slave like jade

Chapter 133 Don't Break Your Word
Die Xiang remembered the rumors she heard when she was in Daqi, and couldn't help saying: "The fifth princess was born without tears, and she was regarded as an ominous person by the Taoist priest with profound spells."

"She has been very evil since she was a child. When she was two years old, she was thrown into the snake cave in the deep mountains and old forests by someone sent by King Qi, but she was not killed. When she was eight years old, she was brought back to the palace by the Queen Mother, but because she was an unlucky person, Everyone in the palace looked down on her, and Concubine Lian Gui and the eldest princess didn't like her even more, to the point of hating poison, she avoided trying to kill her several times."

"Later, I was sent to make a marriage, and the master should have heard that the arrows of the third highness were going to shoot her to death, but for some reason, he shot the seventh princess to death, and later made his highness give up on her, master Thinking about it, if someone else went through these things, she would have died countless times, but she was unscathed, and the more she lived, the more proud she was! Isn't this evil?"

"An ominous person born without tears!?" Hearing Die Xiang's words, Mu Ziyue's Yingying Xing's eyes sparkled again, and she couldn't help thinking that since she fought with Yu Ruyan, she had indeed let her escape every time. Always failed to do anything to her!
From the very beginning when she was sold to a brothel to let her escape, then to the scheme of the prince's mansion to let Wen Xiang die in her place, and then to the sugar shop where it was obvious that she was going to splash sugar water on her to ruin her face, but in the end... ruined my own hair...

All of this, now that I think about it, it is indeed too weird, and the poison of Wujinshao back then could not kill her, the fire in the firewood house also made her escape, and the powerful women in the palace were planted in their hands one by one, all of this How unusual!
But Mu Ziyue was not afraid, instead excited——

When a person is too obsessed or obsessed and falls into a demon, then all difficulties and obstacles will not become obstacles in their eyes.

Mu Ziyue is such a person, even if she learned all this from Die Xiang's mouth, even if she failed to frame Yu Ruyan many times, she still did not give up, but in the blink of an eye, she came up with a new idea to deal with Yu Ruyan Ru Yan.

Ordering the groom to stop, she took out the letterhead and quickly wrote a letter to the attendant, telling him to rush back to Dongdu immediately and deliver the letter to her father and elder brother.

Seeing that Mu Ziyue's face turned bright, Die Xiang couldn't help but cursively cursing, "Master, did you come up with another good idea?"

Mu Ziyue smiled coldly, ice blades flashed in her almond eyes, and said triumphantly: "Father and the eldest prince are worrying about how to prevent the ceremony of conferring the seal on the crown prince today. I just told them that an ominous person came to Daliang. No matter what, the crown prince’s ceremony of conferring the seal must be noisy!”

In the previous battle for the position of crown prince, Prime Minister Mu had never indicated whether he supported the eldest prince or the third highness, but later, Mu Ziyue was annulled by the royal family, and Mu Lingzhi went to Daqi in order to find Yu Ruyan. With the permission of King Qi, he went to fight instead of Qi, which made Liang Wang dissatisfied.

Mu Xiang is an old treacherous and cunning man who sees the wind and turns the rudder. Knowing that Mu Lingzhi is no longer destined for the crown prince, he wholeheartedly supports the eldest prince, and only hopes that after the first prince ascends the throne, he can regain the glory of Mu Xiang's family.

But what everyone didn't expect was that after leaving Mu Lingzhi, an eighth prince came to compete with the eldest prince for the throne, and
The imposing manner is like a broken bamboo, let him successfully seize the crown prince in just a few months, even all the ministers who support the first prince are full of regret, but the things in the court are like this, once you stand in line, don't think about regretting it.Therefore, even if Mu Xiang's vision is wrong, he still has to grit his teeth and endure it.

Now that he has received the news from his daughter, he also knows that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as the crown prince is delayed to officially confer the crown prince seal, then the eldest prince will have a comeback day.

Not allowing any delay, after reading the letter, Mu Xiang quietly went to the First Prince's Mansion to conspire with him, and after half an hour, Mu Xiang left with an excited expression on his face.

At that time, Mu Lingzhi brought Yu Ruyan to Yaohua Palace.In the side hall, the prince was still in a coma, and the thunderous fire on Concubine Xie almost burned the entire Yaohua Palace.

As soon as she saw them coming, Concubine Xie Guifei couldn't hold back her words, "It's good to be alone, I went out to meet you, but when I came back, I was wounded by a sword, I was drunk, and I was poisoned by the horny grass, and I haven't woken up yet... ..."

"He went to look for you, what happened? Why did someone quietly send an anonymous letter to Yaohua Palace, saying that it was... that the crown prince was sleeping in flowers and willows outside the palace, hiding the beauty in the golden house, how did he come back! ?”

After the prince was taken into the palace and examined by the imperial physician, not only was the sword in his hand seriously injured, but there was also the poison of lewd grass in his body, which shocked Concubine Xie to the point of rage.

She thought about what happened last night carefully, and the more she thought about it, the more bizarre she felt, so she had to call the two of them into the palace to inquire.

Yu Ruyan's whole body was cold, she didn't know how to answer the imperial concubine's words.Mu Lingzhi squeezed her hand tightly, implying that she should not be afraid.

He blocked Yu Ruyan by his side indiscriminately, and said: "Mother, I also feel strange about this matter, but when the prince left the inn, he was in a good state, and I didn't know what happened next. , let the prince wake up as soon as possible, the graduation ceremony will start soon, and other things will be discussed after he wakes up."

Concubine Xie felt that what he said was reasonable, so she asked the two of them to stand up, and said to Li Taiyi: "There are still two hours until the crown prince's seal ceremony. Before that, I order you to wake up the prince no matter what. .”

Doctor Li tremblingly took the order, but at this moment, the comatose prince on the bed suddenly groaned in pain, and everyone was overjoyed, and quickly surrounded him. Concubine Xie stepped forward and tightly grasped the prince's hand, and said joyfully: "Son, you finally woke up, but what's wrong?"

Xiaodao had been drunk for too long and was dazed. He stared dully at the people around the bed. When he saw Yu Ruyan, his expression was startled, with a joyful expression on his face, he couldn't help taking his hand from Concubine Xie's hand. Pulled it out, reached out to Yu Ruyan and said excitedly: "Sister, you are not angry with me, have you come to see me?"

Everyone looked at Xiaodao in astonishment, not understanding why the first person he looked for when he woke up was Yu Ruyan. Concubine Xie Guifei's complexion darkened, and Mu Lingzhi's brows furrowed almost inaudibly. rise.

Xiaodao didn't know if he was still drunk, or because the residual poison of the lewd huocao hadn't been cleared, his expression was not sober, and he looked in a trance. Seeing Yu Ruyan standing there without moving, he couldn't help being anxious, turned over and sat up, He didn't care about wearing shoes, so he threw himself into Yu Ruyan's arms in front of everyone, and said sadly: "Sister, don't you want Xiaodao, Xiaodao doesn't want to be a prince, and don't want to be emperor, Xiaodao only wants sister..."

As soon as this remark came out, Concubine Xie Guifei's face changed drastically, and so did the other people in the hall. Mu Lingzhi's face sank and he stepped forward to pull the knife off Yu Ruyan's body and put it on the bed, facing the gloomy Concubine Xie Guifei Said: "Mother and concubine, look at the situation, the poison of the lewd grass on the prince's body has not been cleared, and he is so confused that he can talk nonsense!"

Imperial Physician Li also hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over, "Madam, the lewd Huocao has the effect of confusing the mind. His Highness the Crown Prince is still insane, and he will be fine when the old minister prescribes another detoxifying decoction for him."

But Concubine Xie is not such a person who is easy to be fooled. Before Mu Lingzhi and the others came, she had heard the imperial doctor talk about the medicinal properties of scorpion grass. It can indeed confuse people's minds, but when people are confused, say What he said happened to be the truest thought in his heart.

Therefore, when she heard that her son did not want the country or the crown prince for this 'sister', at this moment, Concubine Xie felt frost in her heart and was on the verge of collapse.

She waved her wide sleeves to let the imperial physician and the others go down, leaving only the four of them in the hall, Xiaodao calmed down after drinking a bowl of detoxification soup, the other three of His Highness also remained silent, the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

Looking at his mother's concubine's ashen face, Mu Lingzhi was afraid that she would anger Yu Ruyan, so he hurriedly said, "Mother's concubine, during the three years when Chenzhi was assassinated and disappeared, he lost his memory and wandered alone alone. I saved him and took him by my side to take care of him like a younger brother, so in Chenzhi's heart, he relied on Yanyan as if he was a family member, and he was also very dependent on her."

After listening to Mu Lingzhi's explanation, Concubine Xie's suffocating heart felt a little bit more relaxed. Thinking of the prince's young age but suffering so much outside, if she hadn't met Yu Ruyan...

Thinking of this, Concubine Xie felt much less uncomfortable. She glanced at Yu Ruyan, and saw that her expression was calm, her eyes were clean and transparent, she didn't want to hide any dirty thoughts in her heart, she was very calm She couldn't help but said: "It seems that you have been very kind to Chenzhi these years, otherwise he wouldn't be so dependent on you. I really should thank you very much."

Yu Ru's face was indifferent and calm, but her heart was already suffocating with nervousness and fear. She must not let Concubine Xie know what Xiaodao thought about her.

Therefore, restraining the fear and anxiety in her heart, she calmly walked to the bed, tucked up the quilt generously for Xiao Dao, looked at Xiao Dao with loving eyes, and replied respectfully: "If you return to the mother, when I met you When the prince was in trouble, he lost his memory. I didn't know his true identity and origin, but I just felt that I had a good relationship with him, and I always brought him by my side as if I were my own brother. When he was sick, I also accompanied him. Looking at him, he likes to act like a baby with me from time to time, that's why he lost his composure like just now, please forgive me!"

When she said these words, Concubine Xie kept staring at her expression closely, because of a woman's intuition, Concubine Xie always felt that her little son had a special feeling for his "sister" who was always on his lips, and, She looked at Yu Ruyan's shining face under the light, and she felt very worried, for she was afraid that her little son would also like her, like a man loves a woman, and he would have something he shouldn't have.

But now, seeing Yu Ruyan's candid look, her eyes were clear without a trace of dodge, and she even promised to treat him as her own younger brother, Xie Guifei's heart was completely relieved.

As long as Yu Ruyan doesn't have evil intentions, Concubine Xie is willing to accept her for the sake of saving Chen Zhi!
Half an hour later, Xiao Dao was sweating all over, the flush on his face finally subsided, and he came to his senses. He stared blankly at Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan in the hall, with an embarrassing expression on his face, mumbling Said: "Why are the emperor's brother and sister in the palace at this hour?"

Seeing that he finally woke up completely, Concubine Xie happily ordered the palace servants to prepare hot water for him to bathe and change clothes, and at the same time couldn't help asking anxiously: "How did you get the injury? Why did you run to that kind of place alone? Drinking in the local place, and somehow poisoned by the horny grass?"

After hearing Concubine Xie's words, doubts flashed across Xiaodao's face, and he frowned and asked, "What date is it today?"

Seeing his confused look, Concubine Xie said distressedly: "Today is the [-]th day of the eighth lunar month, and in more than an hour it will be your crown prince conferring ceremony. If you don't wake up to the position of crown prince that you have so hard to come by, If you miss it, the mother and concubine will die in a hurry."

Xiaodao frowned and said: "After I went to see the emperor and sister, on the way back to Dongdu, I was attacked by an assassin, scratched my arm, and hid in the small courtyard where I used to live. A few sips of wine..."

Concubine Xie Guifei heard that he had met an assassin again, her heart jumped out of fright, and said anxiously: "Assassin?! The wound on your hand was actually caused by the assassin? Who is going to kill you?"

"Who else is there besides my mortal enemy, Brother Emperor?"

There was a cold light in the obsidian-like eyes of the knife, and he said coldly: "But what is the poison of the horny grass that the concubine mother just said? Could it be that I was murdered after being drunk? How did you find me?"

Concubine Xie's face darkened when she heard the words of the eldest prince, and she said ruthlessly: "That's right, he is the only one in this world who has the courage and reason to attack you now. After hearing from the attendants that you disappeared, your imperial brother brought people in I was looking for you everywhere in the city, mother and concubine, I was also anxious, and then I suddenly received an anonymous letter, saying that you were hiding in a golden house in the courtyard of Gua'er Hutong, sleeping flowers and sleeping in willows, and my concubine was anxious So I led people to rush there, but after arriving, there were no other women mentioned in the anonymous letter in the yard at that time, except for Princess Heshuo, but..."

Concubine Xie suddenly thought of something, she took out his coat from the clothes she took off with a knife, pointed to the clear rouge mark on the neckline and said: "If there are no women, where did these come from?" After finishing speaking, she looked at him. Yu Ruyan, who was standing quietly by the side, asked doubtfully, "The princess got there before me, but did you see some suspicious person appearing there?"

Yu Ruyan didn't have time to make a sound, Xiaodao's eyes were shining brightly, and she said excitedly: "It's my sister... Did my sister look for me?"

Yu Ruyan smiled slightly and said: "Yeah, I heard that you disappeared, the empress and Your Highness were very anxious, looking for you everywhere, I went to the courtyard where we lived before, but I didn't expect you to be there. "

Looking at the rouge marks on Xiaodao's clothes, Yu Ruyan sneered in her heart——

In order to deal with her, this Mu Ziyue has exhausted all her efforts and methods!

She said to the imperial concubine: "I just went to the courtyard a moment earlier than the empress, and I didn't see anyone else there."

Mu Lingzhi saw that the sky was already bright, so he bid farewell to Concubine Xie, "The ceremony of conferring the seal is about to begin. Rong Erchen will return to his residence and change his clothes to prepare for the ceremony."

Concubine Xie Guifei saw the bloodshot eyes in his eyes, and thought that he had been busy all day without even entering the mansion just after he came back. It's up to you to watch."

Mu Lingzhi took Yu Ruyan's hand and walked out, Xiaodao stared blankly at Yu Ruyan's background, clenched his hands tremblingly under his sleeves, his lips moved, wanting to let her stay with him, and walked to the high platform with him Admired by thousands of people, he accompanied him through the long journey of life, but he stretched out and retracted his hand, swallowed the words with difficulty, and watched her figure disappear at the gate of the palace reluctantly.

The moment she stepped into the carriage and left the palace, Yu Ruyan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed: "Finally passed the empress's test!"

Mu Lingzhi thought of the anonymous letter mentioned by Concubine Xie and the rouge mark on the collar, his eyes turned cold, and he said coldly: "Don't worry, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, you should take this opportunity to take a rest."

Yu Ruyan could sleep there, she looked tired and said, "Your Highness, do I want to go to today's graduation ceremony?"

Mu Lingzhi lovingly helped her change into a comfortable position and leaned against him, and said helplessly, "You are my princess and Xiaodao's sister. How can I miss you at such an important moment? As soon as the ceremony is over, I will take over I want you to ask the emperor for favor, and marry you as soon as possible."

Leaning in his arms, smelling the faint ambergris on his body, Yu Ruyan's heart instantly settled down——

Only when she is with him can she feel particularly at ease.She can not be afraid of anything, and not panic when the sky is falling.

The early morning sun cast a golden light through the curtains in the carriage, clearly reflecting the exhaustion in Mu Lingzhi's expression, Yu Ruyan couldn't help stretching out her hand to smooth the wrinkles between his brows, and said distressedly: "Your Highness, It has been really hard for a few days. For the prince's business, but also for my business, I have worked hard..."

"My silly lady!" Mu Lingzhi lowered his head and gently kissed her on the forehead, and said seriously: "

If I can't protect you well, what qualifications will I have to be your husband.Now I only look forward to the successful completion of the seal ceremony for a while, and when the crown prince's position is completely stabilized, I will take you to travel around the world and live where you want to go. "

Seeing the unconcealable worry in his expression, Yu Ruyan felt sour in her heart, and said with a wry smile: "His Highness wanted to leave just after he came back, but was he frightened by what happened last night?"

Hearing her mention of what happened last night, Mu Lingzhi's expression became more gloomy, and he sighed silently, "I'm always worried that you will suffer because of me. I'm really tired of everything here. I used to be with you As I said, compared to Dongdu, I miss our time in the military camp more. I always look forward to the day when I can put down all the burdens on my shoulders, and live in seclusion with you in the mountains or in the city, just the two of us It doesn’t matter if you plant a few acres of Susukida, or open a small shop, a mediocre life with simple food and drink is the happiness that I yearn for the most in my heart.”

Mu Lingzhi's words aroused endless longing in Yu Ruyan's heart. She suddenly smiled, stretched out her little finger to him, and said seriously: "I mean what you said just now. Let's pull the hook, Your Highness agrees." I must do what I say, and don’t break my promise!”

Seeing her serious look, Mu Lingzhi felt even more joyful, wrapped his fingers around hers without hesitation, and said equally seriously: "Well, I also remember, I must take you to live a real life. A pleasant day."

Yu Ruyan put away her hands contentedly, and the haze that had accumulated in her heart this day suddenly disappeared.

She was in a happy mood, and with the gentle rocking of the carriage, she could no longer withstand the onset of fatigue, and curled up comfortably in his arms and fell asleep

Seeing her huddled in his arms like a cute little cat, Mu Lingzhi's exhaustion instantly dissipated without a trace, and his heart was full of satisfaction.

No matter how bitter, tiring, or dangerous, as long as she is by his side, everything will be fine for him!

When they arrived at the palace, Mu Lingzhi couldn't bear to wake her up, so he carefully held her in his arms and carried her all the way into the mansion. When he came to the gate of Yunsong Courtyard, he met An Lirong who was guarding the gate of Yunsong Courtyard and other people in the mansion. Female dependents.

Seeing Mu Lingzhi suddenly, everyone's faces were full of joy——

An Lirong didn't know the news of the prince's disappearance. She thought that Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan rested in Yunsong Courtyard last night, so she brought the female family members of the palace to pay their respects to Yunsong Courtyard early in the morning. Unexpectedly, the two of them None.

Just as he was about to go back in disappointment, he unexpectedly saw Mu Lingzhi coming back from outside the mansion with Yu Ruyan in his arms. They hurriedly wanted to greet him, but Mu Lingzhi stopped him with his eyes. He was afraid that their greetings would disturb him The person in my arms.

Before An Lirong and the others could react, Mu Lingzhi had already walked past them like a gust of wind, entered the courtyard without stopping for a moment, ordered the copper coins to close the courtyard door, and locked An Lirong and the others in the courtyard without mercy outside.

An Lirong's expression froze, her face was ashen and embarrassed!

Kuang Qinqin said coolly: "Now it seems that His Highness might as well not return home."

Hua Ying didn't understand the meaning of her words, and asked, "Why did my sister say that?"

Kuang Qinqin glanced at Yunsong's tightly closed door, and sighed: "If His Highness doesn't come back, the sisters still have at least one hope, hoping that His Highness can get a little favor from His Highness when He comes back. But now that he is back, he doesn't even Doesn't it make the sisters feel even more uncomfortable if they don't even look at us, and they only see Daqi's princess in their hearts?"

After listening to Kuang Qinqin's words, An Lirong, who had been staring at Mu Lingzhi's disappearing back obsessively, couldn't bear to look away, and said quietly, "Yes, His Highness hasn't come back, so we sisters can at least deceive ourselves and think that His Highness doesn't know what's going on in his heart." There is still some place for us, but now we are waiting day and night for him to come back, but...seeing him treat her so well will only make people feel more uncomfortable!"

An Lirong actually lost her composure when she said such a thing, but she watched helplessly as he held that woman in his arms like a treasure, and walked around the palace with her in his arms without any hesitation, while ignoring them like air. , made her too sad.At this moment, her heart felt like being stabbed with a blunt knife, and she couldn't pretend to be magnanimous and virtuous anymore.

Her hands were clenched into fists in her sleeves, her nails were bleeding from her palms, An Lirong couldn't stay any longer, reasoning that she had a headache, she stumbled back to her Furong Courtyard.

Back in the Furong Courtyard, An Lirong threw everything in the room to pieces, her face was so gloomy that water dripped out.

Xi Lian timidly guarded her side, his face was also pale, and there was obvious black halo under his eye circles, it was obvious that he didn't sleep well at night.

Tired from the fall, An Lirong asked her to pour herself a cup of tea, but Xilian had something on her mind, and she didn't pay attention, and almost scalded An Lirong when she handed the cup.

An Lirong was already in pain, but now that she looked so out of control, she couldn't help but get angry, she slammed the teacup on the small table, and said ruthlessly: "Now even you don't think much of me anymore. Is it?"

Xi Lian was sternly yelled at by her, and she was so frightened that she knelt down and said tremblingly: "Master, this servant is afraid, this servant didn't mean it, please master forgive me this time..."

Ever since she learned Yu Ruyan's true identity, Xi Lian felt like walking on the tip of a knife, always feeling that she was about to fall and die under the knife...

As for Yu Ruyan, An Lirong and her were killed twice, one was the fire in the firewood room, and the other was Bai Ling in the prison cell. Although An Lirong came up with the idea, every time It was her hands on Yu Ruyan, she lit the fire in the firewood room, and she personally put the white silk around her neck in the prison cell. Seeing Yu Ruyan come back forcefully, thinking of what he did to her What happened, Xi Lian was so frightened that she was about to collapse.

After all, An Lirong is still a side concubine, if Yu Ruyan wants to take revenge, she has to be more scrupulous, and dare not execute her blatantly, but she is different, she is just a small servant girl, Yu Ruyan wants to take revenge on her Killing her was as easy as pie!
The first time Yu Ruyan entered the palace, the first person who made things difficult for her was Xi Lian. When she was in the warehouse, she deliberately stepped on Yu Ruyan's order and refused to give it to her, making her kneel down to beg for mercy and humiliate her. In the garden, Yu Ruyan was embarrassed and asked her to take off the clothes on her body.But every time she didn't take advantage of the light, so she knew at that time that Yu Ruyan was not a good master.

Now with her status and character, she will definitely not let her go.

Xilian's tears are about to come out, what will she do in the future?How will she stay in this palace in the future?
Seeing Xilian's terrified look, An Lirong was full of anger, and said bitterly: "Look at your worthless appearance, why didn't you see you being afraid when you bullied her before? Is it still useless to be afraid now?"

Xi Lian burst into tears, and said tremblingly: "Master, she is very different from before, and...and His Highness is so protective of her, if she wants to settle the old score with me, I am afraid that there will be no place for burial. Master, you must save me..."

An Lirong was already extremely depressed, but now that she heard her cry, she was even more annoying, and she couldn't help but said bitterly: "You grew up beside me with that bitch An Lan, why didn't you learn from her? Half astute. You are only afraid when you encounter things, but you don’t know how to think about it. Let me ask you, there is a tiger in front of you that wants to eat you, what should you do?"

Xi Lian looked at her in a daze, and said tremblingly, "I..."

An Lirong's voice was cold and menacing, "The tiger wants to eat you, and you can't escape. You have no other choice but to fight her desperately and find a way to kill her!"

Her usual gentle face was distorted to the point of horror, and her sharp nails ruthlessly dug into the pastry plate on the table, crushing a plate of delicate cakes...

(End of this chapter)