Of course, Yu Ruyan knew what Mu Lingzhi was talking about, her pretty face flushed, and she was a little timid and uneasy in her heart.

She blushed and said, "It's better to let His Highness talk about this kind of thing, and I won't go......"

However, without waiting for her words to finish, Xiao Fushou beside Xiaodao ran over in a panic and said: "Your Highness, go to Yaohua Palace to have a look, the noble concubine Niangniang is poisonous, and she has locked herself in the dormitory alone, not letting people in, not even the imperial doctor is allowed to enter, Your Majesty and the prince are locked out...... Your Royal Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked the servants to invite you over to persuade the mother......"

Hearing Xiao Fushou's announcement, Mu Lingzhi's expression became anxious.

In the past two days, I was busy with the prince's seal ceremony and the matter of Prince Yi, and I forgot about Xie Guifei's poisoning, calculate the time, the day of Xie Guifei's poison was these two days.

didn't have time to think about it, Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan rushed to Yaohua Palace.

Along the way, Mu Lingzhi remembered Xiao Fushou's words and was puzzled, usually every time the mother concubine was poisoned, her father and the imperial doctor would stay by her side, and only when the father and the emperor guarded her, the mother concubine would feel that the pain of poison was not so difficult.

Mu Lingzhi still remembered that a few years ago, when the news of Xiaodao's murder and assassination came, the mother concubine was heartbroken, and when she was poisoned, she was sad in her heart, and she couldn't get through it, and it was her father who accompanied her by the bedside, giving her comfort and support, and the mother gritted her teeth and survived.

But now that Xiaodao is back, and she has become the prince as she wishes, why is the mother concubine unwilling to let everyone in to accompany her, and even the imperial doctor has rushed out, as if she is bent on death.

Thinking of this, Mu Ling's heart was anxious, and when they rushed to Yaohua Palace, they saw that King Liang and the others were helpless in the courtyard, and the doors and windows of the dormitory where Concubine Xie lived were closed, except for Aunt Qin, all the other palace people were also driven out.

In the hall, Concubine Xie was in pain as usual, and the flesh and blood all over her body seemed to be torn apart, her teeth were bitten bloody, and her nails had already been cut short by Aunt Qin, otherwise she was afraid that she would have caught herself bloody now.

But even so, Concubine Xie Guifei's body was like ten thousand ants devouring her heart, and she was like being cut by a thousand knives, her limbs and hundreds of bones seemed to be pierced by countless sharp needles, tormenting her in pain, her fingernails were digging around in pain, grabbing the pear wood bed, and picking her fingers to cut the skin and flesh, and the flesh and blood were blurred.

And Aunt Qin hugged her desperately, trying to catch her hands and prevent her from hurting herself again, but Concubine Xie seemed to have lost her mind, and her hands were caught, so she hit her head, and her forehead was bruised.

When Aunt Qin stopped her, there were many blood marks on her face and body, but she couldn't care about them, and couldn't help crying in distress: "Niangniang, why are you so distressed, even if you are hurt by Your Majesty and don't want to see him again, but the crown prince and the third highness always want to meet, and those imperial doctors who help you treat poison must let them in...... Niangniang, you torture yourself like this, the old slave is distressed, you still allow the old slave to open the door and let the doctors in! ”

After that, Aunt Qin let go of Concubine Xie and was about to open the door of the palace, but was dragged by Concubine Xie.

Concubine Xie's mind was on the verge of madness, and she said while crying: "I don't want to see those negative people, they betray me one by one...... If you really feel sorry for me, just give me a pair of scissors or a knife, I don't want to live, I don't want to live!! ”

Aunt Qin's heart was stunned when she heard this, looking at her current appearance, she was indeed bent on death, and couldn't help but persuade in a panic: "Niangniang, you are still so young, you haven't seen His Royal Highness the crown prince officially confer the seal, and the two highnesses haven't accepted the concubine yet, you haven't even hugged the emperor and grandson, how can you bear to leave all this...... Mother, you can't seek death, you have to live well! ”

In the palace, Aunt Qin was bitterly persuading Concubine Xie, and outside the hall, Mu Lingzhi, who came over, asked King Liang puzzled: "Father, what's going on?" Why didn't the concubine let you in this time? ”

King Liang naturally understood what Xie Guifei was doing, but in front of his two sons, how could he tell so many secrets hidden in his heart, so he had to look at the door of the dormitory with a worried face, listening to the uncontrollable screams of Xie Guifei inside, and his heart ached. He said in a deep voice: "She refused to let us in, saying that as soon as we stepped into the dormitory, she would die in front of us, so ...... Alas! ”

Mu Lingzhi has been by Concubine Xie's side for many years, and in the past, as long as he was in the Eastern Capital, he stayed by her side every time his mother was poisoned, and took care of her with King Liang, so he knew how painful and difficult it was for his mother to be poisoned, if he was not by his side, it was estimated that his mother would not be able to survive alone.

Thinking of this, he didn't care much, and said calmly: "Father, now is not the time to worry about this, the mother concubine does not let us in, it means that she is bent on death, if we really don't go in when we stand outside, I am afraid that it will be too late to regret it." With that, he took off his robe, knelt down at the door of the dormitory, and begged Concubine Xie to open the door.

Xiaodao also knelt with him, persuading Concubine Xie hard.

The other palace people also knelt at the door of the dormitory with the two highnesses, but no matter how everyone persuaded them, the door of the palace was always tightly closed, so anxious that Mu Lingzhi was ready to smash the door and enter.

At this moment, King Liang spoke up, and he sighed heavily and said, "You all withdraw from the palace and let me say a few words with the concubine." ”

After listening to King Liang's words, everyone silently retreated. Mu Lingzhi stood at the door of Yaohua Palace with some worry and didn't dare to leave, Yu Ruyan comforted him: "Didn't Your Highness see that Niangniang is angry with Your Majesty." Therefore, the bell needs to be tied to the bell, and the knot in the mother's heart can only be untied by His Majesty, so you can rest assured. ”

Mu Lingzhi thought about it carefully, and felt that Yu Ruyan was reasonable, the mother concubine was so abnormal this time, it might really have something to do with her father, so she didn't say anything more, pressed the worry in her heart, and quietly waited outside for the news inside.

I don't know what King Liang said to the concubine, but in the end, the concubine Niangniang agreed to open the door and let the imperial doctor in, and the next moment, King Liang had already issued an edict to the world to set up Xie Guifei as the queen, and choose a day to carry out the canonization ceremony after the establishment.

This news is very surprising, the entire Yaohua Palace has gone from being flustered and heavy at the beginning to being happy now, and everyone is celebrating Xie Guifei's ascension to the throne and your being the mother of the country.

When the eldest prince Mu Yunzhi and Mu Xiang heard the news, they were hit hard, Concubine Xie became Queen Xie, so the position of the crown prince was more stable, and it was even more difficult to take the crown prince from him again.

When Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan re-entered the Yaohua Palace to visit and congratulate Concubine Xie, Concubine Xie's poison had passed, and she was lying on the bed weakly, while King Liang was still by the side of the concubine's bed although he was tired, and fed her medicine with his own hands.

Mu Lingzhi saw that his mother and concubine had passed this pass safely, and he was relieved, he thought about it, and with his father and mother all there, he pulled Yu Ruyan to kneel down respectfully, and asked King Liang and the concubine to complete the marriage.

King Liang put down the medicine bowl in his hand, turned back to the two and said: "The two of you should have gotten married when the two countries got married last year, but there were many twists and turns later, fortunately, there are lovers who eventually become married, and after so many experiences, the two can finally come together, which is also where my father is happy for you." ”

When King Liang said this, his tone was full of imperceptible sighs and envy, after all, he was born in the emperor's family, it is not easy to marry someone he really likes like Mu Lingzhi, and the relationship between Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan is really rare in the royal family.

King Liang said: "But there have been too many things in the palace recently, and the prince's seal ceremony has gone wrong, and the reason has not been found out so far. ”

After listening to King Liang's words, although Mu Lingzhi was a little disappointed, as King Liang said, it is true that there have been too many things recently, and many things have come together in one place, but since King Liang did not oppose them because of Yu Ruyan's previous identity, it was good, so both of them respectfully agreed.

Xiaodao has also been guarding the palace, from the very beginning when he heard the two of them ask for a marriage, his heart was hanging, mixed tastes, and his expression was more nervous than the two who asked for the decree, in his subconscious, he didn't want Yu Ruyan to marry Mu Lingzhi, to be precise, he didn't want to see Yu Ruyan marry any man other than him.

Now hearing King Liang's words, his hanging heart let go slightly, but then he thought that even if they couldn't get married now, as long as his crown prince's seal ceremony and his mother's concubine's posthumous ceremony passed, and Mu Lingzhi made this request again, King Liang would definitely agree.

Thinking of this, Xiaodao's heart became extremely anxious, and his obsidian-like eyes looked at Yu Ruyan sadly, and his mood was extremely dull and uncomfortable!

At this time, the king of Dali Temple came to report the investigation of the sacrifice to the sky, King Liang, Mu Lingzhi and Xiaodao all went to the imperial study, but Yu Ruyan was left by Xie Guifei.

Xie Guifei was sweating in pain when she was poisoned, and her whole body was soaked, Aunt Qin ordered someone to prepare fragrant soup for her to bathe, although Yu Ruyan was a princess, but in front of Xie Guifei, she was a daughter-in-law, so she was also obediently serving on the side.

Xie Guifei was tired and lying in the wide bath, Yu Ruyan took the initiative to help her massage her shoulders, her massage technique surprised Xie Guifei very much, she sighed comfortably and said: "You are a princess who still knows the art of massage, and the craft is so skillful, it is really not easy." ”

After that, she closed her eyes and rested on the edge of the bath, she stopped talking, and Yu Ruyan didn't say anything, but she knew in her heart that Concubine Xie would leave her behind, and she would definitely not have something to say to her for no reason.

Sure enough, when Concubine Xie finished bathing, she called Yu Ruyan to her and officially spoke.

Concubine Xie said: "Just now you asked the emperor to complete the marriage, and this palace does not disagree, but the palace has a few requirements, and you should write them down." ”

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's whole body sank, and she hurriedly responded respectfully and listened to Concubine Xie's training.

"Do you know that this palace almost couldn't survive the pain of poison and was bent on seeking death, but Aunt Qin's last few words made this palace ruthless."

"Aunt Qin said that the prince has not officially awarded the seal, which is a big concern in the heart of the palace, and the two sons of the palace have not yet accepted the concubine, Ling Zhi is still okay, after all, he is already in love with you, but the prince is still alone. Moreover, the palace has not seen the emperor and grandson, but this is also the biggest regret in the heart of the palace! ”

Hearing Concubine Xie mention the issue of heirs, Yu Ruyan's heart jumped, and her expression became uneasy.

Concubine Xie glanced at her face and said coldly: "This palace doesn't blame you for not having children, but I want to tell you that the two children in the palace who were finally conceived are inexplicably gone." Gu's death, the suspicion on you has not been cleared up to this day. Before, this palace really always suspected that it was your hand, but now that I think about it, I also feel that there is something strange about it; ”

"And An's child, after Ling Zhi left the palace to go to Daqi, I have been staring closely, just for fear of another accident, but not long ago, because I was busy with the prince's affairs, and she was about to give birth, the palace relaxed its vigilance, but I didn't expect that the kung fu child was also gone in the blink of an eye......"

When Concubine Xie said these things, her expression was extremely gloomy, her narrow phoenix eyes narrowed dangerously, and the cold light sparkled inside. And when Yu Ruyan heard her words, her heart was also cold-

She had been in the palace for a year, and she had personally experienced the dark struggles in the palace, and she was no stranger to it. Even now, when I think about the various conspiracy traps before, I still can't help but feel cold.

Concubine Xie raised her hand to sit down, looked at her fixedly, and said in a heavy tone: "Before, I always thought that Ling Zhi's back house was peaceful, and those side concubines and aunts looked honest and responsible, and the palace didn't pay much attention to it, but after the matter between the Gu family and the An family, the palace felt that Ling Zhi's side concubines and aunts were really not simple." ”

"I don't care about how they usually fight and how they compete for favor in this palace, but those who dare to kill the royal heirs dare to be demons under the noses of this palace, and this palace will never spare them. Therefore, what this palace wants to say to you today is that since you are destined to marry into the palace and become the head of the house, then those restless people will clean up the palace before you and Ling Zhi's wedding. ”

Xie Guifei's majestic voice carried the fierce aura of Xiao Killing, which made Yu Ruyan's heart tremble!

"This palace orders you not only to find out the black hand who murdered the child in An's belly, but also to find out the murderer who killed Gu's mother and son, and it can be regarded as clearing the suspicion for yourself, can you do it?"

Concubine Xie looked at Yu Ruyan with blazing eyes, waiting for her reply.

Under her gaze, Yu Ruyan lowered her eyebrows and replied solemnly: "Since Niangniang believes in me, I will definitely tidy up the back house and not let Niangniang down!" ”

Hearing her answer, Concubine Xie smiled with satisfaction and said, "I have always heard that the prince praised you as a smart and abnormal woman, and Ling Zhi also loves you, this palace believes in his vision, so, I hope you don't let this palace down." ”

Listening to Concubine Xie's praise, Yu Ruyan couldn't be happy-

Not to mention that An Lan was not in the house when she lost her child, and without a trace of clues, it was difficult to find out the murderer who killed her. Just talking about Gu Qing'er's murder of one corpse and two lives, there is no clue at all, at that time, Mu Lingzhi's personal investigation did not find the real culprit, and now that more than half a year has passed, there is no way to start.

But since Concubine Xie has spoken, how dare she not agree? Since he agreed, he must give Xie Guifei a satisfactory answer.

These, not only is Concubine Xie Guifei testing her ability to control the palace, but also letting her stand up in the palace on these things, after all, no matter how much more noble her current identity is than those side concubines and aunts, but she entered the palace as a military prostitute and a slave before, and now when she enters the palace again, she must stand up well, so that the humble impression left in the hearts of everyone in the palace before can be swept away, so that they can truly realize that she and Yu Ruyan are the real mistresses of this palace!

Moreover, even if Concubine Xie didn't ask for it, she had to thoroughly investigate the murder of Gu Qing'er, not for anything else, just because the murderer was too vicious and blameless!

Until now, Yu Ruyan's mind still clearly remembers the pitiful appearance of Gu Qing'er dying and struggling to ask for help, as well as the tragic situation of her final violent death.

She clearly understood in her heart that the murderer not only wanted the life of Gu Qing'er's mother and son, but also her life, so she would not let go of such a vicious person no matter what.

Thinking about her, Concubine Xie spoke again: "The prince is about to be sealed, and his age is also the time to start a family. But now that they are all princes, can they still be alone, won't they make the world laugh? Therefore, this matter has to rely on you to help this palace come forward. ”

Yu Ruyan hadn't recovered from the incident in the back house, and when she heard Xie Guifei ask her to help again, her heart trembled, but she had to respond respectfully: "What does Niangniang command?" ”

Concubine Xie sighed heavily and said, "Didn't the prince listen to you the most, and asked you to help the palace persuade him and let him agree to accept the concubine." Also, the palace will collect all the portraits of the daughters of the famous families in the eastern capital in a few days, and then you will also help the palace to choose together, I believe that the girls selected by you, the prince will be more eye-catching. After that, Concubine Xie glanced at Yu Ruyan with an inexplicable look in her eyes.

Yu Ruyan was swept away by her eyes, and a layer of cold sweat soaked out of her back, she always felt that Concubine Xie seemed to know the feelings of Xiaodao for her, and her heart couldn't help but feel numb.

Fortunately, after saying this, Concubine Xie Guifei fell asleep tiredly and didn't say anything more.

Coming out of Yaohua Palace, Yu Ruyan was already in a cold sweat, and slowly walked towards the palace gate with Brother An.

Thinking about what Concubine Xie had just told her, and thinking about what she would face in the future, Yu Ruyan's head began to hurt. She frowned and pondered all the way, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that the matter of the palace was too tricky, and persuading Xiaodao to take a concubine also gave her a headache.

Kankan walked halfway, and happened to pass by the East Palace of the knife, but heard a burst of beating and scolding at the door of the East Palace, Yu Ruyan kept thinking about her own heart and didn't care, but Brother An stopped her, pointed to the place where the beating and scolding came from and said to Yu Ruyan: "Princess, look, the little girl they beat is Xiaoru?" ”

Yu Ruyan couldn't help but stop when she heard Xiao Ru's name, looked up, and sure enough, she saw that the person who was pushed and scolded by several palace maids was Xiao Ru, seeing this situation, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but turn her steps and walked towards that side.

When I got closer, I saw those palace maids holding Xiaoru's head one by one, pinching her arm and scolding.

"The wild hooves that came out of the mountains, the prodigal goods, the shameless sluts, and the ones who don't pee to take pictures of what they look like, even want to beat the prince's idea, and they don't change it repeatedly, it's really too long."

A tall palace maid kicked Xiao Ru's body, she fell to the ground one by one, obviously she could use her hands to support the ground, so as not to fall so embarrassed, but she has been holding a bag of things tightly in her hand, in order not to let the things in her hand fall, she would rather hit the ground and be injured than care, a pair of big black eyes stubbornly and without fear stared at the few people in front of her, her eyes were no longer as simple as before, with a few ruthlessness.

Looking at the changes in her eyes, Yu Ruyan sighed silently, this simple and simple girl was finally sharpened into another appearance by the cruelty of the palace.

The palace is like the most cruel killing field, the people who have stayed here can never keep their minds simple and kind, and the innocence in their eyes will gradually transform into ruthlessness, which will teach people to learn cruelty and viciousness in the shortest time.

And Xiao Ru's eyes glared, those palace maids were even more angry, and the scolding was more dangerous, Yu Ruyan was about to come forward to stop, but unexpectedly, at this moment, Xiao Ru was angry, and bit hard at the hand of a palace maid who wanted to snatch something in her hand, and the snow-white teeth bit the palace maid's wrist, the palace maid screamed and tried hard to shake her off, but Xiao Ru was crazy, biting hard, and biting the palace maid 'Wow' yelled.

Xiao Ru's fierce appearance frightened several other palace maids, and they stood there one by one, unable to believe that the little girl in the mountains who had always been unable to fight back and scold back had suddenly become such a terrible appearance.

At this moment, a palace maid dressed as an older aunt walked out of the East Palace, and when she saw Xiao Ru biting people, she stepped forward and hit her face with a heavy ear scraper, Xiao Ru's face was in pain, so she let go of her mouth, but she didn't bother to wipe the blood stains that broke and overflowed from the corners of her mouth, and her eyes stared at her aunt who beat her fiercely like a little wolf cub, her lips were pursed, and her expression was stubborn and there was no fear.

That aunt is the usual aunt of the East Palace, and she was personally sent to the East Palace by Concubine Xie Guifei to take care of the prince's daily life, and she is usually very respected by the people in the palace.

As soon as Yu Ruyan appeared, several other people were startled, Brother An took pity on Xiao Ru and hurriedly stepped forward to help her stand up, and when Xiao Ru saw Yu Ruyan, she immediately forgot what had just happened as if she had seen a relative, and happily ran to Yu Ruyan's side and said, "Sister, I roasted two roast chickens for you to eat." Before in Putuo Temple, I listened to the knife...... Ah no, it was the prince who said that my sister likes to eat roast chicken very much, and the prince also learned from me that he wanted to make roast chicken for my sister, but unfortunately he waited for my sister at the gate of the mountain with the roast chicken for a long time and didn't see my sister come for a long time...... But it doesn't matter, I'm roasting better than him, sister, try it! ”

When she was chattering non-stop, the palace maids who had just beaten her had already knelt on the ground and respectfully greeted Yu Ruyan, only she didn't care about the rules at all, and forgot what she was unhappy about just now, and talked happily with Yu Ruyan.

Yu Ruyan looked at the corners of her cracked mouth lovingly, as well as her messy clothes, and her head was also messed up, looking pitiful and embarrassed.

Yu Ruyan looked very distressed, but she didn't feel it at all, she was just happy to see Yu Ruyan here.

The palace maids kneeling on the ground didn't expect that Xiaoru was familiar with the future third princess, and they all knew that this princess Heshuo of Daqi was the prince's savior, and His Royal Highness the prince respectfully called her 'sister', if she was asked to go to the prince to complain, they couldn't eat and walked away, and they couldn't help kneeling on the ground and trembling in fright.

Thinking that a few of them had bullied Xiao Ru just now, scolding them so badly, and showing no mercy, Yu Ruyan was very annoyed with these bullying minions, and deliberately didn't let them get up, so that they kept kneeling on the cobblestone path.

She pulled Xiaoru in front of her, straightened her messy head, and said with a smile: "Are these actually for me?" Why are you sending me all this food? ”

Since Xiaoru entered the palace, she has never had a good face, these people saw that she was brought into the palace by the prince before, and they were polite to her, and later saw that the prince was very cold to her, and even a little disgusted with her, and couldn't help but see the wind and rudder, bullying her one by one, either beating or scolding. Now that she suddenly saw Yu Ruyan being so kind to her, Xiao Ru's eyes were hot, but she couldn't help crying.

Not to mention the grievances in her heart, Yu Ruyan also knew it, she had also encountered such grievances in the palace of Daqi before, thinking of this, she felt sour, helped Xiaoru wipe the tears on her face, and persuaded gently: "Xiaoru, listen to my sister's advice, life in the palace is not suitable for you, you better go back to your original place!" ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ru looked at her in a daze, with tears on her face, and shook her head without thinking about it: "No, I won't leave Xiaodao, I'll be there when he's there, and I won't go back if he doesn't go back to Putuo Temple." ”

Her appearance is exactly the same as when Xiaodao refused to leave Yu Ruyan's side, perhaps, it is because of the same persistent character that she is so reluctant to let go of Xiaodao, but Yu Ruyan knows that with Xiaodao's current identity as the prince, Xiaoru is just a nameless wild girl in the mountains, even if Xiaodao is willing to accept her, Xie Guifei and the Daliang royal family will not accept her, in the end, it is this innocent girl who is not familiar with the world after all.

Pressing the sadness in her heart, Yu Ruyan touched Xiao Ru's little head lovingly, thinking of Fang Cai Xie Guifei's words, even if she felt that it was cruel to say such things to Xiao Ru, she still wanted to let her understand it as soon as possible, so as not to be hurt more.

She took Xiao Ru's hand and walked aside, and said softly: "Xiao Ru, do you know, the prince is about to take a concubine and start a family, and besides, there will be many women in his harem in the future, you and him can't get together after all, do you understand......

However, before she finished speaking, the figure in front of her flashed, but Xiao Ru spoke sharply.