slave like jade

Chapter 154

For a while, Xiaodao told Concubine Xie that she already had a favorite woman in her heart. Concubine Xie was very happy, but she was also extremely curious. She kept asking Xiaodao about the woman's birth, age and family background. How could Xiaodao dare to tell Yu Ruyan? When he came out, he had to dodge Concubine Xie Gui, not daring to face her.

Concubine Xie Guifei has been ups and downs in the harem for many years, and her eyes are burning like a torch and her mind is like a needle. Seeing him dodging and panicking, her heart sank. Suddenly, she remembered that the last anonymous letter mentioned the matter of him hiding in the golden house outside the palace. Her heart sank, and she couldn't help but twist. Eyebrows: "Who is the woman you like? Is it the daughter of a decent family?"

Xiaodao had calmed down from the initial panic, and he couldn't open his eyes and stood unsteadily, and said exhaustedly: "Mother and concubine, please forgive me, please rest for a while, and discussed the disaster with the emperor for a day and a night, I'm tired and paralyzed, and I have to go to court tomorrow morning, so I'll go to bed first!"

After finishing speaking, he left in a hurry, leaving Concubine Xie full of doubts.

Seeing him running away, Concubine Xie felt inexplicably uneasy.She wanted to catch up and ask, but when she thought that he had been tired for so long, she felt sorry for him and couldn't bear to disturb him.

While ordering the palace servants in the East Palace to serve the prince carefully and let the prince rest well, Concubine Xie also ordered Aunt Qin to send someone to secretly watch the prince and observe his private activities, so she must know who the woman he likes is. Who!

On the other side, Mu Ziyue returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion in despair, held Die Xiang's hand and went back to her yard, locked herself in the room as soon as she entered the room, and did not want to see anyone.

When it was time for dinner, Mrs. Xiangfu no matter whether she sent someone to invite her or came to the door herself, she was unwilling to open the door. Mrs. Mu didn't know why she came back like this after going out of the mansion. I don't know about the third question, just when I don't know what to do, Mu Xiang and Mu Ziyang came back from outside the mansion, both father and son looked gloomy, and Mu Xiang was so angry that the hall was dark.

Mu Xiang went straight to Mu Ziyue's yard angrily, and before Mrs. Mu could speak, she stepped forward and kicked open the door, rushed over and slapped him who was sitting in front of the window crying alone. Mu Ziyue's face.

"Snapped!"

This loud slap not only shocked Mu Ziyue, Mrs. Mu and others were also surprised and couldn't believe it.

You know, Mu Xiang has always loved his eldest daughter the most since he was a child, and he values ​​her more than Mu Ziyang.Because, in Mu Xiang's heart, his celestial and beautiful daughter is going to be a queen and the mother of a country, and she is reluctant to even swear or blame her, let alone beating her.

So Mu Xiang's anger today shocked everyone present.Mrs. Mu didn't know why, so she stepped forward to protect Mu Ziyue, who was stunned by the beating, and looked at the swollen red marks on her face, and said sadly: "Master, what happened to you today, why did you beat me as soon as you came back?" Yue'er? What's the matter..."

Mrs. Mu didn't understand why, but Mu Ziyue did.Her heart was cold, her expression was sad, her tears couldn't stop falling, she sat in a daze, but she didn't want to say a word.

Mu Ziyang also understood why his father was so angry. Thinking of the rumors that he and his father had heard outside, he was equally angry and said angrily, "Mother, don't blame father, but—"

In a moment of anger, Mu Ziyang didn't know who to blame, so he could only say bitterly: "My sister didn't listen to her father, and she still misses that Third Highness, and today she even went to the Three Princes' Mansion, but... she took it for herself. Not to mention the humiliation, it has become the laughing stock of the entire Eastern Capital. Nowadays, the rumors about His Highness the Third Highness despising her and refusing to have her have spread to everyone in the streets and alleys. Such a scandal will make my father and our Mu family Why do you hold your head up and be a man in Dongdu!"

When Mrs. Mu heard this, her whole body froze, she stared at Mu Ziyue in her arms with wide eyes in disbelief, and said in a trembling voice: "Yue'er, are you serious about what your brother said? You..."

Mu Ziyue smiled bitterly, tears welling up——

"Yeah, I went to ask him to marry me as his side concubine, but he didn't want me, and told me to give up on him in the future, and said, that the Three Princes' Palace would not welcome me anymore..."

When she said these words, Mu Ziyue's voice trembled uncontrollably, and her body hurt like a thousand knives. Recalling everything Mu Lingzhi said to her, she felt like she had fallen into a terrible nightmare , I will never wake up forever...

Muxiang's face was blackened to charcoal, and his hair was smoking with anger.

Strictly speaking, he should be angry and ashamed.He was angry that Mu Ziyue didn't listen to his persuasion, and gave up on Mu Lingzhi. He was ashamed that his daughter had become the laughing stock of everyone in Dongdu, and Mu's house had become a joke in everyone's eyes.

After holding back for a long time, Mu Xiang said with hatred: "You don't give up until you hit the south wall, and you don't cry when you see the coffin. From the day you divorced, being a father made you give up on him. The days when you sought medical treatment Here, even though Weifu is not by your side, he still reminds you with letters from home every day to make you feel at ease. Moreover, the eldest prince has made a clear promise to Weifu that as long as Weifu helps him ascend to the Great Treasure, you will be the queen. You don't listen, you put your hot face on the cold... Hey, you won't give up until you lose face at home!"

Mu Ziyue's face was ashen, her expression was stiff, and she sat blankly without a trace of expression, letting Mu Xiang scold her.Mrs. Mu knew the reason of the matter, sobbed, and said sadly: "Master, what will our daughter do in the future, she has been divorced once before, and now everyone knows that she is disliked again, how can she marry her in the future?" People?! Oh, my poor girl."

Mrs. Mu was very sad when she thought about her daughter's future.Mu Ziyang on the side frowned and snorted coldly: "Mother, don't worry. Our Mu family has already broken with the faction of the third highness and the prince. It's fine if my sister doesn't marry him."

"The current plan is to gather the power of our Mu family to help the eldest prince deal with the crown prince and the third highness. Only by assisting the eldest prince to ascend the throne, not only can our Mu family shine brightly, but also our sister's marriage will not have to worry about it. At that time, the eldest The prince greeted his younger sister with ten miles of red makeup, and let the third highness stare at him with dog eyes, and let him and that bitch princess prostrate at the feet of the younger sister, are you afraid that the younger sister will not be able to feel proud!"

Mu Ziyang's words actually expressed Mu Xiang's heart.But Mu Ziyue never said a word, and described it as dull and silly, like a lifeless puppet, but a trace of fire began to dance in the silent eyes, and was annihilated in the frost in a moment...

Seeing her looking like she was dying, Mu Xiang was angry and hated at the same time. For the first time, he showed strong disappointment towards her, drove everyone in the room away, ordered them to lock the door, and Mu Xiang hated her. He thought to himself: "Rather than letting you run out and make yourself embarrassed, it's better to lock you in the room and think about your mistakes. You stay in the room and reflect on yourself, and don't stop thinking about him for a day, and don't come out for a day."

After all, he made a strict order to Mrs. Mu and the people in the mansion that she is absolutely not allowed to be released without his permission.

People in the mansion have never seen Mu Xiang get so angry with his precious daughter, not only beat her for the first time, but also put her in confinement, it seems that Mu Xiang was really angry this time, and everyone couldn't help but keep silent. Even Mrs. Mu wanted to ask for mercy, but she was stared at by Mu Xiang sharply before she could speak, and she was too frightened to speak.

The servant got the order of Mu Ziyue, and was about to close the door and window of Mu Ziyue's room according to what he said, but at this moment, Mu Ziyue came out, opened the door, and was cold to her parents and elder brothers in the yard. He said coldly: "You don't have to worry, even if the third prince kneels and begs me to marry him now, I won't marry him. Father can't lock me up. From now on, I have too many things to do..."

Seeing her sudden transformation, everyone in the courtyard was shocked!
Mu Ziyue's face was as silent as water, but her eyes were flickering with frightening cruelty, her voice was cold and piercing: "From now on, the Mu Ziyue who liked Mu Lingzhi before is dead, and now Mu Ziyue is only I will hate him to the bone, hate Yu Ruyan to the bone. So, father, don't worry that I will go to him again. What I have to do now is to return all the humiliation I admitted today ten times and a hundred times. I want Mu Ling I will regret for the rest of my life what I did today!"

Seeing the resoluteness in her eyes, Mu Xiang finally showed a gratified smile on his face, while Mrs. Mu looked at her with some worry, but thinking of the grievances her daughter suffered today, her heart was full of anger, Joyfully stepped forward and said: "Don't worry, with your father and elder brother around, and with their help, you will definitely get what you want."

Mu Xiang said: "Since you have thought it through clearly, as a father, I am not willing to lock you up again, you should have a good rest."

After all, he led Mu Ziyang to the study to discuss about going to court tomorrow, and he needed to respond to King Liang's disaster relief matters.

Mu Xiang led Mu Ziyang into the study, but unexpectedly, Mu Ziyue followed him in. She stepped in, walked up to Mu Xiang, smiled, and said coldly: "Dare to ask father, Your Majesty Now the most worrying thing in your heart is the flood in the south?"

Mu Xiang nodded without thinking about it, and sighed: "The flood came so fast and violently that the entire imperial court was caught off guard. Not only His Majesty, but also all civil and military officials were very distressed. But, the more at this time , if anyone can come up with a good disaster relief strategy, it is a great opportunity to make meritorious service in front of His Majesty. Therefore, the First Prince has asked me to work hard to come up with a countermeasure..."

"...If the Eldest Prince can make meritorious service in this disaster relief, then his chances of regaining the crown prince will be much higher! On the contrary, the flood may allow the Crown Prince to take the lead. I am afraid that the Eldest Prince will think It is impossible to shake the Eighth Prince's position as the crown prince..."

"Oh, it's just a pity that none of the counselors under the eldest prince came up with a good strategy, so I was worried for my father. After all, there is a wise and brave third prince beside the prince..."

Not to mention Mu Ziyue understood the rest of the words, Mu Lingzhi was extremely intelligent, if they were asked to think of countermeasures first, if the eldest prince lost again in this round, there would be no chance of a comeback.

Seeing her father and elder brother's frowning faces, Mu Ziyue smiled triumphantly. She stepped forward and sat down leisurely, took a sip of fragrant tea in her spare time, and said in a cold and vicious voice: "Isn't father just worried about three things?" Will the prince come up with a disaster relief plan ahead of you? That's right, we can't stop his schemes in his mind, but—we can make him preoccupied, mess him up, and make his brothers turn against each other Killing! Let him——watch his favorite woman die in front of him, but there is nothing he can do!"

Hearing this, Mu Xiang and Mu Ziyang both looked shocked. The next moment, Mu Xiang came to his senses, stood up and walked in front of her, and said excitedly: "What do you say? Yue'er has a good idea to deal with him." ?”

"What good idea can I have?!" Mu Ziyue laughed heartily, but her laughter was extremely sinister, "I only know that in Mu Lingzhi's heart now, the person he wants to keep the most is his good princess Yu Ruyan , and his younger brother's crown prince. Father, if we destroy all the people and things he wants to protect the most, do you think he still has the energy to fight against you for taking credit!"

"As long as their brothers turn against each other, as long as that bitch Yu Ruyan dies, he and the crown prince will surely collapse. At that time, won't the position of crown prince be within reach!"

Hearing this, the eyes of the Mu family father and son lit up with excitement!
Although Mu Xiang understood the plan in her heart, he didn't know what she was going to do. Mu Ziyang couldn't help but said anxiously: "Sister, if you have any good ideas, tell me directly, it will make me anxious to death."

Mu Ziyue smiled slowly, and said: "Father, brother, don't you think there have been too many ominous things in Daliang recently? First, there was an accident at the altar of the crown prince's seal ceremony, and then there was a catastrophic flood that never happened in a century. If someone were to tell the emperor at this time that all the bad luck of the country is due to an unlucky man born without tears in our beams, tell me, what will the emperor do for the sake of the world and his future foundation?"

Mu Xiang had heard her mention before that Yu Ruyan was a person who was born without tears, and his heart suddenly became clear. The best opportunity for the Third Highness.So without further hesitation in my heart, I immediately went to the front of the case and quickly wrote a letter, handed it to Mu Ziyang and said: "You go out of the house immediately, and personally hand over the letter to the supervisor of Qin Tianjian, pay attention, Don't let anyone find out."

Mu Ziyang took the letter and went down, and Mu Xiang felt relaxed and refreshed all over his body, as if he had let go of a heavy burden. Thinking of the desperate situation that the crown prince and the third highness were about to face, he felt very unhappy.

Looking back at Mu Ziyue with a calm and indifferent face, Mu Xiang remembered that he had hit her in a moment of anger just now, and couldn't help but stepped forward and said: "Father really didn't misjudge you, I knew that my daughter is smarter than you." boy."

"If this matter is successful, not only can the matter of the altar be covered up, but it can also obey the destiny, make the emperor believe that the current crown prince is not destined to be fate, drive him out of power, and let the emperor execute the princess from a foreign country and attack the third prince. In this way, killing four birds with one stone will not only solve the hatred in your heart, but also solve everything at once. This method is really wonderful!"

After hearing her father's admiration, Mu Ziyue's eyes were filled with frost, her brows were full of determination, and she said coldly: "Don't be too anxious about this matter, the emperor has always been suspicious, and Mu Lingzhi is not a vegetarian , father, remember to keep a good sense of proportion and take your time."

"I don't want to see that bitch die all at once, I want her to die slowly, suffer all the torture and betrayal, taste everything I have encountered, and let her die with hatred , die with peace!"

Hearing this, although Prime Minister Mu felt a little unfamiliar with the terrifying distortion in her description, he couldn't help nodding his head in approval, and said with satisfaction: "This is the daughter of my Mu family!"

Of course Yu Ruyan would not know that Mu Ziyue hated her deeply, and was secretly plotting to kill her.She obeyed Dr. Wu's arrangement and recuperated from her illness, hoping that her body would get better soon, because the Ministry of Rites had already selected the date for the canonization ceremony, which was at the end of the month, that is, three days later.

Although the entire Daliang was in a state of emergency due to the flood, but this time Concubine Xie was the first empress since King Liang ascended the throne for decades. Dare to neglect in the slightest!

Three days after tomorrow, a grand empress ceremony will be held in the palace!
Unlike the crown prince's sealing ceremony, this post-sealing ceremony was exceptionally smooth, without any mistakes, from worshiping to the heaven to the evening palace banquet was smooth and smooth.

The palace banquet was held in the Qianqiu Longsui Hall. Empress Xie originally asked for it, but due to the flood, the palace banquet was kept simple.But Liang Wang was grateful that she had been with him for most of his life, and gave birth to two outstanding sons for him. He even risked his life to block the poisonous arrow for him eight years ago.What's more, the supervisor of the Qin Tianjian also said that Empress Xie's fate is peaceful, but it can counteract Daliang's recent bad luck in the country.

Yu Ruyan had finished dressing up early in the morning, and she was dressed in Princess Heshuo's costume to accompany Mu Lingzhi into the palace to congratulate her.Mu Lingzhi had originally asked her to enter the palace in princess clothes, but Yu Ruyan thought about what Empress Xie threatened her last time, and thought for a while, not wanting to make Empress Xie feel uncomfortable at such an important moment today, so she declined Following Mu Lingzhi's suggestion, she entered the palace in the dress of Princess Heshuo.

From morning to night, all the way through the ceremony, although the etiquette was complicated and the people were extremely tiring, fortunately there were no mistakes in every link, and Yu Ruyan didn't let Empress Xie find any mistakes in her, but passed smoothly.

On such an occasion, Mu Ziyue would of course enter the palace with Mu Xiang.

Unlike before, after Mu Lingzhi made it clear to her a few days ago, when she met again, she was much calmer. When meeting Yu Ruyan and Mu Lingzhi, it was also a normal salute and greeting, and there was no extra word. At the palace banquet in the evening, it was also a custom to sit with the noble lady in Beijing and gossip about the family affairs, as if he had really listened to Mu Lingzhi's words, and he had no love for him, and no longer stalked him. Be his concubine.

Seeing her like this, both Yu Ruyan and Mu Lingzhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief!

The palace banquet began, singing and dancing, raising wine and toasting, and the atmosphere was noble and peaceful.The two emperors and empresses sat on the high platform, thanking the empress with a look of happiness and contentment, and headed by the prince, the princes stepped forward to toast the empress one by one, followed by all the officials. Everyone praised and congratulated the empress and the empress. Are very pleased.

After the prince and ministers toasted and congratulated, the princess and all the ladies and nobles also stepped forward to congratulate the emperor one by one.

When it was Yu Ruyan's turn, she stepped forward to congratulate King Liang and Queen Xie respectfully.Although Empress Xie didn't like her in her heart, she didn't make things difficult for her on such a big occasion, she accepted it calmly, and let her back down.

Yu Ruyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and stepped back, feeling relieved, watching the other female relatives step forward to congratulate her one by one.

After a while, it was Mu Ziyue's turn, she stepped forward with great demeanor, and her voice was like an oriole coming out of the valley, not only congratulated the empress, but also said happily: "I want to report to the empress, while today is a good day for the empress, The minister also brought good news to the empress."

After listening to her words, Empress Xie understood that the good news she said was the news of the jade girl, so she couldn't help saying happily: "Yue'er has a heart, please tell me!"

Mu Ziyue said obediently and docilely: "I would like to report to my lord, the minister's master has already brought the miraculous jade girl who can cure all kinds of poisons to wait outside the main hall, please allow me to let them enter the hall to see you!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the hall was shocked!

About the jade girl, the people of Daliang may not know much about it, but the ministers in the palace do know, because the king of Liang also discussed with the ministers in the court about the marriage between the jade girl and Daqi. It's not a secret.

However, after the marriage failed, the third prince shot and killed Princess Heqin who was not a jade girl in a fit of anger.But later, by mistake, the married princess did not die under the arrow of the third prince, but fell in love with him for a long time and became a real couple. His Highness brought her back to Daliang again and respected her as the princess.

And when Mu Ling went to Daqi to look for Yu Ruyan in person, he knew that there was no so-called jade girl among the princesses of the Daqi royal family. Everything was just a trap set up by the former prince Yi to deal with him. After returning to Daliang, he had also reported to King Liang and Queen Xie.However, unexpectedly, today Mu Ziyue brought back the real jade girl without a word, this move really shocked everyone in the hall.

Yu Ruyan stayed on the spot in a daze, while Mu Lingzhi and Xiao Dao were equally shocked on the seat opposite her!
Mu Lingzhi didn't believe Mu Ziyue's words before, but now seeing her say it in front of King Liang and everyone, it shows that the matter of the jade girl is actually true, because no matter how courageous she is, she dare not tell the truth in front of King Liang and everyone else. He who committed the crime of deceiving the king in front of everyone.

Following Empress Xie's words of 'En Zhun', both Yu Ruyan and Mu Lingzhi looked out of the hall in astonishment, wanting to see who the jade girl Mu Ziyue was talking about?
At the opening of the palace door, two figures came slowly, the one on the left was an old woman with a fairy style, who seemed to be the master Mu Ziyue said, and the woman walking beside her had a thin face covered She has a graceful veil and a graceful figure. Although she can't see her face clearly, just by her willow-like figure alone, it makes people feel that her appearance under the veil must be a refined beauty!
Watching her come in, Mu Ziyue's eyes swept across Yu Ruyan's body very quickly, and a trace of color flashed in Yingying Xingyan's eyes.And the eldest prince Mu Yunzhi, who was sitting on the seat next to Mu Ling, was already full of joy and complacency, and he looked at the woman in a very different way!
An old man and a young man walked to the center of the hall, and respectfully bowed to the emperor and empress. Mu Ziyue introduced to the king and queen of Liang that the old woman was her master, Mrs. Yiqing, and the masked woman beside her was exactly them. The precious jade girl I found!

Everyone's eyes were on that 'Jade Girl', and they all wished that she would immediately lift her veil to reveal her true face!
From the moment the 'Jade Girl' entered the palace, Yu Ruyan looked at her body posture, with those familiar eyes, and suddenly her heart trembled, her hand trembled, and the jade chopsticks in her hand were almost unsteady...

Although she already had doubts in her heart, she couldn't believe it——

She couldn't believe that the person who was imprisoned by her father in Luoying Nunnery would appear in Daliang, and she couldn't believe that she was really the legendary "Jade Girl"!
However, at this moment, at the request of Queen Xie, the jade girl in the center of the hall gracefully raised her hand to take off the veil on the lower part, and a delicate and beautiful face that overwhelmed the country and the city was immediately displayed in front of everyone.

Looking at the face that was [-]% similar to her own, Yu Ruyan's whole body fell into an ice cave——

There is no doubt that the person in front of her is really Jade Pearl.

Her body was on the verge of falling, Yu Ruyan suppressed the coldness in her heart, fixed her eyes on the woman in front of her, and in the next second she tightly clenched the jade chopsticks in her hand!
And Yu Mingzhu bowed down to the emperor and empress, and said word by word: "Princess Qi Yu Mingzhu, see Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)