slave like jade

Chapter 95
Not only did Mu Ziyang's scandal spread to the palace, which made King Liang furious, and he immediately abolished his position as concubine, even the fact that Mu Ziyue's skinny head was reported to King Liang and the imperial concubine, after learning the truth, The imperial concubine did not agree with her son to marry a leprous, and Liang Wang also felt that it would be an insult to the royal family to marry such an indecent woman. , and the royal family's intention to withdraw the engagement!
For a while, Xiangfu became the joke of the entire Dongdu people——

In the past, the young master of the Xiangfu married the princess, and the young lady of the Xiangfu married the prince.For a while, the Prime Minister's Mansion also became a popular place where everyone in the Eastern Capital was flattering and flattering, but now overnight, the marriages between the son and the daughter and the royal family were both postponed, and the son who was once the most outstanding became a hypocrite that everyone said , and the precious daughter of the proud daughter of heaven has become a mangy head ridiculed by everyone!
It can be said that the Xiangfu fell from heaven to hell overnight, and it is difficult to turn over again!

When hearing all kinds of rumors about the Prime Minister's Mansion, Brother An's face showed a rare joy, she glanced at Yu Ruyan, but she didn't care about these news, just looked nervously at the gate of the courtyard——

From yesterday morning to this morning, a day and a night have passed, Xiaodao has not come back yet, she has a bad premonition in her heart, she always feels that something happened to Xiaodao!
Brother An had already packed everything, and they left Daliang and returned to Qi State together when Xiaodao came back, but it was still noon until Xiaodao came back.

Yu Ruyan's heart seemed to have fallen into an ice cave. If such a big incident happened to Xiang's mansion, she must be furious. If they find a knife at this time and rush into the mansion to save people, they will probably kill them...

Layers of cold sweat soaked her back, and she was anxiously preparing to go to Wuwei Medical Hall to ask Yue Yu to help her inquire about Xiaodao, when suddenly the courtyard door was pushed open, but Xiaodao staggered back.

He was pale and flustered like never before, the broken hair on his forehead was completely wet with sweat, and he looked at Yu Ruyan with a bit of fear and worry in his eyes, unable to recover for a long time.

Seeing him coming back, Yu Ruyan's heart that was hanging in the air finally fell to the ground safely.She noticed that Xiaodao's expression was wrong, and hurried forward to wipe his sweat while asking with concern: "Why have you been here for so long? But are you in trouble?"

Xiao Dao squeezed his mouth tightly and shook his head, then remembered something, nodded again, and said in a hoarse voice, "Su Niang was sent out of the city safely, and I released her parents and brother, but...just..."

"It's just what's wrong?" Seeing his flustered look, Yu Ruyan's heart that had just let go was lifted again.

"Sister, let's leave Dongdu quickly, they...they found me!" Xiaodao shook his body and gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"Found you?" Yu Ruyan felt a chill in her heart, she suddenly thought of something, and said in surprise: "The people in Mufu have seen your true face."

Xiaodao's face turned pale, and he said in a daze, "Yes!"

He anxiously said again: "Sister, let's go quickly, leave Daliang, and go back to Qi State!"

After finishing speaking, he rushed into the house, called Brother An, and took the prepared things to make a full posture to leave here.

Yu Ruyan called him suddenly, hesitation flashed in her eyes, and finally she looked into Xiaodao's eyes firmly, and asked with pain: "Xiaodao, are you sure you want to go with me or not stay?"

Hearing this, Xiaodao's whole body froze, his face turned pale, his eyes didn't dare to look at Yu Ruyan, he said, "Why did sister say that?"

Every subtle expression on Xiaodao's face failed to escape Yu Ruyan's eyes, her heart sank, and her previous suspicion became more and more certain.

She was about to leave Daliang and return to Qi State, at this time, Yu Ruyan didn't want to hide anything from Xiaodao anymore, so she expressed all her doubts about him.

"Xiaodao, tell my sister honestly, do you...do you remember something? Have you recovered your memory and know who you are?"

Xiao Dao shook his whole body, his face turned pale, but he denied it without thinking: "No, I don't remember anything, I only remember my sister, and no one else!"

The more decisively he answered, the more disbelief Yu Ruyan felt in her heart. She looked at Xiaodao's dodging eyes and said gently: "But I feel that you have a sense of familiarity with many people and things in Daliang."

"You know that the stone cave in the palace garden is so secret, and you seem to be familiar with the terrain of the palace. And Uncle Chen, Uncle Chen saved you again and again, what is the reason for this? I asked, his son and you They don't look alike at all, I don't believe this reason!"

Yu Ruyan looked into Xiaodao's eyes firmly, and saw his panicked face when he heard the words, and said slowly: "If Dongdu is your former homeland, then I don't want to take you back to Qi, I hope you stay Find your own memory and life experience, I believe that your relatives must be waiting for you to go back!"

"No! I don't want to stay here. I want to go with my sister. I will go wherever my sister goes." When Xiaodao heard that Yu Ruyan wanted to keep him in Daliang, his expression became flustered instantly, and he almost roared: "Who cares about his family?" , in my heart, I only recognize my sister, I only like my sister, I want to be with my sister for the rest of my life, you don't want to leave me!"

After Xiaodao yelled, he realized that he had uttered the suppressed words in his excitement, his face turned red, and he muttered and couldn't speak anymore.

However, Yu Ruyan didn't understand the true meaning of his phrase "I like my sister". In her heart, Xiaodao was her younger brother. She never thought of her relationship with him as an affair between a man and a woman, thinking that he said he liked him. It's just that the younger brother likes the older sister, because Xiaodao often said such things to her before.

Seeing Xiaodao's depressed look, Yu Ruyan sighed secretly, and said silently: "My sister is not trying to abandon you, on the contrary, my sister has been reluctant to leave you. It's just that you must know who you are and your identity after all. When I was in Qi State, I felt that you were unfamiliar with everything there, but when I arrived in Daliang, I felt that you were very familiar with this place, so I wanted you to stay. Maybe after a long time, you will think of the people and things in the past. Know who you are. Wouldn't it be nice?"

After Xiaodao yelled, I vented a lot of depressed emotions in my heart. At this time, listening to her gentle persuasion, I couldn't help but get serious, and said seriously: "Actually, I have already decided in my heart that I will no longer look for the previous memories. When I am Yu Xiaodao, I want to follow my sister for the rest of my life. So my sister should stop persuading me. Don’t worry about me anymore!"

After saying this, Xiaodao turned around and walked out, jumped on the shaft of the car, and got ready to drive.

Yu Ruyan saw that he had made up his mind, so she couldn't say anything more.

In fact, deep down in her heart, she hopes that Xiaodao can find her memory and find her relatives, but she is also afraid that Xiaodao will leave her one day, so she is very contradictory!
Xiao Dao drove the carriage very fast, feeling like he was escaping from a cage.

In the carriage, An Ge looked at the gloomy expression on Yu Ruyan's face, and couldn't help but said: "Why did the princess leave quietly without telling Mr. Yue? She didn't even let him give you a ride, so she just left quietly. The young master will be sad when he goes to the small courtyard and cannot find the princess. Yesterday, when the servant obeyed your order and went to the medical hall to return the dress, the young master looked very ugly, as if... seemed sad."

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan had a bitter smile on her lips, and said with a dull expression: "We can't go the same way in the end, he is a good man, he has his life, I don't want to drag him down and make him worry. Just like the way he sent me It’s as gorgeous and precious as a dress, and I can’t possess it. So keeping the dress by my side is a kind of delay for him, and it’s also a kind of delay for him. It’s better to give it back to him so that he can find someone more suitable to wear it !"

Brother An's complexion was gloomy, and he looked at her with a bit of heartache, "No wonder the princess insisted on returning the dress to the young master, but I saw the way the young master took the dress... He really wanted to give it to the princess of."

Yu Ruyan turned her head and stared blankly at the familiar yet unfamiliar bustling streets of Dongdu, and couldn't help but think of what Qingcha told her whether it was intentional or not——

He said that the crimson dress inlaid with precious shark beads was left to his future daughter-in-law when Yue Yu's mother died.

After hearing Qing Cha's words, Yu Ruyan felt like sitting on pins and needles, changed her dress as soon as she entered the room, and immediately asked An Ge to send it back to Wuwei Medical Center to Yue Yu.

Although it is more than enough to match Yue Yu as her princess, but now she is not perfect, and Yue Yu is fully aware of the relationship with Mu Lingzhi. The most important thing is that her feelings are all given to Mu Lingzhi without reservation. , there is no more for others.To Yue Yu, she is doomed to fail, so why give him hopeless hope!

So I can only leave quietly, let him forget himself...

Seeing that it was approaching the gate of the city, the carriage stopped suddenly, and the next second, Xiaodao lifted the curtain and entered the carriage with a pale face, and said anxiously: "Sister, there are portraits of you and Su Niang on the gate of the city. , I'm afraid... I'm afraid we won't be able to leave the city!"

Brother An panicked like a little rabbit when he heard this, and said in fear, "Princess, did the Third Highness repent and send someone to arrest you?"

Yu Ruyan's heart sank with a 'thud', her eyes dimmed, she replied firmly without thinking, "It can't be him, he even let me go on his own initiative, why would he suddenly call me!"

After the words fell, she already guessed in her heart that Su Niang's matter must have been discovered, and since Xiaodao showed his face in the Prime Minister's mansion, Mu Xiang probably already guessed that Mu Ziyang's matter was done by her, so he made an announcement. Catch her and Su Niang back...

But since they saw the handle of the knife, why didn't they contact him?
Turning her mind back, she said in a deep voice: "Mr. Mu is very scheming, and Mu Ziyue and Mu Ziyang are not stupid people. They probably realized that Su Niang's matter was my handwriting, so they went around to edit us. There must be officers and soldiers everywhere in the city who want to arrest me."

Hearing her words, Xiaodao said bitterly: "I didn't expect this Mufu to move so fast. I didn't post the notice when I sent Su Niang out of the city before. If I had known, I should have gone home and picked you up together. "

After finishing speaking, Xiaodao's face was full of annoyance.

When Brother An thought of the powerful means of the Xiangfu, his heart shuddered, and he shivered: "Princess, now the city gate can't go out, and there are officers and soldiers in the city who arrested us. What should we do? There is nowhere to hide. Already." After speaking, Brother An was already crying in anxiety and fear.

"Xiaodao, drive the carriage to a hidden place first, and then make plans!" Yu Ruyan suppressed the panic in her heart, and calmly ordered Xiaodao.

Hearing what she said, Xiaodao turned around and got out of the carriage, turned around and drove towards the city. Before he had gone far, a carriage drove towards him and almost hit him head-on. When he got up to the person sitting, his face was startled, and he said in amazement: "Qingcha, why are you here?"

Qingcha put the carriage in front of their carriage, jumped off the shaft with an angry face, walked straight over with a bag of things in his hand, handed the things to Xiaodao, and said angrily with his face: "Hmph, thanks to my master always I was worried about you all the time, but I just left without saying a word, without even saying hello, really..."

The words in his mouth seemed to be said to Xiao Dao, but his eyes were looking straight at the curtain of the car, clearly speaking to Yu Ruyan in the car, the wolf-hearted sentence in his mouth was about to blurt out, but Looking back at the lowered curtain of his carriage, he still didn't have the guts to utter those words.

Qingcha's words fell into Yu Ruyan's ears word for word, she was slightly startled when she heard the words, a look of shame flashed across her face, and her heart was flustered.She opened a corner of the car curtain, looked at the angrily Qingcha outside the car, and said guiltily: "Qingcha, I will definitely remember the kindness of the young master, but now I have to leave Dongdu and go back to my hometown... I am now grateful for the kindness of the young master." I don't have the ability to repay it, but I will always remember it in my heart. We left without saying goodbye because we didn't want to cause trouble to the young master. He is in poor health and shouldn't worry too much. ...you feel comfortable...and so do I."

Seeing her saying this, Qingcha couldn't scold her any more, but just looked at her angrily, annoyed that she didn't understand her master's intentions, and hated her for not being able to tell the truth: "Young Master is thinking of you to repay his kindness, he has done it for you. He did everything voluntarily, just because he liked..."

He was so anxious that he couldn't help it, but in the end he still remembered Yue Yu's instructions, swallowed the following words abruptly, turned his face away and hummed: "Seeing that you usually look smart and powerful, but I really don't want to be a fool." A brain made of paste, completely confused!"

Yu Ruyan let him scold, with a bitter and unspeakable smile on the corner of her mouth, her eyes were sore and uncomfortable, she said to Qingcha: "It is indeed my mistake, please apologize to the young master for me, I hope he will forgive you. He is sick and there is no one else around, you must take good care of him."

Seeing her sad face, Qingcha knew that she was not feeling well, so she couldn't help but soften her tone and said: "Forget it, the master doesn't blame you, so what right do I have to tell you."

He pointed to the package in the knife's hand and said: "It's a farewell gift from the young master for you, maybe——it will help you get out of the city."

He carefully took out a plaque from his arms and handed it to Yu Ruyan, and said: "This is given to you by my master, please keep it well, if you need it, just take this bamboo plaque to the Yuejia shop. That's it." After finishing speaking, he turned around, jumped into the carriage and drove away.

Yu Ruyan stared blankly at the thing in her hand, it was a small plaque made of black bamboo, on which was engraved a flying horse with two wings, it looked very simple and elegant, Yu Ruyan picked up the bamboo plaque and rubbed it carefully Looking at him, doubts flashed in his eyes.

Brother An opened the package, and there was a stack of banknotes and some sets of clothes worn by ordinary people. Under the clothes, there were three things that were as thin as cicada wings and soft. Both Xiaodao and Brother An looked curious and held them in their hands. Looking left and right, I was amazed.When Yu Ruyan put away the bamboo cards and saw the things in their hands, her heart was shocked——

Human skin mask!

When she was with the master when she was a child, she saw the master made this kind of thing. She wanted to pass on this skill to her when she grew up, but unfortunately she was taken into the palace later, and she would return to Putuo Temple later, master But he has traveled all over the world, and passed away in a temple in the neighboring country Wei four years ago.

Seeing the human skin mask again now, Yu Ruyan felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity in her heart. She had heard from her master before that there are very few people in the world who know this craft, but she never thought that Yue Yu would also know this long-lost the secret technique.

Many thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant, and many things seemed to break out of the ground, but when she thought too much, her mind couldn't hold back the pain.

Seeing Xiao Dao and An Ge at a loss with their masks, she recovered and helped them put them on one by one. After she also put on the human skin mask, the three of you look at me, I see you are completely dumbfounded .

The appearances of the three of them have undergone earth-shaking changes. Their outstanding appearances have become nothing more than ordinary, no different from those passers-by on the street. Except for the eyes, other facial features are no longer their original appearance.

With the human skin mask that Yue Yu carefully prepared for them, and then put on the civilian clothes he carefully prepared, they had no fear in their hearts, and drove the carriage towards the gate of the city...

Qingcha turned the carriage around a bend and returned to the original place. Seeing Yu Ruyan and the others' carriage going further and further away, Qingcha couldn't bear it, so she couldn't help but lift the curtain and said to the young man in white who was sitting quietly inside: " Master, the girl is about to leave Dongdu, are you really not coming to see it?"

Yue Yu sat quietly, half closed his eyelids, Qingcha couldn't see the expression in his eyes clearly, but felt that the master at the moment was very pitiful, after so many years of being alone, he finally opened his heart to like someone, but in the end It ended like this.

Qingcha was hesitant about how to comfort him, Yue Yu raised his head and smiled bitterly, his clear eyes couldn't hide the gloomy loss, he heard everything Yu Ruyan said to Qingcha just now, as smart as her, how could he not know his feelings for her Woolen cloth?She left in a hurry, perhaps because she was afraid of facing herself.

So, since he knew what she was thinking, how could he have the heart to embarrass her?

He opened his mouth and told Qingcha softly: "Notify all shopkeepers and shops in Qi State that seeing Yupai is like seeing me. No matter what troubles she encounters or what kind of help she needs, she must spare no effort to help her."

Qingcha silently nodded in response, seeing the unconcealable sense of loss on his face, couldn't help but asked again: "Master, with your kindness to the girl, as long as you ask her to stay, she will definitely not refuse, why don't you just ask?" keep her?"

Hearing this, Yue Yu smiled helplessly, with endless loneliness in his voice, and slowly said: "Now her heart is full, and there is no room for me, so if I force her to stay by my side, I will treat her For me, it is another kind of injury. Some things cannot be forced, I only hope that one day her heart will be free, and then..."

Qingcha understood the meaning of his words, felt aggrieved for him, and said in a daze: "Master, what year and month are you going to wait for? What if Miss Xiaoqing has been living in her heart and cannot be free? Isn't it?" I was wronged and delayed the master!"

Yue Yu smiled lightly and said lightly: "How can you account for the relationship? You shouldn't have blamed her blindly before. Everything was done voluntarily by me, so I can't blame her!"

"But the master has paid so much for her, why would she not..." Qingcha was still unwilling.

Yue Yu's clear eyes dimmed as if covered with dust, and his voice was lonely for no reason——

"No, I owe her more!"

With the cover of the human skin mask, the three of Yu Ruyan passed the search smoothly.When the wheels turned again, An Ge whispered to Yu Ruyan with an excited face: "Princess, I didn't expect Mr. Yue's human skin mask to be so useful. You are clearly standing in front of those officials, but no one recognizes you."

But even so, Yu Ruyan was still covered in cold sweat during the inspection just now. Hearing what Brother An said, the last big stone in her heart was put down, and her expression relaxed, but she didn't notice that the knife driving the car couldn't stop her whole body. trembling slightly——

He sat on the shaft of the chariot and watched the officials guarding the city gate carefully examine the men leaving the city with their portraits in their hands. That description was more serious and eager than just searching the women.

He clearly saw his former name written on the portrait in the official's hand——

Eighth Prince Mu Chenzhi!

In fact, as early as after Xiaodao chased Yu Ruyan all the way to Daliang, he always felt familiar with many things around him inexplicably. The terrain here——

That's because he has been close to Mu Lingzhi since he was a child. After he built the mansion, he often went out to the palace to play, and even lived there for several months. He was more familiar with everything in the palace than his brother Mu Lingzhi.

That night after he broke into Mu Lingzhi's bedroom and was discovered, under the pursuit of the hidden guards, he hid in the cave, and even Mu Lingzhi himself couldn't find him.

He discovered that secret cave by accident when he was playing hide and seek in the palace, and even Mu Lingzhi didn't know about it.

Later, he gradually remembered some people and things in his mind. While feeling excited in his heart, he felt inexplicable fear at the same time. He had a premonition that when his life experience was revealed, it was also the time when he left Yu Ruyan...

But if he was allowed to leave Yu Ruyan, it would be worse than taking his life. Only he himself understands how big a position Yu Ruyan occupies in his life——

Xiaodao survived the assassination by chance, and wandered to Qi State alone. He was seriously injured and was often beaten to death for stealing other people's food. Three years ago, he was only a 12-year-old child. He lost his memory and his mind was blank. He is full of hostility towards the world, and this hostility becomes more and more terrifying after encountering more and more indifference and insults, until he meets Yu Ruyan!

Yu Ruyan didn't dislike him at all, took the risk to bring him back to the palace, took good care of him, accompanied him day and night, and gave him the most precious warmth in the despair and pain, so from then on, in Yu Xiaodao's world, except for Yu Ruyan, no one else Can't tolerate the second person...

So when this terrible idea popped up in his mind, he took the initiative to discard the fragments of memory that surged up in his mind, not thinking about it, let alone looking for it, he began to be afraid of thinking about his own life experience, until he fell into Mu Ziyue's trap and was injured. Fleeing into the palace, I met Uncle Chen——

The first time Uncle Chen saw him, he knelt down in front of him with a 'plop', and called him His Highness the Eighth Highness with tears in his eyes. The door of his memory was completely opened, and everything in the past gradually became clear. He remembered his identity and knew who he was.

It turned out that Chen Bo was actually his trusted bodyguard who followed him all the time!
Even though he knew everything about himself, he didn't want Yu Ruyan to know, and ordered Chen Bo not to tell his identity to a third person besides the two of them.

So after Chen Bo rescued Yu Ruyan in the prison cell, he could also repay Xiaodao for Yu Ruyan's love for saving him back then...

Xiaodao has been trying so hard to conceal his identity, but when he was saving Su Niang in Xiangfu, Mu et al accidentally saw his true face.Mu Pang and others recognized at a glance that the young assassin in front of them was the Eighth Prince Mu Chenzhi who died three years ago. What they didn't expect was that no matter how they showed him their favor and asked him to stay, the Eighth Prince panicked. escaped.

After discovering this shocking secret, Mu Xiang's eyes flashed, thinking that the Xiangfu had offended the Holy Master and the imperial concubine because of his son and daughter, Liang Wang blamed him for being incompetent in teaching his son, and Xie Guifei directly hated him for concealing Mu Ziyue's slut If it weren't for the fact that he has worked hard for the court for so many years, it is estimated that the crime of deceiving the emperor would be on his head.

Although King Liang did not severely punish the Prime Minister, he also left Mu Xiang a lot colder. Mu Xiang was worried about how he could regain the trust and favor of the Holy Majesty and the Imperial Concubine, and now suddenly found that the Eighth Prince, whom the Holy Majesty loves the most, is still alive Living in this world, how could he miss this opportunity?

Mu Xiang entered the palace without stopping to report the matter to King Liang and Concubine Xie. At that time, Mu Lingzhi was also in the imperial concubine's palace. When he heard the news, he splashed tea all over his body. The hot tea scalded his skin. It was painful, but he was so pleasantly surprised that he couldn't even feel the pain.

And Concubine Xie was so shocked that she couldn't help herself, she stood there blankly for a long time before she came back to her senses, and the first sentence she spoke was——

No matter what, no matter what the price is, the Eighth Prince Mu Chenzhi must be found!

(End of this chapter)