slave like jade

Chapter 132 See through the trick
As soon as he heard that Yu Ruyan and Xiao Dao were found by his concubine mother, Mu Lingzhi's first reaction was that something happened!
Thinking of what happened last night, Mu Lingzhi was so anxious that his heart jumped out. He turned the carriage and ran towards Gua'er Hutong like flying...

An ordinary carriage was parked in a secret place at the entrance of Gua'er Hutong, the curtain was tightly covered, and only a small opening was opened at the window.

Mu Ziyue has been waiting here for a whole day, and finally she looked forward to her prey after dark.

Seeing Yu Ruyan enter the alley alone, her eyes sparkled with excitement.

He waved his hand and asked the maid who delivered the letter, "How is the imperial concubine?"

The maid named Die Xiang is Yu Ruyan's dowry maid—the real Xiao Qing.After Wen Xiang was accidentally killed by Mu Lingzhi in the Prince's Mansion, Mu Ziyue brought her back from the Daqi Palace to deal with Yu Ruyan, and stayed with Mu Ziyue to serve her, changing her name to Diexiang.

Die Xiang also had an excited face, and replied respectfully: "Master, the eldest son has already put the letter paper in the Yaohua Palace without anyone noticing, I believe that the empress has already got the news and rushed over."

There were no lights in the carriage, it was pitch black, and Mu Ziyue's expression could not be seen clearly, but her bright eyes were shining with pride.

In the dark, she glanced at Die Xiang's direction, and said softly, "Die Xiang, you were originally her dowry maid, but now she has regained her identity and returned to Daliang as Princess Heshuo. A small daughter in the family is far behind her. If you regret it, you might as well go back and serve her."

"You come forward now, tell her that all this is just a trap, and tell her to leave quickly. I believe she will appreciate you and accept you again. You must have a brighter future with her than with me."

In the darkness, although Mu Ziyue's expression could not be seen clearly, there was a slight chill in her seemingly delicate and considerate voice, which made Die Xiang stagnate——

Having been by her side for so long, how could Die Xiang not know that this new master is a duplicity, and she has betrayed Qi State and Yu Ruyan before, so there is no reason to go back.

Furthermore, she also knew that what the new master said was just a temptation to her, and that meant he really wanted to let her go.

Die Xiang knelt down in front of Mu Ziyue with a 'plop', and said firmly: "Master, since you rescued me from Daqi, the former Xiao Qing died, and now only Die Xiang is in front of you. Die Xiang will also remember the master's kindness to me in the rebirth, and will serve the master loyally, only the master will follow the lead!"

While listening to Die Xiang's words with satisfaction, Mu Ziyue was always paying attention to the movement outside. At this moment, her eyes lit up with excitement, and she said in a low voice: "Okay, stop talking, the imperial concubine is here. You Hurry up and whisper this news into the ears of His Highness the Third Highness. This big show—how could he be missing."

Dixiang got her order and left quickly and quietly.

After Yu Ruyan saw the sachet and letterhead left by Xiaodao in the bungalow, she came to Guaer Hutong alone.

She was dressed in ordinary clothes. When the old neighbors in the alley saw her, they all went up to greet her, thinking that she had moved back with her younger siblings.

When I came to the gate of the courtyard, I pushed it lightly, and the gate opened.

It was pitch black in the yard, only a little bit of light came out from the west wing where she lived.

Looking at the jugs piled up under the steps, Yu Ruyan's eyes flashed, she stood at the door and hesitated for a moment, finally pushed open the door and walked in.

There was a strong smell of alcohol in the not-so-spacious room, Xiaodao lay on the bed with a blushing complexion.

Seeing that everything was fine with him, Yu Ruyan finally let go of her worries.

She stood at the door and did not step into the room. After thinking about it, she turned her head and walked outside.

However, at this moment, the gate of the courtyard was suddenly pushed open, and it was Concubine Xie who rushed in fiercely leading a group of court ladies.

Looking at each other, Concubine Xie looked at Yu Ruyan in the courtyard in amazement, doubts flashed in her sharp phoenix eyes, she was stunned: "Why are you here?"

Seeing Concubine Xie's arrival, Yu Ruyan was not surprised, she had already expected all this.

She stepped forward respectfully and saluted: "My lady, I have been worried about the safety of the prince. Seeing that it was dark and there was no news from the prince, I thought that maybe the prince would come to the place where he used to live, so I came here to have a look. Unexpectedly, the crown prince was really inside, but he drank too much wine and was still asleep. I am about to inform His Highness to come and pick him up to return to the palace."

After hearing Yu Ruyan's words, Concubine Xie Guifei looked even more puzzled, looked at her steadily, and said hesitantly: "This...is the place where Chen Zhizhi lived?!"

Without waiting for Yu Ruyan to answer, Concubine Xie looked at the small courtyard sharply. It was indeed not the dirty place mentioned in the anonymous letter, so she couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Hearing that the prince was fine, Concubine Xie finally let go of her heart that had been on hold for a whole day, and hurried into the house without caring about anything else, and she saw the prince lying on the simple earthen pit reeking of alcohol, his face flushed.

Seeing his appearance, Concubine Xie Guifei felt very heartbroken, but at last he was found, and it was fine.

Concubine Xie Guifei didn't care about the simplicity of the house, so she sat down on the head of the pit and stroked the Prince's face, heartbroken, and said, "My silly boy, why do you hide in this place to drink? The mother and concubine are about to die."

Suddenly, Concubine Xie's eyes were attracted by something on the prince's collar, she couldn't help but her eyes darkened, and said coldly to the palace man behind her: "Go and prepare the sedan chair. Take the prince back to the palace, and don't let outsiders know what happened tonight. "

The palace people carefully agreed, and went forward to carry the prince. Aunt Qin, the most powerful maid beside Concubine Xie, was afraid that the palace servants would bump the prince with their clumsy hands, so she went forward to help him sit up, and her hands touched his On the left arm, I felt wet through the coat, my heart trembled, and I carefully put my hand under the dim light to look, my whole body was shocked!
She carefully removed the torn clothes on the prince's left arm, and found the gauze wrapped inside, and the white gauze was soaked with blood.

"Your Majesty!" Aunt Qin's voice was trembling, whispering in Concubine Xie's ear.

When Concubine Xie Guifei heard this, her whole body trembled in fright, and she rushed to the pit to check on the prince's injuries. When she saw the blood-stained gauze on his hands, she trembled with anger, but she still gritted her teeth to hold back the heartache and anger in her heart , coldly said: "Don't say anything, take the prince back to the palace quietly. Tomorrow is his seal ceremony, and the blood can't be seen, so don't let the emperor know that he is injured. Tell Li Taiyi to go to Yaohua Palace quietly. !"

"My maidservant knows." Aunt Qin got the order from Concubine Xie, she didn't dare to delay any longer, she led the palace servants to help the prince into the sedan chair, and went to the palace.

When leaving the courtyard, seeing Yu Ruyan standing aside with a calm and respectful face, Concubine Xie recalled what was said in the anonymous letter, doubts flashed in her eyes, but right now it is important to send the crown prince back to the palace, so Concubine Xie did not say a word, He nodded slightly at her and said coolly: "It's late at night, now that the crown prince has been found safely, you should go back too, lest Ling Zhi worry."

With a smile on her face, Yu Ruyan said: "Thank you, Madam, for your concern, I will go back right away."

At this moment, Mu Lingzhi rushed to the yard anxiously, just in time to see his concubine mother leading everyone back.

He anxiously searched for Yu Ruyan in the crowd, and when he saw her staying in the courtyard safely, he felt relieved, and stepped forward to Concubine Xie, "Mother Concubine, the prince has been found? Is everything all right?" ?”

Thinking of the prince's injuries, Concubine Xie's face was so gloomy that she was about to drip water, she suppressed the anger in her heart and said: "The prince is fine, you have been busy for a day, go back and rest quickly, tomorrow's seal ceremony cannot be done again." There's trouble."

Concubine Xie's words made Mu Lingzhi also nervous. Tomorrow's graduation ceremony, what kind of trouble will the unwilling eldest prince cause?
After Concubine Xie left, Mu Lingzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked up to Yu Ruyan and asked in confusion, "What happened, why did you appear here?"

Yu Ruyan's heart was covered with ice and snow, her face was pale, and the cold sweat on her back was icy cold on her body.

Thinking of the danger just now, I couldn't help shivering!

It wasn't until seeing Concubine Xie's sedan chair going away that Yu Ruyan let go of her guard, and said with a wry smile, "Is Your Highness worried about me?"

"Yeah, as soon as I heard that you were found by the concubine when you were staying with Chenzhi, I realized that something was wrong. What happened? Why did you come here?" Mu Lingzhi looked at the look on her face, Know that things must not be as simple as they appear on the surface.

Yu Ruyan looked around casually, and said softly: "Your Highness, this is not a good place to talk, let's go back first."

Mu Lingzhi understood what she meant. If someone really framed her on purpose, there must be people watching her around.

He carried her on the horse, hugged her to his chest and drove back home together. When passing by the wine shop at the entrance of the alley, Yu Ruyan suddenly asked him to stop, and turned around to ask him if he had any silver on him?

Mu Lingzhi asked her in confusion, "Do you want to drink today too?"

Although Yu Ruyan was in a depressed mood, she still gave him a bitter smile and said, "Your Highness, if there were no words from the wine shop aunt today, I would have fallen into someone else's trap today and would not be able to get out."

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi was stunned, before he had time to ask any more questions, he took out all the bank notes on his body and stuffed them into her hands, saying, "I really want to thank you for this kindness!"

Yu Ruyan got off the horse, and quietly slipped the bank note through the crack of the door.

There is a mother-in-law in the wine shop who is in her 70s and is paralyzed in bed. She has four children under her care, and her husband died two years ago. All the expenses and heavy work of the family are on the mother. Yu Ruyan hopes that These bank notes can help the family solve the difficulties in life, so that the aunt does not have to work so hard.

After returning to the palace and closing the gate of Yunsong Courtyard, Mu Ling asked her seriously: "Now can you tell me what happened?"

Yu Ruyan silently showed the sachet on her body and the letter signed by Xiaodao to Mu Lingzhi, feeling chills in her heart, and said coldly: "I never imagined that I would be targeted by someone just one day after I came back. When I saw these things in the bungalow, I thought they were left behind by small knives, but now it seems that these are traps dug by others, leading me to jump in."

Mu Lingzhi read the letter from the beginning to the end with a calm face, frowned and said, "There is nothing suspicious about this letter alone, how did you find out that something is wrong?"

Yu Ruyan sighed and said: "When I went to Gua'er Lane, I happened to meet the lady of the wine shop, she told me that at this time last night, the knife filled her place with five pots of wine, and she said that the newly brewed pear blossoms were drunk this time. It has a lot of stamina, let me tell Xiaodao to drink less..."

"Although Xiaodao has a good drinking capacity, he has a habit. After getting drunk, he must sleep full for twelve hours a day and night before waking up. If he is less than an hour, there is no way to wake him up. Therefore, during this period, He will have time to write me a letter, and even went to the palace to leave a sachet for me."

"From that moment, I felt that things were weird, and according to Xiaodao's personality, if he arrived at the palace, how could he resist looking for me, so after hearing what the aunt said, the more I thought about it, the more something was wrong , but I couldn't worry about him after all, and I wanted to find him sooner, so I went to the small courtyard and found that he was really there, but..."

Mu Lingzhi looked at the words on the letter paper carefully, pondering each stroke carefully, and gradually felt a chill in his heart.

He said in a deep voice, "What else did you find?"

Yu Ruyan's heart trembled, and she said tremblingly: "Your Highness should also know that Xiao Dao has a habit of drinking, no matter how drunk he is, he will not blush, his face will only turn blue, but this time, his face But there was a strange red tide, it was...it was the same as when I smelled the aphrodisiac incense in the prince's mansion, so I fully understand in my heart that all this tonight was intentionally done by someone..."

"Later, Empress appeared in the yard right after me, and I became even more sure that all this was a trap—someone asked me to meet under the guise of a knife, then gave the knife an aphrodisiac, and then notified the empress to come... to catch the rape. Thoughts—— It's too sinister! It's actually... It's to make the empress misunderstand the relationship between me and Xiaodao... Fortunately, Xiaodao won't wake up if he doesn't get enough sleep after getting drunk..."

At the end of Yu Ruyan's speech, her voice was trembling beyond recognition——

This person's mind is too poisonous, and he deliberately set up a trick to mix her and Xiaodao together.This person knew what Xiaodao thought about him, so he gave him an aphrodisiac. If it wasn't because he was too drunk, he might not be able to resist the effect of the aphrodisiac. Once she appeared in front of him, the consequences would be disastrous.

And if the imperial concubine sees herself entangled with the knife, she will definitely not believe what she said, and she will think that she is flamboyant and messing around between the two brothers.At that time, Concubine Xie Guifei, who is eager to protect her son, will definitely not make this matter public, and will only deal with her quietly to cover up her truth...

At the end of the hearing, Mu Lingzhi's face was ashen, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What a perfect plan, it's actually a seamless plan. If you weren't astute, the consequences of this matter... are unimaginable."

"However, no matter how well she did it, she still forgot that there is no one in this world who can imitate Xiaodao's characters so similarly, except for the one who taught Xiaodao how to write!"

That flimsy piece of letter paper was turned into ashes under Mu Lingzhi's fury, and the coldness in his eyes was chilling!

From a young age, Prince Yi, he and Mu Ziyue grew up with Chenzhi. Chenzhi's calligraphy and painting were all taught by Mu Ziyue, and she also taught him to draw portraits of Yasha.Therefore, except for Mu Ziyue, no one can imitate the exact same font of Xiaodao.

Mu Lingzhi certainly didn't expect that after such a long time, Mu Ziyue didn't even have the slightest repentance, but instead got worse, and her methods became more and more vicious.

If it wasn't for the fact that it was already late at night, he wished he could go to the prime minister's mansion to question her now.

And Yu Ruyan heard his words, and saw the description on his face, and immediately understood that the 'she' he was talking about was Mu Ziyue!

A cold sweat poured down his cheeks, and before she could speak, Mu Lingzhi had already thought of her, frowned and said with a cold face: "No one else knows what happened last night except you and me, Mu Zi How did Yue know?"

Yu Ruyan could no longer bear the fear in her heart and sat down, trembling all over her body, she said tremblingly: "Since she discovered this secret, she must try her best to let the empress know, and the empress...now, She can kill me without her doing anything."

Mu Lingzhi had already thought of her worries, his face was frosty, he hugged Yu Ruyan into his arms with heartache, and said in a hateful voice: "Don't worry, since I know her plot, I will definitely not let her If she succeeds, if she dares to hurt you again, I will ask the entire Mufu to pay for her burial!"

"What can Your Highness do to cure her?" Yu Ruyan thought of what the consequences would be if the imperial concubine knew about it, and her whole body felt as if she had fallen into a cave of ice!

Just as Mu Lingzhi was about to speak, there was an urgent knock on the door outside, and the copper coin said anxiously outside: "Your Highness, Wangfei, Your Majesty sent someone to call, let Your Highness and Wangfei enter the palace immediately!"

Both of them were shocked when they heard the words, the teacup in Yu Ruyan's hand shook, and the teacup rolled to the ground...

Seeing that it was almost dawn, at this time the imperial concubine summoned, both of them thought in unison that it must be about the knife!

On this side, Mu Lingzhi walked towards the palace with Yu Ruyan in the meager morning light.But at the gate of the city, an ordinary and simple carriage waited anxiously for the gate to open.

In the carriage, Die Xiang cautiously sat next to the corner, feeling the hostility from Mu Ziyue's body, she was so frightened that she didn't dare to breathe out.

Mu Ziyue's expression was gloomy and cold, and there was no light of excitement in her eyes, they were full of frost, mixed with surprise and doubt, and endless hatred was churning in her heart——

Originally thought that tonight's plan was perfect, as long as Yu Ruyan stepped into the room, with a knife to Yu Ruyan's hot feelings, and then stimulated by the lewd Huo Cao, she would definitely be unable to control her and put Yu Ruyan to sleep.

As for Yu Ruyan, a weak woman, she must be struggling with a small knife that cannot be stimulated by lust and loses her mind. Let the concubine go in at the right time, and witness all this with her own eyes. Don't cover up the matter so simply like last night - Concubine Xie Guifei will definitely not let her go!

Concubine Xie is known for protecting her weaknesses, not to mention that this matter is related to her two sons. If she knows that Yu Ruyan is going to marry Mu Lingzhi as a princess, but at the same time is shamelessly entangled with Mu Chenzhi, thank you The imperial concubine's eyes can't tolerate the character of sand, she doesn't know how to cut Yu Ruyan into pieces!

All of this was originally planned by Mu Ziyue, and she even expected Yu Ruyan's final ending. In front of the door, something unusual was discovered.

Therefore, when Mu Ziyue carefully hid in the dark and excitedly waited for the news of Yu Ruyan's execution, she found that the small courtyard was quiet and there was no sound. The prince has been picked up by someone, and everyone's face is calm and normal, as if nothing happened inside!
Mu Ziyue was completely shocked!

She clearly saw Yu Ruyan go in with her own eyes, and she also planted lewd grass on the wound of the knife. As long as this grass gets on the wound and enters the body, it will stimulate people's lust, madness, and uncontrollable...

Everything was clearly planned, but why didn't anything happen in the yard in the end, and nothing happened to that bitch? !

Mu Ziyue hid in the carriage with hatred and shock, watching Mu Lingzhi and her ride away intimately, her whole body froze.

After everyone had left, she recovered from the shock, and suddenly remembered the letter she had written to Yu Ruyan in imitation of the knife's handwriting, and her heart sank uncontrollably...

At that time, in order to convince Yu Ruyan, she took the risk to write the letter in the handwriting of a knife. She thought that as long as Yu Ruyan was caught and raped by Concubine Xie on the spot, Concubine Xie would definitely not give her a chance excuse.Once she dies, this letter will disappear and no one will find out.

But now that Yu Ruyan is not dead, she will definitely show this letter to Mu Lingzhi. Others can't see anything, but Mu Lingzhi will definitely see the clues and know that she wrote the letter.

Unexpectedly, everything that was carefully planned turned out to be unfavorable, and made Mu Lingzhi hate him.

Thinking of Mu Lingzhi's cold gaze, Mu Ziyue trembled all over her body. It took her a lot of courage to redeem her relationship with him. How could he make him hate her as soon as she came back? So, she must think A way to keep him from doubting himself.

After all, Mu Ziyue was in danger, but she thought for a moment that she had to leave the city immediately and return to the town of Camellia where she had sought medical treatment before. Only in this way could she convince Mu Lingzhi that she would stay away from the Eastern Capital for a while. Camellia town to seek medical treatment to convince him that she did not do these things.

Only the people in the prime minister's mansion knew about her return from seeking medical treatment this time. As long as her father issued a strict order, no one would dare to speak nonsense in front of Mu Lingzhi.

After the city gate was opened, the coachman took the waist card of Mu Mansion and followed Mu Ziyue's instructions, saying that Xiangye asked to send some things to the eldest lady who was seeking medical treatment in Camellia Town. The waist card of the government, let the carriage go out of the city easily without saying a word.

After leaving the city, looking at the farther and farther Dongdu, and seeing how Mu Ziyue gritted her teeth, Die Xiang finally said indignantly: "Miss finally healed her scalp and came back. This time, she just wanted to take advantage of the crown prince's seal. Da Ceremony showed her face well, I didn't expect..."

Die Xiang didn't talk about it, but when she said it, it completely aroused Mu Ziyue's sadness!
In order to cure the leprosy, she can be said to have experienced the most tragic pain in the world——

The scarred scalp is torn off alive, and then soaked in the special potion prepared by the master every day, so that a new scalp will grow on the head.

And that kind of scalp soaking potion, once it touches the bloody hair, it's like pouring hot oil on the head. The pain reminded her of the nightmare when sugar water splashed on her head in the sugar shop... …

In order to get her hair cured, and to be eligible to marry Mu Lingzhi again, Mu Ziyue not only worshiped a blind Taoist nun who lived in seclusion in Camellia Town as her teacher, but also gritted her teeth and endured inhuman torture and pain, in order to become the leader again. The number one beauty, to win Mu Lingzhi's love again!

But she also knew that if she wanted to win back Mu Lingzhi's heart, the most important thing to do was to get rid of Yu Ruyan!
But obviously let her discover Yu Ruyan's Achilles' heel, and arranged everything meticulously, but let her escape again!

"Why, why does that bitch fail to do anything to her every time she gets lucky, why?" Mu Ziyue's face was distorted, and she was almost mad with anger.

Die Xiang on the side was frightened by Mu Ziyue's crazy appearance, she suddenly thought of something, and said to Mu Ziyue tremblingly: "Master, I know why I can't do anything to that bitch."

"What's the reason, tell me quickly!" Mu Ziyue shouted impatiently when she heard it.

(End of this chapter)