slave like jade

Chapter 90
"Throw this bitch into pieces and throw it into a mass grave to feed the dogs!"

Anyone who is familiar with Concubine Xie Guifei knows that Concubine Xie is a person who has a clear distinction between love and hate. She values ​​her two sons the most in her life, especially the youngest son, the late eighth prince of Daliang, Mu Chenzhi.Because the eighth prince is also a person who can distinguish between love and hate, his personality is exactly like hers, so she likes him even more!
But after her most beloved youngest son was assassinated and died three years ago, she put all her hopes on Mu Lingzhi after the tragedy, hoping that he would seize the crown prince and inherit the great cause of the Holy Majesty!
Over the years, Mu Lingzhi has not let her down, not only in terms of military power, but also in the government affairs of the court. Mu Lingzhi succeeds Datong. It can be said that his future is bright!
But now, he was deceived by an extremely lowly military prostitute. Not only did he want to go against the wishes of the Holy Majesty and her to make this lowly maidservant his side concubine, but he also tried his best to protect her after she killed his child——

Concubine Xie's sharp phoenix eyes flashed a cold light, today, no matter how much Gu Shi's death has anything to do with her, she must die! !
The wind in his eyes glanced coldly at the palace man standing beside him, and said sharply: "Hurry up and do it, do you want me to do it myself?"

The palace servants tried hard to pull Yu Ruyan, but Mu Ling kicked her to the ground one by one. He pulled Yu Ruyan up to protect him, and said coldly: "Mother, she is from my family." No one can touch her without my permission!"

He had never fought against Concubine Xie so fiercely before, let alone because of such an unbearable person, the anger in Concubine Xie's heart at that time was like the scorching sun in June, wanting to burn Yu Ruyan to ashes.

She restrained the overwhelming anger in her heart, pointed at Gu Qing'er's corpse on the ground with delicate fingers, and said coldly: "The person lying on the ground is your wife and concubine, and there is still your unborn child in her stomach, why do you want to kill me for this?" A pickled thing covers up all crimes, and I didn’t know when you went blind!"

Mu Lingzhi's face was ashamed, looking at Gu Qing'er who died tragically on the ground, his deep eyes were stained with blood, but he still firmly guarded Yu Ruyan behind him, gritted his teeth and said, "I won't ignore you." Gu's death was in vain, but he will not wrong innocent people at will, so I beg mother and concubine to give me three days to let my son find out the real culprit and avenge Gu's and my child who died in vain!"

Concubine Xie Guifei stared at the determination on his face, a cold light flashed in her sharp phoenix eyes, she flicked her long sleeves and said coldly: "Since I say so, I will leave her a humble life for three days, if After three days, if you can't find the real culprit, take her head as a sacrifice to my grandson! Someone, put her in a prison cell!"

Yu Ruyan was imprisoned in the prison of the palace. Since Gu Qing'er died until now, she has not said a word. Looking at the background of Mu Lingzhi turning and leaving, she suddenly said: "Your Highness, don't you need to interrogate your slaves? ?”

The background in front of him paused, and he turned around and looked into her eyes steadily, his eyes were full of regret, his voice was a little tired, and he said slowly: "I will be busy finding the real culprit for the next three days, you are temporarily Stay here well, don't think about it! I will pick you up when I find out the real culprit."

"Why does Your Highness trust me so much?" Yu Ruyan's eyes were sore and uncomfortable, thinking of his determination to protect himself in front of the imperial concubine, a warm current surged in his heart!
Mu Lingzhi's expression disappeared in the dim light of the prison cell, his eyes were as deep as a cold pool, and he said firmly: "Even if everyone stood up to testify against you, I would not believe it, just because I saw sadness in your eyes. Your eyes can't lie, I've been with you for so long, I understand every look in your eyes!"

After that, he turned around and walked out, his voice dissipated in the narrow corridor: "Take care of yourself and wait for me to come back!"

Two days passed without any news reaching Yu Ruyan's ears, and Mu Lingzhi didn't show up either. During this time, she didn't close her eyes for a moment, and her mind was full of Gu Qing'er's blood stains all over her body. With the appearance in front of him, countless questions flashed through his mind——

Who put the arsenic in the end?

Ziluoyuan's current food is cooked in the small kitchen in the yard by herself, and she has no contact with the outside world, but she personally brought those medicines from Yue Yu, so?Who did it in the middle?

She has always been calm and meticulous in her mind, and she can peel off the cocoon of even the most delicate things, and get a clue from it, but this time, she was completely lost, without a clue.

Looking at the sun setting outside again, she can do nothing now, but put all her hopes on Mu Lingzhi, hoping to find out the real culprit before it gets dark tomorrow.

However, at this time, Mu Lingzhi walked in through the night.

In the short two days since we saw each other, he was too haggard, his eyes were sunken, his face was stubble, his lips were dry, and his voice was hoarse.

He looked at her without turning her eyes for a long time, Yu Ruyan's heart sank, judging from his description, there must be no clues to the real culprit.

After a long time, Mu Lingzhi spoke slowly: "Tell me, where did you buy your medicine?"

He didn't take her eyes off her for a moment.Staring blankly at him with a tired and haggard face, her heart kept sinking with a 'click'...
Seeing her shocked face, Mu Lingzhi was afraid that she might misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained in a hoarse voice: "I have ruled out all other possibilities, and there is no one else in the Ziluo Courtyard, so it is impossible for anyone to have access to the medicine, so now , the source of the medicine is the only clue!"

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's eyes widened even wider, with an expression of disbelief——

If he ruled out all possibilities and only this one clue remained, then the doubt she had previously denied...
No, it's impossible, it's impossible for Yue Yu to poison the medicine!

But if it wasn't for him, where did the arsenic cold in the medicine come from?

A heart seems to be soaked in a winter ice cave. Although she vetoed the possibility of Yue Yu drugging herself, there was a voice deep in her heart telling her——

Everything is possible!
He was merciless in designing Wen Xiang in the East Palace. He even told her that he is a businessman and not weak or bully!
The cold sweat was greasy on the back and it was extremely uncomfortable, Yu Ruyan's throat seemed to be frozen, and she couldn't say a word for a long time.Mu Lingzhi looked at her eagerly, looked at her sudden expression, his eyes darkened, and asked, "Who gave you the medicine?"

He no longer asked her where she bought the medicine from, but directly asked her who gave it to her. It seemed that he had completely locked his suspicion on the person who gave it to her!

Yu Ruyan's whole body froze, her lips opened and closed for a long time before she murmured: "It's just the medicine prescribed by a medical clinic I randomly found on the street, and it will definitely be fine. The doctor and Gu Qing'er don't know each other, and they have no enmity or grudge. There is no reason to hurt her at all!"

A trace of disappointment flashed across Mu Lingzhi's eyes. He fixedly looked into her eyes and said word by word: "I have been to the Wuwei Medical Clinic where you sent Brother An to last time. The medical clinic is closed. The people around said that the doctor in the medical center was named Yue, but everyone's description artist drew his portrait, and it turned out that he looked seventy percent like Yue Yu—"

Yu Ruyan was stunned and couldn't say a word, her head hurt like a thorn, but she just defended weakly with a pale face: "He will not drug Gu Qing'er, he is a good person, and he is obliged to help the poor when he is sick. How could such a kind-hearted person do harm to a pregnant woman, how could he harm her if he and Gu Qing'er hadn't even met face to face... No matter what, I won't believe that he did it!"

"Have you ever thought that if he really put the arsenic in place, he would be killing you indirectly?" Mu Lingzhi felt sore, and she was still defending him at this moment, didn't she know Is she dying herself?

When, in her heart, did that mysterious businessman make her trust and care so much!
Mu Lingzhi felt sour in his heart. He had never felt this kind of feeling before. He didn't even know that there was such a taste in the world that was more indescribable than pain and suffering——

However, no matter what he said, Yu Ruyan still didn't want to believe that Yue Yu was responsible for this matter. At this moment, Tong Qian came in and urged in a low voice: "Master, today the emperor proposed marriage for the crown prince to the granddaughter of the Duke of Qin's mansion. Now A congratulatory banquet is being held in the palace, and the master is about to leave, and the empress has invited people to the palace three times..."

Mu Lingzhi glanced at Yu Ruyan, and said sadly, "I'll come back as soon as I go, it won't take too much time."

When he walked out of the door, he still didn't forget to look back at her and comfort her: "Don't worry, although there is only one day left, I will try to clear up your grievances and let you out."

Seeing the worry in his eyes, Yu Ruyan gave a bitter smile, wanted to say something but finally took it back weakly...

After Mu Lingzhi left, Yu Ruyan had a severe headache, and finally couldn't stand it anymore and fell into a deep sleep...
In the deep back house of the palace, a dim lotus lantern led several figures quietly walking towards the prison cell. Such a strange light in the middle of the night made one's heart tremble, but the viciousness on the face of the people under the light was even more chilling!

Yu Ruyan was awakened by a nightmare. In the dream, she saw Mu Lingzhi being pierced through the heart by a sword, and the cold shadow mask on the face of the man who stabbed him was shining with a cold light...

She screamed and sat up, her mind was in a daze, and when she came back to her senses, she realized that there were so many more people in the dark cell at some time.

She stared blankly at the sudden extra women in the narrow cell, and felt chills in her heart the next moment.

An Lirong looked at Yu Ruyan who was lying on the ground condescendingly, and said with a sneer: "At this time, the girl can still sleep peacefully. This demeanor is really admirable. It seems that the girl trusts His Highness 100%. Do you think His Highness will find out the real culprit and rescue you?"

An Lirong brought someone here quietly in the middle of the night, definitely not to chat with her lightly.Yu Ruyan bit the tip of her tongue, letting the pain on her tongue stimulate her chaotic mind to stay awake.

She looked at An Lirong coldly, and said slowly: "Could it be that the empress doesn't trust His Highness? Or is it that the empress is sure that the real murderer is well hidden and can escape His Highness' scrutiny?"

Hearing this, An Lirong smiled disapprovingly, and said coldly, "You don't have to play tricks on me, I'll tell you clearly, I didn't inflict the arsenic!"

"Yeah, of course you didn't plant the arsenic. You still hoped that Gu Qing'er would become a living dead after eating your yellow heart grass, snatch the child in her belly and recognize you as a mother, how could you be willing to give the arsenic It killed their mother and child!" Yu Ru looked at An Lirong whose face changed drastically with a smile on her face, and a stern look flashed in her eyes.

Ever since Yue Yu told her the dosage of the yellow heart grass in Guqinger's anti-fetal medicine, countless doubts flashed in her heart——

First of all, she ruled out An Lan. If it was her, she would definitely not take such a small dose. She would definitely wish to kill Gu Qing'er, mother and son at once.

And Huaying and Kuang Qinqin have always lived their own lives in the palace without disputes, so it can't be them.

And it is impossible for Gu Qing'er to give herself such a vicious drug. It is more painful to kill her than to kill her directly. Besides, she is wholeheartedly looking forward to getting Mu Lingzhi's forgiveness when she gives birth to a child, and how can she let her turn over again? How about becoming a lifeless living dead?

Therefore, in the end, only An Lirong had the motive to do this.

She has been married into the palace for many years and has never had any children. This is what worries her the most, so she endured the humiliation and left An Lan to raise her as a concubine. On the surface it was her kindness, but in fact the biggest reason was because she wanted Borrowing An Lan's belly, she gave birth to a male and a half female adoptive child to be raised by her.

Given the relationship between An Lan and her, it is only natural for her to adopt An Lan's child!

As smart as An Lan, it was because she had mastered her mind back then that after climbing into Mu Lingzhi's bed, she pleaded pitifully to An Lirong and promised her that if she had a child in the future, she would be willing to do so. An Lirong was given to her for upbringing.

She is indeed powerful, this promise alone touched An Lirong's heart.

She raised An Lan to be her aunt, not only was she praised by outsiders, but she also had an extra helper in the dangerous back house, and even a tool for her to have children, why not do it? !

Originally thought that An Lan would obediently be as loyal to her as she herself promised, but then she didn't expect that after she became full-fledged, not only did she not keep her promise, but also teamed up with Gu Qing'er to frame her and take away her right to be in charge of the house.

She didn't understand why she betrayed herself all of a sudden before, but after she found out the secret of her pregnancy, she realized that she never really thought about giving her child to be raised. For the child in her womb, she spent everything The mind overthrows oneself and puts oneself on the top...

The matter of An Lan and Gu Qing'er colluding with her has always been like a thorn in her heart, and she must take revenge on these two people in order to feel at ease.

That's why she thought of adding yellow heart grass to Gu Qing'er's anti-fetal medicine, which would not only keep her alive in pain, but also rob her of the child in her stomach;
As for An Lan, she thought of a more direct method...
I thought I had done enough to hide it, but I didn't expect that Huang Xincao was discovered by others. Not only that, Yu Ruyan guessed that it was her who did it without any effort!

The gentle eyes instantly turned fierce. This woman in front of her is really too clever. She knows so many secrets about her and has all His Highness's favor. Last time, she dared to threaten His Highness to abandon them. Such a person—— must be die!
Her face returned to normal, and her tone was icy cold: "Since you know my plan, you still dare to meddle in my own business. If you hadn't helped that bitch detoxify the yellow heart grass, you wouldn't have let her die of arsenic and implicate me. I lost my son. Therefore, I have to ask you for this life!"

After a pause, she waved her hand, and immediately stepped forward. Two thick women grabbed Yu Ruyan's hands and feet, holding the white silk in her thin hands, and with a strange smile on her face, they approached step by step... ·
Yu Ruyan's heart sank, she looked at An Lirong with a murderous expression in her eyes in panic, her mind was running rapidly——

At this time, Mu Lingzhi had gone to the palace and hadn't returned yet, and Xiaodao was also called by him to monitor the Xiang's mansion, and he didn't know that he was in prison.

Therefore, even if she calls for help at this moment, she is afraid that other people in the palace will not come to save her. She knows in her heart that in this dark mansion, there is no one who does not wish for her own death——

My heart was full of despair, it seemed that I was really going to die here today!

She suppressed the trembling all over her body, and tried her best to break free from the woman's restraints, but her strength was no match for the two thick women, whose hands and feet were tightly clamped.

With a chill on her neck, the thin curtain put the white silk around her neck, her eyes were fierce, and she said fiercely: "After tomorrow, you will be thrown into mass graves by the imperial concubine to feed the dogs. It’s better to let my mother finish it for you, leave you a whole body, and save you from so much pain, you really shouldn’t hold any resentment!”

One end of the white silk was wrapped around her neck, and the other end was thrown over the roof beam by the mother-in-law. Watching her body being hoisted up slowly, An Lirong's eyes flashed color, and she walked slowly to her, looking at her. Looking at the panic and despair in her eyes, she smiled triumphantly: "Since the girl entered the mansion, there have been constant surprises. A small military prostitute has turned the whole palace into a mess. If you stay here again, if things go on like this, you will be killed." This palace doesn't even know what it will be like? So what I did tonight is to eliminate harm for the palace and relieve His Highness' worries!"

"So, don't blame me, let's go on the road with peace of mind!"

After her last words fell, the silk-drawing woman didn't delay any longer, and lifted her higher and higher with all her strength...

Her neck was strangled to death, and the oppression in her heart made her clearly feel that death was approaching step by step, and her mind was withdrawn from her body bit by bit...

Accompanying An Lirong, Xilian looked at Yu Ruyan who was hanging in mid-air and was dying. Both of them showed comfortable smiles on their faces, as if in front of them at this moment, it was not a young life dying little by little, but Watching a wonderful drama!

The sound of piercing the air came with the cold wind as promised, a cold blade cut off the white silk with incomparable accuracy, Yu Ruyan's body fell from the roof beam, a black shadow flashed by, and a masked man suddenly appeared In the narrow prison cell, he quickly caught the falling Yu Ruyan, and the moment he landed on the ground, the gleaming long sword in his hand was aimed at the completely stunned master and servant.

An Lirong looked at the man in black who fell from the sky in horror, screaming stuck in her throat.The man in black shouted at the frightened An Lirong: "Get lost!"

In less than a moment, An's group rolled out of the cell in a panic, the man in black untied the ribbon around Yu Ruyan's neck, the isolated air rushed into his chest, Yu Ruyan coughed violently, His face was red from coughing.

The man in black raised his hand to help her pat her back, and after a while, seeing that her breathing had stabilized, he whispered, "Take care, I'm leaving first!"

After speaking, he got up and walked outside.

"Uncle Chen stay behind!"

Yu Ruyan hastily called out to stop him.

The man in black paused, then turned around in the next second, stretched out his hand and pulled the black cloth underneath, and said in a deep voice, "Young lady has good eyesight, she can tell it's me at a glance!"

"No, I can smell the fragrance of flowers and trees on your body." Uncle Chen has been with flowers and trees all year round, and his clothes will be stained with the fragrance of flowers and trees. Moreover, she thought that among the people she knew, besides Mu Lingzhi and Xiaodao, there were also Only Chen Bo knows martial arts.

"Thank you Uncle Chen for saving me, I..." Yu Ruyan said gratefully to Uncle Chen.

Uncle Chen waved his hands indifferently, with a look of embarrassment flashing across his face, he said in a deep voice, "Miss, you don't need to be grateful to me. You are a good person, and you have saved others before. If you sow good deeds and reap good results, I will treat you as my master and repay you." kindness!"

Hearing his words, Yu Ruyan's eyes flashed doubts, she said in a daze: "Who is Uncle Chen's master? Isn't it His Highness the Third Highness?"

Hearing this, Uncle Chen couldn't help but smiled wryly, with a troubled expression on his face, hesitantly said: "The Third Highness is kind to my Chen family, he is naturally my master, so I can't rescue the girl now, because I can't betray you." Third Highness, please forgive me!"

Yu Ruyan understood what he meant, she was locked up by Mu Lingzhi, and he was loyal to Mu Lingzhi, so he could only save her life but not take her out.

After Chen Bo finished speaking, he bowed slightly to Yu Ruyan and bid farewell, his figure disappeared into the vast night in a flash.

After Uncle Chen left, Yu Ruyan didn't feel sleepy at all. She touched the strangle marks on her neck, but she kept thinking about what Uncle Chen said. He said that he repaid the kindness for the master, but she didn't have any kindness for Mu Lingzhi. .

With a flash of light in her eyes, she couldn't help but think, does he have other masters?

She was startled, and before she could figure it out, footsteps sounded at the door of the cell, and when she looked up, it was copper coins.

Yu Ruyan was led by the copper coin to walk towards Yunsong Courtyard. Along the way, the copper coin was unusually serious, with a gloomy face, and did not say a word to her.

Seeing such an abnormal copper coin, Yu Ruyan suddenly had a bad thought in her heart, she grabbed the copper coin and asked: "Why did Your Highness let me out suddenly? But have you found the real culprit who killed Gu Qing'er?"

Tong Qian suddenly froze in her footsteps, gritted her teeth and looked back at her, with hatred flashing across her face——

He really wanted to ask out the doubts in his heart, but when he thought of the master's order, he swallowed hard, and said with a cold face: "Come with me, the master has been waiting for you for a long time!"

After many days, she came to Yunsong Courtyard again. Standing at the door of the bedroom, Yu Ruyan couldn't help slowing down because of her heavy footsteps. The copper coin urged: "Go in quickly." After finishing speaking, she pushed her in and opened the door from the outside. close.

At this time, it was almost dawn, and the faint light of the sky cast a shadow on the room through the screen window of the bedroom. A candle was lit near the bed, and Mu Lingzhi was half lying down and covered with a quilt, as if he was asleep. When Yu Ruyan walked slowly to his side, he suddenly opened his eyes.

The deep eyes stared at her without blinking, the eyes were deep and cold, which made her heart skip a beat!
Nodding to signal her to come closer, Mu Lingzhi looked at the panic on her face, and suddenly asked, "During the fighting competition in the military camp that day, I rewarded you with a jade pendant with dragon pattern, auspicious cloud, unicorn and white fat, where did you put it? Bring it for me to see!"

Yu Ruyan trembled all over, she didn't expect him to call her over suddenly, asking about that jade pendant?

She entrusted Uncle Chen to pawn the white fat jade pendant a few months ago in order to raise money to redeem An Ge's life and cure his illness. Now, when he suddenly asked, how could she get it out?
Her lips moved with difficulty, she didn't know how to explain the whereabouts of the jade pendant to him, a feeling of coolness arose in her heart for no reason, and she stayed on the spot in a daze.

Seeing that she was flustered and unable to answer, Mu Lingzhi suddenly sneered. The next moment, he threw the thing he had been holding tightly in front of her in front of her, and his voice seemed to come out of hell——

"Today the palace was on fire, and an assassin took advantage of the chaos to assassinate my father. During the fight, the assassin dropped this jade pendant. Just look, this jade pendant is the one I gave you that day?"

(End of this chapter)