Chapter 142: Knocking on the Mountain and Shaking the Tiger
Hearing that she was demoted to a concubine by Yu Ruyan with a word, and was also punished to do hard labor in the miscellaneous labor room, it was as if a thunderbolt exploded on Chen Yanfei's head on a sunny day, which made her completely dumbfounded!
The identity of the aunt she worked so hard to get is gone, and she finally lives the life of a master, and she has to go to the most bitter and tiring handyman room!
Chen Yanfei was about to go crazy, desperately trying to rush to Yu Ruyan to fight hard, but was stopped by Yahuan and Chen's mother behind her, she roared at Yu Ruyan with a calm face: "Why can you punish me casually, you haven't married His Highness yet, what qualifications do you have to degrade my identity, I don't accept it, I want to see Your Highness!" ”
Looking at her distorted face, Yu Ruyan smiled coldly and said, "Just because I am Princess Heshuo, and just because you didn't kneel down and bow when you saw me just now, even if I drive you out of the palace now, or kill you and throw you into a mass grave, you ---- want to give it a try!" ”
Yu Ruyan's character is like this, she remembers the person who is good to her for a lifetime, and she can still dig out her heart and lungs for you, but for the people who use her and betray her. [Full text reading. But it is also unambiguous, and it will not be merciful.
Seeing her fierce and indifferent appearance, Chen's mother was frightened, and she no longer dared to open her mouth to intercede for Chen Yanfei, but just cried and asked Chen Yanfei to kneel down and admit her mistake to Yu Ruyan.
Yu Ruyan gave an order, Brother An had already called a few rough envoys to escort Chen Yan to the miscellaneous room, she struggled and cried: "I don't go to that kind of place, I am the aunt of His Royal Highness, you can't treat me like this." ”
It was only at this time that Chen Yanfei became completely panicked and scared, his whole body trembled with horror, the cold sweat on his face was dripping down, and his eyes were also desperate.
Yu Ruyan slowly walked in front of her, looked at her condescendingly, and said coldly: "At the beginning, you were supposed to be assigned to the miscellaneous labor room to do hard labor, but I kept you from Mrs. An and let you enter Yunsong Courtyard as an errand. I treat you well, and the copper coin treats you sincerely, but what about you? First use the copper coin to confuse me, let me think that you like the copper coin to relax your vigilance, and then you collude with An Lan, sing and sing, keep me in the dark, let me lure the wolf into the room, let you enter the Yunsong Courtyard smoothly, and then climb into the bed of His Highness."
Before Chen Yanfei climbed into bed, Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan were open and happy, he planted the flower seedlings she liked for her, and she also worked hard to learn to be a sugar man in order to celebrate his birthday, the relationship between the two could have gone to the next level, but it was destroyed by the pickled and terrible woman in front of her, and now Yu Ruyan still thinks of the events of that day, and there are still bursts of anger in her heart!
"You are really powerful, I didn't know that you secretly hooked up with An Lan, and even the stone cave where the knife was hiding was discovered by you, presumably the strips of cloth that An Lan finally took to identify me in front of His Highness were also given to her by you! You're so scheming! ”
"Since I could have saved you, I can send you to the miscellaneous room now, in fact, that is where you should have stayed, go around and around, you just went back to your original place, so you have nothing to be wronged about."
Yu Ruyan waved her hand lightly, and the rough mother-in-law had unceremoniously dragged Chen Yan to the miscellaneous room, but Chen Yanfei hugged Chen's mother and refused to let go, begging: "Mother, help me, help me, don't go to the miscellaneous room, you can help me talk!" Mother"
At this time, she put her last hope on Chen's mother, but if Chen's mother dared to say anything, she would only hug her sadly and cry
After Chen Yanfei was taken away, Yu Ruyan stepped forward and pulled up Chen's mother on the ground, and sighed: "Chen's mother resents me in her heart? Blame me for being ruthless? ”
Chen's mother shook her head while crying: "The princess handled it right, she brought it all on herself, it's just just"
Thinking of the hard work in the handyman room, Chen's mother said sadly: "But she is a girl's family, and she has never done any rough work with us since she was a child. The old slave is just afraid that she can't stand it."
Yu Ruyan knew that she wanted to intercede for Chen Yanfei after all, so she couldn't help but interrupt her words and said: "Don't hide it, there will be a lot of things happening in the palace recently, Chen's mother should understand her character, compared to losing her life, Chen's mother should let her stay in the miscellaneous room." ”
Hearing this, Chen's mother was stunned, and she seemed to understand something in her heart, she was an old man in the palace, but she also knew some things in the back house, and she understood it in her heart, and immediately put away her crying, and didn't dare to say anything more.
Leaving the Spring Festival Courtyard and walking towards Yunsong, Brother An asked: "That hateful Chen Yanfei used to treat the princess like that, the princess should have driven her out of the palace directly or beaten to death, why should she be so polite to her." ”
Yu Ruyan sighed and said: "You don't know, her brother gave up his life to save His Highness, His Highness can't forget this kindness, and I can't forget it either." It doesn't matter if she dies, but I don't want to indirectly ask for the lives of Chen's mother and Uncle Chen, Uncle Chen has helped me save my life many times before, and also saved the knife. So although she is hateful, I will not want her life, on the contrary, I will save her life, which can be regarded as a favor to Uncle Chen and Mother Chen. But what she will do in the future depends on her own creation! ”
Another point, she can be regarded as taking Chen Yanfei under the knife, knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, giving a warning to those who dare to disobey her and are ready to move!
Back in Yunsong Courtyard, Mu Lingzhi hadn't come back from the palace yet, Yu Ruyan had eaten something by herself, just removed the dishes and chopsticks, and was about to take a nap, but An Lirong asked to see her outside the courtyard.
Brother An was very annoyed, and said angrily: "Didn't Your Highness clearly say that they are not allowed to come and disturb if they are fine, I just came to the door when I returned to the house, princess, you go to the bed to rest, I will send her away." ”
After all, Brother An had already pretended to be fierce to provoke people, but Yu Ruyan said casually behind him: "I'm looking forward to her coming, if you drive her away, won't you waste my thoughts?" Go ahead, make a pot of tea, and I'll meet this Concubine An for a while! ”
Brother An looked at Yu Ruyan in surprise, and said in disbelief: "Did the princess actually guess that she would come?" ”
Yu Ruyan pursed her lips and smiled, and said leisurely: "Yes, I know she will come." It's just a little later than I expected! ”
Brother An opened his mouth wide in surprise, turned around and went out.
It is not unusual for Yuru Paint to come to An Lirong, after all, she has only been back to the house for less than a day, and she has already disposed of Chen Yanfei without mercy, in the eyes of everyone in the mansion, but because Chen Yanfei offended her before, and now she has begun to take revenge one by one, so where can those who have framed her and offended her still sit still?
Chen Yanfei just betrayed Yu Ruyan at the beginning, so that Ji climbed into Mu Lingzhi's bed, but now she was easily demoted to a concubine and thrown into the miscellaneous room to do hard labor. And An Lirong directly killed her three times and twice, the fire in the firewood room, and the white silk in the prison cell, not only Yu Ruyan remembered, but An Lirong herself remembered it clearly.
When the news of Chen Yanfei's punishment came, the thin curtain was carrying the sweet soup into the threshold, his feet were soft, he stumbled, and the sweet soup in his hand was all spilled
Seeing her panicked appearance, An Lirong's anger in her heart was even greater, and she slapped her for the first time!
"What are you panicking about? This tiger hasn't come to the door yet, what do you think you've become? ”
When An Licheng reprimanded the thin curtain. Her hands were also shaking, in fact, the panic in her heart was no less than that of the curtain!
The fine curtain was slapped in the face, and she was afraid and aggrieved, so she couldn't help crying: "The master also saw it, she started to shoot, Aunt Chen had offended her before, and she threw people into the miscellaneous room in less than half a day after entering the house, if she wants to settle accounts with us, the slave and maid are afraid that she doesn't know what she will do with the slave and maid." ”
"What are you panicking about, that Chen is just an unfavored aunt, but I am the side concubine that His Royal Highness Ming Media is marrying, and she has belittled me without thinking about it." An Lirong herself emboldened herself, but she also knew in her heart that if Yu Ruyan wanted to deal with her, even if she was to let her die, she was afraid that it would be as simple as stepping on an ant to death.
Now, Yu Ruyan has both identity and power, and more importantly, Mu Lingzhi's love. The combination of these three things is a supreme weapon, and she can't fight for it.
An Lirong didn't have the heart to eat lunch anymore, she sat alone with a gloomy face and a sad brow, and finally couldn't sit still. took the initiative to come to the door to find Yu Ruyan.
She waited hesitantly at the gate of Yunsong Courtyard with a thin curtain, afraid of seeing Yu Ruyan, and afraid that she would not want to see her.
After the little girl went in and passed the pass, she came to lead them in less than a moment.
When she followed the little girl in, Yu Ruyan was already sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard, with a pot of fragrant tea and two celadon teacups in front of her.
An Lirong didn't dare to sit, and knelt down in front of Yu Ruyan with her legs weak.
As soon as she knelt, the thin curtain behind her knelt even more on the ground, and she didn't dare to raise her head.
Yu Ruyan smiled coldly in her heart, and said slowly: "What is Concubine An doing here?" Although our identities are different, we don't need to make this big gift when we meet every day. ”
She said this, but she didn't let them get up, and let them kneel on the hard stone face of the gazebo.
An Lirong is several years older than Yu Ruyan, and has been in charge of the palace for many years, and she looks much more serious than Yu Ruyan, but when it comes to her mind, she is far inferior to the young princess in front of her, who is much younger than her.
Before, when she learned that Yu Ruyan was the new princess of the palace, she was still thinking that just because she had been immersed in the palace for so many years, it was because she was so many years older than her. She was confident that she could handle the 'new princess' on the other side.
But now that she looks at it, she actually underestimated Yu Ruyan too much.
From her unceremonious opening in the morning to seize the power of the palace in the morning, to the disposal of Chen Yanfei at noon, but in a moment, the entire palace was already panicked, and everyone was afraid of this princess in their hearts.
An Lirong knelt in front of Yu Ruyan, lowered her head, and said in a trembling voice: "The concubine is guilty, I didn't know the true identity of the princess before, and I have a lot of offenses against the princess, and I also ask the princess to forgive the concubine this time."
Fingers gently knocked on the jade table, Yu Ruyan has not made a sound, the sound of gentle tapping listened to the ears of the master and servant kneeling on the ground, every second and every moment was so difficult, cold sweat poured down from the pale face of the thin curtain, from beginning to end, she didn't even have the courage to look up at Yu Ruyan, and completely lost the arrogance when she bullied Yu Ruyan.
Yu Ruyan slowly took a sip of tea, and then said coolly: "Concubine An is too angry, the previous things ---- not guilty of those who don't know, not to mention that Concubine An is still an old man in the house, I will take over the affairs of the house in the future, and I still think that Concubine An can mention me a little more, the ground is cold, get up!" ”
Hearing this, An Lirong and the curtain hung up the heart fell to the ground suddenly, An Lirong wiped the cold sweat on her forehead, and said with a smile: "The princess is extraordinary, vigorous and resolute, just entered the house for half a day, she disposed of the restless Chen family, I heard that she actually confronted the princess in front of her, and broke out of the courtyard, the princess is really good The princess acted decisively, and the concubine was ashamed." Where do you dare to mention the princess? ”
"Really? Since Concubine An thinks that I handled it well, then I can rest assured, before, I was afraid that my punishment would be heavy or light, and it would be biased. ”
Although Yu Ruyan's words sounded very polite, the tone was cold and cold, which made people feel mad.
After saying this, she didn't speak anymore, just drank tea by herself, An Lirong stood on the side in a panic, and the atmosphere was inexplicably embarrassing.
She suddenly remembered what she brought, and hurriedly beckoned the thin curtain to present the things to Yu Ruyan, and said respectfully: "Princess." This is the account book, seal, treasury key, list of palace personnel and the list of merchants who purchased from outside the palace, please check it from the princess. ”
Yu Ruyan's eyes lightly glanced at the things presented by the thin curtain, and motioned for Brother An to accept it.
Seeing that the things on the table were taken away, although An Lirong was reluctant, she was helpless, she bent down and said goodbye to Yu Ruyan: "Princess, if there is nothing else, the concubine will retire first." ”
"Wait for Concubine An!" Yu Ruyan kept her, motioned for her to sit down, and filled the cup in front of her with her own hands.
An Lirong didn't understand what Yu Ruyan meant, but she didn't dare to disobey the order, and sat down next to half of the stool, but she didn't dare to drink the tea.
She forced a smile and said, "What else does the princess have to order?" ”
Yu Ruyan smiled leisurely and said, "I really have something to ask the side concubine." ”
Hearing her say the word "ask", An Lirong looked stunned.
Yu Ruyan opened her mouth leisurely: "I have been away from the mansion for more than half a year, I haven't been in the palace for so long, I don't know what happened in the mansion, in fact, I don't have to know about the past." But a few days ago in the palace, the concubine Niangniang expressed her doubts about the death of Mrs. An's child, and asked me what was going on when I was fine? ”
When she said these words, Yu Ruyan seemed casual. His eyes did not miss any of the expressions on An Lirong's face.
Sure enough, when she suddenly heard her mention An Lan's child's premature death, An Lirong's expression froze, and when she understood the meaning of Yu Ruyan's words, she knew that it was Concubine Xie who personally ordered Yu Ruyan to investigate the matter, and her heart was like falling into an ice cave, and her face turned pale.
Seeing Yu Ruyan's cold gaze looking at herself fixedly, An Li tolerated the panic in her heart, and pretended to be calm: "The concubine is not very clear about this matter, I only know that Mrs. An went to walk around the garden, accidentally fell, and then broke the amniotic water." It took two days to give birth to the child, but unfortunately the child was born and ran out of gas."
When she said these words, An Lirong's hands trembled violently in her sleeves, and they were cold from her toes to her fingertips.
Yu Ruyan listened casually, and said with a smile: "It's really a pity, if you can survive, but Your Highness's first child, whether it is a woman or a man, I am afraid that Mrs. An will be a mother and a son, and Her Highness will promote her to the position of a side concubine." Oh, forgot to ask, is the child male or female? ”
An Lirong's nails were deeply pinched into the palm of her hand. said in a trembling voice: "It is said that he is said to be a small county lord"
"Oops!" Yu Ruyan sighed softly, looking very pity, "Your Highness likes girls very much, it's really a pity." If she can survive, it is almost a full moon now, with the relationship between the side concubine and Mrs. An, I am afraid that during her confinement time, she will trouble the side concubine Niangniang to help her take care of the little county lord, maybe, the relationship between the little county lord in the future will also be closest to the side concubine Niangniang, pestering you day and night, refusing to separate! ”
These are warm words. Listening to An Lirong's heart, it was extremely ironic and terrible, the sentence 'entangled day and night, refusing to separate' made her hair hair all over her body, and a chill spread from the soles of her feet all over her body.
The look on her face was obviously smiling, but it was more ugly than crying, watching Yu Ruyan push the teacup in front of her, she didn't dare to disobey her kindness, and wanted to pick up the teacup and take a sip of tea, but her hands trembled.
Yu Ruyan saw all her reactions in her eyes, and her heart was already clear----
In fact, about the child in An Lan's belly, she didn't have to think about it at all to know that An Lirong killed her.
Because with An Lan's current status in the mansion, not only is she a lady, but she also holds the power of the family, others can't touch her at all, and only An Lirong, who has a higher position than her and has hatred with her, has this ability.
But knowing that it is useless, there must be evidence.
How can I find evidence to identify the person in front of me?
The tea lid in her hand slowly scraped the tea foam, and Yu Ruyan's eyes looked at An Lirong fixedly, but her heart was running rapidly.
However, before she could come up with an idea to find clues from An Lirong, Mu Lingzhi came back from the palace.
Mu Lingzhi's expression looked unusually tired, and there was a faint anger hidden in his eyes, Yu Ruyan asked An Lirong and them to go back first, and followed Mu Lingzhi to the room.
Helping Mu Lingzhi take off his heavy court clothes, and then waiting for him to put on light civilian clothes, Mu Lingzhi asked her why An Lirong came. Yu Ruyan just smiled and told him that she had sent all the things of the head of the house, and she also told Mu Lingzhi about the punishment of Chen Yanfei in the morning.
When Mu Ling heard this, she smiled unconsciously, habitually pinched her beautiful nose, and praised: "Good punishment, there is no need to be polite to that kind of person." ”
While he was talking, Tong Qian came back and told Mu Lingzhi that Kuang Qinqin still had no news.
Mu Lingzhi instructed him to continue looking, and Yu Ruyan listened to it and stopped. After thinking about it for a while, I swallowed the words in my mouth.
After the copper coin left, Mu Lingzhi took her into his arms and hugged her, gently rubbed her face with his face, and carefully asked her what she ate at noon, what she did, and did she feel bored?
Yu Ruyan was rubbed by him so that her face itched for a while, and she couldn't help but 'giggle' and laugh. And looking at the delicate child in his arms, all the boredom in Mu Ling's heart suddenly swept away, and he couldn't help but kiss her again.
Thinking of what he remembered in the morning, Yu Ruyan stopped his dishonest mouth with his hand, raised his head and asked him, "Your Highness entered the palace today, can there be any progress in the matter of the altar?" ”
At the mention of the altar, Mu Lingzhi's heart was gloomy, and he said slowly: "There are no clues, and Dali Temple is helpless." And today, in the court, there are ministers who jointly fold the matter, saying that this matter is not man-made, but providential. It is said that it is providence that does not recognize the knife as the prince. Oh, I actually want my father to set up another prince! It just doesn't make sense! ”
Thinking of today's court incidents, the more Mu Lingzhi thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally he couldn't hold back, slammed his palm on the table, and said fiercely: "The ministers who played today are all Mu Xiang and the eldest prince. In fact, the truth of the matter is obvious, the matter of the altar is the ghost of Mu Xiang and the eldest prince, but they can't find their evidence, and now they have to slander the knife for not being virtuous enough, and they want to abolish his position as the crown prince on the grounds that it is not providential! ”
Hearing his words, Yu Ruyan's heart sank, and her face was solemn----
She knew that the sacrifice to the sky was a major event, but this time there was such an unlucky event in the sacrifice to the sky, if she couldn't find out the truth of the matter, she would be said by someone with a heart that God did not recognize Xiaodao as the successor to the crown prince, so that. The position of the prince of the knife is not guaranteed, and the new prince dispute will set off a new bloody storm.
She told Mu Lingzhi in a firm tone: "I can tell Your Highness for sure that this matter must be man-made, not providential. ”
Mu Lingzhi was surprised by the firmness of her tone, looking at his suspicious face, Yu Ruyan carefully told him about the strangeness of the eldest prince Mu Yunzhi on the day of the incident, as well as the small pebble that hit her knee.
Thinking of the danger of that day, Mu Lingzhi was still trembling and heartbroken, and now he knew that someone had deliberately wanted to put Yu Ruyan to death, and he was furious. The teeth clenched and clucked, and the angry look was the first time Yu Ruyan had seen it.
He said hatefully: "I want to kill you while framing the knife." What a vicious killing two birds with one stone! ”
A cold glint flashed in Yu Ruyan's eyes, and she said coldly: "Yes, the people who want my life the most in the entire Eastern Capital, there will be no one else except the brothers and sisters of the Mu family, so that little pebble that day must have been beaten by Mu Ziyang, who knows martial arts." ”
"But as Dali Temple said, at that time, the altar collapsed, the scene was chaotic, and all clues were all gone with the collapse of the altar, and the prince and Mu Xiang were all high-ranking people, and they could not be identified casually without full evidence."
Thinking of what the Mu family brothers and sisters did to Yu Ruyan, Mu Lingzhi's eyes bleed with hatred. "I should have thought a long time ago, how could the altar collapse on the day it fell in the direction of the female dependent, and you happened to be unable to move your legs at that time, and the matter would be so coincidental, but they carefully arranged it."
Speaking of this, he remembered something again, and couldn't help frowning and wondering: "After the last sachet incident, I have asked people to investigate Mu Ziyue carefully, but the strange thing is that the investigator came back to me, Mu Ziyue has been seeking medical treatment in a camellia town far away from the eastern capital for the past few months, and has not returned to the eastern capital, not even the prince's seal ceremony, and the secret guard also went to the camellia town overnight, she was indeed there and never left." ”
Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's whole body was shocked, and her heart suddenly panicked!