Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1246 Half, Half

At this moment, everyone's attention was on Yuwen Yuan. Seeing his big reaction to the hairpin in Shang Ruyi's hand, everyone looked over.

Yuwen Cheng didn't seem to recognize this thing. He felt puzzled and frowned impatiently. However, Yuwen Qian's eyes trembled slightly, as if he remembered something, and turned away with a complicated expression.

The moment he saw the golden hairpin clearly, a hint of tenderness flashed in Yu Wenyuan's eyes.

This kind of gentleness seemed a little inappropriate in such a tense atmosphere. Even Yuwen Yuan himself felt it. He immediately lowered his head and took a deep breath, as if trying to suppress the tenderness that suddenly arose in his heart.

But when he raised his head again, his expression had finally relaxed a lot.

He just frowned and looked at Yuan Qian with tears on his face. He fiddled with the golden hairpin in his hand. Shang Ruyi carefully reminded him not to break it. He looked at Yuwen Ye again. When he looked down at his son, there was some indescribable complex emotion in his eyes.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire lobby became weird.

Although Yuwen Cheng did not recognize the golden hairpin, he immediately realized from Yuwen Yuan's expression that Shang Ruyi was trying to ease the atmosphere. He immediately said coldly: "Father, this matter must be decided."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Yuwen Qian say, "Third brother, father will make the decision."

Yuwen Cheng frowned and looked at him. Even Yu Mingyue whispered "Your Highness the Crown Prince", but Yuwen Qian seemed not to see or hear anything. He only said to Yuwen Yuan, "Whatever decision your father makes, we will obey your orders."

Yuwen Ye also glanced at him.

After an unknown amount of time, Yuwen Yuan finally sighed and said, "I can consider this matter."

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This family dinner ended in an unpleasant but not completely violent situation. However, in the end, everyone was depressed and unhappy, and even when they drank, they drank in silence, so the dinner ended before 11:00 p.m.

Everyone left the palace.

Only after they got on the carriage did Yuwen Ye take back the hairpin from Yuan Qian, who was curled up in his arms and had sleepy eyelids, and put it back on Shang Ruyi's head. The carriage started to move forward, and soon Yuan Qian fell asleep. But the two of them sat quietly, their eyes shining like a few lamps in the dim light.

In silence, Shang Ruyi finally couldn't help but speak first: "Father, will you agree?"

Yuwen Ye shook his head gently.

Shang Ruyi's breath sank, and he continued, "Even if he agrees, he won't agree so easily. Just like I said I must get Shangdang and Puban before going to Luoyang, he will definitely put forward more stringent conditions to me."

Shang Ruyi couldn't help but smile bitterly: "When will this back and forth end?"

When she said this, she didn't know that Shen Wuzheng had already told everyone at the gate of Prince Qin's Mansion that someone must come to break the impasse. But she also felt vaguely that Yuwen Ye had indeed angered the emperor this time. If the conflict between father and son continued to intensify, she couldn't imagine what the final situation would be.

The carriage crushed the recent silence on the road and soon returned to the Prince of Qin's mansion. By the time Yuan Qian, who was sleeping like a pig and could not be awakened no matter how hard he was shaken, was handed over to the wet nurse and the two of them went to bathe and wash up before returning to the bedroom, it was already completely dark.

There was only one lamp left in the huge bedroom, and the dim light swayed to lull people to sleep. But when Shang Ruyi got on the bed and snuggled into Yuwen Ye's arms, she heard the strong heartbeat coming from his chest, but he didn't look like he was going to fall asleep at all.

In fact, so does she.

Feeling Yu Wen Ye's hand coming around her and gently stroking her back, as if to soothe her mood after the fright she had received today, Shang Ruyi just leaned quietly in his arms.

But after a long time, they could still hear each other's conscious breathing.

Yuwen Ye looked down at her: "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Shang Ruyi also looked up at him: "You made this request to the emperor, do you really want to go to Luoyang, or - do you just want to anger the emperor?"

Yuwen Ye raised his eyebrows slightly. Shang Ruyi said, "No matter how I think about it, I feel that given my father's character, he will never agree to give you these two places. If you make this request, it will only make him angry."

"..."

"And you know my father better than I do. It's impossible that you don't know the result."

"..."

"So, you just want to make him mad, right?"

Seeing her eyes that were already invaded by fatigue but still trying to stay awake, Yuwen Ye smiled slightly, still stroking her soft back with his hands, and said, "Half, half."

"What do you mean?"

"I do want to make him angry - because this matter needs to be resolved."

"..."

"If I don't break the impasse, I, the King of Qin, will never surpass the Crown Prince, and I will never be able to sit on the throne!"

"...!"

Although the couple had been moving towards this goal for a long time, this was the first time that Yuwen Ye clearly expressed his thoughts and wishes, or in other words, the first time he bluntly stated his desires.

Shang Ruyi's heartbeat suddenly became intense.

She said, "Oh."

Yuwen Ye said: "Brothers are friendly and respectful to each other, fathers are kind and sons are filial. If no one can hold back and no one breaks this situation, I will never be able to break through these two shackles. But - I don't want to leave a bad name for generations to come."

Shang Ruyi said: "I understand."

Therefore, since the burning of the treasury in Luoyang, Yuwen Ye had actually been trying to provoke Yuwen Yuan. He wanted the other party to attack him first, so that he would have a legitimate opportunity to "rebel" and ultimately seize power.

But he did not expect that Yuwen Yuan not only endured everything, but even suggested that he go to Luoyang, that prosperous and wealthy place, to be an emperor in name only; and his father's show of weakness did soften Yuwen Ye's lofty ambition to a certain extent, making him really consider the possibility of retreating to Luoyang.

Shang Ruyi asked again: "Then, what about the other half?"

"The other half..."

At this point, Yuwen Ye's sharp eyes dimmed slightly, and he said: "I have to admit that my father is indeed old. I can calculate everything, but I can't do anything to him..."

He didn't finish his words, and Shang Ruyi nodded at the right time, telling him not to continue.

Yuwen Ye said: "So, I want these two places."

"..."

"If he really agrees, then I will go to Luoyang."

"..."

"After he lives a long life, I can use these two places as springboards and return to Chang'an at any time!"