slave like jade

Chapter 189
Chunhua and Qiuyue could help Yu Ruyan get off the car and step into the gate of Bieyuan, but Aunt Qin, who hadn't seen her for a long time, was waiting at the door and stopped her with her hand...

As the curtain fell, Aunt Qin stood solemnly and calmly at the gate of the Bieyuan. She looked a little older in her description, her whole body was white, her eyes were no longer as clear as usual, and filled with bloodshot eyes.

After Empress Xie passed away, Aunt Qin has been waiting in front of the empress's coffin day and night in great grief, so as to accompany her master who followed her master decades ago on the last journey.

Regarding the death of Empress Xie, Aunt Qin has always been very guilty and blamed herself, thinking that it was her poor protection of the Lord that caused the empress to be killed tragically.Before knowing the truth of the matter, he also harbored resentment towards Yu Ruyan.It wasn't until Yue Yu found out the real cause of the queen's death not long ago that Aunt Qin felt guilty that she had wronged Yu Ruyan.

And her beautiful eyes, because of the death of Empress Xie, were wronged and blinded in vain...

Now looking at her with empty eyes, she has to rely on the handmaiden beside her to lead and guide her in her actions.Although her expression was calm, there was no sadness or sadness on her face, and she didn't seem to feel sad for her blindness, but in Aunt Qin's eyes, she felt inexplicably sad, and she couldn't help but stepped forward to take Chunhua's place Hands supported her.

Suddenly feeling that the people around her were different, Yu Ruyan was slightly startled, and retracted her outstretched hand reflexively.

Chunhua was about to tell her that Aunt Qin from the palace was here, but Aunt Qin spoke first, and said with a bitter smile, "Princess, it's an old slave!"

Suddenly hearing Aunt Qin's voice, Yu Ruyan was a little surprised, feeling that Aunt Qin's hand was very cold, she couldn't help being surprised and said: "Auntie has been here for a long time, why don't you come in and sit down, look at your hand It's freezing cold!"

After all, she conveniently stuffed the stove in her arms into Aunt Qin's hand.

Aunt Qin's heart warmed up, and she looked into her eyes from a close distance, feeling even more regretful and sad, but when she thought that His Royal Highness cared so much about her, she was finally cornered and blinded her eyes with her own hands.At that time, I am afraid that the Third Highness felt even more painful...

Yu Ruyan was very happy for Aunt Qin's arrival, and took her hand to walk into the garden, but Aunt Qin stopped her.

Looking at Yu Ruyan, who had a kind face towards her, Aunt Qin felt mixed feelings, she looked guilty, and said in a low voice: "Princess, this old slave will not go in, this old slave is here to replace you. Myself and my empress came to say sorry to the princess..."

"Before, the empress was deceived by others and wronged the concubine, and the old slave also resented the concubine. It really shouldn't be... In fact, the concubine is the real benefactor who detoxifies the empress... The concubine, the old slave thinks, the empress must have died before she died. Knowing the truth, I must regret it... So, please, Wangfei... please forgive her..."

Aunt Qin's words stunned Yu Ruyan——

Although the empress had never had a good look at her before, she always regarded her as an ominous person and forced her to leave Mu Lingzhi. Later, because Xiao Dao made her the crown princess, she became murderous towards her , give her a red crest...

Yu Ruyan is not a person who doesn't hold grudges, but she can't hate Empress Xie in her heart.Because she knew that everything the queen did to her was nothing more than a mother's concern for her son.She was always afraid that she would harm Mu Lingzhi, so she hated her in all kinds of ways, and even under the deliberate instigation of Mu Ziyue and Yu Mingzhu, she couldn't tolerate her at all...

Now hearing that Aunt Qin came here to apologize on behalf of the queen, Yu Ruyan was quite surprised and said: "Auntie is serious, the mother is also a victim of many things before, and now she has... I have already done the things before... Forget it, let it pass, aunt doesn't need to blame herself..."

"Thank you, princess, for not blaming me!" Aunt Qin let go of her guilt when she heard her words, so she left and returned to the palace.

"Auntie wait!"

Aunt Qin, who had just walked two steps away, was held back by Yu Ruyan, she thought for a while, and said slowly: "Speaking of which, after the queen passed away, I haven't paid homage to her coffin, how about So let's go to the palace with my aunt to pay homage to my mother!"

Hearing this, Aunt Qin became happy.

She came this time to apologize to Yu Ruyan, but also because she wanted to invite her to pay homage to the coffin of the empress as the third concubine.In this way, the spirit of the dead queen Zai Tian knew that Yu Ruyan didn't hold her grudges against her, and she was relieved...

He stepped into the carriage again and went to the palace with Aunt Qin.When Kankan arrived at the palace, Yu Ruyan was holding Aunt Qin's hand and was about to head towards the queen's mourning hall. Suddenly, the eunuch next to King Liang came to meet them and stopped in front of them, with panic flashing on her pale face , out of breath, said: "Coincidentally, the princess just came into the palace, and His Majesty is sending servants out of the palace to invite the princess to come in and see you. Please follow the servants to Yugan Palace immediately to see you!"

Seeing the pale and anxious description of the chief eunuch, Aunt Qin, as an old man in the palace, sensed something unusual, so she couldn't help interjecting: "Eunuch, I wonder if Your Majesty has felt more comfortable these few days?"

Liang Wang originally suffered from paralysis. After falling from the dragon bed last time, he was paralyzed and his body never recovered. Recently, the queen was murdered. , King Liang was hit hard, and his already unhealthy body was made even worse...

On the day of the public trial, after hearing about Mu Yunzhi and Mu Xiang's corruption and murder, he was so angry that he vomited blood and fell into a coma on the spot. Even after waking up, his whole body was getting worse...

After hearing Aunt Qin's concerned question, the chief eunuch smiled and said, "Your Majesty is blessed with great blessings, and the imperial physicians are taking good care of her, and her body is slowly recovering!"

Since King Liang summoned her, Yu Ruyan had no choice but to bid farewell to Aunt Qin, and followed the eunuch to Yugan Palace where King Liang lived.

As she walked along the way, she couldn't help but feel puzzled in her heart. She didn't know why Liang Wang summoned her at this time?
However, after thinking about it all the way, until she came to the Yugan Palace and before the couch in King Liang's bedroom, she still didn't guess why King Liang suddenly called her here?
In the silent sleeping hall, as the sky darkened, a few candles were lit in the four corners of the hall, illuminating the luxurious and exquisite hall.

The surrounding doors and windows were tightly closed, not even a trace of cold wind could penetrate, and there were still three charcoal pots burning in the hall, and the whole hall was filled with warmth, but Yu Ruyan, who came in suddenly, felt a bit suffocated.

King Liang lay on his back on the soft couch, saw her come in, waved his hand to make everyone in the hall retreat, leaving the most trusted eunuch beside him alone, and let him lead Yu Ruyan to come to him, his cloudy eyes were silent I looked at her for a long time, but I never spoke...

Yu Ruyan groped and knelt down in front of King Liang's bed, bowed respectfully to the front, and then was lifted up by the eunuch, and King Liang gave her to sit down.

After a long time, King Liang spoke heavily, but what he said shocked Yu Ruyan so much that he almost fell off the stool——

Liang Wang's muddy eyes moved away from her, staring blankly at the emptiness above his head, heaved a long sigh and said, "Zhen, I'm afraid time is running out..."

And the next words made Yu Ruyan instantly hear the sound of the sky falling...

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After coming out of Yugan Palace, it was already pitch black outside.

Chunhua and Qiuyue took Yu Ruyan from the eunuch, and carefully supported her to go out.

Chunhua asked: "Master, it's getting late, you haven't had dinner yet, should we go back to Bieyuan directly?"

Her footsteps faltered, Yu Ruyan looked calm, but her body trembled slightly.

Her empty eyes quietly looked at the nothingness in front of her, and said indifferently: "It was agreed to go to the empress's coffin to pay homage. Now that you are here, let's go to the mourning hall!"

After hearing her words, the two maids quickly and carefully supported her, turned around and walked towards the queen's mourning hall...

The crying outside the mourning hall was loud, but inside there were only Aunt Qin and Xiao Ru kneeling there.

Seeing Yu Ruyan coming in, both Aunt Qin and Xiao Ru were taken aback. Aunt Qin stepped forward and said, "It's so late, why don't you leave the palace first, and it won't be too late to come back tomorrow..."

Yu Ruyan smiled calmly, and did not answer her words, but knelt down in front of the mourning hall, respectfully kowtowed and offered incense.

Xiao Ru on the side stared blankly at her eyes, recalling the rumors from the palace people that it was His Highness the Third Prince who stabbed her blind, she couldn't help feeling a little sad, and wanted to go up and say a few words to her , but when she thought of what she had said to Yu Ruyan when the two of them were in the Changle Hall of the Eastern Palace for the last time, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and stood aside timidly, not daring to go forward.

And Yu Ruyan heard Mu Lingzhi mention it before, saying that Xiaodao and her relationship are good now, but she was relieved in her heart. Hearing Chunhua say that she was here, she couldn't help raising her hand to let her go forward, and took her hand. Evidence said bitterly: "Xiaoru, how come the empress has passed away, and the prince has no one to take care of him and love him. You must take good care of him for the queen and stay by his side for a long time..."

Xiaoru blushed, lowered her head and said shyly, "Xiaoru will follow my sister's teaching!"

This "sister" has solved the unhappiness in the hearts of the two of them before, Xiao Ru just lowered her head shyly, and did not notice the sadness hidden in Yu Ruyan's expression when she spoke...

After coming out of the mourning hall, Aunt Qin sent her a long way, and kept wanting to ask her why the King of Liang summoned her just now.

But after thinking about it, he was a slave after all, and he could guess God's will there, so he had to suppress the uneasiness in his heart and send Yu Ruyan out of the palace.

The carriage slowly headed towards the Bieyuan in the dark...

As soon as she got into the carriage, the extremely shallow smile on Yu Ruyan's face disappeared instantly.She sat quietly, the wind lamp hanging on the eaves of the car fluttered back and forth in the wind, and the dim light cast dark shadows on her face...

After a long time, she asked the two servant girls if there was any news about Mu Ziyue?
Chunhua and Qiuyue shook their heads in unison, and said strangely: "It's very strange, Your Highness, they haven't found Mu Ziyue, they haven't fished her from the river, and they haven't found her leaving the city, a living person suddenly disappeared. "

After finishing speaking, Chunhua remembered something again, and continued: "But I heard that Mu Ziyue was not found, but the prince's people caught the Xiangfu girl who was mixed in the crowd and wanted to escape from the city, and she was also by Mu Ziyue's side. The close servant Die Xiang has her head chopped off and hung up at the gate of the city. His Highness the Crown Prince said that a person like her who betrays her master should be cast aside by the world!"

Yu Ruyan knew what Xiao Dao meant, and even more that what he said about betraying her master was not that she secretly abandoned Mu Ziyue and ran away alone, but that Die Xiang was once her dowry girl, but later she took refuge in Mu Ziyue. Ziyue came to harm her, so Xiaodao hanged her dead body for public display in anger...

With a bitter smile in my heart, I have experienced so much, Xiaodao's temperament is still as clear as ever, I don't know if he will change when he becomes the emperor...

Chunhua and Qiuyue were still talking about Diaoxiang, but Yu Ruyan quietly closed her eyes and thought about her own thoughts. When she thought of what King Liang said to her just now, her heart sank all the way to the dark place. Bottom, never see the light...

Tears were about to burst out of the embankment, but she held back her life...

She asked Chunhua, on such a day, is the night market in Dongdu still there?
Chunhua told her that the night market was always there, and asked her if she wanted to go to the night market to eat?
Qiuyue panicked when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "Master, Mu Ziyue hasn't subdued the law yet, and His Highness has specially told the master not to go out of the house...Master, let's go back to the other garden, slaves always feel... always feel... ..."

Of course Yu Ruyan understood the fear and worry in her heart, she smiled bitterly and said: "Don't worry, I'm not going alone, you ask the followers outside to tell His Highness that I want to accompany him to the night market to eat hot pot!"

With Mu Lingzhi by their side, Qiuyue and the others were not afraid, and quickly asked the guards outside to tell Mu Lingzhi.

When the carriage stopped at the night market, Mu Lingzhi arrived at the night market before her.

Seeing her getting off the carriage, he went up to meet her, took off his cloak and wrapped it around her, touched her cold hands, and said angrily: "If you want to eat hot pot, I will make it for you at home." Well, come out in such a cold day, be careful to catch a cold!"

Yu Ruyan suppressed the sadness in her heart, tried her best to look happy, and said with a smile: "I know His Highness is busy, and I just want to have a good meal with you."

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi felt guilt welling up in his heart, and said in a tone of remorse: "It's my fault, I've been busy with court affairs, and I don't even have time to have a good meal with you."

After that, he took her hand and led her to the stall where they had visited last year during the Han Rui Festival, and asked the boss to serve food.

Still as usual, every time he ate, Mu Lingzhi would not eat it by himself, but would hold food for her from the sidelines and watch her eat with a doting face.But now that she can't see her eyes, he takes care of her like a child, carefully blows the hot dishes to cool down, feeds them to her mouth, wipes the oil stains on her mouth, and the next day Seconds later, the tea was brought to her mouth again...

In the usual way, Yu Ruyan would definitely ask Chunhua and Qiuyue to hold the vegetables for her, and let him eat more, because she knew that when he was busy, he often had no time to eat.

But today, she kept her head buried and obediently ate the food he fed, but she didn't say a word...

After eating, Yu Ruyan held Mu Lingzhi's hand and did not let go, she said: "Your Highness, let me go for a walk on the long street. Last time, Your Highness and I agreed to spend the Han Rui Festival together, but in the end... ...His Highness and I have broken our promise...Your Highness, let us make up for the Han Rui Festival that we missed last time!"

Mu Lingzhi keenly felt that Yu Ruyan was a little different tonight, but before he had time to study the faint sadness in her brows and eyes, his subordinates came to report and found Mu Ziyue's trace.

Mu Lingzhi was startled when he heard the words, before he could apologize and explain to her, Yu Ruyan had already let go of his hand, and said with a slight smile, "Your Highness, go and do your work, don't worry about me!"

Mu Lingzhi hugged her into the carriage, and said guiltily, "Yanyan, you go back to the Bieyuan and wait for me. When I catch Mu Ziyue for a job, I will go back and accompany you. I will accompany you out tomorrow to have a good meal." Pot, let’s go for a walk on the long street after we’re done eating. Then we’ll go to the sugar figurine shop...how about I make a sugar figurine for you?”

He originally wanted to say that they would go to the sugar shop and compete to make sugar figurines, but when he thought of her blind eyes, he felt a pain in his heart, so he quickly changed his mouth, fearing that it would make her feel sad.

Sitting in the carriage, Yu Ruyan's expression was lost in the darkness, and she couldn't see the description on her face clearly, but Mu Lingzhi somehow felt a sad atmosphere spreading from her...

"...Your Highness, go and get busy..." Yu Ruyan did not directly agree to his words, but smiled slowly at Mu Lingzhi in the dark...

Another busy night for Mu Lingzhi——

Because the whole city is compiling Mu Ziyue, and her portraits are posted everywhere in the city, so just now someone brought her portrait to the government to report to the police, saying that she had seen her in the lowest tile kiln in Qisan Lane.

When Mu Lingzhi led his people to the filthy Wayao, there was no sign of Mu Ziyue.

Mu Lingzhi called the old bustard of Wayao for questioning. The old bust had been clenching his teeth and said that he had never seen the woman they mentioned, until the officers and soldiers found suspicious blood in a dark and filthy room in Wayao. Ling Zhi also put the long sword on the old bustard's neck, and the old bustard was so frightened that his butt was watering, and he couldn't help but tell the truth.

It turned out that after Mu Ziyue jumped off the moat, she did not seek revenge from Yu Ruyan, because she was even more afraid of death after witnessing the tragic death of her parents, not to mention facing the death penalty of quartering her body...

After she escaped, she swam along the river to a hidden port and disembarked.She was cold and scared, she had no relatives, and she also knew that the city would be full of officials who wanted to arrest her, and it would be impossible to escape from the city, so the most urgent thing was to find a place to hide...

He racked his brains to think about where he could go, but in the end, he only thought of his brother-in-law who had helped the Mu Mansion to traffic people—the local ruffian Liu Mazi.

She knew that he was familiar with all places in the Eastern Capital, and most importantly, he knew many crooked people, who might have a way to send her out of the city and save her life.

Thinking of this, she sneaked to the end of Qisan Lane based on the address mentioned by the steward before, but it allowed her to find Liu Mazi who had just returned from the outside.

At noon, Liu Mazi saw that the door of the Mufu was ransacked at Caishikou, and he helped his brother-in-law, who is the steward of the Mufu, collect the body afterwards. He just came back from work and saw Mu Ziyue, which really scared him. big jump.

At this point today, Mu Ziyue is still hard to change her usual arrogance and domineering, she still looks down on this street ruffian who usually bows and bows in front of their Mufu from the bottom of her heart, so she opens her mouth and orders Liu Mazi to find a way to send her out of the city. Fearing that he would disagree, he detailed all the things Liu Mazi had done with Mu Fuguang before, so as to prevent him from reneging on his debts.

Mu Ziyue is usually very smart, but today her head was frozen by the river water, she was expecting a local hooligan to talk about righteousness and kindness, isn't she seeking her own death?

This Liu Mazi had been coveting Mu Ziyue's beauty before, but because of his status, he only dared to think about it in his heart, never thought that Mu Ziyue would come to his door one day.

Although the current Mu Ziyue is far from the glamorous No. [-] beauty in Daliang, even the current appearance is a bit disgusting and frightening, but Liu Mazi just wants to try something new, and it's also for one of his previous wishes.So, while agreeing to help Mu Ziyue to send her out of the city, he boiled hot water for her to take a bath and change clothes, with an enthusiastic look, but in the end Mu Ziyue came out of the shower and raped her unceremoniously... …

Of course Mu Ziyue had to fight desperately. How could she, who is so proud and conceited, endure her noble body being ruined by a lowly hooligan? What's more, Liu Mazi was also very ugly, with a pockmarked face and a short body. Described as wretched, the whole person is like a stinky mouse crawling out of the gutter...

And such a disgusting man like a stinky mouse biting and kicking on her body makes Mu Ziyue's life worse than death!

However, she didn't dare to shout for help, and was threatened by Liu Mazi to leave the city, but in the end, she had no choice but to go along with him...

I thought that after satisfying him for one night and letting him vent his animal desires, Liu Mazi would keep his promise and send him away, but she once again underestimated the viciousness and ugliness in Liu Mazi's heart, and let her see that the world is as vicious as her. How terrible is the person...

Liu Mazi knew very well in his heart that not only could he not help Mu Ziyue escape, but he couldn't keep her in his home, otherwise his own life would be buried.

Thinking of spending a lot of money to collect the body of his brother-in-law who died in vain, Liu Mazi rolled his eyes, thinking of a good idea...

Early the next morning, he stunned Mu Ziyue with drugs, dressed her up, and carried her to the lowest tile kiln to sell her.

He lied that Mu Ziyue was the beggar woman he picked up on the street, and Mu Ziyue, who had been deliberately dressed up by him, was the same as the portrait posted outside and the blood-stained appearance in the prison car that everyone saw. There are still some differences.

Therefore, the old bustard in Wayao didn't recognize the unconscious woman in front of her as a criminal arrested by the imperial court, and threw two taels of silver to Liu Mazi to buy her.

When Mu Ziyue woke up from the drug, she found that a strange old man was pressing on her body, grinning at her with a mouthful of ugly and black teeth, and her big dirty and rough hands were even more ruthless. Pinching the flesh on her body...

Mu Ziyue fell into panic and despair. The old man on her body was older than her father, so disgusting that she was still doing the dirtiest and disgusting things to herself. She couldn't help vomiting anymore... …

She pushed away the old whore on her body and fled outside, but before she could escape from the room, the thugs guarding the door had already brought her back. Only then did she realize that she was actually eaten by Liu Mazi After wiping it clean, sell it to the tile kiln as the lowest prostitute...

Knowing everything, she wished she could find Liu Mazi immediately and eat him alive to relieve her hatred.However, no one else could find her, and she was watched by thugs, and she couldn't escape even if she wanted to escape. Moreover, the streets outside were full of officers and soldiers who arrested her...

In order to survive, she desperately restrained the hatred and humiliation in her heart, closed her eyes and regarded herself as a dead person, lying on the dirty pit, letting others ravage her...

A day passed, except for the half-hour meal time at noon, the madam forced her to pick up guests at other times.

There were as many as six men who climbed onto her body from morning to evening. When the seventh client came into the house, she couldn't help roaring crazily anymore. An accident happened when she The identity of the Prime Minister's daughter was revealed...

The old bustard in the Wayao took back a portrait of her, and after carefully identifying her, the next moment, people beat her to death without hesitation, and while it was dark, people threw her into the chaos Burial mound, in order to escape the crime of harboring fugitives in the kiln...

When Mu Lingzhi led the officials and rushed to the mass grave with torches, the wild dogs that had been starving for the winter had already bitten Mu Ziyue's body to pieces...

(End of this chapter)