Ruyue sat in the carriage and lifted the curtain, and the downtown of the people was not affected in the slightest because of the death of a princess. Masks, paper kites, sugar gourds?????? There are also children in patched clothes running around, and there are also young women bargaining with the boss next to the rouge stall.

She was distraught, so she simply closed her eyes in the carriage to recuperate, and her wine-soaked clothes fell out during the shaking, presumably her second sister cleaned it up, and hurriedly picked it up, not wanting to fall down again with heavy steps.

For what, she couldn't help but think, who would use Ruxing to harm the prince? King Jin? Impossible, if it was King Jin, she would have hurt herself, she peeked at his secret in the Agarwood Pavilion, and she also dropped the step shake, so the swaggering jewelry, he must also know that she was eavesdropping, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone if she hurt her? Is it the other brother? It's impossible, her fifth brother has no choice but to play in the mountains and rivers, bite the word Wenjue, and have no intention of taking the throne, while the third brother only likes beautiful women, let alone political affairs, the fourth brother? It's impossible, he didn't show up at all today, not to mention that the eldest brother stepping down is only the most beneficial to the famous King Jin. Who will pull the crown prince down and let King Jin pick up a big bargain?

While speaking, the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, and let the ** Zhi who guarded the door check and entered the palace, at this time it was already a dark night, and countless palace lights were lit, but it made her feel even colder. I stumbled across a quiet path, and a glimmer of fire erupted from the woods.

"Probably the slave secretly burned paper money on the death day of the family, and the princess acquiesced to this." Donghua said.

"Compared with the glory and wealth in the palace, I would rather be an ordinary person. Life and death are determined by heaven, not man-made. Ruyue couldn't help but sigh.

"The princess must not think about sad things." Donghua helped her, carefully changed the topic, and was about to change the direction as she spoke, "It's strange that the fifth princess died, but the people are gone, and the princess needs to save some effort to let the fifth princess go." ”

Ruyue nodded, and walked in the direction of the Moon Pavilion as she spoke. But she was suddenly stopped by a burst of crying, and Donghua also stopped, looking at Ruyue's thoughtful expression, she couldn't guess her master's thoughts, and she didn't dare to make a sound.

"It's Cuizhu, the personal maid of the star." Ruyue turned around and followed the sound to find the source of the firelight.

Sure enough, the woods were hidden, and a plain white green bamboo sat on the ground, crying and throwing paper money into the brazier. She seemed to hear someone's footsteps, and in a panic she crushed the fire with a cloud of earth, and got up to run.

Donghua quickly stepped forward to grab her: "Cuizhu is not afraid, it's our four princesses." ”

Cuizhu turned around at this time, and her face was full of tears: "The slave maid has been with the fifth princess since she was a child, the five princesses have never looked down on the slave and maid because of the identity of the slave and maid, looking for something good, and always can't forget the slave maid, the slave and maid know that she is wearing plain clothes, and burning paper money is a taboo in the palace, and she asks the fourth princess to forgive her sins??????" She regretted that she had not followed her master at that time.

Since ancient times, slaves have been masters who have followed for the sake of glory and wealth, and when the tree falls and scatters, who is not abandoning the old and surrendering, who will miss a little kindness from the former master. Ruyue couldn't help but be moved by the green bamboo at this moment, and even the winter flowers were red.

Ruyue put on a brocade handkerchief embroidered with good silk, raised her hand to wipe away her tears in person, and said: "Everyone knows that my fifth sister died unjustly, how can I let the person who killed my fifth sister go unpunished, and you think about it, what is unusual about the fifth sister these days?" ”

Cuizhu thought for a long time, but still shook his head: "The fifth princess is naïve, she can't hide anything, if she has something on her mind, she will definitely say that she ?????? with the slave."

"This is also true, it's really hard for you, the fifth sister's temperament and hobbies are well known." Ruyue nodded, "When these disturbing things have passed, I will definitely say that I will share a good place with my father." ”

"Slaves and maids are not rare to have any good places to go, they just want to follow a good master." Cuizhu sniffed, as if thinking of something, "The slave maid suddenly remembered one day, the princess went back to the palace and shouted on her twelfth birthday, saying that the jade statue you gave her engraved with her name was missing, and many slaves went to look for it, but they didn't find it, and then the fourth princess forgot about it???????"

Ruyue's palms slowly broke out in cold sweat, and even her voice began to drift: "Do you remember what day it was?"

Cuizhu thought for a while: "The slave doesn't remember, I only remember that the fourth princess said that day that she saw the legendary King of Jin, and she was happy for a long time." ”

Really?????? Ruyue closed her eyes and waved her hand: "You go down first." ”

"Yes"

Cuizhu left, and Ruyue's tears finally flowed: "I killed Ruxing, and it was all the trouble caused by the jade statue??????"

"The princess is not allowed to talk nonsense, but what does the death of the fifth princess have to do with the jade statue?"

"I'm going to the Zhonghua Hall to find King Jin, you go back first" Ruyue didn't answer Donghua's question, pushed her away, and barely had the strength to stand.

"The princess has never been friendly with King Jin, why not?" Donghua worriedly greeted her, but was thrown away by Ruyue.

"Go back." Ruyue couldn't help but stiffen her tone.

Donghua had to obey the order, but her voice was also worried: "The princess came back earlier, the slave maid went to prepare to write pastries, and the princess didn't eat for a day." ”

There seems to be no sound around, birds chirping, insects chirping, her world seems to be dark, Ruyue finally came back to her senses, but there was a star-like smile in front of her, she began to repent: It's all the fault of the fourth sister, it's the fourth sister who didn't protect you, if you understood the stakes from the beginning, you wouldn't even tell me if the jade statue fell, you wouldn't have died in vain, your smile was so innocent, you were satisfied with delicious food, you didn't understand the royal family's struggle for power and profit, I was supposed to be the one who should die, but I let my beloved little sister be a substitute for the dead.

She tried her best to stop, but the tears kept falling like a broken pearl necklace. She reached out to wipe away her tears. Step by step, we walked towards the China Hall.

The two stone lions at the entrance of the Zhonghua Hall are solemn and majestic, and the vermilion gate is still hung with the red lanterns of the second princess's great joy, and some eunuchs have moved the ladder up and replaced them with white lanterns with the word mourning.

Seeing Ruyue coming, a maid hurriedly came. Prepare for greetings.

"This palace wants to see King Jin." Ruyue is lazy and talks so much nonsense, so she speaks directly.

"The king of Jin and the princess have not come back yet, the princess might as well go back first, if you wait for the king of Jin to come back, the slave and maid will go to spread the word."

Seeing that Ruyue didn't answer, the maid didn't go or not, and even the little eunuch standing on the ladder couldn't help but look over to see how Princess Lanting, who had always been kind, had changed her temperament a lot.

There seemed to be a proud voice in the distance, from far to near.

"King Jin and the princess are back." The maid next to him hurriedly ran over and whispered in his ear.

"Why are you here so late?" His voice was less frivolous than before, but full of concern.

Seeing that she didn't answer, he turned to her, and saw her face full of tears, and he was actually surprised: "Ruyue, what's wrong with you?" ”

"It's for the throne again, right?" Ruyue's voice was a little choked, "Everything you did was for the throne, right?" That's how you want that position? ”

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" There were already whispering minions around him, and he was surprised by Ruyue's reaction today, but he was irritated by the whispers of the minions for no reason. Squinted his eyes swept around, and the surroundings were suddenly silent. He ordered the maid to take the princess down, and then pulled Ruyue into his room and closed the door.

"You're here today to question me?" He asked Ruyue coldly, his previous concern was gone, and there was a trace of sadness in his heart, "Do you believe in your eldest brother so much?" ”

"Yang Guang, I don't want to discuss the question of believe it or not with you, I just want to ask you, why is it not me? You must have picked up my step shake, because what is not me. Ruyue's tears flowed again, almost hysterical, "She is my only little sister, you can ignore the feelings of brother and sister, but why is it not me!" ”

Yang Guang finally seemed to be irritated by me, one hand pressed her shoulder, and the other hand forcibly pressed her to the corner, there was the sound of porcelain shattering all the way, and his scarlet eyes were red: "You can continue to be close to your eldest brother, help him keep the crown prince, come against me, and then more people will die?????? But, let me tell you, I'm killing all the people, and you're going to give me a good life. ”

At this moment, his high black hair is already a little scattered, with a few strands floating in front of his forehead, a hideous face, and slight wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but he still can't hide that he was once a beautiful man.

"I think you're crazy." Ruyue struggled to get up, but he couldn't move, "The eldest brother is the eldest son, don't be delusional." ”

"I said, you can continue to fight me." His turbid breath sprayed on Ruyue's body, making her feel sick for a while, "I won't do anything to you anyway, but the rest of the people who are against me will definitely die." ”