In just a moment, the palace became quiet.

Shang Ruyi clearly saw that Chu Yang's face gradually became gloomy, especially the cold light flashing in the slender phoenix eyes was countless times colder than before. When she looked at her, the blood around her seemed to be frozen by the extreme cold in her eyes.

She could only hold her hands tightly under the quilt, so that she could not tremble so hard.

After a while, Chu Yang suddenly chuckled.

He said, "I know."

Shang Ruyi looked at the expression on his face with a surprise surprise and became more relaxed and happy. He got up and walked to the side and pushed open the window. A gust of wind with fragrance and warmth blew into the hall, blowing away the stagnant cold air that had almost filled the entire space in the moment.

Then Chu Yang said: "Who captured the Dongdu? Liang Shide? Or the mobs in Wanggang Village?"

"It's them together."

"Together?"

Chu Yang sneered: "I asked Yuwen Ye to attack Wanggang Village, but he actually returned in vain, right?"

“…!”

When Shang Ruyi heard the name unexpectedly, she still missed an uncontrollable beat.

She found it a little ridiculous.

Now, isn’t you already thousands of miles away from him? Why do you still feel a pain in your heart when you hear his name?

Just as she was pale and silent, Chu Yang seemed to feel something and looked back at her.

Under his sharp gaze, Shang Ruyi could only lower her head and whisper: "Before he sent troops, Wanggang Village had already sent people to the city as an insider. When His Majesty left Dongdu and the large group of troops left, the Dongdu was empty, Liang Shide's army attacked the city, and those people cooperated inside and outside, and Dongdu was lost."

Chu Yang showed an ugly expression on his face.

That expression seemed like someone used a knife to cut away a piece of flesh blood from his heart, but he could only watch and couldn't do anything.

He turned around and looked out the window again.

Shang Ruyi looked at his back and whispered: "Your Majesty——"

“Shang Ruyi,”

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chu Yang's cold voice: "You are really like this. You know what you say can make me happy, and you also know what you say can make me unhappy, but you insist on choosing the latter, right?"

“…No, no.”

"Then do you know what you should say now?"

“…”

"You know again, do you want to hear what I want to hear now?"

“…”

Shang Ruyi was silent for a long time, then raised her head and said softly: "Your Highness the Princess and Your Highness Zhao, they are both safe."

As soon as he heard this, Chu Yang's shoulder twitched slightly, he turned his head to look at her, and his eyes finally regained some warmth and vitality.

He said, "It's good that they are safe."

Shang Ruyi could see that he was not surprised by the news, and it was obvious that Wo Xue had already reported it.

She continued: "The Empress... is safe."

Chu Yang's eyes flashed.

After a while of silence, a hint of smiling, warm and cold expression appeared on the handsome and sad face: "She has gotten what she wants and has achieved her merits."

Shang Ruyi's heart beat, and she looked up at him.

Chu Yang said: "Why, you can't see it yet?"

“…”

"Although she is the queen of the Daye Dynasty, she has never stood beside me and thought about it. Until now, she only has a pair of children in her eyes. Otherwise—"

He sneered at Shang Ruyi: "How could she be so attentive to you?"

“…”

"She has always wanted Xinyue to marry Yuwen Ye. Even if he has married you, she wants her daughter to be a concubine. She is willing to do anything, and she even hopes that you can get along well in the future..."

“…”

"I don't understand why she valued the Yuwen family so much, Yuwen Yuan, Yuwen Ye, and even Yuwen Qian seemed to be the pillars of the court in her eyes,"

Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in his eyes: "But I never believed them."

Shang Ruyi's heartbeat was slightly heavy, and she looked at Chu Yang with difficulty: "I, I am also a member of the Yuwen family. Does Your Majesty never believe me?"

Chu Yang said: "You are not."

"I--"

"You are the one I have chosen to identify. Now, aren't you right by my side?"

Shang Ruyi's heart trembled unconsciously.

At this time, Chu Yang seemed to feel her silence, turned around and walked over slowly, looked at her lost eyes, remained silent for a while, and said, "What are you thinking."

Shang Ruyi shook her head gently: "Nothing."

Chu Yang frowned: "You are thinking of Yuwen Ye?"

“…”

"You're still thinking about him?"

Shang Ruyi felt a little funny in her heart. How could she think of him? Instead of spending her energy to think of him, it would be better to think about how to break the dilemma in front of her. So she slowly looked up at him, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, do you still want to go back to Dongdu?"

Chu Yang's eyes flashed.

He immediately said: "Of course, it's not that I want to, but that I will definitely go back."

"That--"

"But I am in Jiangdu, and there are still some things to do. When I finish those things, I will naturally re-engage the army to the north, just like when I went south to destroy Chen, and I will do my best in one battle!"

“…”

"Dongdu, I will definitely return to my hands!"

Shang Ruyi looked at him with her head raised. No matter what happened around her, no matter how many people died in places he could not see, whether they were rebels, the people, or even the fire was burning or the floods in the world, he was always so energetic, as if as long as he thought, everyone could kneel at his feet.

However, Jiangnan's too gentle and moist air made his words lose some sharpness.

“By that time,”

Chu Yang slowly sat down to the bed, looked at Shang Ruyi's drooping eyelashes, and his slightly flashing bright pupils said, "You go back with me."

“…”

Shang Ruyi suddenly felt very tired.

She couldn't say anything else, and she didn't even know what else she could say, so she could only nod her head gently.

Chu Yang showed a smile on his face.

He stretched out his hand as if he wanted to touch her, but before his fingertips touched Shang Ruyi's cheek, he stopped by her sudden shivering movement. The hand froze for a moment, and slowly put it back.

Then he stood up and said, "You have a rest."

“…”

"I will take good care of myself these days. I will come to accompany you when I recover. The scenery here is very good. Then I will accompany you to see it."

Shang Ruyi said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chu Yang turned around and left.

When he left, another cold fragrance came out of his raised sleeves, which hit Shang Ruyi's face. It felt a sadness for the first time. Shang Ruyi also saw that his hand was exposed from the cuff, as if there was a bandage wrapped around it, but it only showed it for a short moment and disappeared in front of him.

Shang Ruyi sighed and leaned back weakly.

Jiangnan... The magnolia slaloms and the green birds cry in spring, are there really just good scenery here?

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In the next few days, Shang Ruyi stayed in this palace to cultivate.

In fact, she could only cultivate here. Although she did not experience any bloody disasters this time when she went south, and she did not even have any wounds to break the skin. However, her long-term hunger and the confusion of medicine caused huge damage to her body and spirit. She had eaten soup for several days and various precious tonics and medicinal materials to her room as if she was not worth it. Finally, she could move freely in a few days and eat and drink normally.

She hasn't seen Wo Xue these days.

She was a little worried that Chu Yang would kill her. When she asked Eunuch Yu, she realized that Wo Xue had saved her life at her request, but she was still hit by dozens of sticks because of a mistake.

Such a young and slender girl, beaten by dozens of sticks, would lose half her life even if she didn't die.

Looking at Shang Ruyi's somewhat worried expression, Eunuch Yu smiled and said, "She is the one whom the wife came forward to protect her. Naturally, Your Majesty will not really take her life. Those dozens of sticks are indeed punishments, and they are also beaten to others."

As he said that, he sighed again and said, "Your Majesty is really concerned about the affairs of the lady."

Care for...?

These two words made Shang Ruyi feel uncomfortable.
To be continued...