"Give me a thousand knives and throw this slut into a mass grave to feed the dogs!"

Those who are familiar with Concubine Xie know that Concubine Xie is a person who loves and hates unusually clearly, and she values her two sons the most in her life, especially the youngest son, Mu Chenzhi, the late eighth prince of Daliang. Because the eighth prince is also a person who loves and hates clearly, and his personality is completely similar to her, so she also likes him more!

But after the assassination of her beloved youngest son three years ago, she put all her hopes on Mu Lingzhi after the tragedy, hoping that he would seize the crown prince and inherit the great cause of the saint!

Mu Lingzhi has not disappointed her over the years, not only in military power, but also in court affairs, he has mastered all the strategies, and his achievements are brilliant, King Liang has revealed more than once in front of Concubine Xie that he wants to change the position of the crown prince and let Mu Lingzhi succeed him as the unification, it can be said that his future is bright!

But now, he was blinded by an extremely lowly military prostitute, not only to disobey the will of the saint and her to make this cheap maid a side concubine, but also to defend her after she killed his child-

A cold glint flashed in Concubine Xie's sharp phoenix eyes, today, no matter how much the Gu family's death had to do with her, she had to die!!

The wind in his eyes swept coldly over the palace people who were standing beside him, and said sharply: "Why don't you do it quickly, do you want this palace to do it yourself?" ”

The palace people went to pull Yu Ruyan hard, but they were kicked to the ground by Mu Ling, he pulled Yu Ruyan up and protected him behind him, and said coldly: "Mother, she is a person from my house, and no one will want to touch her without my permission!" ”

He had never fought against Concubine Xie so fiercely, not to mention that it was because of such an unbearable person, so the anger in Concubine Xie's heart at that time was like the scorching sun in June, wanting to burn Jade Ruyan to ashes.

She restrained the monstrous anger in her heart, pointed at Gu Qing'er's corpse on the ground, and said coldly: "The person lying on the ground is your wife and concubine, and she still has your unborn child in her belly, and you are covering up all the blame for such a pickled and dirty thing, and this palace doesn't know when you were blind!" ”

Mu Lingzhi's face was gray, looking at Gu Qing'er who died tragically on the ground, his deep eyes were stained with blood, but he still firmly protected Yu Ruyan behind him, gritted his teeth and said: "Erchen will not ignore Gu's vain death, but he will not wronged innocent people at will, so I beg my mother to give Erchen three days, so that Erchen can find out the real murderer and avenge the Gu family and my child who died in vain!" ”

Concubine Xie stared at the resolute meaning on his face, a cold glint flashed in her sharp phoenix eyes, and she flicked her long sleeved robe and said coldly: "Since this is the case, this palace will temporarily leave her a cheap life for three more days, if you can't find the real murderer after three days, take her head to commemorate my grandson!" Someone, put her in a cell! ”

Yu Ruyan was imprisoned in the prison cell of the palace, from Gu Qing'er's death to the present, she has not said a word, looking at the background of Mu Lingzhi turning away, she suddenly said: "Your Highness doesn't have to interrogate slaves and maids?" ”

After a pause in the background in front of him, he turned around and looked at her eyes fixedly, his eyes were reluctant, his voice was a little tired, and he said slowly: "I will be busy finding out the real culprit in the past three days, you stay here for the time being, don't think nonsense!" I'll take you out when I find out what's really wrong. ”

"Why does Your Highness believe in me so much?" Yu Ruyan's eyes were sour and uncomfortable, thinking of his resoluteness when he tried to protect himself in front of the concubine, a trace of warmth surged in his heart!

Mu Lingzhi's expression disappeared in the dim light of the prison cell, his eyes were as deep as a cold pool, and he said firmly: "Even if everyone stands up to testify against you, I won't believe it, just because I see sadness in your eyes." Your eyes don't deceive, I've been with you for so long, I understand every look you make! ”

With that, he turned and walked out, his voice dissipating in the narrow aisle: "Take care of yourself, wait for me to come back!" ”

Two days have passed, and no news has reached Yu Ruyan's ears, and Mu Lingzhi has not appeared, during this time, she has not closed her eyes for a moment, her mind is full of Gu Qing'er's bloodstains and death in front of her, and countless questions flashed through her heart-

Who laid the arsenic?

Ziluo Courtyard's food is now made by herself in the small kitchen in the courtyard, and there is no contact with the outside world, but those medicines are taken by her from Yue Yu herself, so? Who did this?

She has always been calm and meticulous, and no matter how delicate things are, she can peel off the cocoon and get a glimmer of clues, but this time, she is completely confused, and she has no clue.

Looking at the sun setting again outside, she couldn't do anything now, she could only put all her hopes on Mu Lingzhi, hoping that the real culprit could be found out before it got dark tomorrow.

However, at this time, Mu Lingzhi stepped into the night.

In just two days, he was so haggard that his eyes were recessed, his face was full of stubble, his lips were dry, and his voice was dumb.

He looked at her for a long time and didn't turn his eyes, Yu Ruyan's heart sank, looking at his description, he must have not found any clues to the real murderer.

After a long time, Mu Lingzhi slowly spoke: "Tell me, where did you buy your medicine from?" ”

He stared at her without taking his eyes off her for a moment. looked at him with a tired and haggard face, and her heart kept sinking with a 'pop'······

Seeing her shocked look, Mu Lingzhi was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained in a hoarse voice: "I have ruled out all other possibilities, there is no one else in the Ziluo Courtyard, and it is impossible for anyone to have access to the medicine, so now, the origin of the medicine is the only clue!" ”

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's eyes widened, and her face was full of disbelief -

If he ruled out all possibilities and left only this one clue, then the suspicions she had previously denied would be ······

No, it can't be, it's impossible for Yue Yu to poison the medicine!

But if it weren't for him, where would the arsenic in the medicine come from?

A heart seems to be soaked in a winter ice cave, although she vetoes the possibility of Yue Yu being drugged, but there is a voice in her heart telling her-

Anything is possible!

In the East Palace, he was not soft, and he also told her that he was a businessman and was not weak and bullied!

The cold sweat was extremely uncomfortable on her back, and Yu Ruyan's throat seemed to be frozen, and she couldn't say a word for a long time. Mu Lingzhi looked at her urgently, looked at her sudden face, his eyes sank, and asked, "Who gave you the medicine?" ”

He no longer asked her where she bought the medicine, but directly asked her who gave the medicine, and it seemed that he had completely locked his suspicious eyes on the person who gave it!

Yu Ruyan's whole body froze, and her lips opened and closed for a long time before she snorted: "It's just the medicine prescribed by the medical clinic I found casually on the street, it will definitely be fine, that doctor and Gu Qing'er don't know each other, and there is no reason to harm her without hatred or grudge!" ”

Mu Lingzhi's eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment, he looked at her eyes fixedly, and said word by word: "I have been to the Wuwei Medical Center where you sent Brother An to last time, the medical hall is closed, and I heard from the people around me that the doctor of the medical hall is surnamed Yue, and the painter of everyone's description has drawn his portrait, and it is actually like Yue Yu in seven points——"

Yu Ruyan was stunned and couldn't say a word, her head hurt like a prick, but she justified weakly with a pale face: "He won't drug Gu Qing'er, he is a good person, he is sick and obliged to see a doctor for the poor people, how could such a kind-hearted person poison a pregnant woman, how could he harm her if he and Gu Qing'er haven't even met in person······ I wouldn't believe he did it anyway! ”

"Have you ever thought that if the arsenic was really put by him, he was indirectly killing you?" Mu Lingzhi's heart was filled with sourness, she was still defending him at this time, didn't she know that her own life was on the line?

When, in her heart, that mysterious businessman made her trust and care so much!

Mu Lingzhi's heart was sour, he had never had this kind of taste, he didn't know that there was such an indescribable taste in the world than pain and suffering-

However, no matter what he said, Yu Ruyan still didn't want to believe that Yue Yu did this, and at this moment, Tong Qian came in and whispered: "Master, today the emperor is marrying the granddaughter of the prince and the Duke of Qin, and now the palace is holding a banquet to congratulate, and the master is also coming out, and the mother has invited someone to come to the palace three times······"

Mu Lingzhi glanced at Yu Ruyan and said sadly: "I'll go back as soon as I go, and I won't delay too much time." ”

When he walked out of the door, he didn't forget to look back at her and comforted: "Don't worry, although it is only one day, I will definitely think of clearing your grievances and letting you out." ”

Looking at the worry in his eyes, Yu Ruyan smiled bitterly, and finally retracted it weakly······

After Mu Lingzhi left, Yu Ruyan had a splitting headache, and finally couldn't stand it anymore and fell asleep······

In the depths of the palace's deep back house, a dim lotus lamp led several figures to quietly walk towards the prison cell, such a strange light in the middle of the night made people's hearts tremble, but the cruelty on people's faces under the lights was even more chilling!

Yu Ruyan was awakened by a nightmare, in which she saw Mu Lingzhi being pierced through the heart with a sword, and the cold yin mask on the face of the person who stabbed him shone with a cold light······

She screamed and sat up, her mind foggy, and when she came back to her senses, she realized that there were so many more people in the gloomy cell.

She looked at the suddenly extra woman in the cramped cell in a daze, and the next moment she felt a chill in her heart.

An Lirong looked at Yu Ruyan who was lying on the ground, and sneered: "At such a time, the girl can still sleep peacefully, this bearing is really admirable." It seems that the girl has 100% trust in His Royal Highness, thinking that His Highness will definitely find out the real murderer and save you out Luo? ”

An Lirong came here quietly in the middle of the night, definitely not to chat with her. Yu Ruyan bit the tip of her tongue, letting the pain in her tongue stimulate her chaotic brain to stay awake.

She looked at An Lirong coldly, and said slowly: "Don't Niangniang trust Your Highness?" Or is Niangniang sure that the real murderer is very well hidden and can escape the scrutiny of His Highness? ”

Hearing this, An Lirong smiled disapprovingly, and said coldly: "You don't have to be clever to trick me, I will tell you clearly that the arsenic is not under me!" ”

"yes, of course you didn't put arsenic. You are still looking forward to Gu Qing'er becoming a living dead after eating your yellow heart grass, snatching the child in her belly and recognizing you as a mother, how could you be willing to let arsenic and take the lives of their mother and son! Yuru looked at An Lirong, whose face had changed drastically, with a smile on her face, and her eyes flashed fiercely.

After Yue Yu told her the dosage of Huangxin Grass in Gu Qing'er's fetal pills, countless doubts flashed in her heart-

First of all, she ruled out An Lan, if it was her, she would definitely not take such a small dose, and she would definitely want to take the two lives of Gu Qing'er's mother and son at one time.

And Huaying and Kuang Qinqin have always had no quarrel with people in the palace and live their own lives, so it won't be them.

And Gu Qing'er herself couldn't give herself such a vicious medicine, the living dead were more painful than killing her directly, not to mention that she was looking forward to waiting for the child to be able to get Mu Lingzhi's forgiveness and turn over again, how could she make herself a lifeless living dead?

Therefore, in the end, only An Lirong has the motive to do this.

She has been married into the palace for many years and has no heirs, which is also the thing she is most worried about, so she endured the humiliation and left An Lan to make her an aunt, on the surface, it was her kindness, but in fact, the biggest reason was because she wanted to borrow An Lan's belly to give birth to a boy and a half girl to raise her.

With An Lan's relationship with her, it is really natural for her to raise An Lan's child!

is as smart as An Lan, it was because she mastered her mind that she would climb into Mu Lingzhi's bed, and while pleading with An Lirong's pitiful guilt, she promised her that if she had a child in the future, she would willingly give it to An Lirong to raise.

She is indeed interested, and this promise alone touched An Lirong's heart.

She raised An Lan as her aunt, not only was she praised by outsiders, but she also had an extra helper in the dangerous back house, and she also had a tool to give birth to a child for herself, why not?!

originally thought that An Lan would be as loyal to her as she promised, but then she didn't expect that after she was full-fledged, not only did she not keep her promise, but she also framed her together with Gu Qing'er and took away the power of her family.

She had never understood why she had betrayed herself all of a sudden, but after revealing the secret of her pregnancy, she realized that she had never really wanted to give her child to raise in her heart, and for the sake of the child in her womb, she spent all her time trying to bring herself down and put herself on top······

An Lan and Gu Qing'er's conspiracy with her has always been like a thorn in her heart, and she must take revenge on these two people to feel at ease.

That's why she thought of putting yellow heart grass in Gu Qing'er's fetal pills, which could not only make her live in pain, but also rob the child in her belly;

As for An Lan, she thought of a more direct way······

I thought I was hiding enough, but I didn't expect Huang Xincao to be revealed, not only that, but Yu Ruyan guessed that it was her poisonous hand without much effort!

The gentle eyes instantly became fierce, the woman in front of her was too smart, she knew so many secrets about her, and she also had all the favor of Her Highness, and she dared to threaten Her Highness to abandon them last time, such a person must die!

Her face returned to normal, and her tone was cold and piercing: "Since you know my plans, you still dare to meddle in things, if you didn't help that slut solve the poison of yellow heart grass, you wouldn't have let her die of arsenic, and I lost my son." So, I have to ask you for this life! ”

After a pause in the words, she waved her hand, and immediately stepped forward, and the two stout mothers-in-law grabbed Yu Ruyan's hands and feet, and the thin curtain held the white silk with a strange smile on her face, approaching step by step······

Yu Ruyan's heart sank, her eyes looked at An Lirong with a murderous face in front of her in a panic, and her brain was running anxiously-

At this time, Mu Lingzhi went to the palace and didn't come back, and Xiaodao was also called by himself to monitor the movements of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he didn't know that he was in prison.

Therefore, even if she calls for help at this moment, she is afraid that no one else in the palace will come to save her, she knows in her heart that in this dark mansion, there is no one who does not look forward to her death-

I was in despair, it seemed that I was really going to die here today!

She suppressed the trembling of her whole body, and tried hard to break free from her mother-in-law's clamps, but how could her strength withstand the two stout mothers-in-law, and her hands and feet were clamped tightly.

As soon as her neck was cold, the thin curtain put the white silk on her neck, her eyes were fierce, and she said fiercely: "After tomorrow, you will be thrown into the mass grave by the noble concubine Niangniang to feed the dogs, it is better to let my mother help you finish, leave you a whole corpse, and save you from so much pain, you really shouldn't be resentful!" ”

One end of the white silk was put on her neck, and one end was thrown over the roof beam by her mother-in-law, watching her body slowly being hung up, An Lirong's eyes flashed with triumph, and she slowly walked to her, looking at the horror and despair in her eyes, and said with a smug smile: "The girl has been in the mansion since she entered the mansion, it is really surprising, a small military prostitute has stirred up the whole palace, if you stay down, in the long run, this palace does not know what will become?" So what I did tonight is to eliminate harm to the palace, and second, to relieve His Highness's worries! ”

"So, don't blame me, go on the road with peace of mind!"

Her last words fell, and the mother-in-law who was pulling the silk did not delay any longer, and hung her higher and higher with her hands······

Her neck was strangled to death, and the suffocation of her heart made her clearly feel that death was approaching step by step, and her mind was withdrawn from her body little by little······

The thin curtain accompanied An Lirong to look at Yu Ruyan who was hanging in the air and struggling to death, and both of them showed a comfortable smile on their faces, as if at this moment in front of them, it was not a young life dying little by little, but watching a wonderful opera!

The sound of breaking the sky came with the cold wind as promised, a cold cold blade cut the white silk with great accuracy, Yu Ruyan's body fell from the roof beam, the black shadow flashed, a masked man suddenly appeared in the narrow prison cell, quickly caught the falling Yu Ruyan, the moment the body landed, the cold sword in his hand had been aimed at the completely sluggish master and servant.

An Lirong looked at the man in black who fell from the sky in horror, screaming stuck in her throat. The man in black shouted at the frightened An Lirong, "Get out!" ”

In less than a moment, An's group rolled out of the cell in embarrassment, the man in black untied the ribbon around Yu Ruyan's neck, and the isolated air suddenly poured into his chest, and Yu Ruyan coughed violently, and his face turned red.

The man in black raised his hand to help her pat her back, and after a while, seeing that her breath had stabilized, he whispered, "Take care, I'll go first!" ”

With that, he got up and walked outside.

"Uncle Chen, stay behind!"

Yu Ruyan hurriedly shouted to stop him.

The figure in black was stunned, and the next second he turned around, reached out and pulled the black cloth underneath, and said in a deep voice: "The girl has good eyesight, she can see that it is me at a glance!" ”

"No, I can smell the smell of flowers and trees on you." Uncle Chen has been with flowers and trees all year round, and his clothes will be dyed with the fragrance of flowers and trees, and she thought that among the people she knew, in addition to Mu Lingzhi and Xiaodao, only Uncle Chen knew martial arts.

"Thank you Uncle Chen for saving me, I ······" Yu Ruyan said gratefully to Uncle Chen.

Uncle Chen waved his hand indifferently, a trace of embarrassment flashed on his face, and he said in a deep voice: "Girl, don't be grateful to me. The girl is a good person, she has saved others before, and she has reaped good results for planting good causes, so I will repay your kindness to the master! ”

Hearing his words, doubts flashed in Yu Ruyan's eyes, and she said in a daze: "Who is Uncle Chen's master?" Isn't it the Third Highness? ”

Hearing this, Uncle Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly, with a look of embarrassment on his face, and hesitated: "The Third Highness is kind to my Chen family, and he is naturally my master, so I can't save the girl out now, because I can't betray the Third Highness, and I ask the girl to forgive!" ”

Yu Ruyan understood the meaning of his words, she was locked up by Mu Lingzhi, and he was loyal to Mu Lingzhi, so he could only save her life but couldn't take her out.

After Chen Bo finished speaking, he bowed slightly to Yu Ruyan and retreated, and his figure disappeared into the vast night in a flash.

After Uncle Chen left, Yu Ruyan was completely sleepy, she touched the scar on her neck, but she kept thinking about the meaning of Uncle Chen's words, he said that he repaid the kindness of the master, but she did not have any kindness to Mu Lingzhi.

With a flash in her eyes, she couldn't help but think, could it be that he had other masters?

She was shocked, and then before she could figure it out, footsteps sounded at the door of the cell, and when she looked up, it was the copper coins coming.

Yu Ruyan was led by the copper coin to Yunsong Courtyard, and along the way, the copper coin was unusually serious, his face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word to her.

Looking at such an abnormal copper coin, Yu Ruyan suddenly had a bad thought in her heart, she grabbed the copper coin and asked, "Why did Your Highness suddenly let me out?" But have you found the real murderer of Gu Qing'er? ”

Copper Coin's footsteps suddenly froze, gritted his teeth and looked back at her, hatred flashed on his face-

He wanted to ask the doubts in his heart, but when he thought of his master's advice, he swallowed it fiercely, and said with a cold face: "Come with me, the master has been waiting for you for a long time!" ”

After many days, he came to Yunsong Courtyard again, standing at the door of the bedroom, Yu Ruyan's footsteps were very heavy and couldn't help but slow down, and the copper coin urged: "Come in." With that, he shoved her in and closed the door from the outside.

At this time, it was almost dawn, the faint light of the sky cast a dark shadow on the room through the screen window of the bedroom, a candle was lit near the bed, Mu Lingzhi was half-lying and covered with a quilt on his body seemed to be asleep, and when Yu Ruyan slowly walked to his side, he suddenly opened his eyes.

The deep eyes stared at her for a moment, the light in her eyes was deep and cold, and her heart jumped!

Jaw motioned for her to come closer, Mu Lingzhi looked at the panic on her face, and suddenly asked: "When the Japanese army camp fought in the martial arts, I rewarded you with a dragon pattern auspicious cloud unicorn white fat jade pendant, where did you put it?" Show me! ”

Yu Ruyan's whole body trembled, but he didn't expect him to suddenly call himself over, and he actually asked that Yu Pei?

A few months ago, in order to raise money to redeem Brother An's illness, that piece of white fat jade pendant had been sent to the pawnshop by her Uncle Chen to die, and now, he suddenly asked, but how could she get it?

Her lips fluttered with difficulty, she didn't know how to explain the whereabouts of Yu Pei to him, and a chill arose in her heart for no reason, and she stayed on the spot at a loss.

Seeing that she couldn't answer in a panic, Mu Lingzhi suddenly sneered, and the next moment, he threw the thing he had been holding in his hand in front of her, and his voice was like coming out of hell-

"There was a fire in the palace today, and an assassin took advantage of the chaos to assassinate my father, and during the fight, the assassin dropped this jade pendant, look at it, this jade pendant is the one I gave you that day?"