Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1157: The Beauty's Trace
I am the sky!
The moment she heard these words, Shang Ruyi suddenly heard a loud rumbling sound in her ears, as if a thunder had exploded, and her whole body trembled, and her heart beat so violently that it seemed about to burst out of her chest.

But the next moment, she realized that it was not thunder, but her own heartbeat.

Every word in this sentence carries with it immense self-confidence and arrogance that looks down on the world, but that is not without root or reason. It is the self-confidence and victory that Yuwen Ye has gained through fighting on the battlefields for half his life, battling bloody battles, and winning with every sword and spear. No one can refute that!
It was these few words that completely broke Xiao Yuansui's heart.

He also felt a violent tremor in his chest. All the unwillingness, despair, anger... all the emotions burst out in this instant, and finally returned to powerless silence. Yuwen Ye was right, he had lost, and there was no room for redemption.

I lost because of the right time, right place, and right people, and also because of him...

Seeing Xiao Yuansui silent, with only his hands holding the reins shaking and exerting force, Shentutai sighed softly, shook the reins and spurred his horse forward, saying to him in a deep voice: "Brother Xiao, a real man is born between heaven and earth. There is nothing he cannot take up, and nothing he cannot let go of. You have come this far, experienced everything in the world, and calculated everything. You should have no regrets."

These words were like the last gentle but heavy blow.

Xiao Yuansui looked at him, then looked around. In front of him was an extremely vast world. He finally let go of the reins and got off the horse.

He took a step forward, his eyes swept across everyone's faces. Shen Tutai was solemn but sincere, Shan Tong'er was expectant and cautious. Finally, he looked at Yuwen Ye - but seemed to subconsciously skip over Shang Ruyi who had been silent the whole time. Finally, he raised his hand and bowed to the person in front of him: "Greetings, His Royal Highness the King of Qin!"

"...!"

In an instant, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially Shang Ruyi's breath was particularly long, she even vaguely felt that the invisible restraints on her chest were all opened.

Her purpose along the way was of course to find Lu Xiao who had fought alongside her, but at the same time, what was more important to Yuwen Ye was to capture Xiao Yuansui - because this man's ability was truly terrifying. When the Zuo family's rebellion failed, he was wanted by the court and wandered alone in the world. However, he was able to survive in such a situation. After taking charge of Wanggangzhai, he cooperated with Liang Shide to capture Dongdu and almost occupied half of the country.

If he could not persuade him to surrender today, in order to eliminate future troubles, Shang Ruyi thought to himself that perhaps Niukouzhu would witness the final end of this generation of heroes.

And although she tried her best to deal with this man, she did not hate him.

In the final analysis, who wouldn't want to make a career in troubled times? Who would be willing to be a vassal? They just serve their own masters and follow their own hearts. If he wins today, will she and Yuwen Ye only be infamous as a generation of tyrants and his beautiful wife in the history books in the future?

It's just a matter of winning or losing.

Besides, even if she couldn't respond to Xiao Yuansui's feelings for her, she felt it in her heart, and still hoped that this person could survive and meet someone better...

Now, it’s great that he is willing to surrender.

At this moment, a long horse neigh suddenly sounded from the deserted Niukouzhu!
Shang Ruyi was suddenly startled by something and raised his head hastily. Xiao Yuansui also turned around immediately after hearing the neighing sound, only to see that his warhorse suddenly turned its head and galloped towards the other side of the reed bush!

"Green silk!"

The two shouted almost at the same time, but it was too late. Xiao Yuansui realized that when he let go of the reins and jumped off the horse, Lv Xiao, who was sitting in front of him, seemed to have taken the reins with her uninjured hand. However, he was only concerned with talking to Yuwen Ye, and everyone's attention was on him. No one noticed that Lv Xiao had been riding on the horse, wrapping the reins around her wrists, and had no intention of getting off the horse.

And at this time she wanted to——

"Green silk!"

Xiao Yuansui was shocked and subconsciously turned around to chase after him, but he was no match for his energetic warhorse. The moment he opened his mouth to shout, the warhorse leaped high and directly jumped over the arrow that Yuwen Ye had shot on the ground in front of him. At the same time, Lu Xiao, who was riding on the horse, suddenly turned around.

The disheveled black hair fluttered in the wind, and through the hair, Xiao Yuansui saw the familiar eyes again.

Still charming, still moving...

Even until this moment, she seemed to still be smiling, but unlike the smile full of irony and ridicule when the truth was revealed just now, at this moment, what was revealed in her sharp eyes was a simple, pure smile without a trace of emotion, as if she was laughing at him, as if she was laughing at someone, as if she was laughing at the right time, right place and right people, and it was as if it was just a simple smile.

Before anyone could see the smile, she had already ridden her horse into the reeds ahead.

A gust of wind blew past, and suddenly the reed catkins flew up into the air, covering everyone's eyes and bodies like falling snow. For a moment, they could not even tell whether this scene was real or just an overly beautiful dream or illusion.

The man and the horse disappeared among the flowers.

Xiao Yuansui stretched out his hand vigorously, but he could only catch a little bit of the wind left over from the time she left...

Shang Ruyi was anxious, and hurriedly said to Yuwen Ye: "Quick, go after her!"

Yuwen Ye frowned, as if hesitant, but immediately waved his hand and ordered the people around him: "Go after them quickly!"

The dozen or so light cavalrymen took the order and immediately rushed forward. After brushing past Xiao Yuansui, who was standing there in a daze, they dived into the reeds. Suddenly, another gust of wind blew, and more reed flowers flew up, almost blocking everyone's sight, and also covering up some people and some things forever...

Seeing this scene, Shang Ruyi suddenly felt her hands and feet cold, and the wind blowing in her face wrapped in fine reed fluff seemed to take away a part of her life in an instant.

She felt that this might be the last time she would see Lu Xiao...

And it turned out that her feeling was not wrong - the dozen or so light cavalrymen rode their horses and searched along the reeds in Niukouzhu for a long time. Even after that, they sent out several teams to search along the banks of the Yellow River day and night, almost completely cutting down the reeds, but they still could not find the whereabouts of this beauty.

Lu Xiao, riding on the horse, seemed to have completely disappeared among the reeds.

Also disappeared in this world.