slave like jade

Chapter 130 Returning to the Eastern Capital
However, just as the two were entangled in a ball, the courtyard door was kicked open with a 'bang'!
When the door opened, it was Mu Ling standing outside with a frosty face.

The courtyard was not lit, and the sky was completely dark at this time, and the sparse stars illuminated the courtyard hazy.

There was no light, Mu Lingzhi couldn't see who was pressing on Yu Ruyan's body at a glance, but the raging anger in his heart had turned into Ling Lie's murderous aura, and when he stretched out his hand, the soft sword in his waist 'clanked' It popped out, and already quickly stabbed at the knife.

The moment the door was kicked open, the "bang" sound shook the knife, and he stared at the door in a daze, but before he could react, Mu Lingzhi's sharp sword had already stabbed him.

He turned over to hide, no matter how fast he was, he couldn't escape Mu Lingzhi's ghostly swordsmanship, and finally pierced his arm! ·

Severe pain hit, and Xiaodao came to his senses completely. When he saw Mu Lingzhi's non-stop second sword attack, he suddenly stopped hiding and stood there in a daze, with a strange and stern smile on his mouth. With a sneer of despair, he watched the long sword stabbing towards his chest...

"No, he's a knife!" At the last moment, Yu Ruyan, who was in shock, finally came to her senses, and shouted this sentence in a flash of lightning.

Mu Lingzhi was frightened by her words. At the last moment, he forcibly withdrew his sword, his expression was suffocated, and even his breathing was also suffocated. He looked at the person standing in front of him in disbelief——

Only then did he realize that under the cold moonlight, the person who stood still in front of him, his arm was bleeding, and allowed him to stab him turned out to be his own younger brother, Mu Chenzhi who had just become the prince.

Their eyes met, and the two brothers were stunned on the spot.

Tong Qian and Brother An were also taken aback by the scene in front of them. When the lights were turned on, Mu Lingzhi saw a strange cold light flashing in Xiao Dao's dark eyes!

All the lights around were turned on, and the long sword in Mu Ling's hand was still in its original position, staring blankly at the knife. The sharp, blood-stained tip of the sword was less than an inch away from the knife's chest, and half an inch further forward, he He died when his sword came down.

He could dodge obviously, why not dodge, what on earth is he going to do?
Mu Lingzhi's heart was shocked, and he looked at Mu Chenzhi in disbelief, and the terrifying thought in his heart frightened him——

Could it be that he deliberately stood there not hiding, just to let himself stab him, and then...

A thought flashed in his mind, and Mu Lingzhi's back was immediately soaked in cold sweat.

His first sword pierced through the left arm of the small knife, the edge of the sword was so sharp that there was no blood, but the blood flowed out, soaking half of his body in less than a moment.

Yu Ruyan suppressed the panic in her heart, stepped forward to stop the sword in Mu Lingzhi's hand, and asked someone to bring gauze to bandage the knife's wound, tremblingly said: "Your Highness, it was just a knife that came to look for you, it was too dark in the courtyard Without turning on the light, he accidentally tripped and fell on the edge of the couch, and I... and I have been sleeping and just woke up."

Mu Lingzhi's heart was chaotic and hated. He believed that he was right, but he also knew that this kind of thing must not be spread outside. If the father and mother knew about it, the consequences would be incomparable!

Not to mention that Liang Wang couldn't bear his two sons fighting for a woman, but because his mother and concubine who always protected his shortcomings and valued their brothers very much, if they knew that there was a estrangement between the two brothers because of Yu Ruyan, they would fight each other with swords. Afraid that with the temper of the mother and concubine, the first thing that comes to mind is to kill Yu Ruyan and cut off the thoughts in the hearts of the two sons...

Layers of sweat rolled down his back, and Mu Lingzhi felt helpless, uneasy, and even painful for the second time.

The first time he had this feeling was when he said goodbye to Yu Ruyan and lost her news and couldn't find her. He couldn't find her even in the East Capital.At that time, he was just like now, helpless, sad, desperate and painful!

But now, seeing his own brother falling in love with the same woman as him, Mu Lingzhi, who had always been calm and self-reliant, lost all his ideas!
Two brothers fell in love with a woman at the same time, how to solve this situation?

Just as Xiaodao misses him, Mu Lingzhi also feels helpless for Xiaodao——

If someone else dared to spy on Yu Ruyan, he would have killed him with a sword, but the one in front of him was his own younger brother, the younger brother he found with great difficulty, and now he is the Prince of Liang, the future King of Liang, What can he do to him?

But it is absolutely impossible for him to give up Yu Ruyan——

He can hand over the great Liang Wanli Jiangshan to him, and he can also give up his life to help him fight for the Jiangshan, but it is absolutely impossible for him to give up Yu Ruyan.

The two brothers just stood there in a daze, neither of them spoke again.

Mu Lingzhi's deep eyes contained anger and helplessness, while his knife-like obsidian eyes were also full of anger and unwillingness!

Lingling moonlight shone on the two of them, and the icy air on the two brothers almost froze the whole yard.

Yu Ruyan gritted her teeth to suppress the trembling in her heart, waved An Ge and the others to go down, and closed the courtyard door, leaving only the three of them in the courtyard.

The wound on Xiaodao's arm had been bandaged and stopped bleeding. He stared blankly at the nothingness in front of him. From the beginning to the end, he didn't take a look at his injured arm and his brother opposite.

His heart is also suffering, that is, he does not want to see his brother with the woman he loves the most, but he also knows that by doing so, he will eventually hurt his brother and Yu Ruyan.

Unwillingness and guilt collided fiercely in his heart. He had no face to see his elder brother, but he couldn't let go of Yu Ruyan, who was in love with him to the marrow, so instead, he hoped that his elder brother would stab him a few more times. Perhaps only in this way could he relieve his pain. The guilt in my heart!

Yu Ruyan stood there in embarrassment and panic, not knowing how to speak, whether to persuade Xiaodao to leave or to persuade Mu Lingzhi to put down his anger.

Her heart was trembling violently, the two men in front of her, one was the little knife she raised as a younger brother like a relative, and the other was the man she believed to be her lifelong lover, and even more so, the lover she wanted to be with for the rest of her life.

The situation in front of her was something she had never thought about, so she also stayed on the spot in fear, just staring nervously at the long sword in Mu Ling's hand, and also nervously paying attention to the expression of the knife——

If the two fight again, she doesn't know who to help, she can only stand in the middle and block the long swords of both sides!

The atmosphere was so oppressive and dull for a while that it was about to frost!
After a long silence, Mu Lingzhi finally spoke with a hoarse voice.

His hand holding the sword trembled slightly, and finally he gritted his teeth and put the sword back into his waist, and said coldly: "You just took over the East Palace, what are you doing here so late, don't you know that Brother Elder Emperor has been looking for opportunities to seek revenge on you? "

Although Mu Lingzhi's words were cold, the concern inside was still there.Hearing this, Xiaodao felt bitter in his heart, and the strength he pretended to be strong also collapsed in an instant...

He knew that for Yu Ruyan and the three of them, his elder brother finally chose to forgive him and not to pursue his gaffe just now.

But the more this was the case, the more ashamed and uneasy Xiaodao felt. He would rather Mu Lingzhi beat him, scold him, or even kill him than defend him so magnanimously.

At the same time, he knew that the more his elder brother pretended to be innocent and ignored this matter, it meant that he would not give in to Yu Ruyan. together.

Knowing Mu Lingzhi's determination, Xiaodao felt cold in his heart.

When Yu Ruyan heard Mu Lingzhi speak, her heart dropped to the ground. She seemed to have regained her vitality, and she was grateful to Mu Lingzhi in her heart.Thank him for choosing to let things go.

Xiao Dao said coldly: "If I was afraid of Brother Da Huang, I wouldn't try to snatch his crown prince. I know what he has in mind, but——I'm not afraid at all. There's nothing to be afraid of losing!"

Without waiting for Mu Lingzhi to speak, he lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "I heard from my subordinates that my brother and sister came back, so... come and have a look..."

He didn't deliberately go along with Yu Ruyan's cover-up words before, because he knew that the two brothers were well aware of this matter by now.

"Now that I've seen it, I'll go back first!"

After that, Xiaodao turned and walked outside. Mu Lingzhi quickly called him to stop, looked at the wound on his left arm with gloomy eyes, and said coldly: "If the father and the mother ask about the injury on your hand, you What should I say?"

Xiaodao sneered coldly and said indifferently: "Didn't my brother still worry that the big brother would attack me just now? Heh, these days I don't know how much I have gone through, so if I tell my father The mother and concubine were assassinated by the eldest brother, but it is also reasonable, and it is not wronged by the eldest brother."

Hearing what he said, Mu Lingzhi felt relieved.

He stabbed him with a sword. If the knife wanted to take revenge, he could come at him, but he didn't want his father and concubine mother to know about it, because if the concubine mother knew about it, the sword was because Yu Ruyan was stabbed by him. Yes, No.1 is Yu Ruyan who will suffer.

Xiaodao also didn't want his concubine to blame Yu Ruyan for his impulsiveness.That's why he thought of pushing the injury to the first prince who had been eyeing him covetously.

Xiaodao left without saying a word.Yu Ruyan couldn't bear it anymore and collapsed on the reclining chair, remembering the danger just now, the clean dress she just put on was wet with cold sweat again.

Mu Lingzhi looked at her worriedly, stepped forward and took her hand and asked with concern, "Are you scared?"

With a pale face, Yu Ruyan said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness...he didn't mean to kill him, he didn't mean to, wait...after a long time, he will naturally understand..."

"I understand. Don't say any more!" Mu Lingzhi's voice was full of exhaustion, and he said weakly: "His character... has been with my mother and concubine since he was a child, and he has clear love and hatred but also... But he is also persistent and stubborn. Now , to stop his thoughts, we only have to get married as soon as possible..."

"Today's matter must not be spread anymore. Fortunately, there are only Tongqin and Brother An in this yard. Both of them are our loyal servants. They will never tell the outside world. So, see Xiaodao in the future, you should still be normal." , treat him as a younger brother, don't be too flustered and embarrassing to show off, especially in front of the concubine mother, she is extremely sensitive."

After hearing Mu Lingzhi's instructions, Yu Ruyan felt bitter in her heart, and said silently: "Everything is subject to His Highness's arrangement!"

The two were relatively speechless, and their hearts were very heavy.

Xiaodao gritted his teeth to hold back the panic and embarrassment in his heart, and stumbled out of the inn. When the night wind blew, his mind was completely awake. Thinking of what he had done just now, he felt remorseful in his heart. I can't wait to kill myself--

He actually wanted to treat his sister just now... How could he do this? !

Endless self-blame and embarrassment and shame made him shameless, he ignored the pain of the wound, rode his horse and swiped his whip, strictly ordered not to follow, and rode alone into the endless darkness...

The followers stayed where they were and looked at each other, they didn't dare to let him go alone, but they also knew that the prince's temper was unambiguous, if he dared to disobey his orders, it would be a dead end!
But there was still a figure quietly followed.

After Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan arrived in Luyang County, that figure arrived at the inn almost at the same time as Xiaodao, and hibernated in a secret place outside the courtyard, so she could hear everything that happened in the courtyard clearly, and her lips could not help Draw a cruel and vicious sneer——

Heh, I didn't expect that the two brothers would fight against each other because of this bitch. Fortunately, she didn't need to come forward, and someone would clean up Yu Ruyan for her.

Hiding in the dark, Mu Ziyue was both happy and heartbroken——

It's been a long time since I saw Mu Lingzhi. When she heard the news of his return to the Eastern Capital, she couldn't help but miss him and came to see Mu Lingzhi like a year ago.

Although she hadn't seen Mu Lingzhi in the past few months, she never missed any news about him.

He defeated Wei's 40 army with [-] soldiers. When the news reached Daliang, although the king of Liang blamed him on the surface for going to war for other countries without his consent, he was happy for his bravery in his heart.The whole Dongdu was spreading word of Mu Lingzhi's interests. Everyone in Daliang said that their third prince was truly a god-like figure, invincible and invincible, just like the god of war coming to the world, invincible!
Countless words of praise flowed into Mu Ziyue's ears, gradually diluting the previous resentment towards Mu Lingzhi in her heart, and as time passed, her love for him revived, and it was even stronger than before.

She believed that, based on the friendship she had with Mu Lingzhi since they were young, as long as she took the initiative to show weakness and express her love, he would definitely accept her again.

Moreover, she is no longer inferior now. Looking at the black hair that has grown back in the bronze mirror, although it is not too long, it only reaches the shoulders, but after experiencing the most painful torture in the world, she finally let it go. The damaged scalp grows black hair again.Now, she is no longer a shameless scorpion, she has recovered her previous beauty, so she is more confident in winning back Mu Lingzhi's heart.

So, when she heard that he was back, Mu Ziyue couldn't restrain the ecstasy in her heart anymore, and rushed over at night.

However, being so close to the hometown, Mu Ziyue became timid again when she remembered the cruel words Mu Lingzhi said to her when she left Dongdu. Outside the courtyard where Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan lived.

Unexpectedly, instead of seeing Mu Lingzhi, he saw Mu Chenzhi sneaking into the yard instead.

What happened afterwards made her both hate and happy.

She hated why these excellent men all liked that bitch Yu Ruyan, but when she thought that she had finally found a way to deal with her, she became excited again——

If King Liang and the imperial concubine knew about this matter, I'm afraid that Yu Ruyan would die without a place to bury her if she didn't need to do it again.

She followed the knife and came out quietly, and when she saw the remorseful expression on his face, she felt a chill in her heart——

Xiaodao must not be allowed to withdraw from this love triangle because of guilt and remorse. Only when Xiaodao takes Yu Ruyan away will she have the opportunity to reconnect with Mu Lingzhi!
After going through so much, Mu Ziyue has completely understood her own heart, so now she has given up her long-cherished wish of becoming a queen, and only wants to marry into the Three Princes' Mansion and stay with Mu Lingzhi!

So, seeing Xiaodao leaving resolutely, she couldn't help but also chased after him, no matter what, she couldn't let Xiaodao give up on Yu Ruyan.

In the darkness, Xiaodao ran wildly all the way, and ran back to the Eastern Capital. Under the mist, he found the small yard that Yu Ruyan had rented to take care of An Ge, went to the street and filled five pots of wine, climbed over the wall and entered up.

He bought this small courtyard with money after he returned to Daliang, and now he doesn't know where else he can go besides returning here?

Poured all the wine into his stomach in one breath, Xiaodao sat on the steps in a daze, looked at the moon in the sky, it was clearly round and full, but seeing Xiaodao's eyes at that time, it was so desolate and lonely, Just like him at this time.

Jiu Jin gradually came to the fore, Xiaodao stumbled into the room where Yu Ruyan lived in the past, looking at the familiar decorations in the room, his heart felt sour, and he couldn't help but shed tears.

Climbing up to the pit, the knife gently caressed the bedding and pillows on the bed. Although it had been so long, Yu Ruyan's breath had disappeared from the bed in the room, but he still imagined that Yu Ruyan was by his side, just like before, yes The elder sister who lives with him and who accompanies him every day.

"Sister...you don't want me anymore, what should I do?" Xiaodao let out a pained voice, and the pillow was wet with tears.

At this time, Xiaodao seemed to have returned to the innocent and simple boy before, putting away all the anger in his body, just thinking about his sister over and over again, and the pain in his heart was already tearing him apart.

"Sister, I don't want to be a prince, but my concubine told me that only by becoming a prince, becoming an emperor, and becoming the ruler of the world, can I get what I want. I want you, so I want to take the crown prince... ..."

"But sister, I think you are willing to marry me, marry me, be my queen, and be admired and worshiped by the world with me, but, but you don't like me, you don't like me..."

Xiaodao fell into a nightmare and muttered to himself in a daze, crying for a while and laughing for a while, thinking that Yu Ruyan was going to marry soon, his heart was throbbing, and he fell asleep sadly until the drunkenness was completely over...

Mu Ziyue followed Xiaodao to the outside of the yard, she stood outside and looked at it for a long time, she couldn't understand why Xiaodao, a prince, came here late at night, she was very curious, she couldn't help climbing up the fence, and carefully looked at the people inside. movement.

When she saw that there was nothing more than an ordinary and shabby small courtyard inside, she became more and more surprised. When she saw that Xiaodao entered the house drunk, she couldn't help but climbed down the fence and followed.

She heard Xiaodao's cries and involuntary words in the room, and Mu Ziyue was so excited that she couldn't help trembling——

Originally thought that Xiaodao's feelings for Yu Ruyan were just a temporary reluctance, but now he realizes that his feelings for Yu Ruyan are far from just a long-lasting attachment, but an affectionate love to the marrow.

A light flashed in Xing's eyes, and Mu Ziyue's heart was so excited——

In this way, she doesn't have to worry about Xiao Dao giving up her feelings for Yu Ruyan because of the family ethics.I believe that as long as she stirs up the flames at the right time, Xiaodao will eventually become more and more determined to get Yu Ruyan, then Mu Lingzhi will be hers by then.

Seeing that the little knife had turned into a puddle of mud, Mu Ziyue walked in lightly, a cold light flashed in her eyes, her delicate lips were lightly parted, like the letter of a poisonous snake, and there was endless excitement in her laughing voice. chill.

"Prince, don't blame me, I'm just helping you!"

After all, he bent down facing the sleeping knife...

In the early morning of the next day, Yu Ruyan and Mu Lingzhi packed up and set off for the Eastern Capital.

After walking for more than an hour, the city wall of Dongdu can already be seen.

When seeing the majestic city wall again, Yu Ruyan seemed to be dreaming...

I still remember that half a year ago, I left Dongdu sadly and desperately, and returned to Daqi sadly with a knife and brother An. At that time, she thought that she would never come back here again in this life, but unexpectedly, Mu Lingzhi actually Chased her from Dongdu to Daqi, and brought her back...

Approaching the city gate, Mu Lingzhi remembered what happened last night, and couldn't help but took her hand and sighed: "What happened last night, I apologize to you on behalf of Chen Zhi, and I also apologize to myself. Men, let’s pretend that what happened last night never happened, because his current status is unusual, and, even though he is now the crown prince, Brother Dahuang has never given up and has been waiting for opportunities to take revenge on him, I also heard The news came back in such a hurry, because the secret guard came to report, and the big emperor brother will take action at the ceremony of awarding the seal tomorrow, so at this time, there must be no other troubles..."

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan understood why he was in such a hurry for the rest of the journey, it turned out it was because of this.

Thinking of this, Yu Ruyan's heart also hangs, she knows the cruel and bloody battle for the throne, tomorrow, what terrible things will the eldest prince do?
Thinking of this, Yu Ruyan comforted him meekly: "Your Highness, don't worry about me, I have always regarded the crown prince as a younger brother in my heart, and I also said what happened last night, but he stumbled when he entered the courtyard." It didn't hurt me when I fell down, I... have long forgotten."

After hearing her words, Mu Lingzhi's heart relaxed a little.

Now, for him, he just hoped that after Chen Zhi successfully obtained the crown prince's seal, he would marry Yan Yan again, and then take her far away, everything that left here was disturbing!
If he knew that there would be so many changes and tribulations that would happen later, both Yu Ruyan and him would be injured badly, and even her eyes would become blind, perhaps, Mu Lingzhi would never bring her back to Daliang again. , let alone get her involved in endless disputes...

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Mu Lingzhi couldn't wait to go back to the mansion first, but took Yu Ruyan directly to the palace to meet the King of Liang and the noble concubine, to obtain the imperial decree to marry her.However, to his surprise, when the female family members of the palace heard that he was back, under the leadership of An Lirong, they greeted him outside the city gate in person, and stopped their carriage in front of the pedestrians coming and going!
(End of this chapter)