Shang Ruyi remained silent for a moment, her lips opened slightly as if she wanted to speak, but her throat felt like it was being sliced by knives.
Yu Wenye hurriedly bent low again, "What do you want to say?"
Shang Ruyi quietly looked at him, and then noticed that there were several other people in the room. Tushere and the others were watching her with worried expressions. After thinking for a moment, she smiled and said, "Didn’t your leave end yesterday?"
"Then today, you should be attending court, hurry up."
Yu Wenye frowned slightly, looked down at her, and said, "There’s still time, I have something to tell you."
Shang Ruyi tried to summon her spirits, although she truly had no energy at this moment, she forced herself to open her eyes wider, "Speak."
Yu Wenye turned back and gestured to the people behind him, only then did Tushere and the others reluctantly leave the room, closing the door behind them. After they left, Yu Wenye looked at her again, his expression grave, "If Father sends someone back today, let them take Third Brother away."
At this, Shang Ruyi suddenly became much clearer.
But the muddled state of her mind still couldn’t piece together the situation before her. Instinctively, she asked, "Father wants to take Third Brother away? When did that happen? Has there been any news from him? Why haven’t I received any?"
Yu Wenye said, "It’s not his news, but my speculation."
Shang Ruyi frowned even tighter.
Yu Wenye added, "I left a letter, it’s on the table. Remember to give it to Father."
"Is it to be given to the person he sends?"
Yu Wenye paused for a moment, his expression complex as he looked at her. After a while, he said, "It would be best if you also go with them."
This time, Shang Ruyi was completely awake.
She even attempted to prop herself up immediately, but Yu Wenye hurriedly pressed her shoulders back onto the bed. Despite this, Shang Ruyi remained uneasy, staring at him anxiously, her breath growing increasingly hot, making Yu Wenye’s heartbeat erratic just being so close to her.
Shang Ruyi asked, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, it’s best if all of you go to Taiyuan."
"Has something happened? If you don’t tell me, I’ll just speculate wildly, which will impair my judgment. I might end up doing something foolish."
Seeing her cheeks flushed red, her eyes also tinged with redness, she seemed so fragile that it appeared a mere hand could snap her, yet there was an indomitable resilience in her fragility, Yu Wenye’s breathing grew much heavier.
He was silent for a moment, speaking in a low voice, "Father was ambushed on his way back to Taiyuan."
"What? Who ambushed him?"
"Wang Shaoji’s people."
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Shang Ruyi could hardly believe it.
Though she had long known that Wang Shaoji was at odds with the Yuwen Family, even this time when Yu Wenye mobilized to Xingluo Granary, the countless dead ends he faced were all set by Wang Shaoji. However, his capabilities were limited to dealing with Yu Wenye; he absolutely did not dare touch Yu Wenquan.
This time, he not only confronted Yu Wenquan but directly ambushed him!
This doesn’t match his personality and modus operandi.
Yet Yu Wenye’s eyes were deep and dark, after a while, he said softly, "Wang Shaoji can command two groups, one being his own men, the other, the imperial guard."
Shang Ruyi’s breath caught.
"Which group made the move against Father?"
"Father didn’t ask, he simply beheaded them all and sent their heads back to Wang Shaoji’s residence."
Shang Ruyi originally intended to ask more, but she halted halfway through her words.
She even gently bit her own tongue.
Meanwhile, Yu Wenye silently observed her, the icy, stern light emanating from his nearby, deep black eyes seemed to say it all.
Shang Ruyi’s breath and heartbeat grew even more disordered.
Instinctively, she turned her face aside, but Yu Wenye left her no chance to escape like that; he reached out and grabbed her chin, with almost no effort turned her face back towards him.
"You seem to always want to defend him."
"But what the person you defend wants to do, you should now be very clear!"
Her heartbeat intensified more.
Yu Wenye’s gaze was almost scrutinizing her inner thoughts, every tiny tremor left nowhere to hide.
After a long time, she spoke softly, "Who told you?"
Yu Wenye didn’t speak, but Shang Ruyi immediately understood—he didn’t know about it yesterday at Tinghe Building, but once he entered the palace, he learned everything. Obviously, it was someone from the palace who told him, either Empress Jiang or Princess Xinyue.
Whichever of them told him this, their purpose was clear.
The person involved might very well be—Chu Yang!
In other words, for the Yuwen Family, merely weakening them is not enough to satisfy Chu Yang. Now, he wants to directly eliminate someone from the Yuwen Family, perhaps Yu Wenquan, or if not, then others from the Yuwen Family still under his watchful eye.
They told Yu Wenye about this to save his life.
Recalling that extraordinarily charming, clearly a savage madman who, facing her, always displayed infinite tenderness, even bending low before her, the Venerable Emperor—just the thought that such thoughts had occurred to him made Shang Ruyi feel cold all over.
She painfully closed her eyes.
At the same time, the warm and familiar presence over her suddenly vanished.
Yu Wenye straightened up, looked at her for a while, and said flatly, "I’m going to court now, think it over yourself."
"You can’t choose both sides, nor can you have everything. Decide where to go yourself."
With that, he turned and walked away.