After Yin Hui coaxed Wen Ruyue to stop crying, Wei Luo briefly comforted her and then went to work in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
In fact, he had just come back from a long journey, and it was reasonable to rest for two days, but with a crying cousin at home, asking Wei Luo to comfort her seemed more challenging than going to the battlefield to kill the enemy. Wei Luo, who had gone through a miserable life, would seem too indifferent if he didn’t care about it. So, he chose to go out and work, looking through the piles of dusty files in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
Yin Hui, being the hostess of the Shu Mansion , had a different role. She had to treat guests well. The maids bought water basins to serve Wen Ruyue.
In Wei Luo’s absence, Wen Ruyue no longer shed tears easily. Her thin face was fair and clear, and her eyes were red, making her look very weak and helpless.
Yin Hui saw a shadow of her mother-in-law on that face. After all, Wen Ruyue was the only close relative of her mother-in-law’s family, and what happened in the past few years was indeed bad. Therefore, Yin Hui sincerely comforted her.
Was there anyone in the world who had a completely smooth life? Even if there were, they were few. Most people would experience setbacks and hardships. Some people even lost their lives directly in setbacks and sufferings, including Wen Ruyue’s father, stepmother, and the pair of younger siblings. Compared with them, Wen Ruyue was lucky to be rescued by Wei Luo in time. Now that she had her aunt and cousin to protect her, no one would dare to bully her.
Yin Hui also experienced the pain of losing a loved one. When the news of her grandfather’s sudden death came, she cried heartbroken. However, people always have to look forward, and life must go on.
Wen Ruyue listened silently, and when Yin Hui finished speaking, she said gratefully, “Thank you for your explanation. I have listened to it. Please don’t worry, cousin. I will try my best to forget that I was in the Xue House and try my best to get out of those days.”
Yin Hui smiled, “Forget it; it will be all good days from now on.”
Wen Ruyue looked at Yin Hui’s bright face and thought of something. She lowered her head embarrassingly, fingers clasped, and said, “Cousin, I was confused before. Afraid that my cousin would force me to marry, so I wanted to stay in the mansion as a concubine. Actually, actually, I didn’t mean anything else by it, I just wanted to be safe… Now that I think about it, I won’t be stupid again. So please don’t take it to heart; I really don’t have any personal feelings for my cousin.”
Yin Hui smiled softly, “I know, the lord also told me so. You just need to live at home with peace of mind and not have to worry about anything.”
Wen Ruyue nodded, picked up the tea placed beside her, and took two sips slowly.
Yin Hui also picked up the tea bowl after taking a lot.
Wen Ruyue secretly looked at Yin Hui’s skirt from the corner of her eye.
Before that day, she didn’t know that there were no concubines in her cousin’s mansion. She just felt that it would be very easy to stay in the mansion as her cousin and take advantage of his guilt towards her. After gaining a firm foothold, she could slowly fight for herself by earning the love of her cousin and giving birth to a son. Therefore, on the way, she frequently showed her cousin courtesy, and when she arrived at the mansion, she insisted in front of Yin Hui that her cousin had agreed to accept her as a concubine.
Wen Ruyue’s calculation was that if Yin Hui was a virtuous woman, she would acquiesce in the matter, and if his wife acquiesces, her cousin would probably go along with it and stop objecting.
But Wen Ruyue never expected that for all ten years, her cousin had been doting on Yin Hui all the time. Even when Emperor Yongping wanted to give him side concubines, her cousin refused.
Her cousin refused to intercede in front of Emperor Yongping for his wife, and that completely ruined her plan. After listening to Yin Hui’s words that morning, Wen Ruyue realized that her cousin was willing to tell Yin Hui everything, who also believed it. She didn’t believe that there was an affair between her and her cousin.
Only when the husband and wife were not in harmony could the concubine’s place grow bigger in the husband’s heart. If love between the husband and wife was stronger than gold, where was there room for the concubine to survive?
Therefore, Wen Ruyue finally figured things out on time and stayed in the Shu Mansion.
“Princess, Zhufeng Hall has been tidied up,” Jinzhan came in to convey after hearing the reply from the maid outside.
Yin Hui put down the tea bowl, smiled at Wen Ruyue, saying, “I’ll accompany you to take a look first. If you think something is not to your liking, I’ll ask someone to rearrange it.”
Wen Ruyue got up and saluted, “I’m sorry for causing trouble for you.”
Yin Hui led Wen Ruyue towards Zhufeng Hall.
Zhufeng Hall was located on the west side of the main courtyard and was named after the bamboo planted in the courtyard.
Zhufeng Hall was indeed close to the main courtyard, but only compared to other remote courtyards. On that increasingly hot summer day, it was relatively cool to have a cup of tea in the morning.
Yin Hui felt funny while walking.
In her previous life, Wei Luo suddenly brought Wen Ruyue back. Because she mistakenly believed the gossip of Ji Xianxian and Wei Shan and Wen Ruyue revealed that Wei Luo had agreed to take her as a concubine, with him wanting her. When arranging for Wen Ruyue to live in Zhufeng Hall, Yin Hui thought he would often go to Zhufeng Hall to sleep in the future. When she was jealous, she naturally felt that Zhufeng Hall was too close to the main courtyard.
Now that she was calm, Yin Hui realized that in her previous life, Wei Luo thought of entertaining Wen Ruyue at Zhufeng Hall, which was actually quite normal.
No matter how Wen Ruyue was implicated by the royal family, Wei Luo felt guilty for her, not just because of their relationship, but also out of concern for the emotions of someone who had just escaped death. If Wei Luo had placed Wen Ruyue in a location too remote, wouldn’t that have been treating the cousin as an outsider? If Wen Ruyue were a widow with ordinary experiences, Wei Luo would have found a quiet and secluded courtyard for her.
While she was lost in thought, they soon arrived at Zhufeng Hall.