The light yellow clothes were exactly what Yuan'er was wearing when the accident in the Violet Courtyard that day!

An Lan's heart suddenly kept sinking, her hands trembled uncontrollably, she was afraid that someone would see the clues, so she had to put her hands in her sleeves. I couldn't see the slightest panic on my face, and I sighed and said gently: "Oh, my hands are a little numb after sitting for too long, and I can't even hold the teacup." ”

However, the little girl Yuan'er is not as good as her, although she lowered her head so low that she covered the panic in her eyes by helping her wipe her clothes, but her hands trembled non-stop. An Lan's brows tightened almost inaudibly, and said, "Forget it, don't wipe it, go back and replace it, we've been out for a long time." ”

"If the aunt is unwilling to help the slave maid with this, the slave maid has to go to His Highness in person to ask for orders and find out the truth by herself!"

An Lan's steps hadn't yet walked out of the pavilion, and when she heard Yu Ruyan's words, her whole body stiffened, and after a while, she slowly turned her head and said with a smile: "My sister wants to serve His Royal Highness, so do you have time to investigate this kind of thing?" Don't worry, leave this matter to me, I promise to give my sister a satisfactory answer! ”

She looked at the beautiful and moving woman in front of her fixedly, hating and fearing her in her heart!

She hated why she could easily get the favor of His Royal Highness, but she was smart and keen, and she seemed to have sensed something, which made her tremble!

Yu Ruyan smiled with satisfaction and bent down to thank her: "That's great, thank you aunt for your success!" ”

Looking at the background of An Lan's departure, Yu Ruyan couldn't help frowning thoughtfully······

Yuan'er was still scared after walking far away, and she said in a trembling voice: "Master, does that cheap maid already know that it is our ······?"

"Don't panic!" An Lan's face was expressionless, and a cold light flashed in her eyes: "She may be aware of it, but she has no evidence and is just testing us, so at this time, we must stabilize our minds and don't fall for her plan." ”

"Then why did the master promise her just now to find out about this matter?"

With a cold smile, An Lan said disapprerovingly: "Didn't she just want to find out who killed her that day?" Don't worry, I have someone for her! ”

"Master, what should we do next? If it makes people ······" Yuan'er couldn't help but feel furious in her heart when she thought of Yu Ruyan's eyes looking at her just now, and couldn't help but move closer to An Lan.

An Lan smiled lightly when she heard this, and did not answer her words. She took out a delicate white jade seal in her arms, her eyes became extremely hot, and even a little crazy: "I was originally just for self-preservation, but I didn't expect to get this seal without intention, only now that people will become completely different after they have power, this feeling is really good." You can rest assured, I spent all my time planning and finally got everything I wanted, how could I just let someone take it away again! ”

Yuan'er thought of the secret between the master and servant, and there was a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and he said happily: "Master, why don't you tell Your Highness such good news?" ”

An Lan's eyes sank, and she said coldly: "Now is not the time!" ”

Seeing An Lan away, Yu Ruyan turned to look at the two people in the pavilion, and suddenly knelt down in front of the two and thanked them sincerely: "Thank you two sisters for saving me last time, I couldn't come to the door to thank you in person, please forgive me!" ”

Huaying was taken aback by her sudden move, and she hurriedly stepped forward to help her up: "Why is the girl like this suddenly?" It's all confusing us! ”

Yu Ruyan said: "I saw it clearly that night, if it weren't for the two sisters who secretly sent me water and food, I'm afraid that now I have starved to death in the firewood room, I will definitely remember this kindness in my heart!" ”

Seeing that she couldn't hide it, Hua Ying was a little embarrassed and said, "The girl said it too seriously, it's just a bowl of rice!" ”

Yu Ruyan's heart warmed, and although she couldn't really see it in the firewood room that day, she still recognized the two of them who brought her water and food. She didn't dare to thank them in public, for fear of causing unnecessary trouble to the two of them and implicating them in the struggle of the palace, but there was no one else here at the moment, she would definitely have to thank them!

Kuang Qinqin sat aside coldly, ignoring Yu Ruyan's gratitude, she frowned her long eyebrows and said coldly: "Aunt An is not like Mrs. An, she is exquisite, not something you can look down on casually, don't forget your own because you have a few favors..." It's a trivial matter for you to act so recklessly and harm yourself, but don't bother others! ”

She has a beautiful face, but she is as cold as ice, because she is the concubine given by the prince to Mu Lingzhi, so she has always been unpopular with him, plus she is cold and not easy to get along with, so she does not have much popularity in the palace!

Obviously, he reminded himself that An Lan was not easy to deal with, but the words he said were difficult to hear, looking at Kuang Qinqin who was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, Yu Ruyan suddenly thought of another person in her mind-

Mask Assassin!

That day, she was trapped in the firewood room, watching the thin curtain and the people of the Furong Courtyard set fire everywhere around the firewood room. But in a short time, the firewood room became a sea of fire, at that time, she called the heavens should not be, the earth was not spiritual, looking at the increasingly ferocious fire completely despaired, and decided that it was difficult for her to live.

What she didn't expect was that just when she was desperate and waiting for death, the door was kicked open, and in the raging firelight, the silver mask on the face of the person who came out with a sharp light.

Without saying a word, he scooped her up and rushed out of the fire. The fire burned her whole body, and the flames spilled onto him. Seeing that the silver mask was so close to her, she was still in her dreams, and she couldn't believe that the mask assassin would suddenly appear and save herself!

The masked assassin led her out of the high courtyard wall, and the cool night wind woke her up, and she panicked, "Send me back, I can't leave the palace!" ”

Under the mask, the man frowned tightly and said coldly, "This is what you call revenge?" Oh, if you can't even protect yourself, what kind of revenge is there to talk about! ”

No matter what he said, Yu Ruyan insisted on going back, he looked at her for a while, and finally returned silently, jumped back to the palace with her, threw her under the wall and turned around and left.

"Hey, do you know the knife?"

Looking at the sword similar to the knife he was wearing at his waist, and the last time I heard Mu Lingzhi say that this person might be the person he had assassinated, and he actually knew his true identity and various connections, he felt that he seemed to be involved with the knife.

Moreover, he also has a strange attitude towards himself, unkind but came to save her!?

The questions in her heart made her can't help but ask out loud, however, before he could answer, there were bursts of footsteps in the distance. He glanced back at her, and through the mask she couldn't read his description clearly, but she felt the fierce chill emanating from him, only to hear him reply coldly: "I advise you not to know my identity, because—everyone who knows my identity is dead!" ”

The whole body was shocked, Yu Ruyan felt the cool air spread from the soles of her feet all the way to the top of her head, and before she could recover from her shock, the masked man had jumped out of the high wall and disappeared, and at this time, one of Mu Ling's pedestrians also came to the backyard, Yu Ruyan heard their voices looking for herself, but before she thought of a good statement, she didn't dare to show up, until she thought of a countermeasure, she slowly came out of the shadow of the courtyard wall, and against her will, she was grateful to An Lirong, the enemy who wanted her life, as a benefactor.

She didn't have any evidence that An Lirong sent a curtain to set fire to her, and who would believe her with just her eyes and mouth? The most important thing is that she didn't dare to let Mu Lingzhi know that she had a private relationship with the assassin who wanted to kill him······

Saying goodbye to Huaying Kuang Qinqin, as soon as he returned to Yunsong Courtyard, Yu Ruyan was called to Mu Lingzhi's study.

Mu Lingzhi sat behind the rosewood desk, wrinkling his brows and looking at a post in his hand, seeing Yu Ruyan coming in, looking her up and down as if he didn't know her, every time she saw him like this, she couldn't help but beat the drum in her heart, for fear that something would go wrong again.

"What is the matter with Your Highness calling me?" Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Yu Ruyan swallowed her saliva and asked boldly.

"Do you know my imperial brother?" Mu Lingzhi said coldly, his deep eyes were full of cold light, and his whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of cold air.

After following him for so long, she knew more or less that Mu Lingzhi didn't like the people of the palace to get too close to the people of the prince's mansion. Seeing that he suddenly asked like this, and his face returned to his previous cold-blooded and brutal appearance, her heart sank with a 'pop', and she stammered: "Temple... Next, the slave maid has never... I haven't even been out of the mansion, how can I know the prince? ”

He knew that the more she lied, the smoother she spoke, and her stuttering showed that her words were credible.

His brows couldn't help but relax, he raised the post in his hand, and said suspiciously: "Three days later, on the prince's birthday, he named you to attend the banquet in the East Palace!" ”

Hearing this, her eyes widened in surprise, unable to believe what she had heard. She has never crossed paths with the crown prince, and she has never even met in person, why should she be called on the birthday of the dignified future monarch?

What's more, her current identity is just a little slave in the palace!

With a bad intuition in her heart, she hesitated: "Your Highness, how can the prince's birthday banquet be attended by such a lowly person as a slave and maid?" Besides, the slave has never seen a big scene, but I'm afraid... I'm afraid that it will ······ then."

Mu Lingzhi threw the post into her hand and said coldly: "He named you and asked you to go, you said you wouldn't go?" ”

Hearing that Yu Ruyan was going to attend the prince's birthday banquet with His Royal Highness, the whole house was envious of her, and they ran to her one by one to flatter and flatter, and simply offered her like a future princess.

An Lan personally led the embroidery lady of Jinxiuzhuang to come in and tailor clothes for her, hundreds of colorful silk and satin were placed in a whole room for her to choose, and all kinds of precious gold and silver ornaments in the treasury were also taken out to match her clothes.

Compared with the enthusiasm of everyone in the palace, Yu Ruyan has a feeling of going up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire.

She picked a few pairs of materials casually, and when she turned around, she saw An Lan sitting on a chair next to her, her face pale and her expression seemed to be very uncomfortable, while Yuan'er was busy giving her a smooth back, and her face was very worried.

Her eyes flickered slightly, and she walked over and asked with concern: "Aunt Gu's face is not very good, is there something uncomfortable?" ”

An Lan raised her head and was about to reply to her words, her throat tightened, and she hurriedly covered her mouth with a handkerchief and vomited, her face was as pale as paper, and cold sweat came out.

Yuan'er hurriedly brought tea for her to drink, An Lan gasped and said, "Sister Lao is worried, I just have a cold stomach in the past two days, and I feel a little uncomfortable." ”

Looking at her description, Yu Ruyan's heart was bright, and the question that had been confused in her heart for so long was also answered, she looked at An Lan and said softly: "Look at my aunt's situation is not very good, do you want the slave to find Dr. Wu to help you take a look!" ”

After a pause in her heart, An Lan reluctantly pulled out a smile and said: "It's all a small problem, there is no need to alarm the doctor, thank you sister for your kindness." ”

After that, she got up and said goodbye: "Since my sister's things have been picked, I will stay for a short time, and I will wait for my grandmother to come to the house to teach my sister the rules of the palace, and we will not delay you." ”

Yu Ruyan nodded in response, sent her to the door, and said slowly: "The weather has been getting cold recently, and my aunt has to be careful about her body, just - don't cold your stomach!" ”

Hearing this, An Lan looked flustered, and walked away without running back.

For tomorrow's banquet, Yu Ruyan was pressed by the girls to soak in the bathtub with flowers, until she was so tired that she fell asleep in the water, she was released from the bathtub, she threw herself on the bed and her eyes were fighting, and she was about to hold the pillow for a good sleep, when something suddenly pressed down on her body-

She thought it was Mu Lingzhi who was back, and when she opened her eyes, her heart suddenly tightened-

Under the bright lights, those eyes as shining as obsidian, who else but the jade knife?

Yu Xiaodao leaned on the side of the bed and leaned over to look at her stupidly, reluctant to turn her eyes, and Yu Ruyan was completely shocked, she never expected that Xiaodao would appear in the palace, or in Mu Lingzhi's room!

She sat up in disbelief and reached out to touch the knife's face, thinking she was dreaming. The hand had been tightly grasped halfway, and the knife pressed her hand against her cheek and rubbed it with affection, both aggrieved and happy: "Sister, I finally found you!" ”

"Knife, it's really you! You... How did you end up here? Yu Ruyan was also overjoyed in her heart, but she was even more worried that Mu Lingzhi would suddenly come back from Gu Qing'er's house and show a knife, so she hurriedly got out of bed and went to the window to look carefully, until she saw that Gu Qing'er's room had turned off the fire and slept peacefully.

Turning around, she looked at the face holding the knife carefully, looked at his haggard and emaciated face, and felt sad for a while, knowing that he must have suffered a lot in order to find himself, and his heart suddenly felt guilty.

"Why don't you listen to your sister and go back to Qi Kingdom? Do you know how dangerous it is for a person like you to wander around outside? In Yu Ruyan's heart, Yu Xiaodao is her younger brother, a child who will never grow up, and the thought of him wandering outside alone for such a long time suddenly hurts to death.

"Sister, you forgot, I said since the day you picked me up that a place with a sister is home, so I must find you no matter the ends of the earth!"

Xiaodao looked at her fixedly, his expression was firm, and his dark eyes flashed with an astonishing light, and he was so beautiful that he could see Yu Ruyan's heart!

After not seeing him for a few months, Yu Xiaodao's handsome cheeks unconsciously faded into immaturity, as if he had grown up in an instant, and Yu Ruyan was shocked to realize that he was no longer the stubborn and impulsive little boy he was at the beginning!

What has happened to him in these days of separation that has made him so transformed?

Before he had time to ask what had happened to him these days, Yu Xiaodao took her hand and walked out, with firm steps, thin lips pursed, and the expression on his face was unprecedentedly serious.

"Come with me, I won't leave you alone again this time." He held her hand tightly for fear of losing her.

The knife's sudden move made Yu Ruyan feel very flustered, and she involuntarily stopped to break free of his hand: "Knife, listen to me, I can't leave now!" ”

Hearing such an answer, Yu Xiaodao's handsome face turned a little angry, he suddenly turned his head and stared at her fixedly, his dark eyes were cold and piercing, and he said coldly: "Why do you want to stay here all the time?" Is it because ······" He didn't have the courage to say what he said because he didn't want to believe it.

He grabbed Yu Ruyan into his arms and said, "Sister, I don't want to see you suffer again." I'm going to take you away and live our lives in a place where no one knows us. You know, this is my greatest wish in life! ”

Slammed into his arms, her forehead aching. She looked up in disbelief, and when she saw the anger on Xiaodao's face, her heart churned with huge waves.

Ever before, the knife in front of her would only be coquettish, and it had never been so serious as it is now. Such a knife made her very unfamiliar and a little timid.

She looked at the gloomy young man in front of her in a daze and said softly: "Xiaodao, I haven't been by your side these days, is there something wrong?" Is it okay for you to tell your sister? ”

Hearing this, the knife suddenly threw his head to the side and said in a muffled voice: "I'm fine, I'm just looking for you in a hurry, and nothing happened." ”

"That..." She hesitated to say the question in her heart, but finally swallowed it, the knife seemed to be more sensitive and irritable now, and she didn't know how to say the words in her heart.

"I'm just going to ask you, are you going with me?" Knife became very manic, and her hand was so hard that her wrist hurt. She couldn't help but exhale softly, Xiaodao listened, saw the painful expression on her face, knew that he had hurt her, and quickly let go of her hand, pouted distressedly and helped her wrist blow, and said in a muffled voice: "Sister... I didn't mean to! ”

I still remember that when he returned to the palace with a scarred knife to help him treat his wounds, he tried his best to avoid it as if he was afraid of pain, and she helped him blow on his wounds just like he did at this time, so that the pain of his wounds could be lighter······

At this time, the knife seems to have returned to its former appearance, with clear eyes and a simple and innocent face, like a supple lamb, which can always arouse Yu Ruyan's desire to protect him, for fear that he will be bullied by others, and protect him in his small arms.

Seeing him calm down, she said softly: "Xiaodao, obediently listen to my sister's words and hurry out of the mansion, it is not safe to go out of the palace here, I have set up a small courtyard for Brother An outside." You go there to find her, and I'll go out to see you when I have a chance······"

"If it's an unsafe place, why does my sister have to stay?" Cold light flashed in his dark eyes, and the jade knife looked a little desperate.

Yu Ruyan didn't know how to answer him, did she have to tell him that she was already Mu Lingzhi's person, no matter what her identity was, she was afraid that she would never be able to leave him again.

Her lips twitched for a long time, and she couldn't speak, and her eyes flickered, and she didn't dare to look at the eager gaze of the knife. However, her hesitation, reluctance and nostalgia all came into the eyes of the knife. He looked at Yu Ruyan in front of him in a daze, a trace of pain appeared in his dark eyes, and he suddenly let go of her hand and said coldly: "If you insist on staying... I promised you that I would say whatever you say, and in that case, you will not have to worry about my business from now on. After that, without waiting for Yu Ruyan to react, he suddenly got up and jumped out with an arrow step, his movements were extremely fast, and he turned over the courtyard wall and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

She wanted to call him out but was afraid of alarming the people in the house, so she had to let him go, her eyes were sore and uncomfortable, she knew that Xiaodao was angry and sad······

However, before she could recover from her sadness, the door was suddenly kicked open, and Mu Lingzhi appeared in front of her in a silver and white bedrobe with a worried face.

The sound of the knife rushing out still alarmed Mu Lingzhi, who had always been vigilant, after all!

He asked the secret guard to chase the knife, and he rushed back to the room to see Yu Ruyan as soon as possible, for fear that something would happen to her.

His heart was suddenly relieved when he saw that she was safe and sound, however, the panic in Yu Ruyan's eyes that he didn't have time to retract made his heart feel cold-

In the middle of the night, she didn't sleep in bed, but stood in front of the window in a daze, and her expression was obviously flustered, and she was even more weak when she saw his arrival, avoiding his gaze!

A layer of undercurrent was set off in his deep eyes, and Mu Lingzhi's face was instantly gloomy and terrifying!

He was sure that the person who came was not from the house, but not only was she safe and sound, she was not even scared at all, let alone called for help, could it be that the person who broke into his bedroom in the middle of the night was someone who knew her!?

She is just a little maidservant in the palace of Qi Kingdom, why did someone come to her when she arrived at Daliang, which was thousands of miles away?

Then he thought of his subordinates to report that she had disappeared that day and was sold to Qin Xianglou by street ruffians, but escaped with the help of others.

Who was the person who helped her escape from Qin Xianglou?

How many secrets is hidden in her?

The phoenix's eyes narrowed dangerously, and before she could speak, he had already stepped forward to pick her up and fell to the bed.

"Who is he?" Circled her to the corner of the bed, stared at him with dead eyes, her face was cold, and murderous aura appeared in her eyes!

Yu Ruyan's whole body trembled, her face turned pale, she never thought that Mu Lingzhi would actually show a knife!

Looking at the murderous aura burning in his eyes, her body trembled, and her voice trembled: "Temple... Your Highness..."

The body was suppressed, the deep eyes looked at her gloomily, and the cold hands pinched her chin, forcing her to raise her head and look at herself-

"Bengu asks again, who was that person just now?"

Hands ran down her smooth cheeks and stopped at her delicate neck—

Her whole body was cold, she couldn't move, except for shaking or shaking, looking at his terrifying gaze, she was about to open her mouth to say the knife, but the coldness from her neck shocked her whole body, and her sanity was instantly retracted.

I can't give up a knife anyway.

She stammered, "Your Highness... The man... The man was the same Assassin from before, and he had a ... Wearing a mask... I can't see clearly..."

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's expression froze, as if he didn't expect it to be like this, his eyes were firmly staring at her, with inquiry in his eyes, as if he was thinking about whether her words were credible?

"Then why didn't he do anything to you? Also, aren't you afraid of the Assassins? His tone was light and cold, and he didn't seem to care at all, but the chill in his eyes made her shudder-

"He... He... The slave and maid were sleeping, and when he came in, the slave and maid did not notice it at all, and as soon as he came in, he covered the slave and maid's mouth, and the slave and maid could not shout, and did not dare to shout. His goal is... It's Your Highness, so... All this was born too suddenly, and the slave maid still thought that she was in a dream, and before her mind could react, His Highness came in. ”

He looked at her fixedly, his eyes moving slightly, and after a moment he let go of his hands.

"This palace will definitely find out the identity of the assassin, I hope that what you said is not lying to me by then!"

His gaze was deep and gloomy, as if he wanted to see through all her thoughts, and her heart was pounding, but she knew that the more she was at this time, the more she could not mess up, so she had to force herself to stabilize her mind and look back at him calmly.

Opening the door, the secret guard waiting outside the door whispered to him, and after he listened, his face showed a suspicious expression, his brows were twisted, and he said coldly: "Stay here, I'll go and see for myself." ”

One took off, he had already disappeared in the vast night, and Yu Ruyan's heart sank with a 'pop', and she knew that he was going to grab the knife himself.