in front of the emperor, the slave and maid deserve to die, please forgive your majesty."

「……」

Chu Yang squinted his eyes slightly and looked at him for a while, and said coldly, "Are you so old that you are so frizzy even doing such a trivial matter."

Father-in-law Yu kowtowed repeatedly: "The slave should die, the slave should die."

Shang Ruyi hurriedly said, "Please forgive Your Majesty Father-in-law Yu, he is old and his hands and feet are not so convenient."

Chu Yang still looked at the father-in-law Yu who was kneeling on the ground, and after a long while, he said with a smile: "Someone pleaded for you, why don't you hurry up and thank you."

Only then did Gonggong Yu turn his head to Shang Ruyi and said, "Thank you, young lady."

Chu Yang waved his hand coldly: "Go down and do your business."

Father-in-law Yu seemed to have picked up a life from the Ghost Gate, got up from the ground in a cold sweat, and retreated-but, when he was leaving, the little shining eyes glanced at Shang Ruyi, and then lowered his head and closed the door.

Shang Ruyi's heart moved slightly.

At this time, Chu Yang turned his head to look at her, "What did you just say to me?"

Shang Ruyi thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "It's nothing."

Chu Yang looked at her for a while, and there seemed to be a little smile on her handsome face, but there was no smile in her slender phoenix eyes. He slowly stood up and said, "Since it's nothing, let's go and accompany me to the garden."

Shang Ruyi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly got up: "Yes."

On this day, the two of them played in the picturesque back garden of the inner palace for a long time, and when the sun set, the sunset burned the bluestone slab floor red, Shang Ruyi dragged a somewhat tired body back to the palace, Wo Xue had already prepared hot water for her to clean, and when she cleaned up a little, dinner was sent again.

It's still a full table, and the dishes are jaw-droppingly exquisite.

Shang Ruyi couldn't help frowning.

Although she was so tired and hungry in her stomach, she didn't have any appetite when she picked up the dishes and chopsticks, but felt like her chest was jammed like a big stone. And at this moment, Father-in-law Yu brought a bowl of soup and medicine to her with a little eunuch, and said with a smile: "This is Your Majesty's order, so that the young lady must use it after dinner."

Shang Ruyi said, "My body has healed."

Yu Gong said fairly: "The body is healed, and this medicine is solid and cultivated. The young lady was tired from traveling a few days ago and hurt her vitality, and if she doesn't make up for it, it will not be suitable in the future."

When Shang Ruyi heard this, he could only nod and say, "Put it down."

So the little eunuch put down the medicine bowl and turned and withdrew.

When Father-in-law Yu made a salute and was about to leave, Shang Ruyi stopped him, and motioned to Wo Xue and several other palace maids who were serving around him to withdraw, and when they were all gone, she asked softly, "Father-in-law, why did you stop me today?"

Father-in-law Yu glanced at her, only smiled and did not speak.

Shang Ruyi said: "Although my father-in-law is old, he is not a frizzy person, and he will not make the mistake of losing his manners in front of the emperor. My father-in-law didn't want me to finish his sentence at that time, so he deliberately interrupted me, right?"

「……」

"Can't you say those words?" ….

Father-in-law Yu looked at her for a while, finally sighed, and said softly, "In the past few days that the young lady has come to Jiangdu Palace, has she ever taken a step out of the palace gate?"

Shang Ruyi shook his head.

Not to mention stepping out of the palace gate, she has never even seen the palace gate of Jiangdu Palace, let alone seen the outside world, which makes Chu Yang haunted by dreams, and even sang "Good dreams and old colors, why bother to be trapped in the dark dynasty" Jiangnan What is it like.

Yu Gong said fairly: "The young lady has never even left the palace gate, and she knows about vegetables and grains, so the ministers in the court who are worried about the society day and night, will they not know? Won't they give advice to the emperor?"

Shang Ruyi said, "Father-in-law is saying that someone has already said it?"

Father-in-law Yu sighed: "Not only have people said it, but also

More than one person has said that."

"That's—"

"Lord Nayanji confronted the emperor and was beheaded; Su Shilang of the Ministry of Rites admonished His Majesty that he has now been demoted to the third level; There are also a few people who are soft-spoken, in the prison."

「……」

A ray of fiery sunset outside the window shone on Shang Ruyi's pale face, and it also illuminated the distraction and helplessness in her eyes clearly. She opened her mouth, and after a long while, she said abruptly, "Your Majesty, don't you listen?"

Father-in-law Yu only smiled bitterly.

He turned his head and said, "The slave maid stopped the young lady, but she didn't want the young lady to do useless work, because neither His Majesty nor the ministers of the court could think of any solution to this matter. The only way—"

Shang Ruyi looked at him with shiny eyes: "What is it?"

Yugong said fairly: "It is what the beheaded Lord Ji mentioned, Your Majesty can no longer stay in Jiangdu, and should immediately regain his strength, wave his army north, and return to Luoyang to recapture the eastern capital."

「……」

When Shang Ruyi heard this, he sighed helplessly in his heart.

Hearing this, she also understood why this Master Ji was beheaded.

This is indeed the only feasible way in front of him, but he wants the emperor to give up his attitude of evasion, and let him return to Luoyang to face his failures and mistakes, how can he not annoy Chu Yang and invite the disaster of killing?

Father-in-law Yu continued: "The slave maid doesn't want the young lady to annoy Your Majesty, and it is useless to have a relationship with the young lady; And His Majesty is angry with the young lady - the young lady has a special status, and may not be punished like those adults, but the unlucky ones don't know who it is."

「……」

"Moreover, it's not just Jiangdu's affairs that Your Majesty doesn't listen to or read, and now, Your Majesty doesn't even read the battle report sent back from Luoyang."

"Luoyang Battle Report?"

Shang Ruyi's heart couldn't help but jump again.

She took a deep breath, trying to make her look and tone sound calm, and asked, "Over there, how's it going?"

Father-in-law Yu smiled bitterly: "Specifically, we don't know, but we just heard that after Liang Shide captured Luoyang, he captured several cities one after another, and there was not a single soldier in the surrounding counties to resist it. Now, they're the most powerful of the rebels."

「……」

Shang Ruyi's heart tugged.

Liang Shide was overwhelmed, that is, his military operations were not hindered in any way. ….

No one was going to stop him.

Yu Wenye didn't ......

What happened to him now?

It is the people he cares about who have returned to Taiyuan to live the life they want to live; Or, because of excessive blood loss, the injury is difficult to treat-

This question, which was like a knife pierced in the heart, only thought about it, and pierced it a little deeper, Shang Ruyi was short of breath, his face was a little pale, and he could only hold on to the edge of the table with two hands, so that he could barely support his body.

Looking at her breathlessness, Father-in-law Yu was thoughtful.

After a while, he said, "Young lady, please take care."

Shang Ruyi finally calmed his heartbeat and breathing, looked up at him again, and could only say weakly, "Thank you father-in-law for your concern, I understand what you said."

「……」

"It's just that if Your Majesty doesn't listen to these things, then I don't know, what else can I advise Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Father-in-law Yu smiled bitterly again.

He said, "At this time, there is probably only - don't make Your Majesty unhappy, and take care of yourself, which is the only thing the young lady can do."

With that, he saluted, turned and left.

And Shang Ruyi watched his back disappear into the fiery sunset, and after a long time, he lowered his head, looked at the delicate dishes on the table, which were a little disgusting, picked up the dishes and chopsticks, and ate them with the same taste as chewing wax.

By the time she had finished her dinner, it was dark.

The sound of various palace doors closing slowly sounded around the huge Jiangdu Palace

The sound, which roared hoarsely in the night, was like the roar of a strange beast, and when the heavy palace door was closed, there was a muffled loud noise, and everything was calm again.

Only tonight, it wasn't so calm.

In the square in front of the main hall of Jiangdu Palace, the Praetorian Guards were patrolling in formation, walking to the bright gate due south. This palace gate is the largest after entering the Jiangdu Palace, and it is also the gate that leads directly to the square in front of the main hall, and it is still open at the moment, and he immediately said, "What's the matter, why hasn't the palace gate been closed yet?"

No one answered them.

The Praetorian Guards shouted louder, "Is it a dead man? Are the guards of Jiangdu Palace dead?"

In the midst of their shouts, a group of people and horses hurriedly came from outside, it was the guards of the Jiangdu Palace, they had just closed the palace gates on the left and right sides of the square, and finally closed this one, only a few steps slower, they heard the shouts and curses of those people, and immediately shouted angrily: "What are you scolding!"

"What's wrong with scolding you? Won't the coffin be scolded if he can't do things?"

"You are the dead!"

Seeing that both sides were about to make a move, Cheng Qiao walked up, stretched out his hand to stop his own people, looked at the people of the Praetorian Guard, and said calmly: "Several of our brothers couldn't get up after being beaten with sticks today, and they were short of manpower, so they came slowly. Please be quiet."

"What happened to the batons?"

One of the generals of the Praetorian Guard sneered, "Got a baton? Our brother has been stabbed by you! but you have cried out before us."

Cheng Qiao glanced at them, and could see that these people were deliberately finding fault, but now that the time for closing the door had passed, he couldn't delay any longer. So he stopped arguing, only turned his head and waved his hand: "Close the door, lock it."

His men immediately came over and slowly closed the two heavy palace doors.

It's so easy, the palace gate is finally closed.

However, the Praetorian Guards standing inside the door had hideous faces and fierce eyes.

When the people outside were gone, they were still standing at the gate of the palace, and a few of them were indignant, and said to the general: "Big brother, you really shouldn't talk nonsense with those people just now, you should teach them a good lesson, so many brothers have been beheaded and their homes have been raided, we can't swallow this breath!"

At this time, a cold and faint voice sounded in the crowd-

"If you can't swallow this breath, you can relieve your anger by beating these people? Don't you know who made us suffer the grievances?".

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