Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1099 Earrings
The tent was opened by a rough big hand, and a soldier walked in.

Shang Ruyi asked, "What's the matter?"

The soldier walked up to her and saluted respectfully, then said, "Your Highness, this is what you lost. The general asked me to bring it to you."

After saying that, he raised his hands in front of Shang Ruyi. Shang Ruyi frowned slightly and looked down. There was an earring placed in his rough palms.

When Shang Ruyi saw that they were earrings and heard him say that Xiao Yuansui asked him to send them, she immediately thought that they must be the pair that Xiao Yuansui had prepared for her along with her clothes when she was bathing. Perhaps when they were packing up, they found that Xiao Yuansui had not taken them away, so they sent them back. But when she looked at it more carefully, her heart skipped a beat.

The man had only one earring in his hand, and it was made of pure gold, different from the pair of pearls.

Moreover, it looks somewhat familiar.

Shang Ruyi reached out and picked it up, looking at it carefully, and his breathing gradually became heavy.

She recognized that this was the earring that she had accidentally lost on the way when she moved with Yuwen Ye from Taiyuan to Luoyang.

Thinking about it again, she remembered that when she lost the earring, they were being chased by Wang Shaoji and Xiao Yuansui was hiding under their carriage. It seemed that the earring fell into the carriage and was picked up by Xiao Yuansui who was hiding under the carriage.

I didn't expect he would keep it...

At this moment, Shang Ruyi couldn't help being moved. She reached out and gently picked up the earring. It had been lost for four or five years, but it was still brand new and shining with gold, as if it had been rubbed countless times to have such a bright glow.

Looking at the dazzling golden light, Shang Ruyi was silent for a while, then said in a hoarse voice: "I understand, you can go down."

The soldier saluted, turned and left.

After he left, the whole tent became so quiet that even the sound of breathing could not be heard. Shang Ruyi looked at the golden earring that shone a bit dazzlingly, and then looked at the crumpled ball of paper that she had crumpled up, and her heart seemed to be crumpled as well.

After a long silence, she finally stood up as if she had made up her mind and walked out of the tent filled with a strong smell of blood.

Outside, it was already pitch black.

The night wind in the wilderness was colder than in other places, even a little bit biting. Shang Ruyi shivered slightly and looked around. There were several bonfires burning in the distance of the camp. The flames emitted could outline the general outline of the entire camp. She could also recognize the largest and brightest tent at a glance.

As she walked along, several patrolling soldiers passed by, but none of them stopped her or questioned her.

She walked to the front of the tent without any obstruction. The two soldiers guarding outside were not surprised at all when they saw her, as if they had known she would come. Before she could speak, one of them immediately turned around and went in to report, then came back and said, "Princess, the general is waiting for you inside."

Shang Ruyi frowned and nodded slightly: "Thank you."

Then she walked into the big tent.

Compared to the strong smell of blood that she had just smelled in Lvxiao's tent, the smell in this large tent was actually somewhat fresh, but in fact it was just a little damp and cold. Shang Ruyi walked from one cold place to another, but for some reason she broke out in a cold sweat, which immediately wet her clothes and made them sticky.

She endured this slight discomfort, and when she looked up, she met that pair of eyes that were bright and restrained, yet with a hint of smile.

It turns out that this is what his eyes look like.

Things that she had not understood before seemed to become clear at this moment. Even Xiao Yuansui, who seemed calm while sitting behind the desk, unconsciously exerted a little force on his hands on the desk, and the bulging blue veins on the back of his hands were all seen by Shang Ruyi. She sighed softly in her heart.

Xiao Yuansui said: "You are here."

Shang Ruyi glanced back and saw that the two soldiers guarding outside had already closed the tent door. When he turned to look at Xiao Yuansui, his eyes gradually calmed down: "The general knew I would come."

Xiao Yuansui smiled and said, "I just hope you will come, so I am waiting for you here, but I am not sure whether you will come or not." "..."

"After all, I never figure you out."

Shang Ruyi said: "Oh?"

Seeing her slightly raised eyebrows, as if she didn't believe him, Xiao Yuansui slowly stood up, walked around the table towards her, and said, "When I thought you were a gentle and quiet lady from a noble family, you were bold and daring; when I thought you would enjoy peace under the protection of the Yuwen family, you did not hesitate to walk into the tiger's den; when I thought you would definitely die in Jiangdu Palace, you survived."

"..."

"I know everything you've been through over the years, but everything was beyond my expectations."

"..."

"So, I can't guess what you're going to do."

"..."

"I just, was hoping you'd come tonight."

"..."

Shang Ruyi looked at him quietly, and then said, "I'm here, guess what I will say to you."

Xiao Yuansui looked at her in silence for a while, then shook his head: "I can't guess."

Shang Ruyi suddenly chuckled, slowly raised his right hand, and twirled the dangling, golden earring with his fingertips. He said, "You kept the thing for so long, and sent it to me at this time tonight. What do you want me to say to you?"

Xiao Yuansui's gaze immediately focused on the earring.

Shang Ruyi always felt that although this man was handsome, his whole face was inferior to his eyes. Xiao Yuansui had a pair of eyes that were too shrewd and too outstanding. Even when he was fleeing with a dark complexion, messy hair and beard, and looked like a savage, she could still see his bright eyes at a glance. But at this moment, when his eyes looked at the earrings in her hand, they were even brighter than usual.

Perhaps, eyes full of hope have always been the most beautiful eyes in the world.

Xiao Yuansui's Adam's apple rolled up and down, and then he said, "Actually, I took this away out of selfish motives."

"Oh?"

"I had nothing and was hiding under your carriage. This earring just happened to fall from the gap in the carriage board. I picked it up. I was originally planning to sell it for a few bucks when I got into trouble. I would live as long as I could."

"That--"

“But I never sold it.”

"..."

"It was because of the bag of dry food you gave me later."

"..."

"It's because of you, too."