slave like jade

Chapter 144
Since Concubine Xie Guifei handed over the two major cases of the palace to Yu Ruyan, Yu Ruyan was more troubled by the death of Gu Qing'er than An Lan's child, because she knew that An Lan's child had an accident, and An Lan's child had an accident. With her temperament and how much she cherishes the child, she herself will never let go of the murderer who killed her child, and as long as she helps her behind, I believe that she will soon find out who is behind the scenes.

On the contrary, it was Gu Qing'er's death. Not only did the incident take too long, but there was no trace of clues to be found. Even Mu Lingzhi, who was so astute, was at a loss.

For the past few days, Yu Ruyan has been very distressed, not knowing where to start with the Ziluoyuan case?
It wasn't until last night in the Okra Courtyard that she saw Yuan'er who was hesitating to speak, and a flash of light flashed in her mind, and she suddenly remembered that the people who have a direct relationship with Gu Qing'er and also have connections with the outside world, except her maid Dongcao has no one else!

And these girls who seem to be unknown in the house, many dark things can't escape their eyes.

So, after thinking about it, she had to deal with Dongcao in the Ziluoyuan Gu Qing'er case.

Dongcao suddenly heard Yu Ruyan's words, her whole body shuddered violently, as if she was shocked, she raised her head and looked at Yu Ruyan in horror!
In the next second, Dongcao's actions startled Yu Ruyan who had been staring at her.

Dongcao seemed to recall the tragedy of Gu Qing'er's death, and suddenly trembled with her head in her hands, her expression extremely frightened, and then fell straight to the ground with a 'plop', vomited White foam, body convulsions.

This sudden change really scared everyone in the house to death.

Yu Ruyan reacted quickly, while repeatedly ordering people to hurry to invite Dr. Wu to come over, while asking people to lift the winter grass on the ground and put it on the couch.

There was an older girl who seemed to have seen this kind of disease before, and said quickly: "Princess, I have seen this kind of disease when I was in my hometown before. I heard from the doctor that when the patient is ill, it is not allowed to move her. of the body..."

Hearing what the girl said, the maids and women who were about to go forward to carry the winter grass were too frightened to do anything, and Yu Ruyan was also afraid that she would harm her if she did it without her own initiative, so she could only watch the winter grass twitching on the ground helplessly. , that appearance is really frightening.

An Ge was terrified at the beginning and then seemed to think of something, and whispered in Yu Ruyan's ear: "Princess, look at her, she must have done something bad and was afraid, maybe the poison of arsenic was her poison." Yes, she also killed the Gu family and the child in her womb, the princess quickly ordered someone to arrest her..."

Yu Ruyan was also full of doubts, but the thoughts in her heart were exactly the opposite of Brother An's.

If Dongcao was really afraid and timid because of something wrong in her heart, then why did she not have any symptoms or abnormalities when Mu Lingzhi interrogated her, but now she suddenly became scared after so long after the incident happened ?

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Yu Ruyan's mind——

Dongcao's reaction was indeed very strange, making it easy for people to suspect her, but Yu Ruyan thought of her caring care and loyalty to Gu Qing'er before, but she was unwilling to believe that the murderer was her!
If she really wanted to harm Gu Qing'er, she didn't need to put arsenic in Gu Qing'er's medicine at all, and just ignored her when An Lirong gave Gu Qing'er the yellow heart grass, and just stood by and let her become a living creature. The dead will do.

And Yu Ruyan also thought that she was the one who came to ask Yu Ruyan for help when Gu Qing'er was poisoned by arsenic. Du's whole body was stiff and weak, when he stumbled while going for a walk in the yard, he almost fell the child in his stomach, but it was Dongcao who devoted himself to protecting the Lord and used his body as a mat for Gu Qing'er to save the child in her stomach...

All of this shows that Dongcao gave up his life to protect Gu Qing'er, how could such a loyal servant of the lord put arsenic in the medicine.

Having said that, when she heard that Yu Ruyan wanted to investigate the matter of Ziluoyuan today, she was unexpectedly flustered...

The fog in her heart was getting bigger and bigger, and the truth seemed to be surfacing but it became more and more blurred. Yu Ruyan fell back into the chair with a headache and sat down, and said to Brother An with difficulty: "Before there is no evidence, everything can only be done. It's just a guess, let's wait for the doctor to come and cure her illness first."

At this moment, Dr. Wu rushed over with the medicine box in his hand. When he entered the room and saw the winter grass lying on the ground, he frowned and muttered, "Hey, why is this girl sick again?"

After all, it was too late to say hello to Yu Ruyan, Dr. Wu knelt on the ground on one knee, without asking Dongcao for pulse, he directly took out the silver needle from the needle bag, administered the needle to her very quickly, and opened the She looked with her eyelids, and after half a quarter of an hour had passed, Dr. Wu pulled out the silver needle. At that time, the winter grass had stopped convulsing, and the mouth no longer foamed, but it returned to normal.

After waking up, Dongcao sat on the ground in a daze. She didn't come to her senses for a long time, as if she didn't know that she was ill just now, and she didn't know that she had walked through the gate of hell. He fell ill again, so he mumbled, "Doctor Wu, I have caused you trouble again."

In front of Yu Ruyan, Dr. Wu said to Dongcao very worriedly: "I told you, don't get too excited, keep your mood relaxed. Otherwise, it will be very dangerous to get sick."

Dongcao lowered her head weakly and said nothing, Yu Ruyan saw that she was stained with vomit and let her go down to wash and rest, and after she left, she asked Doctor Wu: "What's wrong with her and how long has she been sick?" gone?"

Doctor Wu greeted Yu Ruyan respectfully, and told her that Dongcao suffered from a rare convulsion disease. During the onset of the disease, the whole body convulsed and fell into a coma, foaming at the mouth, unconsciousness, and the slightest carelessness would kill her. , and there is no cure.

Seeing Yu Ruyan's astonished expression, Dr. Wu said: "It is impossible to know how long she has been ill, but in the half a year in the palace, Xiao Ke has seen her sick three times. Judging by her appearance, I guess This disease has followed her for some years."

Yu Ruyan's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked, "I don't know when she had the last two attacks? Do you still remember Dr. Wu?"

Dr. Wu thought for a while, and said solemnly: "I remember, the first time was about half a year ago in Bihe Courtyard, she fell ill, but when I rushed over, she was already awake; the second time was in the front In the service room not long ago. And then fell ill again today."

Hearing that he mentioned Kuang Qinqin's Bihe Courtyard, Yu Ruyan was slightly stunned, doubts flashed in her eyes, she frowned unconsciously, and said in a deep voice: "Then Doctor Wu still remembers the first time she was in Bihe Courtyard?" Was the time of onset before Ziluoyuan Gu died of arsenic, or after?"

"After that." Dr. Wu replied firmly without thinking, "Xiao Ke remembers it very clearly, because when the accident happened in Ziluoyuan, Xiao Ke accompanied His Highness to examine the body of the Gu family. This little girl was there at the time. I heard that she was the only maidservant served by Gu Shi's side. His Highness asked her a lot of details about Gu Shi's accident. Xiao Ke still remembered that she had defended Wang Hao in front of His Highness at that time, saying that Wang Hao was wronged. It will harm her master, the princess is a good person."

"Later, about half a month after Gu's accident, Xiao Ke was called to see a doctor in Bihe Hospital. She was the one who fell ill, so the memory is still deep."

After hearing Dr. Wu's words, Yu Ruyan's doubts deepened, and she couldn't figure it out any more.

Although she didn't believe that Dongcao was the murderer of Gu Qing'er, deep in her heart she vaguely felt that Dongcao knew something about the Gu family.

However, if she knew something as she expected, then with her loyalty to Gu Qing'er, she should tell Mu Lingzhi what she knew when he was investigating the murderer, and cooperate with him to find the murderer who harmed Gu Qing'er. Yes, why hide it?

In Yu Ruyan's previous understanding of Dongcao, she was a very simple and kind girl. When Gu's family lost power, she had been loyally guarding Gu Qing'er's side. When she saw her master tripping, she used her own body Go to the master to cushion her body, and in order to save Gu Qing'er, she knelt down in the mud and begged herself regardless.When Gu Qing'er was poisoned, she also cried out of grief, with such a real feeling, Yu Ruyan believed that she could not mistakenly read it.

Doctor Wu had already left Yunsong Courtyard and went back, Yu Ruyan propped her forehead and frowned, after a while, her eyes flashed, and she asked Brother An to call Mama Liu again.

Liu Ma was brought in front of Yu Ruyan again, not knowing what happened again, she felt uneasy, and dared to kneel obediently.

Before she could say hello, Yu Ruyan, who was at the top, said slowly, "I heard that Mama Liu has been in charge of the deployment of the servants in the residence since His Highness built the residence, and treated every servant who came to serve in the residence with respect." I know everything well. Since this is the case, Liu Ma will explain the origin of Dongcao and its performance in the mansion all these years."

Mama Liu, who is like a ghost, saw Yu Ruyan looking for her twice today because of Dongcao, and Dongcao was someone who served the Gu family before, and she suddenly understood that the new princess seemed to want to find out There is no headless case in the mansion.

Thinking of showing off in front of Yu Ruyan, Mama Liu didn't dare to be sloppy, and told Yu Ruyan everything about Dongcao in detail—

"About five years ago, the palace recruited a group of servants. At that time, this little girl voluntarily entered the mansion as a slave, but at that time she had no guarantor, and no parents or relatives to come forward. The old slave saw that her origin was unknown, She didn't dare to let her enter the mansion, but she begged hard to enter the mansion, and said that she didn't want to sell herself for money, and she didn't need wages, as long as she could enter the mansion as an errand."

"The more she is like this old slave, the more strange she feels. She is afraid that she came into the mansion for another purpose, forcing her to tell the truth. Later, she admitted that she came into the mansion to repay the favor of the original master, but as for the original Who is the master, but she doesn't say life or death, she just keeps guaranteeing that she will be obedient and will not cause trouble..."

"...Later, the old slave let her in when she saw that she was pitiful. After entering the mansion, she has been doing odd jobs in the kitchen. But it is true as she said, very obedient, hardworking and honest, the old slave Gradually, I felt at ease with her, so I didn't pay much attention to her."

"But later, after Ziluoyuan was closed, all the maidservants in that courtyard were kicked out of the palace by His Royal Highness, but Gu Shi still had to be served by someone because she was pregnant, so she had to re-select maids to go to Ziluo. Courtyard service, but at that time, no girl was willing to work in a place like Ziluoyuan, which was not in her prime. When the old slave was in trouble, I didn't expect this girl to come to the door on her own initiative, expressing that she was willing to work in Ziluoyuan. .”

"She is willing to go. Of course, this old slave can't wait for her. Besides, she usually does things in a down-to-earth manner, so this old slave allowed her to go."

"After Gu's death, the old slave wanted to arrange her to work in other aunts' yards because she was honest and well-behaved, but everyone despised her for coming out of such an unlucky place as Ziluoyuan. No courtyard was willing to accept her, but Aunt Kuang from Biheyuan asked her to work as an errand in Biheyuan, but unexpectedly, this girl was unwilling to go, and even asked to go to the most miserable place like the handyman's room... "

Hearing that Liu Ma also mentioned Bihe Courtyard, a light flashed in Yu Ruyan's mind.

Her eyes darkened, she interrupted Mama Liu's rambling words, and said coldly: "Dongcao is usually in the mansion, is she the closest to the people from Biheyuan?"

Mama Liu was taken aback by her abrupt question, and said with embarrassment: "This old slave doesn't know about it, because the old slave can't control so much about the private activities of these servants and maidservants, but—"

She frowned and thought for a while: "When Dongcao was working in the kitchen, she seemed to have learned to cook a dish called Su Sanxian from the kitchen guys very seriously. Later, Aunt Kuang had a cold and caught a cold, and she seemed to have done this. A dish was sent to Ziluoyuan..."

Hearing the name of this dish, Yu Ruyan's whole body trembled, her eyes turned cold, as if she felt that something unexpected was about to break through...

She suppressed the coldness in her heart, and asked word by word: "Mama Liu, does Mama Liu know which brothel in Dongdu that Aunt Kuang was born in before Liang?"

Mama Liu said in embarrassment: "It is said... Aunt Kuang Congliang used to be the most famous Qinxiang Building in the East Capital. She was the head of the Qing Dynasty, and later her body was redeemed by His Royal Highness and given to His Highness."

Hearing the words Qin Xianglou, Yu Ruyan's whole body shuddered, but Brother An's expression changed...

At noon, the copper coin returned to the mansion and told Yu Ruyan that Mu Lingzhi was going to eat with Concubine Xie in the palace and could not come back.Yu Ruyan was thinking about something in her heart, and hummed lightly.

She knew in the past that Mu Ling would be very busy when he returned to the East Capital. He would be very busy with the government and military affairs of the court. Now that he was involved in the altar case, he would be very busy. So Yu Ruyan forgave him. I also don't want him to worry about the inner house of the palace anymore.

After lunch, Yu Ruyan didn't have time to take a rest, so she asked Brother An to wait for her to change clothes and prepare to go out.

Brother An brought her a lotus-colored dress, Yu Ruyan glanced at it, and asked her to change into her silk-colored swirl-pattern embroidered dress, Brother An was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help asking: "Isn't the princess usually Do you like bright-colored dresses? Ever since the princess made such a Qian-colored swirl-pattern embroidered dress, she has always thought it was too gorgeous and didn't like to wear it. Why did you think of wearing it today?"

Seeing the curiosity in An Ge's eyes, Yu Ruyan said in a cold tone: "Today I want to have a good meeting with my previous enemy. Therefore, I must show my momentum."

Brother An was even more curious after hearing this, and looked at her with sparkling eyes, Yu Ruyan said coldly: "If I hadn't heard Liu Ma mentioning Qin Xianglou today, this princess would have forgotten that this princess once planted a big tree there. somersault, and you..."

If it is said that Brother An's life was ruined by Mu Ziyang's hands, then Qin Xianglou's procuress Qiu Mama and those nurses who helped the evildoers are also the most heinous accomplices.

The words that came to her lips were abruptly taken back by Yu Ruyan. Thinking of An Ge's previous encounters and an unsatisfactory life, Yu Ruyan's eyes flickered slightly, and she couldn't help holding her hand and saying: "You and I both I have suffered in Qin Xianglou, and now, it is time to ask Qin Xianglou for it."

Hearing that she was actually going to Qin Xianglou, Brother An took a step back when he heard that Hu suddenly——

That place was the nightmare of her life. Although she hated it, she was afraid to face it again.

With just one glance, Yu Ruyan understood the panic and fear in An Ge's eyes, she sighed, looked at her with pity, and said softly: "If you don't want to go, you can wait for me in the mansion, I will bring the winter grass Go. Don't worry, I will help you recover your debts."

Dongcao changed her clothes and left the mansion behind Yu Ruyan. Yu Ruyan didn't tell her where she was going, so naturally she didn't dare to ask.

Kankan walked to the gate of the palace, An Ge chased up from behind panting, with tenacity in his eyes, he said to Yu Ruyan seriously: "Princess, I will go with you."

Yu Ruyan's trip this time was still very simple and low-key, except for the driver who drove the coach, she brought two maids by her side, and she didn't bring one more person with her.

Brother An couldn't help but feel a little worried when he saw her. Seeing that she didn't take anyone with her, if Qin Xianglou's mother Qiu started to be cruel, those nursing homes in Qinxianglou would be all desperadoes.

Yu Ruyan didn't pay attention to Brother An's worries, she closed her eyes and rested her mind along the way, Brother An looked worried, and Dongcao was also in a disturbed mood.

She was uneasy just because she was afraid that Yu Ruyan would continue to ask about Gu Qing'er.

But later seeing that Yu Ruyan didn't ask about this matter again, she was a little relieved.

The carriage arrived at Qinxianglou unimpeded all the way, and the moment she got off the carriage, Dongcao's face turned pale when she saw her destination.

Kankan couldn't help but withdraw her foot from stepping off the carriage, she tremblingly said: "Princess, slave... slave is a little uncomfortable, slave is waiting for master in the carriage..."

Her reaction was exactly as Yu Ruyan expected, her eyes swept across her face coolly, Yu Ruyan said coldly: "When we get here, how many things do you think I don't know?!"

Hearing this, Dongcao's whole body trembled like chaff, her face was as white as a sheet of paper, but she didn't dare to say another word, she gritted her teeth and followed Yu Ruyan with her head down.

In the afternoon, before the official opening of Qinxiang Building, the girls in the building were all starting to dress up and prepare for the evening business.

When Yu Ruyan led Ange Dongcao and stepped in, it was too late to stand firm in the lobby. The guards in the building thought it was a wife who came to the building to find her husband and made trouble, and they were about to come up and chase him away. , but seeing that they were dressed so expensively, they didn't dare to drive people away.A man with a big shoulder and a thick waist, with his eyes hanging down and a toothpick in his mouth, stepped forward and asked them to go out in a bad tone, saying that the brothel didn't accept female clients.

Yu Ruyan's half-closed eyelids lifted slightly, and a cold gaze swept over. Brother An understood, and without a word, he stepped forward and slapped the tall and burly nurse hard on the face.

'Snapped! "This slap, Brother An exhausted all his strength, so he slapped it firmly. He slapped the nurse with a bad attitude. He looked at the three young girls in front of him in disbelief, and the toothpick was shocked." Gotta fall out of mouth.

This crisp slap was extremely loud in the quiet lobby, and everyone couldn't help but look sideways. Ms. Qiu was coming from the back hall. Seeing this scene, her expression was startled, but the next moment her face was stained with anger, and she quickened her steps towards the lobby. Walk--

Qin Xianglou has been standing in Dongdu for decades, not only is it famous, but also it has met countless dignitaries in Dongdu. Even the eldest prince of the current dynasty is a guest in the building. Who have you ever been afraid of?
Besides, this jealousy, she has seen many times when the rightful owner of the family finds the building to make trouble, let alone a year, she has to meet several times in a month, so these chick-like backhouse main owners, Her mother Qiu even looked down on her.

Before Qiu's mother had time to walk into the lobby, the nurse who had been beaten came back to her senses, and rushed forward furiously, her fist like a hammer was about to hit Brother An's body. , Brother An hadn't had time to show off his palace badge, a black shadow descended from the sky, and kicked the whole guard away.

Nursing courtyard's muscular body knocked over several tables in the lobby, lying on the ground for a long time unable to straighten up!

This sudden turn of events not only shocked Ms. Qiu, but also shocked Yu Ruyan, and the others stared dumbfounded at the scene in front of them, dumbfounded.

After the black shadow kicked over the guardian courtyard, he had already dodged to guard behind Yu Ruyan, ready to protect her at any time.

Yu Ruyan, the shadow figure, was no stranger to him. He was the hidden guards beside Mu Lingzhi, but what she didn't expect was that these dark guards would protect her in the dark anytime and anywhere, which really surprised her.

Qiu's mother has noticed that the situation is different, and she can't help but look at Yu Ruyan intently, but after so long, she can't remember who Yu Ruyan is, but she feels familiar, and An Ge has been standing with his back to her , so Qiu's mother didn't recognize Brother An either.

Yu Ruyan's attire and the fierce aura exuding from her whole body made her inexplicably timid.A bad thought flashed through her mind, she felt that something big was going to happen in this building today, and she dared to show up there again, and she was about to slip quietly to the backyard to call for someone, but at this moment, a cold voice slowly sounded behind her——

"Mother Qiu, stay safe!"

Mother Qiu's whole body was shocked, and she immediately understood that this aggressive woman did not come to the building to make trouble with her husband, but came to seek revenge on her!
(End of this chapter)