slave like jade

Chapter 65
As soon as her arm hurt, she turned her head in horror, and the poisonous snake that was like the King of Hades bit her arm close at hand, and looked at her with sinister eyes, her whole body was like falling into an ice cave, cold and numb , wanted to call out but couldn’t utter a single word, so frightened that I stayed there like a fool...
In the next second, Wu Jinshao was nailed to the ground by the flying steel fork. Her body softened, and she fell into someone's arms when she was about to fall. The familiar ambergris came from her nose, and she was stunned. Looking up, he saw an angry face.

Mu Lingzhi's face was almost contorted. He looked at the person in his arms with hatred and gritted his teeth and growled: "Stupid woman, why are you there!"

No amount of anger in him could overcome the worry in his heart. Looking at her gradually blue face, his eyes darkened, he lowered his head and brought his lips to the wound on her arm, and sucked it down——

There was a sound of gasping around, and no one expected that Mu Lingzhi would inhale snake venom for a maidservant. After everyone recovered from the shock, An Lirong was the first to rush forward while pulling him away and crying: "Your Highness, Never, never, never, you will die."

Gu Qing'er led several concubines and rushed forward to stop him: "Your Highness, how can you be so rich..."

Everyone stepped forward and pulled Mu Lingzhi away. He spat out the black blood in his mouth, and said coldly: "Get out of the way for Ben Gong, whoever stops me, I will kill her."

The determination in his eyes made people dare not look directly at him, and Yu Ruyan was more shocked than being bitten by Wu Jinshao. She never dreamed that Mu Lingzhi would do such a thing to her.She knew Wu Jinshao's toxicity, knew that she was bound to die, although she was lonely on Huangquan Road, she didn't want to risk his life, seeing him sacrifice his life to save her, she suddenly couldn't bear to die, let alone his death.

She opened her mouth and tried to persuade: "Your Highness, don't do it for me..."

"No matter how much you talk, I will also kill you!" Mu Lingzhi had lost his mind and could not listen to anyone's words. He watched her gradually weaken and weak, like dewdrops in the morning under the scorching sun. The melting disappeared, and the pain in my heart suddenly made it difficult to breathe.Pushing away the person who was pulling him, he lowered his head and sucked on her wound again.

Tong Qian looked at his master in disbelief, he knelt down in front of them and said with a pale face, "Master, let me come, let me help Xiaoqing take drugs, you must be fine!" No matter how begged, Mu Lingzhi helped Yu Ruyan suck the venom from the wound one after another without raising his head.

Dr. Wu pushed through the crowd and came to Yu Ruyan, seeing that the blood spit out from his mouth was reddish, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you don't need to suck any more, the girl's blood is already red, the poison must be cleared, let the slave help His Highness Let's have a good look with the girl."

Hearing what he said, Mu Lingzhi felt a little relaxed, and hurriedly said, "Hurry up and help her take a look."

Dr. Wu glanced at him worriedly, sighed and obediently helped Yu Ruyan get his pulse.After a while, he suddenly frowned and couldn't help shaking his head.

Seeing his expression, Mu Lingzhi felt relieved for a moment. He couldn't care less about his numb lips and his gradually dizzy head, and asked anxiously, "How is it? Could it be that the venom hasn't been cleaned up?"

Dr. Wu said strangely: "No, Your Highness misunderstood, the servant just felt strange that there was not even a trace of poisoning on the girl's body, and her pulse was calm and not dangerous. It shouldn't be. It stands to reason that even if His Highness helped her remove it It is impossible to completely remove the toxins from the wound, some will remain, but the servant can't detect the slightest bit in the girl's veins, how strange!"

Mu Lingzhi, who has always been smart and quick, didn't care about the doubts in his words at this time. He only realized his physical discomfort when he heard the word "pulse is calm and no danger" and his expression relaxed.

And An Lirong on the side, after glaring at Yu Ruyan fiercely, impatiently shook his hand and handed it to Dr. Wu, her voice was trembling: "Please take a look for Your Highness!"

Dr. Wu didn't dare to delay his gaze to give Mu Lingzhi the pulse. After a while, he said solemnly: "The toxin on your highness is heavier than that on your girl..."

Before the words fell, An Lirong couldn't bear it anymore and fell to the ground, the nails under her sleeves were about to bleed——

If something happens to His Highness, even if she loses her own life, she will smash Yu Ruyan's body into thousands of pieces!

Yu Ruyan was holding Mu Lingzhi's hands tightly all the time, and the coolness in his hands was getting heavier and heavier, making her shiver. She looked at him tremblingly, and saw bursts of black and purple appear faintly on his face, His face seemed to be shrouded in endless smoke and it was unreal. Before Dr. Wu could finish speaking, he suddenly closed his eyes and fell down in front of everyone...

It has been three days since Yu Ruyan was imprisoned in the firewood room of the palace.After Mu Lingzhi fell, An Lirong also passed out. The first thing she did after waking up was to rush to her and slap her hard, and then put her in the firewood room. Ling Zhi will punish her when she wakes up, she can't wait to hang Yu Ruyan immediately.

In the past three days, no one gave her a grain of rice or a sip of water, but hunger and thirst were nothing. Now, in her heart, she was most worried about Mu Lingzhi's condition.After she was imprisoned, she didn't know anything about the outside news. She watched the sunrise and sunset every day, feeling as if her heart was tormented in a frying pan.

On the night of the fourth day, she was dying of hunger, her lips were dry and bleeding, her throat was burning like pain, her mind was muddled, and countless illusions flashed in her mind. Also defeating five generals with one enemy and five defeats, she thought happily in her heart, great, he is not dead, and he is still so powerful!
Huaying and Kuang Qinqin took the food box and quietly came to the firewood room in the backyard. Before entering the door, Kuang Qinqin asked Huaying again: "Are you sure you want to help her?"

Huaying's slender eyebrows and eyes are like the most hazy haze in the south of the Yangtze River. She sighed slightly: "Actually, she was also a victim of the Ziluoyuan incident. It's only because His Highness cares about her too much. Now that His Highness is awake, why should we see death?" save?"

Kuang Qinqin looked indifferent, and said coldly: "Now the side concubine hates her to death. If you let her know that you help her in private, I'm afraid you won't even think about the most ordinary life in the future. In fact, her life and death are related to her. What's your business?"

Huaying smiled faintly, took her hand and said: "Stop pretending to be ruthless in front of me, others don't know me and still don't understand. If you really don't want to care, why come with me?"

Kuang Qinqin's eyes flickered slightly, avoiding her gaze and said coldly: "Since you're here, go in quickly, and don't let people find out."

The two quietly came to the door of the firewood room, and peeked in through the crack of the door, only to see Yu Ruyan lying haggard on the pile of firewood, Huaying couldn't help but shook her head and sighed softly, took out food and water from the food box and passed the door Tuck it into the seam, and said softly: "Girl, hurry up and eat something!"

Hearing people's voices suddenly, Yu Ruyan, whose heart was ashamed, suddenly got up from the ground, stumbled to the door and asked anxiously in a hoarse voice: "How is your Highness? Has the snake poison been detoxified? Are you awake?"

Both Huaying and Kuang Qinqin were wearing thick cloaks so that they could not be seen clearly. Seeing that the people in the room could not protect themselves and were still worried about Mu Lingzhi, Huaying felt sour in her heart, and said softly: "Don't worry, Your Highness I have woken up, but luckily the snake venom did not touch the blood but remained in the body, the remaining poison was still in a coma, but my life was saved at last."

Hearing these words, Yu Ruyan's hanging heart finally fell to the ground, her legs softened and she fell to the ground, and said to the two people outside the room: "Thank you for your kindness, I will be a repay."

Kuang Qinqin snorted coldly and said, "Don't think about repaying your kindness, it's hard to say if you will get out of here!"

Her words made Yu Ruyan's expression stagnate, and she smiled miserably after a while, her eyes of flowing water had already dried up into gray sand, so she didn't know her current situation, but as long as Mu Lingzhi can survive well, other things will not matter. Even his own life and death seemed to be unimportant.

When leaving the backyard, Hua Ying asked puzzledly: "Since Your Highness is no longer in danger, why do you still say that her life is in danger?"

Kuang Qinqin looked at the peaceful palace under the night with a cold expression, and said with a sneer: "After this incident, I'm afraid she has already become a thorn in the side of some people who have to get rid of it, so whether His Highness wakes up or not, she will Die!"

The incident of Mu Ling's poisoning and coma had already alarmed the concubines and concubines in the palace. Concubine Xie came to visit the palace in person, and after knowing the whole story, her face was so gloomy that dripping water dripped out of her face.When leaving the palace, An Lirong said to the submissive An Lirong who sent her out of the palace: "It's dry in autumn, you have to pay attention to the fire hazard in the mansion recently, especially the woodshed where firewood is piled up. Do you understand?"

An Lirong's whole body froze, and a burst of ecstasy filled her heart, but she said with panic on her face: "Daughter-in-law has made a note."

The Yunsong Courtyard has been brightly lit for several days. Mu Ziyue entered the house under the moonlight, and seeing everyone was there, she only nodded slightly to An Lirong and then went straight to Mu Lingzhi's bedside. Sitting down, tears have flowed down like rain.

His wives and concubines were all sitting at the side, but she was sitting at the place closest to him, carefully wiping the cold sweat off his forehead with a silk handkerchief, just like the description of a hostess, in the eyes of all the wives and concubines I am so unconvinced.However, no one dared to speak out against her.

An Lirong suppressed the anger in her heart, stepped forward and said: "Miss Mu is a guest in the house, so can you serve His Highness in person? Please drink tea in the outer hall. Your Highness will invite you to come when he wakes up."

Mu Ziyue's beautiful face was like a rainy pear blossom, but her eyes were extremely arrogant.She didn't even look at An Lirong, and said calmly: "I have nothing to do with Ling Zhi, I want to stay here and watch him wake up, it must be the first person he wants to see when he wakes up." It's me too."

The unsalty words made An Lirong unable to advance or retreat, and she was so angry that she couldn't even reply. The others looked at each other in blank dismay, never expecting that the most famous beauty in Dongdu is such an arrogant and unreasonable person.

In fact, this is Mu Ziyue's true nature. Her gentleness and elegance can only be shown in front of people she considers important. She has already identified herself as the future crown princess. Of course, she hopes that the future crown prince will be Mu Lingzhi. It's not Mu Yunzhi, so she doesn't pay attention to these little concubines and concubines.

There was complete silence in the room, and the atmosphere became inexplicably awkward. Unconsciously, Mu Ziyue held Mu Lingzhi's hand tightly, kept asking Doctor Wu how his condition was, and told the waiters to pick up the copper coins. Take good care of him mentally, and don't feel at all how embarrassing it is for a girl who has not left the cabinet to do this.

It was night, when Mu Lingzhi woke up from his lethargy, An Lirong hurriedly went up to feed him tea happily, but was stopped by Mu Ziyue halfway, she smiled at her, took the tea in her hand and said: "Let me come."

In front of so many people, An Lirong had no choice but to suppress the anger in her heart again not to compete with her, Mu Ziyue helped Mu Lingzhi up, he looked at her and asked, "Why are you here so late? "

Mu Ziyue burst into tears before she could say a word, she cried and said angrily, "How can you be so disrespectful to yourself, if something happens to you, what should I do?"

She was already extremely beautiful, and the appearance of the pear blossoms in the rain was even more unbearable. Mu Lingzhi smiled gently and said, "I'm fine, don't worry about me."

After finishing speaking, he swept his eyes across the people in the room, but did not see Yu Ruyan's figure, and asked An Lirong involuntarily, "Where is she?"

Of course An Lirong knew who he was asking, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, Xiao Qing is temporarily locked in the firewood room..."

"Why did you lock her up? What crime did she commit?" Mu Lingzhi looked at the woman in front of him without gloomy eyes, and ordered in a cold voice, "Release her immediately!"

An Lirong's hot heart instantly fell into the ice cave. Is she innocent?Does it matter if she made you walk through the gate of hell?

When did he treat himself like this?She was just a military prostitute from a humble family background, but she was the side concubine he was marrying!
There was a sharp murderous look in her usually gentle eyes, and a cruel sneer was barely noticeable at the corner of her mouth—it didn't matter, why would she need another dead man's jealousy!

Suddenly, in the dark night, the palace was filled with red light, and the billowing flames lit up half of the sky in the palace, and even the windows of Yunsong Courtyard were reddened by the flames, as if covered with a layer of terrible blood.Everyone looked at the flames outside in astonishment and couldn't help but stare. A bad premonition welled up in Mu Lingzhi's heart. He turned over and jumped off the bed, and ran towards the door. Mu Ziyue couldn't stop her even if she wanted to.He barely walked to the door and bumped into the people who came in from outside.The one who came in was one of the guards in the backyard. He knelt down on the ground with a pale face and profuse sweat, and said in panic, "Your Highness is not well, the firewood house in the backyard is flooded."

A fire completely burned the firewood room of the Wangfu and several surrounding houses, and when everyone arrived, the place had already been burned to the ground.Except for the collapsed walls, everything else was burned to ashes.

Mu Lingzhi stared blankly at the ashes in front of him, and couldn't believe that she just followed the fire. He almost fell down, but was quickly supported by the copper coin. An Lirong stepped forward and said anxiously: "Your Highness, You just woke up, you are not in good health, go back to the room and lie down..."

Hearing this, he turned his head suddenly, and his eyes under the firelight looked at her fixedly like bloody blades, and said word by word: "If you want to see people when you are alive, you will also see corpses when you die. If you can't find her, just follow her." Let her die together!"

An Lirong didn't expect that Mu Lingzhi would blame her for the fire without even asking.That's right, she is the mistress of the palace, and she cannot escape responsibility for such a disaster.

Her expression was extremely flustered, seeing Mu Lingzhi's terrifying appearance, her heart was beating wildly, but when she thought of Concubine Xie Guifei's words, she became calm again, no matter what, she had to protect herself no matter what she did according to her mother's words.

She knelt down at his feet with a plop, and the floor was scorched hot by the fire.She was worried, looking at his expression, she was afraid that it would be too late for Concubine Xie to save her, as she would die in Mu Lingzhi's hands.

How could Mu Lingzhi refuse to leave the backyard? How could he accept the fact that she had escaped Wu Jinshao's poison, but why did she die in the fire in the blink of an eye?
The residual heat of the ashes made his eyes red, and his heart was sometimes roasted in the fire, and sometimes fell into the ice cave for thousands of years, excruciating pain.He could still feel the warmth she left on his body, but she...
The copper coins brought a group of guards to search for Yu Ruyan's body in the ashes, but after searching, they found nothing, so they could only say angrily: "Your Highness, the fire is so big, it must be... the girl must have turned into a dead body. Ashes... ah!!"

He watched in horror as someone came out from under the fence in the backyard, looking like he had seen a ghost, but in his eyes, he really had seen a ghost.

Yu Ruyan's cheeks were sunken, her eyes were dry and dull, she slowly walked out from the shadow of the wall, and knelt down in front of An Lirong with a plop.

Everyone couldn't believe their eyes, Mu Lingzhi thought he was dreaming, but An Lirong screamed in fright, and scrambled to hide behind Mu Lingzhi, thinking it was Yu Ruyan's ghost coming to them Death is coming.

Before everyone recovered from the shock, they saw the 'female ghost' on the ground smacking their heads at An Lirong, and said gratefully: "Thank you so much for letting the slave out, if you are a step late, I am most afraid that the slave will die." Burned to death."

Tong Qian stepped forward to sniff her, jumped up happily and said, "Your Highness, Miss Xiaoqing is not dead, she is fine!
Mu Lingzhi's closed heart suddenly became clear as if seeing the sun again. He controlled his excitement and asked, "You're not dead? What's going on here?"

Yu Ruyan smiled indifferently and said: "All this is thanks to the concubine, she let the servants out of the firewood room, I didn't expect the servants to see the fire here just after leaving the woodshed, if it wasn't for the empress, the servants would be ashes now .”

Her face was haggard, but her expression was incomparably indifferent, fixedly looking at An Lirong with a terrified and puzzled expression, but her gratitude didn't reach her eyes.

The outsiders believed her words, and Mu Lingzhi personally helped An Lirong up from the ground and said, "I blamed you."

An Lirong's whole body was trembling like chaff, she suppressed the fear in her heart and said calmly: "This... this is the job of a concubine, Your Highness does not need to blame himself."

She knew clearly in her heart that she only sent people to set fire but never let people go!
How did she escape from the woodshed?He clearly knew that he wanted her life, so why should he thank her in return?

The countless questions in her heart hurt her heart, but she didn't dare to ask the questions in her heart. Even if she knew that there was something wrong with Yu Ruyan, she had to cooperate with her lies and act hypocritically in front of Mu Lingzhi.

Mu Ziyue originally thought that Yu Ruyan would definitely die this time, but she never expected that she survived. She suppressed the anger in her heart and stepped forward to hold Yu Ruyan's hand with a smile, "It's great that you're fine. My sister doesn't even know how scared I was when I heard the news!"

When she said this, she kept everyone behind her back, her words were smiling but her description was stiff and indifferent, and the disgust in her eyes flashed past.

As if being attached to Wu Jinshao again, Yu Ruyan's whole body was tense and uncomfortable, feeling extremely sick.She wanted to withdraw her hand but was held tightly by Mu Ziyue.

The matter in the backyard was handed over to the servants, and the group returned to Yunsong Courtyard. She was pulled by Mu Ziyue and walked at the end. Mu Ziyue's cold nails dug deep into her arm, and with a smile on the corner of her mouth, she said slowly : "My sister has suffered a lot recently. I heard that you disappeared for a long time inexplicably when you left the Shuyu Hall last time. After returning home, you were injured all over your body. My sister will not encounter any bad things, right? ?”

Heh, you have to pretend to be a fool to face the tricks you manipulated. You think I am a fool!

Yu Ruyan smiled slowly and said: "Miss Mu is really well-informed. The affairs of the palace can't escape your eyes and ears. It seems that what the people in the palace said is true!"

"What's the truth? What are people in the palace talking about behind my back?" Vain people usually care most about what others think of her. As expected, Mu Ziyue was attracted by her and changed the subject smoothly.

Since she was born, Mu Ziyue has been different because of her noble background. When she was eight years old, she was appointed by the late emperor as the concubine of the former prince Mu Yizhi. If it weren't for the accident ten years ago, she might be alone now. She is the queen of the palace under ten thousand people.

The accident ten years ago changed the fates of too many people, including hers, but she was born with a high spirit and was raised as the mother of the country since she was a child. The idea instilled in her made her only have one thought in this life, that is To be a queen, to be the mother of the country.

This is also the reason why she has been hovering between the prince and Mu Lingzhi since she was the prince. She likes Mu Lingzhi, but she can't let go of the princess.

"I didn't say anything, but I just said that although Miss Mu and His Highness haven't tied the knot yet, she is already dealing with people as the third concubine, and she is very concerned about the affairs of the palace... Actually, this is also a good thing, Sooner or later Miss Mu will be in charge of the palace, and sooner or later, she should be more concerned about the palace." Yu Ruyan quietly watched Mu Ziyue's complexion become more and more ugly, she wanted to know, what happened between the prince and Mu Ling? Now, which one is she going to choose?
Hearing such words, Mu Ziyuehua's face became pale and ugly, the royal family valued reputation very much, if such words were allowed to reach the ears of the crown prince or the emperor, I'm afraid not only the position of the crown princess would be lost, but also let the emperor know that she was under his care. Picking and choosing among his sons, I'm afraid my life is in danger!

She has always boasted that she is very smart, and she is well-balanced in her actions and actions. She is not satisfied with being in the right and left between the prince and Mu Ling. She only hopes that Mu Lingzhi will finally win the prince's position, and then she will be able to share her love and fame. Both received, that's why she never promised the prince directly, but dealt with the two brothers...
"Nonsense!" Her face turned from green to pale, and she said in a low voice, "I just have a close relationship with Ling Zhi since childhood, and treat him like an older brother..."

"So, Miss Mu is actually ruthless to His Highness?" Yu Ruyan pretended to be surprised, but felt a burst of sadness for Mu Lingzhi in her heart—such a selfish and unfeeling person who clings to wealth and honor was treasured by him like a treasure. From the bottom of my heart, it's really sad!
"Since Miss Mu is ruthless to His Highness, why does she still regard me as a strong enemy?" Yu Ruyan didn't give her a chance to breathe, and looked at her with cold eyes. Although she already knew the answer in her heart, she still wanted to question her face to face. clear.

The hand she held was loosened suddenly, and Mu Ziyue suddenly threw her hand away, staring at her sharply with her bright almond eyes, she suddenly understood that the lowly maidservant in front of her made a big circle to set her own words!
(End of this chapter)