Shang Ruyi trembled slightly.
She completely understood the deeper aning in Yu Wenqian’s words, and indeed, the last two words from his mouth should not be "outco" but rather "battle outco"!
And what he just said, that he originally wanted to stay, but still had to leave—
So, he understood what she was worried about!
It was the final battle outco of Fufeng.
If he participated in this battle, then when it ca ti to discuss rits and rewards upon returning, the battle outco of Fufeng would surely have so portion taken by him, so these days, he did almost nothing, except for helping her with that arrow yesterday, he kept himself away from the Fufeng battle matters, basically to tell her, that in this battle, he didn’t plan to seize the fruits of victory?
If that is indeed the case—
Has he seen through all her thoughts?
At this mont, Shang Ruyi suddenly felt her face burning. Although it was impossible for anyone to truly not care about such a battle outco, her careful caution was easily seen through by him, and now being inford that he did not intend to seize anything, it inevitably made her feel embarrassed.
But looking at Shang Ruyi’s sowhat reddened face, Yu Wenqian did not intend to mock her, instead, his eyes shimred, seemingly clear, yet with an indescribable sense of lancholy.
He murmured, "What truly belongs to a person cannot be taken away, even if snatched."
"..."
"Otherwise, sooner or later—"
Shang Ruyi did not hear clearly for a mont, and looked up at him in surprise, "What?"
Yu Wenqian seed to co to his senses suddenly, looked at her again, and smiled with a complex expression, "Nothing."
After finishing, he looked down again at Yu Wenye lying on the bed, then said, "Feng Chen is fine, so I am relieved. You don’t need to see off, just take good care of him."
"Elder brother..."
"Next, you have a tough battle to fight, but I think I already know what the outco will be."
"..."
"I will report back to the court to petition for your rits."
After saying this, he got up and walked out, while Shang Ruyi, although sowhat bewildered in her mind, hurried to follow him to the door, where Yu Wenqian stopped, turned back to look at her.
In the sunlight, his gaze was clear, with an indescribable depth and tenderness.
He smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, take care."
After speaking, he turned and left.
"..."
For a mont, Shang Ruyi was at a loss, even forgetting what to say, only watching his figure receding into the distance, still sowhat dazed for a long ti.
"...Was I really wrong?"
Could it be that what is called foreknowledge, knowing more than herself, and his tily appearance, as well as seemingly being step-by-step calculated, really only because of her own suspicion?
After a long while, she slowly turned back inside, outside there was a faint sound of people sending them off, but at this mont, she really did not want to go out again.
Yu Wenqian’s words made her doubt herself for the first ti.
Returning inside, Shang Ruyi sat down by the bed, quietly, almost numbly, sitting for a long ti, until Tushere ca to bring her a cup of warm tea, then she barely regained her senses.
She took a sip of water, as if waking up a bit, and rembered sothing, saying, "By the way, She’er, it seems you wanted to tell sothing, what is it?"
At this ntion, Tushere’s eyes flickered, "Miss..."
"What is it?"
"The maid, the maid was wrong."
"What?"
Shang Ruyi was surprised, this girl, although sotis reckless, was always loyal and had never made any big mistakes, why suddenly today? She imdiately put down the teacup in her hand, looked up at her, "What happened?"
Tushere said softly, "The maid damaged Miss’s item while washing."
"...?"
Shang Ruyi was taken aback, only then rembering that last night she took her own clothes for washing.
So—
"It’s nothing serious."
Shang Ruyi was about to laugh, when suddenly, the vague unease she felt yesterday when she saw her walking out of the room with the copper basin surged up once again, this ti more clearly.
She imdiately looked up again at Tushere, asking, "What did you damage?"
Tushere cautiously took out a wrapped handkerchief from her bosom.
Shang Ruyi took it, unwrapped it bit by bit, and saw inside an incense bag, sowhat familiar, then upon closer inspection, it was the one they got when attending a ceremony at Dayan Temple, as they were leaving the temple, she suddenly saw a strange figure ahead, intending to take a look, when Yu Wenqian suddenly walked over, handing her and Yu Wenye each an incense bag, saying it was a peace charm he obtained for them.
It was because of this that she didn’t pursue that figure anymore.
At that ti, she was even curious, how could peace charms appear in a Buddhist temple.
And they were placed in incense bags.
However, since it was a gift from her elder brother, they didn’t say much and kept them with them, and did not pay much attention to it afterward.
Unexpectedly—
Shang Ruyi said, "The peace charm got damaged?"
"Yes,"
Tushere said guiltily in a low voice, "The maid knows this was requested by the eldest master for Miss and the master, but while washing yesterday, it was not taken out, and when found, it was already damaged."
"..."
"The maid intended to tell Miss last night, but when she saw you were already asleep, she dared not disturb you, and then just now—"
Shang Ruyi sighed.
No wonder she felt like she forgot sothing yesterday, but couldn’t recall it, it was this peace charm.
Even though it’s not an invaluable treasure, it’s still a token of her elder brother’s intention, and Yu Wenye’s incense bag was still on him, never taken off, while hers was damaged first, it would not be good if soone found out.
Shang Ruyi thought for a mont, wrapped the handkerchief again, and said, "I’ll take it back and find a way to nd it, don’t tell anyone else."
"Okay."
Tushere said softly again, "But Miss, the maid discovered there seed to be other items inside the incense bag."
"...?"
Shang Ruyi was stunned, looked up at her, "What items?"
Tushere hurriedly took out another paper packet from her bosom, "Steeped in water, the maid couldn’t recognize, so it was left to dry on the windowsill all night, just retrieved."
Shang Ruyi quickly took it, opened to see so fine, brown dry leaves inside, because they were soaked in water for a while, the scent was very faint, but upon closer inspection, she could still sll so fragrance.
Agastache, peilan, Asarum, and, Acorus calamus...
At this mont, a flash of understanding shot through Shang Ruyi’s mind, and in an instant, she was frozen in place.
Seeing her like this, Tushere was frightened and hurriedly said, "Miss, what’s wrong with you?"
"..."
Shang Ruyi could not speak, only looked seriously at those fine dried leaves.
These were the herbs used when healers encountered warti plagues to concoct a specific type of incense bag, and this incense bag had only one purpose—
To prevent the epidemic!
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