Chapter 168: Murder with a knife
Seeing that the palace people were going to transport the corpses of Chen Yanfei and Chen's mother out of the palace, Yuruyan suddenly remembered something and hurriedly stopped them. γLatest chapter reading. γzi Yukaku om
Everyone looked at her in surprise, wondering what she was doing with the corpse?
Aunt Qin was also surprised, she was puzzled: "Princess, their bodies can no longer stay in the palace, the longer they stay, the more people will watch the excitement, and then everyone in the palace will know it, and His Royal Highness the Prince's seal ceremony is imminent, at this time, there must be no bad news circulating in the palace." β
What Aunt Qin said is indeed reasonable, Mother Chen and Chen Yanfei both died unexpectedly, which is an unlucky thing in the palace.
Of course, Yu Ruyan understood Aunt Qin's worries, but when she thought of the thing on Chen Yanfei's body, she had to get it no matter what.
But at the moment, Aunt Qin insisted on not wanting to stay in the palace for more time, for fear that the matter would reach the queen's ears and cause more trouble. Yu Ruyan was thinking that if the drawings were still on Chen Yanfei last night, she would go to her in public to get them, for fear that it would be passed on by everyone present, and when the time came, she was afraid that it would cause more trouble.
Until the assassination of the knife was ascertained, the drawing could not have been published.
Thinking of this, Yu Ruyan stepped forward and asked Chunhua to take the money bag and hand it to the palace people, and instructed: "This old mother is kind to the palace, you bought two coffins and buried them well, it is best to bury them in the Chen guards, and it can be regarded as reuniting their family." β
After listening to her words, the palace people immediately didn't dare to despise this work anymore, and hurriedly responded respectfully, saying that they would bury the mother and daughter well.
Looking at the board car that was gradually moving away, thinking that the Chen family's door was gone overnight, Yu Ruyan felt sad in her heart, but she didn't say a word more on her face.
Aunt Qin saw on the side that Yu Ruyan was so good to a former subordinate, so she recognized her as a person even more in her heart. I have to sigh, such a kind-hearted person has a bad fate, but he is an ominous person who will not shed tears, it is really providential!
Leaving the court, Yu Ruyan said goodbye to Aunt Qin, and politely declined Xiaoru's invitation, and returned to Chaoyang Palace at a fast pace.
Back in the dormitory, she said that she was tired and wanted to take a rest and let the spring flowers and autumn moon go down. When they left and she was the only one left in the hall, Yu Ruyan learned from Mu Lingzhi and snapped her fingers gently, and sure enough, a secret guard floated in from outside. Respectfully kneeling on one knee and asking her what she commanded?
Yu Ruyan directly ordered: "You quickly get out of the palace, follow the cart that went out from the court just now to pull the two corpses, and go to the young female corpse to find something." Also, find out how she died? β
After that, he told the secret guard about the drawings in detail, and asked him, are there other secret guards in the palace?
The secret guard understood what she meant, and summoned another secret guard who was on standby outside, and Yu Ruyan instructed him to go to Chen Yanfei's subordinate room in the East Palace to find out if it was possible that she had left the drawings in the room, or if there was evidence about her murder.
The two secret guards were given the order. immediately retreated with a fist, and disappeared in an instant
After the secret guard left, Yu Ruyan waited anxiously in the hall, hoping that the dark guard could find the blueprint and the clue to Chen Yanfei's murder.
But she also knew in her heart that if everything about Chen Yanfei was secretly manipulated and instructed by someone behind her back, then the crucial drawings were estimated to have returned to the hands of the people behind the scenes
Sure enough, as she expected, an hour later, the two secret guards both returned, and they found nothing in terms of drawings or clues about Chen Yanfei's murder, but they only told her that Chen Yanfei was fatally hit in the back of the face with a heavy object, and then thrown into the night fragrance car
Getting such a result, Yu Ruyan's heart was cold, she thought desperately, if the drawings were not found one day, one day they would be used as the sharpest evidence to hurt Mu Lingzhi, as well as the knife!
And she promised Chen's mother to help her find out the real culprit who killed her family, but now there are no clues at all, and she doesn't have much time, so what should she do
Yu Mingzhu and Mu Ziyue, as well as Mrs. Yiqing, were left in the palace by the queen as honored guests, and they were specially arranged to live in Qiushui Residence, which is adjacent to Yaohua Palace.
Qiushuiju is backed by a hundred gardens. Facing the Taiye Pool, it is a very beautiful exquisite residence, warm in winter and cool in summer, usually a good place for the queen to rest in her spare time, and now it is allocated to the Jade Pearl to live in, but it is a great reward.
Compared with the fright that Yu Ruyan received in the court in the morning, and the anxiety and panic in her heart when she didn't find a clue to the drawings. At that time, Mu Ziyue was proud of the spring breeze, lying comfortably on the beauty couch on the terrace of Qiushuiju, looking at the vast smoke of the Taiye Pool, and smelling the strange flowers of the hundred gardens between her nose, so uncomfortable.
Thinking of everything she had successfully arranged, the corners of her mouth hooked up a cruel sneer, Ying Yingxing's eyes were full of triumph, and she was extremely proud and hateful!
And the drawing that Yu Ruyan was looking for was being held in her hand at the moment.
Stacky came in and whispered to her, saying that her brother Mu Ziyang had come to the palace to see her and was asking to see her outside Qiushuiju.
Hearing this, Mu Ziyue's apricot eyes flashed, she knew why her brother had entered the palace, and when she thought that she had successfully completed what she promised him, she was in a very good mood, and asked Stacky to invite his brother in immediately.
After a while, Mu Ziyang strode in, and Mu Ziyue waved away the palace maids serving beside her, leaving Stacky to guard outside the terrace.
Mu Ziyang looked anxious, but before he could speak, Mu Ziyue already hooked her lips and smiled, and said proudly: "Brother, the matter is done, now, you can rest assured that you can sleep until dawn." β
As soon as he heard her words, Mu Ziyang was stunned for a moment, and the next moment he got up from the chair happily, and came to her with a flattering face: "My sister is really a female Zhuge , no wonder my father likes to value you so much, you are really much more beneficial than your brother!" Brother admires! β
In the face of Mu Ziyang's compliment, Mu Ziyue was not humble, and enjoyed lying on the beauty couch very happily, Ying Yingxing's eyes crossed the cold, and sneered: "In this way, I really want to see if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will care about his brother's affection and give that slut to His Royal Highness." β
Solving a big hidden danger in his heart, Mu Ziyang was also in a good mood, and echoed her: "Now, the prince must have decided that the assassination three years ago was done by his brother, so he must have hated the Third Highness to death in his heart, and the brotherly love that he thought about before is gone." will definitely officially compete with him for that slut of Yu Ruyan! β
"Wait until they kill each other because of that slut brother. At that time, not only will the prince's crown prince be unsecured, but the slut will be cut by the queen's mother with a thousand knives. And the heroic and martial Third Highness, while watching his most beloved woman die in the hands of his mother, although he hated in his heart, he was powerless to find his mother to take revenge, and on the other hand, he watched his hard-working brother fall from the crown prince's throne, and turned against him to become an enemy, you say, will he regret offending you? β
With Mu Ziyang's words, Mu Ziyue couldn't help but savor Mu Lingzhi's collapse and regret in her mind, and the more she thought about it, the more she relieved her hatred, but on the surface, she smiled coquettishly. Chong Mu Ziyang said angrily: "What my brother said is as if I have worked hard to do all this for myself. Brother, don't forget, I'm doing this all to help you clear your name of suspicion three years ago, if the prince knows that you betrayed him three years ago and secretly got the drawings in his brother's hand, with his revenge temperament, will he let you go? β
"I'm doing all this, not only so that you can rest easy from now on, but also because I don't want to cause trouble to our Mufu because of this. This kindness, you want to repay me like this? β
Thinking of what he had done three years ago, Mu Ziyang felt a chill, he had always thought that the knife had died in that assassination. Later, when he got the news that Knife was still alive, he was scared, for fear that he would find out about stealing the drawings and appearing on him.
Now that Mu Ziyue has successfully washed away the suspicion of killing him with a knife, and solved the hidden dangers that have plagued his heart for many years, Mu Ziyang was so happy that his eyebrows flew to the sky, and he actually stepped forward to help Mu Ziyue serve tea and pour water, and also helped her knead her shoulders, doing his best to please him, and said: "Brother will be a cow and a horse for you in the future, everything is at your disposal!" β
Mu Ziyue said coldly: "I don't ask you to be a cow or a horse, I just ask you to think that you are less troubled for women, if you cause trouble again, don't blame me for not helping you then!" β
Seeing that she still had the drawing, Mu Ziyang couldn't help but take it from her hand, and said coldly: "It's all done, why is my sister still keeping this?" Why don't you burn it! β
Whenever he saw this drawing, Mu Ziyang was terrified, and it was constantly reminding him of what he had done three years ago, so now that the matter had been successfully resolved, he never wanted to see it again.
Seeing that he was going to destroy the drawing, Mu Ziyue's eyes sank, jumped up and snatched the drawing from his hand, frowned and said, "It's so far." What is my brother still afraid of? Of course, this drawing should be kept, this is the best evidence to deal with Mu Lingzhi in the future. β
Anyway, carefully put away the drawings close to your body.
After Mu Ziyang went through this, he was really in awe of his sister from the bottom of his heart, so he didn't dare to say anything more. Let her collect the drawings.
He asked again: "Can you handle that Chen Yanfei properly?" Yu Ruyan is very shrewd, if she is asked to reflect it back, she will definitely be suspicious, and she will definitely go to Chen Yanfei to investigate the matter of the third year ago, but she must not let her expose us, if she knows that this drawing is given to her, she will definitely guess that this matter has something to do with us."
"Isn't my brother still at ease?" After this incident, Mu Ziyue became more and more confident. She smiled coldly and said: "That, who was coaxed by me with a few words, and boasted that she was extraordinary, but she didn't want to think about it, if I told her such an important matter, would I still leave her alive?" Heh, I really thought that after dealing with Yu Ruyan, I would help her to take the position and return to Mu Lingzhi's side, it's really stupid."
The more she talked about the back, Mu Ziyue's voice became lower and lower, self-deprecation and obscurity flashed on her beautiful face, and she said coolly: "Actually, looking at her, I seem to see my previous self, before, I was not fascinated by Mu Lingzhi like her, and the moth pounced on him, but what did I get in the end?" Oh, but now I have completely woken up, in this world, it is in vain to love others, and it is yourself who is hurt in the end, only loving yourself is the right way, so that you will not be betrayed and abandoned"
Mu Ziyue kept saying that she had given up on Mu Lingzhi, but Mu Ziyang looked at her hideous and crazy, but she didn't feel that she really let go.
He said worriedly: "Since you have disposed of her, plus your master attacked her father last night, two people died in the prince's East Palace at once, it stands to reason that it is a big deal, why did I come along the way, and I didn't hear any movement in the palace?" β
Seeing that he still didn't believe him, Mu Ziyue glared at him angrily and said, "How can her father not die when he bleeds?" She's me, I watched with my own eyes and throw it into the night incense barrel, and the person was out of breath before throwing it in, isn't that sure enough? You don't want to think about it, the day after tomorrow is the crown prince's seal ceremony. Even if someone dies in the palace, do you think the queen will make the matter known to everyone at this time? β
Hearing her say this, Mu Ziyang was completely relieved, and said countless words of praise and flattery to Mu Ziyue, so he left the palace and returned home with confidence
Tomorrow is Brother An's birthday, although Yu Ruyan did not go back, she still went to the imperial dining room to learn from the imperial chef who made pastries to make Ruyi cake, peach shortbread and almond crisp three-color snacks, took the food box and packed it, and then roasted a chicken, a small suckling pig was packed, and the palace people sent it to the other garden to congratulate Brother An's birthday.
Brother An doesn't like anything else, he just likes to eat a little snack. These pastries are also her favorite food.
After all this, it was completely dark, and the palace people prepared dinner for Yu Ruyan to eat, but she had no appetite at all, I don't know if it was because there were too many things happening today, or because she didn't go back to accompany Brother An for his birthday, her heart was flustered, and she couldn't calm down.
It was night, but it was raining on a sunny day, and listening to the increasingly urgent sound of rain outside, Yu Ruyan's heart became more and more troubled.
Mu Lingzhi came back from the rain and saw that he was drenched in the rain, so Yu Ruyan hurriedly prepared hot water for him to bathe. When he came out, she was still hesitating to tell him about the murder of Uncle Chen's family, he was already interested in putting out the chessboard, took her hand and sat down, and smiled at her: "Think about it, we haven't played a good game of chess for a long time, do you want to bet with me today?" β
His expression today was a rare joy.
Seeing his energetic appearance, Yu Ruyan forcibly suppressed her panic, she also wanted to find something to do, so as to calm her mind, so she sat up straight and said, "What does Your Highness want to bet with me?" β
See her take the bait. Mu Lingzhi smiled proudly and said: "It's very simple, the losing side just agrees to the winning side with a request!" β
Yu Ruyan's heart moved, a little sour welled up in her heart, and she smiled lightly: "Your Highness is so interested today, but what happy things have you encountered?" β
Mu Lingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, his deep eyes were dyed with a smile, and he was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "There are indeed a lot of good things, the disaster situation in the south is stable, the epidemic is also under control, and the prince's sealing ceremony is also well prepared." And today's copper coins have brought me good news----"
He sold Guanzi, but just looked at her with a smile in his eyes. But he didn't say any more.
Sure enough, halfway through listening to what he said, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but look at him eagerly, and said anxiously: "What good news does the copper coin tell you?" β
Before he could speak, she had already thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she said in surprise: "Could it be that Brother An was moved by him and agreed to be with him!" β
Thinking of this possibility, the haze that had accumulated in Yu Ruyan's heart for so long was suddenly swept away, and her mood also improved, looking at him eagerly, waiting for his answer.
Seeing her eyes shining at her without blinking, Mu Lingzhi couldn't help but laugh out loud and said, "The good things for the two of them are probably coming soon, but what he told me is another good thing." β
Hearing this, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but contemplate what good things would happen in the other garden?
Suddenly, she thought of something, and looked at Mu Lingzhi with a smile on the other side with a wide open mouth in surprise, with an inquiring look in his eyes, he smiled slightly, and nodded at her without hesitation!
Yu Ruyan's whole body was shocked, and her shining eyes lit up with excitement. In this way, she has hope to clear the unjust case of arson in Qin Xianglou and bring the real murderer to justice.
Mu Lingzhi pulled her hands. Gently rubbed it in the palm of her hand, looked at her with deep eyes, and said firmly: "Since Mother Qiu has regained her sight and regained her senses, as long as she stands up and identifies Jade Mingzhu, Qin Xianglou's case will be revealed, and the grievances on your body can be cleared." And now the situation in the disaster area has also stabilized, as long as the crown prince's ceremony the day after tomorrow goes smoothly. It's self-defeating to say about the evil star, so there is no reason for the queen mother to be dissatisfied with you anymore, and there is no reason for our wedding father and queen mother to refuse again! β
He spoke very firmly, looking at her for a moment, his deep eyes shining tenaciously in the lamplight. He said: "Yan Yan, I know that you are under too much pressure during this time, but you have to remember, no matter what the outside world says, you have to remember that you are not a bad star, let alone an ominous person, you are just a jade Ruyan, and I am the princess who Mu Lingzhi wants to accompany for a lifetime!" β
His words were like a spark that warmed Yu Ruyan's cold heart a little bit, how she hoped that everything could be as he said, after experiencing wind and rain, she might see a beautiful rainbow!
But. Will things really be as he said, Queen Xie will change her extreme dissatisfaction with her so easily, and no longer force her to leave Daliang and leave Mu Lingzhi?
On that day in Yaohua Palace, Queen Xie forced her to leave Mu Lingzhi, how could she agree! Empress Xie was furious and ordered her to be thrown into the well and drowned, when the cold well water was swaying on her, and to this day, she still remembers the feeling of suffocation as death was approaching
At that time, she didn't resist at all. If you let her leave Mu Lingzhi, it is better to let her die directly, once it is over, there is no more concern!
At the last moment, it was Aunt Qin's words that persuaded Empress Xie----
Aunt Qin said to the queen that if she really died in Yaohua Palace, I am afraid that in the end, His Royal Highness will hate Niangniang for the rest of her life, and with His Royal Highness's feelings for her, I am afraid that she will be depressed for the rest of her life, and the result will still hurt Her Highness!
What kind of character is the son she gave birth to Queen Xie is not clear, she calmed down and thought about it, her death is a trivial matter. But because of this incident, it affected the mother-son relationship between Ling Zhi and her, but it was not worth it, and it was not worth it if he was allowed to slump from now on. She knows very well in her heart that Xiaodao's position as the crown prince and her future path to the throne will depend on her eldest son to support, and she still has a long way to go, and she really can't move at this time.
Although the queen let her go, what she said to her in the end completely shook her heart.
The queen said: "If one day, Ling Zhi encounters an accident because of your ominousness, you will regret your selfish attachment for the rest of your life!" β
Thinking of Queen Xie's words that day, the heart that was full of warmth a moment ago was once again covered with ice and snow, and Yu Ruyan's beautiful face was miserable under the lights.
She looked at Mu Lingzhi in a daze, and muttered urgently and timidly, "Your Highness." Am I really not a bad star, and I won't bring disaster to the people around you? β
Looking at her cautious and timid appearance, Mu Lingzhi's heart ached, he knew that those gossips and everyone's strange eyes on her had finally left a shadow in her heart.
Reaching out and pinching her nose, he smiled: "Fool, I said it, it's none of your business, you are not a bad star, let alone an ominous person, you are the most precious treasure in my Mu Ling's life." β
Yu Ruyan's nose was sour, and she said with a red face: "Your Highness, let's play chess!" β
In this game, Mu Lingzhi was extremely serious and did not give in, and finally won Yu Ruyan, she looked at his smug appearance and said with a wry smile: "I lost, what does His Highness want me to do for you?" β
Mu Lingzhi smiled mysteriously, "I can't tell you now, I'll naturally talk to you when the time comes." β
Aunt Qin's handling of the Chen family was really secretive enough, and the slightest rumor was revealed, and no one in the palace knew about it except for a few people in the East Palace and the Ye Court. Therefore, until the crown prince conferred the seal, the palace was calm, and nothing went wrong.
This seal ceremony was personally checked by Mu Lingzhi, but the progress was unusually smooth, and the emperor and queen were also satisfied, but the knife that officially sat on the throne of the crown prince had a gloomy face from beginning to end, and there was no happy expression at all.
On this day, Xiaoru was named Ru Jieyu and officially married into the East Palace and became one of Xiaodao's concubines.
Although it was only a small Jieyu, she was the prince's first concubine, so that night in the East Palace of Taili, the celebration banquet and the wedding banquet were also held. For a time, the entire East Palace was jubilant and lively!
Halfway through the banquet, Mu Lingzhi suddenly got up and took Yu Ruyan's hand and came to King Liang and the queen, solemnly bowed down, and said firmly: "Father, mother, today, taking advantage of the prince's great joy, the sons and daughters ask for grace from their fathers and mothers, and the sons want to officially marry Yan Yan, please ask the father and the queen mother for permission!" β
As soon as these words came out, the originally lively and staggered banquet instantly quieted down, and everyone's eyes looked at the two kneeling in the center of the hall.
King Liang's face was shocked, and the queen's face sank instantly, and the knife shook her whole body, and the wine glass in her hand fell to the carpet
During the banquet, Mu Ziyue's face was also full of cold light, and Yu Mingzhu was even more angry and threw down the jade chopsticks in her hand!
For a moment, the entire hall fell silent!
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