slave like jade

Chapter 150
When Mu Lingzhi saw the small, simple and elegant bamboo badge, his pupils widened and his whole body trembled. The feather badge slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a bang...

All the old people in the palace knew that the late Empress Zhu was dexterous by nature. In addition to being good at spinning yarn, she was also good at carving various gadgets out of bamboo. When Prince Yi was young, Empress Zhu carved a bamboo tablet for him. It is engraved with a handsome horse with wings soaring into the sky, because Prince Yi's zodiac sign is a horse, and the word "yi" in his name means to fly with wings.

From childhood to adulthood, this little bamboo plaque is the most cherished thing of Prince Yi, and he has always carried it on his body like a treasure, and never left it.

And Mu Lingzhi has been close to him since he was a child, so of course he has seen this feather card!
Although many years had passed, Mu Lingzhi believed that he would not admit his mistake. The feather badge that Yue Yu gave to Yu Ruyan was the same one that Queen Zhu gave to Prince Yi back then!
Mu Lingzhi picked up the feather badge that fell on the ground in a daze. Now, he hardly doubted that the world-famous mysterious merchant was his cousin——Prince Qianyi!
Thinking about it now, Yue Yu's character '羽' is not exactly taken from Yi Zhi's character '风', and the meaning of the word is so similar!
Unexpectedly, he was so close to him, always there...

Mu Lingzhi sat blankly, his expression lost in thought, he didn't even hear Yu Ruyan calling him, his mind was filled with chaos and shock.

After returning to the palace, Mu Lingzhi immediately called Dr. Wu to see Yu Ruyan. After Dr. Wu showed her, he prescribed medicine to dispel the cold. Only when she fell asleep did she feel relieved to go out.

As soon as he went out, he summoned the secret guards and ordered them to find Yue Yu.

But he also knew that Yue Yu's whereabouts were unusually secretive, not even a single one of the shopkeepers in the Yue family store knew where the Yue family's mansion was, let alone where Yue Yu was.
Last night he led people to search all night but couldn't find it. In desperation, he remembered that when he went to Wuwei Medical Center to look for Yue Yu, he thought of seeing the carrier pigeons in that yard there. Among the secret guards and personal soldiers, the soldiers with light skills almost caught all the pigeons in the entire Eastern Capital...

Mu Lingzhi asked them to tie notes on the legs of the pigeons they caught, and asked Yue Yu to show up and go to Wangyue Pavilion to rescue Yu Ruyan.

He thought, among these tens of thousands of pigeons, there will always be one that will be a carrier pigeon, even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance, he doesn't want to let it go.

Unexpectedly, this method worked, and in the end Yue Yu successfully showed up!
Now that he wanted to see him again, Mu Lingzhi had no other choice but this.

But he was worried that if he asked Yue Yu to come out to see him again in his own name, he might not come out to see him again!

He frowned and said, "I asked you to follow the carriage, but have you found out where the Yue family's old house is?"

The hidden guard knelt down in shame, and said in shame: "This subordinate is incompetent, so he quietly followed the carriage. Later, the carriage entered an inn. After he got off the carriage, the carriage stopped outside, but this subordinate waited until just now. Hours passed, but no one came out for a long time. When the subordinates brought people in to look for him, the figure of Mr. Yue disappeared from the entire inn. Our people clearly guarded the front and rear exits of the inn, but we didn't see him come out. There is no one in the inn!"

The secret guard's words reminded Mu Lingzhi of Yue Yu's face which was completely different from Yi Tai's, and doubts also flashed in his heart.

Suddenly, he thought that Yu Ruyan had heard that there was a realistic human skin mask in the world, so could it be that Yue Yu's current appearance was a human skin mask?
Mu Lingzhi told the secret guard: "No matter what method you use, you must find the head of the Yue family. Remember, you can only find him quietly, don't disturb him, and absolutely don't hurt him!"

Seeing the seriousness in Mu Lingzhi's expression, the dark guard immediately responded respectfully!
After Mu Lingzhi finished his orders, before he could go back to his room to take a rest, someone came from the palace, saying that he was called into the palace due to urgent government affairs.

After hurriedly entering the room to take a look at Yu Ruyan, and ordering the servants to take good care of her, Mu Lingzhi changed into clean clothes and hurried back into the palace.

Although she took the medicine to dispel the cold, Yu Ruyan's condition worsened. She fell into a dizzy sleep for a while, and her head became heavier and more uncomfortable. Brother An asked Dr. Wu to see her again. All the cold symptoms have come out, so we need to take medicine and adjust it.

He drank another bowl of medicine and didn't have any appetite for lunch. Brother An was about to wait for her to lie down on the bed, but the little girl came to report that Concubine An and Lan Huaying were asking to see her outside Yunsong Court. Hearing that Yu Ruyan was ill, she came here specially to ask An to visit her.

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan was slightly taken aback, she didn't expect that An Lan would come, but then she thought about it, what happened last night, Kuang Qinqin is the aunt of the palace after all, it is normal for them to come to inquire about the news.

When the three of them came in, Yu Ruyan was sitting on the soft couch in the room, her pale face was covered with a layer of rouge again, in the eyes of An Lirong and the others, she was not sick at all, but she hadn't slept all night and was mentally ill. almost look like.

The three greeted her together, Yu Ruyan waved them to sit down and ordered tea to be served!

While they were drinking tea, Yu Ruyan's eyes slowly passed over the faces of the three of them——

An Lan's expression was indifferent, without her usual docile appearance, while An Lirong was cautious and looked normal, but her body was tense and her back was straight, obviously very nervous.

Her gaze finally stopped on Huaying——

I saw her describing sadness, her slender eyebrows and eyes were full of grief, she put down the teacup after touching her mouth lightly, looking devastated.

Yu Ruyan knew that she had always been best friends with Kuang Qinqin. Kuang Qinqin never liked to walk around with other people too much in the mansion, and only got close to Huaying, who was weak and quiet. The two usually helped each other. It is normal to be saddened by the news of her death.

Yu Ruyan kept silent, An Lan and Huaying also remained silent, the room fell into an awkward silence, An Lirong couldn't sit still, and finally couldn't help but speak——

"The concubine is really kind-hearted and extremely intelligent. She solved Kuang's case within three days after returning to the mansion. Thinking of the calm and indifferent appearance of Kuang's in the mansion, I didn't expect her to be so thoughtful." Vicious, so vicious when you strike. We have been with her for so many years, and none of us expected that she would be such a person!"

While complimenting Yu Ruyan, An Lirong observed the expression on her face. Yu Ruyan cooperated with her with a soothing smile, seeming to enjoy her praise and compliment very much.

Seeing that she was in a good mood, An Lirong couldn't help but probed: "However, this Kuang family is so well hidden, but I am curious about how the princess found her?"

In fact, ever since she heard Yu Ruyan say that Concubine Xie Guifei asked her to investigate the matter of the child in Anlan's stomach, An Lirong became restless, afraid that what she had done would be discovered, so from that moment on, She also secretly sent someone to monitor Yunsong Courtyard, especially Yu Ruyan's every move. Later, she saw that she summoned Liu Ma twice in a row, and even quietly called her away as soon as Liu Ma came out of Yunsong Courtyard. Her Furong Courtyard asked her to report to her everything she saw and heard in Yunsong Courtyard.

But I heard from Mama Liu that Yu Ruyan just inquired about some things after Dongcao entered the mansion, so she couldn't help but feel a little strange, and then, within a day, there was news about Kuang Qinqin, and the case of Gu Qing'er was silent It was successfully cracked by Yu Ruyan.

The moment she heard the news, An Lirong was not only shocked, but also puzzled. She thought about it, but she couldn't understand how Yu Ruyan found the clues and found out the murderer who poisoned Gu's mother and son. .

When she asked Yu Ruyan such a question, she was really curious, and at the same time, she wanted to know how Yu Ruyan got the clue, and how much did she know about her?

How could Yu Ruyan not understand the plan in her heart.She sneered coldly, and said in a cold voice: "In this world, as long as people do things, there will be traces. The so-called law enforcement is not leaking, which is exactly what it means. Some people think that what they do is seamless No one will find out, but even if you can hide it from all eyes, you can’t hide it from God’s eyes, and one day the truth will be revealed, so——If you want people to know, you can’t do it!”

When she said these words, Yu Ruyan had an indifferent smile on her lips, and her eyes stared straight at An Lirong below, her heart skipped a beat, and she almost couldn't hold the teacup in her hand.

Of course she heard the meaning of Yu Ruyan's words, not only her, An Lan who had been silent all this time also heard the implication of Yu Ruyan's words, a sarcasm and a stern smile appeared on the corner of her mouth Concerned, she glanced at An Lirong's face without a trace, and said coldly: "The princess is too right. Is there any thing in this world that can really be hidden from the world. Kuang has done such a thing." It's as obscure as it is, and the matter has been so long, and it was easily found out by the princess, so it can be seen that everything can't escape the eyes of the princess!"

After finishing speaking, she put down the teacup in her hand, solemnly bowed down to Yu Ruyan, and said in a trembling voice: "I beg my concubine to help me find out the murderer who killed the child, and help my poor child to seek justice!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone else in the room was stunned, only Yu Ruyan took a sip of tea leisurely.

Everyone in the house thought that An Lan's child was accidentally broken by herself, so they were all surprised when they heard her words, even Huaying, who had been depressed all the time, raised her head in shock.

An Lirong shook her hand, and could no longer hold the teacup in her hand. She spilled half a cup of tea, leaving dark tea stains on her dark blue skirt, but she didn't care so much, and suddenly turned her head and looked at An Lan couldn't help but scolded: "Mrs. An, what are you doing?"

It wasn't until she said it that she realized that she had lost her composure, and she suddenly became flustered and panicked!
Yu Ruyan looked at her who lost her composure with cold eyes, and An Lirong hurriedly hid it with her tongue open after being caught by her gaze: "Princess, please forgive me, I just saw that my mother was frightened yesterday and she is still sick. I don't want Mrs. An to bother my mother at this time..."

Before she could speak, Yu Ruyan said coolly: "I remember that when Concubine An came to my place two days ago, I mentioned to you that Concubine Xie was very concerned about Mrs. An's children, and specially told me We need to find out about this matter, so now that Mrs. An brought it up by herself, it's exactly what I want!"

After all, Yu Ruyan looked at An Lan firmly and said: "Mrs. An, I was not in the mansion when your child had an accident, so I don't know the inside story. The imperial concubine ordered me to investigate your child's affairs. I think, It's better to leave this matter to you to investigate yourself, you have always been smart and careful, and you will definitely find out the murderer of your child with your own hands."

Thinking of her daughter who died innocently at birth, An Lan felt a twinge of pain in her heart. She gritted her teeth to suppress the hatred in her heart, and respectfully bowed to Yu Ruyan: "Thank you for the concern of the imperial concubine and the princess. Find the murderer who killed my daughter and avenge my daughter!"

Yu Ruyan looked at An Lirong, whose face was pale but forced to be calm, but she said to An Lan: "You can go and investigate freely, if you encounter difficulties and need help from me and Your Highness, just ask! "

Hearing this, An Lan was overjoyed, and respectfully agreed!
An Lirong gritted her teeth with hatred, hated and feared in her heart, her hands clenched tightly under her sleeves into fists, her nails dug deep into her flesh——

She never expected that she would be tricked by An Lan again!

After learning that Yu Ruyan had solved Gu Qing'er's case, An Lirong couldn't bear it any longer. She stepped into her okra yard for the first time after An Lan's accident to find out about her. tone.However, An Lan told her with a sad face that it was because of her poor fortune that she couldn't keep the child in her stomach, and she couldn't blame others.

At that time, she had a sincere face, and there was no gap in her expression towards An Lirong. She was still respectful to her as before, calling her 'Miss', as if she was still the girl who had no support in the past and wanted to rely on her to survive. .

But unexpectedly, as soon as she turned around and stood in front of Yu Ruyan, her face immediately changed.In this way, what she said before was obviously perfunctory to An Lirong, and it could even be said that she was lying to her. What's more, she was already doubting her, suspecting that it was An Lirong who killed the child in her womb, so, refused to tell her the truth.

Being deceived and betrayed by An Lan time and time again, An Lirong hated her to the extreme. She trembled all over, looking at An Lan who was kneeling in front of Yu Ruyan, her eyes were full of coldness.

Angry to the extreme, the next moment, An Lirong calmed down instead.

Her expression returned to normal, and she said with a sad tone: "Sister An's child is indeed a pity. If my sister has any doubts in her heart, she should really check it out!"

After finishing speaking, he stepped forward and respectfully said to Yu Ruyan: "Since I have seen the princess, I will not disturb the princess to rest, I will leave first!"

After all, instead of calling An Lan and Hua Ying, he came out by himself.

The thin curtain waited for her outside, and seeing her come out with a frosty face, she couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Master's face is not gloomy, but has something unhappy happened? Could it be... the princess made things difficult for you!?"

An Lirong sneered as she walked out, "Oh, I was teased once or twice by that little bitch, and she talked nicely to me this morning, but when I arrived here in a blink of an eye, it seemed like a different person. Seeing the new concubine enter the mansion now, she seems to have disliked me as the old master, good, very good!"

Xi Lian was confused, and didn't understand until later that the bitch she was talking about was An Lan, her face darkened, and she said angrily, "Master, did that bitch provoke you again? "

An Lirong was very upset, she didn't have the heart to explain to her in detail, and walked forward distractedly, but just at the corner of the garden, she heard An Lan yelling coolly from behind: "Concubine An, please stay!"

An Lirong's footsteps faltered, and she turned very slowly to look at An Lan who was walking towards her, with a stiff smile on her face, and said coldly, "What is Mrs. An calling me for?"

The two masters and servants who used to be like sisters and shared the same hatred can no longer even put on a superficial disguise. The word An side concubine has shown An Lan's position towards An Lirong, and An Lirong is the same towards her.

An Lan approached An Lirong step by step, the distance between the two became closer and closer, but Xin was already separated by thousands of icebergs and seas of fire, and could no longer get closer...

In other words, from the moment An Lan climbed onto Mu Ling's bed, when An Lirong used her as a tool to give birth to a child, the hearts of the master and the servant have never really been close, and they have changed from strangers to enemies!

An Lan lay on the bed for a whole month, her face was sallow, her cheeks were deeply sunken, her body was thin, and her fine clothes couldn't hold her up. When the wind blew, she seemed to be blown away, but her eyes were Unusually fierce, she looked at An Lirong who was also looking at her coldly without fear, and said coldly: "Concubine An seems to have objections to the request I just made to the princess? Or do you think my child should be so ignorant? Bai died in vain?"

An Lan looked at the former master in front of her who she had respected and feared, and the hatred in her heart surged higher and higher. She wished she could kill her immediately and avenge her child.

An Lirong's hatred for her was also surging, and it only increased.

The lowly servant girl in front of her who was staring at her used to be submissive in front of her, and didn't even dare to show her airs, but now she is on an equal footing with her, and even framed her together with her. Thinking of this, An Lirong doesn't feel guilty that she killed her The child in her stomach hated herself for not doing it cleanly and neatly. She should have sent her life and the evil seeds in her stomach to Huangquan Road like Kuang Qinqin did to Gu Qing'er!
She was not irritated by An Lan's words, but smiled coldly and said indifferently, "I don't object to your request, but I feel disgusted by your inconsistency. Heh, you were still talking to me just a moment ago." Said that it was my own poor fortune, but the next moment I ran to the princess and cried, it is really fickle and flattering, yes, now you have found a big tree, where a former master like me who has no right and no favor Into the eyes of your Madam An!"

"However, An Lan, let me tell you, no matter how big your heart is, don't forget your origin, and don't forget who gave you everything you have. Since I can bring you into the mansion, I can give you the surname 'An', and I can tolerate If you climb into His Highness’s bed, I can also kick you out of His Highness’s bed, take back your surname, and let you go back to where you came from!”

At this point, the two of them have completely torn their skins apart. An Lirong hates her so much that she doesn't hold back any sympathy when she speaks.

An Lirong's ruthless words made An Lan's face turn paler. After a moment of surprise, she suddenly burst out laughing. The sharp and ear-piercing laughter made An Lirong feel inexplicably flustered.

An Lan sneered unceremoniously: "That's right, people like me who come from a lowly family background have no ability to protect themselves, so of course we have to find support. The so-called good bird chooses a tree to live in. I choose to believe in the princess. It is because she has this power, and the second is that I admire her ability even more. I believe that she can even investigate Gu's case, and that she can help me redress my child's unjust death! But you—Concubine An, you won't You still expect me to rely on an enemy who kills me, do you really think I don't know anything?!"

At the end of the sentence, An Lan was already stern, and her teeth were clenched. Thinking of the child who died in her stomach, An Lan wished she could eat An Lirong raw.

This child was obtained by An Lan with all her heart and all her hopes. For this child, in order to prevent the child from being snatched away by An Lirong when she was born, she did not hesitate to join forces with Gu Qing'er to frame her and even snatched her away. Afterwards, in order to protect the child, she was even more careful to the point of being a warlord. She finally looked forward to the full month and the birth of the child, but in the last few days, she was still plotted by An Lirong. Come on, let the child suffocate to death in the stomach...

Although it's just a daughter, it's An Lan's fate!

An Lirong was stunned by her undisguised words, she didn't expect that An Lan had already suspected herself, she couldn't help but lack confidence, and said in a trembling voice: "Bitch, don't talk nonsense without evidence, it's obvious Your own fortune is poor, you have done all kinds of bad things, God can't see it, and you have lost the fate of children, how can you blame others, be careful, I will sue you for slander in front of His Highness!"

"Go. It's better to go now!" An Lan's eyes were like a knife, gouging out An Lirong fiercely, and said ruthlessly: "I not only want His Highness to uphold justice for our children, but also ask His Highness to take my 'An Lirong'. 'The surname is gone. I hate you, I hate this surname, I don't care about having the same surname as you, what do you think I dare not do now?!"

An Lan's words made An Lirong speechless with anger. Seeing Xi Lian beside her, she couldn't help but chimed in and said, "You're really ungrateful, and I don't even think about who picked you into Yushi's mansion back then, and even more so. Bring you into the palace, and let you have the opportunity to become His Highness's aunt. If there is no master, you will not even be able to see His Highness's face. Where did the child come from? After all, everything you have is given by the master, even if the master wants you to die , you have nothing to criticize, you dare to betray the master and take revenge on the master!"

An Lan closed the thin curtain coldly, gritted her teeth and said, "I am a mother, but you, oh, an old girl like you has never been pregnant, how can you understand the feeling of mother and child being connected by heart and flesh and blood! Before I I am really grateful for her promotion, but from the moment she killed my child, the master-servant relationship between me and her has been completely severed, and there is nothing between me and her except the murder of my daughter!"

Hearing this, not only An Lirong's face turned pale, but Xi Lian's also turned pale.

Xilian is older than An Lan, but she has been serving An Lirong all the time, and she is getting older day by day. An Lirong originally promised to find a good family for her to marry in the past two years, but since last year Yu Ruyan After entering the mansion, An Li Rongzhong had already left her lifelong affairs behind in order to fight for favor, to deal with Yu Ruyan, and to get revenge on An Lan. Put conditions on her!
Although An Lirong was angry in her heart, but when she saw someone coming towards them, she didn't want to entangle An Lan any more, and said to Xilian: "Master An's heartache for losing her daughter is no different from losing her mind, we don't need to worry about her ,Let's go back!"

After all, he left as if fleeing with a thin curtain.

The quarrel between An's two people in the garden reached Yu Ruyan's ears verbatim, she lay on the bed with a headache, and listened to An's report, she said disgustedly: "Both master and servant are not good people. , let them go, let them bite as much as they can."

Hearing this, Brother An couldn't help laughing, and said, "Princess's idea is really good, this will save the princess' trouble!"

While the master and the servant were talking, the little girl who was guarding the gate in the yard came in again, and whispered: "Princess, Aunt Hua didn't leave, she said she wanted to ask the concubine for something!"

Yu Ruyan frowned slightly, frowned and thought to herself: "What does she want from me?"

After all, let the little girl bring her in.As soon as Hua Ying came in, she knelt down in front of Yu Ruyan, and begged with tears: "Princess, concubine... I want to send Kuang for the last time, and I beg the concubine to tell me where she was buried?"

Yu Ruyan was startled when she heard the words——

Although Kuang Qinqin is dead, she is still guilty of the crime of killing the emperor's heir. People in the palace who have been in contact with her have tried their best to distance themselves from her, for fear of getting into trouble with her. Yu Ruyan didn't expect that Huaying not only didn't avoid suspicion, but also asked to see her off for the last time!
Getting off the bed to help Huaying herself, Yu Ruyan had a gloomy expression on her face, and said in a sad tone: "Sister Hua, it's not that I didn't tell you, but that she was taken away by her former master, and I didn't know she was buried in the Where, please forgive me for being powerless to help you!"

Seeing her getting out of bed and helping her up, Huaying was flattered and hurriedly said: "My concubine's words are serious, I had hoped so much, I thank her personally!" After saying that, she bowed to Yu Ruyan and said goodbye.

Yu Ruyan originally wanted to keep her here to say a few more words, but Huaying is such a pure-hearted person, she didn't rely on Yu Ruyan's previous rescue to get close to her deliberately, but because Yu Ruyan is now Because of her identity, she deliberately avoided suspicion and stayed away from her.

After Huaying left, Yu Ruyan couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep on the bed.She slept until sunset, but when she woke up, Mu Lingzhi hadn't returned from the palace yet.

Not only did he not come back, but someone came from the palace, Xuanyu Ruyan entered the palace immediately!
(End of this chapter)