The next morning, when I opened my eyes, it was already a bright room.

The time didn't seem to be early, Tusheer came in with hot water and was busy for a while, but Shang Ruyi was a little confused and lay on the bed, and for a long time, he couldn't come back to his senses.

Last night......

She subconsciously reached out and touched herself, and the touch of being hugged tightly seemed to be still there, but on the bed, it was clear that she was alone.

Is it a dream?

But in the dream, the touch of the warm and solid arm is too real.

It's real, it's like it's true......

"Miss?"

Just when she was a little dazed, Tusher's voice was already ringing in her ears, and when she turned her head, she was standing on the edge of the bed, and said cautiously, "What are you thinking?"

「……」

Shang Ruyi also asked himself, what are you thinking?

It's just a dream, what's there to think about?

So, she shook her head lightly.

When she got up to wash, she found that she didn't seem to be as weak as she had been a few days ago, and it seemed that these days of bed rest had taken effect. After breakfast, she was still persuaded by Tusheer to drink a bowl of medicine, and just as Tusheer was about to take sugar-pickled fruits to clear her mouth, Shang Ruyi said, "I want to go out for a walk."

When Tusheer heard this, she immediately said, "No, miss."

Shang Ruyi said calmly, "What kind of illness do I have, I have to stay in the room all the time. Are you trying to keep me sick, or are you putting me under house arrest?"

Hearing the words "house arrest", Tusher's face turned white with fright.

She hurriedly said, "Why does Miss say that, the slave maid just cares about Miss's body."

"I'm much better, I can get out of bed and do things on my own, if that's not good, do you want me to turn over and show you?"

Speaking of this, she glanced at Tu She'er coldly: "She'er, are you my maid or Yu Wenye's."

As soon as he heard this, Tusher's eyes also turned red.

She held her mouth and looked at Shang Ruyi for a while, and said softly, "Miss, don't say that, of course I am Miss's maid, and everything I do is for Miss's good." If the young lady wants to go out for a walk, just go for a walk, you can't say that about me. But you have to promise me that if the wind is strong outside, you must come back at once, and you will not stay outside to blow the wind all the time. Also, wear something thicker."

Although she was a little aggrieved in her words, she was still concerned and considerate of Shang Ruyi.

Shang Ruyi also knew that his words just now were a little heavy, so he could only sigh lightly and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Only then did Tusher relax a little.

So, she served Shang Ruyi and put on her clothes, and looked at her back and forth for a long time to make sure that there was no air leakage, so she helped her and carefully walked out of this room.

Walking all the way, I finally got out of the cabin and saw a little light of daylight.

Shang Ruyi's whole person was in a trance.

The deck in front of me was wide and flat, and it was very neatly tied, and as soon as I got out of the cabin, I immediately felt a gust of river breeze with moisture rushing towards me, as if I was gently brushed against my cheeks by a layer of moist tulle.

Shang Ruyi reached out and touched his face, and walked forward slowly. ….

This is the bow of the boat, and you can see the wide river ahead, and today there is no wind and waves, and the boat is really moving fast. Shang Ruyi leaned on the fence, and could see the wide river surface sparkling by the sun, as if there were countless golden koi swimming in the water, and on both sides of the canal, the green hills stretched, the green trees were shady, there were some people washing by the river, and the shepherd boy rode a cow and played the horizontal flute leisurely, and the sound of the flute floated far away by the sound of the water.

Shang Ruyi suddenly felt as if he was alive.

These days, she was indeed "locked up" by them in that small cabin to recuperate, but her heart was not imprisoned in a certain place in her memory, and she did not see the light of day, so that at this moment, these scenery appeared in front of her, and these people, she was shocked to realize that she was still alive.

This fireworks in the world is so

of freshness.

Shang Ruyi said, "Where are we?"

Tusher hurriedly said, "We have already passed Suzhou."

It's already past Suzhou......

Although she has been staying in that small cabin these days and has not seen the light of day, and she can hardly feel the passage of time, but how many days have passed, she probably still knows in her heart, but she didn't expect that the ship would go so fast that it had already passed Suzhou.

In other words, it is not far from Luoyang.

Speaking of which, it's one thing to ship fast.

For some reason, Shang Ruyi's ears seemed to sound the man's voice again-"This time, it only took more than ten days for Wo Xue to take you from Luoyang to Jiangdu. If there were no canals, do you know how long you would have to walk on the road?"

Yes, speaking of which, it's all his credit.

Shang Ruyi couldn't help but chuckle.

But this laughter was also choked.

Tusher had been standing beside her and staring at her very carefully, and as soon as she heard her laugh, she immediately stepped forward nervously: "Miss, what's wrong?"

Shang Ruyi glanced down at her and smiled, "It's nothing."

「……」

"I just feel like I'm alive...... It seems that there are benefits to being alive too."

「……」

Tusher tilted her head, as if she didn't understand her words, but immediately said, "Of course it's good to live, it's good to live. If you die, you won't do anything good."

At this time, a deep voice came from behind him-

"Of course it's good to be alive."

「……」

"To be alive is the greatest good."

Shang Ruyi looked back, and a somewhat familiar figure walked over, it was none other than Cheng Qiao, the deputy commander who had a relationship with her in Jiangdu Palace before.

He walked over and bowed his hand to Shang Ruyi: "Young lady."

Shang Ruyi was a little surprised when he saw him: "Master Cheng, are you here too?"

But thinking about it, it is reasonable that he will be on the boat, after all, on that night, he led his people and the Praetorian Guards to kill a river of blood, if he didn't leave Jiangdu, I was afraid that he would have been retaliated against by Wang Shao and them now, and there would be no bones left.

Sure enough, Cheng Qiao also said: "There is no place to stand in the lower Jiangdu, so I took my family to follow the second son."

Shang Ruyi nodded lightly.

Cheng Qiao looked her up and down, as if to confirm that she was intact, and then said, "Young lady, are you okay now?" ….

Shang Ruyi smiled reluctantly, "I'm fine."

Looking at her indifferent smile, Cheng Qiao's face couldn't help but have a look of sadness, and said, "It's a pity that I still haven't been able to protect the young lady."

Shang Ruyi then remembered that the Praetorian Guard's rebellion was the news he had delivered to him early in the morning.

But in the end—

Shang Ruyi immediately said, "No, your news came in time."

Cheng Qiao frowned: "Why is the young lady still-"

「……」

Shang Ruyi's expression darkened.

These days, she almost deliberately doesn't think about what happened that day, let alone her state of mind that day, but what happened happened happened, and all the people and things around her reminded her that she survived from that day, such a sea of bloody memories.

She shook her head slightly, a little pained.

Cheng Qiao is also a person who knows how to look, and when he saw her like this, he immediately shut up.

Shang Ruyi turned around, leaning on the fence and looking at the picturesque scenery around him, he suddenly thought of something again, and turned his head to look at him: "By the way, Master Cheng, the painting you asked people to pass on at that time - was it painted by yourself?"

Cheng Qiao immediately shook his head: "No."

"That's—"

"It was brought to me at my house the night before the Winter Food Festival."

Shang Ruyi's eyes lit up:

"Who is it?"

Cheng Qiao said: "It was too late, and this person deliberately pretended, asked me to hand over the painting and left, and I didn't see who he was."

「…… Oh."

Shang Ruyi lowered his head in some frustration.

Cheng Qiao said, "However, it should be a woman."

"Woman?"

Shang Ruyi's eyes lit up again: "Are you sure?"

Cheng Qiao said: "This point can still be determined. Although she deliberately dressed up and spoke in a low voice, when she handed me the painting, I could smell a scent from her sleeve, which was supposed to be a woman's fat powder. So, I can conclude that she is a woman."

「……」

"Actually, I wanted to find out who this person was, but—"

Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment before he said softly, "At that time, the second prince was in my house and discussed with me about breaking into the Jiangdu Palace. The stakes are very high, and it needs to be kept secret, so I didn't dare to make a fuss, so I had to let that person go."

「……」

Shang Ruyi's heart sank slightly.

Actually, this is not a secret, since on the night of the Cold Food Festival, Yu Wenye and Cheng Qiao led people to break into the Guangming Gate, then they must have met before and discussed everything.

It's just that when I hear it at this moment, there is a strange tingling sensation.

Shang Ruyi was silent for a moment and said, "Oh."

It seemed that he felt the coldness on her body, Cheng Qiao originally wanted to say anything, but he couldn't say anything, and he stopped talking after a few times, and finally mustered up the courage to say: "Actually, we planned for a few days, just to protect the young lady, but we didn't expect that the incident happened suddenly, and the young lady would finally go to the Hall of Light——"

Speaking of this, he said in a deep voice, "Please forgive the young lady."

Shang Ruyi glanced at him and said with a faint smile: "You saved me, and you still want to ask me for forgiveness, what is the reason?"

「……」

"Master Cheng, I am only grateful to you."

Cheng Qiao looked at her, there seemed to be some contradiction and struggle in his eyes, but he couldn't speak.

At this time, the wind on the canal was strong, and although Cheng Qiao was thinly dressed, he was physically strong and did not feel anything; But Shang Ruyi was different, although she was dressed very tightly, as soon as the cold wind blew, she immediately felt a chill infiltrate her limbs and five bodies, as if she had been pricked by needles.

How come, so cold?

As soon as Shang Ruyi shrank back, he felt a warmth on his body, and when he looked back, he saw that Tusheer had already taken a thick wind coat and put it on her.

She said, "Miss, don't catch a cold."

Shang Ruyi glanced down, this wind and eyes were born, and it didn't look like his own.

So he asked, "Where did you come from?"

Cold green shirt