Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1034 Settlement of Accounts
With a "bang", the gavel fell from his hand.

The room fell into an indescribable, suffocating silence. After an unknown amount of time, Zuo Zhen said in a hoarse voice, "Zuo Heng died a long time ago and is buried underground. Only the golden head is with him."

"..."

"You saw it all."

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"Even if, even if he's still alive, it's no longer of any value, is it?"

After saying these words, he closed his mouth and bent down to pick up the gavel on the ground. He thought Lu Xiao would say something else, but when he finished all this and sat up straight, he only felt a gust of wind blowing from behind.

Zuo Zhen slowly turned his head and saw the green skirt fluttering outside the door before it disappeared.

Lu Xiao has already walked out of the room.

Just as everyone was walking down the mountain along the same path they had come from, through the pine forest, the sound of the wooden fish rang out again in the wooden house behind them, but it was lonelier and more desolate than the sound they had heard the previous time.

The way down the mountain was easier to walk than the way up, but it was more tiring for the legs. After walking for most of the day, everyone's legs and feet were so sore that they could hardly stand. Finally, when the sun was about to set, they reached the foot of the mountain.

As soon as we entered the camp, everyone who had stayed here before stood up and came to greet us.

"Princess, you are finally back!"

"Khan! Khatun!"

The scene was a little chaotic for a while. The people who had originally gone down the mountain together automatically split into two groups and returned to their respective camps. Although they were still close to each other, they didn't want to have any contact with each other at this time. Shang Ruyi was surrounded and returned to his camp. After he washed up, the people outside had already prepared dinner and brought it in.

Shang Ruyi didn't say much, and ate two bowls of rice in silence. When she handed the empty bowl to Woxue and asked her to get the third bowl, Woxue gently reminded her: "Princess, you should eat less at night. Be careful of indigestion."

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Shang Ruyi finally came back to his senses and smiled embarrassedly.

She has always had a good appetite. This time she went up Tianding Mountain and experienced a life-and-death experience. Moreover, climbing up and down the mountain consumed a lot of physical energy. At this time, she was tired and hungry, so she naturally couldn't help but eat a few more bites.

But, I did eat too much.

She could only put down her chopsticks. Wo Xue felt a little embarrassed and said softly, "If the princess is hungry at night, I will bring you a midnight snack."

Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "Why would you want to have a midnight snack at this time?"

After saying that, she took a sip of tea and indeed felt her stomach a little bloated. She sat for a while and then stood up and walked out, planning to take a walk around the camp to digest the food. Wo Xue originally wanted to follow, but the dishes in the tent had not been cleared away yet, and she didn't feel comfortable leaving it to others, so she could only go and clean them up for the time being and then follow Shang Ruyi after she was done.

So Shang Ruyi strolled around the camp alone by the light of the fire.

In the Turkic camp on the other side, flames were shooting up into the sky and one could smell the greasy wind with the aroma of meat blowing towards him. Although Shang Ruyi had just eaten two bowls of rice, he felt a little hungry again at this moment and could not help but take two steps towards that side.

As I approached, I saw a familiar figure walking towards me.

It’s Lei Yu.

At this time, it was completely dark, and only the light from the campfires on both sides could barely illuminate the familiar outline of the other party. Although Lei Yu was not surprised when she saw her, she had a dazed look on her face. Shang Ruyi walked up to her and said with a smile: "Didn't you rest?"

Lei Yu shook his head.

After surviving a calamity, and being two people who were once close friends, they should have felt very close to each other. However, they were even more distant from each other than when they were face to face last night. When Lei Yu saw her, he was even speechless.

Shang Ruyi said: "Well, have you eaten?" Lei Yu still shook his head.

Shang Ruyi couldn't help but frown - she knew, of course, that Ashina Zhuxie wouldn't intentionally starve Lei Yu. Perhaps it was because they left in a hurry this time and didn't bring much Han food with them. They were very tired, especially when they were mentally tired, they couldn't eat anything too greasy, so Lei Yu hadn't eaten yet so late.

Shang Ruyi immediately said, "I have some porridge cooked over there, would you like to come with me and have some?"

"..."

Lei Yu didn't say anything, just looked at her, his eyes flickering as if he wanted to say something.

But he couldn't say it.

But Shang Ruyi took another step forward, staring at her with a twinkling gaze, even with a bit of burning warmth: "Come with me."

Lei Yu opened her mouth. Perhaps because she was extremely tired, her lips turned pale, making her originally bright face look even more desolate.

She suddenly spoke up and said something out of nowhere: "My son is still in Xiazhou."

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"My father is still in Luoyang."

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Shang Ruyi's breathing paused.

She was not stupid, so she knew that this was Lei Yu's answer. A greasy wind with the smell of meat blew over. Although it was mixed with some people's laughter, it made the two people look more panicked and confused at this moment. Shang Ruyi stood quietly for a while, then nodded and said softly, "It's okay, come with me to eat something."

After saying that, he took another step forward to hold her hand.

But before the two people's hands could even touch each other, a tall, familiar figure slowly walked over. His burly figure suddenly blocked the light from the campfire behind him, shrouding the two people who were already in dim light into a deep haze.

Especially Lei Yu.

Sandwiched between two people, there was almost no light on her.

As soon as Shang Ruyi raised her head, she met the pair of bright wolf eyes in the darkness. Ashina Zhuxie looked at her with cold and sharp eyes - in fact, after they met again, he had not been polite to her, and this time the sharpness was even more obvious.

He asked, "Where is the Princess of Qin going to take my Khatun?"

Shang Ruyi looked at him and said calmly: "Don't worry, Khan. Even if I want to kidnap your Khatun, it won't be at this time. We can't go far."

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"Besides, I don't plan on leaving tonight. It's too late and I can't go far."

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"I will not leave here until tomorrow. The Khan needs to keep an eye on me. It won't be too late to do so tomorrow."

Ashina Zhuxie looked at her coldly, and gently stroked Lei Yu's shoulder with one hand, but pulled her behind him, then took a step forward and stared at Shang Ruyi, sneering: "Do you think you can leave tomorrow?"

Shang Ruyi frowned, and Lei Yu immediately regained his panicked mind and looked up at him: "What do you mean?"

Ashina Zhuxie said coldly: "Shang Ruyi, you don't really think that I won't settle that account with you, do you?"