slave like jade

Chapter 106 Prince Wing
At some point, there was an extra person quietly on the eaves, and the mask with a cold light on his face was the masked assassin who had fought against him many times in Daliang!

For the first time, the masked assassin didn't point the cold sword in his hand at Mu Lingzhi, but just stood a few steps away and looked at Mu Lingzhi coldly, his voice was icy cold but filled with endless irony.

"The Third Highness is very excited. He chased here from Daliang for thousands of miles, but he is so close to his hometown that he doesn't even have the courage to go in and meet him. Heh, is this the third prince of Daliang who is feared by the world and is as brave as a heavenly man? Or, You also know how cold-blooded and ruthless you were to her before, so you have no face to see her again!"

Amidst the sound of 'swooshing' rain, his voice was piercingly chilly, his gloomy eyes shone coldly under the gray moonlight, and he looked at Mu Lingzhi for a moment, "Since you let go, don't pester him again." , has she suffered less from being by your side? Now that she finally mustered up the courage to start again, why should His Highness bother..."

"Are you here to find her too?" Before the masked man could finish speaking, Mu Lingzhi asked, his voice calm but also chilling. "Who is Your Excellency, and what is your relationship with her? Why do you keep following her closely?"

The masked man smiled coldly, and did not answer him, but said coldly: "Your jade pendant was indeed sold to the pawn shop by her, but it happened to fall into my hands, so she has nothing to do with me, but I It has something to do with her."

These Mu Lingzhi already understood in his heart, he stared blankly at the exquisite sword in his hand, and said in a daze, "You...you are the big brother Yizhi?"

The masked man didn't expect that he would ask such a question suddenly, his body shook slightly, and the next moment he said sharply: "You have identified the wrong person. Prince Yi was stabbed to death by you in the chest ten years ago, and fell into the fire Burned to ashes, how can it be difficult to still live in this world?"

"Brother, I know it's you, and I recognize the sword in your hand. My eighth younger brother, Chenzhi, also has this 'Dragon Chanting Sword'. I asked my father this time when I returned to the palace, and he told me that these two 'Dragon Chanting Swords' Yinjian' was specially made by Grandpa Huang when the ancestor was founded. There are two in total, and they were given to Father Huang and Uncle. ..."

"Stop calling me big brother!"

The next moment, the Longyin sword in Prince Yi's hand was out of its sheath with the sound of the dragon's singing, and it was placed on Mu Lingzhi's neck. The sharp blade was soaked in the cold rain, and the skin felt cold.

And Mu Lingzhi didn't feel scared at all. Hearing that he finally admitted that he was his cousin Mu Yizhi, Mu Lingzhi trembled with excitement and approached him irresistibly. It's great to be alive."

"Don't come here!" The sharp long sword resisted Mu Lingzhi's forward steps, and Mu Yizhi's voice was cold and without a trace of warmth: "Prince Yi of Daliang died ten years ago, the person standing in front of you now I am just a hateful avenger, for the people of Daliang to save the people from the suffering of the war, and their lives are devastated, I don't need to take back what belongs to me, but the hatred of killing my father is unshakable, and I will never forget the hatred of killing my family. Your father killed his brother to seize the throne and lost his conscience, and you are his helper, so both you and him must die."

As soon as the words fell, the Longyin Sword flashed coldly, and it had already pierced into Mu Lingzhi's shoulder blade——

Mu Lingzhi didn't resist at all, and let Mu Yizhi's long sword penetrate his body. As if he didn't know the pain, he stared blankly at the person in front of him, and his voice trembled too much: "The rumors were passed on by elder brother. Yes, was the elder brother also responsible for the assassination during the hunt eight years ago? The arrow that my mother and concubine blocked for the emperor was full of poison. If she hadn't been rescued in time, she would have died already, but even so, the eight Over the years, I have endured the inhuman torture of poisonous hair every month... Big brother wants to seek revenge and find me, and I am willing to cut him to death. Please let mother concubine go, she is innocent, and please big brother... to detoxify her prescription……"

"Your concubine mother is innocent, so what about my concubine?! Do you know that the concubine was still pregnant with a four-month-old child when she was killed!!" Although Mu Yizhi was wearing a mask on his face, he couldn't see through the cold mask. I could feel his distorted description of pain, and with his anger, the sword in his hand pierced a little further, completely piercing Mu Ling's shoulder, and the blood was mixed with rainwater...

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's whole body was shocked, and he couldn't believe that Queen Zhu was still pregnant when she died.His face was full of grief and guilt, and his whole body was so shocked that it couldn't be added.

The next moment, the long sword on his body was pulled away from his body, and Mu Lingzhi spat out a mouthful of blood with a 'poof' sound. He watched Mu Yizhi put the sword back into the scabbard with a pale face, and said with a wry smile: "Back then, I stabbed you with a sword. Piercing your chest, my father even harmed the eldest brother's family, bloody enmity, why didn't the eldest brother kill me with a sword? Why did you want to spare my life?"

Mu Yizhi's figure seemed to disappear in the dark night. He looked at the injured Mu Lingzhi coldly, and his voice sounded like a cold knife splitting Mu Lingzhi's heart: "No, I have changed my mind. To kill you, I want you to taste all the pain I have endured, and let you taste the hurt of being betrayed by your relatives."

At some point, the mask on Mu Yizhi's face flashed by lightning, and the moment Mu Lingzhi raised his head, he clearly saw a familiar face——

With a handsome face, the eyebrows and eyes are as beautiful as if they were carefully carved with a knife and axe. The face has several acquaintances with him, but the deep phoenix eyes are full of hatred!

Mu Lingzhi's whole body was shocked - he is really the big brother Yizhi.

The heavy rain finally stopped, and Mu Lingzhi was standing on the eaves with his whole body drenched. The cold moon came out and shone on Mu Lingzhi's drenched body, adding to the deep chill.

Raindrops were dripping down from his body, mixed with bright red blood, the wound on his shoulder had been numb from the pain under the washing of the rainwater, and his whole body was in pain like falling into hell.

Mu Yizhi left without knowing when, looking at the bright and white sky, Mu Lingzhi trembled all over and wanted to tear off the cloth from his body to bandage the wound. Going back like this scared Tong Qian and Chen Yiqing, and he was powerless to explain anything to them .

Something fell from his body, and Mu Lingzhi looked at it numbly, but it turned out to be a shrunken rose branch.

He suddenly remembered that he saw wild flowers blooming on the mountain on the way back from Putuo Temple. Thinking of Yu Ruyan's liking, he couldn't help but get off the horse and pick a handful to bring back, but because of the appearance of Big Brother Yizhi, he even forgot all the flowers.

Leaping down the eaves with difficulty, Mu Lingzhi let the wound bleed, and stared in the direction of Yu Ruyan's bedroom, the pain on his body was far less than the pain in his heart...

In the eyes of outsiders, he is the invincible third prince of Liang Liang, but he feels that he has suffered a crushing defeat. He hurt his most beloved cousin in family and the woman he loves most in love. Disappointed, because, with the appearance of Big Brother Yi, the emperor's killing order will also come, and he missed it once ten years ago. Ten years later, he is destined not to let this kind of tragedy happen to Prince Yi again. He desperately tried to protect him, so he was doomed to disobey his trusted father...

He took out the flower branches from his bosom one by one, and the blood from the wound dyed the white jasmine red. Mu Lingzhi looked around in the yard, saw the water tank in the corner, walked over and took a jasmine flower Clean the roses and insert them together with the roses into the flowerbed under Yu Ruyan's window sill...

After Mu Yizhi left Jinying Palace, a black figure sprang out from the darkness and followed behind him, puzzled: "Master, you can kill him to take revenge just now, why did you let him go?"

The footsteps of the person in front froze, and after a while, a cold light flashed across Mu Yizhi's deep eyes, and he said coldly: "I said before, I only avenge my family, and now his body is still related to Daliang's fate, it is easy to kill him However, Wei's wolfish ambitions are clearly revealed. I am afraid that after conquering Wu, he will conquer the other two countries one by one... The only one who can fight against the army of Wei is the Liangxiong led by him, so he can't die now! "

The next night of heavy rain, when An Ge got up in the morning and opened the window, Yu Ruyan in the house immediately smelled a familiar fragrance of flowers. These fragrances were different from those peonies and peonies in the imperial garden. They had a strong fragrance, and these fragrances were leisurely and elegant.

She couldn't help draping her clothes and getting out of bed and looked out of the window, only to see a cluster of wild mountain flowers in the flowerbed under the window sill.

Yu Ruyan was very surprised in her heart, for some reason, she suddenly thought of the scene of Mu Lingzhi planting mountain flowers for herself in the flower garden in the palace...

It's early summer now, and the flower garden in the palace must be full of blooming flowers at this time.

What is he... doing now?But still hate her and blame her?Will you think of her again when you see the flower garden?

Her eyes were sore, Yu Ruyan withdrew her mind, and was about to call An Ge to ask about the flowers, when An Ge, who was cleaning up the house, found the feather card dropped at the corner of the bed, picked it up and handed it to Yu Ruyan, saying: "Master , The feather badge you gave Xiao Dao was left in the house by him."

Yu Ruyan glanced at the feather badge in her hand, and suddenly thought of something, she couldn't help laughing, and said to the cluster of mountain flowers in the flower garden: "If I remember correctly, the mountains around Putuo Temple must be full of flowers at this time. All kinds of mountain flowers. Xiaodao lost his temper with us yesterday, and he probably regretted it after going back. He secretly picked these flowers and sent them in. He is really a child who has not grown up, and his temper comes and goes quickly."

Looking at the wilting flowers and branches outside, Brother An couldn't help laughing: "Princess likes it, I will find a beautiful vase to keep them fresh, so that they will be fresher for a few more days."

The air after the rain was exceptionally refreshing, Yu Ruyan accompanied Shu Bin for a walk in the garden, and when they walked to a place where no one was around, Shu Bin recalled the rumors in the palace, and couldn't help but said anxiously: "I heard that Concubine Li's brother Lu The general proposed to your father, but he will be about the same age as my mother next year..."

Knowing that she would be worried, Yu Ruyan specifically asked the people in the mother's palace not to tell her the news, but she still knew after only keeping it a secret for a day.

Fearing that she would be worried and sad, Yu Ruyan quickly comforted her: "Mother Concubine, have you forgotten what your daughter said before?"

Carefully looking around, Yu Ruyan whispered: "Lu Rong's marriage proposal is nothing more than a conspiracy between Concubine Lian and Concubine Li. I know it's a conspiracy, so how could I possibly marry him? Therefore, I will quietly leave the palace as soon as the Queen Mother's birthday is over. , it would be in vain for my father to give me to anyone."

Hearing what she said, Concubine Shu calmed down a little, and urged her instead: "Since I have made up my mind to leave, it is necessary to stay until after the Queen Mother's birthday, so I can rest assured that I will leave early."

Yu Ruyan smiled slightly when she heard the words, but her eyes were icy cold, and she said coldly: "Concubine Lian must be watching me very closely at this time in order to prevent me from escaping. It is not easy to leave quietly, it is better to wait until the Queen Mother's birthday That night, there was a big banquet in the palace, and after I wished the Queen Mother her birthday, I would mix with the ministers who left the palace and leave the palace, no one would suspect and I would not be discovered, so mother and concubine can rest assured."

Hearing that she had a detailed arrangement, Concubine Shu was completely relieved, and told her a few words carefully before going back to the palace.

Yu Ruyan led Brother An to walk back, and when they passed by the Ruyi Palace of the fourth princess Yu Huaizhu, they heard the sound of 'bang bang bang' smashing things inside, as well as crying and cursing. The palace people who watched the excitement did not dodge when they saw Yu Ruyan passing by, and continued to watch the excitement.

In the eyes of the palace people, even though the fifth lord has a lot of benefits after returning from Daliang, and even Concubine Lian and the eldest princess dared to mess with her, but when they thought that she would marry outside the palace in a few days and become a continuation house for the old widower, everyone felt in their hearts. The awe she had had before was gone, and everyone watched the excitement in Ruyi Palace without shy away from her.

Of course, Yu Ruyan didn't have the same knowledge as them, so she led An Ge forward without looking sideways. After walking a certain distance, An Ge couldn't help sighing: "Oh, the fourth princess is also pitiful, the marriage that was already arranged overnight She was snatched away by the eldest princess. Although she usually has a hot temper, her heart is much better than that of Chunlan Palace, what a pity!"

Early this morning, the King of Qi officially issued an imperial decree, marrying the eldest princess to the son of Shang Shu, Shang Li Xian Zhong.Get married on the eighth day of next month!
As we all know, Shangguan Xianzhong was the son-in-law betrothed to the fourth princess Yu Huaizhu before. Although there was no official decree, it was also a marriage promised by King Qi in front of Lord Shangshu and the fourth princess, but now he suddenly changed his mind and married the eldest princess Yu Huaizhu. When Mingzhu married into Shangshu's family, everyone knew in their hearts that all of this was nothing more than a fight for love between Concubine Lian and Yu Mingzhu.

After Yu Mingzhu learned that Chen Yiqing had broken her sleeves, she knew that it was hopeless to marry him, so she had to look for a suitable man to marry again among the nobles in the capital.After picking and choosing, I finally felt that apart from Chen Yiqing, only Shangguan Xianzhong was the most outstanding. Unfortunately, he had been assigned to the fourth princess.

But when Yu Mingzhu thought that she was almost 19 years old, if she didn't find a suitable family quickly, she might be getting older and older, and then she thought of Shangguan Xianzhong's deep love for her, she couldn't help being cheeky again, and her mother The two women went to the battle and begged the king of Qi, and they retorted that Shangguan Xianzhong was assigned to her as a son-in-law.

In order to avoid another accident, Concubine Lian also solemnly asked King Qi to issue an edict to inform the world that Shangguan Xianzhong is her daughter's son-in-law, for fear of being snatched away again.

Today, after the edict was promulgated by the imperial court, it naturally caused a commotion, but the courtiers only dared to discuss in private and no longer say anything in person. After all, this is the emperor's family matter. He wants to marry his daughter as he pleases. The Shangshu family was so happy that they could abandon the fourth princess who had a plummeting personality and marry the gentle and noble eldest princess, and there was no criticism at all.

However, after hearing the news, the fourth princess, Yu Huaizhu, broke into the imperial study directly to question her eccentric emperor's father.However, no matter how unwilling she is, King Qi just told her that Shangguan Xianzhong himself said that the person he likes in his heart is the eldest princess Yu Mingzhu, so it is only natural for the Shangguan family to marry the eldest princess to make a couple lovers. .

Yu Huaizhu's thoughts are all hopeless, although she usually shouts at Shangguan Xianzhong, she actually likes this gentle and affectionate son-in-law very much in her heart, otherwise she wouldn't go to Jinying Palace to trouble Yu Ruyan because of his angry words, Now that Yu Mingzhu suddenly robbed him of his son-in-law, and made a formal decree to let everyone in the world know that there was no way around it, he couldn't help being heartbroken, and went back to the palace crying and smashed the things in the first palace.

Hearing Brother An's exclamation, Yu Ruyan was about to speak, but saw a person walking from a distance, with a happy and happy face, even walking in a suave manner.

Who else could be so happy and proud except Shangguan Xianzhong who was just promoted to the son-in-law of the eldest princess!

Usually when meeting him in the harem, Yu Ruyan would avoid the road, but today, after a little thought, she went up to him and stopped Shangguan Xianzhong.

"Congratulations to the eldest son-in-law!" Shangguan Xianzhong, who was a little surprised by Yuru Yanchao, smiled lightly, and said with a smile: "Sir Shangguan has always loved the eldest princess, and now he has finally got his wish, and it is not in vain. Rumors are being spread everywhere in the palace, and things happened when he was young, now it seems that Lord Shangguan is indeed far-sighted, he can change the situation that has been set, his lord is really clever."

Hearing this, Shangguan Xianzhong's complacent expression darkened, embarrassment appeared on his face, and he murmured: "I didn't want to marry the elder, but I just wanted to get rid of the violent fourth princess..."

"So, can my lord just trap me in injustice for my own purpose?" Yu Ruyan stopped him, her eyes were cold, and she said coldly: "My lord said casually that I didn't take it seriously, but I never thought about it." What kind of situation will that put me into? The elder sister, whom the lord clearly likes in his heart, why do you still use me as an excuse? Why don't you directly say in front of the fourth sister that you want to marry the eldest sister and not marry her!"

Shangguan Xianzhongjun blushed, facing Yu Ruyan's questioning, he didn't look guilty, instead he put on an incomparably sincere appearance.

"Although it was indeed a moment of anger that I would rather marry you than her, I do feel sorry for you and sympathize with your experience. If possible, I would like to give you a warm..."

"Hehe, it's really disgusting!" Yu Ruyan didn't hide the disgust in her heart, interrupted him and said directly: "Do you know what kind of man is the most hateful in the world? It's you who——"

"Casting the net everywhere, showing mercy everywhere, I wish all the women in the world would be attracted and intoxicated by your sweet words and tenderness, so that you can gain supreme satisfaction." Thinking of Shangguan Xianzhong deliberately spreading rumors about their previous relationship in the palace , and even deliberately said such provocative words in front of the irritable Yu Huaizhu, it was nothing more than bullying her to be helpless in the palace, and it could be used as his shield.

She had already seen through the matter, and he still wanted to lie to her with sweet words, without even an apology!

Yu Ruyan looked at him coldly, and said word by word: "Lord Shangguan has always boasted that everyone is charming, everyone loves, everyone likes, no woman can escape your sweet talk, who knows, so provocative The Lord Shangguan I like is just a casual item picked up by Yu Mingzhu."

Yu Ruyan said these words and turned around to leave. The man in front of her was so disgusting that she felt uncomfortable even if she took a second look.

After lunch, the hustle and bustle of Ruyi Palace finally quieted down. Yu Ruyan stopped to move her fingers while copying the scriptures in her hand to the last few pages.Brother An made her a cup of tea and handed it to her. Looking at the scriptures on the table, he said worriedly: "Princess, I heard that other princesses have prepared exquisite and precious gifts for the Queen Mother's birthday. ..."

She didn't finish the rest of the sentence, but Yu Ruyan understood the worry in her heart, but she was worried that her gift was too ordinary, she would be compared by other princesses, and the queen mother would hate her.

Yu Ruyan gently pressed her sore fingers and said slowly: "In the eyes of the empress dowager, I have always been a dispensable and useless granddaughter, so it is normal that I can't come up with a decent gift. The empress dowager likes Buddhist scriptures, but she is old It's hard for my eyes to read the finely detailed scriptures, so I purposely wrote the characters much larger than ordinary scriptures, so that it would be convenient for the Empress Dowager to look at."

The white butterflies in the imperial garden probably smelled the fragrance of the mountain flowers in the house, and some of them flew straight across the courtyard into the house, playing around the mountain flowers on the table.

Looking at the free-flying butterflies in front of her, Yu Ruyan's expression showed some longing, thinking that she would soon leave this cage-like place, while the mother and concubine had to suffer here, she couldn't help but feel sad. : "After I left, the mother and concubine completely lost their support in the palace. She was cowardly by nature, and she was really not suitable to live in such a dangerous deep palace, but she was destined to be the emperor's woman, and she would not be able to escape this cage in this life— —”

"I only hope that after I leave the palace, the queen mother can think of me when she reads the Buddhist scriptures, and think of me so that she can think of my mother and concubine a little bit, so that her life in the palace will be easier!"

Brother An's eyelids were shallow, and his eye sockets were wet again. He said distressedly: "It turns out that the princess has put so much thought into it. It's really embarrassing for the princess."

After resting for a while, Yu Ruyan was about to finish writing the few remaining pages when suddenly there was a loud noise outside, which seemed to come from Ruyi Palace.

Yu Ruyan frowned lightly, and was about to let Brother An go out to have a look, but saw two little girls from the yard running in from outside with pale faces, sweat on their faces, panicked and terrified.

Brother An saw that they were not behaved, so he couldn't help scolding: "Why are you running in such a hurry? Didn't you see the princess here?"

The two little girls hurriedly knelt down in front of Yu Ruyan, and said in a trembling voice, "Princess...then...the fourth princess actually cut...the eldest son-in-law's tongue off!"

The two little girls in the yard watched the fun together in the Ruyi Palace since the morning, when they saw Yu Huaizhu cut Shangguan Xianzhong's tongue with their own eyes, they were scared out of their wits and ran out of the Ruyi Palace screaming one by one!

When Yu Ruyan heard the words of the two little girls, her face turned pale with fright——

She had thought that the irritable Yu Huaizhu would be unwilling and angry in her heart, thinking that she would just smash things and curse a few words, but she never expected that she would actually cut off the tongue of Shang Li Xianzhong!
Although Brother An didn't see the terrible scene of cutting his tongue with his own eyes, his whole body trembled with fright just thinking about it, and he still couldn't believe it: "How is it possible? How could Mr. Shangguan be a big man... How could the fourth princess say that she would just cut it off?" Cut?"

The two little girls were tongue-tied, and tremblingly said: "The fourth princess said that she wanted to see the son-in-law for the last time, and talk to him a few words. After the lord entered the house, maybe... maybe the tea was drugged. Then she fell to the ground and couldn't wake up. The fourth princess... the princess closed the door to prevent people from entering, but then she heard a scream, and the palace staff of Ruyi Palace knocked the door open for fear of accident, but they saw and saw the fourth princess He was holding a pair of bloody scissors in his hand, and...the Lord Shangguan's mouth was smeared with blood, rolling on the ground in pain, and a piece of tongue rolled on the ground...Oh my god, it's too scary!"

Yu Ruyan's whole body trembled, her whole body shivered for no reason, she couldn't help but put down the things in her hands and rushed to Ruyi Palace.

(End of this chapter)