I don't know why, even though the weather was so cold, Shang Ruyi's ears felt warm unconsciously when he saw his twinkling eyes.

Before her face was still hot, she stood up and said, "I, I'm going back to rest."

"..."

Yu Wenye glanced at her: "Go ahead."

Shang Ruyi nodded, turned around and left the dining room with Tu Sheer and Wuxue.

After walking out of the dining room, a cold wind blew from outside, which instantly calmed down her swollen mind. Looking back, she felt a little strange why her face suddenly turned red and her ears were hot just now. She couldn't help but reach out and rub her cheeks.

.

At this moment, Tusheer behind him said: "Miss..."

Shang Ruyi ignored her and just said to Wuxue: "Go back quickly and make the bed for me."

Wuxue smiled and said, "I understand."

After saying that, he walked forward quickly and soon disappeared into the night.

Only then did Shang Ruyi look back and saw Tu Sheer's expression of hesitation, he smiled faintly and said, "Just ask whatever you want, you look like you can't hide your words."

Tusheer hurriedly came to her and said softly: "Why should Miss care about this matter?"

Shang Ruyi smiled half-heartedly: "Shouldn't I care?"

Tu Sheer whispered even lower: "But didn't the lady say before that it's not time for you to be the housekeeper yet?"

"..."

"This incident is just the theft of the waiter, and it has nothing to do with the lady. It's such a big deal..."

Shang Ruyi said: "Although the waiter was stolen, the person who was framed was Chang Wan. Chang Wan will be implicated in Jinyun, and Jinyun will be directly implicated in my mother-in-law. This is the other party's petty gain. I absolutely cannot

Just sit back and ignore it.”

"other side?"

Tusheer's expression became more nervous: "What the lady means is——"

Shang Ruyi didn't speak anymore, but walked straight forward. When he returned to the room, the brazier was already burning hot, the room was warm, and the bed was made. Wuxue put a cup of hot tea in her hand and left.

, Tusheer went to close the door, and then walked back to Shang Ruyi, looking at her with twinkling eyes.

Shang Ruyi said while drinking tea: "In this matter, it seems that your uncle slipped the cup and slandered Chang Wan. But look at the result. The cup didn't fall into his hands. Instead, he had to pay Hu Hua to deal with the aftermath, and there was no benefit at all."

He is willing to do anything he can't do. There is only one reason, and his goal is to slander Chang Wan."

"..."

"But he has no grievances against Chang Wan, and there is no need to spend money not to please him, so he is also being instigated by others."

"..."

"And the person who ordered him——"

Tu Sheer lowered her voice: "Aunt Hui?"

Shang Ruyi smiled: "Well, I'm not stupid."

Tusheer frowned: "But what does Aunt Hui mean by doing this?"

Shang Ruyi said: "Didn't I just say that Chang Wan is implicated in Jin Yun, and Jin Yun is implicated in Madam. It must be strange that Chang Wan stole the cup during Madam's funeral, and it was Madam's cup that she stole.

Jin Yun was the one who was responsible for poor discipline. Madam passed away, and her backer has fallen. If no one helps her, she will definitely not be able to stay in the Duke's Mansion. "

"..."

"If she can't stay here, how can the other people around Madam survive?"

Tu She'er gasped: "So, Aunt Hui used her petty talent to make a big move, and used a long weed to completely eliminate all the officials' wives!"

Shang Ruyi nodded.

Tu Sheer sighed: "Okay, she is so cruel. I usually see her smiling, but I didn't expect that she would do something so unscrupulous!"

Shang Ruyi smiled lightly and said: "If you are not dead or injured, where are you?"

"..."

"But it can also be seen that her scheming and methods are indeed extraordinary."

Tusheer became more and more worried and said: "Then I don't understand even more. Why did the young lady want to do this? Didn't you say before that you didn't want to confront her?"

Shang Ruyi said: "I don't want to face each other, I just don't know how to face each other, but in fact, I will definitely be her opponent from the beginning, and she will definitely be mine. This was destined when this marriage was concluded.

Already."

Tusheer thought for a moment and said, "Because, miss, you refused to marry the eldest son?"

Shang Ruyi nodded.

She said in a deep voice: "It is impossible to reconcile the conflict between Aunt Hui and I. As long as I don't mess with her, everything will be fine. But this time I have to take action, because I said before that I only have the power of the housekeeper.

If I don’t take it now, it doesn’t mean I won’t take it forever. But if I do nothing now and let her cut off all the people in the house that I can use—especially the people my mother left behind, then even if I want to take it in the future,

I’m afraid I won’t be able to get it.”

Tusheer understood and said: "Miss, is this saving your strength for the future?"

She thought for a while and then said: "Then, does the Duke understand the young lady's painstaking efforts?"

Shang Ruyi looked at her with a smile in his eyes: "What do you think?"

In the dining room on the other side, the people in the kitchen had taken away all the cups and dishes on the table. Yu Wencheng was finally full and burped and said, "I don't understand why the second sister-in-law spends so much money."

If you're so powerful, you'll be dragged into the yard and hit forty boards, and you've hit everything, so what's the point of asking around?"

Yu Wenye frowned slightly and looked at him.

After a while, he said helplessly: "Yanjie, you can't just rely on your strength to be a human being. You still have to use your brain when you need to use your brain."

Yuwen Cheng said: "Huh, I don't like it."

"..."

"I just feel that fists and swords are more effective than brains, otherwise I was asked to beat up that Hu Hehua just now, and he would be able to strike faster than he would vomit."

Yu Wenye shook his head.

Yu Wencheng probably also felt that talking to him was not a good idea, so he got off the table and left.

In the dining hall, he was the only one sitting, looking out the window at the getting darker and darker night. After an unknown amount of time, he finally saw Mu Xian hurried in from the night, holding a brocade box in his hand and opening it.

It turned out to be the stolen Yue Kiln Cup.

Mu Xian smiled and said: "My lord, the completed jade has returned to Zhao."

Yu Wenye lowered his head and looked at the warm luster and smooth lines of the cup. It was like the breath of his mother's body when she was alive. It always gave people a feeling of peace of mind. But tonight, there was someone who kept such peace of mind, which also made him feel more at ease.

.

He said: "Send it to the waiter and tell them to leave it alone and don't make any mistakes again."

"yes."

Mu Xian picked up the box and was about to leave. He had just taken two steps when he heard Yu Wenye calling him again and stopped hurriedly: "Master, what else do you have to say?"

Yu Wenye said: "How do you know that you are going to Dengfeng to get something?"

"It's the young lady's order."

"Her orders? She has been working at home these past few days. How could she know that it must be the Dengfeng No.? At least, she should ask you to go out and inquire around the city."

"This matter also seemed strange to my subordinates. However, when I went to the Fenghao before, I specifically asked the boss who had come to inquire about this cup before. The boss said that there was indeed a young man who came to ask.

Pass."

"who is it?"

"The person who came here didn't leave his name, but I heard the boss' description. He was in his twenties, about the same height as me, with a southern accent. He looked like a guard from the Shen family who was attending the young lady's wedding."

Yu Wenye frowned: "Gao Feng?"

Mu Xian said: "That's him."

"..."

"Speaking of which... the young lady came to me that day and asked us to go do something. I think it was this."

"Then did you go?"

"..."

Mu Xian immediately lowered his head and was speechless with shame on his face.

Yu Wenye frowned and looked at him, there seemed to be a hint of anger on his face, but after thinking about it, he couldn't express it. After being silent for a long time, he said: "You, listen to me clearly, and pass the words on to them so that they can hear clearly.

——From now on, you must listen to every word she says, and you must do it for me!"

"..."

"No matter what situation she and I are in."

Mu Xian understood at this moment and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, young master, I will definitely do our best to serve the young lady."

Yu Wenye waved his hand, and Mu Xian left immediately.

When the last candle in the dining room was extinguished and he stood up to leave, the night was already very deep.

The wind was very cold, but Yu Wenye opened the door and walked into the warm room, but he didn't feel much hotter. On the contrary, when he saw the familiar, slender figure on the bed, the sweat on his palms became even more sticky.

Some.

He closed the door with his backhand, walked over with gentle steps, and stopped next to the bed.

Shang Ruyi was lying peacefully on the bed, sleeping with her eyes closed. The soft quilt only covered her shoulders. She was supposed to expose part of her neck, but her black hair was not clear because she turned over before or lay down.

It wasn't put away when she was young, and it was half covered and half wrapped around her neck, which happened to protect her.

Yu Wenye looked at the unconscious expression on her fair face because she was sleeping, and felt a little angry for some reason.

He hated her being so unconscious.

Every time she looks unconscious, but she is the most righteous, every word seems harmless, but every word is poignant, even more annoying than her calculating look.

Just thinking about this, Yu Wenye couldn't help but grit his teeth.

Whether it was because he was dreaming of something or because he was born to be sensitive to sight, even the sleeping Shang Ruyi seemed to feel a little uneasy because of his gnashing of teeth. He frowned slightly and twisted his body unconsciously.

.

With this movement, the hair on her neck became tightly wrapped around her neck.

The sleeping person immediately felt difficulty breathing. Although she was not suffocating, she could not help but open her mouth and let out two low sounds.

"snort!"

Yu Wenye sneered, as if he was watching a joke, but after watching for a while, he saw that she was really uncomfortable, so for some unknown reason, he leaned down and reached out to gently pull up a strand of black hair around her neck.

I found that her hair was thick and thick, and it felt heavy in my hands.

As soon as the black hair was lifted up, a section of the snow-white neck underneath was exposed.

Yu Wenye's breath suddenly suffocated.

In fact, when she was wearing thin clothes in the summer, it was not that she had never seen her neck before, but she had never seen it like this. It was thin and snow-white. Set off by the black hair on her hands, it looked even more as white as jade, and even exuded a kind of

A faint fragrance...

At this time, I don't know if he felt something. Shang Ruyi murmured and moved again. The quilt slipped down, revealing his slender shoulders and a rugged collarbone.
Chapter completed!