Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1188 A More Difficult Game
It was not until dusk that Shang Ruyi returned to the official residence.

She had been distributing food for a whole day. Although she only had to use a wooden shovel to pour rice for people, and someone would come up to take her place after a while, such physical work still made her so tired that her hands and feet became weak. As soon as she walked into her own room, her legs went weak and she almost fell down.

At this moment, a hand reached out and held her firmly.

Before she raised her head, Shang Ruyi had already sensed that familiar aura, as if an invisible hood had enveloped her all of a sudden, and she subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. When she raised her head again, she was indeed met with that pair of familiar, deep eyes.

Wo Xue hurriedly saluted: "Your Highness."

Yuwen Ye looked down at Shang Ruyi and said, "Where have you been? I couldn't find you all day."

As he spoke, he pulled her up with a little force. Shang Ruyi stood up straight, followed him into the room and sat down, saying weakly: "I went out to shovel rice for someone all day."

Hearing this, Yuwen Ye's lips curled up. Seeing Wo Xue going to pour tea, he just waved his hand, and Wo Xue tactfully left, closing the door as she left. Yuwen Ye personally walked over and poured a cup of tea to her, but saw that her hands were red, and there was a place on the palm where the skin was worn out, revealing the bright red tender flesh. He couldn't help but frowned: "How did it become like this?"

Shang Ruyi looked down himself.

In fact, compared to the injuries she had suffered in front of Hulao Pass a few days ago, this was nothing. She didn't even feel any pain, but when Yuwen Ye saw her, she immediately felt a burning sensation. So she held his hand and said, "We went through so much trouble to get food back from Huiluo Cang. We have to let people know who gave it to them after distributing the white rice."

Yuwen Ye shook his head: "Just go over and show your face, you really worked so honestly for a whole day."

Shang Ruyi said: "The common people...may not be smart, but they are not easy to coax."

As they spoke, the two looked at each other and laughed.

In fact, what is there to not know? From the fact that Yuwen Ye risked his life to burn down the treasury to take over the household registration inside, Shang Ruyi knew that he wanted to make Luoyang his own Luoyang. If the household registration was taken, how could he not take over the people's hearts?

After all, the couple has offended the crown prince, the prince of Qi, and even the emperor. If they don't leave a way out for themselves, what will be the result?
What Yuwen Ye said makes a lot of sense - loyalty without strength is the easiest to be sacrificed and abandoned.

Yuwen Ye originally wanted to find some medicine and gauze to bandage her wound, but Shang Ruyi refused. She didn't care about injuries like that before, and she would apply medicine and bandage with great pains when the skin was a little scratched. Not to mention that people around him found it funny, he also felt ashamed. Yuwen Ye had no choice but to let go, but he held her hand in his palm and didn't let go for a long time.

He asked, "I heard that something happened in Taipei?"

"It's not a big deal."

Shang Ruyi told the story of the old woman again, and sighed again: "The common people are actually the most honest and flexible. They have been hungry for so long, and their bodies are swollen from eating dirt, but they can't say anything about their grievances. If we hadn't captured Liang Shide and Luoyang, these people probably wouldn't even complain, and would just..."

Or maybe she couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat.

Yuwen Ye didn't say anything, but his breathing became heavy.

Shang Ruyi swallowed the bitterness in her heart with great difficulty, then raised her head and looked at him: "If Luoyang really belongs to you in the future, you must not let the people here suffer anymore."

"..."

Yuwen Ye did not answer immediately, but remained silent, with countless lights flashing in his deep eyes.

After a long time, he said, "I will make sure that all the people in the world will no longer suffer."

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The food distribution in the city lasted for three days until it was finally completed. The people were so happy that it was like a festival. But the good things were not over yet.

Five days later, Yuwen Ye announced the opening of the city gates. More than a dozen gates inside and outside Luoyang City were no longer under martial law. Everyone could enter and exit Luoyang City on their own without any obstruction.

This order completely declared that Luoyang was incorporated into the territory of Dasheng.

On the day the notice was issued, the common people in the city finally walked out of their homes for the second time after receiving life-saving food, but not for the sake of survival, but simply to go out, to see the free world outside that they had not seen for a long time, and to breathe some cool air; the restaurants and inns were open again, and although there were not many customers, the waiters' shouts were still enthusiastic, and even more full of hope than before; at the same time, the traveling merchants, after getting the temporary passes issued by the government, also bravely walked out of the city gate with their bags on their backs, and looking at the clear sky outside, these people could not help but let out bursts of loud shouts.

Yuwen Ye and Shang Ruyi, standing on the city wall, watched all this quietly.

"Surprisingly, it's over..."

Hearing Shang Ruyi's mumbling, Yuwen Ye turned to look at her, only to see her looking down at the endless stream of people under the tower, with a dazed look on her face. Hearing this, Yuwen Ye couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why, don't you want this all to end?"

Shang Ruyi shook her head and was silent for a long time before she looked up at him and said softly, "You may not believe it, but sometimes I feel like this is a dream."

"..."

"I always feel that it's not that easy to take Luoyang... We may have to fight for a lifetime."

"..."

"I didn't even think we could make it."

Then she smiled again: "But I finally got it!"

Yuwen Ye also laughed.

He understood the source of this idea - life is made up of one steep peak after another. Only by climbing over the one in front of you can you conquer the steeper and more dangerous ones behind. Before conquering the peak in front of you, everyone thinks that this is the most difficult hurdle in the world.

For example, the Xingluo Cang, the Jiangdu Palace, the disintegration of Wanggangzhai, the expedition to Fufeng City, and the Battle of Taiyuan, every step they took was extremely difficult, and there were many times when they felt they might not be able to hold on, but in the end, they still won.

The same is true in front of me.

Yuwen Ye said: "I have asked someone to pass the news here back to Hulao Pass. Your brother and Shentu Tai will come to Luoyang to join us after they have settled things over there. Once things here are settled -"

Shang Ruyi's eyes lit up immediately: "Are we going back to Chang'an?"

"Um,"

Yuwen Ye nodded. This was what they had both been thinking about. Especially after he heard about the injustice Yuan Qian had suffered, he wanted to go back as soon as possible to comfort his child.

But at the same time, he also understood that what he would face when he returned was not just "family happiness."

He looked down into Shang Ruyi's eyes and said seriously, "When we go back, it will be a more difficult battle than the battle in Luoyang."