slave like jade

Chapter 129

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..."

Mu Lingzhi coldly interrupted the copper coin before he finished speaking: "If it's their business, then you don't need to tell me any more."

Of course the "they" in his mouth refer to the women in the palace.Seeing the cold decision on his face, Yu Ruyan became curious, called out the copper coin, raised the curtain of the car and asked, "What happened in the palace?"

Before the copper coin could reply, Mu Lingzhi's voice came coldly: "Don't ask, there's a high probability that they're fighting again—from now on, let them have a good fight, together Let me live in another garden with you, and you will be pure if you don't see it!"

Yu Ruyan didn't think so, she looked at the copper coin, waiting for him to speak.

The copper coin looked at Mu Lingzhi's unsullied expression, and said in a low voice: "If you go back to the princess, it's just that Mrs. An is going to give birth in the near future, but... she accidentally fell a few days ago... Your lord saved her." But the child in the womb...although it was born, it was already a stillborn baby..."

Yu Ruyan's expression froze, and she couldn't help looking at Mu Lingzhi——

His expression didn't seem to be as strong as Yu Ruyan's reaction, but his tight lips still revealed his gloomy mood, but he stubbornly turned his head to one side, and said coolly: "I said, I'm sorry for the pain in their stomachs." The child has no hope!"

Yu Ruyan knew that he did this to make up for the humiliation she had endured in the palace before, so she couldn't help but sighed and turned around to ask the copper coin: "Why did Mrs. An fall down?"

"This...isn't very clear!" Tong Qian said in embarrassment.

"Go down!" Yu Ruyan waved him back, put down the car curtain, turned around and sat opposite Mu Lingzhi, looked at his closed eyes, stretched out her hand to hold his hand, and said softly, "Your Highness, if your heart hurts, Just say it, don't hold back, that... is your child after all!"

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi opened his eyes suddenly, and after seeing the worried expression on her face with his deep eyes, he relaxed slightly, and said in a deep voice, "An Lan, like Chen Yanfei, also took unreasonable means to get it. ..."

"At that time, the concubine mother kept nagging me to take in a few more concubines every day, and concubine An pleaded for mercy, so I kept her. Now that I think about it, she is not as gentle as she appears on the surface. My mind is so dark... From then on, I don't want to see them again."

Looking at the helplessness and determination on his face, Yu Ruyan knew the sorrow of being an emperor's family, she never paid attention to feelings, only paid attention to interests, especially for a prince like him who holds great power, marrying a wife and taking concubines is all related to interests Together, there are very few who can really be with the one they love.

Thinking of Mu Lingzhi's unwillingness to return to the palace to live in the future, and his stomach has not lived up to expectations, and has been silent, but he must not be without heirs, but now she is not willing to send him to another woman's bed ...

Looking at her frowning, Mu Lingzhi thought that she was worried about the embarrassing situation she would face when she went back. After all, she entered the palace as a military prostitute and slave, and now she is going back as Princess Heshuo of Daqi. I'm afraid it will also make people suspicious!
Others can ignore it, but King Liang and Concubine Xie don't know how to explain the past?

Well explained, Liang Wang and the noble concubine may not care about anything and are willing to accept her identity again, but if Liang Wang blames her for committing the crime of deceiving the emperor by mistake, it may be troublesome.

Thinking of this, Mu Lingzhi also became worried.

Before he set off to leave Daqi, he had asked someone to bring a letter back to Mu Chenzhi, telling him that the first important thing he had to do when he went back this time was to return Yu Ruyan to the church, and to be a good general. She married and entered the door, hoping that Chenzhi would help him to explain a few words in front of King Liang and Concubine Mother, and believed that King Liang and Concubine Mother would stop worrying about the previous kindness and resentment because they saw that Yan Yan had saved Chenzhi. Re-admit her!
But in case—

He took Yu Ruyan's hand again, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "If you go back this time, the concubine mother still embarrasses you as before, please bear with it for a while, as long as Chenzhi becomes the prince, I will Take you out of Dongdu, go back to Daqi to accompany your mother and concubine, or go to the place you want to go, after all, you will not let you live through the difficult life before, believe me!"

Looking at the worry in his eyes, Yu Ruyan immediately understood the worry in his heart, and her eyes dimmed slightly!
In fact, before leaving for Daliang, she had already thought of everything Mu Lingzhi thought of just now, and she also knew the criticism of Liang Wang and the noble concubine in their hearts, not to mention the unsolved unjust case between Gu Qinger and her child, the noble concubine I always thought it was her murder.

The imperial concubine valued her grandson too much, if she couldn't give her a good explanation when she went back this time, I'm afraid it would be difficult for her to accept herself again.

However, the more this is the case, the more Yu Ruyan wants to go back with Mu Lingzhi openly and honestly, to tell those who bullied her that she is not a military prostitute, but the noble Princess Heshuo of Daqi; The slaves around him are his real and only princess!
Thinking of this, Yu Ruyan smiled indifferently and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I used to survive in the palace with such a humble status. I believe that with my current status, no one would dare to embarrass me, even if the imperial concubine would not accept it." I, I'm not afraid, because I know that the imperial concubine did not have any malice towards me, it was just because of Gu's matter that she misunderstood, so as long as the real murderer of Gu's death is found out, and my grievances are cleared away , I believe that the empress will not blame me again."

"And, I also know that His Highness will always protect me."

After hearing her words, Mu Lingzhi let go of the worries in his heart, hugged her and said happily: "I really like to hear what you said, just remember, everything will be fine with me!"

Stopping and stopping along the way, they finally crossed the border of Daqi and came to the territory of Daliang. Moreover, they also came to the place where Daliang's army once camped, and it was also the place where the two met for the first time.

The wide and quiet valley is still there, and the gurgling stream is still there. The difference is that the green leaves all over the mountain are slowly turning yellow, with a somewhat bleak taste.

Mu Lingzhi ordered the convoy to stop, and they will stay overnight here tonight.

On autumn nights, the starry sky seemed extraordinarily remote and quiet. Accompanied by Brother An, Yu Ruyan went down to the stream to wash, and then went to rest in a temporary tent for half an hour, waiting for her to be enchanted by the tempting smell of meat. When Lu Lu walked out of the tent, she saw that Mu Lingzhi was cooking braised pork for her on the stove built in a temporary tower by the bonfire in front of her.

When Yu Ruyan was resting, Mu Lingzhi took the copper coins and they went up the mountain. He wanted to hunt some pheasants and rabbits for Yu Ruyan to improve her food, because she didn't eat anything well along the way. They all eat some dry food brought on the carriage.

Although Yu Ruyan is thin, she likes to eat meat, so Mu Lingzhi wanted to bring back some wild game and roast it for her, but he unexpectedly hunted a big wild boar by accident.

The accompanying convoy were all Daliang soldiers, there was no cook and no one who knew how to cook Qi national cuisine, so, for Yu Ruyan, Mu Lingzhi personally cooked for her and made her a meal of braised pork that she likes to eat!
Wild boar meat is more firm and elastic than domestic pig meat, and it tastes better. Mu Lingzhi cut the meat into small square pieces, put them into the pot, added the condiments brought back from Daqi, and cooked them in soy sauce. After cooking, after a while, the tempting meat aroma came out from the pot, which attracted Yu Ruyan out.

Seeing him squatting in front of the stove sweating profusely, Yu Ruyan walked over in disbelief, looked at him skillfully holding the pot and spoon in surprise, and said in amazement: "Your Highness...you, you do the cooking yourself ?!"

Seeing that her chin was about to drop to the ground, Mu Lingzhi smiled knowingly, and said, "Yes, my husband is going to cook for the lady himself today, put your chin away, and save it for later. of."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and said to An Ge, who also dropped his chin: "Go to the carriage and get two jugs of wine, set up the dishes, and ask the princess to sit aside, so that her saliva does not fall into the pot."

Hearing this, both Tongqian and Brother An couldn't help laughing, and Yu Ruyan also wanted to laugh, so she leaned forward and asked with a smile: "Does Your Highness really need my help? Let me just sit and wait." Eat, why am I a bit afraid?"

Mu Lingzhi was busy turning over the dishes in the pot, and said, "You just need to help move your mouth and eat more, and you don't have to worry about the rest."

After hearing his words, Yu Ruyan was very moved, and took a cotton towel to help him wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Mu Lingzhi is a precious prince, not to mention cooking, I'm afraid he has never even set foot in a kitchen, so although Yu Ruyan was moved by him to cook for her, she didn't care about his cooking skills. She has so much hope, because even she herself is not very good at cooking.

However, when Mu Lingzhi took a piece of meat and fed it into her mouth, her jaw really dropped——

The meat is soft and delicious, and the saltiness is moderate. What's rare is that the meat is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, not greasy at all.

Yu Ruyan was busy eating big pieces, and asked with her tongue vaguely: "When did Your Highness learn to cook Qi national cuisine? And it's so good, better than the imperial chef in the palace... um, okay eat!"

Seeing that her forehead was sweating from eating, Mu Lingzhi looked at her dotingly, gently wiped the sweat off her forehead, and said with a smile, "Don't talk while eating, and be careful of biting your tongue."

And the copper coins on one side couldn't help but said: "The princess doesn't know something. When His Royal Highness was in Qi State, whenever he had time, he went to the imperial dining room to learn how to cook Qi national cuisine from those imperial cooks. He secretly learned to cook for more than a month without telling the princess. Waiting to show off to the princess today, to make you happy..."

Mu Lingzhi stared back at the copper coin before he finished speaking, and said, "Your mouth is the fastest!"

Yu Ruyan was so dumbstruck when she heard the words of the copper coin that she couldn't close her mouth——

Before, he often didn't see anyone, but he didn't expect that he went to the imperial dining room to steal his teacher to learn his skills. The third prince of Liang Liang, the famous invincible god, actually nested in the imperial dining room where the oily smoke billowed in and learned how to cook. This, if I tell this, no one will believe it!

Of course Yu Ruyan knew that everything Mu Lingzhi did was for her own sake, so she couldn't help but be grateful: "Your Highness..."

"You don't have to be moved, you are willing to leave everything behind and live in Daliang with me, so why not let me learn how to cook for you. This will also save you from regretting when you are homesick and want to eat Qi national cuisine in the future! "

"But Your Highness, Daliang also has cooks who know how to cook Qi national cuisine. Your Highness doesn't have to work so hard to learn these things!"

"Daliang's cook is not as authentic as Daqi's after all, so I learned it myself, so that I can cook for you every day in the future."

While speaking, Mu Lingzhi had already piled the pieces of meat into her bowl to form a small mountain bun.Seeing him eating leisurely, Yu Ruyan was surprised again——

Before, he couldn't touch chili at all, but when he actually learned how to eat spicy food, he couldn't change his expression when he ate it.

Blushing when she stared at her, Mu Lingzhi said: "Don't make a fuss, during this time in Daqi, I have fully realized the charm of spicy peppers, so now my husband can accompany you to have a good meal of soup without you first. Help me with a job."

He said it lightly, but Yu Ruyan knew what he was talking about. She couldn't help but think of last year's Han Rui Festival, when he accompanied her to the night market to eat soup pot from Qi Guo, but...

Pretty face blushed, Yu Ruyan gave him an angry look, but her heart was sweet.

In order to hurry, the convoy set off early the next morning. When Yu Ruyan climbed into the carriage, she found a sapphire vase on the low table inside, and inside the vase was a cluster of bright wild chrysanthemums.

Yu Ruyan's mood brightened in an instant, and she asked Brother An, "Did you pick this early in the morning?"

Brother An pursed his lips and said with a smile: "It's not a servant girl, it was picked by His Highness himself from the stream early in the morning."

While talking, Mu Lingzhi also came in, Yu Ruyan pointed to the flowers in the vase and smiled at him: "When will Your Highness start to like these wild flowers!"

Mu Lingzhi said: "I like everything you like. Actually, take a closer look, these ordinary mountain flowers are more natural and beautiful than the famous ones raised in the garden. These are specially picked for you. "

While the two were talking, Tong Qian rushed over with a serious expression, and handed a secret letter to Mu Lingzhi. After he read it carefully in front of Yu Ruyan, his expression was shocked, and then he said happily: "Dong There is good news that Chenzhi has replaced his eldest brother as the new crown prince. On August [-]th, he was officially awarded the crown prince seal. Father asked us to go back early, and return to Dongdu before August [-]th to participate in the competition. Chen Zi's seal granting ceremony."

Hearing such news suddenly, Yu Ruyan couldn't recover for a long time——

In her heart, Xiaodao was still just a child, but she never expected that in a blink of an eye, he would become the prince, the mighty Prince Liang of Daliang!
She stayed on the spot in a daze for a long time but couldn't recover, and the copper coin whispered a few words in Mu Lingzhi's ear. As soon as Mu Ling heard it, his face became serious in an instant, and he ordered: "From today on, speed up the schedule. , must arrive in Dongdu before August [-]th!"

The rest of the journey was fast and hurried, Mu Lingzhi felt guilty every time he saw Yu Ruyan's exhausted appearance, but when he thought of the news from the secret guard, he was also anxious and had to work hard to get along with her. He drove eastward day and night together!
On August [-]th, the group finally arrived at Luyang County, the Eastern Capital—also in sight!

I still remember that a year ago in this Luyang County, Yu Ruyan was jealous for the first time after seeing Mu Ziyue. Ling Zhi fell in love with her and regained her identity, so she could stay by his side in an open and aboveboard manner. This kind of mood is really rare.

Seeing the exhaustion on her face, Mu Lingzhi led her to the inn where they stayed last time with a heartache, planning to rest here for a night, recovering his energy and returning to the Eastern Capital tomorrow morning.

The shopkeeper still vacated the best private courtyard for them to live in.

After not having a good bath for several days, Yu Ruyan took a comfortable bath, changed into a clean dress, lay in the courtyard to dry her hair, and fell asleep unknowingly.

Mu Lingzhi was called out by the copper coin and seemed to be busy with something. Brother An led a group of maidservants to get busy with going into the city tomorrow, leaving only Yu Ruyan there in the yard, covered with a thin blanket, sleeping soundly ...

Suddenly, the closed courtyard door was gently pushed open, and a figure walked into the courtyard lightly. When he saw Yu Ruyan who was lying down and sleeping, his eyes became hot.

The visitor gently sat down beside her, staring at her in her sleep, and couldn't help but touch the delicate face that appeared in his dreams day and night...

Looking at her delicate red lips, his Adam's apple rolled with difficulty, and he couldn't help but bend down to kiss her red lips, but when his lips were about to cover them, he finally lost the courage and left tremblingly.

Gently touching her face with both hands, he murmured sadly: "Sister, do you really have to marry brother? Sister, I am the one who loves you the most. Why...why did God treat me like this?" Cruel, I can compete with anyone in the world for you, but I can't compete with him... Is this God's will?"

Tears welled up in Xiaodao's eyes. Although he is now wearing a prince's suit embroidered with golden dragons, which is so dignified and majestic that people dare not look directly at him, at this moment in this quiet small courtyard, he is still lying on the jade as usual. By Ruyan's side, there is nostalgia for every breath of her body.

He hadn't seen Yu Ruyan for several months, Xiaodao's thoughts became crazy, and he heard the report from his subordinates that the Third Highness and the Third Princess had arrived in Luyang County, which is the closest to the Eastern Capital, and he could no longer bear the thoughts in his heart. Suffering from thinking, he came from Dongdu to meet her.

Seeing Yu Ruyan again, Xiaodao was so happy that he couldn't control himself, but when he thought of the letter from Mu Lingzhi before, he knew that the first thing they wanted to do when they came back this time was to get married. The matter of Xiaodao was even more uncomfortable than being cut by a knife——

If the elder sister really married the eldest brother, then she would really only be her sister-in-law, and it would be impossible for her to be with him again in this lifetime.

Thinking of this, anger flashed in Xiaodao's eyes, and he suddenly squeezed Yu Ruyan's hand, but it was too tight to wake her up.

Yu Ruyan was suddenly awakened by the pain in her hand, she opened her eyes in a daze to look, but she didn't expect to see Xiaodao sitting in front of her.

At that time, the sky had already darkened, and the obsidian-like eyes of the knife shone with a cold light, which made her heart tremble.

But after not seeing him for so long, Yu Ruyan ignored the gloomy expression on his face, sat up happily and said, "Xiaodao, why are you here?"

Xiaodao suppressed the sadness in his heart, and changed into a happy description: "Xiaodao misses my sister so much, so when I heard that my sister has arrived in Luyang County, I couldn't help running to meet my sister, sister, how are you recently?"

Seeing the hotness in Xiaodao's eyes, Yu Ruyan suddenly thought of his feelings for her that he shouldn't have, so she couldn't help pulling her hand out of his, stood up and moved away from him without a trace, and said with a smile: "Sister is fine." , but you, I never thought that after only a few months of seeing each other, you would become the prince of Daliang, no longer... not the little knife that my sister needed to take care of before, my sister congratulates you!"

Hearing Yu Ruyan's words, Xiaodao's face darkened, and he said sadly: "Sister, do you mean that you are going to be estranged from me?"

"No...it's just that you are the crown prince now, and I...have different identities. Besides, you have grown up now. In the future, if you want to be emperor and marry a queen, you will be loved by many people around you." If you take care of you, my sister will be relieved."

"No!"

Hearing Yu Ruyan's words, Mu Chenzhi was so flustered that he couldn't help shouting: "I don't care about the crown prince, let alone three thousand in the harem. Just like in Daqi back then, I depend on my sister for life, even if life is hard, I am happy."

His sudden confession made Yu Ruyan's face turn pale, and her heart was flustered——

I thought that during the days of separation, Chenzhi returned to his father, queen, mother and concubine, regained his previous affection, would gradually forget her, and let go of the feelings he shouldn't have towards her, but according to his current description It seems that not only did he not let go of his feelings for him, but he became even more fanatical!
However, she is already his sister-in-law, such feelings are absolutely inappropriate!
If, if you let Mu Lingzhi know, or even let King Liang and the noble concubine know in the future, I'm afraid...

As soon as the evening wind blows, Yu Ruyan can't help but tremble all over her body in the obviously sweltering heat, a chill spreads all over her limbs, she tremblingly said to Xiaodao: "Xiaodao, you made a mistake, I am your sister-in-law, I am your sister-in-law. I will be married to your brother soon, so from now on, I will only be by His Highness's side, and I will not be with you all the time, and you will also be married and have children..."

Yu Ruyan's words were like stabbing a steel knife into the boiling chest of a small knife. Hearing her words, he couldn't help but think of the scene he saw with his own eyes in the military camp that night, the endless hatred and loss, and the endless hatred and loss. Unexplainable emotions and jealousy, even the fear and panic about losing Yu Ruyan, made Xiaodao lose his last rationality, his eyes flashed red, and he could no longer restrain his inner desire for Yu Ruyan. That kind of love and longing suddenly bullied her, hugged her desperately into her arms, and pressed her down on the couch——

Seeing Xiaodao's body pressed down and the uncontrollable heat in his whole body, Yu Ruyan struggled in pain, reached out her hand to his chest, and said in horror: "Xiaodao, I'm your sister, you can't, you can't... ..."

But Xiao Dao seemed to be unable to hear her words, and muttered to himself like a demon: "I don't care, I only want you, I only want you..."

However, just as the two were entangled in a ball, the courtyard door was kicked open with a 'bang'!
(End of this chapter)