Chapter 151: Coercion and Temptation

It was Aunt Qin beside Concubine Xie who came to announce the decree. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

Looking at Aunt Qin, who suddenly came to the palace so late, Yu Ruyan's heart suddenly swelled with panic, and she intuitively felt that it was not a good thing for Concubine Xie to let her enter the palace so late!

She endured her physical discomfort and got out of bed and asked Brother An to help her wash and dress. Aunt Qin sat outside drinking tea, and Yu Ruyan looked at Aunt Qin's description from the rhombic bronze mirror, wanting to see a hint from her face, but Aunt Qin is an old man in the palace, and she has been around Concubine Xie a lot, and she has already practiced the ability to describe everything she encounters, and no matter how she looks at it, she can't see any clues.

Brother An whispered in her ear while inserting a red gold step with some emerald rubies on her head: "Princess, can you guess what is going on when Niangniang announces you entering the palace at this hour?" ”

Since the last time he followed Yu Ruyan into the palace to see Concubine Xie, Brother An has always been timid towards the concubine who has sharp eyes and is not easy to deal with, and always feels that she is very critical of her princess, and her eyes are not very friendly. Now seeing that she sent the most powerful palace people around her to the palace Xuanyu Ruyan into the palace, Brother An felt that there was nothing good for no reason, and couldn't help but worry.

Although I drank three patches of medicine in a row, how could the cold get better so quickly. Yu Ruyan still felt dizzy for a while, and was weighed down by the various exquisite but heavy headdresses on her head, and she felt that her head was so heavy that it was difficult to even lift it up.

He pulled out the red gold inlaid gem that Brother An had just helped her insert and threw it back into the makeup, and sighed: "How can I guess Niangniang's thoughts." It's simple, just add two hairpins. Take all the rest, it's a headache! ”

After listening to her instructions, although Brother An hesitated a little, afraid that her makeup would be too plain and enter the palace would make the concubine unhappy, but when he saw Yu Ruyan's frowning brows, he hurriedly took down all the pearls and emeralds with both hands, and really only left two pure hostas, and said worriedly: "Princess, you are so uncomfortable, it is better to go back to Aunt Qin, and let her tell the concubine that you are in poor health, and it is good to rest for a night before entering the palace!" ”

Yu Ruyan rubbed her aching forehead, and said helplessly: "If it can be postponed until tomorrow, Concubine Xie Guifei will not send Aunt Qin out of the palace overnight." You don't have to follow me into the palace, stay in the house and help me keep an eye on the movements of the An family, if you find anything, remember to tell me as soon as possible! ”

Although he was very worried about her, Brother An didn't dare to brush Yu Ruyan's order, and asked worriedly: "The princess must always have a person to serve by her side, although there is a palace ethereal, but they have not served the princess after all, and the slave maid is not at ease." ”

Yu Ruyan looked at her from the mirror with a worried wrinkled face, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Okay, I'll bring Dongcao into the palace, now you should rest assured!" ”

Brother An didn't have a good impression of Dongcao before, and always thought that she was Kuang Qinqin's accomplice in killing Gu Qing'er, but later learned that she didn't know when Kuang's did it, and then saw that she was loyal to the Lord and affectionate and righteous. Brother An's impression of her took a big turn, and both of them had stayed in Qin Xianglou, so they had a feeling of sympathy. hurriedly went out and called Dongcao, and carefully instructed her to pay attention to some matters to pay attention to when serving Yu Ruyan, and then put down her snack slightly.

At the time of the lantern, Yu Ruyan left the palace and followed Aunt Qin into the palace in a sedan chair sent by the palace.

The sedan chair walked all the way, and Aunt Qin never said a word to Yu Ruyan except for being respectful.

Yu Ruyan sat quietly, but her mind couldn't help but start thinking about why Concubine Xie invited herself into the palace this time?

Whether it was because of Kuang Qinqin's work or the matter of choosing a concubine for Xiaodao, it was impossible for Concubine Xie to summon her overnight, but apart from these two things, she couldn't think of anything else for the concubine to see her.

Thinking that Mu Lingzhi hadn't come back since he entered the palace in the morning, Yu Ruyan always felt that this summons was a little weird.

When she got off the sedan chair, Aunt Qin stepped forward to help her personally, and she seemed to ask unintentionally: "Your Highness has not returned from the palace for a day, but now she has also gone to the Yaohua Palace of the mother?" ”

With a very faint smile on her face, Aunt Qin said slowly: "What Niangniang wants to see is the princess, and she has not summoned Her Highness!" ”

Yu Ruyan heard that Mu Lingzhi did not go to Yaohua Palace, and her heart sank with a 'groan', she forgot her situation, but she began to worry about Mu Lingzhi, afraid that last night's search for people in the whole city was too loud, which alarmed the saint and was given to participate!

Could it be because Mu Lingzhi was punished by the saint, so the concubine Niangniang summoned her into the palace and asked her guilt?

When passing through the north main gate, Yu Ruyan saw the carriage of the palace, which was the one that Mu Lingzhi sat in and entered the palace. There was not only a carriage from the palace parked at the gate of the palace, but also a sedan carriage parked in front of the north main gate, and Yu Ruyan's heart was slightly lowered. The ministers and officials all stayed in the palace, and it seems that Mu Lingzhi was not punished by King Liang, but that there was a major matter to discuss in the court.

With a relief in her heart, she was relieved to follow Aunt Qin to Yaohua Palace.

Although it was night, the entire palace was brightly lit, especially in Xie Guifei's Yaohua Palace, not only the lights were bright, but the palace people were also busy back and forth, a small palace lady hurriedly walked to the small kitchen of Yaohua Palace with a small basket of chrysanthemum petals, and walked too quickly, almost knocking Yu Ruyan to the ground.

Aunt Qin's face sank, and she scolded in a low voice: "Why are you in such a hurry, don't you see someone in front of you?" Can you afford to bump into the princess? ”

The little palace lady was already startled when she saw Aunt Qin, and when she saw that the person she bumped into was actually the third princess, she couldn't help but turn pale, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "The slave and maid should die, because the mother said that the saint and the princes and ministers were discussing in the previous dynasty, and asked the slaves and maids to prepare the flower tea and snacks for the fire to send to them, so the slave and maid rushed into the princess in a hurry, please forgive the princess!" ”

Yu Ruyan didn't care and said: "You get up, the errand ordered by the mother is done well, don't delay!" ”

Xiao Gong'e thanked her and retreated, and Aunt Qin looked at Yu Ruyan approvingly and said, "The princess is really a kind person, which is very different from the ordinary princess of the imperial family. ”

Yu Ruyan smiled gently: "She didn't mean to collide, don't care!" ”

Hearing her say this, the more admiration in Aunt Qin's eyes became, and she couldn't help but secretly compare her with the one inside in her heart

Kankan walked to the front of Concubine Xie's bedroom, but saw a person kneeling in the middle of the courtyard, with his back to them, his back was straight, and he couldn't see who it was, but looking at the clothes on her body, she was not like an ordinary palace lady, she was dressed like a master.

Yu Ruyan passed by her side and couldn't help but look sideways, but stopped in surprise----

The person kneeling in the courtyard is Xiaoru!

Xiao Ru also saw Yu Ruyan, and wanted to call her, but she seemed to think of something, and finally pursed her mouth and didn't dare to speak, but she winked at her happily, and her face was not a little sad but happy, and Yu Ruyan was confused!

After taking a few steps, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but look back at her, and when Aunt Qin saw it, she couldn't help but say, "Don't worry, princess, Miss Xiaoru was just punished when she learned the rules from the grandmother in the palace." Because she refused to change her teachings, she had to kneel in this courtyard for several hours every day. Alas! ”

Speaking of Xiaoru, Aunt Qin seemed to have a headache, and Yu Ruyan spoke to help her: "Auntie, she was used to living in the folk before, and there may be many things that she is not used to when she suddenly enters the palace, please be lenient with her and take her time!" ”

Aunt Qin said: "The old slave doesn't want to be too strict with her, but she is about to become the prince's person, and the mother is afraid that she doesn't understand the rules, not only can't take care of the prince, but also causes trouble for the prince." ordered her to be strict with her, and wanted her to learn the rules of the palace as soon as possible. But she always learns to throw away this and that, and Mama will inevitably punish her and make her remember it for a long time. ”

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan was overjoyed, which was good news. also understood, no wonder Xiaoru was still happy when she was punished, it turned out that Xiaodao did what he said, and really kept her by his side and accepted her into the East Palace.

When I came to the door of Concubine Xie's bedroom, I faintly heard the laughter inside, and it seemed that there were other guests.

Aunt Qin paused, turned back to Yu Ruyan and said, "Princess, please wait here for a while." The slave goes in and spreads it to the princess! ”

Yu Ruyan stood quietly at the door and waited, listening to the unclear human voice coming from inside, her heart became inexplicably flustered.

After a while, Aunt Qin came out again to lead her in, however, after entering, Yu Ruyan didn't have time to say hello to Concubine Xie, and her eyes swept to the woman in the hall, and she couldn't help but stagnate!

In the hall, Concubine Xie Guifei sat high on the main seat, and there was a beautiful woman sitting below, but it was her enemy Mu Ziyue!

Mu Ziyue was dressed in a simple and delicate Ruyi moon skirt, with a simple pendant on her head, and she was talking to Concubine Xie with a light smile on her face.

She was not surprised to see Yu Ruyan come in, and after she saluted the concubine, she saluted her respectfully, and her voice was like a yellow warbler out of the valley: "The courtiers meet Princess Heshuo!" ”

Yuru Yan Qiang suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and said indifferently: "No courtesy!" ”

Mu Ziyue responded obediently, and turned her head to Concubine Xie: "The courtiers don't disturb the mother and the princess to talk, and when the master and her old man successfully bring back the jade girl who can detoxify all kinds of poisons, the courtiers will take them into the palace to see the mother to detoxify the mother, I hope they can."

"What did you say?"

Before Mu Ziyue's words were finished, Yu Ruyan had already heard the word 'jade girl', and she turned around and interrupted her words in a gaffe. He looked at her in amazement.

Jade girl?! Doesn't the Jade Girl not exist at all, and where did she find the Jade Girl?!

Looking at the surprise and gaffe on Yu Ruyan's face, the smug look in Mu Ziyue's eyes flashed, but she always looked respectful and docile, half-bowing her head, even if Yu Ruyan was so close to her, she didn't notice the smug look in her eyes.

Seeing the appearance of Yu Ruyan, the originally happy face of the head Xie Guifei couldn't help but sink in dissatisfaction, and said coldly: "Xiaoyue is sincere to this palace, in order to relieve the huge poison on her body for this palace, she deliberately looked for good prescriptions and famous medicines with her master. The emperor lived up to his wishes, but let them find the real jade girl. This piece of mind is much more attentive than others! ”

Xie Guifei's words meant something, and her face turned red when she said it, but she couldn't care about the blame and ridicule in Xie Guifei's words, and she was shocked by what Mu Ziyue said about the jade girl!

As far as she knew, the so-called Jade Girl of the Qi Kingdom was just a rumor spread by the former Prince of the Wing Dynasty in order to deal with Mu Lingzhi, that is to say, there is no Jade Girl in this world who can cure a hundred poisons, and Mu Ziyue brought it up at this time, which had to make Yu Ruyan doubt her motives.

But listening to Xie Guifei's tone, she completely believed Mu Ziyue's words, and was very looking forward to and rejoicing, if she poured cold water on her at this time, she was afraid that Xie Guifei, who didn't like her, would be even more disgusted with her.

Yu Ruyan pressed the question in her heart and looked at Mu Ziyue's green hair. Pretending to be concerned, he asked: "I heard His Royal Highness say that Miss Mu has been seeking medical treatment in Camellia Town during this time, and she even worshipped a master, I don't know if your master helped you cure your scalp?" ”

Hearing her mention her scalp, Mu Ziyue couldn't help but clench her hands into fists in her sleeves, but she looked docile and humble on her face, and replied: "Thank you princess for your concern, the courtiers suffered misfortunes before and became a leper that everyone laughed at, and because of this, I missed the fortunate pity with His Royal Highness, so that I met the master Although he suffered a lot, he still cured the leprosy and gave me back a green hair."

Speaking of the back, she seemed to be sad, crystal tears fell drop by drop, touched the black hair on her head and said with a sad face: "But, even if I have cured my scalp after suffering now, there are some things that I miss and miss, and I am destined to be with His Highness in this life."

Her description of wanting to speak and stopping is pitiful, but in Yu Ruyan's eyes, it is particularly heart-piercing----

She opened her mouth and closed her mouth in front of herself, the concubine, and sighed that she regretted the missed marriage with Mu Lingzhi, and it was clear that she wanted to respond to her while regretting her feelings with Mu Lingzhi in front of Concubine Xie, implying that she still had feelings for Mu Lingzhi and wanted to marry him.

Sure enough, looking at her pitiful and infatuated appearance, Concubine Xie thought of her intention to find a jade girl for herself, and then thought of her father Mu Xiang.

Now Xiaodao's crown prince position is in jeopardy, if she is allowed to marry into the Three Princes' Mansion, with this relationship, she can win over Mu Xiang, and the eldest prince has no support from Mu Xiang, and there will be no power to confront Xiao Dao, so Xiao Dao's crown prince position will be stable

The narrow phoenix eyes turned slightly, and Concubine Xie slowly spoke: "Now that you are sick, it is not difficult to marry into the royal family with your background, but I am afraid of ----"

Xie Guifei glanced at it, her face turned pale. Said slowly: "I'm afraid that I can only let you succumb to the position of the side concubine, Princess Jade, are you willing?" ”

It wasn't until this moment that Yu Ruyan understood that Concubine Xie had summoned herself into the palace so late, and it turned out that she had agreed to let Mu Ziyue enter the Three Princes' Mansion!

There was a chill in her heart, Yu Ruyan gritted her teeth to suppress the anger in her heart, and said coldly: "Niangniang is serious, this matter is decided by His Royal Highness himself, I can't ---- be the master!" ”

Of course, Concubine Xie understood the dissatisfaction in her heart, and Mu Ziyue knew even more that she would not agree to enter the mansion by herself, so she cried sadly: "Niangniang." His Royal Highness is now in deep love with the princess, where can he still tolerate the courtiers in his eyes, and the mother should not embarrass the princess"

Concubine Xie Guifei understood the meaning of her words, her face sank, she stared at Yu Ruyan and said: "I know that Ling Zhi values you, now that you are in charge of the house, of course he will take into account your feelings in this matter of accepting a side concubine, so this matter will be a prophet of this palace, as long as you agree, persuade him well, this palace believes that Ling Zhi will agree to accept Xiaoyue as a side concubine!" ”

Yu Ruyan's face turned pale, and she was completely stunned!

However, before she could refuse, Concubine Xie said again: "You are from the royal family, you should know that the royal family pays attention to the prosperity of the heirs, and it is very common for the princes to have three palaces and six courts. Speaking of which, Ling Zhi's wife and concubine in the back house are really withering, and now, there is one less Kuang family, and only two or three people are left to wait, in terms of his identity, letting outsiders know will make people laugh at him. Moreover, he has been married for so many years, and he has not had a son and a half daughter under his knees. This is what worries Hongu the most. Besides, he and Xiao Yue have been friends since childhood, and it is normal to marry her as a concubine, plus what a great contribution Xiao Yue has made for this palace, our royal family should repay her grace. What do you think? ”

Concubine Xie Guifei said the truth, that sentence is true, if Yu Ruyan does not agree, it means that she is ignorant and ignorant of the general situation.

Her chest seemed to be pierced by a spike, Yu Ruyan's heart was angry and painful, her head became even more dizzy, her eyes were dark, and she was about to fall to the ground. She gritted her teeth.

Her heart is as cold as ice, but it is also hard as iron!

----Anyone can enter the house, but Mu Ziyue can't!

Because she really knows Mu Ziyue too well, she is ruthless and unscrupulous, and her entry into the mansion is not only a disaster for the palace, but also a disaster for her and Mu Lingzhi.

She swallowed her throat with difficulty, thinking about how to refuse Xie Guifei's request, but before she could think of a reasonable reason, Mu Ziyue had already rushed ahead of her, kneeling at her feet with a 'plop', grabbing her skirt with both hands. Looking up at his little face full of tears, his voice trembled and pleaded: "Princess, I know that you have always guarded me because of my friendship with His Royal Highness when I was a child, and I am afraid that I will rob Your Highness of your favorite princess, please agree to let me enter the mansion and agree that I will become one of Ling Zhi's wives and concubines, I love him, I will definitely serve the princess and His Royal Highness well in the future, and I will definitely respect the princess."

Mu Ziyue said it sincerely and movingly, and even gave up the dignity and reserve that a woman should have.

Her face made her extremely sick and nauseous in Yu Ruyan's eyes, but in Xie Guifei's eyes, she was extremely relieved.

Concubine Xie couldn't help but think. Mu Ziyue loves her son like this, she will definitely treat him well in the future, and she will persuade her father to change his mind and join the camp of the prince for Ling Zhi.

The royal marriage is a bond of interests, when to value true feelings!

Thinking of this, Xie Guifei's mind was already firm, she glanced at Yu Ruyan, who had a gloomy face, and said impatiently: "Since you are Ling Zhi's wife, you must have the generosity of a wife, Xiaoyue has achieved this level, how can you bear to refuse her?!" ”

Heh, they have forced her to this part, do you still need her consent?!

Yu Ruyan glanced at Mu Ziyue at her feet with cold eyes, and said with an angry smile: "Miss Mu keeps saying that I am afraid that you will rob His Highness of His Royal Highness's favor, are you saying that I am jealous?" Oh, didn't you say it yourself, you and Your Highness are a small friendship, I have only known Your Highness for more than a year, how can I stop your friendship with Your Highness?! ”

"Get up. You don't have to beg me, it's useless to beg me, it's Your Highness's decision to marry or not. I'm not going to stand in the way. However, if you want me to persuade Your Highness to accept you, I will definitely not be able to do it. Because no woman can really be willing to share her husband with other women, and besides, I don't think you really love Your Highness! ”

When Yu Ruyan said some words in one breath, her mind was chaotic, but perhaps it was such a semi-lucid state that made her unable to calm down, and she had the courage to refuse Concubine Xie in person, and said what was in her heart.

Hearing this, Concubine Xie stayed on the spot in shock, she never expected Yu Ruyan's attitude to be so firm and tough. And Mu Ziyue is already dead----

She originally thought that today, in front of Concubine Xie, taking advantage of the matter of the Jade Girl, she could let Concubine Xie help her force Yu Ruyan to accept herself. However, unexpectedly, no matter how soft and hard they coerced and lured her, she didn't back down at all, and refused on the spot!

Concubine Xie had already spoken, but was rejected by Yu Ruyan, how could she be embarrassed, and where would she put her face? Usually, even King Liang rarely brushes her mind, and other people in the palace don't dare to disobey her for half a point, when was she hit back by someone in front of her like this.

Concubine Xie's face sank, her eyes flashed fiercely, she slapped her palm on the back of the chair, and said sharply: "Hmph, you haven't officially married Ling Zhibaitang yet, you dare to be so arrogant and jealous, do you have our Daliang royal family in your eyes?" Well, since you are so determined, this palace is also here to put a sentence---- if you can't let Xiaoyue marry into the palace, you and my son's marriage gift will not be mentioned again!" ”

Seeing Xie Guifei's anger, the people in the hall were so frightened that they all knelt down, and Yu Ruyan also knelt down with everyone, her whole body was covered in cold sweat, and her body couldn't stop trembling. And Mu Ziyue, who was kneeling beside her, had excitement and smugness in her eyes

However, Concubine Xie's anger did not stop, and she looked at Yu Ruyan pursing her lips tightly and did not open her mouth. didn't open her mouth to admit her mistake, the anger in her heart was even worse, her temper was already hot, and the anger at this time was like a volcanic eruption, out of control!

With a wave of his hand, the teacup in his hand smashed into Yu Ruyan----

Yu Ruyan was pale, kneeling upright, seeing the teacup smashing over, she didn't hide or hide, and let the teacup fly towards her

The cup smashed accurately on her smooth forehead, and the blood flowed immediately!

"Don't think that if you are the princess of a country, this palace will not dare to deal with you, even your father and emperor will be afraid of me. You Daqi also have to rely on my Liang to protect you, what are you! ”

"You are just an unfavored princess, you think that this palace does not know the origin of your mother and concubine; You think that this palace doesn't know that the Kuang family killed the Gu family's children because of you; Yesterday was even more for you, Ling Zhi turned the entire eastern capital upside down, and he and the prince were reprimanded by the saint. Think about it yourself, after you were with Ling Zhi, how much did he pay for you? ”

"For you, he doesn't want the country, he doesn't want the beauty of the house, he doesn't want the heirs and children, he guards you every day, what have you done. Why are you still stopping him from marrying a concubine! ”

Concubine Xie scolded Yu Ruyan sharply, she stepped down from the main seat step by step, standing in front of Yu Ruyan with a fierce momentum, the more she scolded, the more angry she became, if she wasn't afraid that Mu Lingzhi would turn her face with herself, she really wanted to kick the princess in front of her out of the royal family and kick her back to Daqi!

Concubine Xie's abuse filled Yu Ruyan's eardrums, shaking her head painfully, and she couldn't help sneering: "Since this princess is so unworthy, why does the concubine need to insist on the consent of this princess?!" As I said, marrying or not marrying is a matter for His Highness, and it has nothing to do with me. I ---- will never persuade His Highness to take a concubine, let alone an immoral woman like Namu Ziyue. If there is nothing else to do with the concubine, I will retire first! ”

As soon as the words fell, the blood stains on his forehead were not wiped off, and Yuru left without looking back, leaving a hall of people speechless!

"You are presumptuous! Someone"

Concubine Xie was so angry by her attitude that she was about to order someone to stop her, but she was persuaded by Aunt Qin on the side, Aunt Qin stepped forward and whispered in her ear: "Niangniang, Your Royal Highness is now busy helping the prince to secure the throne, and she has to worry about the saint, Niangniang must not have an opinion with His Royal Highness at this time, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run!" ”

After listening to Aunt Qin's words, Concubine Xie's narrow phoenix eyes flashed, and she had to leave with Yu Ruyan.

When Yu Ruyan walked out of the dormitory, Xiao Ru outside also knelt until the hour, rubbing her knees to get up, watching Yu Ruyan walk out with a bloody face, and was startled!

She chased after Yu Ruyan and asked several times, but Yu Ruyan only cared about herself and walked quickly, and didn't pay attention to her!

Yu Ruyan's face became more and more drowsy, and her legs fluttered as if she was stepping on cotton. Dongcao, who was guarding the outer hall of Yaohua Palace, saw her come out with a bloody face, jumped up in fright, and hurriedly stepped forward to support her crumbling her, and when she touched her body, she found that her whole body was already hot, and she couldn't help but be surprised and said: "Master, what's wrong with you?" It's fine just to go in, how did you come out like this? ”

Yu Ruyan no longer had the strength to say another word, she gritted her teeth and spit out a word: "Go!" ”

Dongcao looked at her silver face and the wound on her forehead, she was already frightened, and hurriedly supported her and helped her to walk outside the palace.

Kankan sat on the sedan chair, Yu Ruyan couldn't support it anymore and fainted