The first time she was tricked like this and didn't know, she couldn't help but be ashamed and angry, raised her palm and was about to hit Yu Ruyan's face, but unexpectedly, Mu Lingzhi in front suddenly turned around and looked at the two of them and asked, "What are you talking about so speculatively!" ”

Mu Ziyue hated her heart beyond measure, she gritted her teeth and endured the monstrous anger in her heart, her slender jade hand gently fell on the messy head next to Yu Ruyan's ear, helped her remove a dead grass in the silk, and said with a reluctant smile: "It's just some things about my daughter's family, so you don't care." ”

Yu Ruyan's heart was bright, her guess was really right!

After affirming the answer in her heart, she didn't bother to entangle with her anymore, and she felt sick when she stayed with her for a while. After a slight salute, he walked straight away.

As soon as the matter of the Ziluo Courtyard was troubled, Gu Qing'er didn't dare to go back to live, and Mu Lingzhi was also worried that there were other hidden dangers in her yard, so she agreed to live in Yunsong Courtyard temporarily, and then move back after the Ziluo Courtyard cleared all the hidden dangers and repaired them.

The copper coin vacated the room on the east side of the main house for Gu Qing'er to live in, but Yu Ruyan was still left in the main house by Mu Lingzhi.

After decocting the medicine from the small kitchen, Yu Ruyan met Gu Qing'er who was going to the main house, she deliberately slowed down two steps to stay behind, but she didn't expect Gu Qing'er to stop in front of her, looked her up and down, and said slowly: "I have to say, you are really fateful, Wu Jinshao can't bite to death, and you can't die from fire, hehe, I really disappointed those who were looking forward to your death!" ”

Yu Ruyan looked at the medicine bowl in her hand, smelled the incense on her body between her noses, and said with a smile: "I don't know if there is a lady among these people?" ”

Gu Qing'er never expected her to be so direct, her eyes couldn't help but be cold, and she sneered: "Don't worry, I just want to protect the fetus with peace of mind now, and I don't want to get involved in other dirty things." Living under the same roof, I just want to remind you to think about who pushed you down the steps to the mouth of Ugin Shao that day. And who lit the fire in the firewood room? You shouldn't be so stupid as to believe that everything is just an accident. Someone who is bent on your life will surely do it to you again. Her big charming eyes flickered, and she suddenly stepped forward to her ear and whispered: "Why don't we join forces and find out the black hand who did evil in the Ziluo Courtyard, so that you and I can be at peace." ”

Yu Ruyan sneered in her heart, but the expression on her face was indifferent, and said: "Didn't Mrs. say it herself just now, I don't want to get involved in dirty things, I think, Madame's idea is right, after all, now that you are pregnant, you have to accumulate virtue for the child in your belly, and I don't have to worry about my affairs." ”

After that, he went straight past Gu Qing'er and went back to the house with the medicine bowl. I only heard Gu Qing'er say coldly behind him: "People can't always be lucky, I'm afraid that I can't escape the second time if I escape once, so confident that you can handle it alone?" ”

Even if there are more dangers waiting for her on the road ahead, she will not be stupid enough to seek skin with the tiger and leave more dangerous explosives around her!

That day, in the Ziluo Courtyard, she accidentally knocked down the beads and clearly smelled the smell of realgar on her body. Ordinary people would carry realgar on their bodies for no reason, this matter only explains one point, the matter of poisonous snakes in the Ziluo Courtyard, Gu Qing'er and the others have long known and taken precautions.

At first, she also had doubts in her heart, if Gu Qing'er knew that there was a poisonous snake in the water and jumped in, and gambled with the fetus in her womb and her own life, such an act was too stupid and the stakes were too big. At that time, she thought that Zhuzhu was someone else who had placed her next to Gu Qing'er, and betrayed Gu Qing'er, until the copper coin came out of the pool, and she smelled the rotten mire on his body and suddenly realized-

Gu Qing'er didn't fall into the pool at all!

Because there is no smell of mud on her body at all, she is just cooperating with the people around her to direct and act out a trick of falling into the water.

So, is it just to attract Mu Lingzhi to make Wu Jinshao make trouble again and have no intention of biting someone to death? Or is there a bigger conspiracy in the Violet Temple?

Mu Lingzhi saw her come in with a decoction, his brows unconsciously tightened, he was not afraid of heaven and earth, but he was most afraid of drinking medicine.

Seeing him turn around and walk towards the inner room, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but speed up his pace and catch up and said, "Your Highness, the medicine is ready······

"Cool it down before drinking!" Someone scurried inside.

"It's more bitter when it's cold." His expression was all in her eyes, and she couldn't help but laugh in her heart, the cold-blooded and ruthless third prince who killed and decided was afraid of this?

"Your Highness, the slave maid has a way to drink medicine without being bitter, do you want to try it?" The streamer's eyes were sparkling, as if he had some kind of magic power, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but stop and asked, "Is there really such a good way?" ”

You should directly admit that you are afraid of taking medicine!

"How dare the slave and maid deceive His Highness, His Highness is the great benefactor of the slave and maid!" Her long eyelashes fluttered, and her eyes were incomparably sincere.

Mu Lingzhi looked at her suspiciously, only to see her smile, turned around and made a cup of tea, handed it to him and said, "Your Highness will not feel so bitter after taking a sip of tea and then drinking medicine." ”

She made him a cup of bitter tea, although this tea was bitter, Mu Lingzhi was not disgusted, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, Yu Ruyan saw this, and hurriedly handed over the decoction for him to drink.

With the bitter taste of Kuding tea left on the tongue, you can't feel the bitter and nauseating taste when you drink Chinese medicine. After Mu Lingzhi drank it in one gulp, he really felt much better than the medicine he had drunk before.

In the final analysis, he also thought that the taste of Chinese medicine was too bad to swallow.

Mu Lingzhi took the mouthwash she handed over and rinsed his mouth, squinted at her and said, "You have a lot of weird methods in your head!" ”

Yu Ruyan smiled slightly. Just then, the copper coins came in.

Tong Qian has been ordered to search in the Ziluo Courtyard for the past few days, and at this time he took a small cloth bag in his hand, and came in with a panicked expression, it seems that he has found something in the Ziluo Courtyard.

Gu Qing'er followed him into the house, looked at the things he was holding in his hand and said curiously, "What did you find in my yard?" ”

Seeing her urging, Tong Qian had to open the cloth, and the other three couldn't help but be shocked when they saw what he was doing!

After a while, An Lirong and several other concubines would be called to Yunsong Courtyard, and the masters all entered the house, and the outer courtyard was full of people from the house, whispering one by one, not understanding what was going on.

As soon as An Lirong and the others entered the house, they were frightened by something on the table in the room before they could ask Mu Lingzhi for peace.

I saw a small wooden figure stained with mud on the sandalwood table, although I couldn't see the birthday eight characters engraved on the wooden figure, but the wooden man's head and stomach were full of dense steel needles, and the snow pierced everyone's eyes brightly.

The Great Liang Kingdom has always strictly forbidden witchcraft, and Mu Lingzhi hated witchcraft even more, but he didn't expect that someone in his house was doing such a pickled thing.

The deep phoenix eyes narrowed dangerously, and the handsome face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, he pointed to the wooden man on the table and asked coldly, "Who did it?" ”

Everyone in the room was silent, only Gu Qing'er sobbed one by one, no need to think about it, she was the only one in this cursed little wooden man.

She hid her face with her hands and wept sadly: "Your Highness, since the concubine was pregnant, she was disturbed by nightmares and couldn't sleep peacefully, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that someone actually performed witchcraft behind my back, you look at the steel needle pierced in the stomach, this is asking for our child's life." ”

Her voice was sharp and high-pitched, making everyone's hearts skip a beat - murdering the emperor's heir is a big crime of beheading!

Seeing this, Yu Ruyan was confused again, if Gu Qing'er knew about Wujin Shao's matter, then what about this little wooden man who cursed her? Could it be that she also directed and acted herself?

Impossible, how could she make a play with the child in her belly!

If the little wooden man has nothing to do with her, then what is going on with it?

Her cold gaze slowly swept over the faces of several wives and concubines, however, everyone did not show any strange expressions except for shock and fear.

Mu Lingzhi listened to Gu Qing'er's cry, his face became even more gloomy, and he asked Tong Qian: "Where did you find this dirty thing?" ”

"Back to the master, it emerged from the hole in the rockery."

Hearing Tong Qian's answer, An Lirong's face changed greatly, and before she could react, Gu Qing'er had already pounced on her and tore her: "Poisonous woman, I knew that you were going to harm my child!" ”

Gu Qing'er has always been spicy, but now she is pregnant and thinks that An Lirong is trying to harm her, so she is even more arrogant, and she is ruthless, and her sharp nails scratch An Lirong's face, and she drags her head tightly. After all, An Lirong was born in a famous family, and her literacy was much better than her, and she was afraid that she was pregnant, so if she dared to do anything with her, she could only bite her for a while, and hide her face in embarrassment.

Everyone was stunned by the sudden change and stayed on the spot, and when they reacted and pulled the two away, An Lirong was already unkempt and embarrassed.

The dignified side concubine was bullied like this in public by the lady below, she was very aggrieved in her heart, and she couldn't care about being reserved anymore, she cried at Mu Lingzhi's feet with a 'wow', and said tremblingly: "Your Highness... Please do justice to your concubines! ”

When things got here, everyone became more and more confused, An Lirong and Gu Qing'er both cried and begged Mu Lingzhi to administer justice for themselves, he glanced at Gu Qing'er with extremely cold eyes, helped An Lirong up but let her still kneel on the ground, and said coldly: "There is no evidence, why do you say that the side concubine harmed you?" Hurt people like a shrew, you have been in the palace for so many years, and you are becoming more and more presumptuous! ”

Gu Qing'er never expected that Mu Lingzhi would stand on An Lirong's side at this time, she straightened up and wiped away her tears: "How could the concubine have wronged her." This rockery is what she arranged for someone to put in the pool in the early days of my pregnancy, and this wooden figure was found from the rockery, who else is she not? Thinking about it like this, I'm afraid that the life-threatening Wu Jinshao was also put in by her early in the morning. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at An Lirong, her face turned white before she had time to turn around, and she hurriedly defended: "It's not me, it's really not me." At first, she said that the pool in the yard was too monotonous, and asked for a rockery, so I asked a craftsman to help her buy one according to what she said, and I didn't know about the wooden figure or anything inside. ”

She herself felt that her justification was weak. The whole house knows that she has always disliked Gu Qing'er and often reprimanded her in public, but who would believe such an explanation now?

Yu Ruyan kept tightening her eyebrows and stood silently to comb the intricacies in her heart, and her intuition told her that An Lirong was really carrying the black pot this time.

But she had no intention of defending her, because she was not a good person, when the firewood room caught fire, she saw with her own eyes the thin curtain and the people of the Furong Courtyard setting fire around, if it wasn't for his sudden appearance to take him out of the fire, I am afraid that she would not have the opportunity to see An Lirong here now being cornered and cornered.

Just because she doesn't seek revenge doesn't mean she doesn't hold grudges!

Therefore, she also has to find out, who pushed her under the sharp teeth of Wu Jinshao in the Ziluo Courtyard that day?

Yu Ruyan's gaze quietly crossed everyone's faces, and finally stopped at An Lan's body-

Today's An Lan wore a lotus-blue flower-sprinkled skirt, I don't know if it's a problem with the color of the skirt, looking at it from Yu Ruyan's side, I just feel that her face is slightly paler than before!

It's strange that she, who usually protects An Lirong the most, didn't defend her former master today!

At this time, it is understandable that she chooses to protect herself, but isn't she afraid of losing An Lirong, a big tree, by her side?

In fact, Gu Qing'er's words seem reasonable, but they are not leaky, and although An Lirong is at a disadvantage, she is not without a chance to refute, but she is in a hurry and forgets some obvious things.

For example, if she really wanted to harm Gu Qing'er with Gu magic, why did she choose to put the wooden figure who performed the spell in the Ziluo Courtyard, and it would not be better or less noticeable to put it directly in her Furong Courtyard?

Moreover, the rockery was arranged by her, which seems to be the best evidence to prove her, but it is also the best place to defend herself. If it was really put by her, there were so many things that could hide wooden people in the Ziluo Courtyard, how could she put them in the rockery arranged by herself, wasn't she killing herself?

Gu Qing'er cried even more heartbroken when she got the reason, and that description was that she wouldn't stop if she couldn't see An Lirong being punished. Mu Lingzhi's brows furrowed, and he also thought of what Yu Ruyan thought of in his heart, so his face was a little suspicious, and he didn't give the order to dispose of An Lirong for a long time.

At this moment, Gu Qing'er hugged her stomach and hummed, cold sweat trickled down her forehead one by one, she grabbed Mu Lingzhi's clothes with a white face and cried mournfully: "Your Highness, please, you don't care about the life and death of your concubine, but you also have to give us an explanation, our children have suffered so much before they were born, it's really pitiful!" ”

Gu Qing'er was pregnant with his first child in her belly, and he was still nervous, so he hurriedly picked her up and put her on the bed, and hurriedly ordered someone to invite Dr. Wu. When she turned around and saw Gu Qing looking at her eagerly, she had to deal with it ruthlessly, and decided that An Lirong would settle her heart.

He stared for a moment, and was about to speak, when suddenly the little wooden figure on the table fell and fell to the ground, Yu Ruyan bent down to pick it up and couldn't help but smile, and his cold eyes suddenly flashed brightly.

No matter how much doubt existed about the witch Gu matter, Mu Lingzhi finally punished An Lirong for this matter, demoted her status as a side concubine, demoted her to a lady, and was banned for one month!

An Lirong's face was full of despair when she was taken away, her eyes were dark and there was no light, her hot heart was also cold, and her eyes looking at Mu Lingzhi had a deep resentment.

Does he just not believe in himself?

Oh, when did he trust her and defend her? After marrying into the palace for many years, he didn't get any love from him, worked hard to gain a foothold in the palace, and took care of the whole family for him, but in the end?

For the sake of a little wooden man of unknown origin, for a few words from other wives and concubines, he completely gave up himself!

Looking at her face full of despair, Mu Lingzhi felt a trace of guilt in his heart, but thinking of the child in Gu Qing'er's womb and the increasingly severe battle for the throne, he could only temporarily wronged her to stabilize Gu Qing'er's emotions, so that she could successfully give birth to the emperor's eldest grandson and help him ascend to the throne as soon as possible!

originally thought that after this incident, His Royal Highness would kill An Lirong if he was punished heavily, and the light punishment would have to be to leave her out, but what Gu Qing'er didn't expect was that His Royal Highness just lowered her identity and punished her grounding.

She was dissatisfied, and was about to speak again, but someone in the crowd shook his head at her lightly without a trace, and she thought for a moment, and had to swallow the words back into her mouth unwillingly.

Yu Ruyan had been paying careful attention to Gu Qing'er's every move, and she couldn't help but be surprised when she was about to open her mouth but suddenly closed her mouth, she glanced at the little wooden figure in her hand, and smiled coldly in her heart-

It seems that everything in the Violet Courtyard is directed and acted by Gu Qing'er, but with her observation and understanding of her, she does not seem to be such a meticulous person with such a thorough layout and such a thorough layout.

Following Gu Qing'er's eyes, Yu Ruyan saw the three people staying aside: the cold Kuang Qinqin, the gentle Huaying, and the plain An Lan.

A cold light flashed in her cold eyes, although An Lirong was punished for not caring about her own business, it can even be said that she deserves it today, just as these are the punishments for her arson and murder!

But Yu Ruyan wanted to figure out, who was the person who pushed herself that day?

When the housewife was punished, the palace couldn't be without dragons!

Mu Lingzhi's profound gaze swept across everyone's faces, and finally stopped at An Lan, who had a quiet face, he thought for a moment, thinking that she has a gentle temperament, treats people and everything in a measured manner, and has been by An Lirong's side for so many years and has experience in taking care of the palace with her, so he said: "Mrs. An is grounded, and in the future, the affairs of the palace will be temporarily managed by Aunt An." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't believe it, thinking that this Aunt An had always been in the limelight in the house, and quietly stayed by the side concubine's side, no different from when she was a girl, and her usual grace was very little, but she didn't expect to become the head of the palace in a leap.

An Lan raised her head in surprise, her delicate face turned red due to excitement, she couldn't believe that Mu Lingzhi would hand over the entire palace to her, but she was usually low-key and got along with everyone very well, and as soon as this proposal came out, no one objected.

She stepped forward and knelt down in front of Mu Lingzhi to thank her, and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, Your Highness, trust the concubine, the concubine must live up to His Highness's trust, and she must be a good errand." ”

Yu Ruyan, who was standing on the side, looked at her quietly, and then turned her eyes to Gu Qing'er, but she didn't expect that she, who had always been at odds with the An family, would also acquiesce to An Lan, who was lower than her.

Seeing this, the truth became clearer and clearer in her mind. Streamer looked at the sincere woman on the ground calmly, and for the first time she felt that it was not sad for her to fight alone without friends in the palace.

I went to the garden to find Uncle Chen, asked him to go out of the house to take care of Brother An, and on the way back, I met An Lan in the pavilion around the corner and was sitting with Kuang Qinqin and Huaying drinking tea. She thought for a moment and walked away.

"Slave maid to the three aunts to say goodbye!" Yu Ruyan saluted obediently, and the three people who were chatting were slightly stunned when they saw that it was her.

An Lan asked, "Your Highness has finished drinking today's medicine?" ”

Yu Ruyan smiled at her and said, "Your Highness's body has healed, and Doctor Wu showed him this morning, saying that the residual poison in his body has been cleared, and there is no major problem." ”

Hearing her say this, An Lan's expression was much more relaxed, and she said with a smile: "It's been really hard for my sister these days, if it weren't for my sister to serve Her Highness wholeheartedly, I'm afraid Your Highness wouldn't be able to get better so quickly." She laughed as she spoke, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "I also heard that His Royal Highness, who has always hated taking medicine, has a good way to get his sister, and he can drink medicine much more smoothly."

"Auntie praised!" Yu Ruyan's cold eyes looked at her fixedly: "After all, His Highness also suffered this calamity for the sake of the slaves. Therefore, the slave and maid were willing to ask the aunt to be the master, and someone carefully checked who deliberately pushed down the slave and maid that day, causing the slave and the maid and His Royal Highness to almost lose their lives. ”

She looked at An Lan for a moment, for some reason, every time she saw her recently, her face was not good, even if she wiped the rouge to add color, she could still see that her face was very pale.

Hearing Yu Ruyan's request, An Lan's face instantly became even paler. She froze for a moment, the panic in her eyes flashed, and she took a sip of tea before returning to Yu Ruyan's words: "Wu Jinshao's matter, His Royal Highness did not ask for a closer look, it is better to let it pass, I know that my sister has suffered a lot of grievances in this matter, and I ask my sister to bear more!" ”

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan smiled slowly, her shining eyes were sparkling, but with a hint of coldness, she slowly spoke: "It's okay for the slave to be wronged, even if this cheap life dies in Wu Jinshao's mouth." It's just-" She said in a firm tone, looking at An Lan's eyes, word by word: "This matter involves the safety of His Royal Highness, and I heard that the concubines in the palace are all thundered by this." Such a big matter, if my aunt doesn't investigate it clearly, find out who is behind the scenes, and punish it severely, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public! ”

An Lan looked at her with a gloomy face, the hand holding the cup turned white, and said coldly: "What does my sister mean, Your Highness asked my housekeeper to be dissatisfied?" ”

"How dare you!" Yu Ruyan smiled, her face was calm and her eyes were clear, "The slave just thinks that not only the whole house is suspicious about such a big matter as the princess, but even the concubine Niangniang is afraid that she wants to know the truth, if the aunt can help His Royal Highness find out about this matter, isn't it a good time for His Highness and Niangniang to be convinced?" ”

An Lan was speechless for a while, and the expression on her face was even more difficult to look at, Hua Ying, who was sitting on the side, was afraid that Yu Ruyan would offend An Lan, who had just been in charge, and was about to persuade her, but was stopped by Kuang Qinqin.

She took her hand under the table and motioned for her to be silent!

Huaying looked at Kuang Qinqin in confusion, the latter just gave her a look, Huaying suddenly understood, Yu Ruyan did this, probably there was an object of suspicion in her heart, she forced An Lan to come forward, just afraid that there would be an inside story.

Seeing that his master was forced, Yuan'er said angrily: "Miss Xiaoqing, although you are now deeply favored by His Royal Highness, but my master is the housewife promised by His Highness himself, how can you talk to her like this?" It's so unreasonable! ”

Her eyes sank, Yu Ruyan was not annoyed, she took two steps forward and looked at the dark blue skirt on Yuan'er's body and said with a smile: "Sister Yuan'er's skin is fair and delicate, she really looks good in any clothes, but I still like to see you wearing that light yellow skirt the most, and my sister's face is ruddy, which is really unforgettable!" ”

"Click!" The teacup in An Lan's hand accidentally slipped from his hand and fell onto the table, splashing the tea. Yuan'er was shocked by her words, her little face turned white, and it took a long time before she came back to her senses and stepped forward to help An Lan wipe the tea stains on her body.

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