slave like jade

Chapter 173 House Arrest in the Eastern Palace
Regardless of Yu Ruyan's objection, Xiaodao finally had someone bring Yu Ruyan into the East Palace and live in the Changle Hall of the East Palace.

The moment she saw the palace plaque, Yu Ruyan's heart was so cold that her steps faltered and she almost fell under the threshold.

Chunhua and Qiuyue hurried forward to support her.

Chunhua and Qiuyue went out from the palace, of course they knew that the Changle Palace was the place where only the crown prince and concubine could live, but now they arranged for Yu Ruyan to live in, the two of them looked astonished and panicked.

The prince's intentions are self-evident!

Although there were countless doubts in their hearts, the two of them didn't dare to ask more casually when they saw the gloomy expression on Yu Ruyan's face.

Yu Ruyan knew the surprise and worry in their hearts, and she gritted her teeth as soon as she entered the palace: "Try to find a way to notify the hidden guards, one is to let them go to the disaster area in the south as soon as possible to inform His Highness to return to Beijing as soon as possible. The second is to let them rescue us from the palace after Tianye !"

Before coming to the palace, she was still hesitating whether to have someone notify Mu Lingzhi of his return, but then she thought that he might be busy with business, and if such a big event happened in the palace, the court would also ask someone to notify him.

But now it seems that Xiaodao will not only not notify him to come back, but will try his best to keep him in the disaster area in the south.

From the moment she saw Xiao Xiao at the gate of Bieyuan in the morning, she felt that he was unusual. She only thought that he was not used to all the affairs that had just been taken over by the supervisor, but she did not expect that he was actually bold and arrogant. On the first day of his prison, she was forcibly imprisoned in his East Palace!
If Mu Lingzhi doesn't come back again, she doesn't know what outrageous things Xiaodao will do next!
Chunhua got the order and knew the urgency of the situation, so she quickly opened the window of the side hall and snapped her fingers.

The three of them waited anxiously for the shadow guard to appear, but the shadow guard, who would usually come out as soon as he snapped his fingers, hadn't seen anyone for a long time today.

Yu Ruyan couldn't help panicking, she couldn't help walking to the window herself, and was about to raise her hand, but saw a person standing by the window, and when she saw it, she appeared like a ghost with a knife, and a pair of obsidian eyes looked straight at her , She screamed in fright and fell backwards.

Chunhua and Qiuyue were also frightened, and hurried forward to help her up.And the next moment, Xiao Dao stepped in from the entrance of the hall, stopped in front of Yu Ruyan, and said with an indifferent expression on his face: "Sister wants to call the imperial brother's dark guard to rescue you!?"

Yu Ruyan recovered from the fright, before she could speak, Xiaodao said coldly: "The last time Chen Shiwei died in the East Palace for no reason, did my sister feel the same as them, thinking that my East Palace was really so unbearable and they wanted to enter it?" Just go in, come out as soon as you want? Or do you think that killing Uncle Chen can cover up all the truth?!"

The meaning of "they" in his mouth is unclear, but the last sentence of "truth" makes Yu Ruyan fall into an ice cave...

His expression was gloomy and cold, Xiao Dao seemed to be shrouded in a thin cold mist, he stood with his hands behind his back, his voice was icy cold, and he said fiercely: "Now my East Palace, without my permission, even a fly can fly by. No Anyone who trespasses on the Eastern Palace with my permission will be killed without mercy!"

Staring blankly at the awe-inspiring knife in front of her, Yu Ruyan was shocked, her lips moved, her face turned pale, and she said with difficulty: "You... what did you do to those hidden guards? They didn't intend to offend you , They just want to keep me safe!"

"You are safe now with my protection, so there is no need for them to do anything extra. Besides, this is not a reason for them to trespass into the Eastern Palace!"

After finishing speaking, he let Chunhua and Qiuyi, who had been guarding Yu Ruyan tremblingly, go down, and said coldly: "I want to say a few words to my sister, you all go down and stay outside the hall."

Chunhua and Qiuyue looked at Yu Ruyan worriedly, they were really worried, but they dared not obey the order of the crown prince, so they had to retreat outside the hall with worried faces.

Watching him send away the people in the hall, Yu Ruyan's whole body tensed up, and she couldn't help shivering!
As soon as Chunhua and the others left, the indifferent look on Xiaodao's face eased a bit. Seeing that Yu Ruyan was trembling all over, he went straight to the table and poured a cup of hot tea into Yu Ruyan's hand, and said thoughtfully: " Sister, try it, this is specially prepared for you - your favorite scented tea!"

Yu Ruyan didn't reach out to pick up the tea he handed over, she stared blankly at the completely unfamiliar knife in front of her, and asked again: "What did you do to those hidden guards? But... but kill them?"

"The intruders, kill Wushe...Three of them died, but five of them escaped."

Xiaodao's tone was as thin as smoke, but piercingly cold, Yu Ruyan's whole body trembled, and she fell down again, but Xiaodao's eyes quickly supported her.

He held the tea in one hand, and quickly wrapped his arms around her waist with the other. The moment the body touched, the soft fragrance in his arms made his heart throb.

But Yu Ruyan seemed to be stung by a poisonous bee, she avoided him in horror, and sat down on a chair beside her, thinking that he had actually killed three hidden guards, the horror in her heart overflowed endlessly. , looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar person in front of him in disbelief, his whole body trembled uncontrollably, and he said in a trembling voice, "You...why did you kill them..."

Seeing that she was unwilling to take his own tea, Xiaodao walked over and put the tea on the small table beside her, stood in front of her and stared at her intently, and said with a sour tone: "My sister is like this to the hidden guards around the emperor's brother." Shangxin, why is he becoming more and more alienated from me? Could it be that in my sister's heart, I am actually inferior to the executioner trained by the emperor's brother?"

The more Xiaodao talked, the more angry he became. When it came to the end, the word "executor" was said through gritted teeth.

Yu Ruyan broke out in cold sweat when she heard this, and she yelled at Xiaodao in disbelief: "They are just hidden guards trained by His Highness, how can they be called executioners? How can you kill them indiscriminately, you..."

"without understanding?!"

Hearing Yu Ruyan's questioning, Xiaodao's dark pupils suddenly showed hostility, and his expression instantly turned ferocious and resentful

"Didn't Chen Bo and Chen Yanfei be killed by the emperor? Could it be that they were not the executioners who assassinated me on the order of the emperor three years ago!"

The words from Xiaodao's mouth almost blurted out.He twisted his face and said: "Whoever dares to assassinate the prince, who dares to break into my East Palace, and whoever dares to go to my East Palace to kill people, why can't I kill them!"

Her whole body froze, Yu Ruyan's heart sank with a 'thump' sound, her whole body was in pain and numb as if struck by lightning...

After hearing the conversation between Chen Yanfei and Yu Ruyan in the garden that day, Xiaodao already believed in his heart that the assassination he encountered three years ago was done by someone sent by Mu Lingzhi.

Then, Uncle Chen who discovered the blueprint was poisoned that night, and Chen Yanfei who knew the inside story was also killed...

Seeing all this in Xiaodao's eyes, Yu Ruyan undoubtedly told Mu Lingzhi after knowing the inside story, so he killed her to silence her...

"Xiaodao, listen to me. What happened three years ago was definitely not done by Ling Zhi. He loves you so much, why would he do something to you? There must be a misunderstanding... Don't just rely on Chen Yanfei's one-sided words Just confirm everything... You grew up with His Highness, he is your real brother, don't you know what he is like?"

The moment Xiaodao opened her mouth, Yu Ruyan was even more sure that what happened that night was deliberately arranged by someone with a heart. It seems that the real purpose of what Chen Yanfei said to herself at that time was not to tell herself, but to tell that she was also there at the time. garden knife...

"For people?!"

Hearing this, Xiao Dao sneered disapprovingly, with a piercing gleam in his eyes, and said in a cold voice: "That day in Luyang County, he knew that I liked you, and he obviously wanted to kill me , but he pretended afterwards that nothing had happened... Sister, do you think he really forgave me? I don't believe it!"

"I don't believe that he is really willing to forgive me, and I don't believe that he really wants to support me as a prince. Everything he did was just his expedient measure. Maybe he just wanted me to face the First Prince and Mu Xiang. Maybe the eldest prince and the others were arrested that day, and my position as the crown prince will be over, and the world will eventually fall into his pocket, and I'm just acting as a shield for him!"

When he said these words, Xiaodao's face was ashen, his fists were clenched behind his back, and his face was distorted!
Yu Ruyan was extremely flustered. She never expected that in Xiaodao's heart, she misunderstood Mu Lingzhi so much. When she thought of his resentment towards Mu Lingzhi, and what he had done to her now, Mu The day Ling Zhi returned to the Eastern Capital was the time when the two brothers broke up.

Thinking of the two brothers turning against each other and killing each other, Yu Ruyan suffocated with pain in her heart——

Why, why did things become like this, Mu Lingzhi focused on Xiao Dao wholeheartedly, if it wasn't because he wanted to support him to secure the crown prince, he would have taken him far away and left this land of right and wrong...

No, no matter what, she wanted to prevent the brothers from turning against each other. Before Mu Lingzhi returned to the capital, she wanted to resolve Xiaodao's misunderstanding about him.

Thinking of this, she anxiously stood up and wanted to explain everything to Xiaodao. She got up too hastily, and the sleeve robe brought the hot tea that Xiaodao poured for her. The tea splashed on the back of her hand, and it became hot red immediately.

Seeing Xiaodao, he immediately stepped forward and raised her scalded hand with heartache, pouted to help her blow, with an extremely anxious expression on his face, and said with heartache: "Does it hurt? I'll call the imperial doctor!"

Her hands were obviously hot, but Yu Ruyan didn't seem to feel the pain at all. Now in her heart, there is nothing that can overcome Xiaodao's misunderstanding of Mu Lingzhi.

There was panic in her eyes, she anxiously grabbed the handle of the little knife that was about to leave, and said incoherently in a hurry: "Xiaodao, you have to trust His Highness, he will not harm you, he really hopes that you will be the prince...There is a misunderstanding between you two The matter of Chen Yanfei was deliberately designed by someone, and Chen Bo must not have been killed by someone sent by His Highness, he has always been grateful to Chen Bo's son for saving his life, and it was too late to repay his kindness, how could he be attacked..."

Yu Ruyan was so anxious that her eyes were red. When she thought that Xiaodao was about to break with Mu Lingzhi, she panicked and frightened to the extreme. She explained and pleaded to Xiaodao one after another, hoping that he would let go of the misunderstanding and stop treating Mu Lingzhi as an enemy... …

But there is an emotion called jealousy. The more Yu Ruyan speaks for Mu Lingzhi, the more piercing it is to Xiaodao's ears. He wanted to refute her, but when he saw her red and swollen back of her hand, his heart ached to death. He couldn't bear to contradict her anymore, so he just said repeatedly: "Sister, don't talk about this, I'll call my imperial doctor for you."

After all, he hurriedly called Chunhua and Qiuyue in, and asked them to call the imperial physician in immediately...

……

In this way, no matter whether Yu Ruyan agreed or not, no matter how she resisted the request, Xiaodao let her live in the Changle Hall, and strictly ordered other people not to enter the Changle Hall to disturb Yu Ruyan, including Queen Xie.

Yu Ruyan stayed in Changle Palace every day watching the sun rise and set, suffering in pain in her heart, every minute and every second felt like years.

She was flustered and conflicted in her heart, while she hoped that Mu Lingzhi would come back soon to save her from the palace, but at the same time, she didn't want him to come back before Xiaodao's misunderstanding was resolved.

Because with Mu Lingzhi's temperament, if he knew that Xiao Dao had imprisoned her in Changle Palace and let her live in the main hall of the Crown Princess, I'm afraid his anger would be no less than that of Xiao Dao, even if Xiao Dao didn't look for him If there is any trouble, he will also enter the palace...

Thinking of this, Yu Ruyan seemed to have fallen into hell...

She doesn't think about eating and drinking every day, and feels pain and helplessness in her heart. She wants to ask Xiaodao to explain Chen Yanfei's matter, but since that day, Xiaodao has also become busy, and visits her regularly every day, but she just glances at her and can't say a few words Then he left again, as if he knew what she was going to say, deliberately avoiding her, not giving her a chance to explain, and leaving after a quick glance at her.

As a result, she has nothing to do.

For three consecutive days, Yu Ruyan didn't eat a single grain of rice.Xiao Dao finds Chef Qi Guo to cook Qi Guo cuisine for her, but Yu Ruyan still can't eat and refuses to eat.

When Xiaodao came to see her, seeing her thinner and thinner cheeks, he felt anxious and heartbroken, but said coldly, "Is my sister going to start a hunger strike with me?"

At that time, Yu Ruyan was sitting in front of the window sill in a daze, and it was snowing like goose feathers outside again. She stared in a daze, thinking silently in her heart that in eight or nine days, Mu Lingzhi might be able to come back ...

Seeing her expression, Xiaodao knew that she was looking forward to Mu Lingzhi's return, so he couldn't help but feel angry.

Just before he entered the door, he heard her counting the days of Mu Lingzhi's return with the maidservants. There was a hint of excitement in her voice, but when she saw him coming in, she stopped talking, turned her head to one side and looked out the window. I don't want to talk to him.

Seeing this, Xiaodao's heart felt cold——

In fact, ever since he forcibly locked Yu Ruyan out of the Changle Hall, he has also been under tremendous pressure in his heart. While trying to hide the truth from Queen Xie, he also has to appease Yu Ruyan's emotions, and there are countless political affairs in the previous dynasty. He had to make up his own mind to deal with it, so his heart was also suffering.

But no matter how hard and tiring he is, as long as he returns to the harem and sees Yu Ruyan, even if she looks at him coldly, he will feel happy in his heart.

Just like now, even though it was embarrassing for Yu Ruyan to ignore him, he still personally went to the table, picked up the food and went to the window to feed her.

Watching him bring the food to his mouth, Yu Ruyan's eyes turned cold and she turned her head away.

Xiaodao was not discouraged, and persuaded in a soft tone: "Sister, this is the roast chicken you like to eat. I specially asked Xiaoru to make it for you. You have a taste, are you satisfied?"

Yu Ruyan turned her head to look at him, and the next moment, she pointed to all kinds of delicious food brought by the knife in the room in the past few days, as well as novelty gadgets to relieve her boredom, and said coldly: "Prince, what is this?" Why bother? As I said before, I am not a canary in your cage, and I don't need these things, I just beg you to let me out of the palace!"

In this case, Yu Ruyan would say it every time she saw him, so Xiaodao was not surprised to be angry at all, he said: "Sister, I told you that it would be very dangerous for you to leave the palace at this time, the only way is to stay in the palace." safe."

"Excuse!" Yu Ruyan no longer regarded him as the innocent little knife in her heart, she asked fiercely: "Even if it is really because of my safety, the prince can let me live in Chaoyang Palace, Why do you have to imprison me in the East Palace and let me live in the Changle Palace? Do you know what kind of situation you are putting me in by doing this!"

When she said this, Yu Ruyan's eyes were red. For her these days, she really put her heart in a frying pan, and it was so painful.

All along, Yu Ruyan treated Xiaodao like a younger brother, and never gave him a bad look, so Xiaodao had never seen her speak so harshly, so she couldn't help being stunned.

Putting down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, Xiaodao took a deep breath and said, "Sister Bingxue is smart, why don't you understand my heart and thoughts even now?"

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's whole body froze, and she looked back at the knife in disbelief.

As Xiaodao said, how could a person as exquisite as her not understand Xiaodao's intentions.

From the moment she saw the plaque in Changle Palace, she understood Xiaodao's thoughts, and from that moment on, she was anxious but helpless——

Xiaodao accepted her to live in Changle Palace, which was to show the world that she was his chosen concubine.

Therefore, from that moment on, Yu Ruyan knew that because of her, Mu Lingzhi and Xiaodao had completely broken off!
And when people in the world know that the two brothers turned against each other because of her, she will become a real confidante, and if the struggle between the two brothers triggers a coup in the court, she will really become a evil star that will bring disaster to the country and the people...

So, until now, her only way out is to wait day and night for Mu Lingzhi's return, take her away from Daliang, and live in seclusion in the countryside...

Trying to suppress the panic and anger in her heart, she took a deep breath and said, "Xiaodao, I don't want to understand your mind, let alone agree with your actions. Xiaodao, I am your brother's wife, your wife Sister-in-law of the emperor. Your brother-in-law and I not only have the name of husband and wife, but also have the reality of husband and wife. In this life, I will only be his person, please let the prince let us go."

"I have fulfilled you, who will fulfill me!"

Xiaodao looked at Yu Ruyan obsessively, with some sadness on his expression.

"My sister only knows that the emperor likes you, but you never know that I fell in love with my sister earlier than him, and I love my sister more than him. I can give up the status of Prince Liang for my sister, and just treat myself as a knife. I can be with my sister forever and never be separated. I can also return to Daliang for my sister and be the prince I don’t like, just because my mother told me that only by becoming the monarch of the world can I get everything I want.”

"And I, from beginning to end, only want my sister!"

Although she had already sensed Xiaodao's extraordinary friendship for her in her heart, hearing him say it in person now still shocked her so much that she couldn't be more shocked!
She looked at Xiao Dao with a crazy expression in disbelief, and said in shock: "But, people often say that a friend's wife should not be bullied. If this is the case with a friend, let alone I am your emperor's wife, you are hurting me by doing this, and you are also hurting her." , you are hurting yourself even more, in the end, the three of us will be doomed, doesn't the prince understand?"

A trace of sadness and grief flashed across Xiaodao's expression, but only for a moment, his face became firm again, and he said word by word: "Sister, do you know why you have become a thorn in the side of Concubine Lian's mother and daughter since you were born? "

Startled when she heard the words, Yu Ruyan looked at him in surprise, not understanding why he suddenly changed the subject and talked about the grievances between Concubine Lian and herself?
But this question was indeed a big trouble in her mind before coming to Daliang.

She also thought about it before, why since she was a child, Concubine Lian and Yu Mingzhu always wanted to frame and embarrass her. Is it because she looks a little like Yu Mingzhu, which made her feel uncomfortable?
If it was only because of this reason, she really felt that it was too far-fetched, because she could clearly feel Concubine Lian's hatred for her.

But this matter gradually faded away in her heart after Concubine Lian was subdued, and she didn't think about it anymore.Now hearing Xiaodao mention it without thinking, it really surprised her, and she couldn't help but stare at him with a puzzled look on her face.

"When you were born, because your appearance was similar to that of Yu Mingzhu, Concubine Lian asked Taoist Yiyun to look at the faces of you and Yu Mingzhu separately, and the conclusion she came to was—"

Xiaodao looked at her firmly, and affirmed every word: "You are born with the appearance of the Phoenix Queen, and you are destined to become the mother of a country and the mother of the world. And it is precisely because you stole the limelight from the Jade Pearl, Lian The concubine hates you to the bone, and that's why she tried every means to put you to death from the moment she learned of your fate..."

Her pupils widened suddenly, and when she learned this from Xiaodao, Yu Ruyan couldn't believe it, she couldn't help shaking her head, she was so shocked!
Seeing the unbelievable description on her face, Xiaodao continued: "The fate of a person is predestined by the heavens from birth, so how can Concubine Lian succeed in murdering you to change your fate against the sky? That's why she only once However, the fate of Concubine Lian just shows that it is destined that my sister is the mother of the country. And I will eventually become the king of a country, and I am also destined to be the king of the country. sister together."

Xiaodao's words hit Yu Ruyan's heart like a heavy hammer, she shook her head in disbelief, her eyes filled with horror, and she said angrily: "I don't believe it, these are just lies you deliberately fabricated to lie to me , I am obviously an unlucky person without tears, how could I be the Phoenix Empress!?"

Although he kept denying it, but after careful consideration in his heart, he felt that only this reason could completely explain why Concubine Lian wanted to kill her since she was born.

"Am I lying to my sister? My sister understands it in her heart. But no matter how you deny it, you are destined to be a person who is destined to be a mother in the world. You are a person who will stand shoulder to shoulder with me and be supported by all people. My sister can't deny it! Besides, things are up to now. You have lived in my harem for so long, do you think there is room for maneuver?"

Yu Ruyan was taken aback, and looked at him in horror——

That's right, after I moved into the East Palace, no matter whether she and Xiaodao were innocent or not, in the eyes of outsiders, she was already a fool and she lost her dignity to the prince.

The next moment, Yu Ruyan couldn't hold it anymore, her knees softened and she knelt down in front of Xiaodao, she gritted her teeth with red eyes and said, "Xiaodao, sister, please, there are so many women in the world, sister please let me go!" , I beg you, for the sake of my saving you, let me go, and let your emperor brother go too."

(End of this chapter)