slave like jade

Chapter 165 I promise you
When Mu Lingzhi learned of the accident in the palace, he rushed to the palace as soon as possible. When he learned the cause of the death of the two of them, he was also shocked!

As soon as he entered the mansion, he was surrounded by people, because Huaying had never been in charge of the affairs of the mansion, so many things were spread all at once, and it was almost impossible to start. After a funeral, and two funerals at once, they were also at a loss. For a while, the entire palace had no leader and was in chaos.

So when he came back, everyone gathered around to ask for instructions.

Although Mu Lingzhi didn't have any real feelings for An Lirong and An Lan, An Lirong was secretly brought into the palace by his mother when he was stationed at the border, and An Lan even resorted to tricks to become the concubine of the palace.Just like what he said to Yu Ruyan before, he had only obligations to them but no feelings for them, but now that he suddenly learned of their death, Mu Lingzhi was able to avoid being sad.

While he was hurting in his heart, he was overwhelmed with the affairs of the palace. It wasn't until lunch time that he remembered that Yu Ruyan was also in the mansion, why didn't he see her?
A bad thought suddenly flashed in his mind, he turned around and asked Huaying quickly, only to find out that Yu Ruyan had been sent to the palace by his mother.

His heart skipped a beat in his throat in an instant, he could no longer care about the affairs of the mansion, he left the copper coins to assist Huaying to take care of the affairs of the palace, and went back to the palace by himself.

He went straight to Yaohua Palace, walking in a hurry, almost running, afraid that he would be late, and the queen mother had already laid a poisonous hand on Yu Ruyan.

The palace door of Yaohua Palace was wide open, and knowing that Empress Xie was resting in the bedroom at the moment, Mu Lingzhi had no time to wait for the palace staff to report, so he went directly to the bedroom.

But when he went in and saw the scene in the hall, he was stunned!
In the luxurious bedroom of Yaohua Palace, Empress Xie was reclined on a soft couch, and Mrs. Yiqing in Taoist robes was feeling her pulse. There were two people sitting around the couch, but they were Yu Mingzhu and Mu Ziyue.

Seeing that Yu Ruyan was nowhere to be seen in the hall, Mu Lingzhi's heart sank uncontrollably.

When everyone saw him coming in, they were also slightly taken aback. Mu Ziyue's eyes flickered slightly, and she went up to greet him with Yu Mingzhu, but Mu Lingzhi didn't have time to pay attention to them, and went straight to Empress Xie, suppressing her heart Panic, trembling voice said: "Mother..."

"The queen mother is fine, seeing that you are so anxious that your face is sweating!"

Empress Xie interrupted him at the right time.

Seeing his anxious look, Empress Xie certainly knew that he had heard the news and came for Yu Ruyan.But in front of so many people, she didn't want to argue with him, so she deliberately pretended that he was worried about her and came to see her.

Aunt Qin at the side was also afraid that Mu Lingzhi would quarrel with the queen under unknown circumstances, so she hurriedly stepped forward and whispered to Mu Lingzhi: "Your Highness, it's the day when the empress is suffering from poisonous hair again these two days, and the wife is feeling the pulse of the empress." , Your Highness should go outside and wait."

After finishing speaking, he gave him a slight wink. Mu Lingzhi was taken aback when he saw it, but he still followed what she said and left the hall.

Aunt Qin came out afterward, and Mu Lingzhi went up to meet her anxiously, and asked, "Auntie, the princess was called to the palace by the queen mother? Where is she now?"

Seeing that his face was pale from anxiety, and he was sweating profusely when he walked too quickly, Aunt Qin felt distressed and took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat. Her heart was filled with sadness, but she said with a kind smile on her face: "My dear Highness, Don't worry, my aunt once promised you, how can she break her words. The princess is fine, but you know the temper of the empress. When she is angry, she will inevitably speak harshly. But I didn't make things difficult for the princess. Now I have sent her to your Chaoyang Palace Don't worry about it."

After listening to Aunt Qin's words, Mu Lingzhi's high hanging heart finally fell to the ground safely, and he couldn't help but smiled at Aunt Qin: "Auntie still loves me the most!"

Seeing his happy appearance, Aunt Qin's heart became more and more sour. She lovingly helped him tidy up his slightly messy hair, and said, "I brought you up with my own hands. In Auntie's heart, Your Highness will always be the smartest, most obedient and caring Highness, Auntie only wishes you all the best..."

Aunt Qin's words moved her face, and Mu Lingzhi was also moved when she heard it. He smiled slowly and said, "In my heart, Auntie will always be the best aunt."

Aunt Qin knew that he was anxious to see Yu Ruyan, so she said: "Your Highness, let's go and see the princess, I won't keep you here."

Mu Lingzhi nodded and left. Aunt Qin walked a few steps behind and said, "Your Highness, don't be impatient. The boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge!"

With a pause in his footsteps, Mu Ling felt a little warmth in his heart——

Recently, too many things have happened to him and Yu Ruyan, and because of these things, they have been in the midst of opposition and rejection, feeling that people all over the world have isolated them, but now Aunt Qin's simple words of comfort The words moved him deeply.

He stood still, turned around, nodded at Aunt Qin, and left without looking back.

In Chaoyang Palace, Yu Ruyan was busy in the small kitchen. Under Xiao Ru's instruction, she roasted the whole chicken with seasonings on the fire. Although Xiao Ru helped, she didn't even roast several chickens. Success, either it was roasted, or the chicken fell into the fire while roasting, or the outside was burnt and the inside was not yet cooked.

When the fourth one failed, Xiao Ru pouted dissatisfiedly: "Sister, what's wrong with you today, you look absent-minded,

Xiaodao... Ah bah, it's the prince. The prince has been telling me that you are a very smart person. Why is it that the prince is the third one to succeed in such a simple roast chicken? Why does my sister keep making mistakes? "

Yu Ruyan's eyes were always red because of the smoke. She smiled bitterly, looking at the roast chicken that failed again, with a bit of embarrassment on her face, but she didn't reply to Xiaoru's words, and let her complain with.

Turning around, he went to get another chicken, and was about to rub salt on the chicken, but Xiao Ru snatched it away.Xiao Ru shrugged and sighed: "Sister, it seems that you can't learn how to roast chicken, let me roast it for you."

Yu Ruyan stubbornly stepped forward, and took the chicken back from Xiaoru's hand, saying: "I want to make a roast chicken for His Highness with my own hands, if you do it for me, it's meaningless!"

Xiao Ru was helpless, looked at the weather, saw that it was not too early, and quickly said: "Sister, it is estimated that it is time for the next court, the crown prince is going back to the palace, I will go back."

After Xiao Ru left, Yu Ruyan sat alone for a long time, with a blank expression on her face, staring blankly at the charcoal fire in the brazier, her eyes were reddened by the fire...

When Mu Lingzhi returned to Chaoyang Palace, he searched all over the palace hall but couldn't find Yu Ruyan. In the end, he didn't expect that she was sitting in the kitchen by herself in a daze, and she didn't even come to her senses after calling her three times. .

Until he stood in front of her, stretched out his hand in front of her and shook it several times, but she came back to her senses as if she had just woken up from a dream, stared at him for a long time, opened her mouth and smiled at him with difficulty: "Your Highness is back!" I'm going to make you a roast chicken!"

However, Mu Lingzhi had already clearly sensed that something was wrong with her expression. Thinking of what happened in the palace this morning, and then thinking of what his mother had said to her when she announced her entry into the palace, otherwise she would not have taken her power over the house, Call her into the palace.

Looking at her with deep eyes, a cold look flashed across Mu Lingzhi's face, and he said in a deep voice, "What did the queen mother ask you to do? But you want you to leave Daliang, you want you to leave me?"

Yu Ruyan trembled slightly. She didn't expect Mu Ling to guess the conversation between her and Queen Xie at a glance, but when she thought about what she was going to do next, she tried her best to restrain the pain in her heart. His eyes were clear, his expression was open and natural, he looked at him tenderly, and said: "Your Highness misunderstood, the empress only asked me about the An family as usual, I told her truthfully. , Your Majesty didn't say anything else, just said... just that my current status is not suitable for attending funerals as the hostess of the palace, so let me temporarily hand over the management of the house to Sister Hua, and let her take care of it."

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's face became more and more unsightly, and Yu Ruyan explained: "Your Majesty's plan is also normal, after all, His Highness and I have not formally married, and with the Qin Xianglou incident, I am still a suspect , how to openly come forward to deal with the affairs of the palace? So it is reasonable for the Empress to arrange for Sister Hua to come forward for this matter!"

Mu Lingzhi knew that she would not tell the truth to him, but he would not be able to guess what the queen mother said to her unless she told her, so he said guiltily, "You will always be wronged!"

Tears flowed in her heart, but there was no wave on Yu Ruyan's face. She raised her eyebrows and cheerfully raised the roast chicken in her hand to him, saying: "I learned how to make roast chicken with Xiao Ru today, Your Highness obediently went outside and waited , when I'm done baking, please Your Highness appreciate my handicraft!"

Mu Lingzhi looked at her smoky red eyes and soot-covered face, and couldn't help but feel distressed: "Let me bake it, look at you, you've been smoky like a cat face. You go wash your face, I'll do it." Bake it for you."

After that, she was going to get the roast chicken in her hand, but she avoided it, Yu Ruyan said very seriously: "Your Highness, I have never cooked for you, this is my wish, you let me Do it yourself."

Hearing what she said, no matter how hard Mu Lingzhi was, he didn't feel relieved to let her be alone in the kitchen, so he made roast chicken with her.

This time, Yu Ruyan put aside all distracting thoughts in her mind, and earnestly followed what Xiaoru taught her to do. This time, she did it very successfully. After a while, a fragrant and browned roast chicken was successful.

Excitedly, she tore off a chicken leg from the grilled chicken and stuffed it into Mu Lingzhi's mouth, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, please try my cooking and see how it tastes?"

Mu Lingzhi ate the chicken leg as promised, his eyes sparkled, he smacked his mouth, and said in surprise, "It tastes really good. From now on, I want to eat your roast chicken every day!"

Yu Ruyan smiled sweetly and said, "As long as Your Highness likes it, I will make it for you every day!"

While the two were talking, Xiaodao heard that Yu Ruyan had entered the palace, so he also came looking for her.

He stood outside the door, staring blankly at the sweet look of the two people in the room, his eyes were deep, and his heart was throbbing with pain.

Counting it, he hasn't seen Yu Ruyan for a long time. Since the last time he leaked his words in front of his mother and revealed that he already has someone he likes, he has been restraining himself from seeing her again. An accident happened in Xianglou, he gritted his teeth to hold back the worry in his heart.

Because he understands one thing, that is, if you want to get someone, you can't do it by staying by her side all the time, but you need to strengthen your own strength, have the strength to protect her, have the strength to protect her, let her Her life and death can only be controlled by herself, and no one else can touch her!
During this period of time, Xiaodao tried his best to win over power to consolidate his position as the crown prince. He thought that only if he became the real crown prince, then he would be able to settle all the disasters she suffered. Clean it up, and never let her suffer the slightest harm.

Yu Ruyan turned her head and saw the knife outside the door, her face flushed, her expression froze for a moment, and the next moment, she smiled and said, "Here comes the knife, come, try the roast chicken made by my sister!"

Since returning to Daliang, because of Xiaodao's status as the crown prince, Yu Ruyan has always respectfully called him the prince, but now when she suddenly heard her call her 'Xiaodao', Xiaodao's heart was shocked, and there was a trace of sweetness, and this trace The sweet taste made him taste the marrow, and he was fascinated...

Can't help but go forward to pull Yu Ruyan's hand as usual, Yu Ruyan hasn't seen him for a long time, she hesitated for a moment with her hand in her sleeve, finally stroked his soft hair lightly, and said with concern: "It's been a long time When I saw you, you didn't go out of the palace to see my sister, how are you doing recently?"

The moment her palm caressed his hair, Xiao Dao felt like being shocked by an electric shock, and his whole body went numb. He stared blankly at the woman in front of him who was thinking day and night, and his heart throbbed...

"Sister...I'm fine, you...how are you?" Xiaodao once again showed a pure smile on his face, this kind of heartfelt happiness can only be seen in front of Yu Ruyan, and at other times, he It's that cold-faced high-cold prince who doesn't care about talking and laughing, and has a weird and violent personality. No one in the palace dares to offend him, and he has never seen him as innocent as a child!
Yu Ruyan smiled bitterly, but did not answer Xiaodao's words, she thought that even if she didn't tell him, he would know what happened to her, so she forced a smile on him, and said: "I finally entered the palace once. , I also made your favorite roast chicken today, you and your highness go to the hall and wait, I will roast another one and send it to you."

Looking at the sour and embarrassing smile on her face, Xiaodao knew the pain in her heart, and couldn't help but feel uncomfortable, and his desire to protect her became stronger and stronger.

After a while, Yu Ruyan roasted another roast chicken, put it in a tray, sent it to the side hall, cut it into pieces with a knife, and handed it to Mu Lingzhi and Xiaodao to eat. After that, she kept chatting with Xiaodao Looking at what happened when they were in Daqi.

Xiaodao was very happy, and Yu Ruyan seemed to be in a better mood, with a smile on her face all the time.

Mu Lingzhi, who was on the side, watched the two of them talking, and always felt that Yu Ruyan was a little different from the past. Before, because she knew about Xiaodao's unusual feelings for her, she would deliberately avoid her a lot of time, and also I no longer call him 'knife', let alone stroke his hair intimately, but today...

But seeing her seldom happy, he thought, maybe too many things happened to her recently, and she was under too much pressure, so she began to miss the days when he was with Xiaodao in Daqi.

Thinking of this, a trace of panic flashed in his heart inexplicably——

Could it be that she was tired of life here in Daliang and was forced to go back to Daqi?
The chicken in his hand suddenly became tasteless, and it was harder to swallow than chewing wax. Mu Lingzhi's heart was empty, and he sat numbly, but his eyes were fixed on Yu Ruyan for a moment, and his heart was so painful that he could suffocate...

After Xiaodao left, Mu Lingzhi originally wanted to send Yu Ruyan out of the palace and back to the other garden immediately, because he put her in the palace, although he could sneak a look at her when he was busy in the palace, but when he thought of the challenges she faced In crisis, he hoped that she would be as far away from the palace as possible.

But before he could open his mouth, Yu Ruyan seemed to have seen through his thoughts, and said before him: "I heard from Aunt Qin that these two days are the days when the Empress Dowager Empress will be poisoned, and Mrs. Yiqing has already succeeded for her." Refining antidote pills, so I want to stay in the palace to serve my mother, and do my filial piety as a daughter-in-law..."

"No." Without even thinking about Mu Lingzhi's rejection of her words, since just now, after that idea took root in his heart, he felt empty and without a trace of confidence, his whole body was helpless to the point of despair——

No matter how big the crisis outside is, he is not afraid, but what makes him most desperate and afraid is that Yu Ruyan wants to quit and leave him!
Even if this thought was just his own guess, it already caused him heartbroken pain.

He panicked and said: "Especially at this time, those people are all in the palace, if you are here, I don't know what kind of tricks they will use to plot against you, I am relieved that you better leave the palace!"

Of course Yu Ruyan knew who he was referring to as 'they', her face turned cold, she raised her face rarely, and said coldly to him: "It turns out that in the eyes of His Highness, I am so useless that I specially give it to you." Your Highness is causing trouble!"

Seeing her angry, Mu Lingzhi knew that his tone was a bit harsh just now, so he couldn't help suppressing the panic in his heart, and said in a slow tone: "Yanyan, that's not what I meant, it's just that there are too many things going on in the palace recently, and I don't have time to take care of you. As for the father and the mother... I just want you to be well, as long as I leave the palace and go back to the other garden, I can rest assured..."

"Could it be that Bieyuan is 100% safe? Does His Highness want to imprison me in Bieyuan forever?"

Yu Ruyan interrupted his words in a sharp tone, and as soon as the words fell, both of them were stunned.

Mu Lingzhi had never seen Yu Ruyan speak so harshly, nor had she misunderstood his painstaking efforts and worries like this. This kind of Yu Ruyan made him very strange and heartbroken.

They have always had a tacit understanding between them, so that they can understand each other's thoughts with just one look. Therefore, Yu Ruyan's abnormality made Mu Lingzhi even more flustered. He wanted to go up to hold her hand, but she dodged away without a trace. .

She turned her back to him, suppressed the colic in her heart, and said in a dull voice: "Your Highness, I'm tired, I'll go back to my room to rest first!"

After all, he left as if fleeing...

She managed to return to the bedroom, but Mu Lingzhi was already chasing after him. He closed the palace door with his backhand, and suddenly hugged Yu Ruyan, who was undressing by the bed, and rolled her away.

He squeezed her into his arms tightly with both hands, making her breathless.The delicate kisses are domineering and affectionate, and they come overwhelmingly, as if they want Yu Ruyan to be wiped out...

"... Your Highness... um..."

Before the words were spoken, he sealed them with a kiss.

With a chill on her face, Yu Ruyan's whole body trembled, and she opened her eyes in panic——

Seeing Mu Lingzhi's handsome face right in front of his eyes, he closed his eyes tightly, but he didn't know when, his face was full of tears, his long eyelashes were wet with tears, he was trembling slightly, the tears fell drop by drop on her face...

"Your Highness..."

She couldn't help it anymore, her voice choked up.

"Don't leave me—please!" Mu Lingzhi buried his face deeply in the crook of her neck, and a thick nasal voice rang in her ears.

"Yanyan, no matter what I did wrong, you must forgive me. No matter what others say to you, you must remember our agreement in front of the Kitchen God—never separate, forever and ever. Promise me!"

As smart as him, he wouldn't be able to see her abnormality today, let alone having met his queen mother, he knew what the queen mother must have said to her, and she must have made a certain decision in her heart.

And this decision is to leave Daliang, leave him in all likelihood!
At the thought of losing her, Mu Lingzhi's heart ached like twists and turns, tears poured out without him noticing...

Yu Ruyan's heart was also full of tears, her heart ached as if she had been torn into pieces, her hands couldn't help but hugged him tightly, almost digging into his flesh, a voice in her heart said to him in pain and despair, Ling In other words, if I do something wrong, will you—will you forgive me?

Seeing that she hadn't answered him for a long time, Mu Lingzhi raised his head and stared fixedly with red eyes, and repeated domineeringly and urgently: "Promise me!"

Her whole body was like falling into an ice cave, even though she was hugged tightly by him, she couldn't help trembling all over, she didn't dare to look into his hot eyes, she turned her head slightly, gritted her teeth to suppress the trembling of her voice, and said in a trembling voice :"I promise you!"

After getting her answer, Mu Lingzhi's empty heart was filled little by little, and the kiss fell again, as soft as a feather, gently kissing her eyes, forehead and lips...

"Your Highness..." Yu Ruyan suddenly said, the voice was as soft as a puff of smoke, "Do you know what is the biggest wish and the biggest regret in my heart?"

"What wish? You say it, for your husband to help you realize your wish and smooth out your regrets!"

She stared at the man she loved the most in her life with her flowing eyes, and her heart ached to the point of suffocation.Trying to raise her smile, she reached out and stroked his brows and eyes lightly. She said with a trembling voice, "I want to have a child for His Highness. This is my wish, and... it is also my regret!"

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi was greatly shocked. He looked at her fixedly, and said word by word: "This wish will be fulfilled by Fuding for you, so that you will have no regrets in this life!"

The next moment, the red tent was churning, and the room was full of spring...

That night, when Mu Lingzhi was about to send Yu Ruyan out of the palace and back to the other garden, news came from Yaohua Palace that Empress Xie had poisoned her!
Everyone knows that this time Master Yiqing brought a pill made of the jade girl's blood to detoxify the queen. Therefore, compared to everyone's nervousness and sadness when Queen Xie was poisoned before, this time, King Liang and the others became more anxious. I hope that the blood of the jade girl can completely detoxify the huge poison on the queen's body, so as to cut off the roots, and there will be no more torment of poisonous hair from now on.

Mu Lingzhi took Yu Ruyan to the Yaohua Palace instead, and when they arrived, the Yaohua Palace was already full of people, and the King of Liang and the crown prince were already guarding the queen's bedside.

And the empress had just taken the pills given by Mrs. Yiqing, her face was pale, and beads of sweat rolled down her forehead. Although the description was not as painful as before when the poison occurred, but now the description is also very uncomfortable.

Liang Wang saw that Yu Ruyan had also come, his face was startled, and the next moment he showed displeasure, and said coldly to Mu Lingzhi: "Why is she here?"

Just as Mu Lingzhi was about to speak, the queen on the bed spoke in a weak voice, and said, "Your Majesty, this concubine asked her to come. This concubine's whole body is sore these days. Her massage skills are good, but she is a good helper." The concubine relieved a lot of pain!"

Hearing what the queen said, Liang Wang didn't want to say anything more, so he turned around and asked the queen if there was any discomfort?
In addition to Prince Liang, of course Mrs. Yiqing who offered medicine was indispensable in the room, as well as the 'Jade Girl' Jade Pearl Sutra and Mingyue Princess Mu Ziyue.

The gazes of Yu Mingzhu and Mu Ziyue swept towards Yu Ruyan at the same time, and when they saw her and Mu Lingzhi's tightly holding hands, not only did Mu Ziyue's eyes darken, but the queen's eyes also darkened.

And Mrs. Yiqing didn't hear anything outside the court, she just paid attention to the queen's situation, and would take her pulse in a quarter of an hour, so it was almost an hour, when everyone thought that Queen Xie had successfully used the jade girl's blood When the huge poison was removed from her body, Empress Xie's face suddenly turned pale, and with a 'wow' sound, she spit blood out of nowhere...

(End of this chapter)