slave like jade

Chapter 68
With a jump, he disappeared under the vast night, and Yu Ruyan's heart sank with a 'thump', she knew that he went to grab the knife himself.

She knew Mu Lingzhi's martial arts and methods, Xiaodao was no match for him, and he might be caught by him in a short time.

Before he left, the hidden guards had firmly guarded the room, Yu Ruyan was burning with anxiety, but she couldn't take a step out of the room, and wandered around the room like a trapped animal.

How to do?
If Mu Lingzhi was allowed to catch up with Xiaodao, the two would definitely have a fierce fight.Both men are people she cherishes, and she doesn't want to get hurt by that one!
If Mu Lingzhi is allowed to grab the knife, then the identity she has worked so hard to hide will be revealed to the world. He hates Princess Heshuo so much, and she dare not imagine what he will do when he knows the truth and knows that he has deceived him like this. Sample?
The hourglass in the room made a fine rustling sound, and for the first time, Yu Ruyan felt helpless, she watched the sky turn white, and the silk handkerchief in her hand was wrung to pieces.

Fortunately, at this time, Mu Lingzhi came back in frost. Yu Ruyan saw him enter the yard through the window, jumped on the bed and pulled the quilt to cover her body, slowed down her breathing and pretended to be asleep.

The door opened, the footsteps stopped beside the bed, Yu Ruyan's heart was pounding, the clothes on her back were soaked in cold sweat, she pinched the palm of her hand tightly under the quilt, letting the pain from her palm stimulate her to calm down.

"Don't pretend, I know you're not asleep." The cold voice sounded above his head without any warmth, Mu Lingzhi coldly kissed someone who was pretending to be asleep on the bed, and said with a cold smile: "The assassin escaped, you Are you happy?"

Yu Ruyan relaxed her entire body and breathed a sigh of relief. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at Mu Lingzhi with clear and sincere eyes. What I say is what I have seen, please be enlightened by Your Highness!"

"Then what are you worried about?" Mu Lingzhi looked at her fixedly, the candlelight danced in his eyes with burning heat, "Don't tell me, you are worried about me!"

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan smiled bitterly, and said helplessly, "If I say yes, will Your Highness believe it?"

When she said this, Liu Guang's watery eyes dimmed. He suddenly remembered that she confessed to him in the military camp but was exposed to the sun by him on the school grounds. The light of excitement shone faintly inside.

After not sleeping all night, she climbed into the carriage and looked at the thick carpet in the carriage. If it wasn't for worrying about ruining the bun she had combed all morning, she would have rolled on the carpet to sleep.

The carriage staggered all the way to the East Palace. Yu Ruyan seemed to be sitting in a comfortable cradle, and the sleep bugs came more violently. She couldn't bear it anymore, so she looked at Mu Lingzhi pitifully, and begged: "Your Highness, can I borrow yours?" Do you want to use your arm?"

He glanced at her angrily, moved aside, stretched out his arms and snarled at her: "Mmm——"

She happily pushed forward and stuck to his arm like a mangy dog.

"Well, it's so comfortable, please raise your hand higher!"

The corners of Mu Lingzhi's mouth couldn't help twitching. Just as he was about to withdraw his arms impatiently, someone had already fallen asleep, and his hands and feet were hanging on his body like a monkey, and he couldn't shake it off.

Looking at her in her sleep, Mu Lingzhi had a deep question in his heart: The prince didn't know her, why did he ask her to attend? It seemed that something he didn't know was about to happen.

And last night's assassin knew the topography of the palace well, and he was about to be caught up, but he managed to escape the hunt by hiding in hiding by virtue of his knowledge of the topography.

If the assassin was really him, how could he be so familiar with his mansion?

And he believed that he saw the look on her face right last night, when he suddenly entered the room, she clearly had a worried look on her face - could it be that she was actually worried about that assassin?
His eyes darkened, and he couldn't help lowering his head to seriously look at her in her sleep——

This woman seems to hide countless secrets, like a snow lotus growing on a high mountain, separated by layers of clouds and mist, I have been unable to see her true face...
When they arrived at the East Palace, there were many exquisite carriages parked at the gate, Mu Ziyue got off the Xiangfu's carriage, just in time to see the Wangfu's carriage approaching, and hurriedly greeted her happily.

Yu Ruyan hadn't woken up when the copper coin opened the curtain, Mu Lingzhi had no choice but to raise her empty hand and pat her face to wake her up. Seeing all this in the eyes of Mu Ziyue who just walked over, it was completely like Yu Ruyan. Yan slouchingly leaned on Mu Lingzhi, pestering him, which made her feel furious.

Slut, she really seduces people anytime, anywhere, shamelessly!
After being patted by Mu Lingzhi a few times, Yu Ruyan woke up frowning. When she opened her eyes, she saw Mu Ziyue standing in front of the carriage. It's possible, I have to act with Miss Mu again.

Throwing away Yu Ruyan, Mu Ling got out of the car and walked in with Mu Ziyue.She remembered his previous instructions, and although she didn't want to be an eyesore in front of the two of them, she could only walk behind Mu Ling.

The East Palace is very large, and compared to the exquisite and elegant Palace of the Third Prince, it is even more luxurious. Yu Ruyan followed the crowd all the way, dazzled by the sight.

In the crisp autumn weather, the chrysanthemums in Donggong are blooming just right, and all kinds of famous products are gorgeous and colorful, which makes people dizzy.So the prince simply set the banquet in the chrysanthemum garden in the garden, and this suggestion immediately got everyone's unanimous approval.

As soon as Mu Ling entered, he was surrounded by ministers and princes. Yu Ruyan just wanted to hide in a quiet place and have a good rest, but he turned around and told: "Follow Xiaoyue well, don't wander around."

Yu Ruyan was about to refuse, but Mu Ziyue smiled coquettishly, took Yu Ruyan's hand and said, "Don't worry, I will take good care of Miss Xiaoqing."

Hearing this, her whole body went numb. Ever since she knew Mu Ziyue's true face, every time she got close to her, she couldn't help but feel hairy in her heart. This woman looks dignified and generous, but she is actually very crazy and bold. What's the matter? She can do it all, otherwise she wouldn't have sold her to Qin Xianglou without a word of disagreement.

Sure enough, as soon as she left Mu Lingzhi's sight, Mu Ziyue immediately changed to another description. Her hand was still holding Yu Ruyan tightly, looking intimate, but her eyes were not warm at all.

She dragged Yu Ruyan to the group of female relatives, and when the others saw Miss Mu approaching, they all stepped forward to say hello.

Today's Mu Ziyue is wearing a concubine-colored fairy dress, wearing a flying moon bun, and wearing a red gold peony hairpin. The pearl tassels falling from the hairpin are shining brightly, making her skin look like a fairy descending to earth. !

And Yu Ruyan who was standing next to her never liked bright colors. She was wearing a lotus-colored floral skirt. Bi, suddenly paled, but her face was even more stunning than Mu Ziyue's, especially a pair of sparkling water eyes, making it difficult for people to ignore her!
It was the first time for everyone to see a beauty who could compare with Mu Ziyue in appearance, so they couldn't help but become curious about her identity.The daughter of Qin Shangshu's family couldn't help but ask first: "Sister Mu, who is this beauty beside you? Why have you never seen it before?"

As soon as the words came out, everyone followed suit, but Mu Ziyue didn't answer everyone's questions, but kept silent with embarrassment on her face, her expression was full of embarrassment, her almond eyes dodged, as if it was difficult to speak.

She described it like this, and sure enough, everyone became more curious. The female family members in the garden gathered around, and looked at Yu Ruyan from the beginning to the end, whispering endlessly.

"This girl must be of extraordinary background to be able to participate in the prince's birthday banquet, but why haven't we seen her in the circle of ladies before?"

"She is so beautiful that she can even compare to Miss Mu. It seems that they have a very close relationship. What is this girl's background?"

"..."

Everyone's discussion sounded into the ears of the two without missing a word.Regarding everyone's comments, Yu Ruyan didn't care at all, she stood in the middle of the garden with a calm expression, letting everyone look at her, she didn't have the slightest servility that a servant girl should have, in everyone's eyes, she is an outstanding lady .

And when Mu Ziyue heard these comments, the sarcasm in Yingying Xing's eyes flashed quietly, but it didn't escape Yu Ruyan's eyes.

She looked at the look in her eyes, and thought, could this be the reason why she suddenly appeared in the prince's guest list—just because Mu Ziyue wanted to use an excuse to humiliate herself and make herself embarrassing among the high-ranking celebrities in Dongdu, And then let himself retreat in spite of the difficulties, and stop pestering Mu Lingzhi?

I smiled coldly in my heart, if this is the case, this Miss Mu is really naive, superficial and cute!
She bowed gracefully to everyone and said: "My servant Xiaoqing has seen all the young ladies!"

"What? You're just a slave?" Miss Qin exclaimed when she heard the words, and the others looked at her in disbelief.

"Miss Hui, the maidservant is the cleaning girl in the residence of the Third Highness, who is in charge of cleaning the South Garden!" She smiled indifferently, watching the expressions of the young ladies in front of her who heard the words change, and suddenly felt that today The banquet is actually not as boring as imagined!

"Oh, why did the prince let this kind of person come to the banquet? Such a person sitting with us, wouldn't it lower our status!"

"Looking at her vicious look, maybe she has something to do with..."

"What a bitch, she doesn't look like a good person, she doesn't know her identity and dares to appear on such an occasion!"

After learning of Yu Ruyan's background, the famous ladies in the Eastern Capital didn't care that Yu Ruyan met them for the first time and had no grievances with them. They all seemed to have great hatred for her and scolded her face to face without any scruples. she gets up.

If it were an ordinary girl and maidservant, she might be so ashamed at this time that she would like to find a hole to escape, but Yu Ruyan didn't feel it at all, there was always a slight smile on her beautiful face, her expression was like a spring breeze, and she almost slapped her face in front of her. The people who scolded her were watching it as a monkey show.

She has experienced this kind of public humiliation since she was a child, and for her, the damage value is equal to zero!

Seeing how calm and composed she was, Mu Ziyue couldn't help frowning her long, curved eyebrows, her heart trembled, this lowly servant girl's scheming was really deep, and she underestimated her too much.

At this moment, Yu Wan, the crown prince's side concubine, came over. She heard that His Highness the Third Highness had brought a woman into the mansion, so she came here to take a look.

Yu Wan and An Lirong are cousins, and they have a very good relationship. She has heard about An Lirong's recent encounters.After her cousin was fined and grounded, she wanted to see who would accompany Mu Lingzhi to the banquet?
After seeing Yu Ruyan, she was slightly taken aback——

The woman in front of her is unparalleled in beauty, her body looks thin and thin, but her aura is not inferior to anyone present. When she introduced herself as the cleaning girl of the third prince's mansion, her eyes turned, and she immediately understood who she was and also!
An Lirong had already cried to Yu Wan several times about Mu Lingzhi bringing a military prostitute back home and being so kind to her. , and advised her to be more magnanimous, instead of having time to be jealous of a little military prostitute, it is better to find a way to get rid of the child in Gu Qing'er's belly!
But after seeing her with her own eyes today, Yu Wan finally understood An Lirong's worries——

The woman in front of her was too beautiful, with an irresistible charm on her body, let alone a man, even a woman could not take her eyes away when seeing her.

Most importantly, judging from her description of how she dealt with everyone just now, being neither humble nor overbearing, she knew that what An Lirong said was true, this girl was extraordinary, and she was not comparable to ordinary people from humble backgrounds!
But she is not An Lirong, she would like to take this opportunity to meet the new favorite of the Third Highness for a while, to see how capable she is!
"You are Xiaoqing?" Yu Wan took two steps forward and said with a long smile: "I heard from Sister An that the Third Highness brought back a beautiful military prostitute from the military prostitute camp, and she was very kind. See you today, It really is an alluring appearance, with extraordinary beauty, no wonder His Highness is obsessed with you!"

Yu Wan's soft words instantly exploded in the crowd. After hearing the word 'military prostitute', all the noble ladies backed away unanimously, without exception, they took up their handkerchiefs to cover their faces. Hold your nose and look disgusted.

Originally, it was unacceptable for Yu Ruyan to attend the same occasion with them as a little slave, but what they didn't expect was that this slave had an even more disgusting identity, a military prostitute who sleeps thousands of people !

"Ah bah!" The daughter of General Wang's family couldn't help but spit at Chao Yu Ruyan, with an extremely disgusted look on her face: "It's really more disgusting than a fly. I don't even look at what occasion it is, but I dare to run out." What a disgrace, what a disappointment!"

Immediately, vicious rumors poured towards Yu Ruyan like mountains and seas. Mu Ziyue was very happy to see her being besieged and scolded by everyone, and finally let out the bad breath in her heart.

Seeing that everyone was almost scolding, Miss Mu made a noise, she stood in front of Yu Ruyan, and said sadly: "Everyone, stop scolding her, although she has a bad background, she is also a member of the Third Highness, please everyone For His Highness's sake, let's say a few words less, otherwise His Highness will be very sad to hear it!"

Her expression is sincere and sincere, her tone is delicate and touching, she is simply a pure lotus that is not stained by the world, beautiful and immaculate!
Miss Qin has always had a good relationship with Mu Ziyue, she pulled Mu Ziyue away, and said with heartache: "Why is my sister being with such a dirty person and still speaking for her?" After finishing speaking, she turned around angrily. Yu Wan said to the side: "My Lady, today is His Highness the Crown Prince's birthday, how can such a lowly person be allowed to come in, please ask someone to drive her out!"

As soon as this proposal came out, everyone agreed, and Miss Wang couldn't bear it anymore and shouted at Yu Ruyan: "You bastard, get out of here!"

A troubled look appeared on Yu Wan's face.Although the status of the woman in front of her is indeed too unbearable, but the prince invited her, how dare she drive her away without authorization?
In an inconspicuous place not far from them, a figure in white was sitting and drinking tea quietly. He could see everything that happened here. After being chased away, he stood up suddenly, but was held back by his attendants.

Qing Cha pulled Yue Yu, who was not depressed, and said in a low voice: "My lord, this is a matter in the prince's residence, you should not interfere!"

Qingcha doesn't like Yu Ruyan very much for no reason, he always feels that every time he meets her, nothing good will happen to the young master.

On the other side of the garden, when the prince walked over with Mu Lingzhi, he happened to hear all kinds of insults and attacks on Yu Ruyan. Mu Lingzhi clenched his hands behind his back, but there was no expression on his face.

The prince looked back at him with a calm face, his eyes flashed, and he joked, "This beauty must be the military prostitute brought back by the emperor? It turned out to be such a wonderful person, no wonder the emperor couldn't put it down!"

The prince who saw Yu Ruyan for the first time was secretly amazed in his heart, this stunning beauty, even he who had countless Xunfangs was amazed, and he couldn't help but secretly annoyed that his younger brother took all the good things!
On the face, he smiled easy-goingly. Seeing Mu Lingzhi's face darken, the prince said again: "It's just that such a beauty is about to be kicked out of the house. Doesn't the emperor come forward to rescue the beauty?"

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi smiled lightly, his eyes were deep, but his face was calm: "She is a guest invited by the emperor, how dare the idlers drive her out of the house at will?"

The prince's eyes darkened, and he said with a cool smile: "The emperor is really calm, why don't we continue to look down and see if she will be driven away?"

This is exactly what Mu Lingzhi wanted, and he also wanted to see how she would deal with this situation.

Amidst the sound of cursing and chasing away, Yu Ruyan suddenly walked to a table beside her and sat down, poured herself a cup of tea, took a sip leisurely, and said slowly: "If the empress is willing to let the servants leave now , the servant is really grateful!"

That nonchalant look seemed to be saying, if you look down on me, I may not look down on you either!
Seeing her arrogant attitude, the noble ladies couldn't bear it even more, and said to Yu Wan one by one: "Mother, drive her away, don't dirty everyone's eyes here!"

"Yes, ma'am, His Royal Highness must not have known that she is such an unbearable thing to let her into the mansion, and now she must not be allowed to shame her here."

"..."

Seeing that Yu Wan was too embarrassed to let her go, and Yu Ruyan didn't bother to pay attention to the mob in front of her, she casually picked a chrysanthemum in her hand and put it in a teacup. After soaking in hot water, she took a sip leisurely. Satisfied and sighed: "The chrysanthemum scented tea is refreshing and pleasant. It is really good for promoting body fluids and eliminating internal heat. I think all the nobles are a little angry. Why don't you let the slaves make a cup for you all!"

A group of noble girls around her were completely dumbfounded by her 'brazenness', and all of them were stunned!

Seeing this, the prince couldn't help clapping his hands and praised: "She is really a unique beauty, interesting and interesting!"

A light flashed in Mu Lingzhi's deep phoenix eyes——

This woman never seems to play by the rules, which is really surprising!
There was a hint of admiration in his eyes, such a character was kind of like him, he liked it!
However, seeing her calmly treating everyone as nothing made him suspicious—is she really just an ordinary maid?An ordinary maid is as arrogant and daring as she is!
Is she really not afraid at all?
At this moment, there was a burst of exclamation in the arena, but Ms. Wang finally couldn't bear it anymore, she stepped forward and snatched the cup from Yu Ruyan's hand, and splashed the rest of the tea on her face with a "plop"——

The field fell silent for an instant, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Yu Ruyan, who had a teasing expression on her face, while Mu Ziyue, who was standing in the crowd, had a bright light in her Yingyingxing eyes—it really relieved hatred!
Mu Lingzhi's whole body was shaken, and just as he was about to step forward, a handsome young man in white clothes and snow came out of a slant. He walked straight up to Yu Ruyan, took out a white handkerchief and wiped her face carefully without even looking at the female relatives behind him, he said coldly: "The guests who are also the prince's guests, who is more noble than the other? You are all ladies of famous families with extraordinary backgrounds, so why do you have to be aggressive and do such embarrassing things?" Woolen cloth?"

After saying this, he didn't pay any attention to the crowd anymore, he just helped Yu Ruyan wipe the tea seriously, with a concentrated expression, as if he was caring for a priceless treasure.

The female relatives were all startled, and couldn't help but carefully sized up the young man in white. They saw that he was handsome and handsome, with an elegant and extraordinary demeanor, he was actually a handsome young man.

Everyone couldn't help turning their eyes from Yu Ruyan to Yue Yu, asking each other who this young master who suddenly appeared was?
Others don't know him, but Yu Wan knows him. She remembered the prince's instructions, and hurriedly stepped forward to tell the maid in the mansion: "Why are you still standing there, help the girl to the guest room to rest and freshen up. Mr. Yue, it's really disrespectful, let me You're laughing!" After saying that, he glanced at Miss Wang, blaming her for being too impulsive and causing trouble.

Until helping her to wipe off the last piece of tea stain, Yue Yu said slowly: "If the empress doesn't mind, Cao Min will leave now with Miss Xiaoqing, so as not to disturb the elegance of the nobles!"

He spoke slowly, but bit the word 'grass people' very hard, as if he wanted to deliberately reveal his identity and draw a clear line from the people present.

Ever since Yue Yu appeared, Yu Ruyan has been in a state of ignorance.

She stared blankly at the man in front of her. She hadn't seen him for many days. He was still the same as when she first saw him. He was dressed in a snow-white pair of skirts, with clear eyebrows and an elegant expression, but his face seemed paler than the last time she saw him.

She didn't expect to see Yue Yu in the Prince's Mansion, let alone meet him in this embarrassing time!

It seems that every time I meet him is the most unbearable time.

Like a hedgehog, she put away the spikes all over her body, relaxed her expression, stared blankly at Yue Yu's clear eyes, and murmured: "My lord, why are you here?"

Yue Yu smiled lightly, his handsome face was calm and unwavering, he put away the veil and said with a smile: "Don't worry about why I'm here, I just ask if you still want to stay here?"

Without even thinking about it, she shook her head vigorously, her eyes coldly glanced at the surrounding female relatives who were watching the excitement, and said loudly: "I can't come and go as I want, please be merciful, son Get out of here."

Her exaggerated words made all the noble ladies present blush, but Yue Yu was amused by her, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

His smile was warmer and brighter than the sun in the sky, and everyone's hearts jumped when they saw it. Miss Wang, who had always been arrogant, was fascinated by him, and blushed rarely.

Hearing Yu Ruyan's affirmative answer, Yue Yu smiled knowingly, and pulled her up to go outside.Seeing Qingcha in a daze, he felt a bit confused: "My lord, the crown prince's birthday banquet has not yet started, I'm afraid I'm leaving at this time..."

"Yeah, the young master is a distinguished guest invited by the prince, how can he just leave? How can I explain this to the prince?" Yu Wan also reacted, and hurriedly asked to stay.

Although this Young Master Yue came from a humble background, the wealth in his hands was just what the Prince needed to achieve great things. Otherwise, how could a businessman like him become a guest in the Prince's house?

Yue Yu smiled disapprovingly and said: "Vipiental guest? Your empress has praised me. I am ashamed just now when I heard the accusations made by all the young ladies against Miss Xiaoqing. Cao Min is as humble as her, so Cao Min has self-knowledge and resigned voluntarily, lest Make embarrassing for your mother!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the female relatives present couldn't help but blush. Although it is true that Yu Ruyan was born in a humble background, it is not a problem, but it is not a lady's act for them to openly cooperate to bully others.

Yu Wan winked and asked Miss Wang to apologize to Xiaoqing, but how could she agree?He snorted and turned his head to the side.After all, she was also a distinguished guest in the house, and Yu Wan couldn't force her to apologize. For a while, everyone froze on the spot, and the atmosphere became awkward.

Mu Ziyue has been watching coldly from the sidelines, seeing Yue Yu who suddenly appeared to rescue Yu Ruyan, inexplicably filled her heart with even greater hatred, why are these men all standing by the side of this bitch, surrounding her everywhere?
The prince, who had been standing and watching the excitement, couldn't sit still anymore, and Mu Lingzhi couldn't help rushing out when Yue Yu appeared, but the prince was restraining his anger and kept quiet. When the two of them held hands together and kept saying they wanted to walk together, he couldn't help it anymore.

The two strode to the middle of the female relatives, and the other guests were also rushed over by the noise here.

Before the crown prince could speak, Mu Lingzhi stared at the hands of the two holding each other with cold eyes, and said in a voice as cold as ice, "Your Excellency is holding on to my maid, where are you going to take her?"

(End of this chapter)