Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1009 He Du is a premature baby

After a long silence, Shang Ruyi spoke first again. She looked at Lei Yu's beautiful face, which was already full of mature charm, illuminated by the firelight, and said with a smile: "But I am still very happy to see you here. You——"

As she spoke, her eyes subconsciously moved to Lei Yu's belly.

She did not forget that before she left the Western Turkic yamen, Lei Yu had been pregnant for more than two months, and not long after that she also became pregnant with Yuan Qian. Now Yuan Qian is already ten months pregnant, so -

Looking up and meeting Shang Ruyi's gaze, Lei Yu also understood something.

But she did not speak immediately. Instead, she looked behind her warily. The Turkic soldiers were still busy setting up tents and looking for water sources, but Ashina Zhuye was not in the Turkic camp. She did not know where she had gone. So she leaned forward slightly and whispered cautiously, "My son's name is Hedu."

"Son? You gave birth to a son!"

Hearing this, Shang Ruyi's face immediately showed a happy smile. Although at the same time, she also felt an indescribable and strange emotion in her heart, she still said happily: "Call Hedu? Ashina Hedu?"

"Yes."

"Where is he?"

"Stay near Xiazhou. He is only one year old, and it is not appropriate for him to come with us. It was Ashina Zhuye who insisted that he come with us, saying that he wanted him to see the world. But this time, we have to travel day and night to Suizhou, and I am worried that the child is too young to bear it, so I left him in Xiazhou."

"Oh……"

Shang Ruyi let out a long sigh and nodded, "So that's how it is."

No wonder Princess Qiancheng sent three letters asking for help, and Yuwen Yuan considered it for so long, and only set out after she volunteered. The main force led by Ashina Zhuye had not yet taken Xiazhou. It turned out that the Turks took the child with them on the road, and they had to take into account the physical condition of the mother and child. Naturally, they could not travel as fast as they did in wartime, which was why it was delayed until now.

Shang Ruyi was grateful but also a little regretful, and sighed, "It would be great if I could meet him once, he must be very cute."

She recalled the appearance of the little prince of Western Turkic in her memory. Although Iasu was a Turk, he was very handsome, and Lei Yu was a radiant beauty. Their children must be very cute.

Iasu...

Suddenly thinking of this person, Shang Ruyi's mood sank again. She suddenly thought of something and lowered her voice and said, "This child is——"

Lei Yu's expression immediately became serious.

Before she could finish, Lei Yu interrupted her: "He Du, it's a premature baby."

"..."

Shang Ruyi took a breath.

Lei Yu's eyes were dark as he stared at her closely: "He was born two months prematurely."

Shang Ruyi felt as if a huge stone was pressing on his chest. After struggling for a long time, he said in a voice as thin as a mosquito's hum: "You, you must have suffered a lot."

Hearing this, Lei Yu's eyes immediately turned red.

She spoke, her hoarse voice filled with endless sorrow and hardship: "I—"

Before she could utter the words, she suddenly seemed to sense something and immediately shut her mouth. When Shang Ruyi looked up, she saw Ashina Zhuxie walking slowly towards them not far behind her.

There was clearly still some distance between them and only very light footsteps could be heard, but Lei Yu seemed to be very familiar with them and could actually feel them.

Ashina Zhuxie walked up to her side, and just like before, he gently touched her shoulder with his hand, but his eyes were fixed on Shang Ruyi: "What are you talking about? What have you suffered?"

Lei Yu's face turned slightly pale, but fortunately it was illuminated by the orange-red firelight, so it couldn't be seen. She whispered, "I'm talking about giving birth to a child."

"Oh,"

Ashina Zhuxie slowly squatted down, glanced at her dazed eyes, then turned to look at Shang Ruyi and said, "We have a son named Hedu."

Shang Ruyi said: "Lei Yu has already told me just now."

"Oh."

"It's a pity that you didn't bring him here. I would really like to see this child."

"I wanted to bring him here, but Ayu said he was too young to withstand the bumpy ride, so she left him there."

As he spoke, a sharp light flashed in Ashina Zhuxie's eyes, and he said, "You don't seem to be surprised at all about us - and the fact that we have a child."

Shang Ruyi said calmly: "There are a few things in this world that cannot be hidden, poverty, sneezing, and the look of liking someone."

"..."

"When Khan was still the eldest prince, he was not able to hide your gaze."

"Oh……"

Hearing her words, Ashina Zhuxie seemed to be thinking about something. After a moment, he turned his head to look at Lei Yu, who also looked solemn and thoughtful, and then said, "It's getting late. The tent over there has been set up. You should go over and rest early."

Lei Yu didn't look at him, just nodded slightly, then looked up at Shang Ruyi: "Then I——"

Shang Ruyi immediately said, "You just said that you traveled day and night to get here. It must be very tiring. I see that you don't look well. Go to bed early. Anyway, we have plenty of time to get together these few days."

Ashina Zhuxie also said, "That's right."

Not only could they both hear the deeper meaning in each other's words, Lei Yu understood it even more clearly. She simply nodded at Shang Ruyi, then stood up, turned around and walked towards the Turkic camp.

Only after they all left did Shang Ruyi breathe a sigh of relief.

But this was not a sigh of relief. There was always a huge stone pressing on her heart. She just didn't know whether the stone was called Hedu or Zuogong Yizhong. Just as she was trying her best to calm herself, a fragrant breeze blew over. She looked up and saw Lu Xiao, who had been sitting next to her, coming over and sitting next to her.

Seeing her, Shang Ruyi turned his head and looked at the Turkic camp.

Wang Shaoqiu was standing in front of a tent in the distance. He opened the tent with one hand, as if he was about to go in, but he stood there without moving, facing them, and no one knew what he was looking at.

When she looked over, Wang Shaoqiu immediately got into the tent.

Shang Ruyi frowned, and when she turned back, she met Lv Xiao's eyes that seemed to be frozen with frost. She said, "He's here too."

"..."

"I was negligent."

It was not until this time that she remembered that after Wang Shaoqiu was defeated at Shuishen Mountain, he fled to Luoyang and surrendered to Liang Shide. Now a fierce battle was raging near Luoyang, and Yuwen Ye had captured several passes. If Liang Shide did not want Luoyang to fall, besides a head-on attack, another way was to ask for help.

And the Turks are obviously his best foreign aid.