slave like jade

Chapter 99 The Death of Yiyun
King Qi closed his eyes not to see Yu Ruyan's despairing expression, and slowly said: "The fifth princess, Yu Ruyan, does not obey women's morals, cheats on male pets, ruins the reputation of the royal family, and gives me a glass of poisonous wine!"

As soon as this remark came out, Concubine Li, Concubine Lian and Yu Mingzhu who came over after hearing the sound were all happy, but Concubine Shu who had just stepped into the Spring Harmony Palace couldn't help but fainted when she heard King Qi's words .

Yu Ruyan's face was dead silent, she looked at the man in front of her in disbelief, she never thought that she would be sentenced to death for the words of a fake Taoist priest, and she would have to take the life of a knife...

Endless chills emerged from the bottom of her heart, she suddenly shivered, pushed away the knife in front of her and said hoarsely: "Run! You run!"

But Xiao Dao stood by her side stubbornly, with a murderous look all over his body, and said coldly: "If you want to go together, I will never leave my sister to live alone."

While the two were talking, the palace servants had already come forward to arrest them, but at this moment, Wu Zhaoyi suddenly spoke out.

"Wait a minute, Your Majesty, my concubine has something to say!"

Her big seductive eyes lightly flicked across Yu Ruyan's ashen face, and she said softly to the dark-faced King Qi: "Your Majesty, can you convict the fifth princess after listening to my concubine?"

King Qi had a cold face and didn't speak yet, but Concubine Lian Gui said, "My sister has something to say to your majesty after you return to the palace. It's late at night and everyone is tired, so let's go..."

However, before she finished speaking, Wu Zhaoyi said to the peaceful Taoist Yiyun very seriously: "Is the Taoist really sure that I am pregnant with a princess?"

Daoist Yiyun was completely relieved at this time, with his brows and eyes closed, his expression seemed unfathomable, and his tone seemed casual but extremely sure: "Poverty Dao must not be mistaken, there is a little girl in the womb of the empress." Princess!"

Seeing what he said so affirmatively, Wu Zhaoyi suddenly burst into a 'haha' laugh, she smiled and turned her eyes, glared at Yiyun fiercely and said: "It's a pity that the Taoist priest said that he is a master of Taoism, so he is also Just like those swindlers who walk around the streets and alleys, they can only slander people casually with their mouths."

As soon as she said this, not only Yiyun himself was shocked, but even King Qi and others were also shocked.

Daoist Yiyun blushed, wanted to say something but was stunned for a moment and couldn't speak, and Concubine Lian was about to speak out, but Wu Zhaoyi turned her head and said to the king: "Your Highness, the judge of the Supreme Hospital yesterday I personally checked the pulse of the concubine, and said that the concubine's womb is a very rare twin. Therefore, regardless of whether the child is a boy or a girl, just because this fake Taoist said that there is only one child in my womb, it can be seen that he does not have any heavenly eyes at all. Everything is a lie, it is just a nonsense that he made up to deceive people, or he was instructed by others to spread rumors in this harem and use false hands to harm people!"

Wu Zhaoyi finished speaking in one breath, and fixed her eyes on Concubine Lian, who was already full of panic, but said the last sentence to her.

Hearing the news of Wu Zhaoyi's revelation of the twins, King Qi's cold heart warmed up again, but Daoist Yiyun's face was already ashen, his whole body was shaking as if he was sifting chaff. On the ground, there was no longer the bland and breezy pretentious look on his face.

King Qi looked at Daoist Yiyun who fell on the ground with joy, and remembered the nonsense he swore just now, and nameless anger surged in his heart, the murderous look in his eyes became more intense, and he said in a cold tone: "The Taoist priest just read it wrong, I'm going to see it again." I'll give you a chance to open my eyes to see if Zhaoyi's twins are male or female?"

Yiyun Daochang's lips trembled and he couldn't speak, he involuntarily cast his eyes on Concubine Lian Gui, wanting to ask her for help, but the latter had already turned his face away and never looked at him again, his cold and stern face was full of determination.

"If you get it wrong again this time, you don't need to keep your eyes, let alone your head!" Qi Wang became so cold that he was willing to kill his daughter, let alone others.

The next moment, Daoist Yiyun kowtowed and begged for mercy, he only said that he had just helped Concubine Li see the wandering soul of the Seventh Princess, too much effort and misread it for a while.

At this time he did not know that repentance was dying.

Yu Ruyan slowly got up from the ground, walked up to Taoist Priest Yiyun step by step, and said with a sneer: "Okay, since Taoist Priest Tianyan is too tired to see Yin and Yang, why don't you just calculate a hexagram for yourself. What will happen to your fate! What will be the fate of this princess!"

Daoist Yiyun's face had become the same color as his gray beard, he glanced tremblingly at King Qi's gloomy face, and tremblingly said: "Your Majesty's life is in the hands of the poor, and His Majesty is the Son of Dragon, Pindao dare not speculate in vain, but the fifth princess..."

He had always said that Yu Ruyan's hit with Sha was an ominous person, and at this time, he could only hold on to the end——

"The fate of the fifth princess has been said by the poor Tao more than ten years ago, there is no need to..."

"Crack!" A hard slap was slapped on Yiyun's face. Seeing Yiyun's stupefied look, Yu Ruyan sneered and said, "The Taoist master has a clever plan, so it's not like I'm going to hit you? Why? Do you want to hide?"

"You..." Daoist Yiyun has been supported by Concubine Lian for these years, and has been respected and loved by the aristocrats in the capital. Even the king of Qi treated him with courtesy, but now he was slapped in the face in public, and he couldn't help being dumbfounded.

"Slap!" Yu Ruyan slapped him on the other side of the face again, and said in a cold voice, "Since you are in awe of your father, how dare you cut off my Daqi dragon veins without authorization, utter wild words, and keep talking about my father?" Childless, let this unnecessary crime be placed on me!"

"Because of your defilement, I have suffered so much since I was a child, and I have never had any grudges against you. Why do you want to harm me and punish me to death! Why do you want to disturb the situation in this harem?"

Yu Ruyan approached the paralyzed Daoist Yiyun step by step, her cold eyes flashed, and she said fiercely: "Think about it, since you started intervening in the affairs of the harem, your father's heirs have become more and more withered. A few easily acquired princes also died for no reason, you say I am an unlucky person, I think you are the one who is really haunted!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the audience jumped up in shock, Concubine Lian's face turned pale, and King Qi was stunned for a moment, as if he had just woken up from a dream, his face full of disbelief.

"Say, who is the master behind you?" After Yu Ruyan yelled, everyone's eyes were fixed on the dead-faced Daoist Yiyun, and King Qi was furious. The front kick kicked Yiyun far away, and just hit the bowl of dog blood that his apprentice had just used to splash Yu Ruyan, half of the bowl of dog blood poured on him, and his neat Taoist robe was immediately filthy. Just like his pickled heart.

However, at this place, Concubine Lian Gui, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke out, and said coldly to Daoist Yiyun who was completely flustered: "Yes, Daoist, think about it carefully, who told you to deceive His Highness to commit this crime?" It is a great crime to bully the king, fortunately you have no family and wives, otherwise, they would all follow you and suffer for no reason."

Daoist Yiyun trembled violently when he heard the words. Originally, there was still a trace of unwillingness on his face, but it was gone at this time. He fixedly looked at Concubine Lian, and in the next second, before everyone could react, , suddenly jumped up and slammed into the rockery beside him fiercely, his head hit the hard rock, his brains burst out immediately, and he died!
The crowd screamed in unison.Then, after a short shock, King Qi thought of Yu Ruyan's words just now, and suddenly became furious: "It's too cheap for such a thief who deceives the public to die like this. Drag his body down and whip the corpse, and tear his whole body. Take it off one whip after another, and feed it to the dogs!"

Daoist Yiyun, who was proud one moment, was dead the next moment, and even the three young apprentices who brought him into the palace were divided into corpses by King Qi's five horses to relieve his hatred.

In the brightly lit hall of Chunhe Palace, King Qi took Wu Zhaoyi to sit on the main seat, and a group of people knelt below, except for Yu Ruyan Xiaodao, under the wrath of King Qi, Concubine Lian Gui, Yu Mingzhu and Concubine Li, etc. The people involved with Daoist Yiyun all knelt in front of King Qi, all of them kept silent, thinking of the tragic situation of Daoist Yiyun in the courtyard just now, everyone felt horrified.

Concubine Lian was kneeling beside Yu Ruyan, she was so close to her, she was not surprised to feel the cold chill on her body, she couldn't help but hate and fear in her heart, she hated that King Qi had already ordered her to be given poisoned wine Why did the situation turn around so quickly? Not only did she not die, but she also lost Daoist Yiyun's life; but he was also afraid that King Qi would eventually turn his anger on himself for Yiyun's matter. If he doubted Thinking of himself, I'm afraid that the one who really lost his life tonight was not Yu Ruyan but himself.

Thinking of this, Concubine Lian's whole body trembled non-stop, and Yu Ruyan, who was kneeling beside her, looked at Concubine Lian's bloodless face and spoke coldly.

"Father Huang is wise, in fact, he is just a puppet in the matter of Daoist Yiyun. The real evil is the people behind him. Just think about it, what kind of courage and motivation does he have to deceive the emperor and even murder the prince and princess as a liar who walks the rivers and lakes to make a living?" , the purpose of a small charlatan is to defraud money, but now all he does is to participate in the struggle in the inner palace. Don't you think it's too suspicious, Father?"

King Qi's face was so gloomy that dripping water dripped from his face, he said coldly, "If you have any doubts, you might as well speak up!"

Yu Ruyan stared fixedly at Concubine Lian, who was already trembling, and said with a sneer: "Who brought him into the inner palace back then, and who praised Yiyun's magic skills? Oh, and I have always There is a question that I can't figure out. I obviously look a lot like the Elder Sister, but why did I become a vicious figure with evil spirits in the mouth of that thief, Yi Yun, while Sister Huang became the Empress Dowager? Heh, I don’t know if this thief has a pair of dog eyes and can’t see clearly, or if all this is caused by the black fingers behind him!”

Her words couldn't be more clear, and everyone present could already hear who the black hand she was talking about was, and couldn't help but look at Concubine Lian and her daughter.

King Qi also looked at the two of them, and he also thought that this hateful Daoist Yiyun was the one who was brought into the palace by Concubine Lian. In defense, he slapped Concubine Lian on the face with his backhand.

Concubine Lian was slapped heavily by King Qi and fell to the ground. The corner of her mouth was cut and bleeding, and her hair fell down in embarrassment.She approached with a frightened face and begged: "Your Majesty, it is true that I introduced the thief Yiyun into the palace, but the concubine was also deceived by him. The concubine just thought that he was really brave and could relieve your majesty's worries. Unexpectedly, I didn't expect him to be just a liar, Your Majesty, my concubine has been wronged..."

At this time, King Qi could no longer trust Concubine Lian in his heart, and felt a pang of pain when he thought of his prince who had died young. Although there was no evidence to prove that all this was a conspiracy by Concubine Lian and Yi Yun, when he thought of Yi Yun Opening his mouth and keeping his mouth shut, his Da Qi dragon veins would break and he couldn't help feeling furious. Now that Yi Yun was dead, the bad breath in his mouth would naturally be vented on Concubine Lian, who was acquainted with him.

Opening his mouth coldly, King Qi said word by word: "The noble concubine loses her morality, cuts off her concubine position, breaks into..."

However, before King Qi finished speaking, Yu Mingzhu on the side suddenly threw herself at King Qi's feet, crying sadly: "Father, the mother concubine was just a momentary oversight but was deceived by the Taoist priest. She is by your side like this!" For many years, I have been serving the royal father with all my heart, and I asked the royal father to forgive the mother and concubine once when he saw the little face of his daughter, and then—”

Thinking that General Chen will return to Beijing soon, if he hears about the concubine's mother, I'm afraid it will affect their marriage——

General Chen is the youngest and most promising general in Qi State, and also the eldest son of Chen Xiang in the Duke's Mansion. Among the men in Qi State, except for her father, this General Chen has the most honorable status, and more importantly, this Chen Xiang The general is handsome, talented, and has a bright future.

Yu Mingzhu said that she was not worried about her marriage, but in fact she had been silently paying attention to the good men in Qi Guogui's family for the past two years, and only General Chen was the most suitable for her.

But General Chen has been leading troops to garrison the frontier fortress for the past two years, and she finally hoped for him to return to Beijing. If he was deterred by her mother and concubine, then she would really become an old woman!
Thinking of this, she no longer cared about being shy, and wept in front of everyone: "Father, my daughter is not married yet, if you punish mother and concubine for this matter, I am afraid that my daughter will be rejected by others..." After finishing speaking, Lihua looked at King Qi mournfully with tears in her eyes, and her eyes, which were as clear as glazed glass, could not help but soften King Qi's heart. He glanced coldly at Concubine Lian, who was also crying on the ground, and finally sighed heavily. He took a deep breath and said: "Concubine Lian is in charge of the harem, but she has lost sight of it. She took back the power of the harem and was reduced to Concubine Lian. I have to confine myself to think about it for a month!"

Concubine Lian's deadly face relaxed for a while, and she quickly knelt down to thank her.

Seeing Concubine Lian being punished and demoted, Wu Zhaoyi's eyes flashed with color, and she said sweetly, "Your Majesty, since you already know that Yiyun is a deceitful charlatan, you can no longer believe what he said before. The poor fifth princess has been raped by him for so many years, causing her to suffer a lot, miss her father's love, and almost be instigated by the thief to die under the poisoned wine. Your Majesty, you should take back the order just now and comfort the victim. The fifth princess who has been wronged!"

Hearing what she said, King Qi felt more and more guilty towards Yu Ruyan in his heart, he glanced at Yu Ruyan who was kneeling on the ground, sighed and said: "Get up, just now the father misheard the traitor The slander has misunderstood you, and now that all misunderstandings have been resolved, the emperor will naturally not want your life! But he—"

King Qi glanced at the small knife guarding Yu Ruyan, and after feeling the hostility on his body, King Qi said coldly: "I once said that you are not allowed to take half a step out of the Hibiscus Sakura Palace after nightfall. But you openly resisted the decree. Now for the sake of the fifth princess, I will save you from death, but you must not stay in this harem. From tomorrow, you can leave the palace on your own."

King Qi was willing to save Xiaodao's life Yu Ruyan was very grateful, and was about to grab the knife and knelt down to thank him, but she didn't really want Xiaodao to stand straight in the hall and Qi Wang said without fear: "If you want me to be separated from my sister, why don't you kill me?" Well, I won't leave my sister."

The anger that King Qi had finally calmed down was aroused by Xiao Dao's words, and he pointed at Xiao Dao bitterly and said: "It's really a thing that doesn't know what is good or bad, do you really think I dare not kill you?"

When Xiaodao opened his mouth, Yu Ruyan had already dragged him to his knees desperately. Seeing this, he quickly said to the king: "Father, Xiaodao is young and ignorant, please don't argue with him, my daughter will persuade him to leave the palace." Said. He turned his head and said to the stubborn Xiaodao: "You forgot what you promised me, thank you soon."

Looking at Yu Ruyan's resolute description, Xiaodao knew that she couldn't be embarrassed at this time, so he suppressed the reluctance in his heart, gritted his teeth and knelt down: "Thank you, the emperor, for not killing me."

Returning to Jinying Palace after a night of turmoil, Yu Ruyan and everyone in Jinying Palace felt like they were reborn after a catastrophe.Sending off Concubine Shu, Yu Ruyan sat under the ginkgo tree in front of the hall, full of thoughts.

At some point, the sky was getting darker, and she sat in the yard until dawn unknowingly.

Xiaodao came out of the room carrying a small bag and stood beside her, with his head lowered and his face gloomy. Yu Ruyan suddenly remembered that Xiaodao was going to leave the palace after dawn. Thinking of this, her heart felt sore and her eyes swelled. stand up.

Xiaodao was so sad that he couldn't speak, he kept his head down and stood in front of her without saying a word, and after a long time he said in a muffled voice: "Sister, do you really want me to go?"

Xiaodao has been by Yu Ruyan's side for so many years, although she is the one who takes care of him, just like taking care of her own younger brother, but in many cases, it is because of Xiaodao and his companionship that she will be able to survive in the difficult and dangerous Qi State harem. As well as Daliang's many crises, there has always been a rare warmth and reliance in her heart to support her at the end.

In fact, she and Xiaodao both take care of each other and rely on each other.

Seeing Xiaodao's lonely expression, Yu Ruyan couldn't help hugging him into her arms, caressing his soft hair lightly, and said softly: "Xiaodao, don't blame sister, she can't bear you either. But you are young after all. It's really inconvenient to stay in this harem every day when I'm old."

Xiaodao felt sad after hearing her words, and couldn't help but said sadly: "I have been with my sister for so long, and now I want to leave, I..."

Yu Ruyan understands the meaning of his words, but in order to follow her all these years, Xiaodao has actually been restrained too much, guarding this small Hibiscus Cherry Palace every day, and can't go there.

Deep in her heart, she didn't want Xiaodao to just follow her in this small world and live a mediocre life.He is a hot-blooded man with a high sky and a wide outside world. It is right for him to show his talent and realize the ambition in his heart.

Thinking of this, Yu Ruyan comforted her carefully: "Xiaodao, you go out of the palace first, and go to Putuo Temple to find the abbot and uncle and ask him to take him in for a while. When my sister finds out the real jade girl and the rumor spreader, my sister will go to the palace to look for her." You, when the time comes, my sister will not come back here again, take Brother An to find you, and the three of us will live a good life."

Hearing what she said, Xiaodao's gloomy heart instantly brightened up, and he said happily, "Sister really intends to do this?"

Seeing his happy face, Yu Ruyan's mood brightened, and she said seriously: "Life in the deep palace is too tiring, there are intrigues everywhere, and I have nothing to rely on here, so it's better to live as I like outside, so , don't worry, it won't be long before my sister will reunite with you outside."

After hearing Yu Ruyan's words, Xiaodao left the palace with peace of mind. Before leaving, Yu Ruyan handed the feather card Yue Yu gave her to him, and told him to take this card to Yue's house if he encountered any troubles that he could not solve. The shop asked for help.

Xiaodao reluctantly said: "Sister, you are dangerous in the palace, and now you have completely broken with Concubine Lian Lian, you must be careful by yourself."

Yu Ruyan thought of Concubine Shu's hand tendon that was broken in all ten fingers, and felt a chill in her heart, she said lightly: "Don't worry, Concubine Lian is being punished, Concubine Li is just her minion, the two of them will not dare to have any more troubles during this period of time."

Yu Ruyan's guess was right, Chunlan Palace and Chunhe Palace had quieted down during this period of time, and the palace had indeed calmed down a lot.

In the afternoon of this day, Yu Ruyan led An Ge out of the Chunwu Palace. Seeing the late spring sunshine just in time, Yu Ruyan turned a corner and walked into the Imperial Garden. An Ge followed her and whispered: "Princess, Do you really believe what Wu Zhaoyi said just now? I think she looks very seductive, and the people in the palace don't comment very well on her. The other concubines don't have much contact with her, and the princess should stay away from her. !"

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan smiled faintly.

After having breakfast just now, she went to Chunwu Palace to thank Wu Zhaoyi for saving her life last time, and asked her questions directly.

She said to Wu Zhaoyi: "I was married far away when my lord entered the palace. We have never met each other. Why did my lord offend Concubine Lian and Concubine Li and help me?"

Hearing her doubts, Wu Zhaoyi smiled coquettishly, her face was extremely charming, but her tone of voice was unexpectedly cold and decisive.

"I came to save you. First, I appreciate you. No one in this harem dares to challenge Concubine Lian's authority. You are the first one. If you are defeated so quickly, you will not dare to fight Concubine Lian in the future. She I'm afraid it will become more and more domineering."

"The most important thing is that I still want to avenge myself, my first child, and protect the unborn child in my womb. Do you think that if Concubine Lian does not fall, the child in my womb can be kept until the day when it will come to fruition?" one day?"

When Wu Zhaoyi said this, her face was icy cold. Long before she came to Chunwu Palace, she had heard from Concubine Shu that this Empress Zhaoyi, who had entered the palace not long ago but was favored by King Qi, had been in the palace for less than three months. She was pregnant within a short period of time, but unfortunately the child died unexpectedly in less than a month. Don't think about it, it must be Concubine Lian's handwriting.

Wu Zhaoyi looked at the calm and unsurpassed expression on her face, and smiled lightly: "Your Majesty is really blind. In fact, among so many princesses, the fifth princess is the smartest one. It's a pity, Your Highness. Bewitched by that mother and daughter, I can't see the real pearl in my eyes!"

When sending her away, Wu Zhaoyi said without hesitation: "I saved the princess' life, and I hope the princess will help me give birth to my unborn child in the future."

Thinking of Wu Zhaoyi's pretentious expression just now, Yu Ruyan turned her head and smiled at An Ge: "I am still disliked and criticized by people in the palace. Am I a bad person? I like this person better than other people's hypocrisy." Empress Zhaoyi's frankness and straightforwardness."

After listening to her words, Brother An thought about it carefully, and felt that it was reasonable, so he completely let go of the uneasiness in his heart and followed happily.

The two master and servant had just set foot on the corridor of the Royal Garden, when a person walked towards them, and when they saw Yu Ruyan, they were pleasantly surprised and said: "Yan'er, is it really you?"

Hearing the voice, Yu Ruyan's whole body was shocked, and she looked up in disbelief, only to see a man in a blue shirt standing a few steps away, the smile on his face was as warm and peaceful as ever, and the voice It is also so comfortable and caring.

Looking at the man in front of her, Yu Ruyan was taken aback and couldn't help but froze.

(End of this chapter)