Shang Ruyi let out a bitter laugh.
It’s ironic how she had confidently told Tushere and the others that the city walls of Eastern Capital were solid, the granaries were well-stocked, and Liang Shide’s troops were rely a rabble, not fit to take Eastern Capital, but now—
The biting cold wind whipped up a snowball the size of an egg, slapping hard against her face.
It was as if she had been struck hard.
Shang Ruyi’s face stung with pain and cold, but at this mont she couldn’t care about that, only feeling an unease, a foreboding that surged up in waves, almost suffocating her.
At this mont, she heard Lei Yu’s voice in her ear, as if coming from a distant place—
"Shang Ruyi, why are you here?"
"..."
"Where is Feng Chen? Isn’t he with you?"
"..."
"Why aren’t you in Eastern Capital?"
"..."
Shang Ruyi lifted her sowhat numb face to look at her, hesitated a mont, then slowly said, "He, he was ordered to attack Wanggang Village."
"Oh?"
Lei Yu raised an eyebrow, a hint of an unusual expression on her face.
She imdiately asked, "And you—"
Shang Ruyi said, "Your Majesty headed south to Jiangdu Palace, intending to take and us away. I didn’t want to go, so I snuck out."
"Oh..."
Lei Yu nodded lightly, as if recalling the events that happened in Yann County, then looked at Shang Ruyi’s pale face and anxious eyes, and said softly, "You did the right thing. If you really followed him south, who knows what kind of situation you’d be facing."
Shang Ruyi said, "Staying in Eastern Capital isn’t necessarily good either."
Hearing this, a cold light flashed in Lei Yu’s eyes, and she said, "Are you trying to say that if you stayed in Eastern Capital, you would be a ghost under the knife tonight?"
Shang Ruyi said, "Blades and swords have no eyes."
"..."
Lei Yu looked at her in silence for a while, then suddenly let out a sarcastic laugh, "You don’t need to belittle yourself. No matter what happens in Eastern Capital tonight, even if they tear down Ziwei Palace, no one will touch a single blade of grass from the Yuwen Family."
"...!?"
Shang Ruyi was stunned, then looked up at her again, suddenly realizing sothing, feeling that her previous words were perhaps too sharp, and it wasn’t necessary to co to this with Lei Yu.
So she softly said, "I know, you’ve always—"
Lei Yu said, "It’s not just us."
"Hmm?"
Shang Ruyi was stunned again, looking up at her—what did she an?
Lei Yu also looked down at her, her eyes flashing with a bit of complex light, and said, "Before sending troops, I made a request to them, no matter what, after the army enters Eastern Capital City, it must not disturb your family. Originally, these words were ant for the group that infiltrated Eastern Capital, but by the ti our ssage was sent over, their ssage had already arrived."
"..."
"They requested that after Liang Shide’s army enters Eastern Capital City, they can do anything except touch the Yuwen Family."
"..."
"Especially, they must not touch Young Madam Yu Wen."
"...!"
Shang Ruyi stood there stiffly, montarily unable to respond.
The people of Wanggang Village told Liang Shide not to touch the Yuwen Family, especially not her?
Although her limbs were cold and numb, her mind was racing at this mont, quickly understanding that the only connection she had in Wanggang Village was Xiao Yuansui, who at least had treated her very kindly when she was alone in Xingluo Granary, not harming her from beginning to end.
Were those words his doing?
Lei Yu said, "It seems your relationship with Wanggang Village is quite extraordinary."
Shang Ruyi still couldn’t say a word.
Lei Yu looked at her, her gaze becoming more solemn, hesitated for a long ti before saying softly, "Shang Ruyi, you—"
Before she could finish, they both seed to sense sothing, turning to look towards the road ahead, and the people behind them beca alert as well.
Amid the vast night and the wind and snow, it seed there was soone speeding toward them.
Lei Yu was more vigilant than anyone, instantly raising her hand, and the people behind her all beca on guard, so even drawing their blades, the cold sharp light piercing the eyes in this dark night.
But at this mont, Jiang Kesong spoke up first, "It seems they’re our people!"
"...!"
"...!"
Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi’s face imdiately lit up with surprise, quickly turning to welco them, indeed seeing a troop riding swiftly out of the wind and snow, and in the firelight surrounding them, she imdiately recognized that leading the charge was none other than Mu Xian!
They have arrived!
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