slave like jade

Chapter 121
The palace has been haunted by ghosts for so long, and it became more and more fierce day by day. At the end of the day, Chunlan Palace couldn't stand it anymore. Concubine Lian invited eminent monks to enter the palace to perform a practice to save the wronged souls.

From entering the palace in the morning to sunset, the eminent monk has been casting spells in Chunlan Palace without stopping.Even at night, the frightened Yu Mingzhu still didn't dare to let the eminent monks stop, for fear that if the eminent monks stopped, the ghost of Shangguan Xianzhong would come looking for her again!

Therefore, there was the sound of wooden fish in Chunlan Palace all day long, and it was very lively, but King Qi felt dizzy from the sound of wooden fish, so he hid in Wu Zhaoyi's Chunwu Palace. There were too many weird incidents, and everyone in Chunlan Palace was startled, which made King Qi feel nervous, so he simply hid in Chunwu Palace these days to be quiet!

Compared to the bustle in Chunlan Palace, Jinying Palace is very quiet and peaceful.

Mu Lingzhi went out of the palace to Chen Xiang's mansion and hadn't come back yet. Yu Ruyan lay alone on the bamboo couch under the ginkgo tree to enjoy the cool, while An Ge led the three midwives busy boiling water and making chrysanthemum tea in the small kitchen, but For a long time, the palace was full of the fragrance of chrysanthemums.

After a few light knocks on the door, Brother An hurried to open the door. In the dark night, Yu Huaizhu came in quietly wearing a cloak.

Compared to the panic when she came to Yu Ruyan a few days ago, this time she looked much more relaxed. Yu Ruyan got up to welcome her and sat down at the stone table under the tree, and asked An Ge to serve the freshly soaked tea. He smiled at Yu Huaizhu and said, "Sister, summer is dry and dry. Although this chrysanthemum tea is ordinary, it is the best for reducing fire."

Yu Huaizhu took a sip from the tea cup when she heard the words, and said with a smile, "It's really good!"

After finishing speaking, looking at Yu Ruyan with a calm expression in front of him, with a grateful expression on his face, he said sincerely: "My sister's method is even better! Now the Chunlan Palace is already full of disturbances, and even the monks have to be invited in."

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but smile, and said: "When a person with a bad heart does something bad, he is naturally afraid of a ghost knocking on the door in the middle of the night. If you are like you and me, how can you believe in the theory that the wronged soul is killing you, so I say In the end, it's just her own fear!"

Hearing the noise of the wooden fish coming from the Chunlan Palace, Yu Huaizhu said: "Now that they have invited eminent monks to enter the palace to practice supernatural salvation, what will my sister do next? Will you continue to pretend to be a ghost to scare her tonight?"

Looking at the blooming white chrysanthemums floating in the teacup, Yu Ruyan slowly said: "Since it is a ghost, it is natural to be afraid of those 'eminent monks', so since there are eminent monks protecting the Dharma in Chunlan Palace tonight , then let’s stop making trouble, and take a break. Play a full set, so that the people in Chunlan Palace will be convinced that ghosts are indeed causing trouble, rather than scaring them artificially.”

Originally, Yu Huaizhu was a bit reluctant to stop scaring Yu Mingzhu tonight, but after hearing what Yu Ruyan said, she realized that what she said was right.

A smart person like Concubine Lian, if she finds out that there are ghosts appearing when the eminent monks practice, they will probably think that these ghosts are not real, but someone is deliberately scaring them.

Only by cooperating with them, when the eminent monk is present, and the ghost disappears, will they believe that the ghost that has been haunting for so long really exists!
Then, after the eminent monk left, the ghost reappeared, wouldn't it frighten the people who firmly believe that the ghost is real!

"Oh, by the way, my sister asked me to come, but is there something that needs my help?" Yu Huaizhu has admired Yu Ruyan so much, she believes her words, and is willing to listen to her assignments .

"I really need my sister to come forward!" Yu Ruyan put a chrysanthemum in her mouth and chewed it carefully, feeling the fragrance on her lips and teeth after chewing, very pleasant.

"Sister, tell me quickly, but whatever I can do, I will do my best!"

At the thought of taking down that vicious Yu Mingzhu, Yu Huaizhu's eyes lit up, she couldn't wait!

"It's almost autumn, and the weather is getting colder every day. If you have time, you might as well spend more time with the Queen Mother and her old man for a walk, go to lively places, and—"

"A few days ago, I happened to pass by the Leng Palace. I didn't expect that there was a large bamboo forest growing very well there. The scenery was beautiful, quiet and comfortable. If the Queen Mother doesn't dislike it, my sister can also take the Queen Mother there for a walk."

Yu Ruyan smiled lightly.

Yu Huaizhu thought for a while, and understood what she said, nodded and smiled: "I wrote down my sister's words. My sister reminded me that the Queen Mother often digests food easily, and the palace is always lively, which makes her old It’s also good to come out and move around more.”

After thinking about it, Yu Huaizhu was finally a little worried and said: "Sister, tell me, will the mother and daughter of Chunlan Palace really be frightened by these ghosts and take the initiative to call out the evil things they have done?"

"Of course not!" Yu Ruyan replied to her with certainty, and said coldly: "If Concubine Lian and her daughter committed crimes so easily, they wouldn't have been doing harm in the palace for so many years."

"What will my sister do next?"

Hearing what she said, Yu Huaizhu felt worried.

Thinking of the idea Mu Lingzhi gave her, Yu Ruyan couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't worry, the ghost matter will continue. When a suitable opportunity is encountered, the truth will naturally come out. So my sister said this It will take a long time for the queen mother to understand what happened in the harem."

When she promised Yu Huaizhu to help her find out the real culprit, Yu Ruyan had already thought that with her father's love and indulgence for the mother and daughter, no matter how much evidence there is, I am afraid that the mother and daughter will not be completely killed in the end. If you go into hell, you will never recover. Therefore, only the queen mother is invited, and only the queen mother's words can suppress the father and punish them justly!
Before leaving, Yu Huaizhu suddenly remembered something, and she was really curious: "Where did my sister find such a dumb person who can pretend to be a ghost, and his voice is vague, it really looks like it!"

At first Yu Ruyan asked Mu Lingzhi for help but scared Yu Mingzhu. Mu Lingzhi hated her and was unwilling to go, so he called the hidden guards who had been hiding in the dark and asked them to come out to complete this task.

Yu Ruyan's original plan was just to have people go to Yu Mingzhu's Peony Pavilion to make a fuss, but after Mu Lingzhi heard her plan and thought about it carefully, he came up with a better plan for him.

He recruited all the hidden guards around him, and asked them to pretend to be wronged souls in various parts of the palace, even the place where the emperor lived. Moreover, in order to make people believe that the ghost was Shangguan Xianzhong, he also gave the secret guards The guard has one thing——

Yu Ruyan thought of the faces of the elite hidden guards stuffing things into their mouths, and couldn't help laughing out loud, pointing to a basket of corks in the basket under the window sill: "Sister, please look, it's just someone holding a cork in their mouth, so they can slur their speech! It's really simple!"

After hearing her explanation, Yu Huaizhu couldn't help but burst into laughter too!
Sending Yu Huaizhu away, Yu Ruyan called Brother An and ordered: "The thing that made you stop before can continue now, you go to the Leng Palace now and tell that person that from tomorrow onwards, let her take care of you in the morning and evening. Go to the palace wall adjacent to the bamboo forest and wait more, and you will naturally wait for someone who can avenge her."

"Isn't she the best at singing ditties before she fell out of favor, let her compose the grievances she wants to say into a tune and sing it well."

Brother An got her order, and quickly went to the Leng Palace alone!

A few months ago, Yu Ruyan went to the Leng Palace secretly several times because of the investigation of the jade girl.

Many concubines who fell out of favor were imprisoned there. Although Yu Ruyan didn't get any clues about the jade girl there, she inadvertently learned some other things.

Although it was impossible to distinguish the truth from the things she heard, but Yu Ruyan thought of the bizarre premature deaths of the princes these years, and also thought of Concubine Lian's ruthless methods, and felt that it was probably true.

If you want to bring down Yu Mingzhu, you have to bring down Concubine Lian first!
Moreover, thinking of what Concubine Lian did to Concubine Shu, Yu Ruyan didn't want to spare this vicious mother and daughter, and decided to eradicate these two cancers for the harem!
Therefore, no matter whether what she heard in the cold palace was true or not, she couldn't care less.

Rumors are fiercer than tigers. Back then, Concubine Lian used Daoist Yiyun's mouth to designate her as an ominous person, making her experience life and death pain since she was a child. She never had a good day, and her heart was cowardly and restless. People around you bring disaster.Now, she wants to let Concubine Lian taste how terrifying rumors are!

Chunlan Palace was indeed quiet for two days after the eminent monk performed the Dharma, but when Yu Mingzhu happily thought that Shangguan Xianzhong's wronged soul had been saved by the eminent monk, on the night of the third day, the strange voice sounded again, and this Once, something even weirder happened——

In the middle of the night, in the Peony Pavilion with the doors and windows closed, after two days of relaxation, Yu Mingzhu, who thought she would never be haunted again, was so frightened by the strange voice outside that she screamed and shrank under the quilt on the bed, trembling all over. Cold sweat dripped endlessly from her whole body, but no matter how hot it was, she didn't dare to stick her head out, wrapped the quilt tightly, and called all the maids in the room to the bedside to surround her.

Not only was she afraid, but the girls in the Peony Pavilion have also been scared out of their wits these days. They huddled around the bed in trembling. Even though there were ice cubes in the room to relieve the heat, the doors and windows were closed, and there was no breath of wind in the room. Come in, it's sweltering like a steamer, and the girls are like steamed buns in the steamer. They are so hot and afraid that they don't dare to breathe out!

Yu Mingzhu was stuffed under the quilt, she didn't even dare to get out of bed, and the voice outside was getting closer and closer, it seemed that she was leaning on the door and window reciting love poems to her, hearing it in her heart, it was creepy, extremely frightening!

Can't take it anymore!Yu Mingzhu screamed to the girl beside her: "Hurry up, let my mother and concubine invite an eminent monk to come in and do it, I can't take it anymore, this princess can't take it anymore!"

The girl got her order, no matter how scared she was, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and walk to the door, and opened the door to Concubine Lian's bedroom.

However, the moment the girl opened the door, there was only a scream of panic and despair, and the next moment, the girl was completely frightened and fainted, and fell to the ground with a 'thump' like falling wood.

The other girls heard the sound and looked over, crying and howling in fright, one by one fled around, looking for a place to hide, no longer caring about the jade pearl on the bed.

Yu Mingzhu didn't know what had happened, so she came out of the bed with her head full of strength, and looked at the door tremblingly, just one glance, she was already so frightened that she was dizzy!

Under the bleak moonlight, at the door of the open hall, there was actually a half-foot-long tongue hanging, and the blood on the tongue was dripping down, against the deep moonlight, it was very special. It's eerie!
"Ah!!!" Yu Mingzhu screamed, just like the maid who opened the door, she fainted from fright...

When Concubine Lian heard the movement and ran from her bedroom to the Peony Pavilion, more than half of the people inside had already fainted from fright, and the few girls who were not stunned had their tongues tied up and reported to her the horrible thing just now.

Hearing that there was a severed tongue, Concubine Lian didn't believe it at first, because when she came in, there was nothing hanging at the door, she thought that these girls were all frightened and had hallucinations, and they were about to sternly slam their tongues like frightened birds. When he was in the palace, his eyes accidentally looked at the blood dripping on the ground, his whole body went numb, a cold air spread from the soles of his feet to his whole body, and even the tips of his hair became cold...

It was impossible to go out of the palace so late to invite eminent monks. In desperation, Concubine Lian thought that King Qi was the son of heaven, and the imperial aura on her body should be able to block the evil spirits of wronged souls and help their mother and daughter escape disaster!But on second thought, if King Qi came and he accidentally discovered something, I'm afraid there would be endless troubles. He just gritted his teeth and asked the palace servants to light up the candles, tightly clutching the Buddhist beads left by the eminent monk in his hands, all over his body. Trembling, he stood by Yu Mingzhu's side, hoping helplessly that the sky would light up soon...

When the news of Chunlan Palace was sent back to Jinying Palace, Yu Ruyan was playing chess with Mu Lingzhi under the lamp. Hearing the report from the hidden guard, Mu Lingzhi didn't answer: "Since the tongue has scared her out Now, just put it away quietly, and put it directly under her pillow tomorrow!"

The dark guard heard this, turned around and went out.

Yu Ruyan glanced at Mu Lingzhi, thinking of his ideas, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Highness is so excited, you actually did what you said, and you really got such a long ox tongue in, it's really enough to scare her !"

Mu Lingzhi didn't raise his head, and slowly put down a word on the chessboard, and said disapprovingly, "I went out to Chen's mansion yesterday, and I just heard that his mansion is slaughtering cows, so I just wanted to come. Just wait, I have already made an agreement with the butcher, asking him to keep all the pig tongues and beef tongues for me during this period of time, and he is not allowed to sell them any more."

Yu Ruyan couldn't help laughing dumbfounded: "One tongue has already scared people to death, Your Highness still needs to prepare so many tongues, can't you just scare her to death?!"

"It's not bad to be scared to death. It's a blessing to die early from such a disaster. So, I'm going to hold a full-tongue banquet for you, the elder sister! Ah, general! Ma'am, let's make a deal!" It didn't stop, it was the veteran who ate Yu Ruyan, raised his eyebrows and said joyfully.

Yu Ruyan was stunned by what he said, she didn't know when he had eaten her veteran, seeing him proudly raising her veteran and smiling brightly, she felt angry and funny, curled her lips Said: "I heard His Highness said that when I was young, I was under the strict supervision of the Taifu. Apart from studying and practicing martial arts, I never had a little time to play. But now how to play is so handy, it is not like when I was a child who only knew how to read and practice. Wu's idiot, on the contrary, looks like a naughty naughty boy!"

Yu Ruyan unknowingly thought of something about Mu Lingzhi's childhood.At the mention of childhood, Mu Lingzhi's eyes darkened, and he couldn't help but think of the other three childhood playmates: his cousin Prince Yi, the daughter of Xiangfu's daughter Mu Ziyue, and his own younger brother Mu Chenzhi!
Once the closest playmate, but now it is——

The most admired cousin has become a sworn enemy, and Mu Ziyue is no longer the simple and kind person before, with vicious and hypocritical thoughts, and the relationship between the two is becoming more and more alienated.And my own younger brother, who finally met again, also had a rift in his heart because he fell in love with the same person!
A trace of sadness welled up in his heart, and Mu Lingzhi couldn't help sighing.

Although the voice was soft, Yu Ruyan heard it sharply, she couldn't help but worry flashed across her expression, and asked with concern: "Why are you frowning, but what's bothering you?"

Mu Lingzhi didn't want her to know the depression in his heart, and said with a smile: "I am pity that such a good ox tongue was wasted like this, or wasting it on such a nasty body. It is really a pity to waste a good ox tongue!"

Yu Ruyan knew that he said this to comfort herself, but she couldn't figure out what was going on in his heart for a while, so she could only ask: "But something happened with Daliang, did you urge Your Highness to go back?"

After returning to the palace, because she promised Wu Zhaoyi to wait for her to give birth, Yu Ruyan couldn't leave Daqi for the time being. She also told Mu Lingzhi about this, and she wanted him to go back first, but he didn't want to. To wait for her to go together.

Not only King Liang, but also Concubine Xie Guifei sent several private messages asking Mu Lingzhi to return home. He knew that the reason why her mother and concubine were anxious to let him go back was to let him go back and work with Chenzhi to overthrow the crown prince and take over the crown prince.

But at this time, Mu Lingzhi became more and more unwilling to go back. He had the heart to give up Daliang's vast country to his younger brother Mu Chenzhi.If he went back now, those ministers who followed him in the court would definitely support him to take over the position, and would not support the Eighth Prince who had just returned to the court.So, at this time, he can't go back and get involved, but he also believes that with the support of his father, mother and concubine, coupled with the power he cultivated in the court army over the years, he will definitely be able to help Chenzhi win the crown prince. !

In order to avoid Yu Ruyan's worry, Mu Lingzhi smiled indifferently and said: "It's nothing, at this time, Chen Zhi will be my filial piety in front of my father, mother and concubine, so let me be lazy for a few more days, and wait for you to deal with it." The weather here happens to be cooler, suitable for traveling, and it won’t be too late for us to go back then, don’t worry about me!”

In the early morning of the second day, before dawn, Concubine Lian, who had been suffering all night, couldn't wait to send people out of the palace to invite eminent monks to come in and continue casting spells.And this time, Concubine Lian could no longer worry about anything, she actually vacated a residence in the palace and let the eminent monks live in the palace, taking turns to rest and cast spells, without sleeping or resting!

The big move of Chunlan Palace finally alarmed the Empress Dowager in Huayang Palace. When Yu Huaizhu accompanied the Empress Dowager to board the gate of Chunlan Palace in person, I saw that the whole Chunlan Palace was panic-stricken, from the master to the palace staff. , I feel that every step is vain, everyone's face is pale, and their eyes are dull. One can tell that they are affected by the hauntings these days.

Looking at the smoky Chunlan Palace, displeasure flashed across the solemn face of the Empress Dowager——

Because of a ghost haunting Chunlan Palace, the whole palace began to panic, and there was no peace, and now these monks are allowed to live in the emperor's harem, how absurd it is!

The dragon-head crutch in her hand hit the ground heavily, and she was about to get angry, but Yu Huaizhu softly persuaded her, she obediently clung to the Queen Mother's side and said softly: "Queen Mother, let the granddaughter accompany you to other quiet places for a walk, It's too noisy here, lest the queen mother's brain hurt from the noise."

The queen mother was trembling with anger, and said in a hateful voice: "This mother and daughter have made the whole palace smoky. There are so many people living in the harem, but it is really annoying to let the two of them mess up the world here. The emperor actually Let them do whatever they want, it's just..."

Seeing that the Queen Mother was angry, Yu Huaizhu hurriedly supported the Queen Mother and said: "Father can't do anything about it. Please be considerate to the Queen Mother, after all... After all, the troubles in the palace... ghosts are not seen by only one person, even the Father is also personally heard Hearing that eerie and terrifying voice..."

Carefully looked at the Queen Mother's eyes, and sure enough, after hearing about the haunting, the Queen Mother's face became even more gloomy, so Yu Huaizhu continued to say more cautiously: "But unexpectedly, all the voices are now concentrated in the It's... near the Peony Pavilion, it's really weird, and, I heard, it was found in the Peony Pavilion last night... I found it... I made a lot of noise all night and scared several people to faint. I heard that the eldest sister I'm all terrified and confused..."

"...Therefore, there must be no other way for Concubine Lian to invite eminent monks to cast spells. The Empress Dowager will let them go. Granddaughter will accompany you to a quiet and good place to relax and calm down."

In fact, there are so many ghosts in the palace, how could those rumors escape the ears of the Queen Mother, but how can the Queen Mother's mind be compared with that of ordinary people, she doesn't believe in ghosts at all, but she believes in karma and retribution. From those rumors, I vaguely understand that the boy from the Shangguan family died strangely, even...

The queen mother sighed heavily, her eyes were deep, as if she had listened to Yu Huaizhu's persuasion, she turned and left Chunlan Palace.

Yu Huaizhu led the Empress Dowager all the way to the Lenggong, and reached the bamboo forest that Yu Ruyan had mentioned. Sure enough, the bamboo was lush and the environment was quiet.

Yu Huaizhu helped the queen mother to walk slowly in the bamboo forest. As she walked, she heard the woman's mournful singing, which was like crying, which made people feel chilling.

Stopping, the queen mother stopped and listened quietly to the woman singing plaintively. When the song was finished, the queen mother's face was ashen, and the fingers holding the crutches turned white with anger.

Yu Huaizhu, who was standing beside her, looked at the Empress Dowager, feeling a little guilty in her heart——

The queen mother was already at the age of enjoying her old age, but she was dragged into this struggle by them for no reason. It is really cruel for an old man to face such a truth!
In the cold palace on the other side of the wall, the voice of singing never stopped, but the same song was sung over and over again, and the song repeated the same thing over and over again. The Empress Dowager listened with a gloomy expression. speech……

Back in Huayang Palace, the Queen Mother left Yu Huaizhu alone to wait on her, and asked everyone else to leave.

As soon as the palace servants left, the Empress Dowager suddenly yelled at Yu Huaizhu: "Kneel down!"

Yu Huaizhu was startled, seeing the queen mother's furious face, she knelt down in fright, her heart trembled, and her whole body froze!
"Let's talk about the haunting incident in the palace and the incident in the cold palace. Who is behind the scenes?" Although the Queen Mother's voice was low, it carried an irresistible force. Yu Huaizhu's whole body trembled, and a chill pervaded whole body!
(End of this chapter)