The footsteps were light and orderly, until they stopped outside the door, and then, Shen Wuzheng's gentle voice sounded through the door panel: "Ruyi."

As soon as he heard his voice, Shang Ruyi was overjoyed.

She was about to speak, but Yu Wenye, who was clinging to her body and had gloomy eyes, had already lowered her face and said, "Big brother, it's getting late, we have to prepare to rest."

「……！」

Shang Ruyi suddenly became anxious and looked at him with a frown.

When the person outside the door heard this, he didn't leave immediately, but was silent for a while, and then said, "But I just heard Ruyi's voice, and she hasn't slept yet."

Yu Wenye frowned, and wanted to say something more, but at this time, Shang Ruyi didn't give him a chance, and immediately said, "Brother, I haven't slept yet."

After saying that, he pushed him away.

Yu Wenye was pushed by her and staggered back two steps, and when he looked up again, Shang Ruyi had immediately turned around and opened the door.

Shen Wuzheng stood outside the door. At this time, the moon was already in the sky, and the bright moonlight shone on his fair face, compared to the quiet and introverted during the day, he had a strange gentleness on his body at this moment, especially the moment he saw Shang Ruyi, there seemed to be a lot more light in those eyes.

It's just that when he looked up at Yu Wenye behind Shang Ruyi again, a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes.

He clearly heard that the voices of the two people just now were coming from the doorway across the door—people who wanted to rest would not stand at the door.

Moreover, there seems to be a strange atmosphere between the two people in the room.

At this time, Shang Ruyi also seemed to feel something, she subconsciously reached out and smoothed out the clothes that were a little messy between the entanglements of the two people just now, and then smiled reluctantly: "Brother, are you looking for me?"

Shen Wuzheng looked at Yu Wenye, then at Shang Ruyi, and said with a smile, "I have something to say to you."

At this time, it is impossible to ask for it.

Shang Ruyi hurriedly said, "Okay, we-"

She turned her face sideways, although she only saw Yu Wenye's figure behind her out of the corner of her eye, she seemed to be able to feel the unbreathable oppression emanating from him, and she immediately said, "Let's go out and talk, this room is a little stuffy."

So, she turned around and said, "I, I'll go out for a walk with my brother, and you—rest first."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out as if he had fled.

Because the temple is not big, out of the dormitory, and after walking for a while, they arrived in the front yard, at this time the monks are in the main hall of the temple for evening classes, can hear the sound of their low chanting of Buddhist scriptures in the quiet night, and the sandalwood in the air also makes the night more quiet.

At this time, Shang Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as I turned around, I saw that Shen Wuzheng was still quietly following behind, and her gentle eyes were always chasing her back, and being looked at by such a gaze was like being gently brushed by a pair of hands, and even the pain in her heart and body was alleviated a lot.

Shang Ruyi was about to say something, but he heard the sound of the monks chanting in the main hall, he was afraid of disturbing others, and Shen Wuzheng seemed to have the same concern, so the two of them turned around and walked along the corridor to the side hall.

As she walked, she whispered, "Brother, what did you come to me to say?" ….

Shen Wuzheng walked beside her: "How are you doing?"

This is a gentle sentence, and it is also a word that has been separated between brothers and sisters for a long time, and it should be asked, but for some reason, when he heard him ask, Shang Ruyi's heart palpitated unconsciously.

She subconsciously lowered her head, avoiding Shen Wuzheng's gaze.

"I—"

But before she could finish speaking, Shen Wuzheng said again, "It's easy for you to hide from me, after all, we have been separated for so long, and I can't fully understand what happened to you. Even, even if I find out what happened to you, I can't know how you feel. I just hope that my little sister can really live well, and if she is not doing well, at least don't deceive me as an elder brother."

「……」

What was meant to be said, after hearing his words, came out again

I can't say anything.

Shang Ruyi suddenly felt a stalk in her throat, and when she was about to open her mouth again, her voice was almost a little choked, and she whispered, "Brother, don't say that."

Seeing that she still refused to confess, Shen Wuzheng sighed lightly, and then said, "I already know about Sheng Guogong's support for the establishment of the new emperor, so how can I not know the news of the emperor of the Jiangdu Palace that he respects from afar?"

「……！」

Shang Ruyi's breath was suffocated, and his pretended calm eyes were suddenly shattered.

After a while, she said in a dumb voice, "Brother, you already know......

Shen Wuzheng nodded solemnly.

Shang Ruyi smiled bitterly, feeling that her eyes were a little hot, she lowered her head, endured it for a long time before swallowing the indescribable pain and sourness in her heart, and then slowly raised her head, looked at Shen Wuzheng with moist eyes, and said softly, "Brother, are you going to ask me, is it true - killed the king?"

「……」

Shen Wuzheng was silent for a moment and shook his head: "I don't ask."

Shang Ruyi was stunned: "Why?"

Shen Wuzheng said, "I know better than anyone what kind of person my little sister is. I can see that you are sad rather than afraid, so how can you do this?"

Shang Ruyi's heart warmed: "Brother......"

Shen Wuzheng bowed his head to her and said in a deep voice, "I just want to know why you got involved with the emperor."

Speaking of this, Shen Wuzheng's eyes deepened a little, looked closely at Shang Ruyi's somewhat flickering eyes, and said in a deep voice: "I know very well that you didn't interact with people in the palace before you got married, why did you marry into the Yuwen family for only a year or two, and you are so close to the emperor and the queen. Even, will you go to Jiangdu Palace, encounter those things, and still fall into the dilemma of 'killing the king?'

「……」

"What the emperor does to you—"

The more he asked, the more chaotic Shang Ruyi's breathing became.

She bit her lower lip, and knew that she couldn't hide it, and it was her brother in front of her, so she shouldn't hide it from him - so she told Shen Wuzheng all the time from the time she was stopped by Chu Yang on her way out to ask for joy, until Wo Xue, who was hiding beside her, suddenly became troubled and took herself to Jiangdu.

Shen Wuzheng's brows furrowed when he heard this.

He was silent for a long time before he said, "For no reason, why would he suddenly stop you on your way to get married?" ….

「……」

Shang Ruyi lowered his head.

Just now, she intentionally or unintentionally hid the affairs of Empress Jiang and Yu Wenye, and naturally did not mention Princess Xinyue, so Chu Yang would suddenly appear on her way to get married - even, it would seem so strange and even abrupt that she would appear in her life.

After being silent for a long time, he only smiled bitterly and said, "Probably, he is too lonely."

Shen Wuzheng frowned: "Lonely?"

Shang Ruyi said, "Maybe in the eyes of the world, he is indeed a-"

Speaking of this, she hesitated for a moment, although she already knew in her heart how people would evaluate Chu Yang now, and even in the future-he couldn't avoid the evaluation of "tyrant" and "faint monarch" at all, and he couldn't avoid it, but from her heart, she couldn't bear to even involve such a title with that lonely person.

So she cut it off, and continued, "But it seems to me that he is more of a lonely man who is about to go mad."

「……」

"He wants to find someone who understands him and understands him, that's why he does everything he can."

At this moment, she also thought of the time when she saw the fairy-like man in the warm dock with red eyes and confiding in her great ambitions, his vision was so long-term, his steps were so firm, he was smart and arrogant, he was a child who was favored and spoiled by God, originally, he should be a great emperor.

It's just that his eyes only look into the distance, but he can't see the ant-like people who are struggling to survive under his feet; His steps are so firm, but he has also broken the country, and even more so his own life.

Shang Ruyi couldn't help but smile bitterly

snorted.

Looking at the sadness in her eyes that couldn't be hidden, Shen Wuzheng's brows frowned a little tighter, and he was silent for a long time, when he suddenly said, "You treat him—"

Shang Ruyi thought for a moment and said, "Although he used me as a confidant, I know that with this shallow knowledge of my own, it is not enough to be a confidant of others—"

Before she finished her words, Shen Wuzheng immediately said, "You are not allowed to say that about yourself!"

Shang Ruyi stopped and looked up at him.

I saw that Shen Wuzheng also stopped and turned to face her, reached out and gently brushed a strand of hair on her sideburns that was blown by the night breeze behind her ear, and then said, "My little sister, deserves the best scenery in the world."

Shang Ru thought that he was protecting himself like this, and he was not even allowed to say a word of self-deprecation and self-deprecation, so he couldn't help but smile, and the feeling of being cared for also made her heart warmer. She walked on, saying as she went, "Actually, I'm just—I just can't bear to look at him too lonely."

「……」

Shen Wuzheng's face was gloomy and he didn't speak.

After a while, he said, "Even if he wants a confidant, he shouldn't let someone kidnap you and put you in that kind of danger. You must know that his departure from Luoyang, including his actions in Jiangdu Palace, not only gave up his Jiangshan Sheji, but even put life and death out of the way. It doesn't matter if he lives or dies, and even you are in danger of carrying him—"

At this, for the first time, a clear look of anger appeared on his calm face.

No matter how good his cultivation is, years of cultivation can't make him not get angry at this time. ….

After all, it was Shang Ruyi in front of him, the little sister he had always regarded as a treasure and was unwilling to let anyone hurt or even get involved.

Even if Shang Ruyi had just hidden all the suffering and pain he had suffered between his words, how could he not know that the pain of this line of injury was inevitable, and it might even be nine deaths!

As soon as he thought of everything that Shang Ruyi might encounter in Jiangdu Palace, he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.

Seeing his brother like this, although Shang Ruyi's heart was also torn apart by the memory, he immediately said, "Brother, everything has passed, I can leave Jiangdu Palace safely, and I can reunite with my brother, for me, it is Yunkai Yueming."

「……」

"Now, it's more important to think about the big things in front of you."

「……」

"If we can really take Wanggangzhai, it will be a good thing for us in the future."

She said so easily that she even laughed at Shen Wuzheng.

However, the more relaxed her smile was at this moment, the deeper the pain in Shen Wuzheng's eyes that could not be concealed, and even at this moment, even Shang Ruyi clearly felt that he seemed to have been suppressing a certain emotion, and it was since the two met.

She whispered, "Brother, what's wrong?"

Shen Wuzheng looked at her silently, and when he spoke again, his voice was a little hoarse, and he said, "Big things, of course, have to be considered, but in my heart, your peace and joy are also very important. What's the point of things going well if you're having a bad day?"

「……」

Shang Ruyi's heart felt a little inexplicably uneasy.

She smiled reluctantly, "Brother, I'm doing well."

"Won't you tell the truth?"

Shen Wuzheng looked at her, his eyes were heavy, and finally said, "If you are really doing well, how can you have a miscarriage!"

「……！」

At this moment, Shang Ruyi only felt a shock in his heart, as if he had been hit hard by something.

She suddenly turned pale, and subconsciously said, "You, how do you know?"

Shen Wuzheng looked at her, then looked down at her hanging by her side, clenched her fists hard, her ten fingers struggling into white hands, and said in a deep voice, "If my little sister can tell me in person, it will be better than I diagnose it myself."

「……」

"At least, it means that I am your dependence, little sister."

Shang Ruyi was stunned, and immediately recalled that he met in front of the gazebo today, and he held his hand through his sleeve

Stopped his wrist, and at that time I felt his fingers stiffen, and I thought it was just unconscious, it turned out -

Shen Wuzheng said abruptly, "But obviously, my incompetence as an elder brother is not enough for my little sister to rely on me completely."

"Brother—"

Shang Ruyi's heart suddenly felt a pain again, and he said softly, "I didn't."

「……」

"I just, I don't want my brother to worry about me."

Shen Wuzheng said, "If you don't say it, let me see it for myself, it will only make me more worried."

He took a step forward, looked down at Shang Ruyi's somewhat broken eyes, and said softly, "Why is this happening? What the hell have you been through?"

Shang Ruyi turned her head and wanted to avoid her brother's eyes, but even if she avoided his eyes, she couldn't avoid the pain that made her powerless, and even at this moment, she was already a little numb from the pain.

What did she go through?

She couldn't help but think about it, from the first time she saw the young man standing at her door on that sunny afternoon in the Shen Mansion, who was full of spirit and handsomeness, until just now, he was angry at herself.

Along the way, although she has experienced too many life and death moments, and even wars, killings, and nine deaths, in fact, in the end, she only experienced her own self-inflicted affection, love but can't, and finally ended up with such a wound, but she wanted to say nothing.

After being silent for a long time, she smiled bitterly.

And looking at her bitter smile, Shen Wuzheng's pupils deepened a little, and he said in a deep voice: "Ruyi, I didn't have time to rush back when you got married before, so I didn't have time to say a lot of things, but now it's not too late to say it."

"What?"

"No matter what the general trend of the world is, your happiness is the most important thing."

「……」

"If you want to leave someone, somewhere, I will take you away without hesitation!"

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