slave like jade

Chapter 81
Yu Ruyan stood quietly beside Mu Lingzhi with her brows restrained, her face calm and indifferent, neither urging nor in a hurry.

Feeling the scorching eyes of everyone around her were focused on her, Mu Ziyue's small face turned pale, her charming almond eyes turned gray, she couldn't open her mouth even after she moved her lips a few times, her nails were deeply dug into her palms, and she wished she could bleed Come--

She bit her lip and couldn't open her mouth for a long time. When Mu Ziyang saw her, she felt sorry for her delicate sister, and came forward to help her. She stepped forward and clasped her fists to Mu Lingzhi, "I'm bothering Your Highness today!" I am really sorry for bothering Miss Xiaoqing in the mansion, tomorrow I will definitely prepare a generous gift to apologize to His Highness and Miss Xiaoqing, please forgive me!"

Seeing this, Mu Ziyue stepped forward like a weak willow facing the wind and said pitifully: "Today's incident is too sudden, and my brother and I are also eager to catch people... Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

Yu Ruyan smiled coldly in her heart, the brother and sister are really equally shameless, they swore before that they were allied with the assassin and insisted on searching the house, but now they pretended nothing happened when the assassin was not found, and wanted to dismiss them lightly with a few words.

Mu Lingzhi's heart was also cold, and he said with a gloomy face and a cold tone: "You don't owe me anything, so you don't need to ask for my forgiveness, but you owe Xiaoqing, I hope you can sincerely apologize to her and ask for her forgiveness." forgive."

Hearing this, Mu Ziyue's whole body froze, and her almond eyes looked at the handsome man above her in disbelief.

The resentment in her heart was unbearable, she blamed all the resentment towards Mu Lingzhi on Yu Ruyan, and firmly believed in her heart that if she hadn't provoked their relationship, Mu Lingzhi would never have treated her like this.

However, she never reflected on it. It was her plotting and hurting Yu Ruyan time and time again that made Mu Lingzhi see through the true face of her disguise, thus chilling her and affecting the relationship between them!

In Mu Ziyue's world, everything she does is taken for granted, not only how much harm she causes to others, that is what others should suffer, and if any of these harms are imposed on herself, she will It will be extremely resentful.

It's the same now, obviously she was the one who forced her to search Yu Ruyan's room before, openly suspected that she was in collusion with the assassin, and promised that no one would come to Yu Ruyan to plead guilty, but when things came to an end, she regretted it up!
Mu Lingzhi looked at her with eyes like sticks, and the firmness in his eyes couldn't allow her to push back at all!
Mu Ziyue's whole body was trembling like chaff, all eyes were on her, she had nothing to hide, she stared blankly at Mu Lingzhi who had a frosty face, gritted her teeth, walked up to Yu Ruyan and bent down——

"Miss Xiaoqing, I was too impulsive to offend you today, so I ask you to be generous and don't argue with me!"

The bright lights made Mu Ziyue's face pale.Yu Ruyan thought of the humiliation of Qin Xianglou, the suffering of the East Palace, the mass graves in the snowy night, and the unreasonable pain An Ge and Xiaodao suffered.All of this made her unable to bear to teach the hypocritical and disgusting woman in front of her a good lesson, her teeth were sore from gritting her teeth, and the last rationality made her put away the anger in her heart.

Under the eyes of everyone, she calmly looked at Mu Ziyue, who was described as gloomy, and said slowly: "I don't need to argue with Ms. Mu, but I would like to ask Ms. Mu to let my friend go!"

Hearing this, Mu Ziyue raised her head suddenly, looked at her for a moment, with hatred in her eyes, and said coldly: "One size counts, how can today's matter be confused with other things? I sincerely apologize to you, What else do you want?"

The assassin didn't catch it, and the game that was set up was over, and now Brother An was the last trump card in her hand to deal with Yu Ruyan, how could she hand it over so easily!

She had expected that she would not let him go easily, Yu Ruyan said with a slight smile: "Then I just ask Miss Mu, my friend is just a patient, and she offended you somehow, so Miss Mu put all her heart and soul into letting her go. Captured?"

Without waiting for Mu Ziyue to reply, she looked back at Mu Ziyue with her cold eyes without showing any weakness, and continued in a firm tone: "Although the Mu family has great power, there is no reason to arrest people casually, let alone imprison people privately." Rules, am I right, Lord Wang?"

Mr. Wang, who had been watching the excitement from the sidelines and didn't mind too many things, was watching with relish, but he didn't expect Yu Ruyan's words to turn on him, and he was stunned for a moment!
He didn't dare to offend the Xiangfu, but he didn't dare to break the law in front of the Third Highness. The Third Highness is notorious for his strict rules, so for a while, he really became Zhu Bajie and looked like a human being in the mirror!

After dawdling for a long time, seeing everyone staring at him in unison, even His Highness put down his teacup and looked at him with great concern, Lord Wang's palms were covered with cold sweat, and after a long time of murmuring, he asked Mu Ziyue cautiously, "Dare you dare?" Ask Miss Mu, why did your government arrest people?"

Mu Ziyue's cold eyes flicked across Mrs. Wang and landed on Yu Ruyan, and said with a sneer: "A few months ago, my brother kindly took a woman into the mansion, but I didn't expect her to climb up to me with evil intentions and deliberations." Brother's bed, but she was not perfect before, she was an extremely lowly military prostitute like you, how could such a lowly person stay in the dignified prime minister's mansion, and stay with my brother?"

Mu Ziyue wanted to hit Yu Ruyan wholeheartedly, so her words were extremely vicious, and Mu Lingzhi's face was also taken into consideration, his face turned gray when he heard the words.

Seeing the color in her sinister eyes, Yu Ruyan showed a slight smile, and put on a serious expression to listen to her continue, but the smile on her face didn't reach her eyes, her gloomy eyes The light was as cold as ice, the hands under the sleeves were clenched into fists, and the veins were bulging——

Brother An has been unwilling to tell her who sold her into a brothel, and who made her conceive a child and then abandon it. It turned out that Mufu did all of this!
Now that she thinks about it, she doesn't want to tell herself because she is afraid that she will become an enemy of the Mufu. Just think about her current status, where will she be the powerful opponent of the Xiangfu?
In the final analysis, she endured the hatred in her heart because she was afraid that she would be in danger!

The bitterness in her heart was unspeakable, and the endless hatred was like a frenzy attacking her one by one. Thinking of the pain and injustice that Brother An had endured, Yu Ruyan gritted her teeth——

Mu Ziyue, Mu Ziyang, you all wait carefully!

"So, just because of Brother An's background, just because she is not worthy of your Xiangfu's young master, you sold her into Qin Xianglou!" Anger and hatred have almost swallowed her!

Mu Ziyang was startled when he heard the words, and looked back at Mu Ziyue in disbelief, the latter's expression changed drastically, panic flashed in Yingying Xing's eyes, and she was about to quibble, when Yu Ruyan said coldly again——

"I didn't expect that the majestic Prime Minister's Mansion would sell people into brothels at every turn. If others don't know about it, they would think that Qin Xianglou was opened by your Mu Mansion!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was a suppressed sigh in the hall, mixed with a few sneers.Mu Ziyang stayed on the spot with a pale face, while Mu Ziyue pointed at Yu Ruyan angrily, and said a word for a long time.

"you······"

"Master Wang, is it right to sell women from good families in private?" Yu Ruyan didn't even look at Mu Ziyue, who was trembling with anger, and asked Lord Wang again.

Mr. Wang had just recovered from his stress, but Yu Ruyan threw the question at him again, and his whole body froze and froze all of a sudden!
"Stop talking nonsense, poor maidservant!" Mu Ziyue took a breath and finally spoke out, she said harshly: "My mother just kicked her out of the palace, she didn't sell her into a brothel, she was willing to degenerate herself Selling yourself into the building, what does it have to do with my Mu family?"

"Heh!" Yu Ruyan laughed angrily, there really is a daughter for every kind of mother, the schemes are all the same insidious and dirty, even the despicable deeds that dare to do but dare not to be are exactly the same.

She was too lazy to argue with her, and looked at Mu Ziyang, who was sluggishly, with cold eyes without a trace of warmth, and said word by word: "Since Mr. Mu dislikes Brother An's humble background, why did you keep her by your side in the first place? You got tired of playing with her in the end, and you got bored, at least for the sake of her being pregnant with your flesh and blood, you should leave her a way out, and it would be good to send her away with a little money, why sell her into a brothel to make money ? Does the powerful and wealthy Xiangfu still lack this little money?"

Yu Ru's face was full of hatred, and her sharp eyes wished to kill the two hateful brothers and sisters in front of her. It was so hateful to her, but also to Brother An!
Thinking of her pitiful appearance when he saw Brother An, and thinking of the life-threatening afterbirth that was still in her body, Yu Ruyan was so angry that her whole body trembled, her eyes darkened, and she was about to fall to the ground.

A pair of hands stretched out from behind and held her firmly in his arms. Mu Lingzhi's deep eyes filled with pity, and he covered her cold fingertips with warm hands, and said firmly, "Don't worry, everything is up to me." !"

Mu Ziyang's face was pale, her lips moved a few times but she didn't say a word, and Mu Ziyue saw that Mu Lingzhi was protecting her, her almond eyes turned red, she couldn't care less about pretending, The overwhelming hatred made her lose the last of her reason, and she flicked the beautifully decorated riding whip towards Yu Ruyan, and said sharply: "Bitch, don't speak out without evidence."

The exquisite and luxurious horsewhip brought a chill to Yu Ruyan's face. She didn't expect Mu Ziyue to attack suddenly, and she didn't have time to avoid it. Seeing that the horsewhip was about to be drawn head-on, Mu Lingzhi reached out to grab the horsewhip without blinking. The tone was cold and piercing: "I heard that Liu Mazi, a well-known local ruffian in Dongdu, is the brother-in-law of Jiang's housekeeper, and his usual business is to sell good women to Qin Xianglou for money. If you go to arrest him and torture him, I believe it will not be difficult to find out." Find out who is instigating him behind the scenes!"

With a trembling of her hand, Mu Ziyue was so shocked that she couldn't hold the whip in her hand, and fell to the ground with a bang, and looked up at Mu Lingzhi in disbelief.

Yu Ruyan looked coldly at the horsewhip that fell on the ground, and said in a cold voice: "I just want to ask Miss Mu again, why did the Mu family mercilessly abandon the pregnant brother An at the beginning, why are they arresting her now?" Go back? What did she do to your Xiangfu?"

Liu Guang's watery eyes were like a pool of cold water, radiating the slightest chill, she fixedly looked at the vicious woman in front of her like a snake and scorpion, gritted her teeth to suppress the hatred in her heart, and asked again through gritted teeth: "As long as Miss Mu is willing to release my friend Now, the grievances between Miss Mu and I will be wiped out, I don't know what Miss Mu wants?"

She deliberately put the word "before" very seriously, telling Mu Ziyue that if she dares to detain Brother An again, don't blame her for the dirty things that framed her before and expose them to the world!

Mu Ziyue was forced to have nowhere to escape, she opened and closed her mouth a few times but couldn't speak anymore.

She looked desperately at Mu Lingzhi who was indifferent, the indifference on his face made her heart tremble, she gritted her teeth and said to Yu Ruyan: "It's too late today, you can come to the house to pick him up tomorrow!"

"No, I'll follow Miss Mu back to the Mu Mansion to pick up Brother An!" Yu Ruyan knew the woman in front of her very well, and she didn't know what tricks she would do in one night. She had to rescue Brother An immediately!
Sure enough, upon hearing her words, Mu Ziyue's eyes darkened, and she was about to refute, when Mu Lingzhi said coldly, "I'll accompany you to pick up Brother An!"

As soon as Mu Lingzhi said this, there was no hesitation, Mu Ziyue felt cold in her heart, staggered, almost fell to the ground...

On the way to Xiangfu, Yu Ruyan looked at Mu Lingzhi, hesitated for a long time before mustering up the courage to say: "Your Highness, thank you!"

Mu Lingzhi seemed to be tired after a night of fuss. He leaned against the wall of the carriage with his eyes closed, and his body swayed slightly with the movement of the carriage. His expression froze when he heard Yu Ruyan's words. After a while, he slowly opened his eyes. The deep eyes are clear and dazzling under the light of the lamp——

"Thank me for what?" He asked gently.

"Uh, thank you, Your Highness, tonight..." Yu Ruyan was about to thank him one after another for his generous help tonight. If he hadn't stood by her side, trusted her, and defended her, she wouldn't have Ziyue would never agree to release Brother An so quickly.

"Thank you for knowing that Xiaoyue has done so many hurtful things to you but pretending not to know?"

Mu Lingzhi's sudden words made the whole carriage fall into silence!
He lowered his head that had been up high at some point, Yu Ruyan couldn't see his expression, but felt the faint sadness emanating from him.

Her heart felt sore, all the past flashed by her eyes, her eyes suddenly became sore.

"It turns out that Your Highness knows everything!" After a long time, Yu Ruyan said softly.

"So... don't you hate me and blame me?" The flickering lights in the carriage made his expression flicker, his deep eyes were filled with guilt, and his always steady voice was trembling, as if he was in a low voice. into the dust.

"Hate! Of course I hate!" Yu Ruyan looked at the man in front of her in a daze. At this time, he seemed to be no longer the high-ranking third prince of Liang, but a child who did something wrong.

There was a rolling wave in her heart...

When the tide subsided, her voice was full of helplessness and condemnation——

"But I know His Highness's intentions, and I also know His Highness' difficulties. Your Highness is a person who values ​​affection and cherishes every feeling in his heart. It is precisely because of this that he is tolerant and understanding towards Miss Mu. So, in the end, I can't hate her." !"

Mu Lingzhi was taken aback when he heard the words, his sunken eyes suddenly lit up.He stretched out his hand towards her, she hesitated for a moment and put her hand into his palm, and the next moment, she was brought into his warm embrace.

"Have you heard of the mutiny in Daliang ten years ago?" Mu Lingzhi struggled with hesitation in his eyes, with indescribable sadness filling his body, and finally summoned up the courage to speak out.

Feeling the struggle in his heart, Yu Ruyan raised her head to look at the sadness on his face, her heart was clear——

She had heard a little bit about the mutiny of the Daliang royal family ten years ago, but she only heard that the scene at that time was very tragic.

She grew up in the palace and knew the cruelty of the royal family. Just by her resemblance, she could know what kind of tragedy it was.Now that she heard Mu Lingzhi mention it, her heart suddenly ached.

"Ten years ago, the father, who was the regent king, led troops to rebel against the late emperor, that is, my uncle. That day was the Harvest Festival. According to the past practice, my cousin, the then Prince Yi, and I were still together. Xiaoyue Chenzhi met to go to the sugar shop to make sugar people, but when I was about to leave, my father stopped me and asked me to find a chance to kill my cousin..."

Mu Lingzhi's voice seemed to come from the distant sky, it was too unreal to Yu Ruyan's ears——

"... I can't do it no matter what. After all, I grew up with my cousin, Chenzhi, and Xiaoyue, and we have a deep relationship, and my cousin treats me like brothers and sisters. Taught me to play chess, draw and draw martial arts. In my heart, he is not only my elder brother, but also my good teacher and helpful friend. He is the person I respect and admire the most. Therefore, no matter what I don't know, I can't do it until... "..."

"There was a fire in the palace. My cousin noticed something was wrong, so he took us back together. When we arrived, the father was fighting with the emperor, and the cousin pointed an arrow at his father in anger. The emperor, and I, will end up with a sword..."

The corners of Mu Lingzhi's eyes became wet unconsciously, and it took a long time before he continued, "Xiaoyue was named a princess when she was eight years old, and she married her cousin when she was only a year old. She should have a A brilliant future, but all of them are covered by me... my cousin died, and Chenzhi was also killed. Among the four of us, only Xiaoyue and I were left. I missed her at that time, and I have been obedient to her with a feeling of redemption all these years, even if it is found out that she sold you into a brothel and designed to harm you in the East Palace, I can't be cruel to her!"

Mu Lingzhi's eyes were full of sadness and guilt, "It won't happen in the future, and no one will bully you again." He said firmly to her.

Yu Ruyan raised her sleeves to wipe his tears. In order to relieve the oppressive and dull atmosphere, she pretended to be relaxed and playful: "Your Highness promised this. Your Highness will never bully me again." Blinking his eyes a few times, he tilted his head and said seriously: "If His Highness can't do it, then he is a mangy dog ​​who doesn't count!"

Mu Lingzhi's face blushed, blushing from being teased by her, and the depression in his heart was swept away. He pulled up her sleeve and took a look, and he was so angry that he vomited blood: "Your sleeve is stained with mouse blood and it's time for you to die." Use it to wipe my eyes, really... where is your handkerchief?"

Her handkerchief was burnt after wiping the blood on the knife, and now when he suddenly heard him ask, her heart froze, she was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat, she quickly salivated and said with a smile: "I don't cry, why do I have to bring a handkerchief!"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she wished she had slapped herself two big mouths.

Sure enough, the careful Mu Lingzhi seemed to have thought of something. After thinking about it seriously for a long time, he stared at her eyes and said strangely: "Don't tell me, I haven't found out yet. After being with you for so long, I really haven't seen you cry. Donggong was beaten so badly that I didn’t see you shed a tear, tsk tsk, as the saying goes, women are made of water, but I think you are made of stone.”

With boundless bitterness in her heart, she grinned on her face and joked: "When I was young, I loved to cry, and I cried all my tears. Now I can't cry even if I want to."

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's eyes flickered slightly, and his slender fingers slowly caressed her cheeks, took her hand and hugged her again.

The temperature from the fingertips seemed to have a magical power to instantly warm her whole body, and the bitter cold in her heart was dispelled by his warm embrace. At this moment, there was no darkness in Yu Ruyan's heart, only sunshine remained.

After successfully picking up Brother An, Yu Ruyan sent her to Wuwei Hospital overnight. She ran back and forth all night without closing her eyes for a moment. However, at dawn, after Mu Lingzhi went out, she quickly got up and secretly left Yunsong Hospital. in the garden.

She was worried about the knife all night, not because she was worried that he would be discovered, but because of the wound on his body.

The incident happened suddenly last night, after understanding Mu Ziyue's trick, Yu Ruyan understood that no matter what Xiaodao could no longer stay in her bungalow, but she couldn't think of any other place where Xiaodao could hide in the palace. When she was at a loss, Xiaodao told her that there was an extremely secret cave in the garden. This cave was also the hiding place of Xiaodao before. Even the government search couldn't find him.

After arranging the knife, she deliberately showed flustered and nervous emotions in front of Mu Ziyue, making her think that she hid the knife in the bungalow, but at the right time, she saw the blood stains on her sleeve, further making her think that the knife must be She had a connection with herself, and then confidently insisted on searching her bungalow. She added fuel to the fire, expressing the grievances in her heart, and finally got Mu Ziyue to make a promise while Mu Lingzhi agreed to search the house.

If she couldn't find a knife in her room, Mu Ziyue was going to apologize to her, so that she could use this to ask her for Brother An!

She changed the ending of a dead end, but Yu Ruyan, who is so dangerous in it, still feels scared when she thinks about it now!
There was no one in the lonely garden, it was still early, and the female family members in the mansion hadn't gotten up yet.Yu Ruyan cautiously came to the side of the cave, removed a rock outside and looked in, her face changed drastically——

There was no one in the cave!
Yu Ruyan's face turned pale, her heart skipped a beat, where did the knife go?

Suddenly, her eyes turned, and she thought of a possibility, so she quickly covered the hole and walked outside.

Not long after Yu Ruyan left, a petite figure appeared in front of the cave. The figure followed Yu Ruyan's appearance and moved away the rockery outside the cave. When he saw the cave inside, his eyes sank and the corners of his mouth curled up. He gave a smug sneer.

(End of this chapter)