slave like jade

Chapter 193 Deja Vu
Another year of Ching Ming Festival!

Unlike previous years, where he could only worship his father and mother far away outside the imperial mausoleum, Yue Yu set foot on the imperial mausoleum for the first time to pay respects to his father and empress for the first time.

In the past ten years, he has never really set foot on the imperial mausoleum, and he doesn't even know where his father, queen, and empress are buried.Therefore, Yue Yu, who has always been calm and self-reliant, stood upright in front of the imperial mausoleum for the first time, feeling endless sorrow and grief in his heart...

Kankan arrived at the entrance of the imperial mausoleum, but he was stopped by the mausoleum guard at the entrance, because the mausoleum guard had never seen him before, so he politely and respectfully asked who he was?
Yue Yu's eyes were clear, and he said lightly: "The former crown prince Mu Yizhi, come to pay homage to his parents!"

Hearing the word 'Mu Yizhi', the mausoleum guard was taken aback for a moment, then knelt down in fright and said, "Young one has no eyes, it turns out to be the former prince, please forgive me for going to report and arrange for someone to accompany you." The prince will worship..."

"No need, just tell me where the tomb of the empress is, and I'll be alone!"

Yue Yu interrupted the tomb guard with a soft voice.

The mausoleum guard quickly responded respectfully, bent over to lead the way, and led him into the cemetery.

Kankan walked halfway, but the road ahead was blocked by someone——

Mu Lingzhi was dressed in silver and white plain clothes, standing quietly in front of Yue Yu with his hands behind his back, his face was calm, even a little indifferent.

However, the hands behind his back clenched into fists to restrain the excitement in his heart——

he came!
What about... her?Will you come with him?
The guard of the mausoleum quickly knelt down to greet Mu Lingzhi. He waved his hand lightly and said coldly: "You step back, I will personally lead the crown prince to visit the grave!"

After all, his deep eyes looked at the extremely handsome man in front of him for a moment, but he couldn't help thinking of the most painful and desperate day in his life, and his eyes suddenly dimmed——

Although more than three months have passed, his heart is still throbbing when he recalls the background of Yu Ruyan's resolute departure...

With four eyes facing each other, Yue Yu also stared at the indifferent man in front of him without blinking.

Although his brows were a bit haggard, his figure was much thinner, and he was wearing a simple silver moon suit, but it was difficult to conceal the sharp and awe-inspiring aura emanating from him.It was like a treasured sword sunk in its scabbard, even though it was covered in dust, it was difficult to conceal the brilliance it carried.

The two brothers who used to have the best relationship were speechless when they met for the first time.

The quiet mountain breeze blew between the two brothers, bringing the moist breath of spring and the fragrance of green grass and trees all over the mountain, but it couldn't blow away the haze and sadness in Mu Lingzhi's heart...

In fact, when Yu Ruyan and Yue Yu left, he was so sad and furious that he couldn't restrain it, until he calmed down later, he immediately discovered Yu Ruyan's abnormality and something was wrong.

In addition, Aunt Qin later told him that the night before the incident, Yu Ruyan had been summoned by King Liang alone.So, he knew even more in his heart - all this must be something that the father said to Yu Ruyan, or even threatened her with something, which made her so abnormal!

Wanting to understand all this, the first thing he wanted to do was catch up with the two of them and ask them clearly.However, King Liang's condition worsened at that time, and he would die at any time.And Xiaodao has to be busy with the government affairs of the court, and the time for Empress Xie's funeral is coming...

On the one hand, he waited in front of King Liang's bed every day.But in the court, there were internal and external troubles, and Xiaodao couldn't cope with it alone.He still has to help Xiaodao handle government affairs, and he has to clear away the remaining forces of the eldest prince who are ready to move...

So, even though he couldn't wait to find the two of them and ask them clearly, at that moment, he couldn't let go of the chaos in Dongdu and leave alone...

And when King Liang passed away, the government affairs of the court gradually calmed down, and it was now three months later.

The hidden guards he sent couldn't find the location of Yue's family, and since the incident with Kuang Qinqin, Yue Yu no longer kept pigeons.Therefore, all clues about Yue Yu and Yu Ruyan were interrupted, and the two seemed to disappear from everyone's sight overnight, and they could not be found!
Mu Lingzhi invited the imperial mausoleum to guard the tomb. First, he was bored and didn't want to stay in the noisy eastern capital, so he wanted to guard the imperial mausoleum for his father, queen, and queen who had just passed away; the other was his own selfishness——

He believed that Yue Yu would come to pay homage to his father and mother in the imperial mausoleum, and he waited here, holding his last hope, waiting for Yue Yu to appear!

Sure enough, he is still here!

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Mu Lingzhi walked slowly ahead to lead the way for Yue Yu. From the beginning to the end, neither of them said a word!

After successfully leading Yue Yu to the tomb of his father and queen mother, Mu Lingzhi still didn't speak, turned around and walked back——

No matter how many questions he eagerly wants to ask him, he can't be in a hurry now.

Looking at the background of his sad departure, Yue Yu sighed silently, turned around and knelt respectfully in front of his parents' tomb!

The first time he came to the mausoleum of his father and mother, Koshihabara would feel sad, but at this moment, his heart was unusually calm and serene.

He knelt there, like a child returning home from afar, babbling about to his parents who had been sleeping in the cemetery for many years about what he had experienced in the past ten years...

Reaching out his hand to gently caress the tombstone, his heart trembled slightly——

"Father, mother, please forgive the child for being unfilial. I didn't avenge you in the end... But I believe that the emperor knows that he is wrong. Now, you should meet him in the underground. The child thinks, he will be I will say that 'I'm sorry' to you personally..."

Looking at the new mausoleum not far away, Yue Yu felt a lot of emotion in his heart——

Ten years ago, King Liang rebelled against the accusation of being cast aside by the world, but in the end, he was still lying in the imperial mausoleum just like his father, and finally turned into a cup of loess...

He didn't take away anything from the power position he was attached to, only left a charge of murdering his brother and seizing the throne in the history. After calculating like this, in the end, what did he win...

When he walked out of the mausoleum, Yue Yu was not surprised to see Mu Lingzhi waiting in the stone pavilion by the side of the road, but when he saw clearly the things placed in front of him, his eyes flashed, which was very surprising—— —

Mu Lingzhi was sitting in the stone pavilion, tea was brewed on the table in front of him, and there was an unfinished chess game on it.

And this chess game was exactly the one that they couldn't finish when they played against each other in the chess competition a year ago because of the sudden incident of the Mu brothers and sisters.

I still remember that this chess game is also related to two bets——

At that time, when Mu Lingzhi saw Yue Yu and Yu Ruyan appearing hand in hand in the chess competition, he was furious for a moment and made a bet with Yue Yu!

If he wins, Yue Yu will never be able to marry Yu Ruyan forever;

But Yue Yu won, but on the day he and Yu Ruyan got married, Mu Lingzhi personally appeared as a witness for them!
Said it was two bets, but in fact it was Yu Ruyan alone.

The bet is still there today, but everything has changed...

Looking at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar chess game in front of them, both of them recalled the events of that day at the same time.

Before Mu Lingzhi opened his mouth to invite, Yue Yu took the initiative to step forward, sat down opposite him, and said with a slight smile: "I didn't expect that you still remembered what happened last year, and even moved an unfinished mess to the here."

Mu Lingzhi took the tea and handed it to Yue Yu, and said with a bitter smile: "I not only remember this unfinished chess game, but also the bet between me and my cousin!"

If someone else had taken Yu Ruyan away, Mu Lingzhi could have snatched her back regardless of everything else. Even if Xiaodao wanted Yu Ruyan to be the princess, he would have put the sword around his neck.

But in this world, only when facing Yue Yu, he couldn't draw his sword again.

With a gloomy expression, he didn't hide the thoughts in his heart, and said directly: "Although I haven't found out what the father said to Yanyan before she left the palace. But I do know what she said to me that day. The words are all false..."

As long as he thought of the tears on Yu Ruyan's face that morning when he left, Mu Lingzhi could conclude that everything she said to him that day was a lie.

Since she said those words against her will, how could he just let her go? !
"So, the bet of that day is still there, and I want to finish this game of chess with my cousin."

Yue Yu glanced across the chessboard, and then looked at the determined Mu Lingzhi, feeling pain and torment in his heart...

For a long time, he didn't open his mouth to agree to Mu Lingzhi's invitation. He just drank tea slowly, and the hand holding the teacup trembled almost inaudibly in him who was always calm and self-reliant...

Mu Lingzhi looked at him nervously, seeing that he didn't reply for a long time, his heart was as cold as falling into an ice cave...

After a long time, when Mu Lingzhi was completely desperate, Yue Yu's voice sounded softly, saying, "It's time to end this 'chess game' between us!"

After finishing speaking, the slender fingers slowly stretched out to pick up a white piece and put it in the Zhenlong chess game...

At some point in the sky, there was a drizzle of drizzle, blown by the wind, the drizzle flew into the stone pavilion, and wet the corners of the clothes and shoulders of the two of them.

And the two people in the stone pavilion were not disturbed by the outside world, one was dressed in white snow, and the other was dressed in silver like an immortal.The face is all described as calm, in the hands you come and go, but in the chess game, it is inextricably fought...

Mu Ling wanted to win Yue Yu and get a chance to be with Yu Ruyan again.And Yue Yu also wants to give himself an answer, whether to raise Yu Ruyan, who has lost his memory, to raise his younger sister, or muster up the courage to give him another chance to love her...

The chess skills of the two, looking around the world, are able to meet opponents, and when they think of what they want in their hearts, they have displayed all the chess skills in their lives, and they dare not be careless in the slightest. ...

From morning to noon, the drizzle outside stopped at some point. Yue Yu suddenly remembered that Yu Ruyan was still waiting for him to go back, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He was distracted for a while, but Mu Lingzhi got the upper hand .

However, Yue Yu is a chess master after all, even if he is at a disadvantage, it will not be a matter of time for Mu Lingzhi to win him.

Seeing Yue Yu frequently looking at the sky outside, Mu Lingzhi's heart skipped a beat, and a light flashed in his deep eyes.

The next moment, he said leisurely while making moves: "Yanyan said that day that you taught her chess skills, but now it seems that brother's chess skills are not as good as hers. If I usually play chess with her, at this time, I have long been defeated by her!"

Speaking of Yu Ruyan, a crack opened on Mu Lingzhi's tense and cold face, revealing a gentle smile.

Seeing Yue Yu's hand stagnate, he asked softly again: "Brother, how is she doing recently? Is she fat or thin?"

The white piece in Yue Yu's hand didn't drop for a long time, he looked up at Mu Lingzhi who was looking forward to him, feeling sore in his heart.

After a long time, his voice was filled with endless reluctance and pain, and he said slowly: "She also came with me, and she is at the Jinli Inn of the Yue family at this time..."

Before the words fell, the figure in front of him threw away the Qi Mingmin in his hand in an instant, and disappeared long ago...

Seeing Mu Lingzhi leaving impatiently, Yue Yu showed a dark wry smile——

From the moment he learned the truth about Yu Ruyan leaving Mu Lingzhi, Yue Yu already knew that in Yu Ruyan's life, except for Mu Lingzhi, no one else could be tolerated...

He also selfishly thought that during the time when she lost her memory, during the time when she completely forgot about Mu Lingzhi, he could re-enter her life.Perhaps, she will fall in love with him and accept him...

However, if one day, she regains her memory, remembers everything, and remembers that the person she loves most in the depths of her memory is Mu Lingzhi instead of him.Then, the feelings I gave her will only become her painful burden...

Therefore, even if he misses the past three months, he and Yu Ruyan lived together day and night in Qingyun Mountain, living in a paradise without being disturbed by outsiders; The feeling of happiness that only belongs to him alone.And during the time when she forgot her painful memories, her rare worry-free and joyful.He had to grit his teeth and let go of her, let her find the true happiness that belonged to her...

She had already hated herself because of her conspiracy against her before, and he didn't want to make her in the future hate him again because of his temporary selfishness...

Looking at Yun Juan Yun Shu in the sky, Yue Yu's old illness that hadn't occurred for a long time began to ache faintly again. He gritted his teeth to suppress the reluctance and pain in his heart, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth——

He thought that these three months were the best three months in his life, perhaps the best memories God bestowed upon him.And she, even if she had to stay away from him in the end, he thought, relying on these memories, he would have a good life...

Mu Lingzhi got on his horse and rushed all the way back to Beijing to Jinli Inn. He found Yu Ruyan's backyard with ease.

Before, he had also come here to look for Yu Ruyan, and it was not long after she arrived in the palace, she was sold to Qin Xianglou by Mu Ziyue, and when she escaped, she was rescued by Yue Yu and brought here.

I don't know if it was because he was in a hurry, or because he thought of seeing her again, Mu Lingzhi's heart jumped to his throat, and dense sweat broke out on his forehead.

He took a deep breath to calm down his frenzied heart.The next moment, the courtyard door could not wait to be pushed open.

In the yard, under the rose trellis, Yu Ruyan was quietly resting on a beauty chair for her morning rest.

It was sunny after the rain, and the warm sun in the afternoon penetrated through the leaf gaps of the flower stand, leaving a layer of mottled and dreamy light and shadow on her body.For a moment, Mu Lingzhi thought he had walked into a sweet dream...

Yu Ruyan's eyes were covered with white silk, she seemed to be asleep, but she was actually waiting for Yue Yu to come back with her ears up.

Taking her out this time, Yue Yu told her that there is a Shuyu restaurant in the east, the food there is very delicious, and he made an agreement with her to take her there to eat when he came back from some good business.

So, from the moment Yue Yu left the house, she was looking forward to his early return!
As soon as she heard the sound of the door opening, she thought it was Yue Yu who had come back, and she was about to sit up happily, but suddenly she thought of something, she quickly turned around and lay down, closed her eyes tightly, took a long breath, and pretended to be in a deep sleep.

It felt like the footsteps of the visitor stopped for half a moment the moment the door was opened.Immediately afterwards, the footsteps came to her side quickly.

Before she sat up abruptly to startle Yue Yu, the next moment, her hands were firmly grasped, and the man's deep and mellow voice rang in her ears with a hint of hoarseness——

"Yan... Yan Yan!"

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan froze all over——

The person here is not Big Brother!
At the first moment, she panicked to break free from the man's hand, and said in a frightened and panicked voice: "You are not Big Brother. You... who are you?"

When she asked this sentence, a trace of discomfort suddenly appeared in her heart——

She had never heard this voice before, it was so strange.However, there is a complex feeling of familiar sweetness and pain welling up from the bottom of my heart.I actually felt... I felt that the person I was talking to seemed to have known each other!
Moreover, the faint and elegant scent of the visitor made her feel better than all the scents of flowers and plants in the village.

——It smells really good! !
She couldn't help sniffing Mu Lingzhi's nose like a puppy.

Seeing Yu Ruyan like this, Mu Lingzhi's heart was shocked——

The person in front of him was indeed the beloved woman he thought about day and night, and no matter how many years passed, he would never forget, let alone admit to being wrong, but——

She is definitely not wrong about her appearance, but the terrible strangeness she exuded towards him actually made him feel chills in his heart, and his whole body couldn't help shivering.

The Yu Ruyan in front of him looked completely unfamiliar to him. If she were her usual self, she would be shocked and flustered at this moment, but the person in front of her was afraid and asked him——Who are you?

He is Mu Lingzhi, her lover who has been with her for more than two years, why... why can't she recognize herself, and can't hear his voice?

There was panic in my heart, and it was only at this moment that Mu Lingzhi thought of another question, that is, how could Yu Ruyan and Yue Yu return to Dongdu again?

Back then, she had said that she never wanted to go back to Daliang or here again in this lifetime...

The more he thought about it, the more flustered and confused he became. Finally, Mu Lingzhi couldn't help but reached out and removed the white silk from Yu Ruyan's eyes——

It wasn't until he saw the twinkling eyes that haunted him dreamily and felt guilt in his heart that Mu Lingzhi was sure that the person in front of him was Yu Ruyan, and he couldn't be wrong.

But, it was obviously her, why didn't she know something? !

The moment the white silk was untied, Yu Ruyan squinted her eyes in discomfort, and said in displeasure, "Give me back the white silk, my eyes are not fully recovered yet, brother Da said, I can't see the light yet !"

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's heart that had just been silent was shocked——

She just said that her eyes——are healed?
Ecstasy welled up in his heart, he forgot the doubts and panic in his heart, stepped forward and hugged her shoulder tightly, stared into her eyes for a moment, his voice trembled with joy——

"Yanyan, you can see things now!? Look at me, look at me quickly, I'm Lingzhi, Mu Lingzhi!"

Yu Ruyan's shoulder hurt from his scratch, but she couldn't move her hands.So, in desperation, she unceremoniously kicked him, which happened to hit his lower abdomen...

This time, it made him calm down from the pain, and he also let go of the hands that clamped her.

After kicking someone, Yu Ruyan was frightened again, she couldn't help stammering but said angrily: "Yes... I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, but men and women don't know each other, and I don't know you... Young Master, what are you? who?"

When she asked who he was again, Mu Lingzhi was completely stunned!
He looked at her in shock, and felt that the expression on her face was not lying to him, but—really forgot who he was!
In fact, Yu Ruyan's eyes have improved under Yue Yuhua's painstaking treatment. Although she still can't see clearly, she can gradually feel the light, and her world is no longer dark... …

At this moment, her eyes only saw a blurry figure swaying in front of her eyes. She originally regarded him as a frivolous prodigal son and wanted to shout 'help', but then she thought that he was also like Big Brother Calling himself 'Yan Yan', then he should not be a bad person who wants to harm himself.Maybe it's someone who knew me before,
Thinking of this, she couldn't help asking hesitantly: "Young Master, when I was sick, my brain burned out, I lost my memory, and I forgot the people and things in the past... Young Master, do you know me? You—— know who I am ?"

Yu Ruyan's words were like a thunderbolt exploding on Mu Lingzhi's head.

He couldn't believe what he heard, he worked so hard to find her, but she actually forgot herself and their common past...

At some point, Yue Yu also returned to the small courtyard. Seeing Mu Lingzhi being startled by Yu Ruyan's words, he sighed slightly, took her words and said, "Yanyan had a serious illness before, and her forehead also I accidentally knocked on the wheel of the carriage... After waking up, I forgot everything before, and I also forgot who she is..."

His face was so pale that there was no trace of blood.Mu Lingzhi looked at the innocent and ignorant Yu Ruyan in distress and despair, his heart ached like a twist!

However, Yu Ruyan didn't know that because of her amnesia, Mu Lingzhi was hit to the point of collapse.

As soon as she heard Yue Yu's voice, she immediately rushed forward with endless joy, happily called him Big Brother, took his hand shyly and joyfully, and chirped to him that she was very good and obedient, and that she had a good meal at noon and a good meal. nap...

Mu Lingzhi had never seen such a pure and happy Yu Ruyan——

From the first time we met in the barracks, she has shown incomparable forbearance and strength, following her carefully, not daring to speak loudly, not daring to say a word, and it is rare to see her smile so relaxedly with...

And after following him back to the palace, she lived a more cautious life, not daring to take a wrong step, but she was still framed by people everywhere and suffered a lot...

Even if she later returned to Daliang with him as the real Princess Heshuo and the third concubine, she still couldn't be treated kindly, and the grievances and sufferings she suffered became even worse...

So, after being with her for so long, Mu Lingzhi has never seen such a pure and hearty smile on her face like this moment!
He stood alone by the side, looking at Yu Ruyan and Yue Yu's intimacy with shock and envy, his heart was tearing like a knife...

Yue Yu was talking softly with Yu Ruyan, and when he saw Mu Lingzhi with a disheveled look on one side, he couldn't help sighing, and said to Yu Ruyan: "Come on, Big Brother will introduce you to someone, he is— —”

(End of this chapter)