Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1158: A Short Separation Makes the Dawn More Beautiful Than a New Marriage...

It was already late at night when we returned to Hulao Pass.

The battle lasted from dawn to sunset, but that was not the end, because accepting the surrender of an army of 100,000 was even more difficult than defeating them.

Fortunately, Yuwen Ye brought back Xiao Yuansui from Niukouzhu. With him, some people who were originally hesitant completely lost the will to resist. Except for those who fled or died in battle, in this battle, Yuwen Ye defeated the enemy's 100,000 troops with a force of more than 3,000, and finally obtained 80,000 surrendered soldiers!

This is an unprecedented victory that will go down in history!
However, for Hulao Pass, which was guarded by only a few thousand people, settling this group of people became the biggest problem.

Shang Ruyi entered the garrison and found it pitch black all around. Only one room had a light on. It was her room that Woxue had cleaned.

When she saw her come back, Woxue was so excited that she cried and laughed. This girl has always been calm and composed, seldom showing her emotions, but this time, her worry, anxiety and happiness were all written all over her face, as if this was how she should be at her age. Seeing her like this, Shang Ruyi was also deeply moved and hurriedly comforted her softly. The master and servant talked for a while before Woxue calmed down.

Soon, she regained her usual calmness and thoughtfulness, and immediately helped Shang Ruyi bathe and change clothes. After she washed off the blood stains and fatigue of these days, she immediately had someone bring her a relatively rich meal. Shang Ruyi had been forcing herself to eat these days, even if it tasted like wax, so as to have enough strength to do things at the most critical moment. Now that she was finally back, she relaxed both mentally and physically, and had no appetite. She only drank two mouthfuls of soup, and reluctantly ate half a bowl of noodle soup under Woxue's persuasion.

I put down my bowl and chopsticks and looked outside. It was pitch dark.

It’s past three o’clock.

At night, everything should be quiet, but this night was destined to be anything but quiet. Even in the garrison, Shang Ruyi could hear the sound of the Yellow River's surging waves coming from the night sky outside, and amidst these waves, there seemed to be many human voices.

There were a full eighty thousand more people. Even if they didn't shout loudly, just the sound of their breathing would be enough to make this night uneasy.

As if sensing Shang Ruyi's uneasiness, Wo Xue, who had just cleared the dishes and brought in a basin of hot water for her to wash, saw her dazed look, thought for a moment, and said softly, "I never thought that Your Highness would be able to bring back more than 80,000 surrendered soldiers."

Shang Ruyi glanced at her and said, "Do you think he can't win?"

Wo Xue hurriedly shook her head: "No, of course not. I know that no matter how difficult the battle is, His Highness will definitely win. What's more, he has to rescue the princess."

"..."

"However, a force of more than 3,000 cavalrymen against an army of 100,000, and finally bringing back more than 80,000 surrendered soldiers, this has never happened before."

"..."

"I just think that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin must have the help of gods and destiny."

"..."

"People like this can accomplish anything!"

Hearing this, Shang Ruyi understood that she was here to comfort him. No matter how many surrendered soldiers Yuwen Ye brought back, if he could win the battle, he would be able to settle them properly and there would be no trouble. However, when he heard the word "heaven's will", his heart sank and he whispered, "Don't talk nonsense."

Wo Xue also realized that she had spoken out of turn, and hurriedly said, "I know I was wrong."

Shang Ruyi waved his hand and said no more. He went to wash up. By the time everything was settled and Woxue left the room, it was almost four o'clock.

Although he knew he should rest early and was indeed very tired, Shang Ruyi didn't want to sleep at all.

Yuwen Ye, when will you come back?

On the way back to the battlefield from Niukouzhu and then back to Hulao Pass with the more than 80,000 surrendered soldiers, the two of them naturally had no time to talk more because they were surrounded by people. She only had time to mention the situation in Luoyang to him. Yuwen Ye pondered for a moment and said only "I know", then went to arrange the surrendered soldiers, while she herself returned to the garrison.

I don't know if he can finish dealing with the things outside tonight and come back...

Shang Ruyi suddenly couldn't help laughing.

When she was captured by Xiao Yuansui and trapped in the enemy camp, she seemed to have never looked forward to it like this, facing the lonely lamp and gazing at the moonlight; but now, she has returned to his side, and the two of them can meet at any time. Instead, she is looking forward to it like a resentful woman staying alone in her empty room.

Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi blushed a little.

Although he didn't want to sleep, his body was a little disobedient. Shang Ruyi simply walked to the bed and sat down, leaning against the headboard facing the half-open door. He originally wanted to wait a little longer, but his eyes gradually became confused in the flickering candlelight on the table, and soon he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

But I feel uneasy even in my dreams.

She always felt that there were many people around her, the sounds of breathing, talking, shouting, roaring, thousands of voices and tones intertwined together, as if forming an airtight net that trapped her. Shang Ruyi gradually felt that she was a little breathless. She breathed deeply, but her chest seemed to be tied up again. While she was unable to struggle free, she gradually felt suffocated.

"Well……"

Just as she subconsciously let out a low moan as if calling for help, she immediately heard a gasp in her ears.

This sound is——

Almost in an instant, Shang Ruyi's consciousness returned to her body, and then she immediately felt that someone was holding her up. It seemed that the person could not control the strength and was holding her too tightly, so that she had difficulty breathing.

Shang Ruyi opened his eyes, and immediately met those cold and bright eyes in the flickering candlelight. And those eyes, in such a cold night, were also looking at him scorchingly.

The moment their eyes met, both of them suffocated...

At this moment, there was a slight "sizzle" sound, as if the candle on the table, which had almost burned out, was completely extinguished, as if it had finally held on to witness this moment, and the whole room was suddenly plunged into darkness.

"what……"

Shang Ruyi had just woken up from his sleep, and suddenly fell into darkness again. He instinctively reached out and grabbed -

"Well."

Immediately, she heard a muffled groan from above her head, as if she was enduring some pain. Shang Ruyi was so scared that she quickly let go of her hand: "What's wrong?"

"..."

"Does it hurt? Did I touch your wound?"

"..."

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"Are you hurt?"

The man in the darkness didn't speak, but his breathing became more rapid as she asked him one question after another. Shang Ruyi's questioning was fruitless, and she could only hear him take a deep breath in the darkness, then take a step forward, slowly bend down, and put her on the bed.

His hands were shaking as if he was injured.

However, after putting her down, he did not stand up immediately. Instead, he supported himself on the bed with his arms and held her slightly cold body in his arms.

Getting closer.

Shang Ruyi also saw clearly in the momentary light that he was wearing a rather thin long gown, and his hair, which had been tied up high during the war, was now loose. It was obvious that he had bathed and changed his clothes, washing off the blood stains on his body. However, there was still a faint, seemingly lingering smell of blood in the air. In addition to this, there seemed to be some other smell.

A little bit, there is a smell of something burning.

Is it the candle that just went out on the table?
But just like that, how could he make such a sound?

Shang Ruyi raised his hand more and more anxiously, but was afraid of touching the place he had just grabbed, so he groped carefully bit by bit, whispering: "Did I just touch your--"

Before he could even utter the word "hurt", the hand he extended to him was immediately grabbed.

The night breeze was cool, his fingertips were cool, everything around him seemed to be cool, but his hands were hot.

Moreover, the breathing, which had become rapid and heavy in an instant due to the contact of their skin, also became hot. Even the ups and downs of the breathing gradually turned into heavy panting. Gusts of hot wind blew on Shang Ruyi's cheeks, immediately making her skin hot and probably a little red, but it was pitch black and she couldn't see clearly.

He probably couldn't see clearly either.

Shang Ruyi's fingertips began to tremble in his hot palms, her body also shivered slightly, and when she spoke her voice did not sound like her own, but it was the timidity and desire that he was already familiar with.

How long have they been separated?
If you count carefully, it has only been a few months, but the two of them felt as if they had been separated for a long time. They were obviously the most familiar people to each other, but at this time they felt a little strange.

And this "strangeness" stimulated each other even more.

So this is what people say, a short separation is better than a new marriage...

Yuwen Ye actually felt the pain. The wound on his shoulder that was burned by the charcoal fire had already split open at some point during the battle, but he remained calm until he returned to Hulao Pass and had Shang Ruyi taken away, only then did he take off his armor. That scene shocked everyone around him.

The blood was in his armor, staining half of his body red!
Until seeing this scene, Xiao Yuansui, who had followed them all the way and remained silent after entering Hulao Pass, finally took a deep breath and said solemnly: "This world should be yours."

He just smiled faintly and had his wound sutured expressionlessly. In order to prevent Shang Ruyi from noticing it easily, he also sealed the wound with thin sheepskin.

But I didn't expect that she would notice me as soon as we met.

Being grabbed so lightly naturally hurt, but now, there was a more intense surge in his body, and the pain seemed to only make this emotion more impulsive...

He grabbed the hand, put the slightly cool, trembling fingertips into his mouth and bit it lightly.

The hand trembled and shrank subconsciously, but he held it tightly.

In the darkness, he heard a low moan from the soft, sweet breathing of the person beneath him——

"Feng Chen..."