Hearing An Lirong say that Kuang Qinqin had an accident, Yuruyan's eyes sank, and she raised her eyes and swept towards the kneeling people, there was indeed no Kuang Qinqin in it!

Yu Ruyan couldn't help but be a little anxious and worried, in her heart, in the previous days in the palace, Kuang Qinqin and Huaying were two rare people who did not harm her and helped her, so now when she heard that something had happened to her, Yu Ruyan was very anxious. [No pop-ups. 】

Without waiting for Mu Lingzhi to speak, she had already opened her mouth and asked An Lirong anxiously, "What happened to Aunt Kuang?" ”

Hearing this, An Lirong glanced up at her, lowered the resentment in her eyebrows, and glanced around lightly, as if it was difficult to speak: "Princess, let's go back to the house and talk about this matter!" ”

Seeing her describe it like this, Yu Ruyan was more and more worried in her heart, but she also knew that the matter of the palace was indeed not suitable for talking about in this court, so she had to press the worry in her heart, get into the carriage, and go back with the people in the palace.

Although Mu Lingzhi doesn't have much affection for the ladies of the palace, he is the person in his back house after all. When he heard that something had happened, he was still a little worried, so as soon as he returned to the front hall of the palace, before he could sit down and take a sip of tea, he asked An Lirong coldly, "What happened?" ”

An Lirong said with a worried face: "Originally, Mrs. An was in charge of the palace, and these were not in charge of the concubine, but Mrs. An has been lying on the bed since the child had an accident last month, and the confinement has not yet sat down, so the affairs of the palace this month are all in charge of the concubine."

When she said these words, the look on her face was always worried and worried, Yu Ruyan and Mu Lingzhi sat side by side, their eyes looked at her for a moment, and said coldly: "The affairs of this palace will be taken care of by this princess in the future, don't bother you, Concubine An still says the point!" ”

Hearing this, An Lirong was slightly stunned----

She originally wanted to ask Mu Lingzhi for credit on this matter, she thought that although Yu Ruyan now had a marriage contract with His Royal Highness, she was not married yet, and it was not good to be in charge of the power of the palace, so she took the power of the family before An Lan came out of the moon. Unexpectedly, Yu Ruyan took the power of the family with a gentle and clever word, and there was no discomfort at all.

What she didn't know was that Yu Ruyan really wouldn't do this before, after all, she hadn't finished her marriage yet, and she couldn't be considered the princess of the palace, so it was not easy to come forward to manage the palace in a straightforward manner, but now with Xie Guifei's instructions, and the palace has been in chaos for so long, it is indeed impossible to rectify it, so Yu Ruyan will unceremoniously take the power of the family in less than half an hour after entering the mansion, and she will not give An Lirong the slightest leeway.

With Mu Lingzhi's favor for her, let alone the power of the family, I am afraid that he will be willing to bring out a sincere heart for Yu Ruyan to enjoy, so since she has spoken, there is no room for turnaround.

Suddenly, An Lirong, whose hopes were disappointed, turned pale, and her expression froze, but she had to pretend to be obedient and said, "The palace is managed by the princess, but it couldn't be better." ”

After that, I told Kuang Qinqin about it in detail.

It turned out that Kuang Qinqin had left the palace six days ago and had never seen anyone, and the little girl in her yard initially helped her hide it, and on the third day, Huaying went to her yard to talk to her about family life, but she didn't see anyone, so the girl couldn't hide it. But the girl only knew that she had quietly left the house, as for where she went? I don't know what to do!

Hua Ying was anxious when she heard this, afraid that something would happen if Kuang Qinqin disappeared for so long, so she had to take the girl to find An Lirong and ask An Lirong to help report to the official, or let the people in the house go out to look for it.

Kuang Qinqin was born in a Qinglou, and he has no family or relatives in the east. An Lirong didn't dare to report to the official without authorization to make a big deal about it, so she had to ask the people in the house to look for her everywhere in the inn in the city, but two or three days passed, but there was no news at all, and everyone in the house said that she was more than lucky.

An Lirong's face was anxious, and she led the ladies of the palace to the palace early in the morning. Verbally, it was because he was worried that Kwong Qinqin would come to invite

Mu Lingzhi returned to the palace to preside over the overall situation, but in fact, she didn't pay attention to Kuang Qinqin's disappearance in her heart, in her wishes, the fewer women in this palace, the better----

In fact, she just heard that Mu Lingzhi took Yu Ruyan to live a two-person life in another garden and didn't want to go back to the house, so she was in a hurry, so she took the opportunity to invite him back to the house.

Mu Lingzhi listened to her words, and his brows furrowed unconsciously----

For this Aunt Kuang, although Mu Lingzhi usually doesn't favor her, he has a good impression of her.

Because, she was not only born in the Qinglou, but also the concubine given to him by the eldest prince when he was the prince!

Because she is wary of the eldest prince, Mu Lingzhi is also very alienated from Kuang Qinqin, coupled with her indifferent temperament, she seems to be very indifferent to the matter of competing for favor, so she is an alternative in the palace, only closes the courtyard door to live her own life, and rarely appears in front of everyone.

She has been in the house for several years, and she has been quiet and quiet, and she can be regarded as keeping to herself, but she doesn't know why she suddenly left the house and disappeared?

The first thing that came to Mu Lingzhi's mind was that this matter might be related to the eldest prince, after all, she was sent to the palace by the eldest prince, and in his heart, he had always regarded her as the person of the eldest prince Mu Yunzhi.

He coldly instructed the copper coin: "Send more men to search around the city, take her portrait and inquire at the city gate to see if she has left the city." ”

The copper coin got the order, and as soon as he walked to the door, he was stopped by Mu Lingzhi, and his voice said indifferently: "Find her, if she is dead, find a place to bury her, if she is still alive, you don't need to bring it back, let her go!" ”

Hearing this, not only did the copper coin tremble all over, but the other people in the room also looked stunned.

Although Mu Lingzhi's words seemed ruthless when he heard this, Yu Ruyan knew that he was already the greatest mercy.

If you change to other palace concubines and disappear silently, they still disappear for so long, and then they are found, they are often directly looking for death.

Because she has been away from the house for such a long time, her innocence can no longer be guaranteed, you know, in addition to returning to her husband's house, spending a night outside without permission is already a major event to tarnish her innocence, and generally returning to her husband's house will either be abandoned, and she will be directly executed in the official eunuchs with strict rules, not to mention that she is also the prince's concubine. disappeared without a sound for five or six days, and according to the rules, even if he was found and not dead, he would inevitably die in the end.

Because her innocence is not guaranteed, it is also an insult to the palace.

But Mu Lingzhi just told Tong Qian to let her go after finding her, so it was the greatest gift.

Although Yu Ruyan couldn't bear it, because she knew that Kuang Qinqin was born in the Qinglou, and she had no other source except for the palace, but Mu Lingzhi's disposal was also reasonable, so she had to press the unbearable in her heart and keep silent.

After Mu Lingzhi finished speaking, he waved his hand to let the An family and the others retreat. and Yu Ruyan both returned to Yunsong Temple.

But Kankan has not yet sat down in the courtyard, and someone from the palace has come to report, and he invited Mu Lingzhi to enter the palace to discuss the matter, and I heard that it was for the altar.

Mu Lingzhi's expression was heavy, and Yu Ruyan couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, didn't the people from Dali Temple report the matter of the altar to Your Majesty a few days ago?" Why hasn't it been over yet? ”

Mu Lingzhi pressed his brows and said with a headache: "Last time, Lord Wang just told us that the accident that occurred when the prince conferred the seal to worship the heavens, due to the collapse of the altar, the candles that were suddenly extinguished by the sacrifice and the clues on the pillars of the fallen altar were all destroyed. No clues. ”

"My father gave Dali Temple three days to find out the reason, but because the clues were destroyed, Lord Wang asked my father to give a few more days, and my father also knew that the clues were ruined and it was difficult to investigate, so I responded to Lord Wang's request, and gave Dali Temple five more days of time, so that they must find out the truth when the altar was made, and now it seems that Lord Wang has news this time."

After that, he was already rushing away.

Revisiting the matter of the altar on August 15 reminded Yu Ruyan of some things that day, she thought of the strange eyes of the eldest prince Mu Yunzhi, and the small pebble that hit her knee, but later, because of the sudden appearance of Prince Yi, coupled with the poisonous hair of the concubine, she forgot such an important matter and clues.

But by the time she remembered to talk to Mu Lingzhi, he had already walked away without a trace.

Yu Ruyan couldn't, so she had to wait for him to come back and talk to him.

After Mu Lingzhi left, Yu Ruyan did not rest, and when Brother An put away the luggage, he didn't have time to pack it up, so he took her to Bihe Courtyard, where Kuang Qinqin lived.

Yu Ruyan had never been to Bihe Courtyard before, not only Bihe Courtyard, but even Flower Shadow Narcissus Courtyard had never been there. After all, she appeared in the palace as a maidservant before, except for the South Garden, she stayed in Yunsong Courtyard. There is very little movement around the rest of the palace.

Walking all the way along the lake embankment to the north, I unconsciously walked to the Ziluo Courtyard where Gu Qing'er lived.

The door of the Ziluo Courtyard was closed, and there was a big lock hanging on it, so you couldn't see the situation inside, but just looking at the desolate scene outside the courtyard, the situation inside was even more conceivable.

Listening to the little girl who led the way, after the Gu family's accident, Mu Lingzhi ordered someone to block the Ziluo Courtyard, because the Gu family died too miserably, and the people in the mansion were not afraid of getting too close to the Ziluo Courtyard, and they felt unlucky, so even the surrounding area of the courtyard became desolate.

Yu Ruyan listened to the little girl silently and didn't say a word, but Brother An was also trembling a few times and was very scared.

She was next to Yu Ruyan's side and asked fearfully: "Princess, obviously His Royal Highness has sent someone to find Aunt Kuang, why does the princess have to go to her yard to come to her yard, she is not there, and it is in vain to go to her yard." ”

Brother An has always been courageous, she has never seen the tragic situation of Gu Qing'er when she died, but she was scared when she heard the little girl talk about it.

Although Yu Ruyan saw Gu Qing'er's tragic death with her own eyes. In addition to heartache but no fear at all, she said as she walked forward: "Although Aunt Kuang has an indifferent temperament and does not interact with the people in the house, I heard His Royal Highness say that she has stayed in the mansion all these years and has not had any accidents, but now it is suddenly gone without a sound, there must be something strange, so I want to go to her yard to see if I can find any clues." ”

While talking, they had already passed through the Ziluo Courtyard, and they had arrived at Kuang Qinqin's Bihe Courtyard not far away.

Bihe-in Temple is also close to the lake, because the lake in front of the courtyard happens to be planted with a large number of lotus flowers, so the courtyard is named Bihe-in.

As the name suggests, the courtyard is not big, but the scenery inside is refreshing, simple and simple, clear at a glance, but it is very compatible with Kuang Qinqin's temperament, and it also makes Yu Ruyan inexplicably give birth to a few feelings of intimacy.

They just stepped into the courtyard gate, accidentally alarmed the yard was foraging for a dozen pigeons, Yu Ruyan thought that these pigeons were wild pigeons that ran to the yard to feed, until they saw the food box in the yard girl held in their hands, these pigeons were actually raised by Bihe Courtyard.

The girl who fed the pigeons was Kuang Qinqin's attendant big girl Luoyue, and Luoyue suddenly saw Yu Ruyan and them coming in, and she was startled.

Luoyue had also seen Yu Ruyan in the mansion before, and she had always thought that she was just a vulgar little girl cleaning the garden in the garden, but since the last time she saw Yu Ruyan at the gate of the city with Kuang Qinqin, she was dressed in splendid clothes and appeared in front of everyone, Luoyue couldn't believe that there could be such a thing in the world, and an inferior girl could turn over and become a princess.

Now that she suddenly saw her here, Luoyue panicked, and was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt in the courtyard, bowed her head and asked Yu Ruyan to say goodbye.

Yu Ruyan had seen the moon set a few times before, but she was not familiar with it. She didn't say a word, but looking at her appearance, she was an honest girl, so she said softly: "Get up, I won't come to your master's yard to see if there are clues that your master is missing." Take me to Aunt Kwong's room. ”

Hearing this, Luoyue hurriedly got up from the ground and led Yu Ruyan to the room where Kuang Qinqin lived.

Kuang Qinqin's room is also simple, except for the necessary tables, chairs, beds and stools, it is not like the rooms of other masters of the palace, it is full of valuable and dazzling ornaments. There wasn't even a bogu shelf in her room, but there was a desk in front of the windowsill, and the bookshelf next to it was full of books.

Kwong Qinqin was born as a diligent geisha, and it stands to reason that she should be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but in her room there are nothing but books piled up on the shelves. There is no such thing as a pipa qinxiao, but it is a bit surprising.

Yu Ruyan slowly walked to the bookshelf in front of the windowsill, and casually scanned the books on the shelf, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

The books on the shelves, except for a few books, are all medical books and books on various herbs.

Does Kwong Qinqin understand medical skills?

Thinking of this, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but turn around and casually asked Luoyue: "Auntie, has she studied medicine?" ”

Luoyue replied in a low voice: "The slave doesn't know, I only know that my aunt usually likes to flip through these books, as for whether she understands medical skills, the slave doesn't know." ”

Yu Ruyan felt that she was asking too much, if she didn't know medical skills, how could she read these boring medical books?!

She turned to Kwong Qinqin's dresser, opened her makeup box, and the headdress jewelry inside was half a box, and Yu Ruyan beat her closet again, and the clothes of the four seasons were also there.

She turned around and asked Luoyue, "When your master left, did he take anything with him?" ”

Luoyue said with a confused face: "The master was feeding the pigeons in the yard at the time, and suddenly his face changed, and then he rushed away without saying a word, and the slave and maid chased after her and asked her where to go, but she only let the slave and maid come back, and was not allowed to follow her."

Yu Ruyan walked around the room, and when she returned to the yard, the frightened pigeons flew back again, and one by one they lowered their heads and pecked at the broken corn kernels on the ground.

She picked up the food box hanging under the eaves and scattered a handful of corn kernels on the ground. Ask Luoyue: "How long has your master kept this pigeon?" ”

Luoyue lowered her eyebrows and followed her, and said, "The slave has been raised by the master since she followed the master. Usually the master feeds these pigeons, and never lets the slaves and maids interfere. ”

Yu Ruyan quietly looked at the pigeons in the yard for a while, and led Brother An out without saying anything.

On the way back, Brother An saw that Yu Ruyan had been walking silently, and couldn't help but be curious: "The master has gone on such a trip, has he found anything?" ”

Usually, Yu Ruyan would tell Brother An about anything, but today Yu Ruyan pondered, just frowned and walked, without saying a word. After a long time, he said in a muffled voice: "Don't go back yet, walk around with me." ”

Brother An knew that she was in a bad mood, so he didn't say anything more. Quietly accompanied Yu Ruyan aimlessly walking around the palace.

Unknowingly, she walked in front of another courtyard, Yu Ruyan looked at the door number on the courtyard door, frowned, and was about to turn around to leave, but almost bumped into an oncoming person.

Chen's mother was carrying a food box in her hand and was rushing towards the Spring Courtyard, but she didn't expect to bump into Yu Ruyan by accident.

Looking at each other, both of them were stunned for a moment.

In the end, it was Yu Ruyan who reacted first, she saw that she had only been seen for half a year, and Chen's mother had already lost her black hair, and she felt pity. couldn't help but say softly: "Mother Chen, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?" ”

Although I had already heard that the girl who lived in the small garden bungalow with them was the princess of Her Royal Highness, but today when she suddenly saw Yu Ruyan in a gorgeous dress appear in front of her, Chen's mother still couldn't react, and she was stunned for a long time before she quickly knelt down with a pale face, and respectfully nodded to Yu Ruyan and said: "The old slave knocked on the princess, and he mistook the princess for the princess before, and asked the princess for forgiveness!" ”

Yu Ruyan still remembers that when she first met Chen's mother, although she was dressed in the clothes of a subordinate, she also had a good face. The spirit is also very good, but now he is full of gray hair, his expression is much more depressed, and his eyes are cloudy.

took two steps forward and picked up Chen's mother with her own hands, and Yuruyan said with a smile: "Mother Chen, I was in this mansion before, and thanks to Chen's mother's care for me, you and I don't have to have a relationship." ”

Mother Chen saw that she was now like this, but she was still as close to her as before, and her heart was hot, but when she thought of the dirty things her daughter had done, she felt that she had no face to see her, and suddenly stood in front of Yu Ruyan with a very embarrassed expression.

What she thought in her heart, Yu Ruyan was clear in her heart, looked at the food box beside her, and knew that she was sending food to Chen Yanfei, so she said: "Mother Chen doesn't have to be restrained, I'm just walking around here casually, you go get busy first." With that, he slowly left with Brother An.

But after only taking two steps, Chen's mother knelt down for her again in the back, and said with a cry in her voice: "Princess, can you see the old slave's friendship with the princess in the past." Be merciful, avoid Yan Fei's grounding, and let her out. ”

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan looked at the poor woman lying on the ground, and couldn't help but think of Chen Yanfei who climbed into Mu Lingzhi's bed with despicable means, and he drove her out of the palace.

Sighing secretly, Yu Ruyan sighed: "Mother Chen, do you remember that when I went to the bungalow in the South Garden on the first day, I met you and Uncle Chen, and Uncle Chen said to you at that time. Let you keep Yan Fei in charge of it tightly, so as not to cause trouble for her in the future, now that I think about it, Uncle Chen knows this daughter very well, she is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she will endure a lot of trouble for you and this palace. ”

When Mother Chen heard this, her whole body trembled, her face swelled with shame, her head lowered, and her voice was full of helplessness and regret: "What the princess said is that she is like this now, it is all because the old slave is not good at teaching her daughters. When her brother left, she was left alone as a child, and I was really too used to her, which caused her to be so greedy and unscrupulous, everything was the fault of the old slave, and I asked the princess to forgive her again and let her out. ”

Chen's mother knew in her heart that Chen Yanfei had done something wrong, but she still couldn't help but tolerate her, kept saying that it was her fault, and begged Yuruyan to lift Chen Yanfei's grounding.

When Chen's mother knelt on the ground to plead, Yu Ruyan's eyes saw a figure flashing by the half-open corner door of the Spring Courtyard, and her heart was slightly cold.

Although Chen Yanfei was punished by Mu Lingzhi for half a year's banning, the people in her courtyard could still enter and leave normally. So usually the corner door is still open.

Yu Ruyan's sharp eyes saw who the person in the corner gate was, and she didn't say anything, but said to Chen's mother: "The grounding matter was punished by His Royal Highness, and I have no right to ask." Moreover, Chen Yanfei's temperament, it is good to let her be locked up for a few more days, Chen's mother doesn't have to beg me again, it is better to persuade her, let her completely calm down, so as not to suffer more in the future. ”

When she said this, her eyes were fixed on the corner door, and sure enough. As soon as her voice fell, the figure there flashed, Chen Yanfei was so angry that she walked out of the corner door, angrily stepped forward and pulled up Chen's mother on the ground, and said: "Who asked you to beg her, she has always hated Her Highness for favoring me, wishing I died, and I was grounded because of her, but now you come to beg her?" I'm really old and confused, go back quickly, don't embarrass me here. ”

Chen Yanfei unceremoniously reprimanded Chen's mother in front of Yu Ruyan, and she didn't call 'mother' from beginning to end. That arrogant and vicious attitude is really eye-catching.

Yu Ruyan looked at her coldly, ignoring the disrespect in her words, but Chen's mother reacted, and hurriedly pulled Chen Yanfei to kneel down to Yu Ruyan together, and said anxiously: "You haven't lifted the grounding yet, how can you go out of the yard without permission?" Confess your mistake to the princess and ask her to forgive you. ”

As soon as Chen's mother reminded her, Chen Yanfei realized that she had broken the boundary on impulse, and she couldn't help but panic, for fear that Yu Ruyan would punish her for a few more months by taking advantage of this matter, which would simply kill her!

finally looked forward to His Highness's return, but she was locked in the courtyard every day and did not see the sky. How can this make her, who is bent on winning favor, endure it?

But she was jealous and hated Yu Ruyan to death, and she was scared, but she refused to admit defeat on her face, and she refused to kneel down for Yu Ruyan, and said stiffly: "I'm not afraid of her, I have my own way to get His Highness to lift my grounding, so you don't need to beg her here to be embarrassed!" ”

Yu Ruyan couldn't help but sneer, and said coldly: "Yes, you have a lot of ideas, why, do you want to drug His Highness again and pretend to be me to confuse him?" ”

After that, he coldly ordered: "Aunt Chen, who has no respect for her elders, will be demoted to a concubine and sent to the miscellaneous room for hard labor." ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Yanfei was completely dumbfounded!