Tu Sheer said in astonishment: "Where did the two carriages come from?"
She hurriedly turned back to look at Shang Ruyi, only to see Shang Ruyi frown slightly, with a complicated expression on his face, and murmured: "Why, they came at the same time."
Tusheer said softly: "Miss?"
Shang Ruyi thought for a moment, stood up immediately, straightened his clothes a little, and then said, "Quick, come with me out."
Tusheer nodded hurriedly and walked out with her. As soon as she reached the gate, she saw two gorgeous carriages parked outside. It seemed that they were coming from two directions at the same time and stopped at the gate together. So almost hit.
At this moment, the people sitting in the carriage also came down and were gathering together to greet each other politely. There was a little eunuch behind each of them holding an umbrella for them.
"Eunuch Yu, long time see."
"Eunuch Lu, how could we meet by such chance?"
"Well, our family is here to summon Madam Yuwen to the palace for a talk at the behest of the Queen."
"That's a coincidence."
"How to say?"
"Our family is also here to invite the young lady."
…
The two people were even talking a little affectionately, but it couldn't offset the biting cold brought by the rain and snow at the moment.
As soon as Shang Ruyi walked out of the door, he shivered from the cold.
She recognized at a glance that one of them was the chamberlain who had come to take her into the palace twice before in the name of Queen Jiang. The chamberlain standing opposite him, very handsome and smiling, was the chambermaid who had come before. The Jade Eunuch who came to Yuwen's house to convey the decree to confer Yu Wenye as the General of the Auxiliary Kingdom!
Two of them, one is the chamberlain next to the queen, and the other is the chamberlain beside the emperor, that is to say——
At this time, the two of them also saw Shang Ruyi, and turned to face her at the same time: "I have met the young lady."
Shang Ruyi hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said: "The two chamberlains are here to visit the humble residence. Ruyi is a bit disappointed in greeting you from afar. I hope you will forgive me. This——"
She raised her head and glanced at the carriage behind them.
However, Eunuch Yu smiled and waved his hands and said: "This is not a big deal, young lady, don't worry about it. But our family has come with a decree this time, inviting young lady to enter the palace. Please don't delay, young lady, and come with you quickly." It’s time to go home.”
With his words, he completely ignored the other party's Eunuch Lu.
In fact, he is the emperor's chamberlain. Even if there is no word "emperor" in what he just said, everyone here knows that he is here on the emperor's order, although the Eunuch Lu is here on the order of the queen. Come on, you really have to go back a little bit.
Sure enough, Eunuch Lu's smile froze, but he did not dare to speak again.
Shang Ruyi forced a smile and said, "Do you want to go now?"
Eunuch Yu said with a smile: "Young lady is so smart, how can you not know that destiny cannot be violated?"
"..."
Shang Ruyi was silent for a moment, knowing that he had no way to resist, so he could only smile and nod, then turned to face Mr. Lu, whose expression gradually became serious: "My lord, please go back and apologize to the Queen. Ruyi is too busy to do anything else." , I can’t go into the palace to see her today.”
Eunuch Lu reluctantly smiled and nodded: "Yes."
Shang Ruyi glanced at him and said: "But - I still really want to see the Queen."…
Eunuch Lu looked at her, his eyes flashing slightly, but Shang Ruyi had already saluted, turned around and told Tu Sheer and the others to go back to the house and close the door, and they were not allowed to go out again, so he followed. Eunuch Yu got on the carriage, and soon the carriage on Eunuch Lu's side stepped aside, letting the carriage drive away.
Along the way, Shang Ruyi's heart shook harder than the carriage.
As for Eunuch Jade, although he was smiling and polite, he didn't talk much. He led Shang Ruyi into the palace without saying a word all the way. After walking a long way, the surrounding scenery gradually became familiar to Shang Ruyi. Then he knew that the place he wanted to take him to was Nuanwu, which was the place where Chu Yang saw him for the first time in the palace.
Sure enough, after a while, they arrived at the gate of the palace
.
It's still the same scenery as last time, with the door wide open, gauze flying lightly, a faint fragrance still lingering in the air, and the sweet sound of the warm spring flowing under the palace, even if it's snowing, raining, and cold all around. It's bone-chilling, but as soon as I get here, I feel like I've walked to the door of the Heavenly Palace.
Eunuch Yu said, "Young madam, please come in."
After saying that, he bowed, turned around and left.
Shang Ruyi glanced at his back, then turned back and looked down. On the steps of the palace, there was another pair of exquisite silk shoes, exactly the same as before.
This time, she didn't need anyone to teach her. She took off her shoes obediently and put on the pair of silk shoes.
Not too big, not too small, just right.
But for some reason, Shang Ruyi's mood was heavier than before. She took a deep breath, raised her head, and slowly walked into this palace with charming fragrance and warmth like spring.
As soon as I walked around the huge screen, I felt my feet go weak.
She stepped on the map carpet, which was still the boundary of the Western Region, and slowly walked forward along the road under her feet. When she looked up, she could see the entire Central Plains and the center of the entire Daye Dynasty - the Eastern Capital.
Chu Yang was wearing a long snow-white dress, with long hair scattered, and he was half-sitting there.
Looking at his leisurely and contented look, it seems that the place he is in is not only the center of the Central Plains, nor the center of the Daye Dynasty, but also the center of the entire world.
That's why he looked down at his territory with such confident eyes. Even if he heard Shang Ruyi's deliberate footsteps and knew that there was an extra person in the hall, he did not raise his head and only said: "You coming."
"..."
Shang Ruyi thought for a while, but didn't speak.
Not only did she not speak, she even continued to walk forward, walking step by step along the territory of the Western Region at her feet towards the Central Plains, passing Longxi, then to Daxing City, then Huayin, Shangyang, and finally slowly walked to Chu Yang's house. before.
Chu Yang seemed a little surprised and looked up at her.
But immediately, a look of joy appeared in those slender eyes, as if Shang Ruyi's actions were enough to make the courtiers angry, and her arrogant step of destroying the nine tribes had stepped on his heart.
He smiled and said, "Okay."
Shang Ruyi didn't ask him where his steps were "good". He only asked softly: "What is your Majesty looking at?"
Chu Yang said: "Do you still remember what I told you the last time you came here?"
Shang Ruyi didn't even need to think about it. His heart sank and he said softly: "Your Majesty, we are going to conquer Liaodong again."
Chu Yang nodded and said: "Yes, now that Xingluocang has been recovered and the food and grass problem has been solved, I can conquer Liaodong again! This time, I must capture Liaodong City!"
"...!"
Shang Ruyi's heart trembled slightly.
She originally thought that when Chu Yang summoned him to the palace today, he would definitely talk to her about the case involving Yu Wenye in Dali Temple, but he didn't mention a word.
Could it be that he didn't care about Yu Wenye's case at all? .
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