Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chu Yang's face immediately darkened.

But Eunuch Yu was so frightened that he hastily confessed his crime: "Your Majesty, I beg your forgiveness."

"..."

Chu Yang squinted his eyes and looked at him for a while, then said coldly, "Are you so old that you are so irritable even doing such trivial things."

Eunuch Yu kowtowed again and again: "Slaves deserve death, slaves deserve death."

Shang Ruyi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please forgive Eunuch Yu, he is getting old and his hands and feet are not so convenient."

Chu Yang still looked at Eunuch Yu who was kneeling on the ground, and after a while, he said with a half-smile: "Someone is begging for you, why don't you hurry up and thank him."

Only then did Eunuch Yu turn his head to Shang Ruyi and said, "Thank you, Young Madam."

Chu Yang waved his hand coldly: "Go down and do your business."

Eunuch Yu seemed to have picked up his life from the gate of hell, got up from the ground in a cold sweat, and retreated - but, just before he left, those twinkling little eyes glanced at Shang Ruyi, and then , bowed his head and closed the door.

Shang Ruyi's heart skipped a beat.

At this time, Chu Yang turned to look at her: "What did you want to tell me just now?"

Shang Ruyi thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's nothing."

Chu Yang looked at her for a while, there seemed to be a little smile on that handsome face, but there was no smile in the slender phoenix eyes.He slowly stood up and said, "Since there is nothing else, let's go and accompany me to the garden."

Shang Ruyi didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly got up: "Yes."

On this day, the two of them spent half a day playing in the picturesque back garden of the inner palace. When the sun set and the bluestone floor was burned red by the setting sun, Shang Ruyi dragged his tired body back to the palace. In the middle of the day, Wo Xue had already had someone prepare hot water to wash her up, and after cleaning up a bit, the dinner was delivered again.

There is still a full table, with eye-poppingly exquisite dishes.

Shang Ruyi couldn't help frowning.

Although she was so tired and hungry, she didn't have any appetite when she picked up the bowls and chopsticks. Instead, she felt that her chest was blocked like a big stone.At this moment, Eunuch Yu brought a bowl of soup and medicine to her with a young eunuch, and said with a smile: "This is what His Majesty ordered, and the Young Madam must use it after meals."

Shang Ruyi said, "My body has already healed."

Eunuch Yu said fairly: "The body is healed, and this medicine is for strengthening the foundation and nourishing the vitality. The young lady suffered from the exhaustion of traveling and traveling a few days ago. If you don't make up for it, it will not be suitable in the future."

Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi could only nod her head and said, "Let's put it down."

So, the little eunuch put down the medicine bowl, turned around and backed out.

Eunuch Yu saluted and was about to leave when Shang Ruyi called him back, and signaled Wo Xue and the other court ladies who were serving around him to leave, and when they were all gone, she asked softly: "Eunuch Today, why stop me?"

Eunuch Yu glanced at her, just smiled and said nothing.

Shang Ruyi said: "Although the father-in-law is old, he is not a rash person, and he will not make the mistake of losing his dignity in front of the imperial court. At that time, the father-in-law didn't want me to finish speaking and interrupted me on purpose, right?"

"..."

"Can't you say those words?"

Eunuch Yu looked at her for a while, finally sighed, and said softly: "Young madam has been here in Jiangdu Palace these days, have you ever taken a step outside the palace gate?"

Shang Ruyi shook his head.

Not to mention stepping out of the palace gate, she has never even seen the palace gate of Jiangdu Palace, let alone seeing the outside world. What is Jiangnan in the "North Korea" like?

Yugong said fairly: "Young madam has never even been out of the palace, and she knows about vegetables and food. Don't those ministers who worry about the country day and night know about it? Wouldn't they advise the emperor? ?”

Shang Ruyi said: "Your father-in-law said, someone already said it?"

Eunuch Yu sighed: "Not only someone said it, but more than one person said it."

"That--"

"Master Na Yanji contradicted the emperor and was beheaded; Su Shilang from the Ministry of Rites advised His Majesty, and now he has been demoted to three ranks; there are still a few people who speak lightly and are in prison."

"..."

A ray of fiery red sunset light outside the window shone on Shang Ruyi's pale face, clearly illuminating the lack of focus and helplessness in her eyes.She opened her mouth, and after a while, she said shyly, "Your Majesty, are you not listening?"

Eunuch Yu just smiled wryly.

He turned his head and said: "The servant stopped the young lady, just because she didn't want the young lady to do useless work, because neither His Majesty nor the ministers in the court can think of any solution to this matter. The only way—"

Shang Ruyi looked at him with bright eyes: "What is it?"

Mr. Yu said fairly: "It is what Master Ji who was beheaded said that His Majesty can no longer stay in Jiangdu. He should immediately regroup and march northward to return to Luoyang to take back the Eastern Capital."

"..."

Hearing this, Shang Ruyi sighed helplessly in his heart.

Hearing these words, she also understood why Master Ji was beheaded.

This is indeed the only feasible way in front of him, but he wants the emperor to give up his evasive attitude, and let him return to Luoyang to face his own failures and mistakes. How can this not annoy Chu Yang and invite killing? What about the disaster?

Eunuch Yu continued: "I don't want the young lady to annoy your majesty, which is of no benefit to the young lady; and if your majesty gets angry with the young lady - the young lady has a special status, maybe she won't be punished like those adults, but the unlucky ones won't be punished." Know who it is."

"..."

"Moreover, it's not just Jiangdu's matter that His Majesty doesn't listen to or read. Now, His Majesty doesn't even read the battle report sent back from Luoyang."

"Luoyang battle report?"

Shang Ruyi's heart skipped a beat again.

She took a deep breath, tried her best to make her expression and tone sound as calm as usual, and asked, "Over there, how is it now?"

Eunuch Yu smiled wryly and said: "We don't know the specifics, but we just heard that after Liang Shide captured Luoyang, he captured several cities one after another, and there was not a single soldier in the surrounding counties to resist and block them. Now, they have It is the most powerful force in the rebel army."

"..."

Shang Ruyi's heart twitched.

Liang Shide's power was as strong as a bamboo, that is to say, his military operations were not hindered in any way.

No one, to stop him.

Yu Wenye, nor...

How is he now?

Did he bring the people he cared about back to Taiyuan to live the life they wanted to live; or, because of excessive blood loss and serious injuries——

Just thinking about this question like a knife pierced in my heart, it pricked a little deeper, Shang Ruyi was short of breath, and her face was a little pale, and she could only support herself by holding on to the edge of the table with both hands. .

Seeing her struggling to breathe, Eunuch Yu was thoughtful.

After a while, he said, "Young Madam, please take care."

Shang Ruyi managed to calm down her heartbeat and breathing, then looked up at him, and could only say weakly, "Thank you for your concern, father-in-law. I understand what you said."

"..."

"It's just that if His Majesty doesn't listen to these things, then I don't know what else I can advise His Majesty."

Hearing this, Eunuch Yu smiled wryly again.

He said: "At this time, the only thing I can do is - don't make His Majesty unhappy, and take care of yourself, that's the only thing Young Madam can do."

After speaking, he saluted, turned and left.

And Shang Ruyi watched his back disappear into the fiery red sunset, and after a long time, he lowered his head, looked at the exquisite dishes on the table that were so exquisite that they were disgusting, picked up the bowls and chopsticks, and ate them tastelessly.

It was dark when she finished her supper.

Around the huge Jiangdu Palace, the sound of closing the palace doors slowly sounded. The hoarse and long cry in the night was like the roar of a strange beast. When the heavy palace doors closed, there was a muffled loud noise, and everything returned to calm. .

Only tonight, not so calm.

On the square in front of the main hall of Jiangdu Palace, the imperial guards were patrolling in formation, and they walked to the Guangming Gate in the south.This palace gate is the largest after entering Jiangdu Palace, and it is also the gate leading directly to the square in front of the main hall. It is still open at this moment, and he immediately asked: "What's going on, why is the palace gate still open?"

No one answered them.

The guards yelled even louder: "Is someone dead? Are all the guards in Jiangdu Palace dead?"

Amidst their shouts, a group of people came rushing in from outside. They were the guards of Jiangdu Palace. They had just closed the palace gates on the left and right sides of the square, and finally closed this one. Hearing those people's unclean yelling and cursing, he immediately said angrily: "Why are you swearing at people!"

"What's wrong with scolding you? Can't the coffin be scolded if you don't know how to do things?"

"You are the dead!"

Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, Cheng Qiao came up at this time, stretched out his hand to stop his men, looked at the guards again, and said calmly: "Today, several of our brothers were unable to stand up because of the military sticks. There are not enough people, so the arrival is slow. Please be quiet, everyone."

"What happened to the baton?"

A general of the imperial guards sneered, "Have you received a military baton? Our brother was tortured by you and received a knife! Instead, you screamed in front of us."

Cheng Qiao took a look at them and could see that these people were trying to find fault, but now that the closing time has passed, there can be no further delay.So he stopped arguing and just turned his head and waved his hands: "Close the door and lock it."

His subordinates came over immediately, and slowly closed the two heavy palace doors.

With great difficulty, the palace gate was finally closed.

However, the imperial guards standing inside the door had ferocious faces and fierce eyes.

When the people outside had left, they were still standing at the gate of the palace. Some of them were aggrieved, and said to the general: "Brother, I really shouldn't have talked nonsense with those people just now, I should teach them a good lesson, so many brothers Being beheaded and ransacked, we can't swallow this breath!"

At this time, a cold voice sounded from the crowd——

"If you can't swallow this breath, you can relieve it by beating these people? Don't you know who made us suffer?"