When Wang Shaoji and Zhai Ying left Nuanwu, the pattering rain and snow finally stopped, but the weather was still gloomy, and even in the tall palace, the light was darker than before.
This dim light made the moody Chu Yang's face even more gloomy.
That kind of haze seemed to cast a layer of gloom over the entire palace, making people breathless. Shang Ruyi's chest felt heavy and heavy, and he didn't dare to take a breath for a long time.
At this time, Queen Jiang’s gentle voice sounded in my ears——
"His Majesty."
Every time her voice sounded, it was like a warm spring breeze blowing into the gloomy atmosphere, cheering up the dull mood. Immediately, Shang Ruyi took a breath and turned around to look at She said gently to Chu Yang: "If nothing happens to Your Majesty, I will leave as I wish. I still have something to say to her. If it is too late, the palace gate will be closed."
Chu Yang raised his eyes and glanced at her.
Then he looked at Shang Ruyi on the side.
Although his face was gloomy, there was something strange in his eyes, as if the temperature did not belong to the weather. After being silent for a while, he said: "It's so cold outside, did the queen come here?"
"No, I asked someone to prepare the eaves."
"Then, the queen will go out and wait. I have two more words to say to her."
Queen Jiang hesitated for a moment, then looked at Shang Ruyi, and finally nodded and said, "Yes."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out.
As soon as she left, there were only two people left in the huge palace.
Shang Ruyi was not nervous at all. After all, this was not the first time she had faced this kind of scene. Moreover, compared to when she was just being interrogated, she was already in a relaxed situation at this moment.
But the next moment, Chu Yang stood up and walked towards her step by step.
She subconsciously wanted to step back, but she understood that she had no way to retreat in this place. After thinking about it, she actually stood still where she was, watching Chu Yang walk up to her, with that leisurely feeling that belonged to him. The cold fragrance hits me again, like a banished immortal coming to this world under the moonlit night.
Shang Ruyi held his breath unconsciously.
Chu Yang looked down at her for a while and suddenly said, "Does it hurt?"
"...?"
She thought that she would be asked about the details of the Xingluocang battle again, or that the old events would be brought up again. Shang Ruyi almost had the hairs on her body standing on end, but she didn't expect that these two words would suddenly shake her up. All defenses were broken.
Her heart suddenly sank, and the injury that had long been healed and scabbed seemed to have a slight numbness at this time. She subconsciously moved her shoulder, and then raised her head to look at him. , but saw a trace of pity in those slender eyes, and his eyes slowly moved from her face to her slightly trembling shoulders.
Shang Ruyi immediately lowered his head: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."
Chu Yang said: "I ask you, does it hurt?"
"No, it doesn't hurt anymore."
"Why don't you tell me?"
"..."
Shang Ruyi was silent for a while, and finally said softly: "Your Majesty has so many things to do every day, you really shouldn't worry about trivial matters."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Chu Yang suddenly reaching for her shoulder, trying to pull down her clothes! Shang Ruyi was startled, took a step back in a hurry, reached out and grabbed his clothes firmly. ….
"His Majesty!"
Chu Yang's hand froze in mid-air.
There was a trace of pity on his face, and then there was a trace of irritation at being rejected. There seemed to be other emotions tumbling around. Several emotions were entangled, and when he looked at Shang Ruyi's alert look, he seemed to think of her for the first time again. When I came here once, my silk shoes fell off and my thin feet fell into my hands, I felt aggrieved and cried.
He was tangled in his heart, and finally suppressed his anger and sighed.
Then he smiled and said, "I have offended you again."
Shang Ruyi lowered his head and said softly: "I don't dare."
"..."
Chu Yang looked at it in silence.
After a while, she finally sighed as if helpless, then turned around and said calmly: "You go."
To Shang Ruyi, these words were like an amnesty, but when she was about to turn around and take a step forward, she looked back with some hesitation - the last time she left here, she didn't go back, she only saw at the end This warm dock stood in the Huanghuang Ziwei Palace, looking lonely and lonely. But at this moment, looking at his back, I realized that the temperament of this warm dock was just because of its owner.
His back is lonelier than any lonely place in the world.
Shang Ruyi didn't say anything after all, turned and left.
Just when she left, a long sigh sounded in the empty palace.
After leaving Nuanwu, Shang Ruyi felt a little confused, especially when he sat on the eaves and swayed for a while, and the biting coldness of the rain and snow swept away the warmth from his body. When he finally arrived at the Queen's East Palace, his whole body seemed to be like a helpless man. Sensational ice sculpture.
Fortunately, the earth dragon was burning hot here, and Queen Jiang immediately sent someone to bring a brazier and a hand stove.
After being warmed for a while, she finally came back to her senses.
When he looked at Queen Jiang who was sitting directly above her and looking at her with tender eyes, Shang Ruyi said softly: "Thank you, Queen."
Empress Jiang said gently: "There is no need to be so hostile between you and me."
"..."
"Actually, when I summoned you to the palace today, I originally wanted to discuss the Dali Temple case with you and see if I could be of any help, but now it seems that it is not necessary."
Shang Ruyi looked at her: "What the empress means is - can this case be settled?"
Empress Jiang smiled and said, "Probably."
Shang Ruyi's heart suddenly jumped, but when he thought about it again, he hesitated.
It is still unknown whether the words she just answered can be compared with what Yu Wenye said when he was interrogated in Dali Temple. After all, none of them knew what Yu Wenye said, let alone the copy in Chu Yang’s hand. What is written in the document.
Really, can this case be settled?
Seeing that Shang Ruyi seemed to be in disbelief, Queen Jiang smiled and said, "Your injury cannot be in vain."
"...!"
Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi subconsciously looked over his shoulder.
He also immediately thought of the way Chu Yang stretched out his hand and almost touched his injury in the warm dock just now.
Her face turned pale, and then turned a little red.
Looking at her complicated expression, Queen Jiang only smiled faintly, but did not ask any more questions. She just said, "By the way, I just listened to your fluent answers. Did you make it clear before you returned to the city? ”….
Shang Ruyi shook his head and said, "No."
Empress Jiang frowned slightly: "Feng Chen didn't talk nicely to you?"
This was actually a bit risky to say, as if they had deliberately prepared their answers in advance in order to cope with the interrogation in Dali Temple. But Shang Ruyi also understood that Empress Jiang must not have the intention of luring her into confessing, so she only said softly: "Second brother said that fighting is their business, and interrogation is also his business. He asked me not to ask more questions, so there is no-"
"oh?"
Queen Jiang seemed a little surprised and raised her eyebrows slightly.
After pondering for a while, she seemed to have figured something out, but there seemed to be a trace of emotion in her eyes. She even sighed softly, and then said with a smile: "He doesn't want you to be involved."
"..."
"The best protection for a person is to keep her in the dark."
As she said that, she seemed to be feeling a little emotional. She looked at Shang Ruyi for a while, then smiled and said, "He is very good to you."
Hearing these words in Shang Ruyi's ears, it was like a warm current, flowing sweetly into her heart. Even the chill that had just penetrated her muscles and bones was driven away at this moment. She recalled that she and Yu Wenye were in Luokou. On the night they spent together with Du, Shang Ruyi felt a little fiery warmth coming out of her heart, making her whole body warm.
also
I couldn't help but blush.
After a long while, she lowered her head and said somewhat shyly, "My queen knows him better than my wife."
Seeing the redness on her cheeks, Queen Jiang smiled.
After laughing, a look of loneliness seemed to flash across her face, and she said lightly: "It's useless no matter how much we understand people like them."
"..."
"Because what they have to do is their own business. Whether others care or understand it is meaningless, and it is impossible to affect them at all."
Shang Ruyi's eyebrows frowned slightly.
She suddenly realized that Queen Jiang was talking about - "them".
He, with whom?
Seemingly sensing the doubts in her heart, Queen Jiang smiled faintly and said, "When I married His Majesty the King of Jin, I was two years younger than you and far less sensible than you."
"..."
Shang Ruyi didn't dare to accept this.
Although Jiang Xinyue was just a child when she married King Chu Yang of Jin, the story of this pair of perfect couples has been circulated for a long time, so that when she grew up, she also heard that the first emperor and the first empress were the king of Jin. Concubine, all the noble ladies from the aristocratic families were not interested in her, but Jiang Xinyue was the only one with noble character, intelligence and good looks, and was canonized as the Princess of Jin.
Where does it come from - saying that you are ignorant?
Shang Ruyi thought for a long time and said softly: "Your Majesty, you are too humble."
Queen Jiang smiled faintly, but there was a hint of bitterness in her smile, and said, "No, you don't understand."
"..."
"Although I was not very old at that time, I was two years older than His Majesty. The late emperor chose me as his wife because he hoped that I could be by his side, advise and guide him, and rectify his gains and losses."
"..."
"Unfortunately……"
Speaking of this, there was a look of loneliness in her eyes.
Seeing her like this again, Shang Ruyi didn't dare to answer another word.
Because the result is already in front of him, Chu Yang is a smart person, it can even be said that he is a smart person that is difficult to match in the world, but because he is too smart, he is self-willed, and ordinary people's advice is difficult to hear. To him, Queen Jiang's words, It can only comfort him. It cannot correct him or influence him at all.
Queen Jiang was silent for a while, then looked at Shang Ruyi again, smiled and said, "You are luckier than me."
Leng Qingshan
