Noble First Daughter-in-law

"Well?!"

Suddenly there was a thunderbolt from the blue, which shook the somewhat drowsy Shang Ruyi to wake up suddenly. She opened her eyes wide and looked around blankly. Tusheer who heard the sound immediately walked in and asked cautiously: " Princess, what’s wrong?”

"..."

Shang Ruyi did not speak immediately. In fact, he was a little unable to recover.

Looking at Tusheer again, at the half-opened window next to her and the blue sky outside the window, it took her a while before she whispered softly: "I, I just heard thunder."

Tusheer came over and said, "It's a drought. It often happens like this in summer."

"Ah."

Shang Ruyi responded in a daze. Indeed, it was not the first time she heard the drought thunder in summer, but for some reason, the loud noise just now was particularly deafening, resounding throughout the world, and it even seemed, as if, not coming from the top of the sky. It came from her heart.

That ominous premonition made her very uneasy.

She thought for a moment and then asked, "What time is it now?"

"It's almost Shen time."

"I slept for so long? Why didn't you wake me up?"

"But the princess hasn't slept well at night these past few days. I want to let you sleep a little longer."

"..."

Hearing her say this, Shang Ruyi was speechless.

Indeed, since Yu Wenye left, she has not been able to sleep well at night, not only because she was a little frightened by the fire in Dayan Temple that day, but sometimes when she closes her eyes at night when everything is quiet, she will feel... Her consciousness returned to the time when she was walking in that underground palace where she couldn't see her fingers, that suffocating and depressing feeling, with fire and smoke chasing her behind her, as if she was being chased by a bull's head and a horse's face. It was also difficult to sleep.

What’s more, she still doesn’t know what’s going on with Yu Wenye!

Is Jiang Chongen really planning to set a trap to kill Yu Wenyuan?

Has Yu Wenye caught up with the emperor's chariot?

How would he handle this?

Before parting with them, Empress Dowager Jiang specifically warned her that Yu Wenye was obviously annoyed. Although she also tried to persuade him a few words, since he left, this incident has left a deeper impression on her than Jiang Chongen's incident. In her heart, she had trouble sleeping and eating.

Yu Wenye... wouldn't do anything excessive, right?

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but sweat again. Seeing her like this, Tusheer hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on her forehead, and muttered: "The princess has always been very frightened these days. At night If you don't sleep well and don't get enough sleep during the day, please tell me, I'd better ask the imperial physician to come over and take a look."

Shang Ruyi shook his head: "I'm fine."

As he spoke, he reached out and touched his big belly. Now it was not only difficult to walk, but also very difficult to sit and lie down. It was as if there was a huge stone tied in front of him, and it was difficult to move it no matter what. No, not only that, the little guy in his belly also stretches and kicks from time to time. Shang Ruyi can often see the slightly raised area on his belly scratching and scratching. Sometimes he is particularly happy to see it, and sometimes he also It was so noisy that she couldn't sleep most of the night. However, Su Qinglan had told her a long time ago that all pregnant women had to go through this, and they had to endure it, so she didn't take it seriously.

She just wished that the time had come and she could give birth to this annoying little thing as soon as possible.

However, it is best when Yu Wenye is around.

Thinking of this, she raised her head and asked, "How many days has His Highness been gone?"

While Tusheer was wiping her sweat, when he heard this, he couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "We can't be separated for a moment. His Highness has only been gone for three days, and Princess, you haven't stopped asking three times a day."

Shang Ruyi glared at her: "You are the only one who talks too much!"

At this time, Wuxue outside also heard the sound of the inner hall. She hurriedly brought a basin and towel in to help Shang Ruyi wash up, and then said with a smile: "I heard that the emperor is going to Longmendu to meet the people there. It’s not far from Tongguan. If we really receive it, it will only take two or three days at most to come back. Princess, don’t worry too much.”

Shang Ruyi said: "I'm not worried about this."

"what?"

Tu Sheer and Wuxue both subconsciously raised their heads and glanced at her, but Shang Ruyi was silent for a while, only smiled faintly and shook his head: "It's nothing."

Although some days are like years, time still flows away bit by bit, like the Yellow River water, flowing slowly but without turning back. After three days, it is finally cloudy, without the vicious sun scorching overhead, but the clouds are low and thick, not only It's pressing on people's heads, more like pressing on people's hearts, giving people an indescribable feeling of suffocation.

And on this day, news finally came——

The emperor has returned to court!

As soon as she heard the news, Shang Ruyi was so happy that she stood up immediately. Fortunately, Tu Sheer beside her quickly supported her and whispered: "Princess, please don't move around. Your belly is so big now. If you touch her, What should I do?"

Shang Ruyi then sat back down, calmed down, and then asked the little eunuch who came to report the news: "When will the imperial driver enter the city?"

The little eunuch said: "I heard that one hour is coming, and everything in the palace has been prepared. Although the servants dare not disturb the princess, they still reported to the princess and asked her to be prepared." Shang Ruyi said: "This It’s natural, thank you for your hard work.”

"This slave does not dare to complain about the things that are within his/her duty."

The little eunuch saluted Shang Ruyi again and was about to leave, but Shang Ruyi still called him and winked at Tusheer. Tusheer hurriedly walked aside, opened the box and took out He put a large amount of money into the little eunuch's hand and said with a smile: "The weather has been hot recently and you have worked hard on duty. The princess will give it to you to drink at night to cool off."

The little eunuch had actually heard that the princess was humble and generous, so she made a special trip today without anything to do. Unexpectedly, she got such a large sum of money, which was almost half of his monthly salary, and she suddenly beamed. , hurriedly thanked Shang Ruyi, and Shang Ruyi said with a smile: "I have been very heavy these days, so I haven't seen many outsiders, and I don't know whether it's windy or rainy outside, so I rely on you to help me run around more and take a look. ."

The little eunuch's eyes lit up and he immediately understood what Shang Ruyi meant.

He said hurriedly: "I understand, I will definitely pay more attention to the princess."

Shang Ruyi smiled and nodded, then straightened his clothes again, and said slowly: "So this time the Holy Emperor comes back, everything goes well? Is there any news?"

When the young eunuch heard this, he immediately stepped forward and said softly: "I heard that things didn't go well this time, but no one dared to ask what happened. It's just -"

"But what?"

"The person who came back to report this time sent a message directly to Lord Shang Gong. The servants vaguely heard that someone seemed to have died."

"Death?"

As soon as he heard these two words, Shang Ruyi's brows immediately wrinkled.

But she didn't say anything more. She just thought about it and smiled at the little eunuch: "Okay, I know, you can go down."

The little eunuch immediately thanked him and went out happily.

As soon as she left, Tu Sheer immediately looked down at Shang Ruyi and said with some surprise: "Princess, who died?"

"..."

Shang Ruyi didn't speak, but her eyebrows were already twisted into a knot - judging from the situation in the palace and the attitude of the little eunuch who came to deliver the message, everything went well for the Holy Emperor's return. At least she was sure that Yu Wenye was not injured or anything. , and Yu Wenyuan should not have encountered any accidents.

However, news of another death came.

If it was Jiang Chongen who died, the word "died" would definitely not be used, because he was a criminal, and even if he was killed, he deserved it.

The word "death" is more like the death of a high-ranking person who encountered an accident.

Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi couldn't help but panic, especially at this time, the words Empress Dowager Jiang said to her before leaving echoed in her ears - "When people are angered, they often lose their reason or use any means." In addition, they had always suspected that the people who attacked her and Queen Mother Jiang in Dayan Temple were sent by the Yu family's father and daughter. If Yu Wenye was really angered and lost his mind in desperation to take revenge, could he-

Shang Ruyi suddenly shuddered.

The shudder in such a hot weather shocked Tu Sheer, especially when she saw that Shang Ruyi's expression was not right. She was a little panicked, but she saw Shang Ruyi looked up at her with a white face and said in a deep voice. : "You take Changwan and pretend to deliver some cakes to Jinyuyuan, and go out to have a look."

What she said was confusing, but Tu Sheer blinked and immediately came to her senses, Shang Ruyi asked them to see who it was.

She whispered: "Slave, go now."

After saying that, he filled up the half-filled cup of tea and sent it to Shang Ruyi. Then he went out and called Chang Wan, and the two of them hurriedly left Qianqiu Palace.

While they were leaving, Shang Ruyi asked Wuxue to change his clothes and comb his hair again, getting ready to welcome the Holy Emperor. As soon as he sat down after getting everything ready, he saw Tu Sheer hurried back with Chang Wan.

Shang Ruyi immediately said: "How?"

Tusheer said: "My servant saw that many people in the palace were delivering things outside the palace, and I saw that they were all for memorial purposes."

Shang Ruyi frowned when he heard this.

Sure enough, someone died, and it was not Jiang Chongen. If it were him, he would definitely not allow the palace to provide money or materials to commemorate him. It must be the death of an important person before news was sent back to the palace for preparations.

However, if the palace can do this, the person who died must not be an ordinary person.

Who is dead?

Just as Shang Ruyi was wondering, Chang Wan came forward again and said softly: "Princess, when the servants just passed by Liangyi Palace, they happened to meet Han Shang Palace, and she also saw us. At that time, the servants looked at her Her eyes were red, red and swollen, and after meeting us, her expression was ugly, as if-"

Tu Sheer rushed to say: "It seems that they want to kill us!"