slave like jade

Chapter 128
"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!"

Concubine Lian's sudden words stunned everyone present——

Yes, she is the imperial concubine, and Yu Mingzhu is the eldest princess of Daqi. Although Huo Xiang has been exiled, Concubine Lian's brothers are still in court proceedings, and all of them have high official positions.And Huo Xiang's disciples have penetrated into the bones of the court, so, as she said, these alone are not enough to convict the mother and daughter!

"You said the poison of dove feathers on the left, and the poison of dove feathers on the right, but I never knew that there was such a thing in the world, so I will not admit anything you slandered!"

"Queen Mother, you have sent people to search my Chunlan Palace, dare to ask you, did you find any poison?!"

Concubine Lian looked at the queen mother provocatively, but when she asked such a question, she stopped the queen mother from asking.

Before searching the palace, the Empress Dowager really asked people to search carefully the bedroom of Concubine Lian and Yu Mingzhu, trying to find out the poison of dove feathers hidden by them, but they found nothing.

What the queen mother didn't expect was that since the rumors of Shangguan Xianzhong spread, Concubine Lian had become vigilant in her heart, and Huo Xiang asked her to destroy all the dove poison around her. No dove poison could be found in the palace, no matter how much evidence there was, it would be difficult to convict her based on her identity and status.

Therefore, after hearing Huo Xiang's words, Concubine Lian had already destroyed all the dove poison, leaving only a small portion which was used up in Chunwu Palace today. There are traces of dove poison.

Seeing the Queen Mother being questioned, Yu Ruyan's heart was clear. She quietly told An Ge to get a copper basin and pour some water, brought it to Concubine Lian and said coldly: "The poison of dove feather in Wu Zhaoyi's ginseng soup Whether or not it was done by the empress, you only need a basin of clear water to find out. Empress, do you dare to soak your nails in this water?"

Concubine Lian was frightened when she heard the words, and her first reaction was to hide her right hand behind her back. However, just by her actions, everyone had a clear understanding in their hearts!

Previously in Chunwu Palace, Yu Ruyan never let Concubine Lian's actions go unnoticed. She saw with her own eyes that when she picked up the bowl of ginseng soup, the little finger of her right hand approached the bowl without a trace. If she guessed correctly , that dove poison must have been hidden in the little fingernail by her.

Seeing the description on Concubine Lian's face, Yu Ruyan approached her again without flinching, and after the Queen Mother realized it, she ordered Nanny Fang to lead someone forward, hold Concubine Lian down, and tightly clasped her sleeves Put your lower right hand into the basin...

Concubine Lian struggled in horror, and knocked over the copper basin in Yu Ruyan's hand with all her strength. Unfortunately, Yu Ruyan knew that the basin of water in her hand was the final evidence to judge Concubine Lian's mother and daughter. How could she let her go? Knock over? !

Concubine Lian started to bite the palace man who was holding her madly, her face twisted to the extreme, with such a description, there was no trace of her usual noble and elegant appearance. Ruyan cursed heart-piercingly——

"Bitch, it's all you, I know, all of this is your conspiracy! Bitch, you just want me to die, and I won't let you succeed!"

After shouting, he shouted to Yu Mingzhu who was completely stunned and stood still: "Mingzhu, hurry up, go and grab the copper basin in her hand."

Yu Mingzhu knelt at a place one step away from Yu Ruyan. Ever since she heard the testimony of the servant girl, she had been in a state of extreme panic and fear. When she thought that she would poison Shangguan Xianzhong, her father and emperor would be punished. Everyone noticed that when they thought that her power was going to die, they were so frightened that they trembled all over——

She didn't want to die, she was still so young and beautiful, and she hadn't even betrothed to her husband and son-in-law, how could she be willing to die!

Therefore, when she heard Concubine Lian's words, she suddenly came to her senses, and understood that the copper basin in Yu Ruyan's hand was the final evidence to determine the life and death of her and her concubine mother. ...

Yu Ruyan was worried about the copper basin in her hand, it turned out to be Yu Mingzhu who couldn't dodge a close-range sneak attack, seeing her fall backwards, and the copper basin in her hand was also unstable, a figure galloped over like lightning, With one hand, he caught the copper basin that was about to be spilled, and with the other hand, he put Yu Ruyan into his arms, and landed firmly on the ground.

"Presumptuous!" After a short shout, King Qi couldn't help but yell at Concubine Lian and her daughter.

For a moment, the whole imperial study room fell silent, everyone looked at Concubine Lian's mother and daughter, who looked bleak and ashen, as if they were looking at a dead person.

The hatred in the eyes of Concubine Lian and Yu Mingzhu turned into a blade and shot straight at Yu Ruyan. Concubine Lian remembered the words of Daoist Yiyun before, her chest hurt with anger, and she spit out blood with a 'poof', her expression was already Like a madman, he gritted his teeth and cursed: "You nemesis, you really are the nemesis of my mother and daughter, why don't you die...why don't you die!!"

At this point, Yu Ruyan no longer needed to worry about Concubine Lian's words, she crossed an ice blade in her heart, seeing King Qi ordered the imperial physician to go forward to check whether the water in the basin contained Jiu Yu's poison, but she stopped her— —

Yu Ruyan's gaze lightly swept across the group of maids behind the queen mother, and she suddenly aligned herself with the king and said, "Father, my daughter wants you to see how powerful this poison of dove feathers is, and what kind of death method is it for? Will it be like what the imperial doctor said, it will be silent and not noticeable at all?"

After all, without waiting for King Qi's permission, he had already ordered the guards outside the door: "Go and catch the two velvet cats that Empress Lianfei of Chunlan Palace loves most!"

Concubine Lian is well-known in the palace as a cat lover, especially cats with fluffy bodies and beautiful skin colors. Therefore, there are not less than [-] or [-] cats, large and small, in her Chunlan Palace. What Concubine Lian likes most is two Persian white cats that look exactly the same and are pure white and flawless.

Hearing that Yu Ruyan was going to capture her cat, Concubine Lian already understood what she was thinking, and said with hatred and horror on her face, "Bitch, what right do you have to dare to touch things in my palace?"

"Then Aijia has the qualifications?" The empress dowager's cold words made Concubine Lian speechless.

The guards got the Queen Mother's order, ignored Concubine Lian's words, and immediately went to Chunlan Palace to catch the two cats.

In front of everyone, Yu Ruyan hesitated for a moment when she saw the two snow-white and plump cats in the guard's hands, but she knew in her heart how poisonous Jiuyu would be if she didn't let her father see it with her own eyes. Insidious, father would not realize from his heart how vicious and vicious Concubine Lian and Yu Mingzhu's thoughts are.So, in the end, she made up her mind to press one cat's head into the water basin, and then poured the ginseng soup in front of King Qi into the mouth of another cat. After finishing her work, she let go two cats.

These two Persian white cats are usually spoiled by Concubine Lian, and their lives are more comfortable than ordinary concubines in the palace.I heard that when an unfavored nobleman went to pay his respects to Chunlan Palace, one of the two cats jumped on him and scratched his face. The nobleman threw the cat off his body in a hurry When she got down, she threw it a little harder in a hurry, and gnawed on the white cat's paws. In a fit of anger, Concubine Lian broke the nobleman's feet and threw her into the cold palace. Within ten days, the nobleman died of indignation!

Now these two spoiled white cats were caught by the guards, they were unhappy after carrying them all the way, and they were forced to force-feed them, very annoyed, they were suddenly free, pointing their heads at the people around them teeth, and then ran to Concubine Lian who was protecting them, and imagined that as before, let their master help them vent their anger.

However, within a few steps, the cat that drank the ginseng soup fell to the ground without making a sound, while the other cat that drank the water in the basin still walked a few more steps, but in the end it was Before he could reach Concubine Lian in time, he also fell to the ground and lost his breath without a sound.

The two cats, who were arrogant one second, were lying on the ground without breathing in the next second, and the death of the two cats was exactly the same, so there was no need for the imperial doctor to verify, everyone already understood that after soaking in lotus The water in the concubine's nail polish also contained Jiu Yu's poison!

The ironclad evidence is like a mountain, and now, Concubine Lian and Yu Mingzhu can no longer say a word.

Seeing that the cat she had raised for many years died in front of her like this, or died from the poison she had given, Concubine Lian's pupils suddenly widened, and she hugged the cat's corpse in her arms distressedly. Yu Ruyan cursed: "Bitch, you are so cruel..."

However, before she finished cursing, at this moment, a certain court lady who had been following the queen mother with her head bowed, suddenly threw off the two court ladies who were holding her arms, and rushed to Concubine Lian without warning. He started to fight at Concubine Lian, with a frenzied expression, and kept cursing——

"Poison woman, it turns out that my son also died under your dove poison. You poisonous woman, he is still so young, how can you do it!? I want to kill you, I want to kill you for me Revenge, ah..."

The woman who tore Concubine Lian was the concubine Jiang who sang in the cold palace. She gave birth to a son for King Qi four years ago, but when she was one year and seven months old, she just coughed a few times and drank the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor. After taking the medicine, he died quietly.

At that time, Concubine Jiang didn't realize that her son was dead immediately, she always thought that he had fallen asleep after drinking medicine, until the whole cradle was cold, and Concubine Jiang realized that she had worked so hard. The child born to Ku died without warning!

Although Concubine Jiang was in grief at the time, she was the same as other concubines who died suddenly, thinking that her child had a sudden illness and died suddenly, but later she overheard the conversation between Concubine Lian and Huo Xiang—

Although Concubine Lian didn't explain how she killed those princes, she said a word at that time——

She said that before her son was born, no living prince was allowed in the palace.

Concubine Jiang instantly understood that all those princes who died in the palace for so many years were all poisoned by her!

Concubine Jiang had just lost her son, and her heart was extremely sad, but she couldn't find any evidence that Concubine Lian murdered the prince, and she couldn't tell King Qi, but she hated Concubine Lian to the bone!
After learning that Concubine Lian was admiring the lotus by the lake the next day, Concubine Jiang hugged Concubine Lian and jumped into the lake to commit suicide with her determination to perish with her. Unfortunately, both of them were rescued in the end.

When Concubine Jiang woke up again from falling into the water, she was thrown into the cold palace by the king of Qi. From then on, her hatred could no longer be repaid, and she was depressed all day long, until she met Yu Ruyan who went to the cold palace to find the jade girl. thing……

Seeing two cats die quietly now, the description is exactly the same as her son, the sadness in Jiang Cong's heart was aroused by the blood, and she couldn't stand it anymore, and rushed out regardless of the Queen Mother's order , desperately with Concubine Lian...

Concubine Lian was taken aback by Concubine Jiang who rushed over suddenly. After hearing what she said, she was even more horrified. She couldn't help but said, "Didn't you die in the cold palace? Why are you here?"

Concubine Jiang gritted her teeth and her eyes were about to burst into flames: "Poisonous woman, you have done so many evil things that even God can't stand it anymore. Leave me here to demand your life!"

After all, he rushed forward and bit Concubine Lian's nose, actually biting off a piece of her nose——

"Ah..." Concubine Lian held her nose and screamed, rolling on the ground, but the people around, except Yu Mingzhu who went up to help her, looked on coldly, even King Qi who had loved her for decades Looking at her with a gloomy face, she also understood in her heart that all of her princes died at her hands, and she made him bear the crime of being childless for so many years.

With a wave of his hand, King Qi angrily threw the inkstone on the Dragon Table towards Concubine Lian, and hit her on her body. Immediately, the beautiful dress was stained black with ink, making it even more ugly to describe!

The queen mother walked up to Concubine Lian and her daughter step by step, her face was covered with frost, and there was no trace of warmth in her voice: "Concubine Lian, over the years, the emperor has never owed you and the Huo family at all. The glory of your mother's family."

"Unfortunately, you don't have any gratitude at all. It's nothing more than taking advantage of the emperor's love for you and the power of your mother's family to dominate the harem and usually bully and humiliate other concubines. The princes are removed one by one..."

"You feel sorry for killing your two cats, but those lively and lovely princes, those concubines who were tortured and murdered by you, and the son of Lord Shangguan, with so many lives, I don't see your subordinates showing any kindness. Could it be, those princes Is the life of a concubine even worse than that of your cat?"

Concubine Lian was already lying in Yu Mingzhu's arms like a lifeless puppet, her beautiful nose was bitten, and that beautiful face that had charmed King Qi for decades had become scary and disgusting, her shadowy 'haha' 'Laughed loudly, stared at the queen mother fiercely, and said fiercely: "Yes, I killed those princes and the dumb and disabled Shangguan family. What qualifications do those bitches have to be princes over my husband? Only my son He is qualified to be the prince and the emperor, and I want to be the empress and the empress dowager. How can that dumb man be worthy of my daughter? He is not worthy, so everyone has to die, everyone has to die... Hahaha!"

Seeing Concubine Lian's frightening madness, everyone couldn't help but feel chills in their hearts.

But at this time, King Qi had lost the slightest affection for her in his heart, and even said that he hated her so much that he didn't want to look at her again, and said coldly: "Concubine Lian will lose her position and be demoted to a commoner— —Someone, pull this poisonous woman down, and cut her body apart!"

After King Qi issued an imperial edict, the guards waiting outside immediately came in and dragged Concubine Lian out. Concubine Lian cried out heartbreakingly: "Your Majesty, you can't treat me like this. I've shared the bed with you for decades. How can you do that?" You can do this to me..."

King Qi waved his hand at the guards in disgust, and the guards got the order, so they stopped being anxious and dragged Concubine Lian out like a mess of rags.

And that Yu Mingzhu, at this time, didn't even ask for a word of favor for her mother and concubine, but knelt down in horror to King Qi and the Queen Mother to separate the relationship and said: "Queen Mother, father, I don't know anything about what the Huo family has done , you just heard her say that Shangguan Xianzhong was also killed by her, so it has nothing to do with the child, the child is innocent, please forgive me!"

Of course the Empress Dowager understood that Concubine Lian just knew that she was going to die, so she took all the charges and sent this to save her daughter's life.It's a pity that her whole heart was ruined by the cruel daughter she wanted to protect until death. She no longer called her mother concubine, but changed her name to Jiang Shi!

King Qi coldly glanced at the eldest daughter who was prostrate at his feet, and said coldly: "Since your son-in-law was killed by your mother and concubine, you don't have to think about getting married anymore in this life, and you will go to Luoying Nunnery and die Well, in this life——you don’t have to go back to the palace anymore!”

As soon as King Qi's words fell, Yu Mingzhu couldn't help crying in despair anymore, but even if she cried until her voice became hoarse, no one cared about her anymore.

At nightfall, Yu Mingzhu was stripped of her embroidered clothes, the exquisite jewelry on her head and body, and put on a simple gray robe. She was quietly detained by a few old nuns, and she left the palace through the side door. The desolate Luoying Nunnery in the countryside.

And just a few days after Yu Mingzhu was sent away, news of Huo Xiang's sudden death came from exile in Jingdi!

Hearing the news of Huo Xiang's death for no reason, Yu Ruyan knew that her father hated Concubine Lian for killing the prince after all—

He saw her feed the two cats and drink the dove poison with his own eyes, watched the cats being poisoned to death, and then heard Jiang Concubine's words, King Qi couldn't help but think that those lovely princes of his back then were like that. Like the white cat, she was poisoned to death by Concubine Lian silently. This kind of deterrence is far more profound and hateful than listening to the imperial doctor describe the poison of Jiu Yu!

Therefore, if only Concubine Lian died, King Qi must not be angry enough, and Huo Xiang, who supported her behind Concubine Lian, would also have to die!
Presumably, the future life of the Huo family must be as difficult as a knife hanging above their heads!
When she heard the news, Yu Ruyan had already accompanied Mu Lingzhi to leave Daqi in a spacious and comfortable carriage, and was on her way to Daliang.

Although it is already the beginning of autumn, the weather is still very hot and muggy. Mu Lingzhi was afraid that Yu Ruyan would be hot on the road, so he tried his best to travel when the temperature was low in the morning and evening. When he encountered a place with a good scenery, Mu Lingzhi would be reluctant to leave immediately. Stay with Yu Ruyan for two days, so the stop and go along the way, it's not like rushing, but the two of them are leisurely visiting the mountains and rivers.

Looking at Yu Ruyan's sleepy expression at this moment, Mu Lingzhi took the cotton towel and gently wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said with concern: "But miss your mother and concubine?"

Yu Ruyan was a little tired, and with the sudden departure, although this time was no better than the last time, the last time she went to Daliang to get married alone in fear and anxiety, she knew nothing about the unknown, but only the three of them who heard people said they wanted to get married. The prince is a cold-blooded and cruel person.And this time, with Mu Lingzhi personally by his side, the relationship between the two became more and more stable and sweet, but thinking that it would be difficult to see her mother and concubine again in the future, Yu Ruyan still felt very disappointed as if there was a piece missing in her heart.

Fortunately, Concubine Lian is no longer there, and Concubine Wu Gui is in charge of the palace now. With her friendship with her, she will definitely treat her mother and concubine well.

Yu Ruyan took the cotton towel and wiped the sweat off Mu Lingzhi's forehead. She smiled and said, "Didn't the concubine tell me when she sent me away? No matter how reluctant she is, she has to leave. Since ancient times, our daughter's family has Married and obeyed husband, so, I will be His Highness's person for the rest of my life, and I will follow wherever His Highness goes, Your Highness don't have to worry about me!"

After hearing her words, Mu Lingzhi's reluctance for her became even stronger. He took out two portraits and handed them to Yu Ruyan, saying, "I know you can't bear to part with your concubine mother and the Jinying Palace where you have lived for many years. Look, I've drawn them for you, if you miss them, take a look at them to relieve your pain of lovesickness."

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's expression was slightly startled, she looked at Mu Lingzhi in a daze, looked at the doting smile on his face, knew what he said was true, she quickly sat up from his arms, and slowly stretched out her arms portrait.

The first painting is the Hibiscus Cherry Palace. Mu Lingzhi's painting is inherently powerful, and this is something to give to Yu Ruyan, so the painting is even more meticulous.

Every plant, every tree, every table, and chair in the Hibiscus Palace is so detailed that she, who has lived in it for nearly ten years, can't fault it. Even a bar of the flower stand under the window sill is broken. Not even half of it was missed, so it can be seen that Mu Lingzhi really drew it carefully according to the Jinying Palace.

However, what shocked Yu Ruyan the most was that the ginkgo root in the center of the courtyard of Jinying Palace in his painting, the luster refracted by every leaf on it in the sunlight is clearly visible, which made Yu Ruyan's heart agitated.

She couldn't wait to unfold the second painting, and her eyes were red with just one glance!
Before leaving, Concubine Shu reluctantly left her in the same bed in Chunjing Palace to rest for a night. Early the next morning, Concubine Shu endured the weakness of her fingers, gritted her teeth and made pineapple cakes for her, and even shampooed her hair herself. .

In the quiet Chunjing Palace, Concubine Shu asked her to lie down on the recliner, and cleaned her hair with spring water with her own hands, and said with tears: "Concubine Mother hopes that your future life will be like this hair. It's smooth and smooth, even if it is stained with dust, it will pass after washing..."

I still remember that when Mu Lingzhi came to Chunjing Palace to look for her, he happened to see Concubine Shu washing her hair, but he didn't expect him to draw it quietly——

In the portrait, Yu Ruyan, dressed in a light plain silver white dress, is lying peacefully and obediently on the reclining chair, while Concubine Shu is holding a spoon in one hand and combing in the other, gently combing her black hair so that it is bright and smooth with full of love and affection. The tears in the eyes also fell drop by drop on Yu Ruyan's hair along the spring water...

Looking at the portrait in her hand, Yu Ruyan's eyes swelled and hurt again. Seeing her sad look, Mu Lingzhi comforted her softly: "In the future, I will definitely remember the words of my mother and concubine. I treat you well and love you alone. Watching you alone, I will not let you suffer any more grievances, from now on, all my love will only be given to you alone!"

Afraid that he would worry about her, Yu Ruyan packed up her reluctance, Zhanyan smiled at him and said, "Your Highness, do you still remember that you made a portrait for me in the palace, but kept it away and refused to let me Look, shouldn't it be time to show it to me?"

Mu Lingzhi frowned slightly at Yu Ruyan's words, and said regretfully, "I carried that painting with me when I went to Daqi to find you, and I carried it with me when I went to the battlefield. I accidentally lost it..."

"That night, Wei Jun's grain and grass camp was ignited by us. It is estimated that the portrait also disappeared in the fire."

In saying these words, Mu Lingzhi felt very sorry. After he found out that Yu Ruyan's portrait was lost by him, he was very heartbroken.Afraid that Yu Ruyan would get angry, she hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I'll paint for you every day when you go back to Daliang!"

Yu Ruyan knew the dangers on the battlefield, although she felt a little regretful in her heart, she didn't blame him, and responded with a smile.

However, at this moment, Tong Qian anxiously reported outside the carriage: "Your Highness, the secret guard just came to report that something happened in the palace..."

(End of this chapter)