slave like jade

Chapter 134
Hearing An Lirong's words, Xi Lian's body softened, even if she was lying on the edge of the table, she still couldn't stand stably, she fell to the ground, her eyes were round, and she tremblingly said: "Master, she is Princess Heshuo, and she can It's the future princess, how dare I... how dare I lay hands on her?"

"Don't dare!?"

Seeing her shrinking back in fear, An Lirong took two steps forward and squeezed her hand tightly, dragged her forward a few steps, and threw her heavily on the broken porcelain on the ground that she had just smashed .

Xilian's body was wounded by broken porcelain pieces in many places, the pain was so painful that she wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry.

An Lirong was born in a noble family, she usually looks weak and weak, she can't lift her hands or shoulders, she is very delicate, she didn't expect her strength to be so strong today, she dragged the thin curtain for a few steps without panting, and made a harsh voice Said: "Through the matter now, if we are afraid of her again and dare not take the initiative to attack, we will be smashed to pieces by her like this room full of porcelain."

The thin curtain was pierced by the tiles on the ground and her body hurt deeply. She panted like a trapped animal. Although she was afraid of Yu Ruyan in her heart, she was also afraid of her own An Lirong. At the same time, she also understood that what she said was reasonable, so Gritting his teeth, he said, "Master, everything is up to your arrangement!"

In Yunsong Courtyard, Yu Ruyan didn't know that An Lirong's master and servant hated her again. She was indeed exhausted, and she didn't wake up after being hugged by Mu Lingzhi all the way.

Seeing her sleeping soundly, even though the time was coming, Mu Lingzhi was reluctant to wake her up. It was not until he changed into his court clothes and carried her out of the house again, and got into the carriage that Yu Ruyan woke up leisurely.

She looked at Mu Lingzhi who was dressed in formal clothes, and then looked at the direction of the car, and suddenly became anxious——

"Oh, why didn't your Highness wake me up? Now that I haven't changed my clothes or combed my hair, isn't it too rude?"

Seeing her anxious look, Mu Lingzhi stroked her hand and comforted her: "Don't worry, don't worry, I have asked Brother An and Tongqian to take your clothes and jewelry to the palace and wait for us to go. Just replace it with Chaoyang Palace."

"Chaoyang Palace? Is there still a palace where His Highness lives?"

"Of course." Looking at Yu Ruyan's curious expression, Mu Lingzhi patiently explained to her: "My father doesn't have many heirs, and now there are only three princes in total. Sometimes my father is lonely, and he will call us in." The palace talked and chatted with him, and sometimes stayed in the palace overnight when it was late, so all the palaces we lived in before stayed."

Yu Ruyan nodded clearly, and after getting off the carriage, she was led by Mu Lingzhi to Chaoyang Palace, and changed her clothes after a while.

Seeing the princess's clothes on her body, Yu Ruyan said timidly: "Your Highness, your father hasn't agreed to our marriage yet, and I'm afraid it's inappropriate to appear in front of everyone today wearing the princess's clothes?"

However, Mu Lingzhi said disapprovingly, "Being my princess is a matter of time. Besides, you are already mine, and you are an old husband and wife who have slept together in the same bed for a year. What's wrong with you? What do you think? , even if my father does not agree, will I marry another woman in this life?"

Yu Ruyan's face was reddened by his love words, she couldn't help teasing him: "Your Highness speaks of love words now, but it's easy to say, it looks a bit like those flirtatious talents, so you know how to say The love story is funny!"

Mu Lingzhi was so teased that he couldn't help laughing, so he raised her chin in a frivolous manner, and said triumphantly: "I am very happy to hear the lady's comment. People don't waste their youth. As long as the lady likes it, I will definitely Recite all the sour poems and love words left by the predecessors of the ancients, and talk to you day and night."

After finishing speaking, he kissed her on the mouth with a 'ba chi' sound in front of all the maidservants.

After the kiss, he looked satisfied and proud, and Yu Ruyan couldn't help laughing when she saw the rouge on his mouth.

It turned out that the rouge on Yu Ruyan's mouth had just been painted on, and he kissed her, staining her mouth with bright red.

This time, the palace people in the room were no longer blushing, but could not help but secretly laugh!
Yu Ruyan couldn't help laughing, her stomach ached from laughing, and when Mu Lingzhi realized it, she showed a rare shame.

He put his mouth in front of Yu Ruyan in a childish manner, and said: "My lady's rouge is so naughty, it even got on my husband's mouth, quickly wipe it off for me."

However, Yu Ruyan didn't have time to wipe him with a silk handkerchief, but the copper coin came in with a knife, and seeing the scene inside the room, the knife's face darkened.

After he took a bath and changed his clothes, he heard that Mu Lingzhi had led Yu Ruyan into the Chaoyang Palace, which happened to be adjacent to his East Palace. Sweet and joking.

Xiaodao looked at the shy appearance of Yu Ruyan's youngest daughter, the blushing face and the shy and sweet appearance, which he had never seen before.

But this Yu Ruyan is more beautiful than ever before, although there is endless sourness in her heart, Xiaodao is reluctant to take her eyes away.

In front of him, although Yu Ruyan dotes on him very much, she usually has cold eyes, and at most she treats him with tenderness and love. The kindness of sister's love for younger brother has never been like this, her face is full of happiness and sweetness, The sparkling eyes are full of spring and affection, as if sweet honey has been added inside, bright and charming!
For a moment, it was as if a thick ball of cotton was stuffed into the heart, making Xiaodao feel stuffy and suffocating!

Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan were a little embarrassed when they saw him come in. Mu Lingzhi asked, "The ceremony is about to start, why are you here?"

Xiaodao's face flashed in bewilderment. He couldn't think of any reason to come here, but he couldn't help but want to see Yu Ruyan. Hearing that she was in Chaoyang Palace, he came here involuntarily. Now he was asked by Mu Lingzhi, I had no choice but to say in embarrassment: "When I came back, I found that one of the two sachets I usually carried was missing. I wanted to come over and ask my sister, did you find my sachet in the yard last night?"

Yu Ruyan saw that he was now wearing a bright yellow prince's suit, awe-inspiring and majestic, showing the air of a king, not only was there a precious ancient jade pendant hanging on his waist, but there was also another worn-out sachet that she gave him , I can't help but feel sad and uneasy.

Xiaodao is always obsessed with her feelings for her, which makes Yu Ruyan very uneasy.

But she also knows that emotional matters are not like something hanging on the body, which can be taken off and given up at will. The most helpless part of emotion is involuntary.

So she couldn't let Xiaodao immediately cut off the feelings she shouldn't have for her, but she wouldn't give him hope and let him sink.

She didn't take out the sachet she kept on her body and returned it to Xiaodao, saying: "I did see that sachet yesterday, but I saw it was too worn out, so I threw it away..."

Hearing that the sachet was thrown away by her, Xiaodao froze, with a bit of sadness on his face, but before he could speak, Yu Ruyan continued: "These realgar bags were in the military camp before, Your Highness is worried that I will meet them Snake ant, gave it to me for self-defense. With the current status of His Highness the Crown Prince, he really shouldn’t wear such a worn-out sachet on his body anymore, especially for such a solemn sacrifice today, it’s really demeaning!”

When Xiaodao heard that the sachet was given to her by her brother, her expression darkened, and she said in a daze: "Xiaodao is used to it..."

He lightly caressed the sachet on his waist with his hand, thought for a while, and finally took it off, but he was still not willing to throw it away, but put it away carefully.

However, at this moment, a little eunuch who was following Xiaodao with his head down all the time saw that Xiaodao had put away the sachet, stepped forward happily, raised his big shiny black eyes, and took out an exquisitely crafted incense stick from his body. He stepped forward to tie it around his waist without asking whether the knife agreed or not, and said excitedly: "Your Highness, look, this is the sachet that I stayed up all night to sew for you. I told you to wear it on your body. The sachet is too old, I asked you to change it, but you just don't listen to me..."

The little Tailin's voice was clear and sweet, but what he said was rebellious. Not only did he keep calling himself "I" in front of the prince, but he also blamed the prince for not listening to him!

Immediately, everyone in the room looked at this bold and unruly little eunuch, everyone was worried that his head would be lost!
When Yu Ruyan heard the words, she only took one look, and she recognized that little eunuch after seeing those big black eyes. This little eunuch was the girl Xiaoru who chased the knife all the way from Putuo Temple to the battlefield, and then from the battlefield to Daliang. .

I haven't seen her for a few months, but Xiaoru seems to have lost a lot of weight. Her round face is not as round and smooth as the first time I saw her in the military camp. It looks more and more small, thin, and very weak.

The moment Xiaodao heard her voice, he frowned angrily, and when her hand touched his waist, he ruthlessly shook her off, grabbing the thin little Ru flung herself in front of Yu Ruyan.

Xiaodao said bitterly: "Aren't you afraid of the lesson from last time? You are a wild girl, you just want to come into the palace with me. You don't know anything about palace rules and morals. Do you know where this place is? Who told you not to come into the palace with me?" You pretended to be a little eunuch and followed me? Where did Xiao Fushou go?"

Although Xiaoru was a little hurt when she was thrown to the ground by him, she didn't look aggrieved at all, and she didn't feel that it was embarrassing to be reprimanded in public like this.

Before Yu Ruyan could reach out to help her, she got up from the ground and said with a cheeky smile, "Hmph, when you were in Putuo Temple, you ate so many chickens from me and slept in my pit, now you If you want to drive me away after living a good life, I will not leave, anyway, I will go wherever you go, and I will follow you for the rest of my life."

Xiaoru's innocent, yet confessional words made Xiao Daojun blush, and the others couldn't help but giggle. Although they thought she was too naive and ignorant, she was innocent and cute.

When she was on the battlefield, Yu Ruyan knew that this little girl was a pure-hearted person, she loved Xiaodao wholeheartedly, she didn't know that her identity and Xiaodao were separated by clouds and mud, and she didn't have the slightest idea of ​​the dark danger in the harem. Consciousness is like a group of wolves, tigers, and leopards, and a little white rabbit that is ignorant and ignorant escapes into the nest. It doesn't know the danger it is in, and it stays happily in the tiger and wolf's den, unwilling to leave!

Xiao Dao might be pestered by her often, he seemed to have no choice but to turn around and ignore her, calling out the name of his personal eunuch.

Xiao Ru proudly said: "Don't call him Xiao Fushou, I added a bag of crotons to his tea, I guess he won't be able to get out of the hut at this time."

"Pfft!" At this moment, even Yu Ruyan and Mu Lingzhi couldn't help laughing.

But Xiaodao was so angry that his face turned green, and he said viciously: "You give him such a heavy croton all at once, if Xiao Fushou dies, I will pour you a bag of crotons and bury you with him .”

This time Xiaoru was completely panicked, tears came out all at once, and she said in a panic: "Xiao Dao, go and save Xiao Fushou."

Yu Ruyan really liked Xiaoru's innocence and loveliness. Seeing her frightened and sad appearance, she couldn't help but said, "Xiaoru, the crown prince is going to the ceremony soon, so hurry up and get Xiao Fushou an imperial physician. Let the imperial physician save him."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Ru ran away as fast as a little rabbit.At this moment, the palace servants also came to inform them that the grand ceremony ahead was about to begin.

On the wide square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, a tall altar has already been built.

According to the customs of the Liang Kingdom, when the crown prince grants the seal and the emperor ascends the throne, he must first go to the altar to worship the heaven and the earth, and then perform the ceremony.

When Yu Ruyan and the others arrived, the altar was surrounded by officials and officials, and everyone looked solemn. Seeing the arrival of the Crown Prince and the Third Highness, they all respectfully saluted and greeted them.

When the auspicious time arrived, King Liang led the prince to the high platform, lit incense and offered it, prayed and kowtowed. The eldest prince Mu Yunzhi and Mu Xiang, who were not relaxed, did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Ever since I met the First Prince Mu Yunzhi when I entered the arena, I saw him standing by the side calmly, respectfully and politely, without the slightest expression on his face.It seems that there is no resentment towards Xiao Dao being the prince.

But the calmer he was, the more uneasy Mu Lingzhi felt. Based on his understanding of the eldest prince, Xiao Dao would have snatched his crown prince right after he came back. It was him, not the knife.

How could he swallow this breath smoothly?
When Yu Ruyan first arrived at Daliang Palace, she didn't know anyone except Concubine Xie. Mu Lingzhi couldn't stay by her side because of something, so he ordered her to follow Concubine Xie and kneel to the west with other female relatives.

Concubine Xie Guifei saw her son becoming the crown prince today as she wished, she was so excited and happy, and her face towards Yu Ruyan was much better.

In the middle of the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, Yu Ruyan, who was kneeling beside Concubine Xie Guifei, suddenly felt a gaze resting on her body, she quietly raised her head to look around, but all the people around were kneeling on the ground in respect They didn't dare to come out randomly, the entire square was quiet except for the singing of promises by the ceremonial inspector Qin Tian, ​​and no one dared to say a word during the ceremony.

Yu Ruyan thought she was overthinking, she was about to withdraw her eyes and knelt down peacefully, but the moment she retracted her eyes, her heart skipped a beat——

From her angle, she could just see the side face of the eldest prince Mu Yunzhi. Although there was nothing unusual in his expression, Yu Ruyan noticed that his eyes moved slightly to the side, as if hinting at someone. what.

Yu Ruyan had heard Mu Lingzhi mention before that the person she should be most wary of in today's seal ceremony is the elder brother Mu Yunzhi who has been deprived of the crown prince, so when she saw his appearance, her heart skipped a beat. Jumping, it always feels like nothing good is happening.

Just when she was about to follow his gaze to see who the eldest prince was flirting with, what she didn't expect was that Mu Yunzhi suddenly turned slightly to the side to look at her, and smiled strangely.

The moment the four eyes met, Yu Ruyan felt as if she was bitten by Wu Jinshao again, her whole body was like falling into an ice cave, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead in an instant.

Her abnormal expression caught Concubine Xie Guifei's attention, Concubine Xie Guifei asked her what's wrong in a low voice?
Yu Ruyan knew that she must not lose her composure at such a solemn and serious moment, so she quickly smiled at Concubine Xie Guifei, expressing that she was fine.

However, her smile was still on her lips and she didn't take it back. Suddenly, there was an exclamation from the high platform!
Everyone looked at the stage in confusion, only to see that the two incense candles placed in the middle of the high stage were all extinguished for some reason!

At that time, there was no wind or rain, and the sky was clear. For some reason, the two candles that were burning well were both extinguished!
This sudden change surprised everyone——

When worshiping heaven and earth, I am most afraid of any accidents. Once something goes wrong, it means that God does not approve the new crown prince as the crown prince.

Now that the incense candles were extinguished for no reason, everyone's hearts were sinking, but the First Prince and Mu Xiang smiled proudly.

Concubine Xie was already horrified, she couldn't help getting up to go to the high platform to see what happened, but she barely stepped on the fifth step, only heard a loud 'click', and one of the square pillars of the high platform was built. It broke suddenly, and the entire platform instantly tilted and collapsed...

The tall pillars, the four bronze mythical beasts placed on all sides on the high platform, the tables and chairs for enshrining, and the people on them all fell down without warning.

Amidst the terrified screams, both King Liang and Xiao Dao, who are skilled in martial arts, jumped up immediately, and Mu Lingzhi, who was closest to the high platform, immediately jumped up to catch Concubine Xie who was falling, but, wait When he reacted, his face turned pale in an instant, and he shouted in despair, "Don't—"

The high platform collapsed in the direction where Chao Yu Ruyan was kneeling...

The place where Yu Ruyan knelt was full of empresses, princesses and wives who came to participate in the grand ceremony. Seeing the things falling from the high platform, the others screamed and dodged to the side.

Yu Ruyan's first reaction was to get up quickly and hide aside, but a small stone shot at her kneecap with incomparable accuracy, hitting her knee softly, and she fell to the ground with a 'plop'. Couldn't get up anymore, and a copper auspicious beast that had collapsed was falling on her——

If such a heavy copper beast hits her on the head, where will there be lives?
Mu Lingzhi was about to collapse, but he was so far away from her, there was no way he could keep up!
Xiao Dao jumped down the high platform carrying King Liang, and trembled when he heard Mu Lingzhi's desperate roar, and at a glance, he also saw the copper beast flying towards Yu Ruyan, his eyes were about to split open, and he was about to throw King Liang at him. While rushing to help Yu Ruyan block the copper beast, Liang Wang grabbed her body forcefully and shouted: "You don't want to die!"

Xiaodao couldn't get rid of King Liang's confinement, looking at the pitiful and stunned Yu Ruyan who fell on the ground, he shouted heartbreakingly: "Sister, get out of here!"

However, how can she hide from her weak knees? !
Everyone was frightened by the scene in front of them and stayed on the spot, watching Yu Ruyan die under the copper beast...

In the crowd, Mu Ziyang had a sinister and complacent expression. He was the one who hit the pebble just now, and all of this today is a conspiracy made by Mu Xiang and the eldest prince based on the information provided by Mu Ziyue.

The main purpose of the eldest prince is to prevent the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, so that King Liang thinks that it is unreasonable for Xiaodao to be a prince, and the heavens will not recognize him, so that the father will give up his idea of ​​making him a prince.

However, after Mu Ziyang learned of the eldest prince's plan, he thought of taking this opportunity to kill Yu Ruyan, in order to avenge her plan to harm him, and also to avenge his sister.

The two brothers and sisters were looking forward to Yu Ruyan's death, but now that Yu Ruyan was about to be crushed to death, Mu Xiang and his son were very satisfied with everything that was arranged today.

But just when everyone thought that Yu Ruyan was bound to die, and even Mu Lingzhi was so distressed that he was about to suffocate, a figure flew out of the slant, rushed in front of Yu Ruyan, hugged her and hit her on the copper beast. The second before the head, rolled away on the spot and escaped...

Everyone exclaimed again, and Mu Lingzhi's dying heart revived again.

But he avoided the copper beast, but he couldn't escape the fallen wooden pillar. Seeing the wooden pillar falling towards them, the man hugged the frightened Yu Ruyan tightly in his arms and pressed the wooden pillar under him. Bang' fell on his back, and with a 'poof', the man spurted out a mouthful of blood.

In the mess, everyone was dumbfounded. Mu Lingzhi was the first to react, and rushed forward to check the injuries of the two. He wanted to hug Yu Ruyan from that person's arms, but unexpectedly that person hugged her tightly. Holding her tightly, Mu Lingzhi raised his head, his eyes met, Mu Lingzhi was so shocked that he froze!
He looked at the man in front of him in disbelief, the expression on his face changed drastically, but when he wanted to speak, his mouth moved for a long time but he didn't make a sound.

The corner of the man's mouth was dripping blood all the time, and the blood dripped onto Yu Ruyan's face in his arms. The warm touch shocked her whole body, which was so frightened, and she finally came back to her senses.

When she found herself lying in someone else's arms, she thought it was Mu Lingzhi who saved her, and she couldn't help but whispered, "Your Highness, did you save me?"

Hearing this, the body of the person holding her trembled slightly, Yu Ruyan sensed something was wrong, looked up, and was instantly dumbfounded.

Whether she was lying in the arms of a completely strange man, or in front of Mu Lingzhi, Concubine Xie and all the officials, this...

She struggled to go down, and accidentally bumped into the man's chest with her hand, and blood overflowed from his mouth.

Yu Ruyan jumped down from his arms, staring blankly at his strange face.

I saw that the person who took the risk to save her had an incomparably handsome face and an awe-inspiring demeanor. Although his face was pale, he still looked at her with a smile at the corner of his mouth.

Yu Ruyan couldn't help but said in a daze: "Who is Your Excellency?"

The man wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, smiled slightly and said, "Fifth Princess, long time no see!"

(End of this chapter)