Chapter 179 You guessed it right before
Almost from the beginning of his northern tour with the emperor, he went all the way to northern Xinjiang, was raided by Turks and returned to Yanmen City, and then was rescued and returned to the Eastern Capital, and obtained Guan Yunmu's After hearing the news of his death, Shang Ruyi had not had a good night's sleep in the past few months.
This night was the first time in the past few months that she slept so peacefully.
But when she woke up again, she felt that her eyes were dark and her breathing was blocked. She was so frightened that she jumped up from the bed. Only then did she realize that she had been covered with a good quilt when she fell asleep, but at some point, she was pulled out of bed. Go to the top of your head and cover yourself completely.
No wonder I felt stuffy and hot even though I slept deeply last night.
Sweating broke out in his bed. Shang Ruyi pushed the quilt away angrily and reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead. When he turned his head again, he found that the room was bright and it was probably already past Chen time.
She hurriedly wanted to call someone, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she hurriedly stopped. When she turned around, she found that the couch belonging to Yu Wenye was empty. Did he leave early in the morning?
Shang Ruyi is so impressive. Soon, Tusheer and Wuxue came in with a hot water basin and towels.
Shang Ruyi asked: "Where is he?"
Tushe'er said: "Miss, my uncle got up early in the morning and said that the emperor would have an early appearance today and he would go to the palace to thank him. ”
"...Oh."
Shang Ruyi suddenly realized.
From the time everyone followed the Holy Emperor back to the Eastern Capital until now, the emperor has been absent from the court. Firstly, he needs some time to deal with the previous backlog of affairs. Secondly, there are so many casualties in this northern patrol. There are also funerals. For example, the Duke's Mansion held a seven-day funeral.
Today is already the second day of the Lunar New Year, and it’s time to go to court.
Wuxue said: "Young Madam, the Young Master gave special instructions before leaving, saying that the Young Madam has been tired these past few days, so we must not wake up the Young Madam, and let you sleep as long as you can. How long. Madam, I really feel sorry for you.”
"..."
Shang Ruyi couldn't help but blush.
She just said "talkative" and went to wash herself. After she finished washing, she went out. The sun was really bright outside. Although the sun in winter did not have much power, it was bright. The light still makes people feel refreshed physically and mentally.
Shang Ruyi ran into Aunt Hui as soon as she went out.
She saluted to her and said respectfully: "Young Madam."
Shang Ruyi knew that she had won this time, but it was far from the time when she could compete with her. What's more, it was not the stage of confrontation now, so she still said politely: "Aunt Hui, it's so early. Just get up and get busy?”
Aunt Hui pointedly smiled and said: "It's getting late."
Shang Ruyi couldn't help but blush - even though everyone knew that she was very tired these days, she didn't wake up until this time. She didn't have the consciousness to be the young lady of the Duke's Mansion, so she could only muddle through.
Aunt Hui smiled and said: "Today, I am busier than usual."
Shang Ruyi said: "What can I do?"
Aunt Hui said lukewarmly: "The waiter suddenly lost two people, and one of them is still in charge. The cups and utensils used in the past few days have to be recycled. I don't have experienced people to do this, but it will cost more than usual." How many times more effort?"
Shang Ruyi was stunned.
Aunt Hui smiled and said to her again: "Young madam, you are tired these days, so you should go and rest, I will go to work first."
After saying that, she turned around leave.
Shang Ruyi stood there looking at her back for a long time, and then left thoughtfully, but he did not go back to the house to rest immediately, but went to the east courtyard, where he saw the girl who was still there. Jin Yun was packing some relics for Guan Yunmu, and Chang Wan looked haggard.
Although Shang Ruyi had told her not to abuse her when she was locked up in the woodshed before, she obviously suffered a lot when she was locked up in the woodshed during the cold winter months, but Chang Wan didn't say a word about it and only thanked Shang Ruyi repeatedly for cleaning her up. After being wronged, he cried and said: "Young Madam's grace will never be forgotten even by a long mandarin."
Shang Ru Yiyi smiled lightly and said: "Since you are innocent, then cleaning up the grievances is what people in this house should do. It is not a kind of grace. You don't have to do this."
After saying that, he looked at Jin again. Yun: "Next--does the Duke have any plans for you?"
Jin Yun and Chang Wan both shook their heads.
Seeing them like this, Shang Ruyi's expression became a little more solemn.
They talked for a while, and then Shang Ruyi returned to the room. Because he was so preoccupied, he didn't even eat lunch, so he just sat in the room in a daze. On this day, the emperor's court meeting was several times longer than usual, probably It was because there was too much official business backlog during the previous northern tour. By the time the Duke and Yu Wenye returned to the mansion, it was already past the official time.
As soon as Yu Wenye opened the door, he saw Shang Ruyi sitting on a short table in the center of the room, with most of his body lying on it, looking too lazy to move, but his eyebrows were slightly frowned, his eyes were distracted, and As if he was concentrating on something.
He walked slowly over and sat down opposite her. She remained motionless, as if she couldn't hear or see anything.
Yu Wenye whispered: "What are you thinking about?"
Shang Ruyi was still thinking about his own affairs, and murmured: "I am thinking, sometimes, doing things You have to have a rhythm of doing things. It is actually very easy to deal with bad people, but after dealing with them, no one will do the things. I am afraid that the harm will be greater than not dealing with them..."
Yu Wenye frowned: "Huh?"
At this time, Shang Ruyi finally came to his senses and stood up quickly: "Huh? Why are you back?"
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Shang Ruyi smiled bitterly. He had not come back to his senses just now. His casual words offended him. He smiled and said: "I thought you would stay in the palace again. It’s been a while.”
Yu Wenye said calmly: "After the matter is settled, why don't you come back?"
Shang Ruyi asked hurriedly: "I went to the court today to thank you. What's the matter? Did the emperor say anything?"
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Yu Wenye did not answer her immediately, but his eyes suddenly became sharp and he looked up at her: "Why are you so concerned about what the emperor says?"
Shang Ruyi was stunned.
Even if she is not his "Madam", she is still the young lady of the Duke's Palace. It is the first time for the father and son to go to court after such a long time, and it took so much time to come back. What plans does the emperor have? Does she? Shouldn't you care?
Furthermore, yesterday, the relationship between the two of them had obviously eased a lot. Why did he feel like a hedgehog that had been poked by someone when he asked about their going to court? stood up.
Shang Ruyi was at a loss, but he also felt a little unhappy.
So he said calmly: "Then, I won't ask anymore."
Both of them didn't speak, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little dull.
But she stopped asking, and Yu Wenye's expression softened. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "Why don't you have lunch?"
Shang Ruyi was stunned again, and looked up at him, He just came back, how did he know that he hadn't had lunch?
She thought for a while and said softly: "I don't have any appetite."
"You have to eat even if you don't have an appetite. It's freezing cold. How can a person survive without eating?"
After saying that, without waiting for her to say anything else, she turned around and ordered someone to go to the kitchen to send a message and ask for some food to be delivered to their room. The fire in the kitchen never stopped, and some hot soup and hot dishes were quickly delivered.
It's strange to say that he had no appetite before, but now when he saw this not-so-rich meal, he felt a real sense of hunger. Shang Ruyi obediently picked up the bowl and chopsticks, took two bites, and his appetite increased. Some, so she ate most of the bowl of rice with hot soup, and a plate of hot and sour cold dishes was also eaten by her.
Seeing her eating deliciously, Yu Wenye snorted coldly: "Who said you had no appetite just now?"
Shang Ruyi himself blushed a little, and said: " I don’t know why, but eating with fewer people is more delicious than eating in the dining room.”
“…”
Yu Wenye glanced at her, and his eyes seemed to be brighter. A little brighter.
But his expression remained unchanged, and while he continued to eat his own food, he said calmly: "I won't always accompany you to eat in the house, but there are not such big rules at home. As long as dad is not here, you can let him The people in the kitchen will bring the food here, and no one will talk about you."
Seeing that he hadn't finished eating, Shang Ruyi filled another half bowl of soup, drank it carefully, and said, "Yeah. .”
Feeling that the atmosphere was getting better, Shang Ruyi thought for a while and decided to change the question, so he said softly: "Speaking of which, you will definitely be busier than before after being canonized as the general of the auxiliary country. You will be able to do more in the future. There must be less time to go home for dinner.”
“…”
Yu Wenye took a deep breath and said, “It’s not the future.”
"Huh?"
"This morning, His Majesty has issued an order, asking me to lead 20,000 troops to retake Xingluocang—we will set off in three days."
Shang Ruyi was surprised when he heard this. Gotta keep my eyes open.
Actually, she was not surprised that the emperor would send Yu Wenye to Xingluocang. After all, she already knew it when he was canonized before, and when Yu Wenye was playing with the stones in the dormitory of Banyan Temple, The two people also made it very clear that this matter would most likely fall on him.
Shang Ruyi was surprised that the emperor only asked him to order 20,000 troops? !
You must know that the Wanggang Army led tens of thousands of people before. After they occupied Xingluocang, they opened the granary to provide relief to the victims. Tens of thousands of people came to join them. Now the size of the Wanggang Army is less than 100,000.
Xingluocang is located in a dangerous terrain and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The imperial court lost Xingluocang before. Firstly, the guards were lax, and secondly, most of the soldiers were transferred away for the expedition to Liaodong; now the king The men from the Gang Army would not take it lightly after they occupied it. To recapture Xingluocang from such a team with only 20,000 soldiers and horses, one can imagine how difficult it would be!
Just when Shang Ruyi frowned, Yu Wenye told her one more thing -
"By the way, there is one more thing."
" What’s going on?”
Yu Wenye looked at her, his eyes flickering, and said: "You guessed it right before."
"Huh?"
"We captured Xingluocang, and now we are leading Wang Gang's army there It is Xiao Yuansui who is waiting for a fight with the imperial court!"
(End of this chapter)