slave like jade

Chapter 123 The Unexpected Incident
The palace search is imminent, and Mu Lingzhi is not in the palace, so no one can help Yu Ruyan!
Yu Huaizhu was also anxious and at a loss.

Yu Ruyan closed her eyes and her mind raced rapidly - the only way out now is to send these tongues out of Jinying Palace.

"Yes!" Opening her eyes again, Yu Ruyan's expression had returned to clarity. She asked An Ge to quickly find two wooden boxes and put the tongues in the basket separately. There was a fire in the stove in the kitchen. After finishing everything, she said to Yu Huaizhu, "Sister, I'm depending on you to help me this time."

Yu Huaizhu stared blankly at her busy work and said anxiously: "Quickly tell me, how can I help you?"

Yu Ruyan put An Ge's court lady's clothes on over her outer clothes, and said: "In this palace, Huo Xiang's people must be staring at him, I am afraid that only the Empress Dowager's Huayang Palace is Huo Xiang. If you don’t dare to search, please ask your sister to hide these tongues in the empress dowager’s nunnery, where the sandalwood fragrance is strong, which can cover the fishy smell on these tongues. Enter Huayang Palace to search."

Anxiety flashed in Yu Huaizhu's heart, but she still nodded firmly, took the wooden box and went out.

When she came, she didn't bring any palace attendants, so she had to hold the two boxes by herself.

The tongues of the two boxes are also quite heavy, and it is really difficult for Yu Huaizhu to hold them alone!

Yu Ruyan stopped her and said: "Sister, please be safe and don't be impatient, Brother An and I will send my sister back together!"

Yu Huaizhu is Yu Mingzhu's enemy, if at this sensitive time someone finds out that she took things back with her own hands, it will probably make people suspicious.

Moreover, there is no rule for princesses to carry heavy things by themselves!
Most importantly, Yu Ruyan was also worried that on the way back, if Yu Huaizhu was to be searched by Huo Xiang's people, she was an honest person, and if there was a false show in the panic, it would be her harm!

Hearing that she was going back with her, Yu Huaizhu worriedly said: "But the outside is strictly forbidden, the masters and servants of all palaces and halls are not allowed to come in and out, how can you go out?"

At that time, Yu Ruyan had already put on the palace maid's clothes outside the clothes, and tied her hair into a simple palace maid style, and said with a smile: "Sister, don't worry, sister will do a trick for you right away!"

After finishing speaking, she turned around and put on the human skin mask that Yue Yu had given them with Brother An. When she turned around again, Yu Huaizhu was really shocked!

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Yu Huaizhu couldn't believe that there is such a thing that can instantly change a person's appearance.

Wearing a human skin mask, Yu Ruyan was no different from an ordinary maid in the palace. After thinking about it, she put a few sachets in the box, put scriptures on it, held the box, and looked down at Brother An with a low eyebrow. He followed Yu Huaizhu out of the palace.

Halfway there, she encountered someone who was interrogating her. Yu Huaizhu said coldly: "I heard that there was a major event in the palace and the palace was searched. This princess rushed back to Huayang Palace to cooperate with the search. Why, you are still worried about the empress dowager's scriptures. Are there ghosts hiding?"

Everyone knows that ghosts are the most feared things in Buddhism, so even if there are real ghosts, they will not be in this box of scriptures.

What's more, these interrogators have been instructed by Huo Xiang, and they mainly search for living people who pretend to be ghosts. Therefore, it is impossible for a living person to enter the two wooden boxes held in the hands of the maid!

Moreover, everyone knows that the fourth princess, Yu Huaizhu, has the most violent temper. She even cut off her tongue in a fit of rage because of Shangguan's resignation. If you dare to say one more word, quickly make way for them to pass!

The sachets in the box covered the fishy smell inside, and the three returned to the queen mother's nunnery smoothly. Yu Huaizhu hesitated for a moment, and finally put the two boxes under the incense burner behind the incense alcove.

Putting the box away, Yu Huaizhu knelt down in front of the incense altar with a face of shame.

From her previous worry to the hesitation just now, Yu Ruyan saw it in her eyes and understood what was in her heart.

The nunnery was originally a place that should not be stained with blood, but now that these pig tongues and beef tongues were put in, it really defiled this peaceful and sacred place.

Yu Ruyan knelt down with her, piously pleaded guilty to the Buddha, and said to Yu Huaizhu: "Sister, after this incident, I will personally plead guilty to the Queen Mother, and it is hard for my sister to help me!"

Yu Huaizhu helped her up, and said: "Sister said this is cheating. This matter is all because of me, and my sister was involved in it all to help me. How can I blame my sister? The Queen Mother's plea, Let me go!"

After finishing speaking, he urged: "Go back quickly, if they find out that you are not in the palace at this time, I'm afraid they will..."

Yu Ruyan nodded, bid farewell to her, came out quietly from the back door of Huayang Palace, hid in the dark, took off the maid's attire on her body, and then tore off the human skin mask on her face, asked An Ge to keep it close to her, and ordered: : "This human skin mask is extremely precious, and it will be useful in the future. Put it away carefully, and don't lose it."

Brother Ang quickly responded.The master and servant walked around the imperial garden, and Shi Shiran walked towards the Yingying Palace. Brother An was puzzled and asked quietly: "Princess, there is something puzzled in my mind, why do we have to hide those things? Since we can use If the human skin mask goes out of the palace gate, just throw it into the imperial garden or other places. Why must it be put in Huayang Palace?

Let the queen mother know in the future, what should I do if I blame it? "

Smiling slowly, Yu Ruyan shot her a look and said with a smile: "You are quite clever today, and you even thought of this level."

Brother An was very happy to receive her praise, but Yu Ruyan continued to say: "Although it's fine to throw those things out of Jinying Palace, but have you ever thought that anyone who wants to let Huo Xiang Discovering these severed tongues in the palace, with Huo Xiang's ingenuity, how could he not understand what happened in Chunlan Palace? Therefore, he will definitely use the severed tongues he discovered to prove to his father that the haunting story is false. It also indirectly proves that the rumors about Shangguan Xianzhong are also false."

"Father has always favored the mother and daughter. He probably hoped that Huo Xiang would have evidence to let them escape. That's why he agreed to Huo Xiang's proposal to search the palace so easily. If there is a severed tongue, plus Huo Xiang's slick tongue , not too much evidence will become a nail on the iron plate, so that the father will no longer doubt the mother and daughter of the lotus."

"So these things can only be hidden and cannot be discovered by Huo Xiang."

Hearing Yu Ruyan's words, An Ge suddenly came to his senses, and couldn't help praising: "The princess and Your Highness are indeed right, and both of them are extremely smart. If you give birth to a little princess, your Highness, you will be so smart." God."

Hearing her praise, Yu Ruyan couldn't help laughing, and pretended to be angry: "Brother An, now you have to be related to His Highness even if you compliment me, I think you are more and more like his slave, but It's not like mine anymore."

Brother An laughed when he thought about it, and said: "The princess is jealous? Anyway, I have to follow the princess all my life, and the princess, I have to be with His Highness for this life, and the two masters will serve together. Serving the little master, thinking about it is also wonderful!"

Seeing her happy face, Yu Ruyan suddenly thought of the grief that she would never have another child in this life, and she didn't know if she would have a chance to give birth to a boy and a girl for Mu Lingzhi. He smiled at Brother An and said, "Well, I'm really jealous. I'm afraid that if I have a little master in the future, my Brother An will put me at the back in his heart. I'm really jealous."

Brother An said very seriously: "Princess, this servant grew up with you. I know better than anyone how the princess has treated me these years. Therefore, in the heart of this servant, the princess is always the most important thing, more important than myself. !"

Before that, every time Brother An said such things to her, she would inevitably say that when she grows up, she will be married off properly.But after returning from Daliang, Yu Ruyan never said such words again——

Today's Brother An, she is reluctant to marry her again, because she is afraid that she will be rejected and bullied by her husband's family after she gets married. Only by bringing her by her side can she feel at ease and feel that she has not been wronged!
While talking, the master and servant had already returned to the gate of Jinying Palace. At that time, Huo Xiang and Concubine Lian had personally led the people and had been waiting in Jinying Palace for a long time!

In the brightly lit Hibiscus Palace, Concubine Lian was sitting in the courtyard in a splendid dress. She hadn't seen her for a few days. Her complexion was much worse than before. , her well-maintained face is still a bit older, and wrinkles appear at the end of her charming eyes!

Seeing Yu Ruyan come in, Concubine Lian's eyes flickered slightly, and a hint of hatred flashed from the bottom of her eyes!

She is as smart as she is. When it comes to what happened in the harem since these days, how could she not understand that everything was done by someone behind her back.

And this person is very likely to be the indifferent but gorgeous slut in front of him!
Just going through it lightly in her mind, Concubine Lian already thought that in this harem, apart from Yu Ruyan, no one else has the ability and courage to deal with her.

Thinking of the ordeals that Chunlan Palace has suffered these days, thinking of her flowery daughter who is scared to death by the ghost now, her expression is also foolish, suspicious all day long, and she dare not even leave the room door, but The half of her tongue a few nights ago was so frightening that she became incontinent...

Most importantly, because of the haunting, rumors spread everywhere in the palace, all saying that Shangguan Xianzhong's death was caused by their mother and concubine. Everyone's eyes on Chunlan Palace changed, and even King Qi began to doubt her.

Thinking of this, the hatred in Concubine Lian's heart surged one after another, wishing to kill Yu Ruyan, but she was an extremely wealthy person, and she would not show her emotions until there was no conclusive evidence.

Standing up slowly, Concubine Lian smiled at Yu Ruyan who entered the door, and said, "Princess is still outside at this late hour, but is she waiting for the fifth son-in-law to return to the palace?"

Yu Ruyan smiled indifferently like her: "Concubine Lianmu was joking, I just choked on eating late, and walked around the imperial garden a few more times, but I didn't know that Concubine Lianmu was here, I'm really rude .”

While speaking, the man sitting opposite Concubine Lian turned around, bowed his hands towards Yu Ruyan and said: "The old minister has seen Princess Heshuo!"

Under the illumination of the lights, one could see that the visitor was wearing a navy blue robe. He looked about [-] years old, not tall, but his eyes were piercing, and his appearance was somewhat similar to that of Concubine Lian.

Don't need to think too much, the ordinary old man in front of him is Huo Xiang, who is well-known in the government and the public!
Huo Xiang's face was calm and unwavering, and his eyes were as deep as a thousand-year-old well, without any fluctuations. If he and Concubine Lian hadn't appeared in front of Yu Ruyan, she would have guessed that he was Huo Xiang. When she met her on the road, she must have never imagined that such an ordinary person would be a powerful minister!
However, Yu Ruyan knew that the more restrained a person is, the more difficult it is to deal with!
She smiled sweetly, bowed her knees to salute him, and said indifferently: "Huo Xiang's name has always been like thunder, and it is a great fortune to meet you today!"

Huo Xiang didn't have any troubles on his face, and said in a deep voice: "The old minister searched the palace according to the emperor's order, please forgive me for disturbing the princess."

Yu Ruyan said coolly: "I heard that Huo Xiang searched the palace because of ghosts. Also, the palace has not been peaceful recently, so I have to search it carefully, otherwise, not only Concubine Lian and the eldest princess will sleep at night. It's not quiet, and even the Sixth Courtyard of the Harem will be unsafe, this princess really hopes that Huo Xiang can find out why, and give the emperor and everyone an explanation!"

After finishing speaking, he sat down leisurely without entering the room, and said generously: "Presumably by this time, Huo Xiang will probably also search for other places in the palace.
After that, my little Hibiscus Palace is only the size of a palm, and you can see the head at a glance. Huo Xiang wants to search, so let's start! "

Yu Ruyan's words made Concubine Lian's heart tremble——

Huo Xiang had already made a desperate effort to search the palace this time, because if he wanted to change the current passive state of Chunlan Palace, he had to find a breakthrough from the haunting incident.

But if this search finds nothing...

Concubine Lian couldn't help but think of the promise her father made when he asked King Qi to search the palace——

Although King Qi is stupid, he is not stupid. He knows that no foreign minister can search this harem, but Huo Xiang is no better than others. In addition, he came here in the name of protecting his daughter and granddaughter, and asked Qi The king made a promise that if the search of the palace fails, Huo Xiang will be punished for the crime of disturbing the harem!

But now, the entire harem is almost exhausted, except for the Empress Dowager's Huayang Palace who dare not set foot there, only this small Hibiscus Cherry Palace is left.

Concubine Lian looked at Yu Ruyan's calm expression, and felt nervous. She couldn't help but think that this bitch has always been very evil. Although she was the most suspicious, seeing her relaxed face, Concubine Lian's heart trembled. Trembling, I'm afraid that if such a big commotion occurs this time, it will be a waste of time to fetch water from the bamboo basket, and it will be too uneconomical to lose my father's future at that time.

She was worried and uneasy, and couldn't help turning her head to look at her father, but Huo Xiang described it with a steady face, without any panic on his face, and calmly began to command his subordinates to start searching the palace!
Brother An got Yu Ruyan's order and led the people into the palace.

During the search process, Huo Xiang walked up to Yu Ruyan, suddenly smiled slowly, and said, "I have always heard that the fifth princess is the most clever and cunning, and the old minister can't help but want to ask, what does the fifth princess think about this recent incident in the harem?"

Yu Ruyan smiled lightly, and said calmly: "Regarding ghosts, people in the world have different opinions, there are those who don't believe and some who believe deeply, but in the eyes of this princess, I feel that everything must have a cause and effect, so this haunted ghost The incident did not happen for no reason. Am I right, Concubine Lianmu?"

When Concubine Lian was asked by her, she couldn't help but think of Shangguan Xianzhong being killed by herself, her heart went numb, and she didn't know how to answer her.

Huo Xiang saw that his daughter was deflated, but he was not angry. He smiled heartily and said, "It's not easy for the fifth princess to have such comprehension at such a young age. The old minister has been an official for several years, serving the monarchs of two dynasties. There is a reason!"

His eyes were deep and sharp, and he looked at Yu Ruyan firmly.

Yu Ruyan met his sharp gaze without fear, and said: "A truth that Huo Xiang has realized for so many years must be a great thing, and this princess wants to listen to it!"

Huo Xiang put away the smile on his face, his eyes were radiant, but he said in a casual tone: "The karma that the princess said, and the ghosts and gods that the world believes, are nothing but unreliable. Yes, the truth is that everything in this world is man-made. Ghosts are not scary, but those who pretend to be ghosts are the scariest!"

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's whole body was shocked, and a bad premonition suddenly surged in her heart!
Seeing Huo Xiang's calm yet confident look, Yu Ruyan felt that she had missed something!
However, at this moment, there was an exclamation from the darkroom in the hall, and then those who searched actually brought out the Gong barrel from the darkroom, lifted the lid of the barrel and put it in the middle of the courtyard.

Concubine Lian involuntarily frowned and covered her nose, and Yu Ruyan was also full of surprise, only Huo Xiang walked over without hesitation, glanced at the Gong bucket lightly, and sighed in satisfaction: "Busy!" After one night, the truth has finally lived up to the emperor's kindness, come, please come and ask the sage to come over!"

After hearing his words, Yu Ruyan's heart sank with a 'thump', she couldn't help but walked up quickly, and looked into Gong Tong.

After seeing what was inside, he was suffocated for an instant, with a look of horror on his face——

The pails in the palace were dumped and cleaned by someone in the morning, and it was already night, and there was half a tongue floating in the small half of the pail!

Yu Ruyan's whole body turned cold, and she stayed on the spot inconceivably——

How is it possible, how could there be such a thing in the bucket in her bedroom, she didn't even find it when she came out in the afternoon!

Cold sweat dripped down her cheeks, her whole body was cold, and she instantly realized that she had finally fallen into someone else's trap today.

Concubine Lian couldn't help but came over to take a look, and when she saw the floating tongue, she understood something in her heart, and slapped Yu Ruyan's face with a backhand slap!
"Bitch, it really is you."

Concubine Lian's slap was so powerful that Yu Ruyan fell to the ground when she didn't notice, and Concubine Lian thought of being tortured by the haunted ghosts these days, so she hated her so much that she rushed forward and slapped her again. On Yu Ruyan's face.

Brother An saw him, recovered from the shock, and defended Yu Ruyan desperately, Concubine Lian slapped her across the face.

Concubine Lian wanted to continue fighting, but was stopped by Huo Xiang. Concubine Lian was so angry that she said in a hateful voice: "Father, don't stop me. This little bitch has made our mother and daughter suffer too much. My Mingzhu was scared to death by her." Half of my life is left, if I don't beat her to death, the hatred in my heart will be hard to appease."

Concubine Lian's eyes were fierce and terrifying, her teeth were clenched, and her ferocious description wished she could swallow Yu Ruyan alive.

"What's the rush? Father didn't always teach you to be calm when things happen. Now that the evidence is convincing, we just need to wait for the Holy Spirit to come and give justice to you mother and daughter."

After finishing speaking, he pulled Concubine Lian over, sat down again, drank tea leisurely and waited for King Qi to come over.

Yu Ruyan was slapped twice by Concubine Lian until her eyes burst into stars, she sat on the ground in a daze and her heart became numb.

Suddenly, she thought of what Huo Xiang said to her just now, and a light flashed in her heart.

She got up from the ground with a cry, walked in front of Huo Xiang coldly, looked at him condescendingly, and knew everything in her heart!
"I didn't expect that the dignified Huo Xianggan would be so adept at setting things up!"

Concubine Lian scolded: "Bitch, now that things are going on, you still dare to talk nonsense. Believe it or not, I will make your father pull out your tongue..."

"Oh, nonsense? I think someone deliberately threw the tongue brought in during the search into my palace. I didn't expect such a dirty trick to be done by the dignified Prime Minister. I have opened my eyes today."

For Yu Ruyan's ridicule, Huo Xiang was not angry at all. He quietly drank the tea in his hand and said coldly: "Doesn't the princess believe in karma? I just want to tell you that I, a member of the Huo family, did not People dare to bully!"

Yu Ruyan staggered and almost couldn't stand upright, the place on her face was burning with pain, and her heart was full of hatred——

If she knew that Huo Xiang had committed a crime in front of King Qi, she would not let these people enter her bedroom so easily.

She is too young after all, no match for the treacherous Huo Xiang!
What is she going to do now?He clearly knew that this tongue was brought in by Huo Xiang, but who would believe it?

Yu Ruyan sank into the ice cave with her whole body, and the chill in her heart was churning. Looking at the majestic and dignified Prime Minister in front of her, she never expected that such an old man, who is still the prime minister, would make such a framing What a shameless thing to frame!
After a while, rushing footsteps sounded outside, and the gate opened. Not only King Qi came, but even Yu Mingzhu, who had not been out of the palace for a long time, also came.Moreover, Concubine Shu and other concubines in the palace followed behind them.

The Jinying Palace, which had always been deserted and quiet, was suddenly full of people, and the Gong bucket had been lifted down, but the tongue inside was lifted out separately and placed on the ground.

Seeing King Qi coming in, Concubine Lian put away her previous look and threw herself in front of King Qi, crying with snot and tears, she insisted that the ghost in the palace was Yu Ruyan made.

King Qi and everyone were shocked when they heard this, but Concubine Shu's face was pale!
Yu Mingzhu entered the courtyard on the first day, saw the broken tongue on the ground and screamed again, she was so frightened that she hid behind the crowd, after hearing Concubine Lian's words, she realized that it was Yu Ruyan who was playing tricks, she immediately gritted her teeth in hatred and rushed Go forward to beat Yu Ruyan.

Before Yu Ruyan was slapped by Concubine Lian because she was too shocked to notice, but now that Yu Mingzhu wants to hit her again, she will not stand there and wait to be hit by her.

Yu Ruyan also hated it in her heart, so seeing Yu Mingzhu rushing towards her, she picked up the teapot on the table and threw it at it.

Before she could reach out her hand, the teapot hit Yu Mingzhu's body, and the tea splashed all over her. Although the tea had been left for a while, it wasn't too hot, but it still splashed all over her.

Yu Mingzhu screamed again, she looked at Yu Ruyan who was full of frost in disbelief, she never imagined that now that the matter was revealed, she didn't have any fear at all, and dared to fight her.

She scolded sharply: "Bitch, you pretended to be a ghost in the palace to harm me, and now you don't obediently kneel down to plead guilty, how dare you hurt me!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to align with the king and said, "Father, she made such a big mistake, she must be punished well, put her in the sky prison, and don't let her suffer. She doesn't know the rules in the palace, and she will only go overboard." It's getting more and more lawless."

After all, without waiting for King Qi's consent, it was already a wave of his hand and someone went up to tie Yu Ruyan!
(End of this chapter)