After returning to Qianqiu Palace, Shang Ruyi spent her days much like the previous ones, playing and frolicking with Little Yuan Qian, and at night, she continued to sleep with him. Although she was often woken by the child's cries from hunger, she took it in stride.
However, Tushere increasingly sensed something was amiss.
Although Shang Ruyi displayed immense patience in caring for Yuan Qian these past days, Tushere felt she wasn't fully present. At times, Shang Ruyi seemed distracted, glancing towards the outside of Liangyi Hall as if waiting for something. Even during her rest periods, she wore an expression of eager anticipation mixed with unease, which unsettled everyone in Liangyi Hall.
Fortunately, the news she awaited arrived swiftly.
Just two days later, Yu Wenquan suddenly decreed the release of the innocent Sun Xianyue.
