Noble First Daughter-in-law

In a blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

When Shang Ruyi woke up, the sky was not completely bright yet, and Yu Wenye had just finished practicing his sword in the garden and came back while wiping his sweat. At this moment, Shang Ruyi also got up. Tu Sheer and the others immediately sent hot water towels. After the two of them finished washing, they sat down to have breakfast together.

Yu Wenye usually eats very quickly, probably because he was born in the military. He rarely spends time chewing carefully, especially when he has to go to court or go out to do errands. Shang Ruyi often hasn't finished a bowl of porridge yet. After a few sips, he had finished eating.

But today, he ate very slowly.

After eating, he did not go out immediately. Instead, he rinsed his mouth and accompanied Shang Ruyi to sit on the couch to drink tea and rest, with no intention of leaving.

Shang Ruyi asked: "Aren't you going out today?"

Yu Wenye shook his head: "There is no morning court today, and -"

As he spoke, he looked up and glanced outside again. Although there was no one outside Qianqiu Palace to inform them, both of them were sure that Aunt Hui would find a way to let His Majesty the Emperor know about the death of the little palace maid Jian Chun. And not long after the emperor ascended the throne, if someone died in the palace, he would definitely ask about it.

Therefore, Yu Wenye stayed in Qianqiu Palace to prepare for handling this matter.

However, Shang Ruyi couldn't help frowning and said softly: "Just leave this matter to me."

From childhood to adulthood, whether it was her father and mother who died young, or her aunt and cousin who loved her, no matter how much these people cared for her, they all conveyed a message to her in their words and deeds, that is, a woman cannot sit idle, even if she cannot go into battle to kill. We are enemies, but as human beings, we should shoulder our own responsibilities.

What's more, now, she has become Princess Qin.

Yu Wenye had to go to court every day, to train in the army, to deal with the relationship between the court and the civil and military ministers, and to consider when to send troops and when to fight to the death with Dongdu. As the princess of Qin, she had to do this naturally. It is to clear his worries and allow him to go into battle lightly.

The Chu Ruoyan matter and the actions of Aunt Hui and Yu Mingyue were what she should deal with.

Moreover, if Yu Wenyuan wants to intervene in this matter, as long as Yu Wenye is not here, the worst outcome of this matter will be a "conflict" between her and Chu Ruoyan; but if Yu Wenye is present, what will the outcome of this matter be? It will affect Yu Wenyuan's view of Yu Wenye.

After all, if you can’t even manage a small home well, how can you manage a larger country?

Therefore, she didn't want Yu Wenye to get involved in this kind of thing.

Hearing her say this, Yu Wenye pursed his lips slightly, but still suppressed his faint smile. He covered his mouth and coughed twice, cleared his throat and then said, "Do you think I'm really willing to take care of these things?"

"That--"

"It's because you're pregnant that I'm staying with you."

"..."

"When you give birth to a child in the future, I won't bother to ask about these things. You can handle them yourself."

Shang Ruyi pouted.

Being pregnant does not mean that she has become stupid. No matter in the past or now, she can handle whatever she thinks she should handle. Yu Wenye's words are clearly looking down on others.

Just when she was about to retort, she heard the sound of footsteps. The two looked up and saw Chang Wan leading Eunuch Yu and two young eunuchs in from the outside. As soon as he saw them, Eunuch Yu immediately came forward and saluted: "I'm disturbing His Highness the King of Qin and the Princess."

Yu Wenye said: "My father-in-law, come here. Does your father have any orders?"

Eunuch Yu said, "Yes. Your Majesty summons His Royal Highness the King of Qin and the Princess to go to the Liangyi Hall to meet him."

finally come.

The two of them had been preparing for a long time, and there was no expression of surprise at this time, but Shang Ruyi still took a deep breath, stood up slowly, both of them straightened their clothes, and then Eunuch Yu led the way and walked out together. Qianqiu Palace.

After a while, they arrived at Liangyi Hall.

Because he did not go to court today, Yu Wenyuan also had a rare free time, but when he walked into Liangyi Hall, he still smelled a faint fragrance of ink from the cool air, and then saw the table in the main hall. There were several piles of documents. It was obvious that Yu Wenyuan got up early in the morning and was reviewing memorials and reading documents.

But now, he put his paper and pen aside and rested his hands on the edge of the table.

On one side of the main hall, Aunt Hui and the two maids from Baifu Palace stood nearby.

The two of them immediately stepped forward to salute. Although Yu Wenyuan didn't look too good, he immediately said gently when he saw Shang Ruyi: "Ruyi, I have long said that there is no need to kneel down anymore. You are pregnant, so you must take good care of your rest." That’s it.”

Shang Ruyi said respectfully: "Thank you very much, father."

Yu Wenyuan nodded, and when he looked at them again, his eyes became serious again, and said: "You should know why I brought you here today."

Shang Ruyi deliberately turned his head and glanced at Aunt Hui who was standing aside, and then said: "I understand. It's because of the body of Jianchun in the dry well behind Baifu Palace." Aunt Hui hurriedly smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this is The matter should have been dealt with after the slave had found out the matter. However, the slave failed to handle it properly, letting His Majesty know about it, and even bothered to ask about it despite his busy schedule. It is all the fault of the slave."

Shang Ruyi and Yu Wenye looked at each other and said nothing.

This is what they can imagine.

Naturally, there was no need to report the death of a young maid in the palace to Yu Wenyuan, but if Aunt Hui wanted to bring the matter to the attention of the emperor, she had hundreds of ways to let the emperor "accidentally" know about it, and she, It's just a charge of "improper handling".

Sure enough, Yu Wenyuan waved his hand lightly.

He looked at Yu Wenye and said: "The dead Jian Chun, I heard was the maid of Jin Yuyuan. I should have asked her master, but - I thought about it, and I still want to ask you two clearly before I do it. Dispose of it. What happened to Jian Chun’s death?”

After saying that, he looked at Shang Ruyi with twinkling eyes: "You, do you know?"

Before Yu Wenye could speak, Shang Ruyi immediately stepped forward, lowered his head and said, "Father, I know this."

"Oh? When did you know that?"

"It was yesterday, after the palace servants from Baifu Palace pulled the body out of the dry well."

After saying that, she deliberately turned her head and looked at Aunt Hui: "I specially sent Wuxue beside me to check. Aunt Hui must have met her at that time."

Aunt Hui smiled and said, "Yes."

Yu Wenyuan said: "Then, do you know why this palace maid died in the dry well behind Baifu Palace?"

Shang Ruyi said calmly: "I have never seen Jian Chun before, so I don't know the cause of her death. But I heard that Wuxue came back and said that Aunt Hui told her when she saw the body yesterday. Haru sneaked behind Momofuku Hall to play lazily, and accidentally fell into the well and died."

As she said that, she looked at the two maids standing behind Aunt Hui: "Did you all hear this yesterday?"

The two palace maids were the ones who found the body before, and they were indeed not far from the well yesterday. Although they were frightened out of their wits, because it was about human lives, especially Aunt Hui, who was investigating the matter, their conversation was The two of them could still hear clearly.

At this moment, Princess Qin asked. Naturally, the two of them did not dare to neglect, and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes."

Aunt Hui's face suddenly darkened.

Her original intention when she said those words yesterday was to provoke Wuxue to fight against her, or to scare Wuxue into going back to report to Shang Ruyi, so that they would lose their temper and ask about the matter, so as to make the matter bigger. But he didn't expect that not only Princess Qin, but also the little palace maid Wuxue was so calm. After several provocations, they remained calm. And now, Shang Ruyi wanted to use her own words yesterday. Cover this up.

How does this work?

Thinking of this, Aunt Hui immediately smiled reluctantly and said, "Yesterday, I was just making wild guesses."

After saying that, she continued: "Because His Majesty has been kind-hearted and treated everyone in the palace well since he came to the throne. I believe that these maids should also be grateful, so that nothing bad will happen."

She specially emphasized the word "unbearable".

Yu Wenyuan's brows also tightened.

Indeed, since he came to the throne, his rule has been tight on the outside and loose on the inside. After all, in troubled times, with wars everywhere and divided powers, he needs to devote the greatest energy to resisting foreign enemies, whether it is Xue Xian who previously marched eastward to Fufeng. The same is true for the army, or for Wang Shaoji and the Turkic coalition forces who later occupied Taiyuan, the land of Longxing; but internally, especially in the palace, because of the previous harsh rule of Chu Yang, even the palace people in Daxing Palace, They were all frightened. He had to let them know that he and Chu Yang were different emperors, and he would not treat the people in the palace so harshly, so that they could have confidence in this new dynasty.

His governance has always been the same even when there was a plague.

But he didn't expect that something like this would happen.

And the person who died was none other than the concubine of King Qin in Jinyuyuan, the person who was close to the princess of the previous dynasty. This is why he did not go to Chu Ruoyan directly, but first called Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi for questioning. .

He would never allow such "unbearable" things to happen in the palace.

Hearing the harsh word "unbearable" in Aunt Hui's mouth, Yu Wenye frowned slightly and said, "Aunt Hui's words are serious. If this little palace lady really accidentally fell into the dry well and died, it was because of her own carelessness. My father is kind-hearted and cannot bear punishment, and I will not punish her severely. But just return the body to her family and give her a few taels of silver. How can I say 'unbearable'?"

Aunt Hui immediately smiled and said: "Your Highness, King Qin, forgive me, but my words may have been too harsh. But - if the palace maid really accidentally fell into the dry well and died accidentally, she would be no different than anyone else, and I would definitely not be the same." Dare you say such a thing."

"..."

"Unfortunately--"

Yu Wenye looked at her with burning eyes: "What's the pity?"

Aunt Hui said: "It's a pity that I asked the servants to examine the body of the palace maid. It seems that she did not die in an accident."