Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1298 Price
It wasn't just the three of them. Yu Wenyuan noticed from the corner of his eye that even the musicians sitting behind the screen knelt down in panic. A gust of wind suddenly blew outside the hall. The wind seemed to be mixed with the sounds of many footsteps, and it blew across the hall in all directions at once, as if surrounding them.

Eunuch Yu, who was standing at the side of the hall, said nothing, but the faint candlelight shone on his old face, and everything seemed so pale, cold, lonely and helpless.

"Ha ha ha ha ha……"

Yu Wenyuan chuckled twice before he felt the pain in his hand that had been pounding on the table. He wondered if he had hurt his little finger bone by using too much force.

He withdrew his hand, rubbed his numb little finger, and looked at the three people kneeling in front of him. The flickering firelight just happened to illuminate Shang Ruyi's hair bun. A flash of golden light passed through his eyes. Yuwen Yuan subconsciously held his breath, frowned and looked carefully again.

Suddenly, his breath sank.

That feeling of powerlessness instantly engulfed him like a tide. After a long silence, Yu Wenyuan finally sighed and said, "Let him in."

"..."

"At this point, will he still care about his behavior in front of the palace?"

Eunuch Yu hesitated for a moment, but did not move. He just looked at Shang Ruyi. She knelt on the ground, still looking at Yuwen Yuan's red eyes. For some reason, she felt a little uneasy in her heart. She thought that she would need some time to persuade the Emperor Gaozu, but she did not expect that he seemed to have accepted it all so quickly.

"Father."

"I only have this one son left, right?"

"..."

"What else can I do?"

Shang Ruyi thought about it, then turned around and nodded gently to Eunuch Yu, who then turned around and walked out with a hunched back.

After a while, the door of the hall was opened.

The night wind suddenly rushed into the Liangyi Hall, dimming the lights of the surrounding candlesticks. The entire hall was suddenly plunged into darkness. But when the heavy footsteps that smelled of blood and iron slowly walked to the center of the hall, it was as if a magic needle appeared to stabilize the sea. All the winds calmed down again, and the candle flames slowly rose, shaking and burning.

The firelight illuminated the face, which was stained with the blood of unknown person, and looked both fierce and heroic.

Yuwen Ye knelt down and bowed to the emperor at the top of the hall, saying, "I, your son, pay my respects to your father. Long live the emperor."

Yuwen Yuan looked at him with a gloomy face for a long time, and said: "You, are fine."

Yuwen Ye remained calm and said calmly, "I, your son, have fought a bloody battle tonight in order to punish the evildoers and clear the emperor's court. I did not want to alarm the emperor. I hope you will forgive me."

"Kill the evildoers? The evildoers?"

Yuwen Yuan's breathing became short after hearing these words. He reached out to hold on to the table and tried to get up, but Yuwen Ye's words and the bloody facts before him had already drained all his strength. He could only curl up to barely keep breathing. Seeing this, Eunuch Yu hurriedly walked up behind him, knelt down and wiped his back to help him breathe.

It was unknown how long it took before Yu Wenyuan finally recovered his breath.

He raised his eyes to look at Yuwen Ye, his eyes were red and almost bleeding, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Evil?! You said your brother is evil?"

"..."

"Is this how you view your brother?"

"..."

Yuwen Ye had a blank expression on his face: "Father, do you know what the last words my third brother said to me were?"

When he heard the word "last", Yu Wenyuan's facial features twitched again.

Yuwen Ye said calmly: "He said that there are no brothers in the royal family."

"..."

"So, it's not my fault."

"you--"

Yu Wenyuan was so furious that his two bloodshot eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. He tried even harder to get up, but the sudden headache was like an axe splitting his head open. The severe pain almost dragged him into a dark hell in an instant. He had difficulty breathing for a long time and could only hold on to the edge of the table with his rough hands. His nails scratched the table top, leaving several white marks.

He gritted his teeth and said, "You all, retreat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the musicians behind the screen hurriedly stood up and crawled back. Shen Shiyan and Pei Xu looked at each other and realized that what was being discussed here were all matters of the "Heavenly Family", which naturally were not allowed to be heard by outsiders like them, so they also stood up and retreated.

However, before leaving, Shen Shiyan lowered his head and looked at Shang Ruyi again.

She knelt beside Yuwen Ye, motionless.

Seeing that everyone had left, Yu Wenyuan narrowed his eyes and glared at her dangerously: "You're not leaving?"

Shang Ruyi said: "Father, I am also from the royal family. I am your daughter-in-law."

Hearing her words, a cold light immediately flashed in Yuwenyuan's eyes. He endured the pain of a splitting headache and laughed, tears almost seeping from the corners of his eyes: "Yes, daughter-in-law, you are really my good daughter-in-law!"

"..."

"As a wife, you should respect your husband and get along well with your relatives, be friendly with your uncles and sisters-in-law, and be harmonious with your sisters-in-law. If there is peace within, the family will prosper; if there are quarrels, the family will decline."

"..."

"You, what did you do?" "..."

"When brothers quarrel, why don't you settle the dispute? When brothers fight, why don't you make peace? When brothers quarrel, why don't you comfort and admonish?"

"..."

"Now, brothers are killing each other, brothers are killing each other, what crime should you be punished for!"

At this point, he was so angry that he was in a trance. He raised his head and ordered: "Come here, give her to me——"

"Father!"

Since Yuwen Ye entered the hall, his voice has been very calm and cool. Perhaps he still remembered the hint that Shang Ruyi had given him outside just now, so he almost deliberately suppressed his temper and emotions.

But at this moment, he suddenly interrupted the emperor, his voice as loud as a thunder in the sky.

Yu Wenyuan was shocked and looked at him with wide eyes.

Yuwen Ye was kneeling on the ground, his back straightened like a spear stuck deep into the ground, and he said calmly but solemnly: "No one in this world can hurt Ruyi."

Yu Wenyuan's mouth twitched: "No one can?"

"Yes."

"I can't either?"

"Yes!"

Yuwen Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "You killed my two sons, but I can't even deal with your wife?"

"..."

"The Crown Prince and the Prince of Qi have died one after another, and the blood has flowed like a river inside and outside the Xuanwu Gate. You caused such a huge mess, but you didn't even pay a price?"

Shang Ruyi broke out in a cold sweat.

She understood at once that Yuwen Yuan was furious because of the death of his two sons, but he only had this one son left. If he really wanted to punish him, he would be in a desperate situation with no successor. He could not do that no matter what - in fact, he simply could not do it.

However, after the death of his two sons, he couldn't help but be angry and take his anger out on others.

Therefore, punishing the people around Yuwen Ye - himself, is the best way, and it can even be said that it is an explanation to the world.

Shang Ruyi then realized why Yuwen Yuan had calmed down his outward anger so quickly and let Yuwen Ye in to see him, because he had already decided whose life would bear the cost of tonight's bloody battle; and it would be a foolish and dangerous thing for Shang Ruyi to walk into the Liangyi Palace by herself.

Just when she was extremely terrified and the biting chill brought by the cold sweat made her tremble, she suddenly felt a figure flash in front of her. It was Yuwen Ye, who was kneeling on the ground and took two steps forward, just blocking her.

Shang Ruyi couldn't see his expression, but she could feel that his shoulders were as broad as a mountain. Just by seeing them, she felt at ease.

"Father, she is not a price, she is my son's wife."

"..."

"I have come this far with her company in my hardships and her help in my achievements. No one in this world is closer to me than her, and no one deserves to stand by my side and enjoy everything I have more than her. If I can achieve great things after tonight, it's half because I have a big world in my heart, and the other half is because I want to share that bigger world with her!"

"..."

"So, I will not allow anyone to hurt her!"

Shang Ruyi suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his back.

Although Yuwen Ye usually behaved taciturnly, after all, the two of them were together day and night, and she knew that he was not really a man who was not good at speaking. On the contrary, when it was his turn to speak, he never backed down, and could even engage in a verbal battle and leave the other person speechless.

But, this is all about business.

Between the two of them, he was not so smooth-talking, and the few sweet words he said were very stiff and overbearing. If he was not understanding, he would never be able to accept those "sweet words".

But she didn't expect that he would say these words at this time, in front of the emperor.

This is not sweet talk.

But it seems to be better than all the love words and sweet talks in this world.

Those words brought forth infinite tenderness and strength in her heart. Shang Ruyi suddenly felt her whole body swell up. She clenched her hands tightly on the ground, then released them and clenched them again.

At this moment, a larger shadow appeared before my eyes.

Looking up, they saw Yuwen Yuan slowly standing up. He was wearing a long robe with long sleeves that hung on the ground. It was not until he stood up that they saw that he was holding a long sword in his hand.

At this moment, the scabbard of the long sword was dragging on the ground, making a harsh friction sound as he walked towards him step by step.

Shang Ruyi's heart gradually rose to his throat.

Yuwen Yuan finally walked in front of Yuwen Ye. He looked down at his son, and then at his daughter-in-law, who he once called "a beautiful son and a beautiful wife". Suddenly he gritted his teeth, drew out his sword with a clang, and the sharp sword edge drew a white rainbow in the gloomy Liangyi Palace and suddenly placed it on Yuwen Ye's neck.

"Father!"

Shang Ruyi was shocked and immediately reached out to grab his sword!