slave like jade

Chapter 87 The Rose Hairpin
The oath not long ago still lingers in his ears. He said that he only wants her to be his true love in this life. He said that other women are no longer women in his eyes. He also said that the palace will not add new people...
The oath is still there, but the heart of the person who made the promise is no longer.

She looked at him foolishly, and it turned out that his tenderness and loveliness on the bed were not only for her, but for other women as well...

At some point, An Lan accompanied An Lirong and Huaying Kuang Qinqin to the Yunsong Courtyard, as if to invite Mu Lingzhi to the front hall for a banquet.Looking at Yu Ruyan who was pale and standing at the door blankly, An Lan's eyes flashed, her expression became clear, and she quickly stepped forward and said in a loud voice: "Miss Xiaoqing, why are you standing here and not entering the house? , why are your hands so cold, how long have you been standing outside?"

Her deliberately loud voice caused a panic in the room, and within a moment, the disheveled Chen Yanfei opened the door with a pale face, knelt down on the edge of the threshold with a plop, trembling all over, and said, "Damn it, Your Highness... ····Your Highness······"

Everyone looked at Yu Ruyan's description, and then looked at Chen Yanfei, who was disheveled, and they all understood immediately.

An Lan glanced lightly at Yu Ruyan who was completely stunned, and said to Chen Yanfei who was kneeling on the ground: "Get up, your Highness has the final say on whether you deserve to die or not."

Hearing this, Chen Yanfei's whole body trembled in fear, knelt on the ground and raised her tearful face to Yu Ruyan who said nothing: "Sister, forgive me, I really didn't mean it, His Highness was drunk ..."

Suddenly, there was a loud 'bang' in the room, followed by Mu Lingzhi's muffled snort. Everyone was startled, and An Lirong's complexion changed drastically and she stepped into the room first.The others also followed the side concubine into the house one by one, and Yu Ruyan was dragged into the house by someone.

Under the bright lights, the bed in the house was in a mess, and the bright red color dyed on the snow-white bedding was particularly dazzling.

Mu Lingzhi sat decadently in front of the bed in his dorm clothes, his face still flushed, his head hurt as if being pricked by a needle, his face was livid and gloomy.

Seeing the people suddenly pouring out of the room, his mind was in chaos. He frowned and looked around the crowd in discomfort. A look of ignorance flashed across his face, as if he didn't know what was going on right now!
"Why are you all here?"

He swept his eyes over Chen Yanfei who was kneeling in the middle of the room, saw her disheveled clothes, suddenly remembered something, and when he looked up again, his face was already pale, cold sweat was dripping from his forehead, his eyes couldn't help searching for Yu Ruyan's figure, and seeing her pale face Standing there blankly, the disappointment and resentment in his eyes made him panic instantly.

He involuntarily stretched out his hand to her, endured the pain that his head was about to explode, and said eagerly to her: "Let me explain!"

It wasn't until this time that Yu Ruyan regained her sanity little by little. She looked coldly at the hand he stretched out to her, and then at Chen Yanfei who was kneeling in the middle and trembling. Sharp needles, difficult breathing, and unable to speak a word.

When An Lan saw her, she hurried forward and said, "Your Highness, today is your birthday. Look, do you want to be more happy and accept this girl?"

A soft snort escaped from An Lirong's mouth, she stared at Chen Yanfei on the ground with cold eyes, and said mockingly: "Just now, this girl said that His Highness took her in drunk. Heh. What a coincidence, one or two of them met His Highness." Drunk. It seems that the maids in this mansion who spy on His Highness will have a good example to learn from."

As soon as these words came out, not only Chen Yanfei turned pale, but An Lan's complexion was even paler and uglier than hers!
Everyone in the manor knew that An Lan was taken over by His Highness in the same way!
Bringing up old things again, and at such a delicate moment, the meaning of An Lirong's words is very clear, that is, she deliberately did what happened to her back then.

Mu Lingzhi's icy gaze passed over An Lan's Chen Yanfei who finally stopped on the ground, and his voice was colder than the cold winter weather: "Get her out of the house!"

Chen Yanfei's whole body trembled, and he looked up at Mu Lingzhi in disbelief. His face was full of panic and despair, and he lost his voice: "Your Highness, I am already yours, please don't drive me away..."

She knelt on the ground and begged for a long time, her forehead was smashed, but Mu Lingzhi didn't even look at her again, but looked at Yu Ruyan with a flustered and guilty expression, and begged again: "Qing'er, let me go!" I explain!"

Yu Ruyan never said a word, her eyes were empty and dull, her face was full of disappointment, her heart was cold and numb!
Frightened and frightened, Chen Yanfei followed his gaze to see Yu Ruyan, a gleam of hope flashed in his despairing eyes, and hurriedly knelt down in front of Yu Ruyan and begged: "Sister, please say something for me, please, Don't let His Highness drive me away, I am already His Highness's man, where else can I go?"

She cried heart-rendingly, with tears in her big round eyes, as if she regarded Yu Ruyan as the last straw to save her life, and put all her hopes on her.

"Sister, Your Highness loves you the most. If you plead for me, he will definitely listen. Sister, please..."

Everyone in the room was silent, except for Chen Yanfei's hoarse crying.After a long time, Yu Ruyan lowered her head and looked at her steadfastly, when she suddenly saw the white jade hairpin on her head that was about to fall, her heart suddenly brightened.

Looking at the woman in front of her, her tone was as light as a puff of smoke: "I just want to ask you, did you do what happened voluntarily or did His Highness force you?"

As soon as these words came out, Chen Yanfei was stunned on the spot. She never expected that she would ask her this in front of everyone, and she murmured for a long time without saying a word.

Mu Ling looked sadly at Yu Ruyan whose complexion had returned to normal, and felt panic in his heart. He knew that the calmer she was, the deeper her hatred for his misunderstanding would be.

Everyone looked at Chen Yanfei with burning eyes, to see how she would answer?
Seeing that Chen Yanfei didn't answer herself for a long time, Yu Ruyan smiled coldly. She knelt down and took off the precarious white jade rose hairpin on her hair bun. It was a hairpin given to me by His Highness, and I was reluctant to keep it in a box like a treasure. A few days ago, I suddenly found it missing, and I couldn’t find it anywhere. I didn’t expect it to be on your head. Heh, you—— Do you like this flower hairpin?"

From the moment Yu Ruyan took off the hairpin from her head, Chen Yanfei's heart was extremely cold with despair, and his whole body was shaking like chaff.

She tried her best to secretly drug Mu Lingzhi in his tea to confuse him, but his mind was different from ordinary people, and he was indifferent to her. She had no choice but to pretend to be Yu Ruyan, and put Mu Lingzhi on her head to make it for her. The made hairpins completely fascinated him...

She wanted to excuse that Mu Lingzhi was drunk and took her into the room, but she was so flustered just now that she forgot to hide the rose hairpin on her head!

Yu Ruyan Bingxue is smart, the moment she saw the hairpin, her heart became clear.Although she didn't make friends with Chen Yanfei, she thought it was good for her. Later, because of Uncle Chen and Mother Chen, she treated her like a younger sister. She really didn't expect that she would do such a despicable thing behind her back.

Mu Lingzhi also realized that all of today's events were a conspiracy set up by the girl in front of him. His eyes were cold and he shouted fiercely: "Don't drive her out yet!"

Chen Yanfei was dragged away, and the room fell into a deadly silence. Mu Lingzhi sat by the bed with a livid face, and the others didn't dare to say a word, even dared to ask him to sit in front.

He waved An's and the others to leave, leaving Yu Ruyan alone.

Under the bright lights, she stood far away from him with her head down, never looking at him again. Mu Lingzhi got up and came to her, trying to hold her hand, but she avoided him without hesitation.

In fact, what happened today was even more uncomfortable for Mu Lingzhi. He felt guilty, embarrassed and angry at the moment. If it wasn't because it was his birthday today, he would have wanted to kill that lowly maid.

He looked at Yu Ruyan who was indifferent to him, his heart was so cold, his hands stopped in the air, his face was pale, and his voice was hoarse and trembling: "Since you already know that she did all this today on purpose. Why are you still doing this?" Want to get angry with me?"

Waves of bitterness filled Yu Ruyan's heart, endless grievances and endless pain in her heart, but she couldn't say a word. After a long time, she lightly raised her head to look at Mu Lingzhi with a haggard face, and put her hands on the Putting the box he was dragging on to the table next to him, he forced a smile and said: "Your Highness, today is your birthday, and I have nothing good to give you, so I made some gadgets, please accept them! "

After the words fell, she turned and left.

It's been a long time since she called herself a 'servant' in front of him. Such a claim instantly shortened the distance between them. Mu Lingzhi's face turned pale, and he grabbed her hand without thinking, and held it tightly. Unwilling to let go, tremblingly said: "Today... I was wrong, I confess to you..."

His voice was trembling, and he had never made such a humble plea even in the Holy Spirit.He has always been the third prince of Daliang who is high-spirited and powerful, and holds a heavy army. When did he need to beg like this from a lowly servant?
In order to make twelve satisfactory sugar figurines, Yu Ruyan has been busy all day, and she hasn't touched a drop of water since morning.Her head was dizzy for a while, and the blisters on her hand hurt for a while, and she said with a sour voice in her heart: "Your highness is noble, and this servant can't afford it. However, every word His highness said to this servant is engraved on the wall with a knife. It’s in my heart, and——it’s all taken seriously. The servant is serious by nature, and will die to the end of what he believes in. Since His Highness can’t do it, why should he make a promise to the servant?!”

Speaking of the latter, she almost screamed.

Even if she knew that today's incident was Chen Yanfei's conspiracy, she had witnessed the love between the two in front of her. She watched his big hands wandering over other women, watched him kiss other women , Seeing him clinging to another woman, how can she bear all of this?
Now as long as she sees him, the scene of him having sex with other women will involuntarily appear in front of her eyes, and she will go crazy!
The grievance and pain in her heart swelled wildly, and she was caught in her breath. Even though she knew that he was also a victim, she still couldn't help venting the resentment in her heart to him.

She pulled out her hand forcefully, turned around and fled outside, but before reaching the door, Mu Lingzhi caught up with her——

Blood was shining in his deep eyes, he held her tightly in his arms, lowered his head and kissed her lips fiercely, frantically demanding the sweetness from her mouth.

Looking at the alienation and disgust in her eyes, he felt unreasonably afraid, he was afraid that she would never come back once she left, and only by locking her in his arms would he feel a sense of security.

Yu Ruyan clenched her teeth tightly and tried all her strength to break free from his imprisonment. Now every touch by him makes her sick to her stomach!

But the more she struggled, the more crazy Mu Lingzhi became. He seemed to have lost his last sense of reason. He pressed her against the table and reached out to tear her clothes. She struggled desperately and bit his lips. , but even though his lips were bleeding from the bite, he was still unwilling to let her go...

In the chaos, the box containing the sugar figures was pushed off the table and fell to the ground with a 'bang'.

The box cracked open, and twelve lifelike sugar figures fell out, scattered on the ground in pieces.

The two were awakened by the sound, and both turned their heads to look at the ground. When Mu Lingzhi saw the broken sugar figure on the ground, his heart froze, and his angry mind instantly woke up. He stared blankly at the sugar figure on the ground, eyes A light flashed in his eyes, thinking of his actions to her just now, the guilt in his heart was even stronger, and the light in his eyes was ashen...

A white light lit up outside the window, and before I knew it, the sky was bright.

Yu Ruyan was sitting on the wooden bed in the bungalow, with her eyes open from last night until now...
Later, the crown prince and everyone in Mufu came to the palace to celebrate his birthday, Mu Lingzhi went to the front hall, and she stumbled back to the small bungalow in the dark.

She was very tired, her whole body was sore and her mind was confused, but she didn't feel sleepy at all. From last night to now, it took a moment before her eyes closed, and there was a voice in her heart asking herself, what should she do?Should I forget everything about last night and live with him without any grudges or...

There was a knock on the door, she trembled all over, and looked up numbly, only to hear a sad woman's voice outside the door——

"Girl, please open the door. I'm Mother Chen. I'm sorry for Yan Fei. I'll confess to you on her behalf. It's because I failed to raise a good daughter. I'll apologize for her."

As soon as the words fell, there was the sound of kowtowing.Her whole body shook, and she quickly got up from the bed and opened the door. In the thin morning light, Chen Ma knelt at her door with a miserable face, kowtowing to her non-stop, Yu Ruyan was so frightened that she quickly stopped her.

In her heart, she hated Chen Yanfei to the core. Not only did she deceive her, but she also deceived the money she gave her wholeheartedly. For selfish gain, she became the eternal barrier between Yu Ruyan and Mu Lingzhi, and they also separated. The master-servant friendship between Mu Lingzhi and Tongqian for so many years.

But Chen Ma was innocent, and she had been taking care of her a lot.She was punished by Gu Qing'er. It was Chen's mother who picked up the light to help her pick out the barbs on her back bit by bit, and helped her apply medicine to cook porridge. Keep it in your heart.

She stepped forward to pull Mama Chen up, and said slowly: "Mama Chen, what are you doing? Yanfei is Yanfei, and you are you. I hate her but I don't hate you."

In one night, Mama Chen seemed to have aged several years, her face was full of sadness and guilt, her tears rolled down like a river without an embankment, she choked up and said, "Damn Yan Fei, girl, you should hate her. But, but... "..."

Before she finished speaking, Chen's mother had a sad expression on her face, and her tears flowed faster: "But no matter how wrong she is, it's still my daughter, and in the final analysis, it's still my fault. She keeps her eyes on me every day, and I don't even know how she treats His Highness." Thoughts that she shouldn't have, and I don't know that she still uses such despicable methods...Girl, all her mistakes are my fault. I am over fifty years old, and I only have a daughter like her. Please! Please forgive her for my sake..."

Yu Ruyan said: "Although I hate her, but now His Highness has punished her, I won't pursue it anymore, let her live a good life in the future!"

Chen Ma cried and shook her head and said: "She is crazy, and she wants to follow His Highness. After I sent her out of the house last night, I entrusted her to my cousin's house. I didn't expect, I didn't expect that she was looking for life, throwing herself into a pond and hanging herself. You must go back to the palace before you give up. Girl, His Highness loves you the most, please go and have a word with His Highness, let His Highness show mercy and keep her. Her current body is given to His Highness, and she can only be His Highness's for the rest of her life. Miss, Chen Ma only has one daughter, and she doesn't want a white-haired person to give a black-haired person..."

Chen Ma begged tearfully, her voice was hoarse from crying.Yu Ruyan looked at the white hair on her sideburns, and couldn't bear it, but Mu Lingzhi had kicked her out of the house. His character was unambiguous, even if she was willing to keep her, Mu Lingzhi would probably not agree.

At this moment, the copper coins came over, and his face was also very ugly. When Chen Ma saw him, she thought that her daughter had used him and hurt his feelings before, her face turned white and red immediately, and her expression was extremely guilty and embarrassing. With a glance at Yu Ruyan, she didn't say anything more, she walked away silently with her head down and tears.

Copper Coin also seemed to have not slept all night, his face was pale and his eyes were dull like a fool.He said in a daze, "Your Highness invites you to the front hall, saying that you have something to talk about!"

Seeing the haggard look in his eyes, Yu Ruyan felt distressed for a while, the same pain, so she could understand how Tong Qian felt at the moment, she stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder and grinned at him, comforting: "A good man still worries about not having a wife." Don't worry, I will definitely help you find a good girl in the future."

Tong Qian came to comfort her when she saw that she was suffering, her heart warmed up, and she also forced a smile that was uglier than crying and said: "Well, I made a note."

Early in the morning, except for the people from Ziluoyuan, all the other people in the palace gathered in the front hall. There was just a birthday banquet for Mu Lingzhi last night, and the aftertaste of food and wine seemed to be lingering in the air.

The big hall was full of people, Mu Lingzhi sat at the top, An Lirong sat at the bottom, An Lan and Huaying Kuang Qinqin stood on both sides, and there were maids and servants standing below.

But the woman kneeling in the middle of the hall is Chen Yanfei who was kicked out of the house late, but at this moment she has put on a brand new dress and is kneeling upright in the middle. !
Three years ago, she entered the palace with her parents. When she saw Mu Lingzhi in the garden for the first time, she made up her mind to become Mu Lingzhi's woman in this life. Unexpectedly, in the end, instead of being raised as a wife and aunt as imagined, she was ruthlessly kicked out of the palace by His Highness.

She searched for death and lived all night last night. She thought that it would be impossible for her to enter the palace again in this life. Unexpectedly, the palace sent people to pick her up early this morning. They also changed her into new clothes, dressed her up, and she was as smart as her. Thinking that the Highness must have regretted it and took her back again, his face was filled with pride.

An Lirong and An Lan were all confused. They didn't know why His Royal Highness, who had always been one-sided, kicked her out and brought her back early in the morning?
Just as surprised as them was Yu Ruyan who had just entered the door. She came in with the copper coins, and when she saw Chen Yanfei kneeling in the middle of the room, she couldn't help but stagnate!
She was picked up?

On the way here, she was still thinking about why Mu Lingzhi called her over so early in the morning. Now that she saw Chen Yanfei, who was dressed up in clothes and jewelry, she suddenly understood——

It turned out that he went back on his word and took her into the mansion again, and depending on the situation, he would even give her a title!

However, he wanted to welcome her into the mansion and give her a title, what did he ask her to do?
Angry and hated in her heart, she coldly looked at Mu Lingzhi above him, and at the scar on the corner of his mouth, she still hated herself for not biting harder last night!

Mu Lingzhi didn't seem to have slept well last night, his eyes were black and blue, and his expression was quite exhausted. When he saw her coming in, his gray eyes lit up slightly, but after seeing the coldness in her eyes, his expression darkened.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, An Lan was about to speak but was preempted by An Lirong. She slowly asked Mu Lingzhi, "Your Highness called everyone over early in the morning, but you have something important to say?"

When Yu Ruyan came in, Mu Lingzhi's eyes were glued to her body and he couldn't bear to take her away. Hearing An Lirong's words, he said coldly: "Mother and concubine have always blamed this palace for the poor house and the withering of the children. Decided to take the Chen family as a concubine and give her a residence in the Yingchun Courtyard."

Hearing this, Chen Yanfei's whole body trembled, she was so happy that tears came out, she kowtowed on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!"

Although everyone had many doubts in their hearts, His Highness would definitely not be wrong to speak in person, and everyone stepped forward to congratulate her, and Yu Ruyan's heart was hurt by the sound of 'Aunt Chen'!
She gritted her teeth to suppress the chill all over her body, and walked slowly to Chen Yanfei, took out the white jade rose hairpin that she had stolen and presented it to her, and said with a slight smile, "Congratulations, Auntie, for becoming the new favorite of His Highness's back house. Doesn't Auntie like this jade hairpin?" Is it? The servant gave it to my aunt as a congratulatory gift, I hope my aunt will accept it!"

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand and inserted the jade hairpin on Chen Yanfei's head, looked it over carefully and said: "This flower hairpin is really suitable for my aunt, I hope my aunt will always wear it!"

This white jade rose hairpin helped Chen Yanfei climb up Mu Lingzhi's bed smoothly, but it was also an eternal shame in her heart. Whenever she saw this hairpin, she would be reminded of what kind of despicable means she used to obtain the position of aunt. Therefore, The moment Yu Ruyan helped her put on the hairpin, she felt very uncomfortable, her face turned blue and white, and she completely lost the air she had just now.

When Mu Lingzhi saw that Yu Ruyan handed over the flower hairpin that he made for her and gave it to someone else, he felt a pain in his heart. He knew that the hurdle in her heart was probably getting deeper and deeper.

Waving his hand to calm everyone down, he announced in a deep voice: "My maid, Xiao Qing, has won the favor of this palace, and she will be named a side concubine and given to live in the Rose Garden!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar, and everyone looked at Yu Ruyan who was more shocked than anyone else in disbelief.

An Lirong stood up from the seat with a 'huh', her face was shocked, she never expected that a lowly military prostitute would suddenly become a side concubine who was equal to her!

An Lan, Huaying and the others were all stunned and couldn't believe it, and the newly promoted Chen Yanfei was even poured with cold water from the beginning to the end——

It turned out that when she became an aunt, she could finally be as tall as Yan Ruyan, but unexpectedly, with a word from Mu Lingzhi, she became a side concubine, and she was taller than she knew how many heads!
Everyone looked at Yu Ruyan with shock, surprise, envy, and jealousy. However, amidst the uproar, Yu Ruyan who came back to her senses looked coldly at the man who gave her the glory, and said coldly:
"The slave does not agree!"

(End of this chapter)