At this mont, the sound of a lock being opened ca from outside the door.
Shang Ruyi imdiately raised her head, and with a creak, the door that had been tightly shut for most of the day was finally pushed open. A faint line of light slowly stretched across the floor, followed by a familiar shadow cast upon it.
"Princess...?"
The cautious voice belonged to Wo Xue.
She slowly walked in, raising her head to see Shang Ruyi sitting by the bed, with tear stains not yet dried on her pale face. Instantly, her eyes filled with deep empathy, and she hurriedly placed what she was holding onto the table, then walked to the bedside: "Princess, are you feeling any better?"
"..."
Shang Ruyi didn’t speak, only letting her hand fall, and the soft sleeve followed, imdiately covering the bruise on her wrist.
It was just a mont, but Wo Xue still saw it.
When she spoke again, her voice was sowhat hoarse: "Princess..."
Shang Ruyi looked at her: "Why have you co?"
"I ca to bring you dinner, Princess. You haven’t eaten all day."
"Oh."
Shang Ruyi’s eyes moved with a hint of apathy, as if only at that mont did she finally co back to life.
Indeed, she had stayed in this room for most of the day and hadn’t eaten anything, but because she was numb with pain all over, she couldn’t even feel hunger.
She looked up again, eting Wo Xue’s concerned gaze, hearing her soft voice urging: "Princess, I know you’re feeling very sad and can’t eat, but please try to eat sothing, alright?"
"..."
"I specially had them prepare vegetarian dishes."
"..."
"Princess, even if you’re angry or sad, you need strength to——Princess?"
As Wo Xue racked her brains, thinking about what to say next to comfort Shang Ruyi into eating a little, the next mont, she saw Shang Ruyi slowly stand up from the bed.
But perhaps because she had been sitting for too long, her legs went numb, and her body swayed a bit.
Wo Xue gasped in alarm and quickly reached out to support her. Shang Ruyi also held onto her wrist to steady herself, then lifted her head and slowly walked to the small table in the center of the room and sat down again.
Then she said, "Serve the al."
"Ah?"
Wo Xue was stunned.
Before coming in to serve the al, she had prepared a lot — although she wasn’t like Tushere, who had been with Shang Ruyi since childhood and didn’t know how much Shen Wuzheng cherished her, from their ti together over the past days, she had so understanding of how important Shen Wuzheng and the mbers of the Shen Family were to this devoted Princess of King Qin, and therefore she understood what a blow Shen Wuzheng’s death was to her.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have had such a confrontation with Yu Wenye.
So, before opening the door and walking in, she had thought of countless comforting words for Shang Ruyi, even if Shang Ruyi wouldn’t properly eat, taking a sip of soup, or even a sip of water, would be good.
But she never expected——
Seeing her sowhat in a daze, Shang Ruyi calmly asked, "Weren’t you going to let eat? Why haven’t you served it yet?"
"Ah? Ah, yes!"
Wo Xue was completely dumbfounded at this point but still imdiately reached out to open the food box and took out the dishes inside.
As she said, the preparations were all vegetarian, not too oily, which was perfect for soone who was deeply grieving, feeling low, and had no appetite.
And Shang Ruyi really picked up the bowl and chopsticks and slowly started to eat.
Wo Xue stood aside, not daring to breathe too loudly.
She could tell that Shang Ruyi had no appetite; she would chew one bite for a long ti before lowering her head to forcibly swallow it, clearly forcing herself to eat, but no matter what, eating was a good thing.
The room remained very quiet, with only the sound of Shang Ruyi eating.
After so ti, seeing that Shang Ruyi had eaten half a bowl of rice with a few side dishes, which was indeed her limit, Wo Xue imdiately made a cup of tea and brought it to Shang Ruyi’s side.
"Princess, please have so tea."
Shang Ruyi didn’t reach for the tea, only lowered her head and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, then said in a deep voice, "What about him?"
"...!"
Hearing these two words, Wo Xue’s heart trembled again.
Of course, she knew who Shang Ruyi was referring to with "him"—Yu Wenye. Only at this ti, Shang Ruyi couldn’t even bear to call his na, and this cold and distant attitude was startling.
Wo Xue took a deep breath and said, "Prince Qin, he has left."
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