Chapter 167: Yan Fei's Death

Yu Ruyan really couldn't accept that three years ago, the person who assassinated the knife turned out to be Mu Lingzhi, and he fell to the ground in shock, and his legs were so weak that he couldn't get up. [Full text reading. 】om

Chen Yanfei pretended to be kind and stepped forward to help her, but Yu Ruyan shook her hand----

Even if everything she said was true, Yu Ruyan also understood that she didn't mean anything to tell herself, she glared at Chen Yanfei fiercely and said, "What does this have to do with you letting go of Your Highness, what is the purpose of you telling me all this?" ”

Chen Yanfei was pushed to the ground by her, she was not annoyed, she got up and took the drawings in Yu Ruyan's hand, and said with a cold smile: "Of course it matters, let you recognize the true face of His Highness, and let me recognize his true face myself!" ”

After speaking, she put away the drawings, Shi Shiran saluted Yu Ruyan and said goodbye: "It's late at night, presumably the banquet in front of me is about to disperse, and the princess should go back early, don't let His Highness wait for a long time." ”

With that, a mocking smile appeared on his face, and he left proudly.

Yu Ruyan sat on the ground for a long time, until Chunhua and Qiuyue waited too long to return, and then got up and went back to Chaoyang Palace with them.

Mu Lingzhi saw that she left the table early, and also made an excuse to leave the table early, but when he returned to Chaoyang Palace, he didn't see Yu Ruyan's figure, he was shocked, and couldn't help but turn around and leave the palace and go to Yaohua Palace along the corridor of the imperial garden to find Yu Ruyan.

Kankan stepped on the verandah, and saw the knife walking out of the imperial garden with a black face, and when he saw him, he was stunned, but the next moment he was already staring at him fiercely, his hands were clenched into fists, the green tendons on his forehead were bursting out, and his teeth were clenched!

Suddenly bumped into him here, Mu Lingzhi was overjoyed, and was about to ask him if he could see Yu Ruyan in the garden. The next second, he was shocked by the hateful description on his face, and was about to ask him what was wrong, but the knife had already flicked his sleeve robe fiercely, passed by him, and didn't say a word to him.

Mu Lingzhi obviously felt the hostility of the knife towards him, and even felt that he carried a fierce murderous aura on his body, he turned back in confusion and followed the back of the knife leaving, and his heart was full of suspicion!

But now he didn't have time to ask him what had happened, he was worried about Yu Ruyan, so he hurriedly looked for it along the road, and finally let him see Yu Ruyan walking back at the corner of the garden.

Seeing him suddenly, Yu Ruyan's mood was unusually complicated. I was stunned on the spot for a long time and didn't take a step.

Her abnormality made Mu Lingzhi startled again, thinking of the unusual description of the knife he left just now, Mu Lingzhi's heart sank, and suddenly remembered what the knife did to Yu Ruyan last time in Luyang County, his whole body suddenly became cold, and anger instantly surged in his heart!

rushed forward, and wanted to ask her immediately if the knife had done something to her again, but after looking at the two palace maids who followed her, he still gritted his teeth and endured it, took her hand and strode towards Chaoyang Palace.

Yu Ruyan was pulled all the way back by him, and the two palace maids were beside them carrying lanterns to guide the way. The faint and dim light shone on Mu Lingzhi's cold face, his expression was gloomy, and his lips pursed silently.

And Yu Ruyan remembered what she heard from Chen Yanfei's mouth just now, although she never thought of believing Chen Yanfei in her heart, there were some things that she couldn't believe it, so when she faced him again, Yu Ruyan had mixed feelings in her heart, and she couldn't say a word.

For a moment both fell silent.

Looking over from Yu Ruyan's side, the dim light cast a dim and unknown shadow on his side face, making it impossible to see his face. She thought bitterly in her heart, was he really the person who assassinated the knife three years ago? If everything is as Chen Yanfei said, then what kind of person is he she knows? Will it still be the third prince in her heart?

When she returned to the palace, Mu Lingzhi still didn't say a word, and didn't ask why she didn't return to the palace in the garden so late, and didn't ask her if she was there

Knives had been seen in the garden, but she was told to rest early.

Lying on the bed with her eyes closed, Yu Ruyan hoped that she would forget everything that happened today, self-hypnotize, hoping that if she fell asleep and woke up, these things would no longer remain in her heart, and she could stay with Mu Lingzhi without any worries.

However, the more I pushed myself to sleep, the more I couldn't sleep. After a while, there was a sound of rustling beside the bed, and she knew that it was Mu Lingzhi who had undressed and gone to bed, and she couldn't help but feel nervous all over, and her heart was inexplicably nervous.

She fell asleep with her back to him, and as soon as Mu Ling got into bed, she stretched out her long arms and hugged her habitually, her back was tightly pressed against his strong chest, and she could even feel his heartbeat.

Normally, at this time, she would turn around and sleep with him, but today, she stiffened her body and pretended to be asleep, not moving.

In the end, she couldn't help but speak, and hesitated in her voice behind his back: "Your Highness, what are you hiding from me?" ”

Slender and slightly cool fingers touched her cheek, and Mu Lingzhi's voice slowly sounded behind her, "I even told you about my father's mutiny ten years ago, and I didn't hide anything in front of you." Do you ---- believe it? ”

Before she could reply to his words, his body was turned over by Mu Lingzhi, his deep eyebrows met her eyes, and he said fixedly: "Have you heard something?" I noticed something was wrong with you today. ”

In fact, after hearing his sentence of 'no concealment', Yu Ruyan already believed in her heart that he did not do the assassination of Xiaodao three years ago, and with her understanding of him, he was not this kind of person who was ruthless for his position of power.

Thinking about it, even the wrong things his father did to Prince Yi ten years ago have always been haunted by him, and he has always felt guilty about Prince Yi, and he also disagrees with his father's approach between the lines, how can he himself repeat the mistakes of the past?

Thinking about all this, she completely dispelled the doubts in her heart, believed him, and suddenly felt relaxed in her heart, shrunk into his arms, and said: "It's nothing, it's just that I met Chen Yanfei in the garden today, I didn't expect her to be in the palace again, I'm not afraid that she will entangle with you again." ”

She deliberately diverted the topic, about what Chen Yanfei said, of course she couldn't tell him, if she let him know, it would only hurt him.

Now that she thinks about it carefully, she can't help but feel that Chen Yanfei suddenly said this to her today, not like it was unintentional but intentional, since this is the case, she plans to investigate this matter for Mu Lingzhi, maybe Chen Yanfei is aware of the real murderer of the knife, so. It's better to start with her, maybe you may find out the real murderer along the way, return Mu Lingzhi's innocence, and give yourself an answer that can convince you.

Hearing that Chen Yanfei was in the palace, Mu Lingzhi was slightly stunned, and frowned: "I didn't know that she entered the palace, let alone seen her." ”

After that, he saw the smile in her eyes clearly, understood that she was making fun of herself, and couldn't help laughing: "It's really rare that you can be jealous of me." ”

Yu Ruyan's face flew red, thinking about the misunderstanding he had before. Guilt flashed in his heart, and he buried his face in his arms with a flushed face, and said no more.

Mu Lingzhi's voice slowly sounded above her head, and said: "The crown prince will confer the seal ceremony in two days, you will stay in Chaoyang Palace for these two days, and go back after the ceremony, I want to see you every day."

Listening to his words, Yu Ruyan's heart was sour and sweet, and she couldn't wait to stay with him every day and never be separated, but when she thought of the future, her heart was like a cold pool. I was chilling all over my body

Holding back the sourness in her heart and her reluctance to him, Yu Ruyan said softly: "But the day after tomorrow is Brother An's birthday, I want to go back to spend her birthday, I accompany her every year's birthday, and this year is no exception."

Mu Lingzhi smiled slyly and said, "I just know that the day after tomorrow is her birthday, so I won't let you go back to the other garden." ”

Yu Ruyan looked ignorant, but the next moment she already understood, and couldn't help but smile, and said, "Did His Highness come up with this idea or did Tong Qian think of it himself?" ”

Mu Lingzhi thought that Yulin's pimple-like copper coins had finally opened up for love, and he also smiled with relief: "Where will I know Brother An's birthday?" This time he came up with it, and for that silly boy, it's really rare, so you really have to fulfill him once. ”

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's heart was moved, she really didn't get the copper money to be so attentive and persistent to her after knowing Brother An's previous unbearable experience, such feelings are still precious, of course she is willing to fulfill them. She hopes that in the future, Brother An's birthday every year can be spent by copper coins with her.

Moreover, she also has to find Chen Yanfei to investigate the real truth about Xiaodao's assassination three years ago!

However, what she didn't expect was that before she could go to her, someone had already done it first

After breakfast the next morning, Yu Ruyan came to the East Palace, apparently to find Xiaoru, but after seeing her. Let her take herself to see Chen Yanfei.

Xiao Ru agreed and led her to the West Garden, where the palace maids lived, but as soon as she got there, she saw a bunch of people in front of a small courtyard in the West Garden, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the East Palace were all gathered there to watch the excitement.

Seeing this, Yu Ruyan had a bad premonition inexplicably in her heart, and asked Xiaoru on the side, knowing that the house on the east side of the courtyard lived in the Chen Bo family, and her heart sank.

Entering the courtyard, I heard a suppressed cry coming from the house to the east. Yu Ruyan walked in with her heart, but saw that Mother Chen was covering her mouth and crying heartbreakingly, and Aunt Qin was also in the house.

Before she could open her mouth to ask what happened to Chen's mother, Chen's mother suddenly saw her here, as if she had met a savior, she threw herself at her feet, her whole body trembled, suppressed the grief in her heart and pleaded with her: "Princess, please help me say two good words in front of my aunt, let me see the last face of my family, let me see him for the last time, please!" ”

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's whole body was shocked, and then she found that Chen's mother was wearing plain clothes, wearing white silk flowers on her sideburns, and hemp rope tied to her clothes, which was actually a mourning look!

Suppressing the panic in her heart, Yu Ruyan looked at Aunt Qin, who was guarding the side with a calm face, and said, "Auntie, what happened?" ”

Aunt Qin didn't expect Yu Ruyan to appear in the lower room of the East Palace at this time, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said: "Her husband Chen Guard died suddenly when he was on duty in the Prince's Mansion last night, because the day after tomorrow is the Prince's Seal Ceremony, and the Queen Mother strictly ordered that nothing bad should happen in the East Palace during this period, so she has ordered someone to send Chen Guard's body out of the palace for burial early in the morning." ”

Thinking that Uncle Chen died silently, Yu Ruyan couldn't accept it for a while, she looked at Chen's mother who was crying, and couldn't bear to say: "In this case, please also ask my aunt to open the net, let Chen's mother go out of the palace to see Uncle Chen for the last time, and give him the most ride." ”

Hearing this, Aunt Qin's face showed a hint of imperceptible embarrassment, and she snorted: "It's in vain to leave the palace, presumably at this time, the Chen guards have been buried, and they can't see it if they want to." ”

Mother Chen's face was desperate, remembering the rumors she heard, she suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "My old man has always been healthy, why would he suddenly say to leave?" Princess, listen to the guards who are on duty with him at night. He was killed, and when he died, he bled and was poisoned, and he begged the princess to be the master of the old slave! ”

Mother Chen's words made Yu Ruyan's face change when she heard this, and it also made Aunt Qin's face change, and before Yu Ruyan could speak, Aunt Qin had already turned around and said to Mother Chen with a serious face: "How can you believe that there is nothing to come from?" I'm just telling you, now that the crown prince's seal ceremony is imminent, if you want to dwell on this matter, make the queen feel uncomfortable, or let the prince seal ceremony have any turmoil because of this matter, can you afford this crime? ”

Aunt Qin's words completely stunned Chen's mother. It also made Yu Ruyan not easy to say anything again.

Everyone knows that this is the second time that the ceremony has been sealed, and if there is any more turmoil that affects the ceremony, no one can afford to bear this responsibility.

In the end, Yu Ruyan finally pleaded with Aunt Qin and said, "Auntie, since Uncle Chen has been buried outside the palace, it is better to let Mother Chen go out of the palace to pay respects at her grave." ”

Aunt Qin didn't refuse this time, she said: "She and her daughter are not even people in the East Palace, but it was only because Chen Guards have been with the prince for many years, and the prince thanked him for his grace to let him live in the palace with his family, and now that Chen Guards are dead, she can take her daughter out of the palace to mourn for Chen Guards, and she doesn't have to go back to the palace." ”

Hearing her words, Chen's mother immediately got up, wiped the tears on her face, and said, "Thank you aunt for your kindness, I will take Yan Fei out of the palace to see her father." ”

However, blessings do not come together, and disasters do not go alone. When Chen's mother wanted to take Chen Yanfei out of the palace, she was shocked to find that she hadn't seen her in the morning, and she hadn't seen her show up since such a big incident happened at home.

Chen's mother went to her room to look for her and found that her quilt was messy, and then she remembered that she got up in the second half of last night to relieve herself. She never went back to the house, and Chen's mother happened to hear the news of Uncle Chen's violent death at that time, and she forgot about her in sadness and despair.

Now that I think about it, she never went back to the house after a small release, where did she go in the middle of the night, but what happened to her?

Thinking of this, Chen's mother couldn't help but feel weak all over her body and fell down, and was helped by the people of the East Palace to sit down on the pit.

However, before she could sit firmly on the pit, at this moment, a little palace maid who was usually close to Chen Yanfei ran over in a panic, her little face turned pale, and she trembled in horror: "Mother Chen." Go and see, Yan Fei Yan Fei she drowned in the dung truck."

As soon as this remark came out, it was really a stone that shook a thousand waves! Chen's mother couldn't admit the blow anymore and fainted

When Yu Ruyan and Aunt Qin rushed to the court where the accident occurred, they saw that the round dung bucket that was specially responsible for transporting the pickled dirt in the palace out of the palace was surrounded by the lowest maids in the court.

When they saw Yu Ruyan and the others arriving, they were all so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and they didn't dare to come out.

Far away, Yu Ruyan smelled the disgusting smell coming from the dung bucket, Xiao Ru couldn't help but be a little reluctant to get closer, but Yu Ruyan approached with a solemn expression and didn't care, and her heart was cold----

Chen Yanfei just told herself last night about the assassination of the prince, and he died in the dung truck today, and she mentioned that it was Uncle Chen who found the drawing, and then Uncle Chen also died suddenly, all of this is definitely not a coincidence!

Before she could speak, Aunt Qin was already angry and said to Gong Ren who was kneeling on the ground: "What happened?" ”

Aunt Qin is the most face-saving aunt in the palace, she has been by the queen's side for many years, and she is Queen Xie's dowry ring, and even Mu Lingzhi and the prince are polite to her, not to mention these lowest-level palace people in the palace. So when I heard her question, I couldn't stop shivering all over my body, and I was afraid that I didn't dare to speak.

An old palace maid in her early thirties stepped forward with trembling knees and said, "Back to the words of my aunt and the nobles." The slave and maid are the stewards of this court. Just now, the Lin family, who was in charge of the night fragrance car, actually found a person floating in this bucket, and you should report it clearly to your aunt and all the nobles! With that, she stretched out her hand and motioned to the other palace maid kneeling beside her to reply.

The palace maid who called the Lin family stepped forward with a frightened face and said: "Qi all the masters and maids, the slaves and maids also went to the palaces and halls to pour night incense this morning as usual, but after coming back, the slaves and maids found that there was a person floating in the night incense bucket, but the slaves and maids don't know where this person came from, the slaves and maids are innocent, please check the masters."

The Lin family was so frightened that she was about to cry, and she found a dead person in the night fragrance car she was in charge of, and she was afraid that she would be involved again. I couldn't help but shake like chaff all over my body.

"What about people?" Yu Ruyan held back the chill around her and asked coldly.

Up to now, there is almost no doubt that Chen Yanfei and Chen Bo were both murdered.

Yu Ruyan's eyes flashed with a chill, she thought, maybe the person who killed Chen Yanfei was the one who really assassinated the knife three years ago, but what did everything three years ago have to do with her, why did Chen Yanfei deliberately tell her everything last night?

A cloud of fog rose in her heart, and Yu Ruyan fell into confusion and panic again

Hearing her question, the people in the court all looked embarrassed, and finally, the steward pointed to the round dung bucket in embarrassment, and said in a trembling voice: "Hui Niangniang." The man is still in the night incense car."

Hearing this, Aunt Qin's face was cold, and she ordered someone to quickly fish people out of the night incense car and send them outside the palace, and then turned back to Yu Ruyan and said, "Princess, this place is filthy, please move away!" ”

Xiao Ru couldn't bear it anymore, pulled Yu Ruyan away, and said, "Sister, it's smelly and dirty here, it's so disgusting, it will be even more disgusting when that person is fished out of the dung bucket, I once saw a chicken fall into the manure tank." Finally, I fished it up, and I was full of maggots."

Before she finished speaking, Xiaoru remembered the disgusting scene and couldn't stop vomiting.

However, at this time, Chen's mother, who woke up, stumbled to the court with the support of others, and happened to see the people in the court obeying Aunt Qin's order, holding a long rake to hook Chen Yanfei's clothes and fishing them out of the dung bucket, and a foul smell suddenly came to the world, so that people's eyes couldn't open it!

Chen Yanfei, who was fished out, was covered in pickled dirt, not to mention filthy, and his body was crawling with disgusting maggots. Just one glance, the people around couldn't help but cover their mouths and vomit.

When she bent over and vomited, her eyes swept over Chen Yanfei's corpse again, and she suddenly found that she was staring at a pair of round eyes, and the description on her face was also frightened and angry.

Everyone avoided it, only Chen's mother shook off the hands of the people around her regardless of it, rushed to Chen Yanfei's corpse, hugged her pickled corpse and cried. The voice of 'daughter' was so miserable and desperate that people wept when they heard it.

Everyone looked at Chen's mother who was crying with sympathy, thinking that she lost her husband and daughter overnight, how could ordinary people bear this heart-rending pain?

Chen's mother took out a handkerchief while crying to help Chen Yanfei wipe the pickled dirt on her face, and her cautious and loving appearance moved everyone to see it.

Looking at the grief-stricken Chen's mother, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but want to step forward to persuade her, but she didn't expect that everyone was shocked by everything that happened in the next moment----

Mother Chen suddenly stopped crying, turned around and looked at Yu Ruyan with a desperate face and said, "Princess, the old slave begs for you." ”

Yu Ruyan looked at her in a daze, and said without thinking about it: "Mother Chen, you say, I will promise you everything." ”

Chen's mother smiled sadly, and her tears rolled down like beads of broken threads.

"My husband and daughter were killed, but unfortunately I can't help them avenge them, so the old slave asks the princess to help the old slave find their murderer."

At this time, even if Yu Ruyan was embarrassed and powerless, she had to agree to her, she said to Chen's mother: "Don't worry, I will definitely find out the murderer who killed Chen Bo and Yan Fei, and give them justice." ”

Seeing that she agreed, Chen's mother put down Chen Yanfei in her arms, turned around and knelt down respectfully to her, and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you princess for being willing to help Yanfei regardless of her previous suspicions, and thank you for the princess's long-term care for the old slave." The old slave can't repay the princess's grace in this life, and only asks the princess to be a cow and a horse in the next life, and repay the princess's kindness. ”

Mother Chen's face was resolute when she said these words, Yu Ruyan had a bad premonition in her heart inexplicably, she suddenly thought of something, she was shocked, and she was making a voice to ask the people around her to stop her, but it was too late

After finishing speaking, Chen's mother quickly got up and slammed into the bluestone wall next to her

"Ahh Chen's mother's head had already slammed into the thick and hard bluestone wall with a loud bang, and her head was bleeding suddenly, and she was already dead in the next second.

The sudden change stunned everyone, Yu Ruyan looked stupidly at Chen's mother who fell to the ground and died, her heart was so painful that she was suffocated, and she was stunned on the spot

In the blink of an eye, Uncle Chen's family of three was killed together, which is really embarrassing and sympathetic.

Aunt Qin saw that Mother Chen went with her daughter in grief, and she was also sympathetic and regretful, but thinking of the queen's words, she didn't dare to make a big deal about it, and hurriedly ordered the people in the court to send Mother Chen's mother and daughter out of the palace for burial.

The palace people listened to Aunt Qin's instructions, stepped forward to take two rolls of straw mats, and one person wrapped a seat and carried it to the cart to prepare to transport it away.

Seeing that the palace people were going to move the two away, Yu Ruyan came back from the shock, and suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but step forward to stop the palace people who were driving the car, and shouted: "Wait a minute, the corpse can't be transported away for the time being!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the people around looked at her in surprise, not understanding what she was doing with the corpses of Chen's mother and daughter?

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