slave like jade

Chapter 77
In the next few days, Yu Ruyan would go to Wuwei Medical Center to visit An Ge whenever she had time, and An Ge's condition improved under Yue Yu's treatment, and his complexion returned to the previous rosy, but the afterbirth still could not be removed from the body !

On this day, Yu Ruyan went to see Brother An early in the morning again, and talked with Brother An for a long time, when she was about to go back, Yue Yu called her and said with a smile, "Are you free tonight?"

"Hey, is there something wrong, young master?" Yu Ruyan was a little surprised.

"If you have time, I will take you to the night market in Dongdu at night. I heard from Brother An that you have always missed Qi Guo's snacks, but there are them in the night market." Yue Yu stood quietly in the middle of the yard wearing a black cloak, His face was unparalleled and handsome, his eyes were as clear as a spring, and the pure white fox fur on the cloak made his face like a crown jade, as if there was light shining on him, making the simple and ordinary yard bright.

Yu Ruyan swallowed her saliva, wishing to go to the night market with him now, but then she thought of Mu Lingzhi's order before going out, so she could only refuse embarrassingly: "My lord, I can't go out of the house tonight... sorry!" It's a pity that you can't eat delicious food.

Yue Yu's eyes turned slightly, and a trace of disappointment flashed by, he smiled slowly: "It's nothing, let's go next time!"

On the way back home, Yu Ruyan saw that the street shops beside the road were all hung with bright red lanterns, and even the tree branches beside the road were covered with lanterns of various colors. asked the boy driving the car: "What holiday is today?"

The little servant smiled happily, and said happily, "Miss, don't you know, today is the Hanrui Festival in Daliang, there will be a lantern festival at night, and young men and women will come out to play in pairs. The long street is very lively at night." !"

Yu Ruyan suddenly remembered Yue Yu's invitation, and was slightly taken aback.

After returning to the palace, Yu Ruyan went straight back to Yunsong Courtyard. After that day, she was kept in Yunsong Courtyard by Mu Lingzhi for no reason.

When passing by the small garden, Yu Ruyan suddenly caught a glimpse of Hongmei's figure flashing past. Fortunately, she had sharp eyes and saw who the figure was, and she couldn't help showing doubts. Could it be that the two of them are together?

Back in Yunsong Courtyard, Mu Lingzhi just woke up from a nap, and there was no copper coin waiting around him. He was about to call for someone, but Yu Ruyan hurriedly stepped forward to help him change clothes. When Mu Lingzhi turned around and saw that it was her, his face softened. Dissatisfied: "The copper coin boy is getting more and more presumptuous, and he hasn't seen anyone for a long time. I don't know where to go to be lazy?"

Yu Ruyan thought of the figure she saw in the small garden just now, and couldn't help laughing: "The copper coin has also grown up, he has his own affairs, Your Highness, please forgive me!"

Mu Lingzhi glanced at her indifferently. Seeing her happy face with a smile today, she seemed to be in a good mood, so she couldn't help asking: "Your friend is cured? If the doctors outside are not good at medicine, you can ask Dr. Wu to go to see her." Help your friend to see, she will have a good day, and it will save you from running out every day."

She smiled and said gratefully: "Although he is not fully recovered, his condition has improved and is much better than before. Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."

While helping him tie his belt, she asked him: "Your Highness said that there is something to do in the mansion today, what's the matter?"

"Do you know what day it is today?" Mu Lingzhi looked at her slap-sized face, couldn't help stretching out his hands to pinch it, and couldn't help frowning and muttering: "Eating so much, why don't you see any growth?"

"I know, today is the Han Rui Festival, and there will be a lantern festival outside, will Your Highness take me out to play?" Yu Ruyan smiled and moved to Mu Lingzhi's side, leaning towards him like a greedy puppy rub.

Mu Lingzhi disliked it and said: "The street is so noisy, it's not as quiet as the house. You want to see lanterns, and there are also in the palace, why go outside to join in the fun."

Looking at the lanterns is secondary, the main thing is the snacks on the night market!
Yu Ruyan swallowed her throat and said unwillingly: "Can the lanterns in the mansion be compared with the ones outside? Isn't there a lot of people to celebrate the festival, and I heard that the Hanrui Festival is a festival for young men and women to meet... If Your Highness doesn't go, then I will go by myself!"

"you dare!"

Being stared at by him, Yu Ruyan shrunk her mouth aggrievedly, and thought without anger, if she knew that she would not come back, it would be nice to let Yue Yu take her to eat Qi Guo snacks!
"Bada!" A set of clothes flew from the slant and hit her face. She took off the clothes in a daze and looked at Mu Lingzhi in astonishment. The latter looked at her arrogantly and said coldly: "Not yet!" Hurry up and change clothes?"

What?
She couldn't react, she looked at the clothes in her hand for no reason, looked at Mu Lingzhi in a daze, and asked slowly: "Your Highness means...you want to take me out to play!"

After realizing it, Yu Ruyan jumped up excitedly, jumped up and shook his shoulders: "Thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness is so kind!" After shouting, before Mu Lingzhi could react, she had already run away with her clothes in her arms. The next room went.

It turned out that he planned to take her out early in the morning, so he told her to come back early when she went out.

Yu Ruyan felt warm in her heart, opened the clothes and saw that it was an ordinary moon-white brocade gown with clouds and geese, the style was simple but exquisite, it would not be too obvious when walking in the crowd.

She was overjoyed. She didn't expect him to think so carefully. She hurriedly changed and walked out, only to see Mu Lingzhi standing at the door waiting for her in the same color clothes. He still looks good on him, his noble temperament can't hide it, his whole person looks like a tree, elegant and handsome!
Yu Ruyan walked up to him and circled around him twice, saying "tsk tsk" in amazement: "Ah, whose son is really handsome, today the girls in the Eastern Capital are really lucky."

Mu Lingzhi gave a cold glance at someone jumping up and down in front of him like a monkey, and asked the copper coin beside him coldly: "What's the name of a saying that describes a monkey? If you don't fight for three days, you will go to the house to expose the tiles?"

The copper coin hid aside and laughed happily, and replied repeatedly: "Exactly this sentence, the master is right!"

Yu Ruyan smiled awkwardly, and immediately leaned against Mu Lingzhi docilely, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, it's getting late, let's go out!"

The three of them stepped out of the gate of the mansion and were about to get into the carriage when they saw Yan Fei guarding the door in exquisite attire, and Yu Ruyan greeted him joyfully, their eyes were on Mu Lingzhi and the copper coin without showing any traces. Sweeping, said with a sweet smile: "Sister, is this going out to watch the Lantern Festival?"

Yu Ruyan looked at her dressed up and ready to go out, and then glanced at the anxious face on the copper coin, smiled slowly, and begged Mu Lingzhi: "Your Highness, there are so many people, why don't we let Yan Fei come with us?" Go out and play."

When Chen Yanfei heard her words, her big eyes lit up instantly, and she pursed her mouth and looked at Mu Lingzhi uneasy, for fear that he would disagree.

Hearing the words, the copper coin was also overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped up to Mu Lingzhi's side and said, "Master, it's good to have more than one person serving you and Miss Xiaoqing."

Mu Lingzhi glanced at Yan Fei, then turned to Yu Ruyan and said, "You can do whatever you want!" After saying that, he got on the horse's back.

Yu Ruyan took Chen Yanfei into the carriage.As the wheels turned, she looked at Chen Yanfei, who was innocent and romantic with an excited face, without blinking. Thinking of the figure she saw in the small garden today, she calmly smiled at her: "Listen to Mama Chen, someone told you A good marriage, I am here to congratulate my sister!"

Chen Yanfei, who was excited, turned pale when he heard her words, his eyes darkened, and he said displeased: "My mother likes to talk nonsense, sister, don't believe her words, I won't marry into the Gu family."

Yu Ruyan watched her ponder for a moment, then slowly said: "Do you really like copper coins? The copper coins are just a servant, and Gu Er Shao is a rich young master."

In the small garden just now, the figure she saw was Yan Fei and the copper coin!

Chen Yanfei's face turned red immediately, she lowered her head and fiddled with the hem of her clothes, her big round eyes dodged——

"Sister... how do you know?"

Yu Ruyan said: "I accidentally saw you and the copper coin in the small garden today. Before, Chen Ma asked me to persuade you to agree to the Gu family's marriage, so I want to ask about your own plan?"

Chen Yanfei's face was blushing, her face was hesitant, but her voice was extremely firm: "Sister, I will definitely not marry the Gu family."

Seeing how determined she was, Yu Ruyan opened the corner of the curtain to look at the happy copper coin outside, and said slowly, "What about the copper coin? Have you identified him?"

Chen Yanfei's face froze, and she lowered her body. She pinched the rose embroidery on the upper with her fingers. It took a long time to force out a smile. She turned her face shyly, and said in a low voice, "The matter between me and the copper coin is still a matter of course." Not a word, and ask my sister to help me keep it a secret."

Yu Ruyan was clear in her heart, and seeing that she didn't want to be a young mistress to choose a servant, she couldn't help praising: "Although Tong Qian is a servant, but he has been with His Highness for many years, he is sincere and responsible, and he is hardworking. , if you follow her, life will be good. If you are worried that your parents will not agree, I may help you to persuade them. "

Chen Yanfei kept her head down, she seemed very shy, her tone was somewhat erratic, and she said softly: "Thank you sister for your complete heart, but now... let's talk about it later."

As night fell, the whole east was decorated with lanterns as bright as day, and the streets were crowded with young men and women coming and going, very lively.

After getting off the carriage, Mu Lingzhi tightly held Yu Ruyan's hand in his palm, and said, "There are too many people, don't get lost."

The four walked into the crowd, the street was full of people, Mu Lingzhi suddenly dragged Yu Ruyan to a corner by the side of the road, and took the lanterns sold at the side stall to block her body, Yu Ruyan was crushed by him In the corner, I didn't know, so I said anxiously: "Young master, what's the matter?"

"Shhh!" Mu Lingzhi signaled her to be silent, seeing his serious and nervous expression, Yu Ruyan's heart froze, she quickly shut her mouth and did not dare to move——

Could it be that the masked assassin came after him again?It can't be so unlucky, it's hard to come out to play!

She couldn't see what was going on outside, and didn't dare to say anything, so she asked Mu Lingzhi anxiously.

At this moment, Tong Qian and Yan Fei's anxious shouts came from his ears. Mu Lingzhi suddenly smiled triumphantly, and when they were far away, he let go of Yu Ruyan. Get rid of the follower!"

She was startled when she heard this, and looked at the childish Mu Lingzhi in disbelief, and said in surprise, "Your Highness, are you actually playing a prank? I thought..."

"Crack!" After being slapped on the head by him, Mu Lingzhi gave her a proud look, and said coldly, "With them following, how can we have a good time? Why don't we separate from them and play our own way? Yes, do you dare to call me Your Highness again?"

Seeing his fierce appearance, Yu Ruyan sneered: "Tsk tsk, I'm afraid you will cry to death if you don't find the copper money overnight, Mr. Dian...you really have the heart!"

"Hmph, the last time I asked him to take good care of you, he actually took you directly to the prime minister's mansion for punishment. I haven't settled this matter with him yet! Let him be in a hurry today, as it is not good for him to do things. punishment!"

After finishing speaking, he leisurely took out a simple blueprint from his body, identified the direction, and said with a smile: "Let's go east, the night market is starting to do business at this time, I am in a good mood today, I will take you Go eat snacks from all over the world!"

Yu Ruyan glanced at the blueprint in his hand, which contained various arrangements for tonight, and was shocked——

Unexpectedly, in order to arrange everything for tonight, he patiently did his homework in advance, taking her to eat, enjoying the lanterns, swimming in the lake, he recorded everything carefully!
Her heart was warm, her eyes were sore and uncomfortable, she raised her smiling face and said to him: "I want to eat all the snacks in the night market, I wonder if there is enough money in the young master's purse to pay for me?"

Mu Lingzhi looked at her pretending to be disgusted, but there was a hidden smile in his deep eyes: "It's really embarrassing to be with you!"

Holding her hand through the crowds and brightly lit streets, he held her tightly all the time, carefully protecting her behind him, preventing the crowd from bumping into her. His hands were warm and comfortable, which made her extremely at ease.

Staring blankly at the man in front of him who was pushing the way for him, Yu Ruyan's watery eyes shone brightly, and his heart was never so satisfied!

The two finally arrived at the night market, and Yu Ruyan excitedly pulled Mu Lingzhi to the stall selling hot pots, smelling the familiar scent coming from her nose, her saliva immediately fell down!

Hot pot is the most distinctive food in Qi State. The broth made from fresh bones, together with the most distinctive spicy seasoning in Qi State, is boiled over charcoal fire, and then added to the pot according to their own preferences. The vegetables and meats you like to eat can be scalded and eaten.

In this cold season where dripping water turns into ice, it is the most fulfilling thing in life to guard a pot of steaming hot, spicy and refreshing hot pot.

Yu Ruyan patted Yuanyuan's stomach perfectly, wiped her mouth, and then suddenly remembered that she was too busy eating to forget someone, and when she looked back, she saw Mu Lingyi sitting at the side drinking tea leisurely, noisy In the bustling night market, there was a lot of traffic and people flowed like a river, but he sat upright like a rock, sipping the thick tea in his hand leisurely without looking sideways, looking up at her from time to time, seeing her satisfied with the meal, his eyebrows and eyes stretched deeply His eyes are full of pampering.

Although he didn't eat, he patiently accompanied her, saw that she was sweating profusely, handed over his handkerchief to wipe her sweat, and said coldly: "Why are you in such a hurry to eat, and no one snatched it from you? "

Yu Ruyan held a chopstick and handed it to his mouth, and urged: "Master, try it, this is the best."

After the fresh hairy belly is scalded in a hot pot, the color is oily, and the thin slices are dipped in spicy oil, which makes people appetite.Yu Ruyan saw Mu Lingzhi's face showing embarrassment, and reluctantly passed the chopsticks closer, "Hey, my lord, let me have a taste!"

Mu Lingzhi's complexion changed quietly. He was always afraid of spicy food, but now he looked at the layer of red chili oil wrapped on his hairy belly, his heart trembled, and he took the small plate in front of him to pick it up, and said in a muffled voice: " It's too hot just out of the pot, let it cool down before eating!"

Hearing what he said, Yu Ruyan hurriedly leaned forward with her pouting mouth and blew a few cool airs on her hairy belly. It was really not hot anymore, and she persistently handed it to Mu Lingzhi's mouth. She looked at him with shining eyes, watching Seeing his inadvertent expression of fear, he couldn't help but joked: "Didn't your Highness say that the marching soldiers have eaten everything, why does a little hairy belly scare you?"

After finishing speaking, he put away the chopsticks, raised his eyebrows and said, "It's a pity not to try such a delicious thing." He moved his mouth closer and prepared to eat it by himself.

The shiny and seductive belly piece was close at hand, and it fell into her mouth in the next second. However, before her mouth could close, someone suddenly stepped forward and moved towards her like lightning. The hairy belly of the mouth was eaten by him together with her mouth.

"Well······"

He felt something curling up in his mouth, slipped around her mouth along the way, and then - the hairy belly was gone! ?

It happened so fast, Yu Ruyan was still on the spot like an idiot, and then the culprit was already chewing on the meaty belly in his mouth with a satisfied face, although he felt that the spicy hairy belly passed through her The work has been reduced a lot, but it still feels very spicy. He ate it with his mouth open, ignoring the person opposite with his face turned black, and smiled happily, um, the taste is really good this time!

After eating one piece, he still had a lot of aftertaste. Seeing Yu Ruyan's dumbfounded look, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows and smiling triumphantly: "When did I ever get scared? Come on, continue!"

Seeing his smug description, Yu Ruyan complained endlessly, why did she forget his nature when she was so happy?Since when did I win in front of him, wouldn't challenging him invite death?
Standing up angrily, Yu Ruyan blushed and said coldly: "I'm full, my lord wants to eat by myself, so let's eat slowly by myself!" After saying that, she shook her hands and left.

Mu Lingzhi chased after him unhurriedly, and stretched out his hand to grab her hand, but she shook it off. Thinking of the strange eyes that everyone around had looked at them just now, Yu Ruyan blushed until she bled, curled her lips and said, "Your Highness bully!"

Mu Lingzhi strode forward and said leisurely, "I'll pay for your food. Who is bullying whom?"

"I didn't mean that, just now... that hairy belly..." Thinking of him kissing herself in public just now, Yu Ruyan's face burned again, she was so embarrassed that she couldn't bear it.

"You let me eat the hairy belly, so what do you want if I obediently eat it?" A certain person looked at her blushing face leisurely, feeling happy.

Little fairy, it's finally time to make you shy!

"You..." Shameless!
The two walked to the river along the way, and a two-story flower boat was parked there. Tong Qian led Yan Fei to stand by the side of the flower boat, and his eyes were almost pierced. After searching around the street, his voice was almost hoarse. He couldn't find Mu Lingzhi and the two of them, so Tong Qian had to take Yan Fei to the side of the flower boat and wait for the rabbit. He knew that Mu Lingzhi would definitely bring Yu Ruyan on the flower boat.

The heart that had been hung with copper coins all night always fell into his heart after seeing the figures of the two people. Yan Fei looked at the two people who came hand in hand, his eyes flickered slightly, his big eyes flickered a few times to meet him, and he looked at Yu Ru Yan Tian smiled and said, "Where did my sister go with the Highness?"

Thinking of what happened at the night market just now, Yu Ruyan blushed again, and said, "I didn't go anywhere, I just went to eat something and strolled around, how about you?"

Yan Fei's face darkened, and he thought that he would finally have the opportunity to come out and have a good time, but because he got separated from them, he only cared about looking for Mu Lingzhi and her all night, so why would he have the slightest thought to play?

Seeing the two of them coming back intact, she rolled her eyes, and immediately understood that the sudden separation of the two was definitely not accidental, but intentional, and she disliked her and the copper coins for getting in the way. Come.

She said in a muffled voice, "We also watched the lanterns and had a good time!"

Yu Ruyan pulled her to board the boat together, Yan Fei was slightly taken aback, and declined: "It's getting late, I'd better go back early, lest my parents worry about it." After finishing speaking, she leaned back and went back alone.

I thought that taking her out tonight would give her a chance to get along with the copper money alone, but Yan Fei didn't seem very happy, and the disappointment on her face didn't escape her eyes.

But she couldn't help thinking about it, a figure flashed in front of her eyes, Mu Ziyue was wearing a crimson purple silk emerald pattern skirt and a silver fox cape, Shi Shiran came to her, a cold light flashed in Yingying's almond eyes, but there was a clever smile on her face Yan Ran's kind look: "I haven't seen my sister for a while, I didn't expect to meet you here today, what a coincidence!"

Yu Ruyan's eyes turned cold, and she said coldly in her heart, she is really lingering, you can meet her everywhere!
On the face she said indifferently: "Miss Mu sees all directions with her eyes and listens to all directions. If you want to meet someone by chance, it couldn't be easier."

She wouldn't believe the rumor of a chance encounter, the ship of the palace is clearly parked here, and it's not easy for her to find it!

Mu Ziyue looked through her and saw Mu Lingzhi who was talking with her elder brother not far away. When she saw that he was wearing clothes of the same color as Yu Ruyan, her pretty face immediately bled, and her heart was like a sieve filled with water. , Instantly empty!
When she heard the servant report that it was Mu Lingzhi who brought Yu Ruyan out of the mansion today, she scolded the servant who was watching because her eyesight was blurred. In the past ten years, Mu Lingzhi stayed in the mansion every year during the Hanrui Festival and refused to go out.

Ten years ago today, his father and emperor led troops to rebel, killed the first emperor, who was also his uncle, and seized the throne.

And he, even though he was only 13 years old at the time, had no choice but to fight for his father, stabbing the chest of the crown prince at that time, his most beloved cousin Mu Yizhi with a sword...

That day in the Eastern Capital, blood flowed into rivers and corpses littered the fields. The flames and red blood were deeply imprinted in his mind, and the desperate and resentful look of his cousin Mu Yizhi after he stabbed him in the chest was even more so. engraved in my heart...
After that, every year on this day, he stays behind closed doors, no matter how lively and noisy the outside is, even though he has no other choice...
(End of this chapter)