Chapter 21 I must become Yuwen Ye's wife!
At this moment, Aunt Hui had already inserted the last pearl flower into Ruyun's hair bun. She took a step back, looked at the dignified bride in front of her, and sighed, "The bride is truly a beauty of unparalleled grace. The second young master is so lucky."
Her amiable smile made it seem as if the unpleasant conversation just moments before was merely an illusion.
Shang Ruyi smiled calmly and said, "Aunt Hui, you flatter me."
Aunt Hui said, "The second young master will be here to fetch the bride in a little while. Miss Ruyi, please wait patiently. I will take my leave now."
After saying that, he turned and left the room.
Watching her figure disappear outside the door, Shang Ruyi's smile gradually faded, replaced by a solemn expression.
After the marriage was arranged, the words that Madam Yu had reminded her of echoed in her ears again—
“You rejected the eldest son's marriage and then remarried the second son. People there will inevitably have opinions about you. And that Aunt Hui treats the eldest son like her own son. Behind her is the eldest son's maternal family. The implications of this cannot be explained in a few words. You must handle your relationship with them carefully.”
Now it seems that Mr. Yu's concerns have come true.
And what did Aunt Hui mean by what she just said about "some close people and things"?
What is she reminding herself to see through?
At this moment, Tushe'er walked up to her, pouting, and said, "Miss, she's being too impolite."
"..."
"No matter how senior she is, she's still just a servant of the Duke's mansion. How dare she speak to you like that!"
Shang Ruyi composed herself before saying in a deep voice, "She is not an ordinary servant."
"..."
“She’er, you must understand that the Duke’s Mansion is not the same as our Shen Mansion. The Duke holds a high position and great power in the court, and there are various forces entrenched around him. This Aunt Hui is the most difficult one to mess with.”
Tushe'er thought for a moment and said softly, "Does Miss mean her original master—the Dong family?"
Shang Ruyi said, "She still calls Madam Dong 'First Madam' even now, which shows that she doesn't respect the current Madam, who is my mother-in-law, at all. She dares to do this because of the Duke's feelings for Madam Dong; because she raised the eldest son; and thirdly, and most importantly—the Dong family."
"..."
"Both the Dong family and the Guan family originated from Dingchuan Military Town and are quite powerful. Their relationship with the Duke is not something we can easily clarify."
Tushe'er gasped, "This is too much trouble."
Shang Ruyi smiled wryly and said, "From today onwards, every day we are in the Duke's mansion, you must be careful in every step and in every matter. You must not act as if you were at home anymore."
Tusheer nodded solemnly and said, "This servant understands!"
After she finished speaking, she picked up a fan from the side and handed it to Shang Ruyi, then said with a sigh, "If I had known that getting married would be so troublesome, Miss would have preferred to stay at home."
Shang Ruyi laughed and said, "Don't talk nonsense. What girl can stay at home forever and never get married?"
Tushe'er said, "I'm not making this up. Before you left, I heard Madam crying several times to Master, saying that she was reluctant to let you marry so far away, and that she was afraid that you would suffer injustice outside. She also said that if she had known, she would have just broken off the engagement completely, and she would have been willing to take care of you until you were old."
"..."
Hearing this, although it sounded somewhat ridiculous, Shang Ruyi felt a pang of sorrow.
Her uncle and aunt were so good to her.
That's why—
She took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Don't talk nonsense. It's precisely because my uncle and aunt treat me so well that I must—I absolutely must become Yuwen Ye's wife!"
Tushe'er was taken aback: "Why?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than a deafening sound of gongs and drums erupted outside!
Shang Ruyi suddenly looked up at the window—
He's here!
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