At the mont Yu Wenye uttered those words, Shang Ruyi felt a buzzing in her head, as if the clouds that had been gathering above for so long finally struck a thunderbolt down between the two of them.
Even though their bodies were close, there was no gap.
Finally, it still happened—
In that instant, her body seed to lose all senses, she couldn’t even perceive her breathing or heartbeat. The sudden sharp pain caught her off guard, as if her whole being would crumble into dust from the shock, instinctively curling up, burying her cheeks deep into her arms.
A wave of scorching emotions welled up from her heart, blocking her nose, as if it would overflow from her eyes and fall.
But, it was only that instant.
In the next mont, she almost instinctively regained her clarity, no longer hearing the deafening roar, instead, those words echoed clearly once more in her ears, one by one.
After the morning eting...
Concubine...
Amidst the echoes, there seed to be so heavy sounds entangled by her ears, more like they were drilling into her heart. Slowly, Shang Ruyi turned her head and opened her eyes.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she t a gaze as sharp as a knife.
It was Yu Wenye.
His two hands still propped on either side of her, his entire body covering hers, like a protective shield, yet also like a constraint, leaning close to her as if forbidding her escape, his eyes so near they seed to penetrate her gaze, piercing into the depths of her soul.
Shang Ruyi’s heart trembled slightly.
But on her face, there was no surplus of emotions—this was what she already understood, or rather, had already prepared for. If she were to show a stunned expression today, or even grow envious again, it would be ridiculous.
Thinking this, she herself let out a light laugh.
Then said, "Oh."
"..."
Yu Wenye’s brows imdiately furrowed.
In those cold eyes vaguely flickered what seed to be rage, yet he suppressed it, refusing to clearly manifest anger, took a deep breath and said, "Oh—what does it an?"
"I understand."
"..."
Yu Wenye’s eyes were stirred into waves by these few indifferent words, he let out a heavy breath and said, "What do you understand?"
Shang Ruyi blinked, looking at his increasingly sharp gaze, as if he wanted to pry open her mouth and extract so truth—yet she, had clearly told him everything, what was it he didn’t understand?
Moreover, wasn’t this matter already foreseen?
With this thought, she prepared to sit up, but Yu Wenye who was covering her didn’t move, unwilling to let her rise until he got to the bottom of it, and certainly not to let her leave from underneath him. Shang Ruyi’s movents were hindered, she raised her head to glance at him and softly said, "Let up first, or else we won’t make it to the morning court."
"..."
"Since you already—"
Just as she finished speaking, footsteps could be heard faintly coming from outside, as if soone entered the courtyard but didn’t approach the door, already t by Chang Wan and others, in the tranquil morning light Aunt Hui’s voice sounded faintly.
"Has the second young master and the young madam arisen?"
"Aunt Hui, the second young master and young madam... are about to wake up."
"Urge them, the Duke has already left."
"Yes."
Though usually accustod to Aunt Hui’s polite yet needle-hidden deanor, today, her voice carried an unmistakable hardness; even from just the sound, one could imagine her cold expression.
Soon after, the footsteps drifted away.
This ti, none of Chang Wan and the others dared to linger, gathering near the door, seemingly about to knock yet understanding Yu Wenye had just returned, opting instead to softly call from outside: "Second young master, young madam, it’s almost ti for the morning court."
Shang Ruyi lifted her head again, looking at the cold face before her.
Yu Wenye exhaled deeply, finally straightening up, glancing at her once more before rising to leave; as did Shang Ruyi, imdiately standing, and called toward outside, "Co in."
Soon, Tushere and Chang Wan ca in with hot towels and other items, serving them as they freshened up, changing into the court attire prepared the previous night. Shang Ruyi also selected the most formal jewelry from those Guan Yunmu left for her, wearing them.
Once the grooming was complete, reflected in the mirror was already a dignified, composed imperial decree lady.
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