Why My Domineering Prince Regretted Filing for Divorce?

Chapter 1150 - 833: The Shrouded Tempest

"Wedding invitation?"These two words were unexpected, yet made sense when considered, and after a moment of surprise, Shang Ruyi quickly calmed down.

She looked at Yu Wenye, "Could it be—"

She didn’t finish her sentence, but Yu Wenye already knew what she was about to say. He nodded calmly and said, "On the second day after you gave birth, Father already bestowed the marriage for him and Yu Mingyue. The Crown Prince has not entered the palace during these past days, nor has he paid much attention to court affairs. He’s been busy in his mansion, preparing for his wedding."

Shang Ruyi took a deep breath.

Although she knew all this was supposed to happen, indeed, would happen, the sudden nearness still left her somewhat disoriented. She calmed herself down and immediately said to Yu Wenye, "You should go out quickly. I’m weak and won’t be seeing guests."

Yu Wenye nodded, stood up, and Chang Wan immediately came in to help him with his clothes, then walked out of the inner hall.

Shang Ruyi stayed in the hall, sitting quietly, seemingly lost in thought.

After a while, feeling she could not come to a conclusion, the large inner hall felt a bit narrow and suffocating. She got up and walked to the window, wanting to open it, but was immediately stopped by Tushere behind her: "Princess, you can’t!"

Shang Ruyi turned her head to look at her, and Tushere rushed up in a few steps, holding her sleeve: "You can’t open the window."

"I’m feeling a bit stuffy."

"Even so, you can’t. Doctor Su repeatedly instructed the Princess not to catch a draft within the month. What if you catch a cold?"

"But I can’t breathe."

Hearing her say that, Tushere glanced around and said to Shang Ruyi, "Then the Princess can sit on the couch, and I will open the windows on the sides to let in some air, but it won’t blow on the Princess. We must close them soon after."

Seeing her cautious demeanor, Shang Ruyi just smiled lightly, walked back to sit down, and Tushere opened two side windows, making the air in the hall circulate much better.

Only then did Shang Ruyi breathe a sigh of relief.

Although she sighed in relief, the heavy burden on her heart was not lifted. She sat on the couch with a still soft waist, thinking of finding something to lean on, when Tushere came forward with a soft cushion for her back, making Shang Ruyi comfortable on the couch.

After doing so, she did not leave but squatted down, looking into Shang Ruyi’s somewhat melancholic eyes. After a moment, she softly spoke—

"Princess, do you not want to see the Crown Prince get married?"

"I—"

Shang Ruyi almost spoke "of course" without thinking but reconsidered and looked at Tushere’s worried yet cautious smile, suddenly seeming to understand something. She looked at her with a half-smile, "What do you want to say?"

Tushere immediately shrank her neck, "No, nothing."

Shang Ruyi laughed, "Do you think because he was once engaged to me, I don’t want him to get married?"

Tushere didn’t answer but shrunk her neck again.

This was a tacit confirmation.

Shang Ruyi shook her head, said exasperatedly, "Oh you, don’t think too much. Nowadays, even women don’t need to remain chaste for others, let alone him, the dignified Crown Prince. It was just an engagement; I’m not so sentimental."

At this, she sighed and continued, "Back then—regardless of the reason, the responsibility lies with me. Saying I wronged him is not an exaggeration. Given this, how could I dare think otherwise? How thick-skinned would I have to be?"

"..."

"If it were ordinary times, or if he and I were ordinary people, I would only wish for him to find his beloved soon."

Tushere felt relieved in her heart.

Though she usually indulges in wild thoughts, fiercely protective of her Miss, she did not wish for a person, whom her Miss "abandoned," to not get married. Instead—

She looked at Shang Ruyi, speaking softly, "I just saw that upon hearing of the Crown Prince’s marriage, the Princess seemed a bit unhappy."

Shang Ruyi playfully poked her forehead, "Silly girl!"

"Ouch!"

"Who he marries does not concern me, but he’s marrying Duke Wushan’s daughter!"

This time, in the battle at Longmen Crossing, two of the court’s Commandery Princes met death or injury, both being supporters of Yu Wenqian. At this point, it would be unusual for Yu Wenqian not to retaliate furiously—Shang Ruyi understood clearly that the farewell feast in Chengqian Palace was just the beginning; emotionally marrying Yu Mingyue, whom he should have married long ago, would not affect them, but in terms of situation, it’s different. Next, Yu Wenqian would certainly retaliate against them fiercely!

She couldn’t prevent all this from happening, nor could she stop being worried.

Actually, there was something even more concerning—

Yu Wenqian’s revenge should not be just this.

Or, for the temperament she understood from him in recent days, his methods of revenge should not be so simple, and the cup of wine in Chengqian Palace seemed like a brutal action allowed by Yu Wencheng.

As for Yu Wenqian himself, he hadn’t made a move yet.

Or, maybe he had, and they just hadn’t discovered it?

As Shang Ruyi’s thoughts grew more entangled, Yu Wenye entered from outside the hall. Tushere hurried to her feet and bowed to him before exiting the inner hall. Shang Ruyi also looked up, seeing him holding a vividly red, almost glaring invitation.

She said softly, "It’s real."

Yu Wenye slowly came over, sitting beside her with a heavier breath than before, "The wedding invitation."

"..."

"On the fourth of October, at the Crown Prince Mansion."

Shang Ruyi took a deep breath—it’s next month, and not many days away.

Yu Wenye looked at her again, speaking softly, "You could skip the previous feast, but for the Crown Prince’s wedding banquet, you—"

Shang Ruyi immediately smiled, "Of course, I can’t skip it."

She understood the importance of this decision well. Actually, ever since she left Chengqian Hall to return to Qianqiu Palace, she consciously realized that she was no longer the woman who needed to keep all windows closed against the winds because of her need to stay sheltered after childbirth. Returning here as Princess Qin, she needed to face the challenges of life.

So, she needed to know more.

She then asked Yu Wenye, "By the way, these days I’ve only been concerned with eating and sleeping. You haven’t told me a thing about the outside world."

"..."

"Since returning from the battle at Longmen Crossing, what was the outcome?"

Having married Yu Wenye and experienced many battles large and small alongside him, she long understood that the outcome of a war was not only measured in casualties, victory, and defeat, or in captives and spoils, but also in the power dynamics behind both sides in the war.

Bringing this up, Yu Wenye’s expression slightly darkened.