slave like jade

Chapter 101 Meeting in a narrow road

His Adam's apple was rolling with difficulty, and his voice couldn't help being a little excited and trembling: "But... Brother Yi may not be dead, you are the princess he set up since childhood, how can I marry you!?"

Her whole body trembled, not only Mu Ziyue was so shocked by his words that her whole body trembled and couldn't speak, even the copper coins behind her were stunned and completely stunned.

Ten years ago, King Liang's mutiny caused a fire in the palace, and the brothers of King Liang fought desperately. When Prince Yi pointed his cold arrow at King Liang, the long sword in Mu Lingzhi's hand pierced into his chest. Yue and Tongqian witnessed it with their own eyes.

Now that they suddenly heard Mu Lingzhi say that Prince Yi might still be alive, the two couldn't believe their ears.

From the first time he met a silver-faced assassin in the inn in Guyu Town, Mu Lingzhi felt inexplicably familiar with him. Later, the assassination in the sugar shop and the narrow encounter at the palace banquet, the eyes full of hatred under the mask were in his eyes. His mind became clearer and clearer, and he couldn't help but think of the eyes that Big Brother Yizhi looked at him when he stabbed him in the chest, with the same hatred, the same unwillingness, and the same despair...

Although he couldn't see his true face clearly with the mask on, in Mu Lingzhi's heart, this idea became stronger and more urgent - if he is really Big Brother Yizhi, then God really heard his inner confession... …

Over the years, the bloody scene in the nightmare has disturbed his heart countless times. Every year during the Hanrui Festival, he does not leave his house. He even refuses to touch his favorite sugar man again. Guilt, he doted on Mu Ziyue unconditionally, because in his opinion, it was because he killed Yizhi that he changed her fate and caused her to be implicated for no reason...

But ever since he got to know Yu Ruyan, he understood the true feeling of liking someone, this kind of feeling is not the kind of guilt feeling he has towards Mu Ziyue, and, since then, his heart has been occupied by Yu Ruyan alone, There is no extra room for her...

After a long time, Mu Ziyue with a shocked face slowly came back to her senses, her dull eyes suddenly turned hard, and she sneered, "I never thought that you would even make up such nonsense in order to get rid of me. Do you think I'll believe it?"

"Ten years ago, you stabbed him in the chest with your own hand, how could you survive? Are you telling me to give up on you and wait for a dead man whose bones have turned into mud?"

Mu Ziyue's words were full of reluctance to believe it. Seeing her crazy appearance, Mu Lingzhi sighed and said slowly: "I'm not lying to you, but Brother Yizhi is really very likely to be alive. Maybe...it's the masked assassin who assassinated the father at the sugar shop and the palace banquet!"

He finally expressed the doubts in his heart.

Hearing this, Tong Qian's mouth was so wide open that he couldn't close it in shock, while Mu Ziyue was completely dumbfounded——

Her mind couldn't help replaying the night of the most unforgettable fear in her life, and her whole body couldn't help trembling again——

Obviously, the sugar water in her hand was going to be poured on Yu Ruyan, but the masked man who appeared suddenly knocked it over, and the sugar water bowl hit the wall and splashed on her own head...

When the terrible nightmare fell on her, in the last glance, she clearly saw the deep hatred and indifference in the eyes of the silver masked man!
If he is Prince Yi, then why would he do this?
Is he helping Yu Ruyan, or is he hating himself to take revenge on himself?
Could it be that what his father did back then was discovered...

Layers of dense sweat covered her forehead, she shook her head vigorously to drive out the news that Mu Yizhi was alive, and roared frantically: "Even if he is still alive, it has nothing to do with me, what do you think? Is there any possibility between me and him?"

Looking at her current description, Mu Lingzhi felt cold: "Don't tell me, you don't have any feelings for Brother Yizhi. Back then, you liked him very much."

"That's because he is the prince. But what is he now? Even if he is not dead, even if he is still alive, will he still be the most honorable prince Yi back then? The emperor will keep him? What identity will he be reborn as a man?" ?”

Mu Ziyue's heart-piercing cry shook Mu Lingzhi's heart, and his face sank—

That's right, if Big Brother Yizhi is really still alive, if Emperor Father finds out, I'm afraid he will be silenced at all costs!
There was a chill in his heart, if this day really came, what would he do?
Should I help my father like I did ten years ago, or should I repay the revenge I owed him ten years ago?
In fact, these days, apart from looking for Xiaoqing and Chenzhi, he also secretly searched for all news related to Prince Yi, but he found nothing about these three people.

Later he thought that since Xiaoqing was related to the silver-masked assassin, all the clues to find Chenzhi and Brother Yi seemed to be on Xiaoqing. Only by finding her would all doubts be resolved.

His slender eyebrows were raised unconsciously. If the man in the silver mask is really Prince Yi, then Xiao Qing was sent by him to his side, but what kind of relationship does Chen Zhi have with them? They are together?Prince Yi hated them so much, how could he be willing to let Chenzhi go?
More and more doubts flooded into his heart, Mu Lingzhi wished he could fly to Qi country to find Yu Ruyan, and ask all the doubts in his heart face to face.He raised the whip in his hand and whipped it on the horse's back, and said to Muyue who was standing in front of him: "You go back, I will come back and tell you when I find out all the truth."

After finishing speaking, he turned the horse's head, and he passed her by, and left without looking back.

The afternoon sun cast mottled clear shadows through the alienated flower stand. Under the flower stand, Wu Zhaoyi listened to the palace servants report the incident of Chunlan Palace, Yuan Shan raised his eyebrows unconsciously, and angrily put the camellia in his hand on the table. Whisper, the tea splashed out.

When Yu Ruyan led An Ge into the gate of Chunwu Palace, she happened to see the maidservants in the first palace kneeling on the ground anxiously.

Wu Zhaoyi has now become King Qi's favorite concubine, and the twins in her belly are even more precious. Therefore, any slight displeasure in her will scare the palace servants enough, for fear that something will happen to her body when she is angry. .

Seeing Yu Ruyan approaching, Wu Zhaoyi's expression eased, and he waved his hand to make everyone retreat, sat up and asked with a embarrassed face, "Why is the fifth princess here at this hour?"

Yu Ruyan knew what was bothering her, so she couldn't help but stepped forward and smiled slightly: "Your Majesty is now pregnant with a dragon heir, and she is still a precious twin, don't get angry and hurt yourself over some trivial things, it's not worth it."

Hearing what she said, Wu Zhaoyi couldn't help but suppress the sullenness in her heart, took a few deep breaths and said, "Did you hear that during the confinement period, that poisonous woman in Chunlan Palace quietly lured the emperor into her palace again, and still The excuse was that General Chen was going back to Beijing in a few days, and he wanted to prepare for the marriage between the eldest princess and General Chen, so he dragged His Majesty over to discuss the marriage. Heh, I haven’t written a word yet, and General Chen didn’t step on his feet The mother and daughter are so impatient when they enter the gate of Kyoto, it's really shameless."

Yu Ruyan's eyes dimmed, and she said helplessly: "Concubine Lian's mother's Huo family is the largest noble family in Kyoto, her father is the left minister, in charge of civil servants, and Chen Youxiang's family has many good generals, and this generation of young general Chen is even more powerful. A rare young general, leader
The formation is even worse than others, and now that Wei and Wu are at war, the flames of war will burn to Qi State at some point, and the father is in urgent need of good generals, so it is very important for the father to be able to win over two powerful families at the same time. The most important thing, his return to Chunlan Palace is also expected. "

"But, that poisonous woman hasn't even taken revenge on her yet, don't you want to avenge Concubine Shu's broken tendons?"

Wu Zhaoyi understands what Yu Ruyan said, but when she thinks that Concubine Lian, who was finally brought down with great difficulty, will make a comeback so soon, she can't help but hate and fear——

If Concubine Lian regains power, I'm afraid that the two children in her stomach will be poisoned by Concubine Lian again, and there will be no day for her to die!
Thinking of this, Wu Zhaoyi felt a burst of resentment, her mind was full of the tragic end of the first child, her eyes hardened, and the handkerchief in her hand twisted into a ball.

Seeing her description like this, Yu Ruyan guessed the worry and fear in her heart, and she couldn't help persuading her softly: "Your Majesty, relax, after what happened with Daoist Yiyun, I think, no matter whether the father and Concubine Lian get back together, But this matter will eventually leave a shadow in the heart of the father. I am afraid that even if he loves her again, it is just to appease Huo Xiangyi. After this incident, Concubine Lian will not dare to be as rampant as before. As long as the empress is more careful Be careful, I believe that the baby in the womb will come safely."

After hearing her comfort, Wu Zhaoyi couldn't help calming down her anxious heart. She suddenly thought of something, and said to Yu Ruyan seriously: "I turned around and asked His Majesty a few days ago about what you asked me to inquire about, but the strange thing is that His Majesty also I don't know who Yu Nu is, but judging by the way he spoke at the time, it didn't seem like he was lying to me, but he really didn't know!"

After receiving such an answer, Yu Ruyan's heart sank with a 'thump'. She never expected that even her father didn't know the identity of the jade girl!

So what happened to this jade girl who appeared out of nowhere?Is it real or is it just a rumor! ?

Thinking of the rumors, Yu Ruyan couldn't help thinking of the rumors about herself that Mu Lingzhi had denounced—

notorious?

fallen woman?

Also privately raised male pets!
So many unnecessary and unbearable charges were imposed on himself, it seemed that the purpose was to anger Mu Lingzhi - to destroy the peace between the two countries?
Thinking of this, Yu Ruyan's heart shuddered——

She had always locked her suspicious eyes on the mother and daughter in Chunlan Palace before, thinking that they were not willing to see her so they deliberately spread rumors, but now that she thinks about it, although Concubine Lian is vicious, she is not so indistinguishable from state affairs Whether it's serious or not, she was clearly sent to make peace with her relatives to stabilize the beam and not to use troops for the country, so how could she come forward to sabotage it!

Moreover, after she married far away, it was already a happy thing for her, so why bother to sabotage the marriage and let her return to Qi country?
The more I thought about it, the more panic I felt. Thinking of the true purpose of the rumor spreader, layers of cold sweat rolled down my spine, and Yu Ruyan's hands trembled uncontrollably.

It's too scary, I thought I was just being framed, but I didn't expect such a big conspiracy to be drawn behind the frame!

Incomparable doubts flashed in her mind, and she suddenly thought, whether the jade girl and the rumors were all false images created by the black hands behind the scenes——

Perhaps, Qi State does not have any jade girls whose blood can cure all poisons!

The person behind the scenes may have grasped Mu Lingzhi's mind, knowing that he has been searching hard for a good medicine that can cure his mother and concubine of the huge poison, and took advantage of his mentality of rushing to the doctor to deliberately create the story of a jade girl.

If this is the case, then she has become a pawn cannon fodder in the hands of others without knowing it!

Thinking of this, her mind was in chaos, her heart was flustered and flustered, her chest hurt, and her breathing became heavy.

Seeing her face suddenly turn pale, Wu Zhaoyi couldn't help worrying: "What's wrong with the fifth princess, but you don't feel well?"

With a fierce smile, Yu Ruyan's whole body suddenly turned cold, she couldn't help but move to the sunlight outside the flower stand, her lips trembled and said with difficulty: "It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly feel a little cold, please worry about me!"

Coming out of Chunwu Palace, Yu Ruyan has been in deep confusion and fear, always feeling that there is a pair of cold eyes staring at her from the dark place, which makes her feel chills down her spine.

She tried her best to calm down her turbulent and fearful mind, and carefully sorted out all the suspicious people around her when she was in Daliang, trying to find clues...

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and the silver masked assassin suddenly appeared in her mind!
The first time I saw him was in the inn in Guyu Town, he jumped into the burning room with a shining long sword in hand to assassinate Mu Lingzhi, his eyes were full of hatred.

The second time was when I just arrived at the palace and was punished by Gu Qing'er to lie down on the bed to rest. When I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, I saw him standing in front of my bed and called her 'the fifth princess'!He even said that he would take her out of the palace!

The third time was when she was trapped in the firewood house, and he suddenly rescued her from the sky and warned her not to know his identity!
The fourth time was at the sugar shop, he blocked the hot sugar water in Mu Ziyue's hand for her, and saved himself...

Who is he?Why did he take risks to save himself again and again knowing her true identity, and - the long sword in his hand was too similar to the sword of the small knife.

Yu Ruyan was taken aback, and suddenly thought, why didn't she go to Xiao Dao for the answer?

She immediately turned around and walked towards King Qi's imperial study, without further ado, she wanted to ask for an order to leave the palace immediately.

As soon as he stepped into the study, he saw that Yu Mingzhu was also there, helping King Qi grind ink while talking to King Qi obediently.

Seeing Yu Ruyan coming in, she didn't shy away from it, instead she raised her voice and said with a coquettish smile: "Father, the weather is fine and it's a good time for a trip. My daughter wants to go for a picnic outside the city tomorrow. Can Father agree?"

King Qi smiled knowingly, and jokingly said: "According to the report from the military camp, General Chen will return to Beijing and enter the city tomorrow. I'm afraid your outing is fake to welcome people, is it true?"

King Qi's words made Yu Mingzhu's face blush, she couldn't help lowering her head and said shyly: "My father likes to make fun of my daughter." The color flickered in the light.

That smug look told Yu Ruyan that as her father's daughter, she could only be a pitiful pawn in making peace, but she could choose her husband at will and control her own happiness.

This scene couldn't help but hurt Yu Ruyan's heart. A year ago, at this very place, she knelt down in front of King Qi pitifully and humblely, begging him to take back her promise not to marry and get married far away.

At that time, her father didn't have a smile on his face, and it was so cold that it was covered with frost. He not only reprimanded her for not understanding the overall situation and not thinking about the people of Qi, but also annoyed her for not knowing how to share his worries.

She begged unrelentingly, King Qi was annoyed, and said sternly: "I will marry you as a concubine with the honor of Princess Heshuo and the Third Prince of Liang, do you think such an identity is not worthy of you?"

"You have enjoyed the honor of a princess since you were born, and you have to bear the responsibility that this honor should bear. The happiness of marriage has nothing to do with your money. The royal family never talks about feelings, only about interests!"

The words of that day are still in her ears, but today's father's kindness and daughter's filial piety are stiffly placed in front of her, hurting her heart.

When it comes to responsibility, shouldn't Yu Mingzhu, as the eldest sister, bear the brunt of the blame?In terms of honor, compared with her being thrown into the snake cave deep in the mountains since she was a child, Yu Mingzhu is the real jewel in the palm of her hand, but she doesn't need to pay any price for the honor she enjoys!
King Qi closed his pen and raised his head, and said with a doting smile at Yu Mingzhu: "General Chen is a young talent, you have a good eye, take care of it yourself! As long as it is what you like, father and king will support you!"

Her heart, which was clearly numb, ached for no reason. She took a deep breath, walked in, saluted respectfully, and calmly told King Qi that she was leaving the palace tomorrow.

King Qi didn't say anything, but Yu Mingzhu on the side suddenly turned his eyes and thought of something, and said anxiously: "How long have you been out since you just returned to the palace? Those who don't know in the market think that the father has treated you harshly, the princess who failed to get married. You are living uneasy in the palace, the abuse has treated you badly, what should I do if the common people misunderstand the father?"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and glanced at King Qi, and said obediently, "Am I right, Father?"

King Qi frowned and thought about Yu Mingzhu's words, and said in a cold voice: "Your eldest sister is right, it will be the queen mother's birthday in a few days, if you want to leave the palace, wait until the queen mother's birthday has passed before going out."

Hearing what he said, Yu Ruyan couldn't say anything more, if she insisted on going out of the palace at this time, she might be disrespectful to the Queen Mother.

She saluted and quit, and just after she walked not far away, Yu Mingzhu chased after her, stopped her and said coldly: "Why, you overheard my conversation with my father and wanted to get General Chen's idea? I Let me tell you, don't be as ignorant as your lowly mother and concubine, don't say that you are now a ruined flower that has been abandoned by others, even in the past, your background is far from worthy of General Chen."

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan was startled at first, and then she couldn't help sneering amusedly.

Oh, it turned out that when she anxiously prevented her from leaving the palace just now, she thought that she was also like her and was going to pick up General Chen halfway back to Beijing.I really thought that everyone was as rude and shameless as her, regardless of the status of men and women, and eagerly offered to send them to the door.

Seeing the undisguised mockery and contempt in her eyes, Yu Mingzhu said coldly: "What are you laughing at? I warn you, if you dare to seduce General Chen like you seduced Lord Shangguan, I will definitely not let you go."

Liu Yemei frowned slightly, Yu Ruyan's eyes flickered coldly, and said coldly: "It seems that the eldest sister is not far from being blind, and if she has time to bite people here, it's better to ask the imperial doctor to help you. Then go outside and ask a few quack priests to help you heal your eyes!"

"You..." Yu Mingzhu choked on her words and blushed with anger.

"First, I entered my father's imperial study openly and squarely. Why would you overhear me? Second, that General Chen is a treasure in your eyes but a grass in my eyes. I really didn't take him seriously. Third, you have to say Seducing Shangguan Xianzhong, I am afraid that you are the most suspicious. Who was the one who refused and greeted him at the beginning, and deliberately seduced him? I originally thought that I could hear good news about you and Shangguan Xianzhong when I returned to the palace. After all, you were You played coquettishly in front of him a lot. Why, after seeing you for a year, you got tired of him and changed your taste to General Chen? Oh, it’s a pity that he wrote so many sour poems for you back then. If those sour poems made fourth sister or General Chen saw it, what kind of consequences do you think will happen?"

Yu Ruyan ruthlessly turned her back on her, Yu Mingzhu was so angry that she trembled all over, but she couldn't say a word, she just pointed at her fiercely with her hands and teeth, her fingers were trembling.

Yu Ruyan licked her resentful cheeks coldly, and continued to say coldly: "I heard that General Chen is a very individual person, if you use the trick of seducing Xian Zhong to sue him, you will probably suffer It's not good. There is still one more day, and Miss Huang hasten to think about what strategy she wants to use!" After finishing speaking, Shi Shiran walked forward without raising her eyelids.

Yu Mingzhu was so angry that she wished she could rush into the Jinying Palace and sew her sharp mouth up with a needle, but when she remembered the instructions from her mother and concubine, she forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart, stared at Yu Ruyan with sinister eyes and left Looking at his back, he said coldly: "There will be a good show for you soon, just wait and see."

Early in the morning of the second day, Yu Mingzhu dressed up and went out of the city to welcome General Chen back to the capital. However, just as her sedan chair left the city, she saw dust and dust rolling up beside the official road in the distance. In the dust, two figures were fighting and intertwining. Together, one silvery white and one dark green, swords and swords were fought heartily, surrounded by soldiers and passers-by watching the excitement.

Yu Mingzhu couldn't help being surprised, who on earth dared to fight at the gate of the city!
Curious in my heart, I couldn't help asking the palace servants to lift the sedan chair closer, wanting to see clearly.

Just as her sedan chair came to a complete stop, suddenly, the long sword in the hands of the young man in white suddenly slashed towards the young man in Tsing Yi like a rainbow. He was covered in cold sweat, and just about to say 'it's dangerous', unexpectedly, the white horse under him was scratched by the tip of the sword in the hand of the young man in white.

Under the pain of the white horse, the old man suddenly jumped up, and after falling off the young man in Tsing Yi, the chaotic jade and pearl sedan rushed towards him like a madman...

There were screams and exclamations all around, and some palace people shouted for her to get out of the sedan chair and run away, but the moment Yu Mingzhu climbed out of the sedan chair, she was completely shocked when she saw the tall horse galloping towards her. , half leaning on the sedan chair in a daze, unable to move!
It was too late for the surrounding palace servants to go up to rescue her. Seeing that the angry front hooves of the white horse were about to trample her under its hooves, there was a sharp sound of piercing through the air, and the long sword in the white man's hand galloped and nailed into the white horse. On the hind legs of the white horse, the white horse's hind legs suddenly went limp and fell down, and the horse's body fell to the side with a 'sudden sound', kicking up a huge cloud of dust.

Escaping from the dead, Yu Mingzhu's eyes were blank, her face was pale, her body was limp and she collapsed on the ground, but the next moment, her body was hugged into a warm embrace, the man's deep eyes fixed on her, his voice was so excited trembling--

"Xiaoqing, is that you?"

Yu Mingzhu looked up in a daze, but with just one glance, her flustered mood settled instantly, her heart was beating non-stop, and her pale face was so frightened that red clouds flew up.

She heard herself asking tremblingly with excitement: "Who is the young master?"

However, as she raised her head, her arms around her suddenly loosened, and Mu Lingzhi realized that although the woman in front of her looked very similar to Xiaoqing, her eyes were not the same at all!
(End of this chapter)