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

Mu Lingzhi's words made Yu Ruyan's whole body fall into hell in an instant, and her face was pale and she was stunned on the spot!

And Mu Lingzhi himself thought back to everything he had born tonight, and he still felt cold in his heart-

When the banquet was in full swing, suddenly a fire broke out in the palace, the fire was fierce, and it had burned into the main hall of the banquet in less than a moment, and everyone was busy putting out the fire, but at this moment, the masked assassin fell from the sky, and the sword in his hand was aimed at the sluggish King Liang without hesitation······

A good palace banquet was turned upside down by the sudden fire and terrifying assassins, if it weren't for Mu Lingzhi to block a sword for King Liang, I am afraid that King Liang has become a sword soul!

A sword was hit in the shoulder, but Mu Lingzhi ignored it, pulled out the soft sword on his waist and fought with the assassin.

The silver mask on the Assassin's face was familiar to him, and he had fought him many times, and he was equally familiar with the Assassin's skills, and for some reason, this familiarity was very familiar with the familiarity that had been hidden in his heart for a long time, and the speculation in his heart became more and more certain.

More and more guards rushed to the main hall, and the assassins saw that the operation failed, and the moves in their hands became more and more powerful, and they wanted to escape from the palace as much as possible to get rid of Mu Lingzhi's entanglement······

During the fight, an object fell from the assassin's body, and Mu Lingyi looked at it, his expression froze, his face changed instantly, and the movements in his hands slowed down, and the assassin took the opportunity to throw down the smoke bomb and escape.

The white smoke dissipated, looking at the things on the ground, Mu Ling's face was shocked and couldn't believe it-

This thing is the dragon pattern auspicious cloud unicorn white fat jade pendant he gave to Yu Ruyan when he was in the military camp!

He was not the only one who saw the jade pendant on the ground, and King Liang and the others also saw what the assassin left behind, but this thing was too dazzling and shocking-

Everyone recognized that the jade pendant lying on the ground was Mu Lingzhi's!

Mu Lingzhi didn't come back to his senses in shock, and the attendant had already carefully picked up the jade pendant and presented it to King Liang. After King Liang took a closer look, he confirmed that this jade pendant was the one he personally rewarded Mu Lingzhi back then!

King Liang's face instantly became gloomy, and he looked at the jade pendant in his hand and asked Mu Lingzhi coldly, "How do you explain this matter?" Why did your jade pendant appear on the Assassin - Who is the Assassin? ”

King Liang was suspicious by nature, and his throne was obtained by extraordinary means, so if there was the slightest suspicion that might threaten his life and the throne, he would immediately be extremely sensitive and sharp.

Just the first time he saw Yu Pei, he already regarded Mu Lingzhi as an assassin in his heart!

Mu Lingzhi's mind was dazed, and he wanted to know why the assassin had his jade pendant on him, which he had obviously given her······

Seeing that he couldn't answer for a long time, King Liang slammed his palm on the table in front of him, and said angrily: "I didn't expect the assassin to be your person!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked, and everyone knew in their hearts how big the responsibility for killing the king was!

Concubine Xie's face turned pale, she hurriedly pounced in front of Mu Lingzhi, who was stunned, and said eagerly: "What the hell is going on?" Explain it to your father! ”

However, no matter how Concubine Xie urged him, Mu Lingzhi calmed down after the shock, and he knew very well in his heart that at this time, he must not tell his father that the jade pendant had been rewarded by him to Yu Ruyan!

When the prince saw this, his heart flashed with pride, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said bitterly: "Brother Huang, how can you be so confused that you actually sent someone to assassinate your father?" ”

"Not really!" Hearing the prince's incitement, Concubine Xie hurriedly knelt down in front of King Liang, pointed at Mu Lingzhi's still bleeding shoulder and cried: "Your Majesty, Ling Zhi is not such a person, he just gave up his life to block the sword for you, how can he be a fellow assassin?" There must be a misunderstanding in this. ”

Hearing Xie Guifei's words, King Liang remembered the sword that Mu Lingzhi blocked for himself without hesitation under the thrill just now, and the anger on his face eased, and he couldn't help but twist his eyebrows and think about Xie Guifei's words, perhaps, there is indeed a secret in this.

The crown prince spoke again: "Maybe the target of the imperial brother and the assassin is not the father, but the son." Today is a good day for my sons, and the emperor's brother must be dissatisfied with my father's marriage to me, and wants to send an assassin to assassinate me! ”

As soon as the prince's words came out, the anger that King Liang had just extinguished ignited again!

Ten years ago, King Liang killed his brother and seized the throne, and he himself did such a thing, so he thought that Mu Lingzhi was very likely to be as the prince said, and he also had a bad heart, and suddenly the suppressed anger in his heart burned even more dangerously, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out one by one.

Looking at King Liang's angry appearance, Xie Guifei's face was covered with cold sweat, she never thought that her son was involved with the assassin for no reason, she begged again: "The emperor is angry, what the prince said is unfounded······"

"That's not right!" Looking at Mu Lingzhi with a gray face on the ground, the prince felt that the wind was finally blowing towards him, and his heart was really happy, he said coldly: "The palace is strictly forbidden, for today's banquet, the palace gate has been guarded everywhere, and everyone who enters the forbidden palace is strictly interrogated, if there is no jade pendant, how can the assassin enter the palace, how can he enter the banquet to assassinate his father?" Now that the evidence is conclusive, does Niangniang still have to quibble for him? ”

Thinking of the danger of tonight, and hearing the prince's provocation again, King Liang was angry, raised his hand, smashed the jade cup on the table towards Mu Lingzhi, and said fiercely: "Come on, arrest this disobedient son and put him in prison!" ”

Mu Lingzhi, who came back to his senses, was about to open his mouth to argue for himself, when the copper coin who was anxious to protect the lord saw Wei Linjun coming up to escort Mu Lingzhi, he rolled in front of King Liang in a panic, and couldn't care about anything else, and said in a lost voice: "Holy Mingjian, this jade pendant has been rewarded to Xiaoqing, the maid in the mansion half a year ago, so the assassin has nothing to do with His Highness!" ”

When Mu Lingzhi heard this, his eyes flashed with panic, and he secretly shouted in his heart, and he shouted at the copper coin: "Shut up, don't talk nonsense!" ”

However, Concubine Xie has reacted, her eyes flashed, she already knew who Xiaoqing was in the mouth of the copper coin, and now, no matter whether the jade pendant was really given to that cheap maid by him, right now, only by biting this matter can she save her son.

She said to Mu Lingzhi's hatred: "You, you still want to protect her?" ”

At this time, Mu Ling's eyes were already gray, and countless officers and soldiers in the barracks that day saw that he gave Yu Ruyan a jade pendant, and now that he was told by the copper coin, he couldn't hide it anymore!

He said in a hoarse voice: "Father, there must be some misunderstanding here, and I ask my father to give his son a little time, so that his son can investigate this matter thoroughly!" ”

"Xiaoqing? Are you talking about the military prostitute that the emperor's brother brought back from the barracks? The prince asked the copper coin deliberately without knowing it. As soon as he finished asking, he made a look of surprise and said: "Ah, I know, I didn't expect the imperial brother to take that military prostitute seriously-not only did he help her suck snake venom regardless of the danger of his life, but a few days ago I heard that the imperial brother insisted on making the military prostitute a side concubine despite the rules of his ancestors, and in the end, he was rejected by the military prostitute——! ”

As soon as these words came out, a sigh suddenly sounded in the hall!

Originally, the dignified son and the military prostitute were mixed together, and they lost their identity and dignity, and it was okay to play but not to be taken seriously, and then Mu Lingzhi not only took it seriously, but also moved his heart, which didn't make the world laugh.

King Liang was already in disbelief when he heard this, his expression was full of disappointment, his eyes wandered on Mu Lingzhi and Xie Guifei, and he said in disappointment: "Ai Concubine, is what the prince said true?" ”

At this time, how dare Concubine Xie deceive the king, even if she hated the prince in her heart, she had to bite her silver teeth and swallow it in her stomach, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Ling Zhi is a moment of confusion, and he will definitely not like a military prostitute······"

"Yes, Emperor Mingjian, His Royal Highness has always been in love with his courtiers, and the person he likes in his heart has always been a courtier, how can he look down on a lowly military prostitute!"

The abrupt voice sounded slowly in the main hall, Mu Ziyue was wearing a jade vortex-colored water-sleeved pleated phoenix tail skirt, a green silk on her head was pulled into a snail bun, and a begonia dripping emerald bead jasper hairpin was inserted obliquely, and the makeup on her face was delicate and elegant, and her crisp voice was like a lark with three points of shyness, which instantly attracted the eyes of the whole hall to her.

Since her scalp was burned into a leper during the Hanrui Festival, Mu Ziyue has been subjected to the cynicism of the nobles of the Eastern Capital, how beautiful she was before, and how embarrassed she was after that!

However, how could a person with such a high heart endure such a day, so she has been secretly spending a lot of money to hire talented people everywhere, hoping that there is another way to make her scalp recover and grow a beautiful head again.

After the unremitting efforts of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the protégé of the Prime Minister's Mansion introduced a capable person to her, and actually used someone else's head to make a fake for Mu Ziyue, after wearing this leave, no one saw the leper on her head again, and the Prime Minister's Mansion claimed to the outside world that it was only said that Miss Mu Jia's head had grown back after the treatment of the miracle doctor!

Regarding the Prime Minister's remarks, many people have an attitude of disbelief, thinking that the Prime Minister's Mansion is just a lie to save Miss Mu's face. However, at today's feast in the palace, Mu Ziyue appeared with a green silk, deliberately wearing a simple and elegant headdress on her head, but it made the green silk more eye-catching.

Everyone was surprised, and while they were indignant, they also had to admire Mu Ziyue's good luck!

Since just now, Mu Ziyue has been watching the exhibition of the situation coldly, seeing this opportunity, a flash of inspiration flashed in her heart, and she didn't think about it, she hurriedly stepped forward and knelt in front of King Liang and said the words in front of King Liang in public.

Right now, because of the matter of the assassin and the jade pendant, coupled with the fact that the crown prince fanned the flames and broke out the military prostitute Xiaoqing on the side, Mu Lingzhi had completely angered King Liang. At this time, he must not dare to admit that he likes Yu Ruyan, and she happened to come forward at this time, seemingly in order to relieve Mu Lingzhi and admit the love affair between them as a last resort, but in fact, it was a disguised way to force Mu Lingzhi to admit her words. If as expected, no matter whether Liang Wangxiang believes her words or not, in order to cut off Mu Lingzhi's thoughts about the military prostitute, King Liang will definitely marry Mu Lingzhi on the spot!

So, how could she miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

I have to say that Mu Ziyue is indeed smart, her brain spins fast, and the timing is just right!

Her move can not only save Mu Lingzhi from his predicament, but also make him unable to get rid of himself again. In front of Concubine Xie Guifei, the king of Liang, he made the relationship public in public, so that Mu Lingzhi had no way to retreat, so he could only admit his love affair with her, so as to marry himself!

Sure enough, her move was in line with Concubine Xie's wishes, she was already satisfied with Mu Ziyue's identity and appearance, and once thought that she was the best candidate for the third princess, but later heard that her scalp was damaged and became a leprosy, so she faded the matter from her heart, but now seeing that she is still green, beautiful and generous, she can't help but rejoice in her heart, and more importantly, she has relieved her son's crisis in a timely manner!

Therefore, without waiting for Mu Lingzhi to come back to his senses from Mu Ziyue's words, Concubine Xie Guifei had already bowed solemnly to King Liang, and said with an excited face: "The saint is wise, Miss Mu and Ling Zhi's childhood sweetheart have no guesses since childhood, and the relationship between the two has always been deep, how could Ling Zhi abandon her and fall in love with a lowly military prostitute?" Therefore, such rumors are not credible, and I also ask the saint to marry Ling Zhi and Xiaoyue to complete this good marriage! ”

Mu Lingzhi's whole body was shocked, and he was about to say something to refuse, but Concubine Xie, who was kneeling beside him, clasped his clenched hand fiercely under his robe, and said in a low voice: "If you dare to refute it again, I will let that cheap maid die without a place to be buried!" ”

With a shake of his hand, Mu Lingzhi couldn't speak anymore, his face was pale, and there was a sense of loss in his deep eyes!

King Liang looked at Mu Lingzhi's expression and said coldly: "Looking at your appearance, it seems that you are reluctant. So what do you say, what do you plan in your own mind? ”

After that, he threw the jade pendant in his hand in front of Mu Lingzhi and looked at him coldly, "Between the daughter of Mu Xiang and the military prostitute, who do you want to choose?" ”

The eyes of the audience invariably focused on Mu Lingzhi's body, Mu Ziyue was so nervous that she couldn't breathe, although she was in her hands, she couldn't understand Mu Lingzhi's mind more and more, for fear that he would veto her words in court.

Concubine Xie looked at Mu Lingzhi eagerly, the pointed armor in her hand had been deeply buckled into his flesh, her lips twitched and trembled: "Heaven and hell are all in your thoughts, Chenzhi is dead, if you disappoint the concubine again, I will definitely jump off the Beiding Gate and die in front of you!" ”

Beiding Gate is the highest palace gate of the Daliang Palace, and it is also the only way for Mu Lingzhi to return to the palace, Xie Guifei's face was resolute, he knew that she would do it when she said it!

A heart fell into a black hole of despair, and he couldn't break free—

He felt guilty about Mu Ziyue, and he was filial to his mother, but for Yu Ruyan, he could only abandon her now!

He knew in his heart that he could save her by abandoning her!

After a long time, so long that he himself was numb, he finally bowed his head to King Liang in submission, his heart was dead silent, and his voice was low to the dust: "Everything is up to my father!" ”

Hearing this, the anger in King Liang's eyes was retracted, and he said slowly: "Since this is the case, I will give you and Mu Ziyue a marriage, and after the prince's wedding, the Ministry of Rites will choose an auspicious day for you." ”

Mu Ziyue knelt down happily and thanked him, Mu Xiang was also overjoyed, he had been worried about his daughter's family affairs before, but now he was given marriage by the saint to marry the third prince as the concubine, but it was the best ending.

Mu Lingzhi also thanked King Liang at Concubine Xie's gesture, and King Liang said coldly: "Although the marriage has been decided, the assassin still has to be clarified. Since your jade pendant has been given to someone else, the assassin matter has nothing to do with you, but this matter is still left to you to investigate, and I hope you will not disappoint me and give a satisfactory answer! ”

When Mu Lingzhi heard this, his hanging heart was soothed for a moment-

This matter is in his hands, at least Yu Ruyan's life is saved!

After the banquet was dispersed, all the ministers and officials stepped forward to congratulate Mu Xiang and Mu Lingzhi, compared to the spring breeze on Mu Xiang's face, Mu Lingzhi was full of frost, and he didn't say a word to the people who came to congratulate him, and rushed to the palace without saying a word!

The carriage drove towards the palace in a hurry, and in the silent carriage, Mu Lingzhi's heart became a mess, and his brows twisted into a ball-

How did the jade pendant given to her end up in the hands of the Assassins?

What is her relationship with the Assassins?

Who is she?

······

At this moment, Yu Pei was thrown at her feet by him, and Yu Ruyan's trembling fingers picked it up, just one glance, and her heart trembled-

The texture of white fat, the jade pendant is engraved with the pattern of dragon pattern auspicious clouds on both sides, and the lifelike unicorn beast in the middle of the pattern seems to jump out of the jade face. The jade pendant in her hand was the piece she asked Uncle Chen to die in the pawnshop that day, and it was also the piece he gave her when he was in the barracks.

Yu Ruyan looked at the jade pendant in her hand stupidly, her tentacles were warm, but her heart was cold, and she said in a daze: "Your Highness, I was in dire need of silver, so I ······ it Sold it to a pawnshop, I don't know how it ended up in the hands of the Assassins? ”

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's gloomy face eased slightly, and he said coldly: "Which pawnshop?" ”

When she pawned the jade pendant, it was Uncle Chen who helped her handle it, but fortunately, Uncle Chen was afraid that she would regret it halfway and wanted to redeem the jade pendant, so he told her the address of the pawnshop in detail and gave her a pawn note.

Yu Ruyan understood the seriousness of this matter, and hurriedly told him the name of the pawnshop, she was worried: "It's been so long, and the people at the pawnshop probably don't remember it······"

"No, it won't." Mu Lingzhi stopped her words and said coldly: "This jade pendant is extraordinary, it is the beautiful jade that my father specially found when he ascended the throne, so that the skilled craftsman made it for the prince and me and my eighth brother, the jade is precious, and the carving is also first-class, like such a treasure, the pawnshop people will definitely leave an impression, so as long as you go to the pawnshop to ask the person who handled it, he will definitely remember who the jade pendant was sold to?" ”

After speaking, he immediately ordered the copper coin guarding the door to take people to the pawnshop that Yu Ruyan said to inquire about the jade pendant.

After the copper coin left, Yu Ruyan stood in front of him in a daze, at a loss, she knew that he must have a lot of doubts about himself in his heart, but he didn't say a word, his face was full of sadness, his brows were tightly locked, and his eyebrows and eyes could not hide his tiredness, and she couldn't hide her tiredness!

In the past, Mu Lingzhi was an unusually calm and intelligent person, and he never frowned a trace in the face of the enemy's thousands of troops on the battlefield, when did he become like this?

Yu Ruyan knew that all the troubles and depression he was facing now were because of her-

Just finding out the real culprit who murdered Gu Qing'er has made him anxious, and now there are more assassinations, or the assassination of King Liang, what is even more terrifying is that this matter inexplicably involves her, if she can't give a good explanation, I'm afraid that not only Concubine Xie will want her life, but King Liang will also take her life.

Therefore, the only hope now is that the copper coin can bring back good news from the pawnshop, and only by finding evidence that the assassin bought the jade pendant, she can at least clear her suspicion and save her life.

The sun was rising, the room was bright, Mu Lingzhi leaned on the head of the bed and closed his eyes, his face was pale, Yu Ruyan saw that his lips were dry and bleeding, so he went to the table and poured tea and handed it to him: "Your Highness, drink saliva!" ”

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's eyes suddenly opened, and he looked at her fixedly for a long time without taking away, with worries, doubts, fears, attachment and guilt in his eyes!

He was worried that he couldn't find the real assassin and couldn't clear her suspicion, and he also wondered how the jade pendant she pawned to the pawnshop appeared on the assassin, he was even more afraid that the truth of the truth was unbearable for him, and he felt guilty that he was going to marry Mu Ziyue after all, and she didn't know if she could stay by his side anymore?!

He reached out to take the tea she handed over, but he didn't expect to involve the wound on his shoulder, and he couldn't help but snort softly.

It was only at this moment that Yu Ruyan realized that he was hiding under the quilt and his shoulder was pierced open, and he was bleeding out, she exclaimed, and hurriedly put down the cup to help him bandage the wound.

I didn't sleep for a few days and nights, coupled with my injuries and bleeding, and after experiencing those things in the hall just now, Mu Lingzhi was really tired, when Yu Ruyan helped him bandage his wounds, he couldn't help but lean his head weakly on her arms, and muttered: "Suddenly I miss the days in the barracks, only me and you, there is no other disturbance, there is no worldly disturbance, I train the army, you pick flowers, the days are peaceful and free, how pleasant!" ”

Thinking of what happened in the past few days, Yu Ruyan's heart was also sour, her eyes were red, but she couldn't shed a tear in the end, she gently stroked Mu Lingzhi's frowning brows with both hands, and said sadly: "In the future, if Your Highness marches again, remember to take me with you, and when the time comes, I will also loosen the bones for Your Highness, and also pick a mountain of delicate flowers for Your Highness!" ”

Mu Lingzhi's expression froze, his heart was extremely uncomfortable, he swallowed his throat with difficulty, and let out a dull 'um'.

An hour later, the copper coin came back, and he stood in front of the two of them sweating profusely, and said with a white face: "Master, that pawnshop was closed four months ago, and now that people go to the empty building, they can't find any clues at all, and the shopkeeper doesn't know where to ······go."

Yu Ruyan's whole body was shocked, and the hand holding Mu Lingzhi hung down weakly-

Four months ago? Wasn't it that time when I was a jade pendant?

Could it be that the pawnshop closed down immediately after Yu Pei arrived at the pawnshop?

Why? Why is this happening?

Yu Ruyan felt that she had fallen into a terrible black hole, she suddenly realized, she didn't know when it started, she seemed to have walked into a trap set by others, but she didn't feel it at all, and she didn't realize that something was wrong until now!

Growing up in the palace, of course she knows the seriousness of assassinating the emperor, no one who is willing to let go of the person who threatens his life, if the real assassin cannot be found in this assassination, then, the owner of this piece of Wang Pei will bear all the anger of the emperor!

The jade pendant belongs to Mu Lingzhi, but he gave it to himself, so she can only bear all the blame!

Mu Lingzhi didn't expect such a result, he sat up from the bed with a 'whew', completely ignoring the injury on his shoulder, and said coldly: "What did you say?" The pawnshop is gone? ”

The bandaged wound tore open under his great movement, and the blood soaked red with the gauze, but he didn't even snort. His heart sank, and cold sweat spilled up his back, not because of the pain of the wound, but because of the fear that surged up in his heart, which made him sweat coldly.

Thinking of his father's anger last night, his heart sank, if, if he couldn't find the real murderer to prove her innocence, then she ······

However, at this moment, there was a commotion outside the door, and An Lirong led the maids of the back house to Yunsong Courtyard. When Yu Ruyan saw the blood-stained cloth strip in An Lan's hand, her whole body trembled, she could no longer stand steadily, and her body fell to the ground weakly······