His Rui

Chapter 717: His Rui

The next morning, Xi Ying still was the one who woke up first and called for the old physician inside his study room.  The old physician was scared that he will be asked to go to the Imperial Palace again.          

    

So that was the first thing he asked Xi Ying when he entered the study room.      

“Young man, What is the matter? Don’t tell this old man would need to go to the Imperial Palace again.”     

However, he could only cry silently when Xi Ying nodded his head indicating that he indeed needed to go to the Imperial Palace.      

In his grievances, he never forgot for whom he was doing this.      

Rui was just like the daughter he wanted. And she was so brilliant. If he could reduce some danger around her, then he would do anything for that.      

“Alright, I will get ready immediately.”      

And hence, it was decided that the old physician would accompany Xi Ying to the Imperial Palace. Xi Ying also told the old physician what all he needed to say today.      

After everything was decided. Xi Ying went back to Plum Courtyard.      

He went inside their room to find that Li Rui was getting ready and his son was sitting on the bed swaying his small legs.      

The first thing he did was to touch his son’s forehead. It was not warm.      

Xi Ying’s heart that had filled with panic suddenly yesterday was finally calm now. He had Xi Ling in his lap and then looked at his wife who was getting ready.      

Liu Lan and Li Hua were helping her.      

The small bun saw his father’s gaze on her mother and he did the same.      

As he saw his mother wearing beautiful jewelry, he couldn’t help but ask     

“Are they heavy mother?”     

Liu Lan and Li Hua smiled when they heard his question. Even Li Rui who heard her son’s question chuckled and answered softly     

“Slightly.”     

However, when Xi Ying heard his wife’s answer, he frowned and said      

“Then you shouldn’t wear them.”     

The room went silent suddenly.      

Li Rui looked at Xi Ying from the mirror. She wore a surprised expression on her face. When she realized that he looked very serious, she sighed with a smile on her lips and said a moment later     

“I can’t not wear them, Ying.”     

The words made Xi Ying frown deeper.      

“Liu Lan, take Xi Ling to the dining room. Madam will be there in a few minutes.”     

Liu Lan immediately held Xi Ling’s hand and then left from there with Li Hua following her who looked slightly hesitant but then, in the end, decided to leave.          

    

Xi Ying stood up from the bed when they were alone. He walked to his wife who was sitting on the chair in front of the mirror.      

When she tried to turn around to look at him, he suddenly placed his hands on her shoulders to stop her.     

He looked at her face from the mirror and she was doing the same though her eyes had slight confusion.      

“You don’t like to wear jewels.”     

He asked softly though he already seemed to know the answer now. And sure enough, Li Rui nodded her head and said calmly     

“Not that much.”     

Even in Li Manor, she would rather have her mother buy her a few books than that expensive jewelry. Li Rui came out of her trance when she felt something.      

Xi Ying’s hand first went to remove the necklace that was on her neck. He loosened it slowly…feeling that it was indeed heavy for her.      

Why did he never notice this before?     

Slightly disappointed in himself, he removed it completely and then placed it on the table. Actually, he had thought that since girls liked wearing jewelry then Li Rui must be the same.      

When he had been Plum Courtyard as a soul, she didn’t use to wear so much jewelry. She used to just make a hairstyle and use a simple hairpin that married women were supposed to have.      

However, at that time, he had thought that it was because he had never gifted her any jewelry in those four years.      

Xi Ying remembered that he had returned all the gifts, Li Manor had sent so she didn’t have any jewelry from Li Manor as well. Still, when she had gone to the Imperial Palace to see her sister, Yi Huiqing, she had worn the jewelry that she had worn in their marriage.      

After he had gotten his body back, he had given her a lot of beautiful jewels. He would himself choose them for her.      

But he had never thought that she found them heavy. He was not hurt. He was just a little disappointed in himself because he made assumptions on his own. ‘     

“Ying…what are you doing?”     

Li Rui asked finally when she saw that he was about to remove the jade bangles from her hands.      

Xi Ying didn’t even raise his head to look at her as he focused his attention on removing the bangles afraid to hurt her if he looked anywhere else.      

“No need to wear them since you don’t like.”            

Surprise flickered through Li Rui’s eyes. He had given all this to her and she can’t do what he was saying. She suddenly pulled her hands out from his and said      

“Ying, I have to wear them. I am married and I am a noblewoman. I can’t not wear them. There will be rumors if I won’t wear them.”     

This time, Xi Ying looked at his wife’s face.      

However, his face was blank. He didn’t have any emotion on his face. It was a few moments later when Li Rui was feeling confused by his silence, did he whisper suddenly     

“You are not my Rui.”     

Li Rui went blank for a moment before she looked at him with knitted eyebrows and whispered         

    

“What are you saying?”     

However, Xi Ying merely looked at her with somewhat … disappointment- filled eyes.      

“Where is my Rui? What did you do to her?”     

He suddenly cupped her cheek when she continued to look at him in confusion.      

“The Rui I have loved ….she never cared about those people with loose mouths. She didn’t use to care about rumors created by those people.”     

Looking into her eyes, he continued with a little proudness in his voice      

“She used to do what she used to find right regardless of what the matters were about.”     

“That was the Rui I have loved.”     

  Because that was His Rui.