Free Web NovelChapter 1059: Chapter 766: How Could One Know the Beauty of Spring Without Entering the Garden? (Part 3)
Yu Wenye merely lifted his hand and took the letter, then opened it and began to read.
Shang Ruyi followed at his side. Because she was standing a bit far away, she could only barely make out a few lines on the letter; clearly there wasn’t much written, yet when a general on campaign sends back word, the shorter the letter, the bigger the matter might be.
Sure enough, when Yu Wenye finished reading, his brows slowly knitted together. freeweɓnøvel.com
Shang Ruyi hurriedly asked, "What’s happened?"
"..."
Yu Wenye turned his head and glanced at her, but said nothing. He only stayed silent for a moment, then folded the letter back up and slipped it into the envelope, and immediately prepared to leave with Mu Xian. He had just taken two steps when he stopped again, turned back to look at Shang Ruyi, then said to Tushere, "She’er, remember to accompany the Princess to walk a bit along the Thousand-step Corridor, but don’t stay out for too long. Come back and take a nap afterward."
With that, he left.
Watching his hastily retreating figure, Shang Ruyi couldn’t help but frown. "What is that supposed to mean!"
Though her muttering wasn’t loud, the Tushere supporting her heard it clearly and immediately said, "Perhaps the situation at the front is not optimistic. His Highness isn’t telling Princess, so as not to make you worry."
Shang Ruyi said unhappily, "The less he says, the more it only makes me worry."
"..."
"Before, he clearly told me everything."
"..."
Tushere stuck out her tongue at these words.
She hadn’t said anything, but the corner of Shang Ruyi’s eye still caught that little "funny face." She immediately turned her head to look at her. "What are you doing?"
Tushere jumped in fright and quickly said, "N-nothing at all."
"You think I didn’t see? You just stuck out your tongue. Did I say something wrong?"
"No."
"Then why did you stick out your tongue?"
"I, this maidservant..."
"You all see that I’m pregnant now, so you’re keeping everything from me, is that it?"
The more Shang Ruyi spoke, the more upset she became. She simply shook off Tushere’s hand, turned around, and stormed back to the inner hall. Tushere didn’t dare slack off and hurriedly followed, only to see this Princess Qin of unmatchable nobility, whom no one in the entire Imperial Palace dared provoke, sitting down on the couch, one hand clutching her sleeve in a death grip, the other pressing hard over her chest, looking as if she’d been angered quite badly.
Tushere stood to the side, at a loss, for quite a while. Then something occurred to her, and she carefully brewed a cup of tea and brought it to Shang Ruyi’s side. free𝑤ebnovel.com
Then she said softly, "Princess, please calm your anger."
Shang Ruyi immediately said, "How am I angry? It’s clearly you who made me angry."
"..."
"What was that expression you were making just now supposed to mean?"
Tushere hesitated for a long moment, then finally pulled a bitter face and said softly, "This maidservant only feels that Princess’s temper has grown bigger recently..."
"What?"
Shang Ruyi was so angry she laughed. "I have a bad temper?"
She laughed as she was about to retort. On ordinary days she’d have a thousand arguments ready to leave this girl speechless, but at this moment not a single word would come out. It wasn’t that her tongue wasn’t working; it was that she suddenly realized there wasn’t a single thing she could say that would really hold water.
She fell silent at once.
"..."
That silence instead cooled her down a little. She lowered her head to look at the teacup by her hand. The tea inside was clear and bright, reflecting a person as if made transparent as well. She picked it up and took a sip. The fragrance spread at once; the clear sweetness with a trace of bitterness slipped down her throat, and along with its gentle warmth, it seemed to clear her head a little.
She raised her head again to look at Tushere. "My temper has gotten worse?"
The words sounded almost like an admission.
Tushere seemed to let out a sigh of relief, immediately stepping forward and nodding vigorously to Shang Ruyi. "Mm!"
Seeing her like this, Shang Ruyi was about to get angry, but after saying that sentence herself, she couldn’t very well flare up again. She could only say, both irritated and amused, "You’ve suffered, then."
Tushere hurriedly forced a grin and said, "How could this maidservant be suffering, with Prince Qin here these past days."
"..."
Those words made Shang Ruyi’s heart stir a little.
Just now she had felt full of grievance—teased and then ignored—but after hearing Tushere say that and calming down to think it over, she realized... it really did seem to be Yu Wenye who had been putting up with her.
Could it be that her temper truly had gotten worse?
Why?
She vaguely remembered that even though Yu Wenye had never really wronged her, his temper had always been the colder and harder one. In the past, she had always been the more tolerant one. Yet now, even the ever-protective Tushere at her side was saying that she was the one throwing tantrums.
Seeing her sink into thought, looking somewhat conflicted, Tushere hurriedly stepped forward with a placating smile and said, "Actually, Doctor Su reminded Prince Qin and us maidservants long ago, saying that a woman’s temper will grow bigger when she’s pregnant, and told Prince Qin to be more forgiving, and told us all to serve you carefully."
