Noble First Daughter-in-law

It's past midnight.

This was almost the darkest and quietest time of the whole day. Yuwen Ye didn't know how much of the deafening screams of killing from the Xuanwu Gate had reached the palace, but the moment they stepped into the palace gate, the surroundings immediately became quiet. Everything was silent around them, leaving only the sound of their footsteps.

There is a half moon and a few stars above my head.

Shang Ruyi had never felt the world so empty before. He even felt that his breathing and heartbeat seemed a little deafening in such a quiet environment.

And the person next to him, his breathing became even heavier.

Just as they kept walking forward in the silent night, a very light music sound suddenly came from the front.

The two people subconsciously stopped and listened carefully. They found someone playing the xiao.

The tune played was also an ancient one, hoarse and low, ethereal and lonely, sad and mournful, like crying and complaining.

Shang Ruyi seemed to hear a cry from the music, but when she held her breath and listened carefully, she heard nothing, as if it was just her illusion. She looked at Yuwen Ye with a complicated expression, and saw that his eyes also flickered in the darkness, but did not stay for too long, and he only whispered: "Let's go."

After passing through several palace gates, we finally arrived at the Liangyi Hall.

It was still pitch black here, but in the night a faint light could be seen coming through the gaps between the tightly closed doors and windows, and the plaintive sound of the xiao was also coming from the main hall.

As the two approached, they saw a dark figure approaching: "Your Highness Prince Qin, Princess Qin."

It’s Eunuch Yu.

Yuwen Ye was not surprised to see him. There was an indescribable familiarity between the two. He asked, "Eunuch, isn't the emperor sleeping well now?"

Hearing this, Eunuch Yu sighed silently and looked at him with a look of helplessness in his eyes, as if he was asking a question that already knew the answer - with such a commotion outside, which father, which emperor could sleep well?

"The emperor is not asleep. He is drinking with Lord Shen and Lord Pei."

"What!?"

Hearing this, Shang Ruyi opened his eyes wide in surprise.

She didn't know when Yuwen Yuan called Shen Shiyan and Pei Xu into the palace, but on second thought, calling these two people to his side might be for protection in the chaos, or perhaps, they were hostages in another sense?
If they were really hostages, the only person these two people were targeting was Yuwen Ye.

After all, he was still wary of this son.

Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi sighed - Yuwen Ye had told her long ago that although she had a fearful premonition about Xuanwu Gate, and although a bloody battle did take place at Xuanwu Gate today, in fact, after the bloody battle, they still did not get what they wanted.

After all, the imperial power is in Yuwen Yuan's hands.

Liangyi Palace is the real "place of bloody battle"; Yuwen Yuan is their real "opponent".

Yuwen Ye lowered his eyelids and was silent for a moment before saying, "I'll go see him."

As he said this, he was about to step forward, but just as he took a step, a hand came across and stopped him.

He looked down and saw that it was Shang Ruyi: "Let me go in first."

Yuwen Ye frowned.

Shang Ruyi said softly: "My uncle is in there, and Lord Pei is also in there. If you go in, I'm afraid that if the negotiation doesn't go well... I'd better go in first."

Yuwen Ye looked at her with a twinkling gaze, and understood what she meant. When the father and son were together, the atmosphere would not be harmonious even on ordinary days, let alone tonight. Shang Ruyi had been trying to ease the relationship between them. Even if there was only one result tonight, she hoped it could be achieved in a good way. After all, her uncle, whom she cared about the most, was in the hall at the moment.

So he let out a deep breath and took a half step back: "Okay, I'll wait for you outside."

"..."

"If there's anything, call me immediately."

Shang Ruyi looked at him gently and said, "It will be fine, don't worry."

After saying that, he turned to Eunuch Yu and said, "Please go and inform them, Eunuch."

Eunuch Yu looked at the two of them quietly, then he sighed lightly and went in. After a while he came out and waved gently to Shang Ruyi, and she immediately followed him in.

As soon as she stepped into the door of Liangyi Palace, her breathing immediately became tense.

In fact, there is no tense atmosphere here. Compared with the situation surrounded by swords and knives outside the Xuanwu Gate just now, this place can even be called comfortable. There are a few lamps in the corner. The lights are not too bright, but the dim and swaying light makes the whole hall gorgeous and quiet, like an old dream.

Above the main hall, there were three people sitting. They were Emperor Yuwen Yuan, and his left and right assistants Shen Shiyan and Pei Xu.

There were a few people sitting behind the screen on the other side of the hall. A swaying figure could be seen through the gap in the screen. They were obviously a few musicians. As soon as Shang Ruyi came in, the low and mournful sound of the xiao stopped.

The Liangyi Hall fell silent in an instant.

Shang Ruyi walked forward cautiously until he reached the center of the hall, then kowtowed to Yuwen Yuan and said, "Your Majesty, long live the emperor."

As soon as she finished speaking, the entire hall became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

No one dared to move.

The only one who slightly raised his hand was Shen Shiyan. When he saw Shang Ruyi walking in with blood all over her body, he was so scared that his face turned pale. He subconsciously wanted to rush over to support her and see if she was injured. However, he could only suppress the pity in his heart and looked at Shang Ruyi with concern when he felt the low breath above the hall.

After an unknown amount of time, Yu Wenyuan's hoarse voice slowly rang out: "It's you who's here."

Shang Ruyi knelt on the ground, not daring to look up: "It is you, my son."

Yuwen Yuan half-closed his eyes, one arm resting on the edge of the table, staring at his daughter-in-law like a crouching tiger: "Where is my son?"

Shang Ruyi lowered his head and said, "The King of Qin is waiting for your order outside the palace. He will come to see you as soon as your Majesty summons him."

Yu Wenyuan frowned and said in a deeper voice, "Where is my son?"

Finally, Shang Ruyi slowly raised her head and met Yuwen Yuan's somewhat red eyes. The gleam in those eyes really was like the look of a tiger preparing to hunt, as if it was going to pounce on its prey and bite off its throat in the next moment.

But Shang Ruyi was still kneeling on the ground, motionless, even his breathing was not disordered.

She said calmly, "Feng Chen is outside, but he is wearing armor and is afraid of losing etiquette in front of the palace, so he dare not enter the palace."

Upon hearing these words, Yu Wenyuan's breath was choked.

He slammed his palm on the table, and there was a "bang" sound, like thunder that shook the entire Liangyi Hall. At this time, Shen Shiyan and Pei Xu looked at each other, and both of them stood up at the same time, walked to Shang Ruyi's side, knelt down together, and said to Yuwen Yuan: "Your Majesty..." (End of this chapter)