Almost from the beginning of his northern tour with the emperor, he went all the way to northern Xinjiang. He was attacked by Turks and returned to Yanmen City. He was later rescued and returned to the Eastern Capital. He also received news of Guan Yunmu's death. In the past few months, Shang Ruyi had not slept with anyone.

Good sleep.

And this night was the first time in the past few months that she slept so peacefully.

But when she woke up again, she felt that her eyes were dark and her breathing was blocked. She was so frightened that she jumped up from the bed. Only then did she realize that the quilt she had covered herself with when she fell asleep had been pulled to the top of her head at some point, covering her whole body.

Cover.

No wonder I felt stuffy and hot even though I slept deeply last night.

Sweating broke out in his bed, Shang Ruyi pushed the quilt away angrily, stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, turned his head again, and found that the room was brightly lit, and it was probably past Chen time.

She hurriedly wanted to call someone, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she hurriedly stopped. When she turned around, she found that the couch belonging to Yu Wenye was empty. Could it be that he had left early in the morning?

Shang Ruyi was so excited that soon Tusheer and Wuxue came in with a hot water basin and towels.

Shang Ruyi asked: "Where is he?"

Tusheer said: "Miss, my uncle got up early in the morning and said that the emperor would have an early court appearance today and he would go into the palace to express his gratitude."

"……oh."

Shang Ruyi suddenly realized.

From the time everyone followed the Holy Emperor back to the Eastern Capital until now, the emperor has been absent from the court. Firstly, he needs some time to deal with the backlog of affairs. Secondly, there are so many casualties during this northern tour, and every family has to hold funerals when they return.

For example, the Duke's Mansion held a funeral for seven days.

Today is already the second day of the Lunar New Year, and it’s time to go to court.

Wuxue said: "Young Madam, before you leave, the Young Master specially told you that the Young Madam has been tired these days, so we must not come to wake the Young Madam, and let you sleep as long as you can. Young Madam, Young Master

I really feel sorry for you."

"..."

Shang Ruyi couldn't help but blush a little.

She just said "talkative" and went to wash herself. After finishing her dressing, she went out. The sun was really shining outside. Although the sun in winter has little power, the bright light still made people feel good physically and mentally.

carefree.

As soon as Shang Ruyi went out, he met Aunt Hui.

She saluted to her and said respectfully: "Young Madam."

Shang Ruyi knew that she had won this time, but it was far from the time when she could compete with her. What's more, it was not the stage of confrontation now, so she still said politely: "Aunt Hui, it's so early.

Just get up and get busy?"

Aunt Hui smiled pointedly and said, "It's getting late."

Shang Ruyi couldn't help but blush - even though everyone knew that she was very tired these days, she didn't have the consciousness to be the young lady of the Duke's Palace until she got up at this time, so she could only muddle through.

Aunt Hui smiled and said: "Today, I am busier than usual."

Shang Ruyi asked: "What's the matter?"

Aunt Hui said lukewarmly: "The waiter suddenly lost two people, and one of them is still in charge. The cups and utensils used in the past few days have to be recycled. I don't have experienced people to do this, but it will cost more than usual."

How many times the effort?"

Shang Ruyi was stunned.

Aunt Hui smiled and said to her again: "Young madam, you have been tired these past few days, so you should go and have some rest while I go to work first."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Shang Ruyi stood there looking at her back for a long time, and then left thoughtfully, but he did not go back to the house to rest immediately, but went to the east courtyard, where he saw Guan Yunmu packing some things.

The relic Jin Yun, and the haggard-looking Chang Wan.

Although Shang Ruyi had told her not to abuse her when she was locked up in the woodshed before, she obviously suffered a lot when she was locked up in the woodshed during the cold winter months. However, Chang Wan did not mention a word and only thanked Shang Ruyi repeatedly for cleaning herself up.

After feeling the injustice, she cried and said: "Young Madam's grace will never be forgotten by my evergreen."

Shang Ruyi smiled lightly and said: "Since you are innocent, it is what people in this house should do to clear away grievances. It is not a favor. You don't have to do this."

After saying that, he looked at Jinyun again: "Next--does the Duke have any plans for you?"

Jin Yun and Chang Wan both shook their heads.

Seeing them like this, Shang Ruyi's expression became a little more solemn.

They talked for a while, and then Shang Ruyi returned to the room. Because he was so preoccupied, he didn't even eat lunch, so he just sat in the room in a daze. On this day, the emperor's court meeting was several times longer than usual, probably

It was because there was too much official business backlog during the previous northern tour, and by the time the Duke and Yu Wenye returned to the mansion, it was already past the application time.

As soon as Yu Wenye opened the door, he saw Shang Ruyi sitting on a low table in the center of the room, with most of his body lying on it, looking too lazy to move, but his brows were slightly frowned, his eyes were distracted, and he seemed to be concentrating on thinking.

What.

He slowly walked over and sat down opposite her, but she remained motionless, as if she couldn't hear or see anything.

Yu Wenye said softly: "What are you thinking about?"

Shang Ruyi was still thinking about his own affairs, and murmured: "I was thinking, sometimes, you have to have a rhythm in doing things. It is actually easy to deal with bad people, but after dealing with them, no one will do anything. I'm afraid it will be worse than the others."

The disadvantages of disposal are even greater..."

Yu Wenye frowned: "Huh?"

At this time, Shang Ruyi finally came to his senses and stood up quickly: "Hey? Why are you back?"

"Why, I can't come back?"

"No, it's not,"

Shang Ruyi smiled bitterly. He had not come back to his senses just now, but his casual words offended him. He smiled and said: "I thought you would stay in the palace for a while longer."

Yu Wenye said calmly: "After the matter is settled, why don't you come back?"

Shang Ruyi asked hurriedly: "I went to the court today to thank you. What's the matter? Did the emperor say anything?"

"..."

Yu Wenye did not answer her immediately, but his eyes suddenly sharpened and he looked up at her: "Why are you so concerned about what the emperor says?"

Shang Ruyi was stunned.

Even if she is not his "wife", she is still the young lady of the Duke's palace. It is the first time that their father and son went to court after such a long time, and it took so much time to come back. What plans does the emperor have? Does she?

Shouldn't we care?

And - obviously yesterday, the relationship between the two of them had eased a lot. Why did he feel like a hedgehog that had been poked by someone, and the thorns on his body stood up again when he asked about their going to court?

Shang Ruyi was at a loss, but also felt a little unhappy in his heart.

So he said calmly: "Then, I won't ask."

Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little dull.

But she stopped asking, and Yu Wenye's expression softened. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said: "Why don't you have lunch?"

Shang Ruyi was stunned again and looked up at him. He had just come back. How could he know that he hadn't had lunch?

She thought for a while and said softly: "I don't have much appetite."

"You have to eat even if you don't have an appetite. It's freezing cold. How can a person survive without eating?"

After saying that, without waiting for her to say anything else, she turned around and ordered someone to go to the kitchen to send a message and ask for some food to be delivered to their room. The fire in the kitchen was not cut off, and some hot soup and hot dishes were quickly delivered.

It's strange to say that he had never had an appetite before, but when he saw this not-so-rich meal, he felt a real sense of hunger. Shang Ruyi obediently picked up the bowl and chopsticks, took two bites, and his appetite increased.

Some, so she ate more than half a bowl of rice with hot soup, and a plate of hot and sour cold dishes was also eaten by her.

Seeing her eating deliciously, Yu Wenye snorted coldly: "Who said you had no appetite just now?"

Shang Ruyi himself blushed a little, and said: "I don't know why, but eating with fewer people is more delicious than eating in the dining room."

"..."

Yu Wenye glanced at her, and his eyes seemed to be brighter.

But his expression remained unchanged, and while he continued to eat his own food, he said calmly: "I won't always accompany you to eat in the house, but there are not such big rules at home. As long as dad is not here, you can let him

When the people in the kitchen deliver the food here, no one will talk about you."

Seeing that he hadn't finished eating yet, Shang Ruyi filled another half bowl of soup, drank it carefully and said, "Yeah."

Feeling that the atmosphere was getting better, Shang Ruyi thought for a while and decided to change the question, so he said softly: "Speaking of which, you will definitely be busier than before when you are appointed as the general of the auxiliary country. You will be able to go home for dinner in the future.

There must be less time."

"..."

Yu Wenye let out a deep breath and said, "It's not the future."

"Um?"

"This morning, His Majesty has issued an order for me to lead 20,000 troops to recapture Xingluo Cang—leave out in three days."

When Shang Ruyi heard this, his eyes widened in surprise.

In fact, she was not surprised that the emperor would send Yu Wenye to Xingluocang. After all, she already knew it when he was canonized before, and when Yu Wenye was playing with the stones in the dormitory of Banyan Temple, the two of them also talked very much.

It is clear that this matter will most likely fall on him.

Shang Ruyi was surprised that the emperor only asked him to order 20,000 troops?!

You must know that the Wanggang Army led tens of thousands before, and after they occupied Xingluocang, they opened the granary to provide relief to the victims from all walks of life. Tens of thousands of people came to surrender from all directions. Now the size of the Wanggang Army is at least more than 100,000.

The terrain of Xingluocang is dangerous, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The imperial court lost Xingluocang before. Firstly, the guards were lax, and secondly, most of the sergeants were transferred away for the expedition to Liaodong. Now the Wanggang Army has occupied it.

There, naturally we will not take it lightly. To recapture Xingluocang in the hands of such a team with only 20,000 soldiers and horses, you can imagine the difficulty!

Just when Shang Ruyi frowned, Yu Wenye told her one more thing -

"By the way, there's one more thing."

"What's up?"

Yu Wenye looked at her, his eyes flickering, and said, "You guessed it right before."

"Um?"
Chapter completed!