Chapter 133: Don't break your promise
Stacky remembered the rumors she heard when she was in Daqi, and couldn't help but say, "The fifth princess was born without tears from birth, and was regarded as an ominous person by the Taoist master with advanced spells. ”
"She has been very evil since she was a child, when she was two years old, she was thrown into the snake cave in the deep mountains and old forests by King Qi and was not bitten to death, and she was brought back to the palace by the Queen Mother when she was eight years old, but because she was an ominous person, the people in the palace looked down on her, and Concubine Lian and the eldest princess didn't like her even more, even to the point of hating poison, and she avoided killing her several times."
"Later, she was sent to kiss, and the master should have heard that the arrows of the three highnesses were meant to shoot her, but for some reason the seventh princess who sent her relatives was shot to death, and later it made His Royal Highness die for her, the master thought about it, and if others experienced this, she didn't know how many times she had died, but she was unharmed, and the more she lived, the more proud she became! What is this not an evil sect? ”
"An ominous man born without tears!?" Hearing Rosewood's words, Mu Ziyue's Yingying Xingxing's eyes flashed again, and she couldn't help but remember that since she fought with Yu Ruyan, she had indeed escaped every time, and she had always been unable to help her!
From the very beginning of selling her to the Qinglou to let her escape, to the plot of the Prince's Mansion to let Wenxiang die for her, and then to the later sugar man shop, obviously he wanted to pour her sugar water and ruin her face, but he ruined his own head......
All of this, now that I think about it, it is really too weird, and the poison of the original black gold can't poison her, the firewood house fire also let her escape, and the women in the palace are also planted in their hands one by one, all this is really unusual!
But Mu Ziyue was not afraid, but became excited-
When a person is too obsessed or obsessed and falls into a demonic obstacle, then all difficulties and dangers will not become obstacles in their eyes.
Mu Ziyue is such a person, even if she learned all this from Stacky's mouth, even if she had framed Yu Ruyan many times without success, she still did not give up, but when her eyes turned, she came up with a new idea to deal with Yu Ruyan.
Drinking to make the groom stop, she took out the letterhead and quickly wrote a letter to the entourage, telling him to rush back to the eastern capital at once and deliver the letter to her father and eldest brother.
Stacking watched Mu Ziyue's face turn from casual to clear, and couldn't help but stammered curiously: "What good idea did the master think of again?" ”
Mu Ziyue smiled coldly, an ice blade flashed in Ying Yingxing's eyes, and said proudly: "Father and the eldest prince are worried about how to stop today's crown prince's seal ceremony. I'm just telling them that there is an ominous person coming to Daliang, and this prince's seal ceremony has to make a fuss! ”
In the previous battle for the crown prince, Mu Xiang never expressed his attitude of supporting the eldest prince or the third highness, but later, Mu Ziyue was dismissed by the royal family, and Mu Lingzhi went to Daqi in order to find Yuruyan, and went on an expedition instead of Qi without the permission of the king of Qi, which made the king of Liang dissatisfied.
Mu Xiang was a treacherous man, seeing the wind and rudder, knowing that Mu Lingzhi had no chance to take the crown prince, he supported the eldest prince without distractions, and only hoped that after the eldest prince ascended the throne, he could regain the glory of Mu Xiang's family.
But what everyone didn't expect was that after a Mu Lingzhi left, an eighth prince came to compete with the eldest prince for the throne, and
The momentum is like a bamboo, and in just a few months, he successfully won the crown prince, Mu Xiang and other ministers who supported the eldest prince were full of regrets, but this is the case in the court, once you stand in line, don't think about regretting it. Therefore, even if Mu Xiang misses his vision, he has to grit his teeth and endure it.
Now that he has received the news from his daughter, he also knows that this is a golden opportunity, as long as the prince is dragged to officially confer the prince's seal, then the eldest prince will have a comeback one day.
Without a trace of delay, Mu Xiang immediately quietly went to the Great Prince's Mansion to conspire with him after reading the letter, and after half an hour, Mu Xiang left with an excited and proud face.
At that time, Mu Lingzhi brought Yu Ruyan to Yaohua Palace. I saw that in the side hall, the prince was still in a coma and did not wake up, and the thunder fire on Concubine Xie almost burned the entire Yaohua Palace.
As soon as she saw them coming, Concubine Xie began to endure it, "It's a good person, I went out to greet you, but I came back with a sword wound on my hand, I got drunk, and I was poisoned by lewd grass, and I haven't woken ......up yet."
"He's going to look for you, what's going on? Why did someone quietly send an anonymous letter to Yaohua Palace, saying that it was ...... It is said that the prince sleeps outside the palace and sleeps in the willows, and the golden house hides Jiao, how did he come back!? ”
After the prince was admitted to the palace and examined by the imperial doctor, not only was the sword wound on his hand serious, but there was also the poison of lewd grass in his body, which shocked Concubine Xie and became furious.
She thought about the events of last night carefully, and the more she thought about it, the more bizarre she felt, so she could only call the two of them into the palace to inquire.
Yu Ruyan's whole body was cold, and she didn't know how to answer the concubine's words. Mu Lingzhi clenched her hand, suggesting that she should not be afraid.
He blocked Yu Ruyan beside him without a trace, and said: "Mother, the minister also feels strange about this matter, but when the prince left the inn, the person was fine, and the minister didn't know what happened later, and the plan now is to let the prince wake up as soon as possible, the ordination ceremony is about to begin, and other things will wait for him to wake up." ”
Concubine Xie Guifei felt that he was reasonable, so she asked the two of them to get up and instructed Imperial Physician Li: "There are still two hours before the crown prince's seal ceremony, and before that, this palace orders you to wake up the prince no matter what." ”
Imperial Doctor Li trembled and took the order, but at this moment, the prince who was unconscious on the bed suddenly heard a painful moan, everyone was overjoyed, and hurriedly surrounded him, Xie Guifei stepped forward and grabbed the prince's hand tightly, and said happily: "Son, you finally woke up, but what is uncomfortable?" ”
Xiaodao was drunk for too long and confused, his eyes were dull and looked at the people around the bed, after seeing Yu Ruyan, he was shocked, his face showed a happy description, and he couldn't help but withdraw his hand from Xie Guifei's hand, stretched out to Yu Ruyan and said excitedly: "Sister, you are not angry with me, you have come to see me?" ”
Everyone looked at Xiao Dao in surprise, not understanding why the first person he wanted to find when he woke up was Yu Ruyan, Xie Guifei's face darkened, and Mu Lingzhi's brows were slightly twisted almost inaudibly.
Xiao Dao didn't know if he hadn't woken up yet, or because the residual poison of the lewd Huo grass had not been cleared, his expression had not been very sober, and he was in a trance, he saw Yu Ruyan standing there without moving, he couldn't help but be anxious, turned over and sat up, and couldn't take care of wearing shoes, and threw himself into Yu Ruyan's arms in front of everyone, and said sadly: "Sister, don't you don't want a knife, don't be a prince with a knife, don't be an emperor, and the knife only needs to be a sister ......."
As soon as these words came out, Xie Guifei's face changed greatly, and the other people in the hall also changed when they heard the words, Mu Lingzhi's face sank, and he stepped forward to pull the knife off Yu Ruyan's body, put it on the bed, and said to Xie Guifei, who had a gloomy face: "Mother, look at the situation, the poison of the lewd grass on the prince's body has not yet been resolved, and he is so confused that he is talking nonsense!" ”
Imperial Physician Li also hurriedly stepped forward to play a round game, "Niangniang, lewd Huo Cao has the effect of confusing the mind, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not sober yet, and it will be fine when the old minister prescribes another dose of detoxification decoction for him." ”
But Concubine Xie is not such an easy person to fool, before Mu Lingzhi and the others came, she had heard the imperial doctor talk about the medicinal properties of lewd Huo Cao, it can indeed confuse people's minds, but when people are confused, the words they say happen to be the truest thoughts in his heart.
Therefore, as soon as she heard that her son didn't want the country or the crown prince for the sake of this 'sister', at this moment, Concubine Xie was already frosty in her heart and was about to collapse.
She waved her wide sleeves and asked the imperial doctor and them all to go down, leaving only the four of them in the palace, and the knife quieted down after drinking a bowl of antidote decoction, and the other three people of His Royal Highness were also quiet and did not speak, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.
Looking at the face of the mother concubine Tie Qing, Mu Lingzhi was afraid that she would be angry with Yu Ruyan, so he hurriedly said: "Mother concubine, in the three years that Chen Zhi was assassinated and disappeared, he lost his memory, and he was alone and wandering outside, it was Yan Yan who saved him and took him with him to take care of him like a younger brother, so in Chen Zhi's heart, he relied on Yan Yan as a family member and relied on her very much. ”
After listening to Mu Lingzhi's explanation, Concubine Xie Guifei's suffocated heart was a little relaxed, thinking that the prince had suffered so much outside at a young age, if he hadn't met Yu Ruyan, I was afraid that he would ......
Thinking of this, Xie Guifei's discomfort in her heart was relieved a lot, she glanced at Yu Ruyan, only to see that her expression was calm, her eyes were clean and transparent, and she didn't want to hide any dirty thoughts in her heart, she looked very calm, and couldn't help but say: "It seems that over the years, you have been really good to Chenzhi, otherwise he wouldn't be so dependent on you." Hongu really deserves a good thank you. ”
Yuru's face was calm and calm, but her heart was already nervous and scared to the point of suffocation, she must not let Concubine Xie know what the knife thought to her.
Therefore, restraining the fear and anxiety in her heart, she calmly walked to the bedside, generously helped Xiaodao tuck the corners of the quilt, looked at Xiaodao's eyes full of love, and replied respectfully: "Back to Niangniang's words, when I met the prince, it was when he was in trouble, he lost his memory, I don't know his true identity and origin, I just feel that I fell in love with him, and I have always taken him with me as a younger brother, and I accompany him when he is sick, and he likes to be coquettish with me from time to time, so he will be like to lose his temper just now, Please forgive me! ”
When she said these words, Xie Guifei kept staring at her expression, because of a woman's intuition, Xie Guifei always felt that her little son had extraordinary feelings for him, the 'sister' who was on his lips every day, and she looked at Yu Ruyan's shining appearance in the light, and she was also very uneasy, for fear that her little son would also like her, like a man likes a woman, and moved his thoughts that he shouldn't have.
But now, she looked at Yu Ruyan's frank appearance, her eyes were clear and there was no trace of dodging, and she personally promised to treat him as her own brother, and Concubine Xie's heart was completely relaxed.
As long as Yu Ruyan doesn't have evil intentions, for the sake of her saving Chenzhi, Concubine Xie is willing to accept her well!
After another half an hour, the knife was sweating, the flushing on his face finally receded, and the person came to his senses, he looked at Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan in the hall in a daze, with an embarrassing description on his face, and said: "Why are the imperial brothers and sisters in the palace at this hour?" ”
Seeing that he had finally fully sobered up, Concubine Xie happily ordered the palace people to prepare hot water for him to bathe and change clothes, and couldn't help but ask anxiously, "How did the injuries on your body come from?" Why did a good duan go to that kind of place to drink alone, and he was inexplicably poisoned by lewd grass? ”
Listening to Concubine Xie's words, doubts flashed on Xiaodao's face, and he frowned: "What time is it today?" ”
Concubine Xie looked at him with a confused look, and said distressedly: "Today is August 15, and in more than an hour it will be your prince's seal ceremony." This hard-won position of the crown prince, if you don't wake up and miss it, the mother concubine will die in a hurry. ”
The knife tightened his brows and said: "After I went to see the imperial brother and sister, I encountered a sneak attack by an assassin on the way back to the Eastern Capital, scratched my arm, and hid in the small courtyard where I used to live, and I was depressed for a while, and I couldn't help but drink a few more sips of wine......"
When Xie Guifei heard that he had met an assassin again, her heart jumped out in fright, and she said anxiously: "Assassin?!" The wound on your hand was actually the one of the Assassins? Who is trying to harm you? ”
"Who else but my sworn enemy, Brother Great, could there be?"
The obsidian-like eyes of the knife flashed with cold light, and he said coldly: "But what is the poison of the obscene grass that the mother concubine just said?" Could it be that I was assassinated while drunk? How did you find me? ”
Xie Guifei's face sank when she heard the three words of the eldest prince, and she said fiercely: "Also, now he is the only one in this world who has the courage and reason to attack you." Listening to the entourage that after you disappeared, your imperial brother led people to look for you everywhere in the city, and I was also anxious to sit still, and then I suddenly received an anonymous letter, saying that you were in the courtyard of Guaer Hutong in the golden house to hide Jiaojiao, sleeping flowers and staying in the willows, and the mother concubine took someone to rush over as soon as she was in a hurry, but after she arrived, in the courtyard at that time, except for Princess Heshuo, there were no other women in the anonymous letter at all, but ......"
Xie Guifei suddenly thought of something, took out his coat from the clothes taken off by the knife on the side, pointed to the clear rouge mark on the neckline, and said, "If there are no women, where do these come from?" After that, she looked at Yu Ruyan, who was standing quietly aside, and wondered: "The princess arrived there before me, but what suspicious person did she see there?" ”
Yu Ruyan didn't have time to speak, Xiaodao's eyes were already shining, and she said excitedly: "It's my sister...... My sister went to look for me? ”
Yu Ruyan smiled slightly: "Yes, I heard that you are gone, Niangniang and His Royal Highness are very anxious, looking for you everywhere, I will go to the courtyard where we lived before, I didn't expect you to be there." ”
Looking at the rouge marks on the knife's clothes, Yu Ruyan sneered in her heart-
This Mu Ziyue tried her best to deal with her, but she tried her best and exhausted all her methods!
She said to the concubine: "I just arrived in the courtyard before Niangniang for a while, and I didn't see anyone else." ”
Mu Lingzhi saw that the sky was already bright, and said goodbye to Concubine Xie: "The sealing ceremony is about to start, Rong Erchen will go back to the house to change his clothes and prepare for the ceremony." ”
Xie Guifei saw the bloodshot in his eyes, and thought that he had just come back and had been busy all day without even entering the mansion, which was really hard, so she said distressedly: "Well, you go back quickly, the conferral ceremony will depend on you to keep an eye on." ”
Mu Lingzhi took Yu Ruyan's hand and walked out, the knife looked at Yu Ruyan's background in a daze, his hands trembled under his sleeves, his lips moved, and he wanted to leave her with him, accompany him to the high platform to be admired by ten thousand people, and accompany him through the long road of life, but his hand stretched out and withdrew, and the words that came to his mouth were swallowed with difficulty, and he reluctantly watched her figure disappear at the gate of the palace.
The moment she stepped into the carriage and left the palace, Yu Ruyan finally breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "I finally passed the level of Niangniang!" ”
Mu Lingzhi thought of the anonymous letter mentioned by Concubine Xie and the rouge mark on the collar, his eyes were cold, and he said coldly: "Don't worry, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, you take the opportunity to take a break." ”
Yu Ruyan could sleep there, and she said with a tired face: "Your Highness, am I going to today's ordination ceremony too?" ”
Mu Lingzhi lovingly helped her change to a comfortable position and leaned on herself, and said helplessly: "You are my princess and the sister of Xiaodao, how can you be missing at such an important moment?" As soon as the ceremony is over, I will lead you to ask your father for a favor and marry you as soon as possible. ”
Leaning on his arms and smelling the faint ambergris on his body, Yu Ruyan's heart instantly settled down-
Only with him does she feel special at ease. She can not be afraid of anything, and she will not panic when the sky falls.
The early morning sun sprinkled a golden light in the carriage through the curtains, clearly reflecting the tiredness of Mu Lingzhi's expression, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but reach out to smooth the wrinkles between his brows, and said distressedly: "Your Highness has really worked hard these days. For the sake of the prince, and for my business, I worked hard ......"
"My silly girl!" Mu Lingzhi lowered his head and gently kissed her on the forehead with a gentle face, and said with a serious face: "
If I can't protect you, what good will I be your husband? Now I only look forward to the successful completion of the seal ceremony for a while, and when the prince's position is completely secured, I will take you around the world to live where you want to go. ”
Looking at the worry in his expression, Yu Ruyan felt sour, and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness just came back and wanted to leave, but was frightened by what happened last night?" ”
Hearing her mention last night's incident, Mu Lingzhi's expression became even more gloomy, and he sighed silently, "I'm always worried that because of me, I will cause you to suffer and suffer." I'm really tired of everything here, and I've told you before that I miss the time we spent in the barracks more than the Eastern Capital. I always look forward to the day when I can put down all the burdens on my shoulders, live in seclusion in the mountains and wilderness with you, or live in seclusion in the market, just the two of us, plant a few acres of thin fields, or open a small shop. ”
Mu Lingzhi's words aroused the endless yearning in Yu Ruyan's heart, she suddenly smiled, stretched out her little thumb to him, and said seriously: "What you just said, I have taken it seriously. Let's pull the hook, His Highness promised me that I must do it, and I am not allowed to break my promise! ”
Seeing her serious appearance, Mu Ling's heart was even more happy, and he didn't hesitate to wrap his finger around hers, and said equally seriously: "Well, I also remember it myself, I must take you to live a truly comfortable life." ”
Yu Ruyan put away her hand contentedly, and the haze that had accumulated in her heart that day suddenly disappeared.
She was in a happy mood, and as the carriage shook gently, she could no longer resist the exhaustion, and curled up comfortably in his arms and fell asleep
Seeing her shrink in her arms like a cute little cat, the exhaustion of Mu Lingzhi's whole body instantly dissipated without a trace, and his heart was full of satisfaction.
No matter how hard, tired and dangerous it is, as long as she is by his side, everything is enough!
When she arrived at the palace, Mu Lingzhi was reluctant to wake her up, so she carefully held her in her arms and carried her all the way into the mansion, and came to the gate of Yunsong Courtyard, but she met An Lirong and other ladies in the mansion who were guarding the gate of Yunsong Courtyard.
Suddenly seeing Mu Lingzhi, everyone's faces showed a look of joy-
An Lirong didn't know the news of the prince's disappearance, thinking that Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan rested in Yunsong Courtyard last night, so she led the ladies of the palace to Yunsong Courtyard early in the morning to ask for peace, but she didn't expect that neither of them was there.
was about to go back disappointed, but unexpectedly saw Mu Lingzhi coming back from outside the mansion with Yu Ruyan in his arms, and hurriedly wanted to ask him for peace, but was stopped by Mu Lingzhi with his eyes, he was afraid that their invitation would make noise to the people in his arms.
Without waiting for An Lirong and the others to react, Mu Lingzhi had already walked past them like a gust of wind, entered the courtyard without stopping for half a moment, and ordered the copper coin to close the courtyard door, and locked An Lirong and them out of the courtyard mercilessly.
An Lirong's expression was stunned, and her face was gray and embarrassed!
Kuang Qinqin said coolly: "Now it seems that His Royal Highness might as well not return home." ”
Huaying didn't understand the meaning of her words, and asked, "Why did my sister say this?" ”
Kuang Qinqin glanced at Yun Song's closed door and sighed: "Your Highness doesn't come back, the sisters at least have one more expectation, looking forward to Your Highness's return to get a little favor from Your Highness." But now that I'm back, I don't even look at us, and my heart is full of princesses of Daqi, doesn't it make the sisters feel more uncomfortable? ”
After listening to Kuang Qinqin's words, An Lirong, who had been looking at Mu Lingzhi's disappearing back obsessively, and was reluctant to remove her eyes, was extremely sad, and said quietly: "Yes, Your Highness has not come back, our sisters can at least deceive ourselves, thinking that Your Highness still has a little place for us in her heart, but now I am waiting for him to come back day and night, but ...... Seeing him so good to her will only make people feel more uncomfortable! ”
An Lirong actually made a little gaffe when she said this, but she watched him protect that woman in his arms like a baby, and walked in the palace without hesitation, but ignored them as air, which made her too sad. At this moment, her heart was as painful as if she was holding a blunt knife and cutting it one by one, so that she could no longer pretend to be generous and virtuous.
With her hands in her sleeves clenched into fists, her fingernails were bleeding from her palms, An Lirong couldn't stay any longer, she had a headache, and stumbled back to her Furong Courtyard.
Back in the Furong Courtyard, An Lirong smashed a room of things, and her face was gloomy and about to drip water.
The thin curtain cowered beside her, her face was also pale, and there was an obvious dark halo under her eyes, which looked like she didn't sleep well at night.
Tired of falling, An Lirong asked her to pour herself a cup of tea, but the fine curtain had something on her mind, and she didn't pay attention, and she almost burned An Lirong when she handed over the cup.
An Lirong was already uncomfortable, but now seeing that she looked like she was out of control, she couldn't help but get angry, slammed the teacup on the small table, and said fiercely: "Now even you don't take me seriously?" ”
The thin curtain was drunk by her, and she was so frightened that she knelt down like a swing, and said tremblingly: "Master, the slave is afraid, the slave and the maid are not intentional, and please forgive the slave and the maid this ......time."
Since learning Yu Ruyan's true identity, the thin curtain is like walking on the tip of a knife, always feeling that he is about to fall and die under the knife......
For Yu Ruyan, An Lirong and her have been put to death twice, once is the fire in the firewood room, and the other is the white silk in the prison room, although the idea is An Lirong's hand, but every time she moves her hand to Yu Ruyan, the fire in the firewood room is lit by her, and the white silk in the prison room is also put on her neck by herself, and now watching Yu Ruyan return strongly, thinking of what she has done to her, the thin curtain is about to collapse.
An Lirong is still a side concubine after all, if Yu Ruyan wants to retaliate, she has to be more or less scrupulous, and she doesn't dare to blatantly execute her, but she is different, she is just a little slave, Yu Ruyan wants to take revenge on her and kill her, it is so easy!
When she was in the treasury, she deliberately stepped on Yu Ruyan's list and refused to give it to her, making her kneel and begging for mercy to humiliate her, and later embarrassed Yu Ruyan in the garden and asked her to take off her clothes. But every time she didn't take the light, so at that time, she knew that Yu Ruyan was not a good master.
Now that she is in such an identity and with her character, she will definitely not let go of herself.
The tears of the thin curtain are about to come out, what will she do in the future? How is she going to stay in this palace in the future?
Looking at the scared appearance of the thin curtain, An Lirong was angry, and said hatefully: "Look at your unpromising appearance, why didn't you see you scared when you bullied her before?" Is it useful to be scared now? ”
The tears of the thin curtain came out, and she trembled: "Master, now she is very different from before, and she ...... And His Royal Highness is so protective of her, if she wants to settle old accounts with me, the slave and maid are only afraid of death and have no place to be buried, master, you must save me......"
An Lirong was already extremely depressed, but now when she heard her crying, she was even more annoyed, and couldn't help but say hatefully: "You grew up with An Lan's slut next to me, why didn't you learn how to be half clever from her." When encountering things, you will only be afraid, but you don't know how to find a way. I ask you, what are you going to do now that there is a tiger in front of you that is going to eat you? ”
The thin curtain looked at her in a daze, and said tremblingly: "I ......"
An Lirong's voice was cold and terrifying, "The tiger wants to eat you, you can't escape, except for desperately fighting with her and finding a way to kill her, you have no second way to go!" ”
Her usually gentle countenance was distorted to the point of horror, and her pointed nails dug into the pastry dish on the table, crushing a plate of delicate essences......