slave like jade

Chapter 89
Thinking of all the possibilities of Yu Ruyan's identity being exposed, Yu Xiaodao was even more flustered than she was, and gritted his teeth and said, "There is no other way to think of it now, I'll just go and kill that Xiaoqing, this way it will be done once and for all, and no one will know Your identity is gone!"

Yu Ruyan was startled when she heard the words, she quickly stopped him and said, "Don't be impulsive, you forgot what happened to Brother An last time? Maybe this time Mu Ziyue set up another trap for us to jump in."

"Then what should we do? Do you really want her to bring the real Xiaoqing to confront you?" Xiaodao was impatient.

The more anxious she was, the more she calmed herself down. Yu Ruyan closed her eyes and contemplated Mu Ziyue's psychology. After a while, she opened her eyes and said coldly: "No hurry, before Xiaoqing sees me, just Listening to Mu Ziyue's description, I shouldn't dare to 100% conclude that I am Yu Ruyan, so at this time, Mu Ziyue will not act rashly, she will definitely let Xiaoqing confirm my identity before making any plans."

Xiaodao looked at her suspiciously, and asked puzzledly, "What does sister mean?"

"Stand still, wait and see what happens!"

Sure enough, as she expected, early in the morning of the second day, she heard from the servants that Miss Mufu was going to visit the palace today——

Yu Ruyan knew that a direct confrontation was finally coming!
Although she had a stalemate with Mu Lingzhi, she still had the right to leave the mansion freely. Mu Ziyue entered the palace through the front door, and she came out from the back door to the Shuyu Pavilion, where she sat in the private room on the second floor.She asked Xiaoer to serve good tea and waited for Mu Ziyue's arrival.

Sure enough, an hour later, Mu Ziyue got off the carriage at the gate of the Shuyu Pavilion, and found the private room on the second floor all the way. She was asking Xiaoer for the room number of Yu Ruyan's private room outside, and she threw it to Xiaoer who was pouring tea in front of her. One piece of silver, let him lure Mu Ziyue in.

After a while there was a knock on the door, Yu Ruyan pretended not to know and asked displeasedly: "Who?"

Hearing her voice, Mu Ziyue couldn't wait to push the door open and walked in, and said with a smile, "It's me!"

Yu Ruyan sat in front of the table without getting up, half of her body was hidden behind the screen, and she said coldly: "Ms. Mu is really haunted, I want to taste the new dishes of Shuyu Restaurant in peace, and I won't let you!"

Yu Ruyan's undisguised dislike of Mu Ziyue didn't take it seriously at all. Looking at Yu Ruyan sitting at the table, she felt angry with hatred and wished she could kill her with a knife.

But when she thought of the girl brought outside the door, she couldn't help saying coldly, bitch, let you be arrogant and proud, I'm afraid you won't have a good life in the future!
How could the hatred in her eyes escape Yu Ruyan's eyes, she said coldly: "I'll reserve this private room, if Miss Mu has nothing else to do, just leave!" .

Mu Ziyue's face turned pale immediately, she gave a sinister smile, and said with a sneer: "I went to Xiang's mansion to play today, and I heard from Tongqian that the girl came to Shuyu restaurant to taste new dishes, so I couldn't help but come and taste it together, the girl knows , I have always liked the things in this Shuyu Pavilion the most. But the seats are full now, is it convenient for the girl to set up a table?"

Yu Ruyan snorted lightly, and mocked: "Although the dishes in the Shuyu restaurant are from the same brand, everyone has different preferences. Miss Mu likes delicacies from mountains and seas, but I like fresh vegetables from the garden, so I don't think I There is a possibility of setting up a table with Miss Mu."

She knew that the more she was like this, the less Mu Ziyue would leave. She knew the woman in front of her very well.

Sure enough, no matter how much she treated her with sarcasm, Mu Ziyue just refused to leave the elegant room, and ice blades flashed across her beautiful almond eyes!

Not only did she not leave, but she went to the window and opened the window facing the street. When she saw the figure in the window of the teahouse opposite, she showed a satisfied smile on her face. Thousands of miles away, I lent you half a square table today, maybe the girl will have a place to ask Miss Ben in the future."

Yu Ruyan looked past her to the window of the private room of the opposite teahouse, there was a figure flashing there, but after a while, there was a knock on the door outside the private room, and Mu Ziyue's personal maid came in with a post, and whispered: "Miss, I just met Miss Shangshujia, and I invite you to go to her house to enjoy the flowers tomorrow." After speaking, he handed the post to her, bowed and left.

In front of Yu Ruyan, Mu Ziyue couldn't wait to open the post in her hand, the moment she unfolded the plain paper, her face froze like dead silence!

Yu Ruyan curled her lips into a cold smile, and said calmly: "I heard rumors that Miss Mu will soon enter the palace and become the third princess. If the news is true, I would like to congratulate Miss Mu in advance. Your Highness and the five princesses of the Qi Kingdom suddenly appeared, tell me, how sure are you of your marriage?"

Mu Ziyue was completely stunned by the six words on the note. Although she had doubts about the identity of the woman in front of her before, she never expected that she was...
She stared at Yu Ruyan dumbfounded, her face was pale and panicked, her mind went blank, when she heard Yu Ruyan's question, she replied blankly: "Huh?"

Yu Ruyan smiled knowingly, not caring what was written on the note in her hand, and said slowly: "I mean, there is only one third concubine, if the disappeared princess of Qi country suddenly appears, based on the original Qi and Liang kingdoms With the marriage treaty formed, is Miss Mu sure to enter the palace again?"

"You..." Mu Ziyue had recovered from the shock, she took a sip of tea, looked coldly at the smiling woman opposite, her heart was filled with shock and resentment!

I thought she was just a lowly military prostitute, but I didn't expect her status to be much more noble than her!
She gritted her teeth to resist the panic in her heart, and said coldly: "You are so good at acting, you actually deceived everyone around. If Ling Zhi knew your true identity, he would definitely not forgive you..."

"Why can't I understand what Ms. Mu said?" Yu Ruyan raised her eyebrows and looked at Mu Ziyue, who was on the other side with a livid face, and said in a calm tone with a smile on her face: "I just reminded Ms. Mu kindly that if you want to be the third princess , it’s better not to let the Fifth Princess of Qi, Yu Ruyan, appear in front of His Highness, otherwise—”

She smiled and moved the charcoal stove in front of Mu Ziyue to Mu Ziyue, looked at her pale face and said word by word: "I heard that His Royal Highness has withdrawn the promise of marriage with the Prime Minister's mansion, and turned to Qin Guogong's granddaughter." Marriage proposal. Apart from the Third Highness, Miss Mu seems to have no better marriage partner in this noble family of Dongdu. If the Princess of Qi disturbs your marriage with the Third Highness again, I am afraid that Miss Mu will have to continue to wait for her marriage bingo!"

The last few words at the end of her words made Mu Ziyue tremble all over, and her eyes dimmed——

Although she hated the woman opposite, Mu Ziyue could not deny that what she said was not bad at all!

Now that her scalp is damaged, she has become a disgusting skinny head. The crown prince has already excluded her from being a candidate for the crown prince, and it has become impossible to marry the crown prince.With her current appearance, she can only use the power of the prime minister to marry an ordinary official family. With her heart, how could she be willing to marry an ordinary family? She dreams of becoming a queen!

Now the crown prince is in vain, and the position of empress is unattainable, but at least she must marry the prince to be the concubine. The emperor now only has two princes, and Mu Lingzhi is undoubtedly her last choice.

Although Mu Lingzhi's affection for her is no longer what it used to be because of Yu Ruyan's matter, but she thinks, based on their friendship for many years, if she asks to marry him, he probably won't refuse.With Mu Lingzhi's current momentum in the court, coupled with the support of the Prime Minister, perhaps it is not impossible for him to replace the prince on the dragon chair that day. By then, her wish of being a queen will come true !

Therefore, at this moment, Mu Lingzhi must not let Mu Lingzhi know that the Princess Qi who is still engaged to him is her in front of him!
But she took all the effort to know her true identity, how could she be willing to be disintegrated by her in a few words?

"Ling Zhi hates others to deceive him the most, but you deceive him all over the place. If you let him know all the truth, he will never forgive you, let alone marry you—"

"Really?" Yu Ruyan stared at her fearlessly, took the tongs and put two pieces of silver charcoal into the small red clay stove, the flames sprang up immediately, and the dancing fire light made her flowing eyes turn blood red.

"Miss Mu, do you dare to make a bet with me?"

"What are you betting on?" Mu Ziyue's eyes were gloomy, and she glared at her fiercely.

"Just bet His Highness is between you and the fifth princess of Qi, Yu Ruyan, who will he choose!"

Her whole body trembled, and Mu Ziyue's silver teeth were about to be crushed——

A few days ago, rumors about Mu Lingzhi wanting Nayu Ruyan as his side concubine had already reached her ears. Like An Shi and the others, she couldn't believe her ears!

The majestic Third Prince of Liang wants to marry a military prostitute as his side concubine. There is no one before or since!
If he didn't really like her, how could he take the risk of offending the emperor's mother and concubine to do such a thing that makes the world laugh!

So, if you really let him know that the person he likes is his fiancée, I'm afraid his joy will far exceed the anger of being cheated!
She is doomed to fail miserably in this gamble!

Looking at the alluring woman in front of her, doubts flashed in her heart, her eyes turned cold, and she said coldly: "You are following Lingzhi with a faceless face, don't you just want to be a princess? Why, now that you have such an opportunity, why do you still want to marry me?" You want to hide yourself and give me the opportunity?"

Yu Ruyan's eyes flashed, and she didn't want to answer her.Mu Ziyue recalled what she had inquired about, and couldn't help showing a sneer: "Could it be that it really hurt your heart just because he took a concubine? Oh, it's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, let alone a royal family. Are you really delusional, do you really think that there are men who will stick to one end in this world?"

Yu Ruyan was disturbed in her heart, but she gave a calm and contemptuous smile on her face, and said with a sneer, "Miss Mu is really generous. From now on, the palace will be revitalized by you, I believe it will be much more lively!"

Mu Ziyue's expression froze, she looked at the sparks in the small red clay stove in front of her, her almond eyes were about to bleed, she was fighting fiercely in her heart, finally, she gritted her teeth and threw the paper in her hand into the stove , The tongue of fire rolled up, and within a moment, the plain paper turned into a wisp of black smoke and dissipated!

"If you want to continue to stay in your current status, this lady will help you, I just hope you don't go back on your word halfway!"

Yu Ruyan smiled slightly, raised her glass to Mu Ziyue whose face was blushing, "Thank you!"

After Mu Ziyue left, her tense nerves relaxed, and she sat in a daze, the food on the table didn't move a single bit, it was all cold!

Today, she used the strategy of delaying the attack to hold Mu Ziyue back from revealing her identity.But she was right, she could tell Mu Lingzhi her true identity now, and believed that with his current feelings for her, he might forgive her for deceiving him and accept her again.

But is it really that simple?Across the cold arrow between her and him, her deception from beginning to end has become a scar that can never be healed before them. It is no longer possible to go back to the past!

Perhaps, as Xiaoqing, she can still lie by his side, but if everything is exposed, she doesn't have the courage to face him as Yu Ruyan!

After sitting for a long time, the tea was cold. She stood up and walked out of the private room. When she went to the counter to check out, she asked the shopkeeper, "Has the head of the Yue come here recently?"

Yue Yu once took her to the Shuyu Hall for dinner, her appearance was too eye-catching, so she left an impression on the shopkeeper, so he politely replied: "Xiao Ke hasn't seen the head of the house for a long time, is there something the girl wants to do with the head of the house? "

Yu Ruyan's heart was empty——

Since the days when Yue Yu disappeared, Xiao Dao has searched all the shops of Yue's family in Dongdu, but there is no news of him anywhere, so the shopkeepers don't know where he went, nor his family. Where, as if he had evaporated from the world, there was no news of him anymore!

She smiled bitterly: "It's nothing, but... If the shopkeeper saw him that day, please tell him, just say, just say, there is a friend who has always remembered his kindness!"

Feeling depressed, she fetched two jugs of wine from the wine shop and went back, drank half of the jug in one breath and fell asleep...
The cold moonlight shone through the window sills and cast a cold light on the silver mask. The man in the mask quietly looked at the drunken person on the bed, with a glimmer of coldness in his eyes.

Yu Ruyan turned over uncomfortably, kicking the quilt off her body.The masked man silently covered the quilt again, looking at Yu Ruyan who was frowning in his sleep, his heart suddenly felt very uncomfortable, his eyes fell on the scar on her right wrist, and there was sourness in his eyes, he said with a wry smile: "Farewell here, I wonder if I can save my life to meet you again?"

"My life was saved by you, but I have to..."

"I hope you...don't hate me!"

The masked man walked out of Yu Ruyan's small bungalow, and a slender figure walked out of the flowers beside him. He knelt down in front of the masked man with a bang, raised his tear-stained face and tremblingly said, "My lord, they said You are going to assassinate..."

"Why are you here?" The masked man looked at the woman who appeared suddenly, his face turned cold, he stretched out his hand and pulled her to a hidden place, and said coldly, "Are you so reckless, do you want to kill her?"

"Qinqin doesn't care about other people's life or death, as long as the young master is well!" Kuang Qinqin held on to the masked man's sleeve and did not let go, crying, "It's too dangerous to enter the palace to assassinate, but I know I can't persuade you, I just ask you Bring your servants with you. I am willing to live and die with you!"

The masked man's eyes turned cold, and he said coldly: "I said, since you have become his concubine, live your own life well and don't inquire about my affairs anymore. I won't take anyone with me in this assassination. Don't say any more!"

"Young master..."

"Stop talking, if you really want to help me, help me take good care of her."

"Young master... but you like her?" Seeing the masked man turning around to leave, Kuang Qinqin asked through gritted teeth.

For a moment, he didn't answer her words, turned around and left...
Kuang Qinqin's desperate eyes flashed fiercely, and she suddenly laughed miserably: "This time, I will never listen to you again!"

Woke up late in the morning, and it was late to clean the garden. It was not until noon that Yu Ruyan cleaned up the area of ​​the garden she was in charge of. Running to find her, trembling all over, said: "Girl...Girl, hurry up, something happened to my master..."

Yu Ruyan looked at the flustered little girl in front of her with some confusion, and said in confusion: "I just went to Ziluo Courtyard to see it the day before yesterday, isn't your master all right? What happened..."

Before she finished her question, she suddenly saw the blood on Dongcao's trembling hands, and suddenly looked up at her, only to find that Dongcao also had blood stains on her body, and she couldn't help but frightened: "The blood stains on your body..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she dropped the things in her hands and ran towards the Violet Court without her life.

Ziluo Courtyard was deadly silent, and as soon as we arrived at the door, we could smell a strong smell of blood. The middle of the room was covered with blood from the table to the side of the bed. On the table was a tilted porcelain bowl. The purple jade coral screen in front of the bed was pushed to the ground and smashed...

Gu Qing'er fell into the broken screen, her face was already pale, the dress under her body was bright red and glaring, her whole body seemed to be soaked in blood, the breath in her nose was almost inaudible, she just stared desperately at a pair of big empty eyes He looked at Yu Ruyan who was sluggishly there in despair.

"Help me...save...save the child..." She pleaded for help as she labored to open her lips. Dongcao wailed, and suddenly shouted: "Go and call the doctor!"

Dongcao stumbled and ran out the door, Yu Ruyan stood beside Gu Qing'er tremblingly, and said tremblingly: "Hold on, the doctor will be here soon, you will be fine... the child will be fine too of!"

She wanted to hug Gu Qing'er to the bed, but as soon as she moved her, the blood gushed out even more violently.

Time passed bit by bit, and she stood by Gu Qing'er's side at a loss and said the same thing to her over and over again. Apart from that, she couldn't do anything, she didn't know how to help her stop the bleeding, Ruxiu saved her , I just prayed desperately for the doctor to show up soon.

Gu Qing'er, who was lying in the debris, had her eyes wide open and her face was painful and ferocious, but her tightly clasped hands were gradually unable to relax...
Yu Ruyan was eager to see through, but she didn't expect the doctor, but she watched Mu Lingzhi strode in, followed by all the female family members of the palace.

When he entered the room and saw Yu Ruyan, a look of surprise flashed across his anxious face, and he murmured: "You... why are you here?"

Yu Ruyan looked sadly at the person soaked in blood on the ground, her eyes were sore, but she couldn't say a word.

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Gu Qing'er died, along with the full-term child in her womb, one dead body and two lives!
Mu Lingzhi was furious and indignant and ordered a thorough investigation into the matter.After inspecting Gu Qing'er's body, Wu Zuo told him that Gu Qing'er died of arsenic poison!

The next moment, the doctor found arsenic in the soup that was spilled from a tilted porcelain bowl on the table in the house!
The whole government was shocked, and even Concubine Xie Gui from the palace went out to question the matter in person!
The Violet Courtyard, which had been silent for a long time, became lively again.

Concubine Xie Guifei sat on top of her in a crimson purple palace dress with a cold face, the red gold phoenix hairpin on her head shook slightly with the anger of her body, and said sharply: "Bring that low maid here!"

Yu Ruyan was pushed and shoved to kneel in the middle of the room, and Gu Qing'er covered with a white cloth was placed on the wooden board beside her, even though her face was covered, the white cloth bulging on her stomach made people feel horrified !

Until now, Yu Ruyan hadn't recovered from Gu Qing'er's sudden death, she stared blankly at the corpse beside her, feeling like she was having a terrible nightmare!

When arsenic was found in the medicine on the table, after tracing all the way, Dongcao revealed the source of the medicine, which was the antidote that Yu Ruyan brought back from Yue Yu to Gu Qing'er to cure the poison of the yellow heart grass!
Concubine Xie cast her eyes sharply on Yu Ruyan on the ground, thinking of the grandson who was about to give birth in Gu Qing'er's womb, she hated her so much that she gritted her teeth and said, "Bold slave, you dare to poison the emperor's heir, come here, give her to me!" I will be beaten to death with a stick!"

Yu Ruyan's whole body was shaken, she raised her head in a daze to look at Concubine Xie who was furious above her, her throat rolled with difficulty, but she couldn't speak a word.

Immediately someone came to drag Yu Ruyan down to execute the sentence.

Seeing the imperial concubine and empress personally issuing the killing order, the surrounding female relatives, except Hua Ying who showed a few expressions of pity and unbearable compassion, everyone else was extremely happy and relieved their hatred!

With a flash of a figure, the dignified Mu Lingzhi stopped in front of Yu Ruyan, his face so gloomy that it seemed that ice was about to form, his eyes swept across the palace servant who was about to make a move, and he said coldly: "Who dares to touch her! Get back!" Down!"

The palace people looked at each other in blank dismay, neither daring to offend the third prince who was showing a murderous look, nor daring not to disobey Concubine Xie Guifei's order, they all stayed on the spot in embarrassment and fear.

Mu Lingzhi took a deep look at Yu Ruyan, who was stupefied, and suddenly lifted his robe and knelt beside her, begging Concubine Xie, who was too angry to speak, "Mother Concubine, what is the matter?" It hasn't been fully investigated yet, so we can't convict her so hastily..."

"Shut up!" Concubine Xie looked at Mu Lingzhi who was kneeling on the ground with an incredulous expression, her eyes were as sharp as ice blades.

"Wu Zuo has found out that Gu's death was caused by arsenic poisoning, and this poison came from the medicine brought back to the house by this bitch. Who else would it be?"

Concubine Xie asked aggressively, and Mu Lingzhi met her gaze without fear and said coldly: "My concubine lives in the harem all year round, don't you know the trick of framing her? Concubine mother is wise, and I hope concubine mother Give Erchen some more time, and let Erchen find out the real murderer behind it!"

Concubine Xie's face was covered with frost, and her tone was so cold that there was no warmth at all: "She is just a little maid, and she is worthy of your majestic prince's protection and trust in her—"

"She has been with Erchen for a long time, and she has never done anything harmful to nature. Erchen believes in her behavior. This matter must not have been done by her, but someone framed her!" Mu Lingzhi's voice was unusually decisive, and his expression was firm. shift!
Hearing this, Concubine Xie gave a cruel sneer, she slowly got up and came to the two of them, her pointed armor raised Yu Ruyan's chin, her expression froze when she saw her stunning face , After a while, I came back to my senses, and my heart was clear——

"It turns out that she is the pickled military prostitute who made you disregard the rules of your ancestors and would rather offend your father and make the whole world laugh at you than become a concubine!?"

Mu Lingzhi's whole body trembled, and the strong murderous aura on Concubine Xie's body shook his heart, and he said in a panic, "Mother and Concubine, everything is the intention of my servant, and has nothing to do with her!"

"Throw this bitch into pieces and throw it into a mass grave to feed the dogs!"

(End of this chapter)