Chapter 194 I cried as soon as I saw him
The snow was heavy, and it kept getting heavier. The entire sky darkened, but the surroundings became crystal clear and white because of the gradually accumulating snowflakes. Empress Jiang led her forward step by step through the snow, the soft crunching sound under her feet mingling with the sound of falling snow, which only made the Ziwei Palace seem even more silent.
As they walked, Empress Jiang asked, "What did the Emperor say to you just now?"
"this--"
Shang Ruyi looked up and met those calm and gentle eyes. After thinking for a moment, she cautiously said, "Your Majesty is a man of great talent and ambition. He has long been wary of the disloyalty in Liaodong and intends to—"
She couldn't continue speaking.
Empress Jiang didn't seem surprised, but the more she listened, the more her brows furrowed.
After a long while, he smiled faintly and said, "It's rare that His Majesty was willing to listen to you when we were in Yanmen County, and now he's willing to talk to you again..."
Although she said it casually, it sent a chill down Shang Ruyi's spine.
She lowered her head and whispered, "Your Majesty, this humble woman..."
"You don't need to be nervous,"
Empress Jiang gazed at her with gentle eyes and said, "Although we have only met a few times, I have always felt that you are a trustworthy person—"
She paused, then emphasized her words, adding, "Moreover, he is someone I can entrust with my life."
Is it trustworthy?
Upon hearing this, Shang Ruyi's heart skipped a beat.
A trustworthy person? What does that mean?
As the empress who ruled the country, she had so many people she could entrust with her affairs, so why would she include herself in that group?
And since she sees herself as someone she can entrust with something, is there something she wants to entrust to her?
However, before they could clear their already chaotic minds, the two had already left one palace gate. There was another eaves waiting outside. Empress Jiang said, "You can leave the palace now. No one will stop you on the way."
Shang Ruyi hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty the Empress."
Empress Jiang waved to her and gestured for her to hurry up. Shang Ruyi then excused herself and sat on the eaves. Several eunuchs immediately lifted her up and quickly walked along a path. When Shang Ruyi looked back, the dignified yet slender figure of the Empress had already disappeared into the falling snow.
The snow fell heavier and heavier.
As they walked outwards, the road ahead gradually became obscured. The eunuchs walked quickly, and the biting wind carrying snowflakes blew against Shang Ruyi's face like a knife, but she seemed not to feel it at all. Her hands were already frozen pale and numb, and she subconsciously gripped something tightly.
It was the small brocade box that Chu Ruoyan had given her.
During this journey into the palace, I encountered so many people and so many things. Joy, sorrow, panic, fear, and all sorts of emotions came one after another, converging into an indescribable complex feeling that lingered in my heart.
Moreover, this sensation grew stronger and stronger, even gradually accumulating and swelling in the chest.
Just when she was starting to feel breathless, she finally arrived at Xuanren Gate.
Actually, it wasn't too late at this time, but because of the snow, the sky was covered with thick clouds, and snow was falling all around. The sky darkened quickly, as if it were already night. All that could be seen in front was a row of tall palace walls standing solemnly in the snow, and the palace gates were wide open. Countless snowflakes were flying around in the air, as if trying to disrupt everything.
However, amidst that chaotic snow scene, there stood a tall figure, holding an umbrella, tall and elegant.
No matter how the cold wind howls or how the snow falls, it stands firm and unmoving.
Shang Ruyi was stunned, as if she could hardly believe her eyes. But as the eunuchs carrying the eaves drew closer, she could see more and more clearly. The familiar silhouette seemed to have stepped out of a dream and gradually overlapped with the person in reality. Although he was wearing a heavy cloak and stood tall against the wind, he had broad shoulders, a narrow waist, narrow hips, and long legs. Even though she couldn't see his face clearly, he looked tall, handsome, and had an extraordinary demeanor.
That's Yuwen Ye?
She couldn't believe her eyes, yet she had no choice but to believe them.
He stood outside Xuanren Gate, his expression as cold and calm as ever, but the moment he saw her, a glimmer of light flashed in his icy, snow-like eyes.
As the eaves touched the ground, several eunuchs politely helped her down, and that familiar figure strode forward, holding an umbrella covered with a thin layer of snow over her head.
He pressed his whole body close to me.
Immediately, the cold wind seemed to stop.
He also concealed the swirling snowflakes.
A familiar, warm aura enveloped her, as if instantly pulling her into a world where she would never be hurt again. Shang Ruyi felt a lump in her throat and her throat tighten.
When he asked her another question, she couldn't answer a single word.
The two eunuchs on either side said with a smile, "General, you have worked hard. Her Majesty the Empress ordered us to escort the Lady here. We will take our leave now."
Yuwen Ye simply nodded, and the group carried the eaves back.
Now, only the two of them remained at the palace gate.
Yuwen Ye looked down at the young woman before him, whose face was still somewhat pale, but whose eyes and nose were slowly turning red, growing redder and redder until she looked as if she were about to cry. He couldn't help but frown and asked the same question he had just asked—
Are you alright?
As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes widened suddenly: "You—"
With a soft "plop," a tear rolled down Shang Ruyi's red eyes, followed by another.
Shang Ruyi, are you crying?
Yuwen Ye then realized that when someone really cries, their tears fall like beads from a broken string, not just one by one, but uncontrollably. Shang Ruyi in front of him was just like that. She didn't make a sound, and even kept her lips pursed, but her tears just kept falling uncontrollably, just like her emotions that had been accumulating for a long time but she didn't know what to do with, and finally poured out completely the moment she saw him.
Shang Ruyi didn't even understand why she cried every time she saw him.
Or rather, I only cried when I saw him.
But she couldn't help it. At this moment, she was crying so hard that she could hardly stand. She lowered her head and her forehead pressed against his chest. It was as if she had fallen into his arms. Her sobbing sound was particularly weak and pitiful amidst the rustling of falling snow.
Yuwen Ye froze.
He instinctively knew he should ask her what had happened, what she had experienced in this magnificent palace today.
But when he truly felt the slender body in his arms trembling slightly from crying, he couldn't utter a single word. In the howling cold wind, he simply reached out and gently stroked her trembling shoulders before slowly pulling her thin body into his embrace.
"It's alright now."
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