Chapter 163: An's Death

Hearing Yu Ruyan say that Mother Qiu was the only witness who proved the fire in Qinxianglou, Brother An understood the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly turned his head and went out to order the secret guard to find Mother Qiu. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

Yu Ruyan stood alone in front of the window, looking at the dark rainy night outside, and secretly prayed in her heart that she must find Mother Qiu, she is her last hope!

Sleepless all night, Yu Ruyan leaned in front of the window and listened to the sound of wind and rain all night, and her heart was bitter and dark!

I thought that I and Mu Lingzhi would break through everything, no longer have to hide our identities, and love him with their true selves, and they could be worry-free in this life, but I didn't expect that when I returned to Daliang, I would face more difficulties and obstacles.

Seeing that she was reluctant to rest for a long time, Brother An was a little puzzled, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Hasn't the princess already found a clue?" I believe that as long as Naqiu's mother is not dead, the dark guard will definitely be able to find her and bring her back, as long as she comes out to identify the jade pearl, the grievances on the princess's body can be washed away, what else does the princess have to worry about? ”

"The matter of Qin Xianglou is not a problem, but what really worries me is the matter of the evil star." Yu Ruyan sighed secretly, her eyes were cold, and her voice was deep: "The lives of twenty-seven prostitutes are nothing to King Liang, but the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains of Daliang are very important to him, not to mention that these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are still his betrayal of his family affection back then, and he committed the following crimes, risking being scolded as a rebel and a thief, and being defiled by the history." If he believes in slander and believes that I am an ominous person who let Daliang destroy the country, do you say, is it possible for him to keep me? ”

Brother An's whole body trembled when he heard this, and then he understood the seriousness of the matter, and his face couldn't help but turn pale, and his voice trembled: "But it's a princess." How can you believe in the Evil Star? Besides, even if there is really a Bad Star Rebellion Country, they can't assume that the Evil Star is a princess without any reason and basis."

Brother An was impatient, and said: "What does the princess say is also the princess of King Qi's Heshuo, even if King Liang and they are suspicious in their hearts, they can't convict the princess without caring about anything, princess, should we write back to Daqi and let the king of Qi send envoys to come forward."

"Have you forgotten what happened to me in the Qi country since I was a child?" Yu Ruyan interrupted her words with a sigh, and said with a bitter smile: "There is not a saying in the world, 'I'd rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one', back then, my father had murderous intentions against me because I had no tears and ominous." Throwing me into the deep mountain snake cave, my own father still treated me like this, can I still expect King Liang to be extraordinarily kind to me? ”

"What's more, I am the princess of Heqin, my father once said to me that the moment my feet set foot on the land of Daliang, I will be a member of Daliang, and everything in the future will have nothing to do with the Qi country. So, don't expect my father to stand up for me, the only person I can rely on now is myself besides His Highness. ”

Hearing her words, Brother An was even more desperate in his heart, and couldn't help crying, and sadly stepped forward to hug Yu Ruyan and said bitterly: "Princess." You obviously didn't do anything, why, why do people in the world treat you so unfairly, it's so unfair"

"Silly girl, there is no real fairness in this world." Yu Ruyan's heart was cold, but she still gritted her teeth to comfort Brother An, helped her wipe the tears on her face, and said with a wry smile: "Don't be sad, things have not reached the point of no return, now, at least His Highness is guarding me, and I myself will not admit defeat easily, so you don't have to be too sad." ”

While the master and servant were talking, the sky was already bright, and they had no sleep all night, Yu Ruyan was about to go to the soft couch to lean on, and the secret guard outside came to report, saying that she had found Qiu's mother and brought it back to the other garden.

Hearing this, the master and servant were all happy on their faces, and the boredom in Yu Ruyan's heart was swept away, and she hurriedly asked the secret guard to bring people in, but the moment she saw Qiu's mother, Yu Ruyan's happy heart sank again.

Mother Autumn is a well-known bustard in the capital. is shrewd and profitable, and a pair of eyes are also very poisonous, and he can see people clearly and neatly, otherwise he would not recognize the jade pearl who pretends to be jade.

But at this moment, Mother Qiu, who was brought into the house by the secret guard, walked in by feeling the way, a pair of eyes obviously couldn't see, and her expression was dull, she looked stupid and stupid, and she was very different from the proprietress of the first Qinglou in the capital who had shrewd eyes and a skewed expression before, and it didn't look like the same person!

Yu Ruyan believed that the dark guard would not catch the wrong person, and she still recognized Mother Qiu's appearance, so she looked at the dark guard who brought her in suspiciously, and asked him what was going on?

The secret guard replied to her, saying that Mother Qiu's eyes were blinded by the smoke in the fire, and her head was hit by a heavy object, and she was stupid!

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's whole body was cold, and she sat there dumbfounded and couldn't speak----

God is going to kill her!

Brother An was also very happy when he heard that he had found Qiu's mother, but now that he saw that she had become an idiot and stupid, he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, and he was about to cry again----

Such a delirious person who can't see with his eyes can't say anything to prove it when he finds it!

After the dark guard retreated, Brother An couldn't help crying: "Princess, what are we going to do now?" Where can she testify for us like this, even if she says that the real murderer is not a princess, but a jade pearl, I'm afraid that no one will believe it! ”

Yu Ruyan thought of the three-day period she promised to Mu Lingzhi, and her heart was also miserable, she gritted her teeth to suppress the panic in her heart, and asked the little girl to invite Dr. Wu over.

After Dr. Wu came over to help Mother Qiu, he came to a conclusion similar to what the secret guard said, but Dr. Wu also said that Mother Qiu's eyes were blinded by smoke, and there should be a chance to regain her sight.

But Yu Ruyan's time is only three days, but Qiu's mother's eyes don't know how long it will take to regain her sight?

Doctor Wu went down to prescribe medicine, and only Yu Ruyan, Qiu's mother and Brother An were left in the house, and Yu Ruyan was talking to Qiu's mother tentatively, but no matter how she guided, Qiu's mother answered her sentence by sentence, and what she said was completely illogical and thoughtless.

Yu Ruyan sat helplessly, looking at Qiu's mother with a sluggish face on the other side, racking her brains to think of any other way to testify against Yu Mingzhu, but at this moment, Mu Lingzhi pushed the door in.

After listening to the words conveyed by Tong Qian for Yu Ruyan, it took a night to get the consent of King Liang, and gave them three days to find out the real culprit. At the same time, he also said that if they can't find the real culprit after three days, they will be officially sentenced to Yu Ruyan for arson and murder.

Xiaodao was also present at that time, and after listening to King Liang's words, he couldn't help but intercede for Yu Ruyan, only saying that there were still five days left to be his own sealing ceremony, so it was better to push the matter to the ceremony later.

King Liang nodded after a moment's thought.

After getting the permission of King Liang, Mu Lingzhi rushed back from the palace in a hurry, and as soon as he saw Yu Ruyan in the house, he couldn't help but ask her if there was evidence of the real murderer?

Yu Ruyan asked Brother An to go to the kitchen to bring him breakfast, while pointing to the names of the three people on the rice paper on the desk, and told him the same thing that he had said to Brother An last night. At the end, she pointed to Qiu's mother, who was staying in the house with a stupid face, and said: "It's a pity, although I already know who the real culprit is behind the scenes, and I have found the most powerful witnesses, but her eyes are also blind, and people are stupid, so she can't come forward to testify for me, so"

Mu Lingzhi knew what she meant, and although she was surprised to look at Mother Qiu in front of her, she still comforted Yu Ruyan and said, "It's okay, since you already know who did it, there is always a way to make the real murderer appear." My father has promised me. Qin Xianglou's matter will be investigated carefully after the prince's seal ceremony, so don't worry too much, let Dr. Wu try to heal Qiu's mother as much as possible, hoping that she can get better in a short time. ”

After that, he said reproachfully: "You said that you reassured me, but you didn't rest all night long, how can you reassure me like this?" ”

Looking at the haggard look on his face, thinking of the pressure he was under for himself, Yu Ruyan's heart was sour, and she couldn't help but step forward and gently lean into his arms, her hands tightly wrapped around his waist, and her nose greedily smelled the faint ambergris on his body, and she said coquettishly: "Your Highness is not by my side, I can't sleep well." ”

Mu Lingzhi knew that she had been frightened too much recently and was insecure in her heart, but she was busy with the affairs of the palace and couldn't be by her side to rely on her, so she felt more and more guilty in her heart, and couldn't help but feel heartbroken: "I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of you, didn't protect you well, and made you suffer too much, it's all my fault." ”

Yu Ruyan was even more heartbroken, and pulled him to the edge of the bed and sat down. lifted his trouser robe, looked at the bruises on it, and ordered Brother An to bring hot water and cotton towels, and help him carefully apply the red and swollen knees, and his eyes were red.

Mu Lingzhi was about to pull her up, and when she saw her red and swollen eyes, she knew that she felt sorry for herself, and couldn't help but quip: "Did I tell you that when I was a child, because I was too naughty, I always endured Master Taifu's anger, and my father often punished me for kneeling to read and write, so. This little kneeling is nothing to me. ”

Yu Ruyan didn't think so, thinking that he knelt in the rain for himself to intercede for himself, he felt sad and distressed, his eyes were red, and his voice choked up: "Before you met me, Your Royal Highness was the most heroic and majestic third prince of Daliang, no one can threaten you, and nothing can be difficult for you, but now for me, you have to kneel outside the palace in the heavy rain to beg to see your father for me, Your Highness has worked hard, and has been wronged, and has been criticized by the world."

"Don't say that!"

Mu Ling's heart kissed her red and swollen eyes, and blamed herself: "It's all my fault, when I took you out of Daqi, I personally promised your mother that I would protect you, but I didn't do it." ”

Yu Ruyan raised her head and looked at him intently, her eyes were full of tenderness, and she smiled softly at him: "No, Your Highness did it." Do you know, whenever I am afraid of helplessness, as long as I think of His Highness by my side, I am extremely relieved, no matter how big the difficulties and dangers are, I am not afraid, His Highness is my last and best reliance. ”

Listening to her words, Mu Lingzhi's heart was moved, and he hugged her and smiled: "When did your mouth become so sweet, okay, seeing that you said so many nice things today, I will personally cook for you today." ”

Anyway, I didn't care about the pain and fatigue in my knees, so I just did what I said, rolled up my sleeves and went to the kitchen.

Yu Ruyan went to the kitchen with him, and Mu Lingzhi was busy in front of the case. She lay on her stomach and looked at him stupidly.

I don't know when she became more and more dependent and inseparable from him.

She asked him, "Why is Your Highness so idle today?" Are you done with the affairs in the palace? ”

The movements in Mu Lingzhi's hand stopped, smiled at her, and said with shame: "Since I returned to Daliang, I haven't accompanied you well, and I always leave you alone in the mansion, so I deliberately took two days off from my father, and I will accompany you well for these two days, and I won't go there, I don't care about anything, just live the life of the two of us." ”

Hear such news. Yu Ruyan showed a happy look on her face, she wanted to ask him if the prince's seal ceremony could be arranged, but the words were still swallowed, she said to herself in her heart, in the past two days, she has to be selfish, let go of everything, stay by his side, give herself a holiday, and give him a holiday, no matter what happens outside. No one or anything should disturb them.

She stepped forward and hugged Mu Lingzhi from behind, reluctant to let go, Mu Lingzhi's whole body was shocked, her deep eyes were full of tenderness, and while she was busy with the work in her hands, she quipped: "I was always asked to be busy with the affairs of the palace before, and never kept me, why are you in love with me so much now." ”

Yu Ruyan buried her face in his back, with endless affection in her voice, and said emotionally: "I am in love with you in this life." ”

Mu Lingzhi's subordinates froze, his expression was greatly affected, he put down the things in his hand, turned around and looked at her fixedly, and said word by word: "Is it only this life?" I'm determined to live with you forever. Eternal life and eternity. ”

Yu Ruyan looked at him in a daze, with a happy smile on her face, but her heart was already moved to tears, and she said movingly: "Your Highness, do you know? From the time I was born to the present, except for the master's mother, Xiaodao and Brother An's relatives, you are the first person who does not dislike me, does not treat me as an ominous person, and treats me to the core. When people all over the world treat me as a monster and call me a broom star, you have always been unforgiving to me. You're so good to me. In my next life, I can marry no other than you. ”

Feeling her hot gaze, Mu Lingzhi's face was rarely flushed, and his expression was moved, thinking about the injustices she had suffered since she was a child, and the hardships she had endured, and her heart was even more pitiful.

The next second, he suddenly pulled her to kneel in front of the stove and said to her: "Do you know that there is a stove god in the kitchen, and the stove god heard what the two of us said just now." Therefore, I hereby ask the god of the stove to give us a testimony, in this life, in this life, forever and ever, we both have to be together, you have to be my wife for the rest of your life, every life will be my wife, I will carve my mark in your heart, I will also carve your mark in my heart, and when we are reincarnated in the next life, we can find each other by the mark. You say, okay? ”

Yu Ruyan's eyes flashed with moving brilliance, and her voice was choked, "Okay, everything is up to the husband!" ”

The two bowed solemnly to the stove hand in hand. The red-hot firewood in the stove reflected the pious faces of the two of them, and at this moment, the haze suppressed in their hearts completely dissipated

In just two days, the two really abandoned all affairs and troubles, closed up the yard and lived their own lives happily, Yu Ruyan accompanied Mu Ling to play chess, he accompanied her for a walk, and took her to climb the mountain behind the garden, Yu Ruyan found that there was a steep cliff behind the garden, and there was a river beach above the cliff, and the rainwater accumulated from the rain in the past few days ran along the river beach to the cliff. A majestic waterfall was formed there.

Standing by the waterfall, watching the boiling river finally converge into a waterfall and fall, Yu Ruyan felt and said: "The end of the water is a waterfall." ”

"When a person is in a desperate situation, he is reborn!"

Mu Lingzhi took her words tacitly.

Hearing this, the two looked at each other and smiled, Mu Lingzhi said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow, I will enter the palace again and start to be busy, you must remember, don't go out of the other garden during this time, rest assured, I have everything else." ”

Yu Ruyan nodded seriously and said, "Doctor Wu told me yesterday that Mother Qiu's eyes are temporary. I believe that she will soon regain her sight, and as long as the blood on her head dissipates, people will slowly come to their senses, so now I really don't worry, as long as she gets better, she can expose Yu Mingzhu and his gang and return my innocence. ”

"You don't have to worry about the evil star, as long as the sealing ceremony is fine, there will be no problems with the disaster in the south, and my father will no longer embarrass you, and then I will have my own way to make Qin Tianjian change his mind."

Mu Lingzhi's words completely dispelled the last concern in Yu Ruyan's heart, she was still worried about the evil star, but now she heard Mu Lingzhi say this. She was relieved.

As long as it is what he says, she believes it, unconditional trust!

Early the next morning, when the sky was still bright, Mu Lingzhi quietly got up and entered the palace without waking up Yu Ruyan. When Yu Ruyan woke up from the nightmare, he found that his figure was missing from the pillow, and a trace of loss welled up in his heart.

When Brother An entered the house with the washbasin, he saw Yu Ruyan sitting on the bed in a daze with a cold sweat on her face, and hurriedly put down the basin in her hand, touched her forehead, and said with concern: "What's wrong with the master, his face is very ugly." Would you like to ask Dr. Wu to come and have a look? ”

After speaking, she went to call the little girl outside the door to invite Dr. Wu, but was stopped by Yu Ruyan, she got out of bed and walked to the basin and sighed: "It's just a nightmare, it's fine." ”

Brother An twisted the cotton towel and handed it to her, and asked curiously, "What did the princess dream of?" Sweating out of my body. ”

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan looked stunned, and couldn't help but think of the terrible scene she dreamed of just now, and her heart felt a chill----

The dreams are not only terrifying, but also unusually real, as if they were really happening.

Knowing that Brother An has always been timid, Yu Ruyan didn't plan to tell her. After washing, the little girl brought the blood swallow that Mu Lingzhi specially ordered the kitchen to boil for her. Yu Ruyan picked it up and was about to bring it to her mouth, but she couldn't help but think of that nightmare scene again, her hands shook, and the porcelain cup fell to the ground with a 'horn' click, falling to pieces!

Brother An was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to check if she had been burned by the soup, but Yu Ruyan sat in a daze, inexplicably flustered, feeling out of breath, and had a bad premonition in her heart.

However, at this time, a little girl ran into the courtyard in a panic, standing at the door and cowering and not daring to come in, Yu Ruyan was stunned, and recognized her as the maid crescent moon beside Huaying, and hurriedly asked Brother An to call her in.

Yue'er came in and knelt on the ground, her voice trembled, and she trembled: "There is an accident in the princess's palace, and my aunt asked the slave maid to invite the princess to return to the palace to preside over the overall situation."

Yu Ruyan's mind suddenly remembered the nightmare she had just now, and she couldn't help but ask eagerly, "But what happened to Concubine An and Mrs. An?" ”

"Exactly!" Yueya looked at Yu Ruyan a little confused, not knowing how she knew that something had happened to the An family.

The next moment, Yu Ruyan didn't care about the soup being spilled on her body, and she didn't have time to change into clean clothes, so she was already rushing out.

Brother An was in a hurry, and hurriedly chased after him and persuaded: "Princess." Your Highness has ordered that you will not be allowed to leave the garden during this time. ”

Yu Ruyan said as she walked out: "There is an accident in the palace, His Royal Highness is in the palace, what if I don't come forward to the palace?" ”

Hearing her say this, Brother An naturally had to follow, and Yu Ruyan suddenly thought that if the two An were really as terrifying as she dreamed of, if Brother An saw it, she would be directly scared to death. So he said to her: "Don't go with me, stay here and help me watch Mother Qiu, don't let her have any accidents." ”

With that, she stepped into the carriage without looking back. I left the garden with the crescent moon and returned to the palace.

Watching the carriage leave, Brother An stood in amazement, she felt inexplicably empty in her heart, she never expected that this time she said goodbye to Yu Ruyan in a hurry, it was

In the carriage, Yu Ruyan hurried up to ask about the things in the palace of the Crescent Moon, and after the Crescent Moon was pale and told the things in the okra courtyard in horror, Yu Ruyan couldn't say anything in shock----

Not only was she shocked that An Lan would choose this tragic way to die with An Lirong in the end, but she was even more shocked that everything that Crescent Moon told her was the same as the nightmare she had just had.

In the dream, she dreamed that An Lan tricked An Lirong into the okra courtyard, poisoned An Lirong, and after she died, she cut open her stomach, stuffed the fragrant chicken in her stomach, and sewed it with needles and threads, and finally poured a sack of mice into the house, closed the doors and windows, and quietly watched the hungry mice from the window smell the smell of meat, and rushed to An Lirong's corpse and bit her corpse to pieces

An Lan laughed maniacally as she watched from the window, her expression twisted and hideous, and she laughed like tears, and finally, she committed suicide by poisoning herself in a small cradle in the next room, still holding the clothes made for her dead child in her hands

Although it was in a dream, Yu Ruyan seemed to be able to hear An Lan's desperate and crazy terrifying laughter

When I arrived at the okra courtyard, it was already surrounded by people on the third floor and the outer three floors, and An Lirong's maiden family also came, Mrs. Yushi couldn't stand the blow and fainted when she saw the tragic situation of her daughter's death, and when Yu Ruyan gritted her teeth and walked into the room, although she had dreamed of An Lirong's terrifying tragic state in her dream, she was still scared by everything in front of her and trembled all over, and she couldn't help but vomit directly