slave like jade

Chapter 102
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!
The excitement and excitement in his heart instantly dropped to freezing point. Mu Lingzhi's heart sank, and he turned and left without looking at her again.

The surrounding palace people gathered around, knelt down in front of Yu Mingzhu and shouted, "Damn it!" ", everyone was panicked and frightened——

With the temper of this eldest princess, they were frightened so much today, they will have a good meal if they don't die!

However, today's Yu Mingzhu was unusually easy-going, she didn't punish them, but stared blankly at Mu Lingzhi's figure walking away and said anxiously: "Quickly, go find out who he is?"

However, at this moment, the sharp-eyed palace servants saw the young master in Tsing Yi crawling up from the ground, and couldn't help cheering: "Princess, please look, General Chen is there!"

A cheer from the palace people turned Yuming's eyes from Mu Lingzhi to General Chen who was walking towards him.

I saw the major general in Tsing Yi was covered with dust and looked a bit embarrassed. When he saw the jade pearl, he was taken aback for a moment, quickly patted the dust off his body, restrained his face and bowed his hands to her, saying in a neither humble nor overbearing tone: "I am not talented, You actually let the horse disturb the princess, and I will come to apologize to the princess after I finish my private affairs." After saying that, before Yu Mingzhu could return the gift, he walked towards Mu Lingzhi over there.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Yu Mingzhu felt anxious, and quickly asked: "May I ask the general, who is the young master who saved my life just now?"

Chen Yiqing was taken aback again, and after a while he said uncomfortably: "He is a friend of Weichen. I haven't seen him for many years and couldn't help but exchange ideas. I didn't expect to surprise Her Royal Highness. Please forgive me." Pulling out the long sword from the white horse's leg, walked over and threw it into Mu Lingzhi's hand, snorting coldly: "Okay, destroy my mount as soon as we meet, tell me, how will you compensate me?"

Mu Lingzhi took the long sword and put it back into the scabbard, looked at him with a snickering look, and said with a clear face: "Isn't this your horse also given by me? You like the new and dislike the old the most, but you just want to take the opportunity to blackmail me Give you another one, so that you can get a new one."

Hearing his words, Chen Yiqing blushed but beamed with joy and said, "I like the new and dislike the old. It's obviously you who hurt its old leg, so no wonder I'm there. It's normal for you to send me ten or a hundred horses. This time I want a hard-earned horse and red hair, you must give it to me, and you must not go back on your word."

Two years ago, a group of very powerful bandits appeared on the border of Qi and Liang, and they took advantage of the border between the two countries to commit crimes in turn. The officers and soldiers were extremely annoyed. In the end, the generals of the two countries agreed to hunt them down at the same time, forcing the huge group of bandits to the point of nowhere. They were successfully captured and kept the tranquility of the Qiliang border and the safety of the passing business travelers.

At that time, the two leading generals were Mu Lingzhi and Chen Yiqing.

At that time, when they were fighting over who was going to kill the bandit leader, the two refused to give in to each other, and in the end they had to fight to solve the problem.

Of course, Chen Yiqing couldn't beat the world-famous Mu Lingzhi, and was defeated by the "Tiannv weaving brocade" he just used, but after that fight, the two cherished each other, from an ally to a friend, and their temperaments were very similar. .And in order to make up for Chen Yiqing's regret of not being able to fight head-to-head with the bandits, Mu Lingzhi gave Chen Yiqing a good horse that would cover a thousand li.

Seeing the white horse being sent down for medical treatment, Chen Yiqing pretended to wipe away two tears in front of Mu Lingzhi, touched its head and said in an emotional voice: "I have run so many miles with me, you have worked so hard for me!" Mr. Bai. But with this general, you can see enough scenery, and the food and drink are good enough to treat you badly, so don't feel regretful and take care of your old age."

Mu Lingzhi's face was covered with black lines, and he said coolly: "Indeed, I have accompanied you on the battlefield, killed bandits and chased beauties. It is indeed hard work, so it should take a good rest."

"Ah, what you said, it seems like you, a monster, have never chased after a girl. Tell me, what is the intention of Da Qi, who is so beautiful as a cloud, suddenly visiting me in a disguised suit?"

Seeing Mu Lingzhi jumping on his horse and entering the city and ignoring him, Chen Yiqing hurriedly jumped on the horse led by his subordinates to catch up, and asked curiously and excitedly: "I've heard about the marriage a year ago. You brat is so courageous, you openly ruined your relatives, and even killed General Lu’s niece, who is also the Seventh Princess of the famous Concubine Li in the palace. Do you know that Concubine Li is a famous mother? Tiger, you came here without a single soldier, do you want to come to Daqi to die?"

Mu Lingzhi glanced at him, and said slowly: "Your General Chen is here, who would dare to touch me? Besides, it was your old emperor who did not abide by the covenant between the two countries. Why should I be afraid? Maybe if Let him know that I have come to settle accounts, even if I am hiding in the palace, I will not dare to come out to see me. As for that General Lu - the defeat will not be a problem!"

"Tsk tsk, if the widower Lu Rong and the old emperor heard what you said, they would probably die of anger." Chen Yiqing said so, but his heart was full of joy——

Great, this time back to Beijing, with him here, the capital will definitely be lively and thrilling, and he doesn't have to worry about being bored!

"By the way, are you really here to ask the old emperor to settle the accounts? Oh, if the old emperor gets angry at that time and wants to divide you into five horses, do you think I will help you divide it or not?"

"I gave you your horse, how dare you share it!?" Mu Lingzhi glanced at him, and Chen Yiqing couldn't help laughing, but he heard Mu Lingzhi say leisurely: "I don't have the time to find horses. He. Like you said, I have never chased after a woman, but this time I have chased him from Daliang to Qi, so—you have to help me!"

Seeing the seriousness on Mu Lingzhi's face, Chen Yiqing was stunned, the light in his eyes grew brighter, and the curiosity in his heart gushed out even more, his voice was trembling with excitement: "Tell me, tell me, who are you looking for?" Which girl is it? Oh, after repenting, after going around for a while, you are still going to be our Daqi’s son-in-law. Tsk tsk, evil fate, evil fate!"

Mu Lingzhi walked forward without squinting, thinking of the woman who looked very similar to Xiaoqing just now, seeing her going out, and hearing the palace man's call to her, he couldn't help being slightly shocked——

Princess? !

Xiaoqing actually looks like the eldest princess of Qi, so will she...

Seeing his serious face, Chen Yiqing couldn't help being even more curious, and said anxiously: "Tell me quickly, how are you and that girl doing? Have you gotten over the bed? Are you pregnant with your child? You bullied her and made her bring the baby up in sadness." Going back to her mother's house? Say it quickly! Don't rush me to death."

"Today you lost again in the 'Tiannv weaving brocade'. I'll tell you when you break this trick and win!" Mu Lingzhi choked back at him without even thinking about it.

Chen Yiqing was stunned, and was about to drag him directly to the school grounds for another match, when Yuan Bao, his follower, caught up and whispered, "Master, the eldest princess has been chasing after master, as if... Master, do you want to..."

Hearing this, Chen Yiqing suddenly remembered that she was so excited after meeting Mu Ling again that she forgot about the big Buddha.Thinking of the things mentioned in his father's letter to his family before returning to Beijing, he couldn't help frowning his handsome brows slightly. After thinking about it, he told Yuan Bao, "Take the third prince back to the mansion properly. Remember, if the family members ask Don’t tell them his identity, just say that he is my close friend who came from afar, let them make room for him to live in my yard, and I live in the yard next door. I will rush back after dealing with the big Buddha.”

After finishing speaking, he greeted Mu Lingzhi, turned his horse's head and came to Yu Mingzhu's sedan chair behind him, put away the wanton joke with Mu Lingzhi just now, his face was calm and serious, as if he was a different person Seriously said: "I see the princess, please forgive me for being late. May I ask the princess if she was okay just now, and she was not frightened by the white horse, right?"

Thinking of getting up early in the morning to make up meticulously, and going out of the city full of joy to meet him, but unexpectedly he met her strangely, left her behind like air and walked away with that person, Yu Mingzhu was already mad with anger .

If it were normal, she would not know how to lose her temper.

At this moment, seeing Chen Yiqing came back to talk to her, Yu Mingzhu suppressed the anger in her heart and said softly: "It's nothing, although I have lived in the palace for a long time, I am not as knowledgeable as General Chen, but I still have some courage. Dare I ask?" General, who was the person who saved me just now? He is my savior, so I must know his name anyway! I will repay my benefactor in the future.”

Chen Yiqing was in a dilemma as to how to answer her. He couldn't tell her Ling Zhi's real identity, but he didn't dare to deceive her. If she knew the truth that day, wouldn't he be guilty of deception?
In the end, he had no choice but to say ambiguously: "He is just a friend that Wei Chen met in Jianghu. The white horse frightened the princess because we were frightened during the competition. It is only natural that he saved the princess. The princess doesn't have to forget it."

Just a quack! ?

Hearing this, Yu Mingzhu couldn't help showing some disappointment on her expression.

Then, no matter how outstanding his martial arts and good-looking appearance, she will not consider it.

Because, no matter what, it is impossible for her majestic eldest princess to marry a prodigal son.

Immediately, the good feelings she had for Mu Lingzhi dropped in an instant, but she just looked at the polite General Chen in front of her, and the more she looked at her, the more pleasing she was.

Sensing her affectionate gaze, Chen Yiqing's hair went numb, and she was about to find an excuse to avoid it, but Chen Xiang and Mrs. Chen greeted her with surprise and fear on their faces.

It turned out that early in the morning, Mrs. Chen Xiang and Mrs. Chen heard a report from the servants that the eldest princess had gone out of the city to meet her son in person. They were flattered and frightened and came from the mansion to the street in person, just in time to see Chen Yiqing rode on a tall horse and accompanied the princess's sedan chair, and the two chatted happily. The two elders couldn't help being overjoyed, and hurried forward to greet Yu Mingzhu, and respectfully and warmly invited Yu Mingzhu to Chen's mansion for use. lunch.

Thinking that it had been a long time since I had a drink and chat with Mu Lingzhi, Chen Yiqing didn't want Yu Mingzhu to go with her to disturb their interest, and was about to politely persuade her to go back to the palace, but Yu Mingzhu agreed without hesitation, a little coyly followed They went into the mansion together with him.

The Chen family is full of happy events today. Not only the eldest son who has been guarding the frontier for a long time has returned, but also brought back an extraordinary friend, and the emperor's favorite eldest princess also went out of the city to welcome Chen Yiqing into the city, which made the two elders of the Chen family I don't know what to do with joy!

It seems that what Concubine Lian revealed before that she wanted to marry the Chen family might come true.

At the dinner table, Mu Lingzhi happened to be sitting opposite Yu Mingzhu, looking at the very similar face in front of him, he was in a daze from time to time, feeling as if Yu Ruyan was right in front of him, but when he saw the pair of uncharacteristic With the same eyes and different demeanor, he realized that the person in front of him was not Xiaoqing.

He praised casually: "I heard that the princesses of the Qi Kingdom are all beautiful. Today, seeing the eldest princess is indeed true. I wonder if the other sisters of the princess are also as beautiful as the princess. Among the princesses, is there any one?" The appearance is most similar to the princess?"

Hearing this, Yu Mingzhu frowned almost imperceptibly, and the silver chopsticks in her hand also stopped slowly!

Originally, it was condescending for her to dine at the same table with a person from the rivers and lakes. If it wasn't for Chen Yiqing's sake, she would have left in a hurry.

Now he is still asking about such things in public, which makes her very annoyed!
Everyone in the palace knows that the thing that the eldest princess hates the most is that someone compares her appearance with the fifth princess. Now that Mu Lingzhi asked her face to face, she said without a depressed face: "The mother concubine only has me as a daughter. , there is no like sister!"

Mu Lingzhi was taken aback, and couldn't help looking at Chen Yiqing.

Knowing that he was asking herself, Chen Yiqing shook her head silently to express that she didn't know, but Chen Xiang and his wife were afraid that Yu Mingzhu would be unhappy, so they quickly apologized and said: "The eldest princess is not only the most obedient among all the princesses, but also our eldest daughter." Qi's number one beauty, but this appearance is unmatched."

Although Chen Xiang and his wife didn't know Mu Lingzhi's true identity, they just saw that their son treated him respectfully and politely, and they also treated Mu Lingzhi with courtesy. That's why Chen Yiqing proposed to let Mu Lingzhi sit at the same table just now. There is no objection to eating with Yu Mingzhu.Seeing the embarrassing situation now, afraid that the eldest princess would be angry, she couldn't help but speak up to resolve it, and she was speaking for Mu Lingzhi.

Mu Lingzhi closed his eyes and smiled slightly, mocking himself: "Sorry, I was rude, I hope the princess will forgive me!"

Yu Mingzhu looked at his impeccably handsome appearance and his extraordinary demeanor, and felt pity in her heart, thinking, if it wasn't for his poor background, he would be more in line with her own wishes than Chen Yiqing.

Seeing him apologizing to himself now, and remembering how he saved himself today, it's not good to really bother with him, it's okay to pretend to be generous.

Before leaving, Yu Mingzhu invited Chen Xiang, his wife and Chen Yiqing to attend the Queen Mother's birthday banquet five days later.

Sending off the jade pearl, Chen Yiqing breathed a sigh of relief, before he had time to have a heart-to-heart talk with his parents, he couldn't wait to go back to his yard.

Before entering the door, he quietly looked in through the window, only to see Mu Lingzhi sitting in front of the desk in a daze, with a picture scroll spread out on the table in front of him, looking at the picture, his expression was obsessed with inexplicable sadness, Seeing this, Chen Yiqing was very surprised!
Ever since he met Mu Lingzhi, he was the first person Chen Yiqing admired and admired.

In his eyes, this well-known third prince of Daliang is a cold-blooded and ruthless prince who kills decisively and mercilessly in the mouth of outsiders. He leads troops to fight with strange tactics and is invincible, making the enemy fearful. No one is invincible, which is also the main reason why Daliang was ranked first in the four kingdoms so quickly after experiencing the shock of the palace change.

But in Chen Yiqing's eyes, this mysterious and powerful third prince is actually a person who is extremely affectionate and righteous, but he is also a perfect person. There are almost no shortcomings in him. Never have you seen such a look on his face when you are a calm and conceited person.

He couldn't help being [-]% curious about that portrait!
He pushed the door unprepared and went in, but the moment he heard the door knock, Mu Lingzhi quickly put away the scroll, putting it away like a baby.

Seeing him like this, Chen Yiqing couldn't help crying and said with a sad face: "I treat you with delicious food and drink, you have to give me a little bit of sweetness, right? The girl in the portrait is the girl you chased all the way, please let me see her Your fairy looks. Someone who can fascinate you must be extraordinary. I'm really curious!"

Mu Lingzhi put away the portrait, looked back at Chen Yiqing who was pestering him, and couldn't help laughing: "You are also the youngest and most promising general in Daqi. Fearing that your image in their minds would fall into the clouds, even the eldest princess who favored you was scared away."

"I wish she would stay away from me. I am most afraid of provoking women in the palace. It's really boring. I think about fighting all day long. I don't know how to spend more time on the pleasure of the boudoir. It looks bright on the outside, but on the inside..."

"When you were walking in the palace, did you find any princesses or court ladies who looked similar to the eldest princess?" Whenever he talked about men and women, he must be eloquent, so Mu Lingzhi had no choice but to interrupt him and ask.

"I've never seen it before." As soon as Chen Yiqing said this, seeing the disappointed expression on Mu Lingzhi's face, she couldn't help but suddenly realized: "Oh, does the sweetheart who dares to love you really look like the eldest princess?" Ah, no wonder you asked the princess so abruptly on the table just now, I am still wondering, you don’t seem to be such a ignorant person!”

Frowning and thinking for a long time, Mu Lingzhi finally unfolded the portrait in his hand to Chen Yiqing again, and said in a deep voice: "I think your Chen family has a lot of people in this capital, and it is always easier to handle it with more people than me alone Many, please help me find this person with your heart!"

The portrait was unfolded and placed on the desk. Chen Yiqing looked at it and felt dumbfounded!

At first glance, the woman in the portrait is almost the same as the eldest princess Yu Mingzhu, but when you look closely, the pair of shining eyes are slightly better than the eldest princess.His expression seemed calm and indifferent, but the touching charm contained in every frown and smile was simply captivating.These are far beyond the jade pearl.

I saw her sitting there quietly, obviously accompanied by gorgeous red plums behind her, but her appearance was far superior to those thousands of red plums, just like lilies blooming in the dark night, with charming posture and intoxicating fragrance.

The deep affection in the eyes can be felt even through the rice paper.

Seeing that the pen was written, it was Mu Lingzhi who personally drew it for her during the severe cold of the winter moon last year. This is no wonder why the woman has such a moving posture.

Mu Lingzhi put away the portrait for a long time, and Chen Yiqing was still amazed. He could not help clapping his hands and sighed: "I have never seen someone who is more handsome than the eldest princess. I am even more similar to the eldest princess." I haven't met her before, but I guess the only ones who can get acquainted with her are her sisters. Alas, if I had known this, I shouldn't have rejected those palace banquets in the palace these years, maybe I would have known her Future sister-in-law, now that I think about it, my son was rude!"

"Have you seen Yu Ruyan, the fifth princess of your country of Qi?" A thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and Mu Lingzhi couldn't help trembling, and blurted out.

"Fifth princess?" Chen Yiqing couldn't help thinking for a while after hearing this, and said with a frown, "I haven't seen it before, but I heard that this fifth princess was raised outside the palace when she was very young, and she rarely appeared in front of everyone after returning to the palace. Showing her face, so I am afraid that not many people have seen her true face."

"Then what do people think of her?" Mu Lingzhi couldn't help asking

"Evaluation? I haven't heard any news about the fifth princess. After you say that, I suddenly feel that this fifth princess is a very mysterious person. When you got married, you actually slipped and saw her appearance. Shoot the arrow out of your hand? Tsk tsk, you are so cold-blooded and heartless, it would be a pity if someone grows up to be beautiful..."

Chen Yiqing was still chattering on and on, but Mu Lingzhi didn't listen to a word. His heart sank, and he couldn't help but think of the news about the fifth princess Yu Ruyan that his subordinates had inquired about before. It's not abiding by women's morality, letting go of the waves, ruining the flowers and wiping the willows, and feeding male pets!
Even the people in the capital don't know who the fifth princess is, so where did the news come from?

Mu Lingzhi's deep phoenix eyes narrowed dangerously, and he suddenly felt that he had fallen into someone else's trap.

Hearing that Chen Yiqing said that he would enter the palace for a banquet in five days, Mu Lingzhi said coldly without thinking, "I will enter the palace with you, and I will meet the rumored fifth princess—my fiancée."

And at that time in the Jinying Hall in the imperial palace, Yu Ruyan certainly didn't know that Mu Lingzhi had chased her from Daliang to Qi, and had already suspected her identity.

She asked An Ge to start packing, and was going to take An Ge out of the mansion to find a knife in the Putuo Temple after the Queen Mother's birthday passed five days later. back here.

Thinking of this, she told Brother An to take out more than half of the bank note that Yue Yu gave her last time and send it to Concubine Shu.

Although the food and clothing expenses in the palace are all arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are quite a lot of places that spend money secretly. Apart from a small monthly salary, Concubine Shu has no other source of income, and she can't expect King Qi's support at ordinary times. A little reward, life in the palace is very sad.

But before leaving the palace, she still has one last thing to do——

That is to seek justice from Concubine Lian for the concubine mother, and avenge her broken tendons!

(End of this chapter)