Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1209 Seizing Power
The noise lasted until dark.

Yuwen Ye and Shang Ruyi didn't eat or wash up. They took turns holding this extremely aggrieved child. Finally, when it was dark, he was tired of crying and both of them were exhausted. They carefully put him back on the bed.

Nanny Feng and the others were standing around, sweating profusely. She whispered, "Your Highness, please let this servant take the little prince down."

Yuwen Ye and Shang Ruyi looked at each other, and Shang Ruyi said, "No, let him sleep with both of us tonight."

Nanny Feng said immediately, "Yes."

After saying this, he didn't dare to stay any longer and turned around and left.

Chang Wan came in and quietly reported that the bathing facilities were ready. Shang Ruyi said softly, "You go first. I'll watch over him for a while."

Yuwen Ye looked down, nodded, and got up to go out. Only Shang Ruyi was left in the bedroom. She sat on the edge of the bed, looking down at the child's rosy and tender face. Although the child's appearance was still the same, it was obvious that he had grown a lot since she left. Apart from other things, he had many more teeth and was taller.

Can speak again.

Shang Ruyi reached out and tucked the quilt for him again, then sighed softly.

She never felt that she was incompetent. On the contrary, compared to many people, she felt that she was already very outstanding. Especially as a woman, she could lead troops, go to the battlefield, and receive military awards in the court. She was extremely proud. But behind all these honors was her dereliction of duty as a mother.

It seems that life is always limited. Even if you have outstanding abilities, you can't take care of one thing while ignoring the other.

She had been a very good princess before, and now she had to spend some effort and time to be a good mother.

Thinking of this, she leaned down and gently kissed the child's chubby face.

At this time, there was a sound of light footsteps behind me, and Tusheer's voice rang in my ears: "Princess, the food has been heated up again. Do you want some now?"

Shang Ruyi turned around and saw that the girl was looking at her with a look of attachment under the candlelight. If it weren't for Yuan Qian, she would have been the one who was wronged today. Even so, she felt a little awkward. Shang Ruyi smiled and said softly, "When the King of Qin comes back, I will eat with him."

"Yes."

Shang Ruyi raised his chin to signal her to sit in front of the bed, and then asked, "Is nothing wrong during the days I was away?"

Tusheer said, "There's nothing much to do in Qianqiu Palace. We seldom go out. The emperor takes the little prince to dine every month and walks around the inner court. Madam Chu comes over from time to time. The snacks she makes are getting better and better, and the little prince likes them very much."

Speaking of this, Shang Ruyi remembered that he had not seen Chu Ruoyan since he came back. Unfortunately, this child had spent most of the day crying. He had to go to Jinyuyuan to see her tomorrow.

Shang Ruyi said: "It's good that everything is fine."

Tusheer sat at her feet, stretched his neck to lean close to her ear and said, "We don't have much to do here, but there are a lot of things in the harem."

"Oh?"

Shang Ruyi originally thought that as long as they were fine, it would be best not to interfere in other people's affairs, but after a change of mind, she asked, "What's going on in the harem?"

Tusheer lowered her voice even more: "Jieyu Tao was not feeling well a few days ago, and I asked the imperial physician to take a look. It turned out that she was pregnant."

"This is a good thing."

"It's a good thing. The emperor was very happy. He had already issued an edict to confer her the title of Consort Shu, and even let her attend the New Year's Eve banquet. But that night, on the way back to the palace, Jieyu suddenly fell down for some reason." Shang Ruyi opened her eyes wide: "Her child——"

Tusheer shook his head gently, and Shang Ruyi suddenly felt uncomfortable.

If it were anything else, she might not be able to empathize with him, but she had truly experienced the pain of losing a child. That pain was not only physical, but also a scar on her heart that was difficult to heal. If it weren't for Yuan Qian now, she might have kept that scar for a long time. And Tao Wanyin was such a gentle and docile woman...

Shang Ruyi asked: "Is she okay now?"

Tusheer said, "I heard that she has recovered physically, but her spirit is not as good as it used to be. The princess and the prince are not here, so it is not easy for us servants to go visit her. I only heard from the little maidservant beside her that she has been hiding in the palace and refuses to see anyone. The emperor rarely goes to her place either."

Shang Ruyi couldn't help but frowned, pondered for a while, and said: "Is there a reason for what happened that night?"

Tusheer said, "On the surface, it was Concubine Tao who was careless, but when I talked to the palace maids around her, I heard that it seemed that when Concubine Tao returned to the palace that night, she met Concubine Zhang, and then she fell."

"..."

"But no one knows what happened."

"..."

"Anyway, Concubine Tao's illness has benefited Concubine Zhang. She has been trying to please the Emperor every day, and was just conferred the title of Zhaoyi a few days ago."

"Oh……"

Shang Ruyi nodded when he heard this, with an indifferent expression.

At this time, Yuwen Ye came back from bathing. Shang Ruyi didn't say much. She just asked him to stay by the bed to guard Yuan Qian. She went down to bathe as well. When she returned to Qianqiu Palace, Yuwen Ye had just asked Tushe'er and others to prepare the meal. The two had been busy all day and were already starving. They finally had time to sit down and eat something.

While eating, Shang Ruyi told Yuwen Ye what Tushe'er had just said.

Yuwen Ye listened calmly, and after a while he said, "Tomorrow, or in two days, when you are free and no one cares, go see Concubine Tao sometime."

Shang Ruyi opened her eyes slightly and looked at him.

Yuwen Ye has never cared about the affairs of the harem and has had little contact with Yuwen Yuan's concubines, but this time he took the initiative to ask him to visit her.

She said: "Okay."

Then the two of them ate in silence. Shang Ruyi took a few bites of the food and finally sorted out the messy thoughts in his mind. He looked up at Xiao Yuanqian who was sleeping soundly on the bed, and then said, "You did all this, did you already plan it?"

"..."

Yuwen Ye still lowered his head, drank the last bit of hot soup in the bowl, put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth, then looked up at Shang Ruyi: "What?"

Shang Ruyi frowned slightly.

At this time, he is still playing guessing games with himself?
When he was still the second son of the Yuwen family, he had been cultivating his own trusted troops; when Yuwen Yuan ascended the throne, he began to compete with Yuwen Qian for the position of crown prince; although the position of crown prince has been determined, his military achievements and the huge power he occupies in the court have made him more than just an opponent of the crown prince - or rather, the opponent they are considering now is not the crown prince.
But the emperor!

Shang Ruyi lowered his voice and asked, "Do you want to fight for the power in the hands of the emperor?"