slave like jade

Chapter 98
Concubine Li ran to Jinying Palace late at night to arrest people. Others couldn't figure it out, but Yu Ruyan knew it like a mirror in her heart.

Before returning to the palace, she had thought that she would eventually pass the test of Concubine Li.

A year ago, she married Daliang far away. Unexpectedly, when the luan sedan walked halfway, she was chased by the Seventh Princess Yu Rosary, saying that she wanted to go to Daliang with her to play!

Jade Rosary is Concubine Li's most precious daughter. Usually in the palace, she is the most honorable among all the princesses except Yu Mingzhu, not only because her mother and concubine are the concubine Li, but also because she has a powerful uncle—Daliang Dingguo General Lu Rong
The Lu family is a strong general, and the daughter he taught is also aggressive, not only Concubine Li, but also the Seventh Princess Jade Rosary.She insisted on going with Yu Ruyan's send-off team, but Yu Ruyan couldn't help her, so she could only let her follow along.

Arriving at the junction of Qi and Liang, the mountain road is difficult to walk, and the sun is poisonous. Yu Rosary thought that the sedan chair was not ventilated and too hot, and was afraid of going on the mountain road, so she drove Yu Ruyan off the luan sedan chair and climbed up to sit in it by herself. .

Yu Ruyan thought she was young and ignorant and had never experienced hardships, so she didn't care about her, so she got off the sedan chair and climbed the mountain road with Brother An and the others.

However, what I didn't expect later was that not long after entering Daliang, the sending team was stopped by Mu Lingzhi's army. Before everyone had time to react, a cold arrow shot at the sedan chair with a strong killing intent. Nail the ignorant-looking jade rosary to death in a sedan chair...

Therefore, Concubine Li came to arrest her fiercely, and she came to avenge her murder of her daughter!

Xiaodao hurried out when he heard the noise outside, but she stopped him with an eye when he was stepping forward to save Yu Ruyan, Yu Ruyan shouted: "Xiaodao go back to the house!"

Xiaodao blushed with anxiety, but he couldn't help but listen to her, and shouted anxiously: "Sister..."

Withdrawing the knife, Yu Ruyan let the palace guards fasten her so that she could not move, but looked at the angry Concubine Li indifferently and said coldly: "Concubine Li Mu came here late at night and came to arrest me indiscriminately, but Why?"

Concubine Li stared fiercely at her beautiful face, and couldn't help but think that if her daughter hadn't died, she would still be blooming like a flower, but she never expected——

She gritted her teeth fiercely and said, "You are a lowly son of a bitch, you killed my daughter and are still pretending to be crazy here, you will pay for my daughter's life!"

As soon as the words fell, Shu Pin jumped up from behind trembling, knelt at Concubine Li's feet and slapped her head desperately, saying: "Sister Li, every mistake is my fault, if you want to avenge Seventh Princess, Take my life. I will pay for my daughter's life to you..."

Shu Concubine's words not only did not extinguish the anger in Concubine Li's heart, but on the contrary, the expression on her face became even more serious. She kicked Shu Concubine heavily in the heart, kicked Shu Concubine straight away, and cursed fiercely: "You bitch, you can't do that!" Is your worthless life worthy of paying back my daughter's life?"

Concubine Li had learned martial arts for a few days before she got married, and her feet were extremely heavy. Not only did she kick Concubine Shu away, but she even kicked her to vomit blood.

The bright red gushing out of Concubine Shu's mouth hurt Yu Ruyan's heart, and she cried out in a panic, "Mother Concubine!"

Not caring about anything else, Yu Ruyan tried her best to break free from the restraints of the palace servants, but she was a weak woman who was a match for the palace servants, and she couldn't escape at all.

Suddenly, Yu Xiaodao, who was driven back into the room by her, jumped out of the room and rushed to Yu Ruyan.

Although he was afraid that he would cause trouble after entering the palace, Yu Ruyan put away his saber, but his fist and kick skills were equally powerful, and within a moment he had beaten those palace people to their knees, and was about to snatch Yu Ruyan back. Unexpectedly, a figure suddenly flashed in front of him, but it was Baihe, the close maid next to Concubine Li, who stopped Xiaodao, and within a few strokes, the defenseless Xiaodao was forced back a few steps, and the two started fighting.

Bai He was specially sent by General Dingguo Lu Rong to protect Concubine Li to take care of her. His kung fu is very powerful, and he is not inferior to Xiaodao when he fights with bare hands. Unable to get out of the entanglement, she watched helplessly as Concubine Li escorted Yu Ruyan away from Jinying Palace!

Fu'er went to help Concubine Shu who was lying on the ground, An Ge watched Yu Ruyan being taken away, tears streaming down his face, he was about to chase Yu Ruyan out, but Fu'er stopped her and begged her to go Ask the imperial physician for Concubine Shu.

As for the two fighting over there, Bai He saw that Concubine Li had successfully taken her away from the Jinying Palace, so he no longer entangled with the knife, turned over and jumped out of the fighting ring, and jumped out of the palace wall.

Xiaodao was so anxious that he wanted to rush out of the palace gate to chase Concubine Li and his party, but he stopped at the door——

Since he was quietly brought back to the palace by Yu Ruyan three years ago and raised in Jinying Palace and was discovered, King Qi wanted his life directly at that time, but Yu Ruyan tried his best to protect him, although King Qi did not kill him in the end , but it was clearly stipulated that he was not allowed to step out of the Hibiscus Palace after nightfall, and he should rarely appear in the harem even during the day.

There is also a reason for King Qi's order. After all, there are so many concubines, princesses and maids in the huge harem. Xiao Dao is a man. Although he is still young, he has not purified himself like a eunuch in the palace. If you dare to step out of the Hibiscus Palace after nightfall, you will be killed!

Thinking of King Qi's prohibition on him, Xiaodao's eyes were full of despair, he knew that Concubine Li was arresting Yu Ruyan to take the life of her late daughter.So just for a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind, his obsidian eyes were filled with absolute determination, and without stopping, he flew out of the door and rushed out...

The Hibiscus Cherry Palace is located in a remote place, the noise did not disturb too many people in the palace, Concubine Li brought Yu Ruyan back to her Spring Harmony Palace after a while.

In the Chunwu Palace not far from the Chunhe Palace, a slightly plump woman listened carefully to the noises in the Chunhe Palace. After a while, a court lady hurried in and whispered in the woman's ear: " Empress, after Concubine Lian was recruited into Chunlan Palace in the afternoon, Concubine Li went to Jinying Palace to seek trouble at night, and now she is the one who kidnapped the fifth princess, and it is said that she wants to seek revenge on the fifth princess for the seventh princess."

After hearing the maid's words, the woman frowned slightly with her beautiful Yuanshan eyebrows, and with a thoughtful expression on her face, she asked coldly after a while: "Where's the emperor? He was entangled by that poisonous woman again tonight?!"

The maid looked at the calm expression on the woman's face, and said cautiously: "Yes, I heard that the poison... the one from Chunlan Palace said that he was frightened by the fifth princess today, and he was very flustered and frightened. The eldest princess invited the emperor to Chunlan Palace, originally, the emperor agreed to come to the palace to accompany the empress tonight..."

"Don't talk about it!" The woman's charming little face was even chilled, and she said bitterly: "All along, she is the only one in this harem, with vicious and arrogant thoughts..."

Speaking of Concubine Lian, deep hatred flashed across the woman's face, she turned her eyes, and whispered a few words to the maid. After hearing this, the maid showed a look of embarrassment and fear, and whispered: "Your Majesty, that Chunlan Palace...slaves can't get in!"

Hearing this, the woman turned around and went to the cabinet at hand and took out a few banknotes for her, and said coldly: "You don't need to go in, you hand these over to Eunuch Wei, the great eunuch next to the emperor. Tell him, let him help you talk to the emperor."

The maid stared at the large-denomination bank note in her hand for a moment, and ran out of the Chunwu Palace in the next second.

King Qi was about to go to bed under the service of Concubine Lian, when suddenly the eunuch beside him came in with a panicked expression, and whispered something in King Qi's ear, and King Qi's expression changed instantly.

He put on his robe and walked out, just in time to bump into Concubine Lian who came in, and suddenly saw that King Qi was about to leave, Concubine Lian gave a 'thump' in her heart, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Where are you going, Your Majesty? The concubine will accompany you to the lotus pond for a walk."

King Qi frowned and said, "No, the palace servants came to report that Mei'er had a sudden stomachache. I'll go to Chunwu Palace to have a look. You don't have to wait for me, just rest early."

Hearing the "Meier" from King Qi's mouth, Concubine Lian felt cold, but she still had a gentle and virtuous look on her face, and said worriedly: "What's wrong with Sister Zhaoyi? She is pregnant, so be careful." Nah!"

King Qi was also very anxious. Over the years, although there were many women in his harem, for some reason, most of them were princesses, and the few princes died halfway. Now he has also reached the year of destiny. If there is no prince to inherit Wanli Jiangshan in the future, he will have no face to meet his underground ancestors after death.

The empress dowager was also very anxious, and talked about her grandson in front of the king every day, but there were concubines in the palace who were pregnant every year, but there was always no prince who brought them up. Eating vegetarian food and reciting Buddha's name, I don't want to see this woman who is full of palaces.

Due to the pressure of his heirs, every time a concubine in the harem became pregnant, the King of Qi would hold on to his eager hope, hoping to covet a prince.So Wu Zhaoyi's birth, King Qi, also had great hopes. Now that she heard that she had a stomachache, he immediately rushed to Chunwu Palace.

Seeing that she couldn't stop King Qi, Concubine Lian felt flustered in her heart.Her plan tonight is that Concubine Li will come forward to arrest people, but she is in charge of keeping King Qi in Chunlan Palace by all means, lest someone tip off and ask King Qi to rescue Yu Ruyan.

No matter how much King Qi dislikes this fifth princess, she is his daughter after all, and he is still the Princess Heshuo whom he has appointed personally. More importantly, Concubine Lian is keenly aware that this time Yu Ruyan returns to the palace, she does not know her What did she say to King Qi in the side hall? In short, she felt that King Qi's attitude towards her now was a bit unpredictable for her.

In the past, if Yu Ruyan dared to commit murder in Chunlan Palace like today, His Majesty would definitely hand her over to him to be punished, but today King Qi ended the matter in a casual manner. He even ordered the people of Chunlan Palace not to tell about Yu Ruyan's military prostitution, and all his actions seemed to be on her side.

She then thought that Chunwu Palace would be fine sooner or later, and suddenly she had a stomachache at this time, and Chunwu Palace was so close to Concubine Li's Chunhe Palace, if His Majesty discovered something, the plan would be ruined.

The more she thought about Concubine Lian, the more worried she felt. She hurriedly led her maids to catch up with King Qi, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, sister Zhaoyi is not feeling well, and my concubine has no mood to sleep. I'd better accompany His Majesty to go and have a look to be relieved."

King Qi glanced back at her, and said appreciatively: "As expected of the person in charge of the harem, he has to worry about all matters big and small. I didn't love you in vain, and I am very relieved to hand over the harem to you."

Embarrassed, Concubine Lian smiled shyly and walked towards Chunwu Palace with King Qi.

Concubine Lian was afraid that King Qi would find something when he passed by the Chunhe Palace, so she deliberately led him to walk away from the Chunhe Palace, but she didn't expect to meet Wu Zhaoyi who was complaining of a stomachache on the way.

Seeing that Concubine Lian really deliberately took His Majesty to avoid the Chunhe Palace and go to the path, Wu Zhaoyi couldn't help but sneered in her heart. She had expected Concubine Lian to do this, so she waited here on purpose.

When King Qi saw her, he hurriedly said worriedly: "Isn't it a stomachache? Why don't you take a good rest and still walk outside?"

Although Wu Zhaoyi's face is not as beautiful as Concubine Lian's, she is charming, affectionate and young, and she replied delicately to King Qi: "My concubine had a stomachache for a while before, and I was very scared for worrying about the fetus, but I didn't expect that it was this child who was naughty." Kicking me in the stomach. Now that he doesn't kick me, my stomach doesn't hurt anymore, plus the noise in Sister Li's palace is very noisy, and the concubines can't rest, so they just come to this garden. No Thinking of meeting His Majesty."

After finishing speaking, he took King Qi's hand without a trace, and led him towards the Spring Harmony Palace.

After a few steps, we arrived at the gate of Chunhe Palace.Sure enough, fighting cries came from inside.King Qi was startled, and walked in without thinking. When he arrived at the Chunhe Palace, he couldn't help being shocked.

In the spacious front yard of the Spring Harmony Palace, there was an altar of joss sticks. On the table in the middle was a memorial tablet. A Taoist priest was casting spells around it. A person was tied up on the ground in the middle. Three little Taoist priests were walking towards her. Thick blood stains and incense ash were splashed on his body, and he could no longer see clearly.On the other side, a young man was fighting fiercely with Bai He, the eldest girl of the Spring Harmony Palace.Seeing this, everyone couldn't help being dumbfounded.

No one in the crowd noticed that King Qi had come in.Seeing that King Qi's face was completely dark, Eunuch Wei hurriedly stepped forward and shouted in a high-pitched voice: "Stop it all, I am so shocked!"

After hearing Eunuch Wei's words, everyone came back to their senses, Concubine Li rushed up to meet her, the Taoist priest stopped, and the fight between Baihe and Xiaodao broke up.Xiaodao didn't care about King Qi and the others, separated and rushed to the person covered in blood and incense in the middle of the venue, picked her up and asked anxiously, "Sister, how are you doing?"

Yu Ruyan's face and nose were covered with blood and incense ash, and she couldn't breathe.When Xiaodao saw it, he quickly untied the rope on her body, wiped off her face fiercely, took off her coat that was stained with blood and incense ash, and put on his own coat.

He took care of Yu Ruyan completely without hesitation, and the distress and reluctance on his face were displayed in front of everyone, seeing the ambiguous feelings in everyone's eyes, King Qi's face darkened, and his eyes were filled with murderous aura!
After a long time, King Qi asked Concubine Li coldly, "What are you doing if you don't sleep well in the middle of the night and make the palace dark and smoky?"

The coldness in King Qi's words made Concubine Li tremble all over, and she suddenly wept heartbrokenly: "Your Majesty, since the rosary died in vain, my concubine dreamed of her wandering around pitifully every night...she was so young... He died in a foreign land and died unexpectedly, with resentment in his heart, he couldn't even enter the underworld, and he couldn't be reincarnated as a human again, and became a lonely ghost wandering outside..."

Concubine Li's words were like a basin of cold water pouring on everyone, but seeing her crying so hard that she felt a little pitiful, King Qi couldn't bear it, helped her up and sighed: "Forget it, this is also her fate, everything is in danger. It's been a year, so don't take it to heart."

"No, Your Majesty." Concubine Li turned her head and stared fiercely at Yu Ruyan who had just been lifted up by the knife, pointed at her with trembling fingers and said sharply: "It was she who killed the rosary. The person that the third prince of Daliang obviously wants to kill is She let my rosary block the arrow for her, my daughter..." Thinking of her daughter who died tragically, Concubine Li burst into tears.

"My daughter died for no apparent reason, and she died with a grievance. Everything is because of her being an ominous person, so today she is required to pay for my daughter's life, so that my daughter's spirit in heaven can rest in peace."

Concubine Li gritted her teeth and said bitterly, the fierce light in her eyes wished she could kill Yu Ruyan.

"Heh, she wanted to sit in the luan sedan chair, and someone else shot the arrow. How can I be blamed for Seventh Sister's death? Then who should I ask for my grievances and sufferings?"

Yu Ruyan couldn't bear it any longer, she gritted her teeth and walked in front of King Qi with the help of Xiao Dao, and said coldly: "If you really want to pursue it, why doesn't Concubine Li blame herself? Why don't you keep Seventh Sister in the palace and let her be a child?" Running around outside at a young age? She thinks the sedan chair is stuffy, and the mountain road is difficult to walk, so she chooses to sit in my sedan chair, and now everything is mine, isn't it? Could it be that Concubine Li never taught Seventh Sister that other people's wedding sedan chairs are not good? Can I sit?"

Yu Ruyan's words turned Concubine Li's face into gray and white. Everyone in the palace knew that she doted on the Seventh Princess to the point of lawlessness. But Concubine Li was at a loss for words for a moment and couldn't reply.

Concubine Lian saw that Concubine Li was choked by Yu Ruyan's words and couldn't answer for a while, she coldly winked at the Taoist priest at the side, the Taoist priest saw him, and hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully: "Poverty Dao Yiyun sees Your Majesty, Pindao has something to say!"

Seeing that it was him, King Qi couldn't help but soften his face and said: "So it's the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest is highly respected. If you have anything to say, you may as well speak up!"

Daoist Yiyun smiled slightly, with a modest and magnanimous face, and a peaceful expression, and said slowly: "Concubine Li lost her beloved daughter, and depression is inevitable. The fifth princess's words are also reasonable. But—" He paused, Looking around with eyes full of energy, he seemed to see something pitiful, and sighed sadly: "But the spirit of the Seventh Princess lingers, and it is true that she has been floating in the Spring Harmony Palace and has been unable to rest in peace. When the seventh princess was born, I helped her see her face. She had a full heaven and a round earth. She still looked rich and powerful, and she did not have a short-lived life. The calamity caused by evil spirits."

Daoist Yiyun spoke the words "born with evil spirits" in a cadenced manner, but everyone's heart was trembling when they heard it, and everyone looked at Yu Ruyan with disgust.

Yu Ruyan's heart was cold, ever since she was designated as an ominous person by the Taoist priest in front of her when she was two years old, she had heard so many words like this, and her miserable fate began since then.

She looked at Daoist Yiyun indifferently, and said coldly, "How did the Daoist know that Seventh Sister's resentful soul cannot rest in peace? Can the Daoist have yin and yang eyes?"

Before the words fell, Concubine Lian had already reprimanded: "Stop being unreasonable, the Taoist priest is still a cultivator, with powerful spells, don't be rude in front of him!"

And Daoist Yiyun said humbly with a face full of indifference: "The poor Taoist cultivating immortals for decades, although you can't turn stones into gold, fly into the sky, but a pair of eyes can see through the two worlds of yin and yang, this point - the princess really doesn't need to question it! "

"Since the Taoist priest is so powerful, why don't you help me see if the child in my womb is a boy or a girl?" Suddenly a charming voice intervened.Everyone heard the sound and looked over, only to see Wu Zhaoyi looking at Daoist Yiyun sincerely, waiting eagerly for him to give him an answer.

King Qi's eyes lit up, and he immediately looked at Daoist Yiyun eagerly and said: "I hope the Taoist priest will open his eyes to help the widows see whether the fetus in Meier's womb is male or female?"

Concubine Lian's complexion darkened, and her expression became flustered. Although Daoist Yiyun's expression was still described as a calm and clear worldly expert, his slightly trembling sleeves revealed the panic in his heart.

Yu Ruyan was very close to him, and seeing the trembling of his sleeve robe clearly, she couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

She continued calmly: "The Empress Dowager has been longing to see her grandson. Next month is her birthday. If the Taoist priest can tell the empress the gender of the baby in the womb in advance, if it is a boy, I am afraid that the father will not use it." No matter how much you worry about preparing a birthday gift for the Empress Dowager, this good news is the best gift."

As soon as this remark came out, King Qi was even more itchy, he took two steps closer and said eagerly: "Yan'er is right, Taoist priest, open your eyes and see!"

Daoist Yiyun couldn't keep his composure any longer, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead unconsciously, he raised his head and glanced in the direction of Concubine Lian without a trace, and asked her for help!

Yiyun's so-called sky eye is just a trick of the rivers and lakes, a trick specially used to help Concubine Lian harm others, how can he see clearly whether Wu Zhaoyi's belly is a man or a woman through his belly?
Concubine Lian felt a chill in her heart, she didn't expect Wu Zhaoyi to come up with a difficult problem to help Yu Ruyan out of the siege, but she was such a powerful person, she just calmed down for a moment, blinked slightly at Daoist Yiyun, Daoist Yiyun I suddenly understood in my heart——

He can say nonsense that Wu Zhaoyi is pregnant with a princess, anyway, Concubine Lian will not let her have a day when everything is ripe!
Putting away his panic, he sighed heavily on purpose, and said slowly: "Oh, Pindao once said 15 years ago that the ominousness of the fifth princess will affect the luck of the entire Daqi. Under her influence, there will be no descendants. , so, as usual, the fetus in Zhaoyi's womb is a princess."

Hearing this, King Qi's face darkened instantly, and he suddenly turned his head and stared at Yu Ruyan fiercely, as if he wanted to cut her into pieces.Concubine Lian showed an unusually satisfied smile at Daoist Yiyun, and turned to whisper to Concubine Li. Concubine Li understood, she threw herself at King Qi's feet, pointed at the pale-faced Yu Ruyan and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, this The ominous person has made His Majesty's heirs unhappy, and seeing that Daqi's dragon veins are about to be buried by her, and even killed my daughter, such an ominous person must not stay in the world to harm the country and the people!"

Concubine Li's words were like piercing a sharp knife into King Qi's icy heart, and a murderous look appeared in her eyes——

If there are other things, he can still care about the love between father and daughter and stay in the world like a beauty, but now it affects the fate of the whole Daqi and makes him have no descendants. This is absolutely unforgivable!

Not only Yu Ruyan could feel the murderous look in King Qi's eyes, but the knife that had been guarding her side was shaking all over his body. His obsidian eyes also showed murderous look, and before King Qi could open his mouth, Yu Ruyan was blocked. behind.

King Qi raised his finger and ordered coldly: "Catch him and behead him in the afternoon!"

What he pointed at was the jade knife, and his voice was cold and piercing: "The widow once said that if you dare to step out of the Hibiscus Cherry Palace after sunset, you will be killed. And you—"

King Qi turned his gaze to Yu Ruyan, and said coldly: "Although Daliang was forced to return after his divorce, he still doesn't know how to restrain himself, his relationship with him is unclear, and he is openly ambiguous, so don't blame the father for being ruthless."

Closing his eyes not to see Yu Ruyan's despairing expression, King Qi said slowly, "The fifth princess, Yu Ruyan, is disobedient to women, cheats on male pets, ruins the reputation of the royal family, and gives me a glass of poisoned wine!"

(End of this chapter)