slave like jade

Chapter 73
Yu Xiaodao smiled coldly, a cold light flashed in his pitch-black eyes, and said coldly: "Mu Ziyue dares to treat you like this, how could I let her go, it's just a pity..." After finishing speaking, there was a smile on her face. A bit annoyed, very unwilling.

Yu Ruyan's heart trembled when she heard that, she pulled him over and asked seriously: "Xiaodao, what have you done? Tell my sister quickly."

Seeing her relentless pursuit, the corner of Xiao Dao's mouth twitched, and he said indifferently: "I just scratched her maid's face, if she didn't escape quickly, I would just draw a Yaksha on her face with my sword. It's a pity that she escaped in the end!"

"...you..." Yu Ruyan looked at him in disbelief, speechless for a long time.

On the other side, when Mu Lingzhi arrived at the Mufu, the doctor was helping the little girl bandage the wound on her face.While bandaging, I couldn't stop shaking my head, hey, a good face is drawn like this, I'm afraid...

Mu Ziyue sat at the side in a daze, her whole body was shaking like chaff, Yingying Xing's eyes were full of horror, her forehead was covered with cold sweat, and her slender fingers almost tore through the armrest of the chair——

It was too scary, the shining sword tip was less than a foot away from her face, if she hadn't pulled a girl to block it in desperation, she would be the one with blood dripping on her face now!

He suddenly held his face in his hands and touched it in disbelief, rushed to the bronze mirror and checked again and again that his face was safe, then covered his chest and felt relieved, but he still couldn't stop being afraid——

who is it?Who is going to ruin his appearance?
With a flash of inspiration in her heart, Mu Ziyue suddenly thought of something, her pupils widened suddenly, and the next moment she rushed to the maid who was bandaging the wound, and tore off the gauze that had just been bandaged on her face—

Everyone exclaimed, and the injured maid was pulled to the wound, and fainted with a scream of pain!
But Mu Ziyue didn't care at all, she just stared blankly at the terrifying Yasha on the maid's face, her heart trembled, and she fell backwards in disbelief——

Impossible, this one-stroke simple version of Yasha was thought up by her when she was a child, and she is the only one who knows this drawing method——

No, there is one more person who knows——

The late eighth prince of Daliang, Mu Chenzhi!
How is it possible, Chen Zhi died three years ago, how could that be?
What if he didn't die?

Seeing her fall to the ground, the girls around hurriedly stepped forward to help her sit back on the chair. She took the tea handed by the girl and drank it in one gulp, gritted her teeth and calmed down——

Thinking about it carefully, if nothing happened to Chenzhi, he would be 15 years old now, and his stature would be about the same as today's masked assassin!
One of the teacups in his hand was not held firmly, and fell to the ground with a 'bang'.

As soon as Mu Ling entered the room, he saw Mu Ziyue sitting in a daze, unresponsive to dropping the teacup in her hand, like a soulless puppet.

Mu Ziyue's eldest brother, Mu Ziyang, also entered the room with Mu Lingzhi. Seeing that his precious sister was scared like this, he hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him with distress: "Sister, don't be afraid, brother is back to accompany you. Big brother is here to accompany you." Guarding you, no one will dare to hurt my sister again."

His hand restlessly covered her forehead, the cool touch made Mu Ziyue's heart tremble, and her expression instantly sobered up.

Mu Lingzhi glanced gloomyly at the girls and women serving in the room, and said coldly, "What's going on? The gangsters came to Xiaoyue's room to assassinate."

The girls and women all knew that the cold-blooded and stern Highness in front of her always valued her young lady, but now that such a big incident happened, everyone shrank their necks in fear, and no one dared to step forward to answer.

Mu Ziyue said with a crying voice: "Ling Zhi, don't blame them, the assassin rushed in suddenly, no one expected it."

Mu Lingzhi's expression eased, and he walked up to her and comforted her softly: "I have asked Jing Zhaoyin to send people to search for suspicious people, and I have also sent more people near the prime minister's mansion. I believe the gangsters will not dare to show up again."

Mu Ziyue has been stuck in her own thoughts, as if she didn't hear his words, she waved everyone in the room to go down after being stunned for a moment, leaving only her brother, Mu Lingzhi and the fainted maid waiting for the door As soon as it was closed, she pulled the two of them to point to the Yaksha image drawn on the maid's face, and said with a little excitement in panic: "Look, is this Yaksha very familiar?"

The two of them heard the sound and carefully looked at the wound on the maid's face, and saw a few long cuts on the maid's face. As soon as he said that, he realized that the maid's face was actually scratched by the assassin with a portrait of Yasha!
Mu Ziyang frowned and looked at it for a while, and said strangely: "Isn't this the one my sister drew when I was young..."

As soon as these words came out, Mu Ziyue no longer doubted that it was her own illusion, and her voice became shrill with excitement: "That's right, that's it, but in the whole world, only the Eighth Prince and I can draw... "

Mu Lingzhi, who has been silent for a long time, has already changed his expression greatly. As early as when Mu Ziyue pointed out the Yasha statue, he had already thought of his younger brother Mu Chenzhi, because when he was young, his younger brother liked to use smudges on the faces of court ladies whenever he was mischievous. The image of Yaksha was painted in ink, and he was ordered not to clean it without his permission, and the portrait on the face of the maid in front of him was exactly the same as the face of those maids back then——

Three years ago, the eighth prince, Mu Chenzhi, who was only 12 years old, was already smart and quick-witted. He knew both astronomy and geography, and he knew everything about court affairs. He was exactly the same as King Liang when he was a child. She loves this youngest son who is the closest in temperament to her, and it is rumored that this intelligent and powerful eighth prince was the first candidate for the crown prince of King Liang.

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the eighth prince was hunted down and killed during a tour of the palace. Although his body was never found, three years have passed, and the world has long believed that he was assassinated to death, and his mother and concubine... Concubine Xie Guifei has been unable to sleep peacefully every night for the past three years, because she is thinking of her most beloved youngest son.

If, if the emperor is not dead...

Mu Lingzhi lost his composure and grabbed Mu Ziyue's hand and said excitedly: "You can see his appearance clearly, isn't it... is it my eighth brother?"

Mu Ziyue wondered: "This man is covering his face, I... I didn't see his face!"

While the two were talking, they didn't notice Mu Ziyang's gaffe on the other side at all. His expression changed drastically after hearing the words "eight princes".

If the Eighth Prince is really still alive, then the events of that year will be revealed in broad daylight!

There were more and more cold sweats, and his back was wet and uncomfortable. He suppressed the trembling of his voice and forced a smile: "How is it possible? It has been so long since the past, if the Eighth Prince is really still alive, how can he not show himself? Besides, he I have been close to Xiaoyue since I was a child, and treat Xiaoyue as my own sister, if it is really him, why would he come to attack Xiaoyue? Thinking about it, it is just a coincidence!"

As if a basin of cold water had been poured over his head, Mu Lingzhi's joy and hope turned cold instantly after hearing Mu Ziyang's words.

That's right, the assassination that year was extremely tragic. The bodyguards brought by the emperor's side were all dead bodies. The car the emperor was riding in was blown to pieces by the assassin with gunpowder. Many people said that the eighth prince was also smashed to pieces... ····

Mu Lingzhi's mood suddenly fell to the bottom, he left sadly, turned around and went to the imperial mausoleum, where there is the tomb of his eighth younger brother...
Yu Ruyan huddled in her small one-story house to warm up the fire, and the servants didn't have any special charcoal fire to get, so she had to take the firewood and burn it in the brazier. Although the smell of smoke was very strong, it was better than a room full of cold as ice.

Xiaodao was driven to Brother An by her, it's not safe to always hide in the palace, plus what he did last night, Yu Ruyan always felt that Mu Lingzhi would suspect her, so she urged Xiaodao leave now.

Pushing open the door, Mu Lingzhi was so irritated by the smog in the room that he couldn't open his eyes. He almost coughed out, and the half of his leg that stepped in shrank back.Yu Ruyan in the room was taken aback when she saw the sudden arrival, and when she saw that it was Mu Ling, she opened her mouth wide in surprise——

How could he come to such a place?Did he discover something?
Before she had time to think about it, she got up immediately, splashed water on the firewood in the basin, ran to the door and saluted, "Why is Your Highness here?"

Mu Lingzhi frowned and looked at her for a while, and when he saw her face covered in black and gray, like a cat with long beards, he couldn't help but feel happy, and the depression accumulated in his heart drifted away.There was a hint of a smile in the deep eyes, and he raised his hand to wipe her face fiercely, and said in disgust: "You are building a fire in the house and closing the doors and windows. People don't know and think you are doing something bad."

Yu Ruyan was stunned, her face suddenly became hot, she quickly raised her sleeve and wiped it all over her face, she was a little flustered, afraid that he would notice something, she salivated and said with a smile: "Your Highness kindly rewarded me with a few baskets of black charcoal."

Mu Ling was taken aback, glanced at her coldly, and hummed, "Play chess with Ben Gong, and I'll give it to you if you win!"

It's chess again!

Mu Lingzhi had something on his mind. After playing three games, Yu Ruyan won three games. He threw away the pieces in his hand and said casually, "Tell me, what else do you want besides charcoal fire?"

Silver, I want silver!
Yu Ruyan swallowed her throat, and said cautiously: "This servant likes to eat snacks, if His Highness is willing to send some money to buy snacks for this servant..."

Guessing what she would say, Mu Lingzhi untied the purse from his waist and threw it in front of her. He said coldly, "You are really greedy for money!"

Yu Ruyan held the heavy purse and was happy, thinking that Brother An's livelihood would be settled in the future, she couldn't help but let out a 'puchi' laugh, Mu Lingzhi looked at someone with a dark face With a face full of money fans, he was about to speak sarcasticly, but at this moment An Lan and Gu Qing'er knocked on the door and came in.

It turned out that today was the day when Gu Qing'er moved back to Ziluoyuan.Ziluo Courtyard has been refurbished and has a new look. Although Gu Qing'er has a hundred unwillingness in her heart, she has to move out of Yunsong Courtyard and live in her own courtyard. To celebrate, An Lan specially set up a banquet in Ziluo Courtyard to celebrate her. To celebrate, when I heard that Mu Lingzhi was back, I came with Gu Qing'er to invite him to the Ziluo Courtyard for dinner.

Mu Lingzhi nodded slowly in response. Seeing Yu Ruyan was there, An Lan rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Why don't sister Xiaoqing go with us too, there are so many people and it's lively!"

When Gu Qing'er heard that she invited Yu Ruyan, she gave An Lan a displeased look, but she had already said her words, and it was hard to take them back.

Yu Ruyan was about to resign, but Mu Lingzhi who had already got up and walked out said coldly: "Didn't you say you like to eat? You won't come if there are delicious ones?!"

Her cheeks flushed, and she said dissatisfied: How can you make her look like a greedy pig? In fact, she just took the opportunity to ask him for money. Is it really delicious?
But he didn't dare to say a word on the face, so he obediently bowed his head to respond, slipped off the chair and followed everyone to Ziluoyuan.

Walking halfway, An Lan in front suddenly stopped and turned back to give her a faint smile. When Yu Ruyan approached, she whispered in her ear: "Didn't my sister always want to know who pushed you to the Wujinsao that day?" Mouth? The moonlight is just right tonight, but it really illuminates everything, my sister has to open her eyes to see clearly."

Yu Ruyan's whole body trembled, and her heart beat a few times faster.

She clearly saw the strangeness in An Lan's eyes. Although her words were vague, her intuition told her that something was going to happen in Ziluoyuan tonight.

She knew that An Lan would not do anything good if he took the initiative to invite her!
A heart sank with a 'thud' sound, and the nerves in her whole body couldn't help but tense. Although the weather was peaceful and peaceful after the snow, Yu Ruyan felt the pressure of the coming storm.

The Violet Courtyard has been refurbished to be more refined and luxurious.Yu Ruyan went in with the crowd, looked at the exquisite courtyard in front of her, and thought of the fact that she fell under Wu Jinshao's mouth a month ago, her heart still felt chills!

The banquet was held in the warm pavilion in the Ziluo Courtyard, and the large carved pear wood round table was filled with delicacies.By this time, Gu Qing'er had completely let go of the unhappiness in her heart, and led everyone to the table with a smile. An Lan acted first, and personally pulled Yu Ruyan's hand into the table.

When their hands met An Lan's slightly cool hand, Yu Ruyan hid back like an electric shock, goosebumps all over her body, but it was hard to shake her off in front of Mu Lingzhi.

Mu Lingzhi took Gu Qing'er's hand and sat in the first place. He glanced around the table and frowned, "Didn't Mrs. An lift the ban? Why didn't you invite her here?"

After all, the deep phoenix eyes gave An Lan a cold look.

Everyone looked at An Lan with him at the same time, and finally felt a little restless, and said in a hushed voice: "Your Highness, I have already visited my sister when the ban was lifted yesterday, and... and invited her to come over tonight, But she..." She didn't say what she said next, everyone knew it in her heart, thinking that An Lirong was demoted from a side concubine to a wife overnight, and was fined a month's grounding. Such a shame made her How dare she appear in front of everyone again, not to mention that this Ziluoyuan is the chief culprit of her punishment, how can she be in the mood to come over?
Mu Lingzhi nodded slightly in response, and his face returned to calm. Seeing the flustered heart, An Lan slowly calmed down, and returned to her usual gentleness and tranquility.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone congratulated Gu Qing'er, now that she is pregnant with an emperor's heir, she is a wife, and she is at the time when she is in the palace.

I saw her leaning against Mu Lingzhi with her unobtrusive belly, her big charming eyes were full of smiles, her face was full of joy and contentment, and she was so proud of herself.

Mu Lingzhi hugged her with a smile, and said dotingly, "Is there anything you want? I'm giving you a gift from this Palace!"

Hearing this, Gu Qing'er's face was even more smug, her body was soft like water on Mu Ling's body, and she looked at the man in front of her with big charming and affectionate eyes affectionately, and said obsessively: "I don't want anything. As long as His Highness can accompany this concubine every day, it will be fine."

One of Mu Ling changed his usual indifference and smiled slightly. His handsome face was like a spring breeze, bright and dazzling, making people reluctant to take their eyes away, and Gu Qing'er's eyes became even more crazy.

"Come here, send the purple jade and coral screen in the warehouse to Ziluoyuan!"

Everyone stopped their bowls and chopsticks in shock when they heard the words, and looked at Gu Qing'er enviously, and she herself described it with an unbelievable expression——

This purple jade coral screen is still made of exquisite and luxurious purple jade and red coral. It is crystal clear and radiant. In addition, it is inlaid with [-] thumb-sized pearls by skilled craftsmen. It is even more beautiful. Huan is an incomparable thing, even at night, it has its own brilliance, it is really precious.

Then this is the second, the most important thing is that this screen was given by the late queen mother when the palace was built, so its preciousness can be imagined.

Gu Qing'er's voice was trembling: "Concubine... Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward!"

There was another burst of congratulations from the crowd.Looking at Gu Qing'er's face full of complacency and satisfaction, she couldn't hide it, and An Lan, who was on the side, held her hands tightly under her sleeves, her veins bulging.

Her gaze swept across Yuan'er who was waiting aside, and the latter nodded slightly inaudibly. An Lan's expression eased, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The interaction between master and servant did not escape Yu Ruyan's eyes.From the beginning of the banquet to now, no matter what happened at the banquet, her gaze has been silently observing An Lan. Seeing this, her heart skipped a beat and her whole body tensed up.

However, what made her even more uneasy was that An Lan clearly knew that she was looking at her, but she had no fear at all. At this time, she turned her head and met Yu Ruyan's gaze, and she raised the wine glass in her hand slightly to her indifferently. smile.

That smile, obviously delicate and gentle, gave Yu Ruyan a disgusting feeling of being possessed by maggots. She looked at the woman across from her coldly, and didn't take the cup on the table to salute her. She lowered her head and ignored it.

Halfway through the banquet, everyone was in high spirits, and the purple jade coral screen was carefully carried into the warm pavilion by the servants. Everyone was immediately attracted by the radiant screen in front of them, and couldn't help but leave the table to observe and admire.

Gu Qing'er triumphantly took Mu Lingzhi's hand and stood in front of the screen, gently stroking the screen with her slender fingers, trembling with joy in her heart, to get the Queen Mother's things, this is a great thing for her who came from a humble background Glory!

At this moment, suddenly, a sharp cry sounded suddenly in the palace, followed by noisy noises, everyone's expressions froze, and they all turned their heads to look outside the door without knowing what to do.

Seeing this, An Lan got up quickly: "Your Highness, I will go and see for myself."

Mu Lingzhi nodded slightly, and An Lan got the order to lift her legs and walked out, but before she reached the door, Mother Liu, who was in charge, brought in a servant with her servants.

Being dragged along by her servants and being pinned to the ground so hard that she couldn't even raise her head, Gu Qing'er resented that something happened in the mansion disturbed her interest at this time, and before An Lan could speak, she coldly reprimanded Liu Ma: "What's the matter? Noisy? Don't you even see what day it is today?"

Liu Ma's body trembled, she casually glanced at An Lan who was silent, she prostrated herself on the ground and courageously replied: "Returning to Madam, yesterday I caught a lowly maidservant who ate inside and out, after the old slave interrogated her Locked in the woodshed and waited to report back to the masters tomorrow, I didn't expect... I didn't expect that this lowly servant girl would sneak away by climbing the wall today when things were busy in the mansion. When I got down, I alarmed His Highness and all the masters, and I also ask the masters to forgive me."

An Lan continued, "What did she do? She wanted to alarm His Highness so seriously?"

Liu Ma's whole body froze, her face turned pale, her eyes dodged, she timidly glanced at Gu Qing'er who was above her, and then hurriedly dodged away, her expression was hesitant to speak!
With such sharp eyesight, Mu Lingzhi looked at her evasive and suspicious look, his face darkened, and he said with a cold voice: "I dare to hide it in front of you. Who are you going to keep the words in your stomach?"

Mama Liu trembled all over, she didn't dare to hide a word anymore, she poured out all of a sudden,

"Your Highness, masters, when I got up last night, this old servant accidentally found this girl sneaking out of the house. The servant led someone to catch her, and indeed found a bag of gold and silver jewelry on her—" Suddenly, she beckoned to the people behind, and immediately someone came up with a bag of things. Everyone took a look, but it was a pair of bright jade bracelets, three gold hairpins, a pair of step rocks, and a pair of jadeite pendants. There are several gold necklaces.

Until now, Zhuzhu on the side had already recognized that the package on the ground belonged to her master, she couldn't help but stare at the little girl on the ground, and her heart was shocked when she saw her appearance!
Of course Gu Qing'er also recognized the things on the ground, she was furious for a moment, she didn't see Zhu Zhu winking at her, stepped forward and kicked the girl on the ground to the ground, scolded fiercely: "You little hoof, how can you tell me?" Stolen things into my room."

The little girl stuffed her mouth with a cotton cloth, and she was speechless with a 'woo woo ah ah', and when everyone saw her face clearly, they couldn't help being shocked——

The person who stole Gu Qing'er's things was the second-class girl Zhu Xiang who had been by her side for a long time!

Gu Qing'er's complexion changed drastically, and a pretty face suddenly turned white in his mind, his eyes flickered in a panic, and he turned to Mu Lingzhi and said, "Your Highness, I didn't expect that the people in my own room did such a thing of theft. , I blame this concubine for not being able to teach me well. But this girl is from my yard, so let me punish her now!"

Seeing this, Yu Ruyan's heart became clear. It seems that the person An Lan is going to step down tonight is Mrs. Gu, who is the most popular in the palace!

Sure enough, before Mu Lingzhi could open his mouth to agree, An Lan rushed ahead and said, "How can this be done? My sister is pregnant with an emperor's heir, and the money is very precious. It is time to concentrate on raising the baby, so how can you worry about these things anymore? Besides, didn't Mother Liu also say just now that they have already tried the crimes committed by this girl, and all they have to do is to report to His Highness!"

As soon as these words came out, Gu Qing'er trembled all over and almost fell to the ground!
(End of this chapter)