"Huh?"
Shang Ruyi was taken aback; the note was thrown onto her just perfectly. She instinctively reached out to catch it, picked it up, and imdiately widened her eyes.
It was actually Shang Shoufei’s visiting card!
Tushere, standing beside her, also changed her expression slightly and whispered, "Ah, I didn’t get a chance to tell you. Princess, your elder son from the Shang Family ca early in the morning to send a visiting card."
"..."
"The second lord, oh no, Prince Qin did not want to see the visitor at all and sent them away."
Shang Ruyi’s expression suddenly darkened.
Raising her head again, she saw in the room, the tall figure that halted upon hearing their movents, slightly shuddered, stopped, then turned back to look at her.
The two of them suddenly locked eyes across the door.
Imdiately, Shang Ruyi was taken aback again.
Those eyes, which she was already familiar with, were unexpectedly covered with bloodshot lines, clearly from a sleepless night, coupled with anger, looming beneath the weary surface with hidden fury, startlingly alarming.
Instinctively, Shang Ruyi said, "Second brother... what’s wrong?"
"...!"
At this mont, it seed, she wasn’t sure if it was a misunderstanding, Yu Wenye’s eyes appeared even redder.
But at the next mont, his expression returned to normal, especially those eyes. In an instant, they seed to freeze into cold frost. He slowly opened the door with his hand and calmly said, "You’re back."
Shang Ruyi, at this mont, finally regained so composure and softly said, "Yes."
After speaking, she gestured to Tushere beside her. Tushere, after all, had so sense, and from last night’s somber atmosphere and Yu Wenye’s grim attitude while discussing things with Pei Xingyuan, she sowhat felt that there might be issues between them. At this mont, she dared not say much, swiftly retreated.
Only then did Shang Ruyi slowly walk into the room.
The room had already been swept clean, except for so unnecessary furniture left, everything else had been tidily organized.
And Shang Ruyi could see at a glance, the bed in the inner room was arranged neatly, indeed looking like it hadn’t been slept on for a night.
She softly said, "Why—"
These matters could completely be left for Chang Wan and Wo Xue to handle, why bother yourself toiling through the night, truly unnecessary, not good for health either.
But upon further thought, cautiousness might not be a bad thing.
After all, they were soon to move into the palace. At that ti, every word, every expression, even a single phrase, would beco everyone’s focal point. From now on, being prudent and cautious was perhaps not a bad thing, on the contrary, might be necessary.
Thinking so, she swallowed the rest of her words, just lowered her head, and noticed the visiting card that Yu Wenye had just thrown out like trash, then said, "Why did you throw this away?"
Yu Wenye squinted his eyebrows slightly.
He looked up at Shang Ruyi, "Why, do you hope I would accept it?"
His words seed like a question, yet like a counter-question, but regardless of the tone, coming from his mouth, it made Shang Ruyi feel a sudden flush on her face—she certainly understood the reason for Yu Wenye’s cold, even foul attitude towards Shang Shoufei was because she once confided in him her childhood experiences, making Yu Wenye outraged with righteous anger, even more so when he knew she’d been bullied by those beggars, he was furious enough to want to seek justice for her.
He was angry because he felt sorry for her.
It’s also because he felt sorry for her that he had such a bad impression of Shang Shoufei, even his attitude was so foul, throwing the visiting card away as if it were garbage.
And now, her attitude shifted, wasn’t this like slapping her own face?
But—
While her thoughts wavered a thousand tis, unable to decide how to speak, even not having made the next decision, Yu Wenye seed to have keenly sensed her hesitation, frowned, and looked at her, "Why, do you really want to accept this?"
"..."
Shang Ruyi looked at him, said nothing.
Yu Wenye’s brows furrowed tighter, as if not quite believing, "You really want to accept it?"
Shang Ruyi remained silent for a while, then softly said, "Even though I just visited ho yesterday, I shouldn’t necessarily—but still, I’d like to ask you, can you report to the Emperor, allow to stay another night at the Duke Mansion."
"..."
"I wish to return to the Shang Family tomorrow, to pay my respects to my parents."
"..."
After listening to her words, Yu Wenye’s expression did cald down a bit, but his gaze grew even more complex. He remained silent for a while, then looked up at Shang Ruyi, said, "Do you know tomorrow is the first day for us entering the palace?"
"..."
Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi was also stunned.
She then regained so awareness—indeed, tomorrow was their first day moving into the palace. Although it could be considered just moving hos, that ho wasn’t an ordinary house, but the Imperial Palace. As King Qin and Princess Qin, entering the palace for the first ti, there would certainly be many affairs to handle.
More importantly—
After entering the palace, by his side, it wouldn’t just be herself, who was once the Young Madam, now the Princess Qin, because in the palace, there was still a concubine waiting for him.
Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi was sowhat hesitant, "Then—"
Before she finished her words, Yu Wenye coldly said, "Forget it."
"Ah?"
"You should return to the Shang Family. I can’t stop you from paying respect to your parents, even the Emperor will allow it." Saying this, he glanced at her indifferently, "Family mbers are naturally the most important people to you."
After speaking, without waiting for Shang Ruyi to say more, he got up and instructed outside, "Soone, bring the jewelry box from outside."
Shang Ruyi looked back, only to realize that her jewelry had been organized by him, placed at the top of several large boxes outside, sealed, and upon hearing his voice, Chang Wan imdiately returned, carrying the box into the room.
Yu Wenye calmly said, "Returning, don’t be too plain."
For a mont, Shang Ruyi didn’t know if she was happy or if so inexplicable unease surged in her heart, making her heartbeat sowhat unsteady, even her breathing uneven. After a while, she softly said, "Hmm."
Speaking of which, she recalled the previous matter. So she asked, "By the way, my brother—was he recomnded by you?"
Yu Wenye lightly glanced at her, "Hmm."
Indeed.
The unease in her heart was imdiately dissipated for the most part, Shang Ruyi barely showed a hint of a smile, said, "Thank you."
"..."
"But, why as the Weibei Road Marching Secretary?"
"Weibei Road Marching Secretary?"
Upon hearing these words, Yu Wenye’s brows imdiately furrowed, turned looking at her, said sternly, "I recomnded Shen Wuzheng for the position of Director of the Ministry of Revenue!"
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