slave like jade

Chapter 60 Long time no see
The copper coin twitched the corner of its mouth, and said helplessly: "Isn't it her? Hey, she was punished by Aunt Gu, and she is still kneeling in the garden!"

The family law in the backyard of the Wangfu is to tie a bunch of rattan sticks with barbs and whip them ten times on the back. Even if ordinary people get stabbed by the barbs occasionally, it will hurt so much, let alone such a big bunch of rattan sticks in the flesh. ······

"After you've been beaten, why do you still have to kneel?" For some reason, Mu Lingzhi, who had never cared much about the affairs of the backyard, frowned even more when he heard this.

"Isn't Aunt Gu's beads still intact? She said she couldn't get up until she found them..."

The green agate beads, the same color as the grass and trees, fell into the haystack, and I'm afraid I won't be able to find them all in a while——

Mu Lingzhi unconsciously wanted to go out, but Gu Qing'er from the room had already greeted him, with tears in his big eyes, he stepped forward to pull him up and walked into the room.She lifted up her sleeves and showed Mu Lingzhi the broken place with great aggrievedness. He followed the trend and saw a piece of skin the size of a fingernail had been chipped off on his delicate arm. Gu Qing'er felt very sorry. Blowing his breath and tearing up, he said, "Your Highness, this concubine is hurting to death!"

Mu Lingzhi couldn't help but smiled softly, his deep phoenix eyes were like deep cold pools that could not be seen to the end at a glance, "Well, since you are injured, take good care of it, don't go outside during this time, especially In the garden."

At the right time, Zhu Zhu brought up the decoction and said respectfully: "The master was frightened, the doctor said that this tranquilizing medicine should be drunk while it's hot."

Gu Qing'er looked at the pitch-black decoction in the bowl, curled her small cherry mouth, and said coquettishly: "I won't drink it, it has such a strong taste, it will kill me!" After finishing speaking, a pair of big charming eyes looked pitiful Looking at Mu Lingzhi anxiously, he stepped forward to hook his neck with his hands, and buried his head in his arms in fear, but refused to take the medicine.

In the past, if she described Mu Lingzhi like this, she would think it was normal. Not only would she feel sorry for her, but she would coax her to drink it with nice words, because even he was afraid of taking medicine, let alone such a delicate woman.

But since he saw Yu Ruyan drinking soup in the military camp last time, he suddenly became unaccustomed to this delicate and contrived appearance. She is also a woman, why can she be so resolute and strong?Drinking up the bitter soup in one gulp, not even begging for a candied fruit?

Unconsciously, Mu Lingzhi frowned, took off her hands, and said in a cold tone, "Since you're sick, drink your medicine." After saying that, he picked up the bowl of thick black soup and put it directly in her hand, his eyes were cold Staring at her coldly, it seems to say, if you don't drink this bowl of medicine, all of this is what you pretended to do.

When did Gu Qing'er see him like this, he was so frightened that he could only pick up a small scoop and drink it resignedly, only to feel the bitter taste flowing down his tongue, making his intestines knotted with bitterness.

She drank a small bowl of soup and medicine for half an hour before finishing it. After all, Gu Qing'er is a smart person. She noticed the difference in Mu Lingzhi today. Thinking of that possibility, she felt a shudder in her heart, and hurriedly said cautiously with a small face. : "Your Highness looks gloomy today, did you hear something, or do you think that I punished Miss Xiaoqing too severely in the garden today?"

Mu Lingzhi smiled lightly, his handsome brows seemed to be bathed in a hot spring under the moonlight, making one unable to get out of it.He fixedly looked at the delicate and wronged woman in front of him, and said with a sneer: "It's just a slave, if you hit him, you will hit him, and if you do something wrong, you must be punished to have a long memory. But——"

The deep phoenix eyes were closed, and the cold tone made the hearts of those present tremble.

"The servants in the garden were at fault for today's incident, but the servants serving in your yard are even worse. Come on, all the servants who accompanied my aunt to the garden today will be dealt with by double family law!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of begging for mercy in the yard, and Gu Qing'er's face turned pale, and before she had time to ask for mercy for Zhuzhu and the others, the mothers who enforced the family law came up with barbed vines in their hands, and after a while, The entire Ziluo Courtyard was full of cries and shouts, which disturbed the entire palace to watch the excitement.

Gu Qing'er stayed on the spot, her pretty face turned pale, and the girl who was beaten was her confidant, His Highness is shaking the mountain!

She finally realized that she was still too impulsive. Yu Ruyan entered the mansion, and no one else would touch her. She was provoked by An's couple's words and rushed to find her troubles. bird!
But when things came to this, the person was beaten by her, and the punishment was also punished. There was no room for change, so he had to grit his teeth and let his maidservant be beaten to pieces without daring to come forward to intercede.

Mu Lingzhi took her cold little hand and went to the corridor to look at the people who were beaten below. He smiled gently and said, "Qing'er, are you happy that this palace will help you teach your servant a lesson?"

Gu Qing'er nodded stiffly, and a smile that was uglier than crying appeared on her face: "It's my concubine who didn't discipline her servants well, and His Highness Lao disciplined her on her behalf. Is it my concubine?"

He smiled slowly, noncommittal.

The vines were beaten down one by one, Zhuzhu saw blood and no one was seen, everyone inside and outside the courtyard trembled in their hearts and their faces were terrified. The sound of the pumping on the meat made people tremble with fear.

When An Lirong and several other concubines were alarmed by the noise from the Ziluo Courtyard and rushed over, what they saw was the five close maids serving Gu Qing'er who were being pressed to the ground and wailing repeatedly as they were beaten.An Lirong stepped forward with a look of horror and said, "Your Highness, calm down, what the hell is going on?"

Mu Lingzhi curled his lips into a slight smile, and said in a cold voice, "Slaves don't serve well and hurt their masters, shouldn't they be punished?"

An Lirong's expression froze, and she was about to open her mouth to plead guilty. At this moment, two people walked in tremblingly outside the courtyard, but it was Chen Yanfei who helped Yu Ruyan, who couldn't stand up straight, and walked in step by step.

Yu Ruyan's small face was pale and bloodless, the double snail buns on her head were messily scattered on her shoulders, the blue clothes on her body were stained with blood, from the back you could see dense barbs left on her back, and her lips were knotted. The blood scab, at a glance, is the result of biting the lip so badly.In the brightly lit courtyard, she was as fragile as a wisp of smoke that would disperse when the wind blows.

Seeing the scene in the yard, her expression froze slightly, she walked straight to the steps with dull eyes, knelt down in front of Mu Lingzhi and the others with a 'plop', and took out her small cloth bag after laboriously nibbling. Spread it out on the ground, and said in an erratic tone: "Aunt Gu, these are the agates you dropped, there are a total of 48 agates, all in one."

Everyone unknowingly looked at Gu Qing'er, who had the same bloodless face. She was so close to His Highness, and she clearly felt the severe chill emanating from His Highness. She knew that she had made a big mistake this time, and really made a wrong move. ······

I wanted to speak, but my throat seemed to be blocked and I couldn't utter a word.Mu Lingzhi's eyes moved away from the kneeling person and stopped on Gu Qing'er, and said coldly: "Qing'er, why don't you count the beads quickly?"

His cold words made her tremble all over, so she had no choice but to walk down the steps and count the beads one by one in front of everyone.She counted it once, looked up at Mu Lingzhi tremblingly and said timidly, "Your Highness, Pearl is right."

"Count again!"

"Speak out!"

"Not loud enough!"

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Repeatedly, Gu Qing'er lay down on the ground and counted the 48 agate beads five times before Mu Lingzhi was satisfied.Everyone in the courtyard looked at her counting one by one in embarrassment, like a clown, and she herself felt the ridicule of everyone, and the tears in her eyes could no longer hold back. , dripping on the green agate beads, reflecting the gloomy cold light...

After the implementation of the twenty family laws, Zhuzhu lay on the ground in the yard one by one with their skins and bruises, and the air was filled with an unpleasant smell of blood.Mu Lingzhi stood on the steps and said loudly: "Since Aunt Gu is injured, don't wander around in the past half a month, and stay in your own yard. When the injury recovers, you can leave the hospital."

Hearing this, Gu Qing'er couldn't help crying out loud anymore, everyone could hear the meaning of His Highness's words, it was obvious that she was going to be punished and grounded.There was a hint of joy on An Lirong's face, but when she saw the unremarkable Yu Ruyan kneeling beside her, her heart trembled again—His Highness punished the most favored Gu Qing'er, as if he was just venting his anger on her.

Facing Gu Qing'er's sad and desperate cry, Mu Lingzhi walked out without even raising his eyelids. When he passed by Yu Ruyan's side, he gave her a cold look and said coldly, "The troublemaker!"

Hearing this, her whole body trembled inaudibly, she only dared to bury her head even lower, not daring to look into his gloomy deep eyes.

Yan Fei helped her up and walked out. As soon as she reached the door, An Lirong caught up with pity: "Come here, help the girl to my yard for treatment!"

The mothers came up to help Yu Ruyan, but she avoided her.Under the cold moonlight, her watery eyes seemed like an ancient well that had fallen silent, which made people feel cold at first glance: "Thank you for your kindness, my servant is just a small maid, how dare I ask you to worry about me. These are just superficial wounds, I rest It will be fine in two days, don't dare to worry your mother!" After saying that, he turned and walked towards the South Garden.

An Lirong's face was gentle and calm. When she heard her refusal, she felt embarrassed for a moment, and finally she said: "Miss, why don't you work as an errand in my Furong Courtyard? This is the inner courtyard, it's better than being lonely in the garden." it is good."

In fact, she just told Yu Ruyan that she was willing to help her regain Mu Lingzhi's favor.

"No need!" This time, she didn't even bother to say polite words on the scene, and directly refused, "Your Majesty also saw that I can't even do simple cleaning, how can I do the delicate work in the yard? So don't embarrass me, ma'am."

Although her small face was pale and bloodless, her eyes were extremely determined.An Lirong was surprised, she never expected that she would turn down such a good opportunity, she couldn't help but stare at her expression, to see if her words came from the heart?
However, no matter how she looked and observed, Yu Ruyan's expression was frank and firm, showing no sign of regret.

She couldn't help wondering, this girl entered the palace without seeking fame or favor, what exactly does she want?
Hearing Yu Ruyan's refusal of the side concubine's kindness so quickly, Chen Yanfei who was at the side was very anxious, and secretly pinched her hand several times to make her change her words, but she was unmoved.Chen Yanfei could only look at her enviously and sighed, for such a good opportunity, she begged for it, but was abandoned by her indifferently...
Faced with Yu Ruyan's straightforward refusal, An Lirong was not angry, but felt relieved, and said in a friendly tone: "I never like to force others to make things difficult. Since the girl doesn't like it, I won't force it. You go back Rehabilitate, I will have someone clean the garden for the next few days."

Yu Ruyan lowered her head and thanked lightly, she leaned on Chen Yanfei and walked away step by step.

An Lan stepped forward and sighed softly: "This girl is really a bit arrogant, and she doesn't even accept her sister's kindness. Her eyes seem to disdain such a good opportunity."

An Lirong was also a little confused, but on the one hand, Yu Ruyan, who would not fight or steal the limelight, made her feel at ease, but deep down in her heart, she felt that if she fought for it, she might be worse than Gu Qinger and others. Interests are difficult to deal with.

Chen Ma carefully leaned under the candlelight and used small tweezers to pull out the barbs on Yu Ruyan's back one by one.The scabbed place was brought on by sharp barbs and began to bleed again. Chen Ma helped her back with distressed blowing, took out a bottle of brown ointment and looked uncertainly at Yu Ruyan who clenched her teeth and said nothing. , said: "My family took this ointment from the bottom of the box specially, and said that it is the best for dealing with trauma. It's just that when you rub your upper body, it will burn and hurt like burning. You bear it point!"

She said this to remind the person lying on the stomach, but she was too worried. Since the barb was pulled out just now, although Yu Ruyan was trembling with pain all over her body, she never yelled, and bit her tightly. His teeth hurt, his little face was pale, and beads of sweat dripped down his forehead like rolling beads, but he didn't open his mouth to complain of pain.

Chen Ma took out the ointment and applied it on her back, and she couldn't help trembling all over. The medicinal properties of this ointment were as strong as Chen Ma said, and it was really like sprinkling salt on the wound.

After everything was done, Chen's mother was sweating from exhaustion, and the person on the bed was completely dry. From hair to heels, it was as if it had been fished out of water.Chen Ma gently covered her with the quilt, and was about to leave when the person on the bed said with difficulty: "Thank you, Chen Ma!"

Her voice was like a mosquito, and every movement would affect the wound on her back.Chen Ma said with pity: "Don't talk, silly child, take care of it well, I will cook porridge for you later and let Yan Fei bring it to you."

Yu Ruyan nodded obediently, and looked at Chen Ma with gratitude in her eyes. In this palace like a tiger and wolf's den, it is rare to have a person who treats her sincerely.

Although she blatantly rejected the side concubine's kindness, An Lirong still graciously asked someone to bring her ointment for trauma.Seeing that the side concubine gave her something to show her favor, except for Gu Qing'er who was confined, An Lan and Kuang Qinqin sent people to bring pastries and sugar water, and even Hua Ying, who rarely showed up in the palace, came to visit in person this time Hui Yu Ru Yan.

It was late at night, and the entire palace was immersed in endless silence.Yu Ruyan fell asleep in a daze, as if dreaming that someone opened the door and walked in.The visitor sat down beside her bed, looked at her intently, reached out and touched her hot forehead, and frowned in displeasure...
This dream was so real that she could feel the coldness of that man's hand.Her whole body was hot, and she involuntarily moved closer to the cold place. The visitor hesitated for a moment, and finally let her slip into his arms in a dull manner...

With a jolt, she suddenly woke up from her dream, staring at the cold and terrifying face so close in front of her, she almost rolled off the bed in shock.

The visitor was dressed in a black night suit, with a tall and straight figure, and the bright moonlight shone in through the half-open window, casting a cold light on his icy and terrifying silver mask.

"Fifth Princess, long time no see!"

Yu Ruyan's whole body froze, and she looked at the person who broke into her house in the middle of the night in disbelief. If she was not mistaken, this person was the assassin who assassinated Mu Lingzhi in Guyu Town.

She was so shocked that the assassin was going to kill Mu Lingzhi, why did she sneak into her room in the dark?She looked at the masked man under the hazy moonlight with horror on her face, the coolness rushed up from the soles of her feet, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.After a long while, he suppressed the fear in his heart and forced himself to calmly say, "Who is Your Excellency?"

She was raised in a deep palace since she was a child, and she rarely stepped out of the palace gate. How could anyone recognize her here?
The visitor snorted slightly: "The princess doesn't need to know who I am, all she needs to know is that we have a common enemy."

His voice was deep and deep, but with a bone-chilling chill.

common enemy?
That's right, Mu Lingzhi tried to kill him again and again because of that beautiful girl, causing him to become the most humble military prostitute, and now he made his concubines misunderstand that he was favored in front of him, and came to deal with him one by one Isn't she her enemy who made her suffer so much?
And this person in front of him has a deep hatred for Mu Lingzhi, otherwise he wouldn't have planned to kill him in Guyu Town.

Seeing that she didn't answer for a long time, the masked man smiled coldly, and said without sneering: "Could it be that I misunderstood that the fifth princess has no hatred for a person who wants to kill him?"

Hmph, don't use provocative methods to provoke me, Mu Lingzhi is not a good person, and you, who don't even want to show your true colors, are not a good person.

Yu Ruyan thought so in her heart, but when she saw the long sword hanging on his waist, she didn't dare to say these words directly, so she could only ask: "What exactly do you want to do?"

The subtext in her heart is: How do you want me to kill Mu Lingzhi for you?

However, unexpectedly, the masked man just glanced at her quietly, and said coldly, "I'll take you out of here!"

Such an answer is too unexpected!Yu Ruyan looked at him carefully, the fear in her heart getting heavier and heavier.

If he offered her to help deal with Mu Lingzhi, she would believe it, but if he wanted to take her away, why would she hand herself over to a completely unknown assassin?

She neither wanted to go with him nor dared to offend him.A pair of translucent water eyes looked at him for a moment, his thoughts changed sharply, and finally he said slowly: "Thank you for your kindness, but I have a big revenge that I have yet to avenge, so I can't leave here yet."

Hearing this, the masked man took a deep look at her, and a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

Yu Ruyan was so nervous that she was afraid that he would take her away forcibly, so she couldn't help but endured the pain on her back and quietly moved her body into the bed.The masked man obviously sensed her uneasiness, and couldn't help but sneered, "You don't have to panic, I won't take you away by force. But, you really want to stay here to take revenge? How are you going to kill him?"

Faced with the masked man's repeated pressing questions, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but froze.

Maybe the only way to get revenge in the masked man's heart is to directly stab the sword into the enemy's chest, but Yu Ruyan disagrees——

If he told him that his way of revenge was to make Mu Lingzhi fall in love with him and then abandon him, he would definitely think her idea was too crazy and ridiculous, and she didn't dare to speak out to make him laugh.

However, the masked man seemed to see through her thoughts, and really sneered and said: "The fifth princess is really different, well, we will go our separate ways, and each will take revenge!"

After all, his figure disappeared in the room as soon as his figure flashed.

When the room was quiet, Yu Ruyan stared blankly at the mottled shadows left by the moon passing through the panes in the room, feeling like she had a weird dream, and everything just happened in her dream.

She lay down again, but she couldn't sleep anymore, and she had too many questions in her heart.

She didn't understand why this assassin, who was determined to kill Mu Lingzhi, took a huge risk to come to the palace to save herself. He knew herself, but his attitude towards her was indifferent and alienated. If so, why did he save herself? ?
After the masked man left, he didn't jump over the wall and leave the mansion, but flew deeper into the inner courtyard of the palace.And next to an inconspicuous rockery in the inner courtyard, a figure was hiding in the shadows, looking around anxiously.After seeing the masked man appearing, she excitedly stepped forward to grab his hand, but he avoided it without a trace.

"My lord... the slave family thought you would leave me here and never come to me again." The woman's voice was sad and moving, with a hint of impatience.

The masked man looked at the woman in front of him calmly, and said coldly: "The reason why I sent you here was to let you stay by his side. Don't forget, you are his concubine."

His words shook the woman's whole body, and her voice trembled: "My lord, you know what my family wants... At the beginning, I voluntarily entered the mansion... It was also for the son's revenge plan. Since my family entered the mansion, I have never forgotten that day." Mr. Guo..."

The woman's voice was about to cry, with unbearable sadness, the masked man couldn't bear it for a moment, his tone softened, and sighed: "I will remember everything you have done for me, and I can only blame... "

When the woman heard this, her eyes like a pool of death suddenly shone brightly. In order not to burden him, she said softly, "Young master, you don't have to blame yourself. The slave in your heart knows it, so I will definitely spare no effort to do things for you. "

Speaking of this, she suddenly looked up at him, and said in surprise: "Young master hasn't contacted me for a long time. This time, you have such an urgent summons, but what important things do you want to entrust to me?"

The masked man sighed heavily, and the long knife-cut eyebrows under the mask couldn't help but draw back. After a long time, he said in a deep voice, "I want you to help me—"

(End of this chapter)