Noble First Daughter-in-law

The incident of the loss of the Wulian celadon cup was like a small episode, and it only rang in the waiter for a while, and did not cause a big impact. Soon, everyone returned to their respective posts and performed their duties. up.

Shang Ruyi could tell that although Jin Yun was hesitant, he didn't say much because the important matter was ahead.

On the contrary, it was at night, when there was no one around, that Tusheer approached her and said softly, "Miss, why did you lock Chang Wan up?"

Shang Ruyi said: "Why, shouldn't it be closed?"

Tushe'er thought for a while and said, "I don't believe that Chang Wan would steal things."

Shang Ruyi glanced at her: "You know again?"

"Although the maidservant has only been in the Duke's mansion for a few months, and the people around Madam don't talk much, and they don't interact with us much, but their morals are not bad. The one named Chang Wan is even more arrogant. I heard that He has also read a few books, so no matter how you look at it, he is not a person who is willing to be a thief."

"is it?"

Tusheer met her eyes, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Of course, it was the servant who guessed."

Shang Ruyi also smiled lightly, and said: "That's right, if someone asks me, I'll probably answer—I guessed it. How can I convince people?"

"..."

"Detaining her is only temporary, the important thing is the evidence."

Tusheer frowned and said, "But, this matter is a dead end. She killed something and went back. Uncle Gui didn't have a bill. Apart from witnesses, where's the evidence?"

Shang Ruyi said: "Since the matter is related to the loss of the cup, the evidence is naturally the cup."

Tusher shook her head even more: "I lost everything, how can I find it back?"

As she spoke, she stared at Shang Ruyi: "Do you want to search?"

Shang Ruyi shook his head immediately, and said in a deep voice: "It's Madam's funeral right now, and there are people coming and going. If you search for stolen goods in the mansion at this time, what will it be if it gets out? Why don't you lose all the face of the Duke's mansion?" gone?"

"..."

"At this time, the last thing we can do is to make this matter a big deal."

Tu Sheer suddenly realized: "No wonder you asked someone to lock Chang Wan up immediately, because you didn't want to make a scene and let outsiders see our jokes."

"Ah."

"But, if you don't search, how can you find the cup?"

Shang Ruyi was silent for a while, then said lightly, "It depends on the situation."

After finishing speaking, she looked up at the sky outside, and it was already very late, so she told Tusheer, "Go to the backyard and say something, and just say that people in the house are constantly coming and going, so I can take advantage of it to avoid the night, and let them take advantage of it." Close the back door and the small doors on both sides, and if you have something to do, only enter and exit through the side doors on both sides of the main entrance."

Tucher said: "Yes."

When she was done, she went down.

As soon as she left, Shang Ruyi looked back at the mourning hall. The arrangements were all in order, and there was nothing else to attend to. Naturally, no guests came to the door at this time.

So, she poured a cup of hot tea with her own hands, opened the curtain and walked to the back hall.

Yu Wenye was still kneeling there, motionless.

Even when Shang Ruyi walked in, he didn't even look sideways at all—but, somehow because of the cold wind blowing in when the curtain was raised, his body trembled slightly.

Shang Ruyi walked up to him, and said softly, "Second brother, you haven't eaten or drank all day, that's not okay."

"..."

"How about some tea? Anyway, it's warmer."

"..."

Even she herself didn't notice, her tone was soft and soft, like a child whose mother coaxed herself to refuse to eat, Yu Wenye's drooping eyelashes trembled slightly, and he raised his eyes to look at her.

Shang Ruyi hastily brought the teacup to his mouth carefully.

"Just have a sip, okay?"

"..."

Yu Wenye didn't speak, just looked down, the clear tea in the cup reflected his dark eyes, at this moment, the usual sarcasm in his eyes seemed to be mocking himself.

He slowly closed his eyes and turned his face to one side.

Shang Ruyi became a little anxious immediately, and said in a low voice, "I don't advise you to go back to rest, but if you continue like this, your body won't be able to bear it."

"..."

Yu Wenye still ignored her.

Shang Ruyi had no choice but to pour something into his mouth, so he could only put the teacup aside, and slowly knelt down beside him, shoulder to shoulder, even rubbing his arm tightly with his arm.

Yu Wenye still didn't respond.

Shang Ruyi silently dragged the brazier to the front, took a stack of golden tinfoil money, and threw them into it one by one, the flames gradually rose up, and warm feelings fell on Yu Wenye's body.

Shang Ruyi said softly, "Actually, I know why you did this."

"..."

"You are not only the sad mother's death, you are still blaming yourself, you blame yourself, at that time, why didn't you persuade her more, if you could persuade her to stay, maybe she wouldn't—"

"..."

"What I'm going to tell you is—"

Shang Ruyi turned to look at him: "That's true."

"..."

"If at that time, we persuaded my mother together, and even tried to find a way to make her stay, maybe she wouldn't be seriously ill in Liaoxi, and she wouldn't let go."

Hearing her words, Yu Wenye's body began to tremble.

His eyes have always been cold and peaceful, like a layer of ice, but at this moment, that layer of ice seems to be cracking and shattering, and his shattered emotions covered by the ice are slowly disappearing at this moment. poured out.

He turned his head and looked at Shang Ruyi, his eyes turned red bit by bit.

Shang Ruyi met his eyes, and then said: "But——you don't need to take all the responsibilities on yourself."

Upon hearing these words, Yu Wenye's body shook again.

Shang Ruyi went on to say: "For mother, being by father's side is more important than anything else. If we force her to stay, perhaps the torment in her heart will cause her more pain than everything she has experienced afterwards. As juniors, we , can only persuade them, but cannot really arrange their lives."

"..."

"Second brother, it's enough for you to do your filial piety, and you shouldn't blame yourself with the result."

These words, every sentence, fell into Yu Wenye's heart, not only her voice was gentle and deep, but more importantly, these words almost came from when Shen Shiyan was exiled and Shang Ruyi was in pain. His words of comfort to her.

She even wrote it down almost verbatim, and returned it to him sentence by sentence.

It was the same as before in Yanmen County.

Only this time, she was comforting him. The heat from throwing the paper money in her hand into the brazier surrounded him at this moment. At this moment, a steady stream of warmth permeated his body through his clothes.

Yu Wenye looked at her, and finally spoke for the first time, with a hoarse voice: "You—"