Noble First Daughter-in-law

late at night.Everything was silent.

This night was extraordinarily quiet, and even extraordinarily dark. The thick night covered the entire Jiangdu impenetrably. There was no moonlight in the sky, and even a little bit of starlight could not be seen.

As for the streets and alleys, as early as nightfall, it is so dark that you can't see your fingers.

The long street is like a trace of thick ink, and the shops and houses lined up on both sides of the street this time are only left with layers of outlines and shadows in the night. When you look closely, there are thousands of ghosts. of weirdness.

But in such a dark night, there is a small window showing a faint light.

And this bit of light shines on the long street through the night, like a dim starlight covered by clouds and mist in the dark sky, it is almost invisible even if you look carefully, but when a figure walks by, it reveals traces of light.

And this person stopped at the door of a house after walking through the dim light.

This is a small courtyard with a single door, the yard is not big, and there are only two rooms in the east and west rooms. The lights in the east room have long since been turned off and merged into the deep night, while the lights in the west room are still on. A little light outlined the outline of the thin figure at the door.

The man reached out and knocked lightly on the wooden door.

"Tuk Tuk."

The two soft sounds in the night were not too ear-piercing, but immediately, the surroundings became quieter, and the light from the window flickered for a moment, as if two figures had flashed past, and then the light gradually dimmed. Someone came out of the Westinghouse with a candlestick.Hearing footsteps through the small courtyard, he was a little flustered at first, and became more and more calm as he got closer, and finally the footsteps stopped inside the door.

A little light, shining through the crack of the door?

"Who?"

In the dark of night, a deep and strange voice sounded: "Is this the home of Deputy Commander Cheng?"

"..."

The door became quiet all of a sudden, it was already spring, and the night wind that was originally a bit warm suddenly turned cold at this moment, and the person inside spoke again, and the low voice seemed to have a little murderous intent: "Who are you?"

"Please don't be nervous, Deputy Commander Cheng. I came late at night because I have something important to tell you."

"Oh?"

The people inside the door were silent for a while, not sure if they were thinking or waiting for something. After a while, they finally heard the sound of the bolt being pulled out, and then the wooden door opened.

Behind the door was Cheng Qiao's honest and honest face.

And as soon as he opened the door, he immediately saw the person standing outside the door. This person was wearing a cloak with a hood hanging down very low, almost covering half of his face. When the two faced each other, this person was facing Cheng Qiao cupped his hands and saluted: "Vice Commander."

Cheng Qiao frowned all of a sudden: "You are—"

……

The night passed slowly in an indescribably dull atmosphere.

And this night is destined to be a night that many people can't sleep. For example, Shang Ruyi, who is also facing the dark night, her eyes are darker than the night. , listening to the surroundings slowly start to make noises from the silence.

The day was finally bright, and when Wo Xue brought someone over to help her get up and wash, she found her eyes were slightly swollen and red.

Wo Xue said softly, "Young Madam, did you not sleep well?"

"..."

Shang Ruyi glanced at her, but didn't tell her that he hadn't slept all night.

Lying Xue could see it to some extent, and said softly: "But today, His Majesty is going to take the Young Madam out for an outing in the garden. If the Young Madam is not in good spirits, what can I do?"

Shang Ruyi washed her face and regained consciousness a little.

Then he said: "It may not be possible to go yet."

Yesterday, she said those words in front of Chu Yang, but she still survived miraculously - even Eunuch Yu said when he sent her back, this is unique in these years, which shows how special she is to the emperor However, Shang Ruyi knew in his heart that it was not his "specialness" that kept him alive, but in Chu Yang's eyes, or in other words, a kind of "specialness" that he needed himself.

But no matter what, she still hurt Chu Yang.

Because after that, the kitchen brought a table full of exquisite dishes, and the two maids told her that two of the dishes were specially ordered by Chu Yang to the kitchen, and they wanted to have a meal together tonight .

But in the end, he only took a bite or two, and he was the only one who saw a table full of wine and food taken away.

Therefore, Shang Ruyi doesn't know whether today's outing in the cold food festival can be carried out. Maybe in her heart, she doesn't even want it to be possible.

Even at this time, it is completely impossible for Chu Yang to wake up.

After eating breakfast, and indeed no one came to invite him, Shang Ruyi drank a cup of tea to refresh himself, but still couldn't help yawning, and Wo Xue said softly: "Madam, why don't you sleep for a while while you have nothing to do? Fortunately, today Also quiet."

Shang Ruyi shook his head.

But after thinking about it, she couldn't help but take a look outside: "Yeah, it's really quiet today."

Although the palace where she lives is within the inner palace, there are not many people walking around, and the movements of the courtiers outside will not affect this place, so it has always been very quiet and good for recuperation, but today is a little different.

so quiet...

Even, not only was it quiet, even the atmosphere surrounding the palace seemed a little too quiet.

She couldn't help but walked to the door, the scenery outside was the same as before, and because of Chu Yang's order yesterday, the palace people arranged these places overnight, and there were all kinds of exquisite glazed lamps hanging under the eaves, blown by the wind. , the tassels hanging on the lamp trembled and swayed; and under the porch, there were flowers of various colors, some real and some fake gauze flowers, but they all looked lifelike, and they were simply too beautiful to behold.

If I was young, seeing such a scenery, I am afraid that I would be overwhelmed with joy.

But now, seeing such a scene——she was still at a loss, but she was so uneasy and at a loss.

At this moment, a little maid came over holding a food box and said softly, "Ma'am."

Shang Ruyi looked at the things in her hand, and couldn't help frowning: "Didn't I just have breakfast, why did I bring something again?"

The little maid said softly, "This is not from the kitchen."

"No? Then this is—"

"It was Deputy Commander Cheng who asked the servant to hand it over to Madam."

"Deputy Commander Cheng? Cheng Qiao?"

Shang Ruyi was stunned for a moment.

This Cheng Qiao, when I met him before, although he was loyal to Yu Wenye, the two of them were not familiar with each other after all, and they broke up after a few words, and I didn't tell him "if you need anything, just go and tell him" Take him to heart.

But why did he suddenly send something today?

The little maid was also a little apprehensive.

In fact, although Shang Ruyi lives in the inner palace, she has a special status and cannot be regarded as a concubine, so it is not taboo for a man to give her something, but she is still afraid. After putting down the box, she bowed and turned away up.

Shang Ruyi thought for a while, then walked over to open the box.

Inside, there are several pastries.

Fireworks are prohibited during the Cold Food Festival, and only cold food is eaten, so it is nothing new to send cakes to each other.

But Shang Ruyi still found it strange, she picked up a piece of shortbread cake and took a bite, it was sweet and delicious, and there was nothing unusual; she also looked at the dumpling next to it, there was nothing wrong with it.

Could it be that he really just sent some pastries?

At this time, Lyu Xue beside him said softly: "Madam, I will bring you a plate and put it on."

Shang Ruyi nodded.

Although Wo Xue belongs to Chu Yang, she does not hide anything from her. In fact, it is impossible for her to hide anything from Chu Yang in this Jiangdu Palace. Therefore, when the cakes sent by Cheng Qiao came, Chu Yang I'm afraid I will know it too.

Soon, Wo Xue came over with a plate, and used chopsticks to take out the pastries in the food box and put them on the plate.

But just after the last piece of cake was taken away, Shang Ruyi was shocked!
Only then did she realize that there seemed to be an interlayer under those pastries!
At this time, she was a little hesitant to open it in front of Wo Xue, but out of the corner of her eyes, she saw that Wo Xue had already discovered this. After thinking about it, she simply didn't hide it, and reached out to pull it. There is another layer below.

Inside, there is a silk handkerchief.

Shang Ruyi was taken aback for a moment - Sipa?What's the meaning?
Although between a man and a woman, passing Sipa means to tell each other lovesickness, but she never believed that Cheng Qiao would use such a brain. Such a crooked mind.

Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi reached out to pick up the silk handkerchief.

The silk handkerchief was as soft as water, and it fell open as soon as it reached the hand, and Shang Ruyi saw at a glance that there was a knife drawn in the corner of the silk handkerchief!

Knife! ?
There was a sudden tremor in her back, and she hurriedly spread the silk handkerchief, looked at the knife carefully, and gasped suddenly.

Because, the shape of this knife is exactly the same as the shape of the knife she drew in the warning letter she received when Yu Wenye was blocked from attacking Xingluocang in Luoyang City!
She was almost certain that the painting in that letter and the pattern on the handkerchief in front of her were definitely made by the same person!
This person appeared again!

The warning I gave myself last time was that when Yu Wenye was attacking Xingluocang, someone was going to attack him from behind, and I hurried to rescue him. After Yu Wenye took down Xingluocang, he led troops to surround them. If she hadn't arranged for Jiang Kesheng to take action, they might really suffer a big loss that time.

And this time-

Shang Ruyi looked down at the knife and suddenly felt a chill.

Wo Xue at the side looked at Shang Ruyi's suddenly pale face, and at the pattern on the handkerchief, and couldn't help asking softly, "Young Madam, is there anything wrong with this handkerchief?"

"..."

Shang Ruyi suddenly took a deep breath and turned to look at her: "Where is Your Majesty?"

"what?"

"Where is His Majesty? Hurry up and take me to him!"