slave like jade

Chapter 127
Hearing Yu Ruyan's words, Brother An's heart trembled, and he said in fear: "Princess, Concubine Lian has issued a strict order not to let you in, why do you..."

Yu Ruyan said in a cold tone: "That's the best, I'll always have a way to get in. Other things have been arranged, so just wait for her to take the initiative to enter the urn, and then seize the evidence of her poisoning Wu Zhaoyi with my own hands!"

Seeing Brother An's face full of worries, Yu Ruyan whispered something in her ear, she immediately understood, with an excited expression on her face, and said: "How can I forget it, this is a good idea, In this way, I feel relieved." After finishing speaking, he ran out of the palace.

After Brother An left, Yu Ruyan quickly returned to Jinying Palace, changed into a maid's dress, tied up her hair, and put on a human skin mask again!

She quietly walked out from the side door of Jinying Palace, and went straight to Chunwu Palace.

When he got there, he didn't stop for a moment, sneaked into the crowd of palace people in the courtyard, and approached the bedroom where Wu Zhaoyi gave birth little by little.

The emperor, the empress dowager and other concubines all guarded the side hall of the bedroom, while the main hall of Wu Zhaoyi's bedroom was occupied by Concubine Lian.

Hearing Wu Zhaoyi's painful voice louder than louder, the entire Chunwu Palace was in a state of panic, not even daring to step heavily on their footsteps.

The queen mother was sitting upright in the side hall, and when she heard Wu Zhaoyi's painful voice, she closed her eyelids, flicked the prayer beads in her hand nervously, and softly recited 'Namo Amitabha Buddha', praying for the safety of Wu Zhaoyi, mother and son!

As the sun went down, Wu Zhaoyi's cry became weaker and weaker, and maids in the palace began to walk out with basins of bloody water, and then brought in basins of hot water.

Yu Ruyan approached the corridor quietly, taking advantage of the gloom, she stretched out her foot and tripped a palace lady carrying water, the palace lady fell to the ground with a cry of surprise, her knee was bruised, Yu Ruyan walked out from the shadows, He affectionately helped her to sit down on one side, took the copper basin in her hand and said: "My sister rests here, my younger sister will take care of her instead!"

The maids serving in the palace have been busy all afternoon without even eating, and they are all exhausted. Now that she heard her asking for help, the maid did not doubt that he was there, and quickly handed her the things in her hand, saying I said thank you and went to rest.

Yu Ruyan entered Wu Zhaoyi's bedroom with a low eyebrow and pleasing eyes, carrying hot water. As soon as she entered, she felt a suffocating smell of blood.

The light in the hall was dim and the air was not circulating. Yu Ruyan glanced quickly around the room and saw Concubine Lian sitting leisurely drinking tea. It stuck to the body as if it was pulled out of the water, the clothes on the body were all wet with sweat, and the bedding under the body was stained with blood.

Yu Ruyan saw that the three midwives she had brought into the palace were also there, and besides, Nanny Fang was guarding the house all the time beside the queen mother——

It seems that after listening to the words of the concubine in Lenggong, the Empress Dowager no longer trusted Concubine Lian in her heart, fearing that she would tamper with Wu Zhaoyi during the delivery process, so she sent Nanny Fang to guard here herself.

Yu Ruyan sighed secretly in her heart, thinking that the Queen Mother had always been worried that Concubine Lian would play tricks during Wu Zhaoyi's delivery, but she didn't know that Concubine Lian would not do this this time, because this time her target was the baby in Wu Zhaoyi's stomach. Prince, therefore, there will be no tricks in the production process, but once the little prince is born safely, she will never let Wu Zhaoyi go!

Thinking of this, Yu Ruyan pretended to go forward to wipe Wu Zhaoyi's sweat, and whispered in her ear: "Mother, I'm here, don't be afraid!"

Suddenly hearing Yu Ruyan's familiar voice, Wu Zhaoyi's flustered heart froze for a moment, her eyes widened in disbelief at the plain-looking palace maid in front of her, thinking she was hallucinating and misheard.

Yu Ruyan looked at her unbelievable description, and whispered in her ear again: "Your Majesty, just rest assured to give birth, and let me do other things. I will definitely not let Concubine Lian harm you and your child."

This time, Wu Zhaoyi could hear clearly. She looked at the maid in front of her in great surprise, and was about to ask, Yu Ruyan quickly glanced at the direction of Concubine Lian with her eyes. Wu Zhaoyi is such a smart person. Knowing what she meant, pretending not to know her, but calming down in her heart, she gritted her teeth against the pain that was tearing her whole body, and listened to the midwife's words with all her strength!

But no matter how hard Wu Zhaoyi tried, after all, because she was twins, the children would not show their heads for a while, and Wu Zhaoyi seemed to have run out of strength, her voice became weaker and weaker, her face was as white as gold paper, she gritted her teeth and pulled Yuru The corner of Yan's clothes was about to speak, but Yu Ruyan said softly first: "Your Majesty, don't be discouraged, after working so hard for so long, you must give birth to the little prince and princess."

Wu Zhaoyi's lips were pale, and she said tremblingly, "I...I have no strength..."

After hearing her words, Yu Ruyan was extremely anxious. She suddenly remembered what the midwives said when she was free, and hurriedly walked up to Mother Fang quietly, and deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Mom, Madam It was said just now that she can't exert all her strength, do you want to make her something to eat?"

After all, Nanny Fang was an old man who had served the Queen Mother. When she heard this, she hurried out to report to the Queen Mother. When the Queen Mother heard about it, she asked someone to bring the best ginseng in her palace, boil it into ginseng soup and feed it to Wu Zhaoyi. She cut thin slices of ginseng and let her hold it in her mouth to help her breathe, so that she had the strength to give birth to the child.

With the help of ginseng soup, Wu Zhaoyi's spirit improved again, and finally gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, male and female, at dawn.

When Nanny Fang led the palace people joyfully holding the prince and princess out to congratulate the emperor, Yu Ruyan glanced at Concubine Lian and followed her out, leaving only a few maids waiting in the room.

Yu Ruyan hurriedly walked to Wu Zhaoyi, who was dying of exhaustion, and said, "Your Majesty, pay attention. From now on, Concubine Lian is going to attack your Majesty!"

Wu Zhaoyi lay weak and helpless on the bed, anxiously said: "What should I do? Please help me!"

"Listen well, empress, from now on, don't touch anything, even the tea I bring you, because I don't know what Concubine Lian put the poison of dove feather into."

As soon as Wu Zhaoyi heard the word Jiuyu, Wu Zhaoyi trembled with fear. She had just given birth to a child through untold hardships, and it can be said that she had just stepped back from the gate of hell. Her life, how can she not be afraid or panic?
She lay there powerless, and looked around the dimly lit hall. She couldn't believe anyone except Yu Ruyan, but she was so helpless, so she had to put all her hopes on Yu Ruyan. Ru Yan is on her body.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Don't worry, I will remember your words."

Yu Ruyan said to Wu Zhaoyi again: "The child has been seen by the emperor and the empress dowager now, and there will be no serious problems. In order to avoid Concubine Lian's suspicion, the empress will pretend to be sleeping from now on, and leave other matters to me at ease."

After Wu Zhaoyi heard her words, she quickly closed her eyes and rested her mind.

Sure enough, in a short while, Concubine Lian led the palace people in, brought soup to the bedside herself, and said to Wu Zhaoyi with a smile: "My sister gave birth to the prince and princess successfully this time, which is really a great achievement. The emperor said, wait until the court At that time, I will announce to the world that my younger sister is the imperial concubine. I am afraid that the imperial edict has been issued at this time. Come on, this is the ginseng soup that the queen mother made for my younger sister. My younger sister is tired after giving birth. Drink a bowl and take a good rest for a while, ready to receive the edict Thank you!"

The ginseng soup in Concubine Lian's hand was steaming, and the soup was clear, Yu Ruyan took the ginseng soup from Concubine Lian's hand calmly.Lowering his head and lowering his voice, he said, "Your Majesty, let the servants come!"

Concubine Lian had this intention, she looked at Yu Ruyan coldly in her eyes, and thought, it would be good for you to be my scapegoat!

Yu Ruyan took the ginseng soup and gently called Wu Zhaoyi a few times, but Wu Zhaoyi seemed to be too tired and fell asleep, and she didn't wake up after waking her. No, this servant will take this ginseng soup to the small kitchen to warm it up, and drink it when Empress Zhaoyi wakes up."

Concubine Lian wished that this small bowl of ginseng soup could be poured down by Wu Zhaoyi right away, but on second thought, the more people who handled this soup, the better. By that time, Wu Zhaoyi died. Thinking of her, it would be the best to have this little girl in front of her help her to take the blame.

Thinking of this, she said in a pleasant voice: "Well, since my sister is tired, let her have a good rest, don't forget to feed her after she sleeps, this is the queen mother's wish , not careless."

Yu Ruyan responded repeatedly, and carefully brought the bowl of ginseng soup out of the hall, and at the corner of the corridor, she met An Ge who was guarding there.

Brother An has been waiting for her here for a long time, and when he saw her come out, he said happily, "You got the princess?"

Yu Ruyan nodded, took off the silver hairpin on her head and put it into the ginseng soup. In the next second, the plain white silver hairpin was completely black!
Although she already guessed that the ginseng soup was poisoned, seeing such a fact with her own eyes still shocked Yu Ruyan's heart violently——

Concubine Lian brought such a highly poisonous substance to Wu Zhaoyi with a smile on her face, persuading her to drink it.

If they hadn't noticed it long ago, Wu Zhaoyi would have died after drinking the ginseng soup.

Firmly holding the silver hairpin in her hand, Yu Ruyan suppressed the chill rising from the soles of her feet, and asked, "How is the previous court? Master Shang Shu and the others have entered the palace?"

Brother An restrained the joy in his heart and nodded, excitedly said: "Everything is going well, princess, don't worry, I believe it won't be long before someone will pass on Concubine Lian and Yu Mingzhu to ask the Holy Master."

Before the words were finished, the eunuch beside King Qi rushed to Chunwu Palace with a group of imperial guards. Yu Ruyan was shocked, and asked An Ge to put away the ginseng soup, and followed the eunuch into the palace.

In the inner hall, seeing the arrival of the eunuch delivering the decree, Concubine Lian thought it was the imperial decree for the reward. Although she felt extremely uncomfortable, she thought that Wu Zhaoyi was going to see the King of Hades soon, so what did it matter if she was a noble concubine for a while? , she is very generous not to care about the dying person!

She stepped forward happily, and said to the eunuch who was sweating from running: "Eunuch, I have received the order of the Holy One to announce the good news. Unfortunately, Zhaoyi was too tired just now and was resting. Please ask Eunuch to take a rest outside and drink a cup of hot water." Tea, wait for Bengong to go in and wake up Zhaoyi, and then come to receive the order."

The father-in-law's face was ugly, and he said with embarrassment: "Qi Madam, the old slave is following the emperor's order to ask Madam to go to the imperial study to answer. That... the eldest princess has also been invited."

Hearing this, Concubine Lian frowned slightly, and when she heard that Yu Mingzhu was also invited to the imperial study, she couldn't help but had a bad premonition in her heart, and she couldn't help asking: "Do you know what the emperor is calling me to go to at this time? Chunwu The palace still has something to wait for the palace to order..."

"Your Majesty, the Emperor said, no matter what your Majesty is doing, please put it down for now, Your Majesty... Your Majesty is waiting for Your Majesty in the imperial study!"

Thinking of the situation in the imperial study, the eunuch trembled in his heart, but he didn't dare to say a word, but urged Concubine Lian to go with him quickly.

Although Concubine Lian was a little puzzled, she didn't know what King Qi wanted her to do for a while, so she had to follow the eunuch outside, and when she walked into the yard and saw the Imperial Forest Army guarding outside, her heart "thumped". sinking with a sound...

At this time, Yu Ruyan was more than half relaxed. After Concubine Lian was taken away, Yu Ruyan hurriedly went to the inner hall, woke up Wu Zhaoyi, and told her about the poison in the ginseng soup.

Wu Zhaoyi was so angry that her teeth were itching, Yu Ruyan saw the opportunity and said: "Although I know that my mother is very tired after giving birth, but today is the day to completely bring down Concubine Lian, so please be patient and go to the imperial study to make the ginseng soup. matters, and Concubine Lian personally explained to Father Emperor about the matter of Concubine Lian playing with the little prince."

As soon as Wu Zhaoyi thought of Concubine Lian's viciousness, she wished to kill her. She had no more worries in her heart, so she asked the palace servants to immediately change her into clean clothes, bring ginseng soup, and get on a soft sedan chair to rush away. Went to the imperial study room.

As soon as Wu Zhaoyi left, Brother An said, "Princess, what shall we do next?"

Yu Ruyan sighed heavily and said, "Concubine Lian dared to poison the ginseng soup that the queen mother gave Wu Zhaoyi, it is also audacious, so since the ginseng soup was given by the queen mother, she must also let the queen know about it, you Go to Huayang Palace and tell the fourth princess that something happened to Wu Zhaoyi, and ask her to accompany the queen mother to the imperial study to uphold justice for Zhaoyi. The queen mother Zhaoyi just gave birth to a little grandson for the queen mother, so the queen mother will definitely help her out. "

After ordering everything, Yu Ruyan quietly returned to Jinying Palace, changed her clothes, took off the human skin mask, tied her hair up, and walked towards the imperial study.

Just as he went out, he ran into Mu Lingzhi head-on, followed by Chen Yiqing and the old man, who seemed to be a doctor brought in from outside the palace.

As soon as he saw Yu Ruyan, Mu Lingzhi's anxious expression eased a bit. He heard that she was going to deal with Concubine Lian alone, and Mu Lingzhi was extremely anxious. Now that she was safe and sound, he felt relaxed and asked, "Will you go?" Royal study?"

Yu Ruyan said: "Yeah, I've been busy for the past few days, and things should come to a conclusion, so I have to go ahead and have a look. If Your Highness is tired, go and have a rest..."

"I'll go with you!"

Without even thinking about it, Mu Lingzhi turned around and walked forward together with her, saying, "I heard that the Ministry of Punishment has evidence to prove that the person who killed Shangguan Xianzhong? Did you arrange it?"

Up to now, Yu Ruyan's heart is clear, she took his arm and said: "If people don't want to know, they can't do it anymore. Therefore, everything that Concubine Lian and Yu Mingzhu are going to face now is the cause and effect they planted themselves!"

"Are you sure you can defeat them in one fell swoop?" Mu Lingzhi looked at her and asked with concern.

Yu Ruyan thought carefully for a while and said: "I believe they will not be able to escape this time."

When they arrived at the imperial study room, there was already a whole room full of people standing inside. King Qi was sitting at the head, the Queen Mother had also arrived, and the people kneeling in the middle of the hall were Shangguan and his wife, Concubine Lian, Yu Mingzhu and the lower servant. The poisonous girls were kneeling on the ground, and Wu Zhaoyi was sitting beside her, already crying like pear blossoms and rain.And that bowl of ginseng soup has also been placed on King Qi's dragon case.

King Qi's face was ashen, he slapped the dragon case heavily, and shouted angrily at Concubine Lian and her daughter on the ground: "Say, what Master Shangshu and Wu Zhaoyi said is true?"

Concubine Lian's face was ashen, and Yu Mingzhu was so frightened that she cried into tears and collapsed on the ground. Following King Qi's shout, both mother and daughter shuddered. Yu Mingzhu's first reaction was to go to Lian Concubine Lian hid beside her, but Concubine Lian finally spoke tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, all of this is the slander of Shangshu and Zhaoyi. What they said about the poison of pigeon feathers, and the death of Shangguan Xianzhong has nothing to do with the concubine, and it has nothing to do with Mingzhu. We mother and daughter Living in this harem all year round, accompanying His Majesty every day, how could he do such a thing, my concubine is wronged!"

After hearing her words, Shangguan Shangshu quickly opened his mouth in pain, and presented the letterhead left by Shangguan Xianzhong to King Qi and the Queen Mother, and said sadly: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, there is only one child in the old minister's family. My son has become a pitiful cripple in the matter with the fourth princess. I thought that the eldest princess insisted on marrying into the Shangshu family because she had true feelings for my son. Unexpectedly, when he became a cripple, the eldest princess He was so disgusted...so disgusted that he wanted to die! Your Majesty! The old minister has been loyal to the imperial court all his life. I never thought... I never thought that a white-haired man would be sent to a black-haired man in the end. No more, the old minister is not reconciled to death!"

Lord Shangguan's words made everyone present feel sad. Looking at the white hair on the heads of Shangguan and his wife, and thinking of Shangguan Xianzhong's tragic death, everyone's complexions became heavy.

The queen mother sighed heavily, stood up and helped the Shangguan couple with her own hands, and said heartbroken: "In the end, our royal family is sorry for your Shangguan family, don't worry, if the matter is true, the emperor and the Ai family will definitely give your Shangguan family an explanation. "

After all, before the emperor opened his mouth, the queen mother came to Yu Mingzhu majestically, pointed at Yu Mingzhu who was shivering and said: "Is what this lowly servant girl said true? The poison of dove feathers is really yours!" Let her go?"

Ever since Yu Mingzhu was called to the imperial study and saw the maid brought in by Master Shangshu, she was frightened and stupid, but she was not stupid, she knew that if she confessed, she would die, so even if she was scared My whole body trembled, but I didn't dare to say a word, I just shook my head desperately.

But the Empress Dowager obviously believed the Lord Shang Shu's words, and she gritted her teeth and said bitterly: "You are so cruel, he is the son-in-law you snatched from your sister's hands by all means, and in the end you don't want him anymore, and you still hate him , actually got murderous intentions, and I really can do it!"

After hearing what the queen mother said, Concubine Lian was so shocked that she couldn't wait for Yu Mingzhu to speak, she said desperately: "Queen mother, how can you only listen to a girl's words and an unfounded letter? The murderer is the Pearl of my family, she is the eldest princess, how could she do such a thing? Queen Mother, she is your granddaughter, you can't wrong her like this!"

After all, Concubine Lian was so angry that she slapped the servant's face fiercely, and said in a hateful voice: "A little lowly servant dares to slander the eldest princess, do you think your life is too long?"

The servant girl was slapped to the side, the queen mother saw that Concubine Lian was still so arrogant at this time, she couldn't help but snorted coldly: "Wrong?! The Ai family didn't settle accounts with you, and you still blame the Ai family? !"

The queen mother made it clear today that she didn't want to let Concubine Lian go easily, she pointed at the sluggish Yu Mingzhu and scolded: "Although she is the eldest princess of Daqi, but she has a vicious woman like you as her concubine. If it’s not right, Aijia asks you, what happened to Wu Zhaoyi’s ginseng soup? Why did the poison of pigeon feathers appear in the ginseng soup I gave her? Could it be that I poisoned her? It's on Ai's head, it's simply hateful!"

Now that the field is like this, Concubine Lian can't care about anything anymore, her eyes are fierce, and she said viciously: "The concubine kindly guarded Zhaoyi's bedside to accompany her to give birth, but in the end, her kindness was not rewarded. Let’s face it, the dove feathers in this ginseng soup were not made by the concubine, the concubine has never heard of such a thing!”

Seeing her so stubborn, Wu Zhaoyi cried: "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, Mr. Shangguan died from the poison of Jiu Yu, and the imperial doctor has also tested it just now, the poison in this ginseng soup is the poison of Jiu Yu, and this girl I also personally said that it was the eldest princess who used her family as a threat to force her to poison Lord Shangguan's tea."

"Things in the world can be so coincidental. Ordinary people have never heard of the poison of feathers. When did they meet at the same time by such a coincidence? Moreover, Concubine Lian personally ordered the concubine to drink this bowl of ginseng soup at that time. Yes, I still borrowed the empress dowager's reputation, if it wasn't... If it wasn't for the concubine who had been wary of Concubine Lian and secretly tried it with a silver needle afterwards, how would she know that this bowl of ginseng soup was actually poisoned with such a huge poison? ?! If the concubine hadn't been fateful and fell asleep in a moment of exhaustion, if she had forced her to drink ginseng soup, I'm afraid she would have lost her life as quietly as a Shangguan son, and the concubine risked her life for His Majesty The child she gave birth was also taken away by her, and became a stepping stone for her to ascend to the next position!"

Wu Zhaoyi's words attacked the hearts of everyone present. Concubine Lian couldn't feel any warmth in her body, but she knew that if she wanted to save her life at this time, she would kill her and refuse to admit it, so she couldn't help but cried to King Qi: "Your Majesty I didn't expect my father to lose power for just one day, and Shangshu and Zhaoyi joined forces to slander me. This is to put the concubine and the eldest princess to death. Your Majesty, these are all their schemes. You must trust the concubine! !"

"Damn you!" The queen mother snorted coldly: "Now, you still don't admit the wrong thing you did? The Ai family sent someone to search your Chunlan Palace just now, but you are secretly There is a baby room in the palace, you said, if you didn’t want to kill Zhaoyi and take her son, why did you secretly prepare the little prince’s room? Do you really think everyone is blind?"

Concubine Lian's whole body was shocked, and she looked at the queen mother in front of her in disbelief——

Ever since she took over the harem, the queen mother has never cared about the affairs of the harem. Over time, Concubine Lian did not pay much attention to the queen mother. When you see your eyes, you can't help but get hairy all over your body.

Yu Ruyan looked quietly at Concubine Lian and Yu Mingzhu like beasts trapped in a desperate situation. Although they were forced into a desperate situation, they were still struggling to die. She raised her teeth fiercely and vowed to die. A smug look flashed in Concubine Lian's eyes, and she couldn't help being stunned.

Concubine Lian stood up coldly, puffed out her chest, and said to the Queen Mother and the crowd fiercely: "I am your Majesty's concubine, who has been in charge of the harem for many years, and my daughter is the most honorable eldest princess of Daqi. Although my father Misfortune happened, but—my Huo family is not dead!"

"Just relying on a lowly little girl, relying on a piece of letter paper without any basis, and relying on the inexplicable excess of poison in this ginseng soup to convict this palace and the eldest princess, isn't it too childish!"

(End of this chapter)