Walking in a hurry, before he walked out of the garden, he met a group of people, it was Mu Lingzhi who led the Mu family brothers and sisters and Jing Zhaoyin's official messenger over.

Her face turned pale, and she hurriedly lowered her head and lowered the panicked emotions in her eyes and stepped forward to give Mu Lingzhi a salute.

Seeing that it was her, Mu Lingzhi's expression was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help asking, "Why aren't you in Yunsong Courtyard so late?" ”

Yu Ruyan put away the panic in her heart, raised her head and grinned: "If you go back to Your Highness, the slave maid eats too much at night, and goes to the garden to take a walk to eliminate food." ”

As she spoke, her eyes swept to Mu Ziyue, who was standing beside Mu Lingzhi-

I haven't seen her for more than a month, Mu Ziyue seems to have come out of the last workshop assassination, dressed in a fiery red riding suit, with a beautiful and noble face, just like when she first saw her, bright and moving, the difference is that at this time, she has a red headscarf wrapped around her head, and there is not a single green silk on her head, Yingying apricot eyes are full of spring, but the hatred that flashes in it makes Yu Ruyan's heart clear.

She stepped forward lightly and smiled affectionately at Yu Ruyan: "Recently, the security in the Eastern Capital is not very good, and my sister has to pay attention to safety if she wants to eat at night, but don't meet fierce assassins." ”

She bit the word 'assassin' very hard, her eyes stared at Yu Ruyan for a moment, the cold light flashed in Ying Yingxing's eyes, and Yu Ruyan's heart jumped!

What I expected was right.,Sure enough, it's for the knife and himself.。

However, the more times like this, the more you can't mess up. Suppressing the panic in her heart, she smiled indifferently and said slowly: "Miss Mu said that she laughed, the palace is heavily guarded, how can there be assassins?" I think Miss Mu is too careful. ”

The chill in Mu Ziyue's eyes seeped through, seeing Mu Lingzhi's presence, she gritted her teeth to restrain the monstrous hatred in her heart, and unconsciously hooked her lips and sneered, before she could speak, Mu Ziyang on the side said in a weird manner: "Is it that my sister is too careful to find out." ”

After saying that, he turned to Mu Lingzhi and respectfully hugged his fists and said, "Your Highness, the officers and soldiers who are pursuing have seen the assassin flee into your mansion with their own eyes, and I ask Your Highness to allow me and Lord Wang to lead people to search the palace." ”

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's face became gloomy!

Seeing that his face was not depressed, Mu Ziyang hurriedly explained: "Your Highness forgives the sin, the lower officials have no other intentions, it is really this assassin who is too rampant, His Royal Highness has also seen today's events with his own eyes, and he actually killed the three guards in the palace as soon as he made a move, and he also scratched the faces of the maids beside Yue'er last time, and ran to the Prime Minister's Mansion again and again, again and again, to make trouble, and the methods were cruel, which is really hateful." If he is really hidden in His Highness's mansion, I am afraid that it will also be a huge hidden danger! I also ask Your Highness to allow the Lower Officials to capture the Assassins together with Lord Wang, so as to avoid the disaster of the palace! ”

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's heart sank with a 'groan', if he persuaded Mu Lingzhi to agree to a comprehensive search of the mansion, there would definitely be a knife!

Holding her hands nervously in her sleeves, she suppressed the panic in her heart and said lightly: "Lord Mu said it so lightly, if it is late today, most of the ladies in the back house have already slept peacefully, you bring so many people to break into the back house to search for people, I am afraid that it will alarm the entire palace, and then there will be other incidents, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate!" ”

Her concerns Mu Lingzhi had thought of it a long time ago, so he frowned and didn't pay attention to Mu Ziyang's words.

Mu Ziyang couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw that he had not opened his mouth to agree, and looked at Lord Wang, who was shrinking his neck to the side, hinting that he would persuade Mu Lingzhi to agree to search the mansion.

Lord Wang dodged his gaze, his head lowered and did not dare to raise it. I think he is a small Beijing official, where he dares to set foot in the prince's mansion, not to mention let him lead people to search the mansion. If something happens at that time, it will really be impossible to deal with it, and I am only afraid that my own head will not be guaranteed.

Seeing Lord Wang retreating, Mu Ziyang glared at him fiercely with hatred and hatred, but there was no other way to do it.

Yu Ruyan's eyes swept over Mu Ziyue's face without a trace, and seeing that she looked confident, she knew that if she spoke, Mu Lingzhi would definitely be difficult to refuse.

Sure enough, Mu Ziyue, who had been silent, spoke-

From just now, her cruel gaze has been on Yu Ruyan's face for a long time, with a cruel sneer on the corner of her mouth, and Ying Yingxing's eyes seem to see through the secret in her heart.

Yu Ruyan was stared at by her and her scalp was numb, and her eyes inadvertently revealed panic and weakness. Seeing her heart flustered, Mu Ziyue smiled proudly, and the vicious look in Ying Yingxing's eyes suddenly appeared, and she suddenly turned to Mu Lingzhi, her face was smooth and her tone was sincere: "Ling Zhi, it really shouldn't disturb the palace because of the affairs of my family's mansion, and it is even more inappropriate for the eldest brother to ask him to search the mansion, how can the mansion of a dignified prince be searched so hastily?" ”

She looked at Mu Ziyang with her eyes and said angrily: "My brother is really inappropriate! ”

Mu Ziyang was stunned when he heard this, and looked at her in astonishment, looking confused!

Today's bureau was set up by her, it was she who caught Brother An to attract the assassins, and she was the one who deliberately let the assassins go, she was the one who drove the assassins to the palace, and she was the one who asked him to search the mansion, why did she stand up against it now?

In fact, that day in the Sugar Man Workshop, the silver-masked assassin suddenly came forward to pick up the sugar water that Mu Ziyue poured on Yu Ruyan, saved Yu Ruyan, and helped her escape the catastrophe of disfigurement, but made Mu Ziyue eat the fruit and become an ugly leper. After Mu Ziyue was desperate and resentful, she calmed down and finally revealed a secret-

That is, the silver masked man and Yu Ruyan knew each other that day!

If he didn't know, why did he stand up to help Yu Ruyan!

She had already suspected that the assassin was related to Yu Ruyan when she had slashed the face of the maid with the knife before, but after what happened in the sugar man's workshop, she was even more convinced that her guess was right.

This thought got into her mind and could never get rid of it, the person she hated the most in her life was Yu Ruyan, she tried everything to send her to hell, but she couldn't find a way to deal with her.

After fighting with Yu Ruyan a few times, she has deeply understood that Yu Ruyan is far from being as simple as it seems, there must be secrets hidden behind her, and that assassin is the breakthrough for her to dig out all the secrets behind Yu Ruyan!

She couldn't sleep for a few nights when she was so excited, she laid out carefully, first arrested Brother An and put him in the mansion for torture, and then deliberately led a knife into the mansion to save people when Mu Lingzhi came to see her, and finally let him go, forcing him to flee to the palace, and finally led people to search the mansion-

If it was really as she expected that Jade Ruyan had something to do with the assassins, then when the assassins were trapped and fled into the palace, they would definitely come to her for help, and then they would be captured together in front of Mu Lingzhi in person, and see how this cheap woman could quibble?

Mu Ziyue restrained the excitement in her heart, her cold eyes glanced at Yu Ruyan coldly, and her tone was gentle, but it was like a poisonous weapon piercing Yu Ruyan's heart-

"The officers and soldiers who rounded up saw the assassin flee into the palace with their own eyes, and if such a big hidden danger could not be found, I was afraid that it would make the back house uneasy. But a search would disturb everyone, so I had an idea—"

She looked at Mu Lingzhi with sparkling apricot eyes, and her tone was gentle and sincere: "The palace is heavily guarded, I think that assassin will not choose a place with many people to escape, he should go to a remote place with few people to hide, he has injuries on his body, and there will definitely be blood stains along the way, let's go around the garden to look for it, so that we will not disturb everyone in the palace, and we should be able to find the assassin soon!" ”

After that, the slender jade finger pointed lightly in the direction of Yu Ruyan's origin, pointing in the direction of Yu Ruyan's small bungalow.

Mu Ziyang came back to his senses, and immediately understood the meaning of her words, and said happily: "Xiaoyue's idea is very good, and the analysis is reasonable, so that it will not disturb the queen of the house, and it will also narrow the scope of the search, which is really a double win!" ”

Mu Lingzhi saw that the direction Mu Ziyue was pointing to was the small bungalow of Yu Ruyan, and his heart was clear, and he said coldly: "Xiao Yue is really sure that the assassin is in the garden?" ”

Mu Ziyue was about to speak, but Yu Ruyan preemptively said: "Your Highness, the slave maid just came over from there, and I didn't see any suspicious people······

"That assassin's martial arts are very good, and climbing over the wall to enter the house is even more trivial, how can you guarantee that you haven't lost your eyes?" Under the light of the fire, Mu Ziyue's face was obviously beautiful and moving, but in the eyes of Yu Ruyan, it was like a rakshasa.

Hesitate flashed in Mu Lingzhi's eyes-

From the time Mu Ziyue kept saying that he wanted to search the palace garden, he had vaguely understood that today's so-called search for assassins was only afraid that the real target of the Mu family brothers and sisters was Yu Ruyan, and he didn't know what other tricks they had waiting to deal with her, so he had been very entangled in whether to agree to search the palace?

In the end, he was still afraid that Yu Ruyan would be scared again!

He thought for a while, his eyes gently swept over Yu Ruyan on the side, and said firmly: "I believe she will not be mistaken, since she came from here just now and there is no assassin, then go to other corners of the garden to have a look." ”

Mu Lingzhi's words must have warmed Yu Ruyan's heart-

He believed in himself so much!

Looking at the trust and protection in his eyes, Yu Ruyan's heart was excited, the panic in her heart disappeared unconsciously, with his support and trust, her chances of winning were even greater!

Thinking of this, she gritted her teeth and insisted: "Your Highness is wise, the slave maid really didn't see any assassins, Miss Xiaoyue wants to search, it is better to go to other places in the garden to have a look, so as not to waste time here and let the assassins escape!" ”

She looked at Mu Ziyue with a provocative voice, who was already jealous when she heard Mu Lingzhi speak for her.

"Oh, Miss Xiaoqing is so sure?" She approached her step by step, her cruel gaze seemed to pierce her heart, she hated her to the bone, and now when she heard Mu Lingzhi speak for her, the hatred in her heart was even more turbulent, and her cold gaze swept across her face like a poisonous snake's letter, making Yu Ruyan's heart furious.

Seeing this, she suddenly picked up Yu Ruyan's hand, her cruel eyes flashed, and she raised her sleeves and said proudly: "Let's see, what is on her sleeve?" ”

Hearing this, Mu Ziyang hurriedly took the torch in the hands of his subordinates on the side and came over, and under the bright firelight, he saw that there was a blood stain on the white sleeves of Yu Ruyan's lotus, but it was accidentally stained when she was helping the knife wipe her body just now.

Mu Ziyue grabbed the handle, the smug look in Ying Yingxing's eyes flashed, she dragged Yu Ruyan to Mu Lingzhi with all her strength, and said coldly: "She appeared in the garden sneakily at such a late hour, and there are blood stains on her body, it looks like she was accidentally left behind when she helped the assassin, Ling Zhi, do you still believe her words now?" ”

Yu Ruyan's hand was tightly clamped by her, unable to move, and a faint cold light flashed in her shining eyes-

The fish bites!

Looking at the bright red mark on her sleeve, Mu Ling's eyes sank, and he looked into her eyes and said word by word: "I think it's too inappropriate to suspect her just because of a blood stain." Satsuki can't be too arbitrary. ”

Yu Ruyan's heart was shocked, and she looked at the man in front of her who trusted her in disbelief and widened his eyes in disbelief-

Unexpectedly, for the first time, Mu Lingzhi did not stand by Mu Ziyue's side but on her side, believing that she would defend her!

Her eyes were red and uncomfortable, and there was a heat surge in her heart, finally, she was no longer alone, she had to rely on and have company!

Mu Lingzhi's words were like a sharp dagger stabbing into Mu Ziyue's heart, her heart was suffocated, the blood in her heart was rolling, she gritted her teeth to suppress the hatred in her heart, and asked unwillingly with a white face: "Even if this blood stain can't prove that it is on the assassin's body, why is there a blood stain on the body of a good person?" ”

Her hand was always clamping on Yu Ruyan's hand and refused to let go, staring at Yu Ruyan fiercely with a cold gaze, with an unending look!

"There are rats in my room, probably from when I was just beating rats." Yu Ruyan looked at her with a watery gaze, and her understatement tone sounded in Mu Ziyue's ears, which was more sarcastic than slapping her!

She broke free of her hand and said slowly: "Miss Mu seems to have a lot of prejudice against me, no matter what can be planted on my head, what does it matter to me that there are assassins in your house?" ”

"If nothing else, I'll go back to Yunsong Courtyard first." Yu Ruyan shook off Mu Ziyue's hand and grinned at Mu Lingzhi: "Your Highness, it's not too early, I'll go back first." ”

Mu Ziyue couldn't wait to eat her alive, how could it be so easy to let her go?

She stopped her, glared at her fiercely, and said word by word: "Heh, it's none of your business? Before the truth is ascertained, everything is too early! ”

After speaking, she turned her head to look at Mu Lingdao: "Ling Zhi, there is one thing I haven't had time to tell you, do you know that the girl who the assassin came to my mansion today to snatch is Xiao Qing's friend, if the assassin is not familiar with them, why would he desperately break into the prime minister's mansion to rob people." ”

She cried bitterly, "Ling Zhi, the last time the assassin in the workshop broke my head by picking up sugar water, and made me a leper who everyone laughed at and despised me······ My whole life was ruined at the hands of the Assassin, and he hurt me so badly, don't you feel sorry for me, don't you feel sorry for me? ”

After that, she knelt on the uneven ground with her knees weak, knelt down and hugged his legs and cried: "I only ask you to let me search the bungalow in your house to find out the murderer of me, can't you agree to such a request?" ”

She looked really pitiful when she cried, tears were majestic, and she looked at Mu Lingzhi with tears in her eyes, and her tone was sad, "Now that people all over the world dislike me, do you want to abandon me?" ”

Mu Ling's heart froze, his mood was extremely complicated, he didn't believe that Yu Ruyan would harbor assassins from beginning to end, but looking at Mu Ziyue now described like this, it was really pitiful, looking at her, his mind couldn't help but think of his cousin Mu Yizhi, and the guilt in his heart suddenly surged up.

So far, it's time to add to the fire!

Yu Ruyan's shining eyes flashed slightly, and she stepped forward quietly and knelt in front of Mu Lingzhi, raised her head and said with a face full of grievances: "Your Highness, the search for the house is a small matter, but Miss Mu's slander of the slave maid is chilling!" ”

She knelt there, her thin back straightened, and she said decisively: "The slave and maid are just the maids of the Qi State to marry, and they are cherished by His Royal Highness, and they follow His Highness back from the border pass, and they have been staying in the palace to keep to themselves, and they have never had the slightest intention of harming others." However, no matter how the slave and maid are calm, they still become a thorn in the flesh in the eyes of others. ”

Although no tears fell, Yu Ruyan's voice was already crying, and she said coldly: "Less than half a year after entering the palace, I was first sold to the Qinglou inexplicably, and finally escaped from death, and went to the prince's banquet to be treated as a prostitute who did not abide by women's morals, and was almost killed by His Royal Highness by mistake." Now, he has become a vicious person who conspires with the assassins, and this slander and framing is really ······ It's too much of a deception, so that the slave maid is worse than death, and please ask His Royal Highness to give the slave and maid justice! ”

Her words exploded like a thunderbolt in everyone's hearts. Mu Ziyue's whole body trembled, and her body was instantly cold-

The things that Yu Ruyan complained about were all her conspiracy to frame her, and now that she said it in public, Mu Ziyue hated and was ashamed. She secretly looked up at Mu Lingzhi's expression, only to see that the latter's face was cold, and his expression was clearly described, as if he had completely understood the conspiracy he had just mentioned!

His heart was shocked, could it be that he had already understood what she had done to that?

Her whole body trembled, and she buried her head and didn't dare to look at his expression again, and the chill on her body was like a lake without an embankment surging all over her body—

No wonder, no wonder she always felt that Mu Lingzhi's relationship with her was becoming more and more estranged, she no longer felt that sweet love between men and women in him, the aura emanating from his body was very strange, so strange that it made her frightened and afraid!

It turned out that everything he did couldn't escape his eyes!

In the end, Mu Lingzhi stretched out his hand to pull up Mu Ziyue in front of him, and then pulled Yu Ruyan to his side, and said in a cold tone: "It's okay to search the room, but if there is no assassin you are looking for in the room, you are slandering her, how can you ask her for guilt??" ”

Mu Ziyue's excited expression just now suddenly looked up at him after hearing his words, and her eyes were full of disbelief-

A's room is searched, do you still need to ask her for guilt?!

Her gaze touched the resolute indifference in Mu Lingzhi's eyes, knowing that she had no way out, she gritted her teeth and nodded, and said coldly: "If there is no trace of the assassin in the room, I am willing to punish Miss Xiaoqing!" ”

The next person came to report and saw the assassin staying in Yu Ruyan's bungalow, so he put up with this breath for the time being, as long as Mu Lingzhi agreed to search the room, then let him see the assassin in the room of the cheap maid and see how she died?

Hearing her answer, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but feel relieved.

Mu Lingzhi turned around and coldly ordered the copper coin: "Search! ”

Hearing that Mu Lingzhi finally agreed to search Yuruyan's room, Mu Ziyue's face was happy, and the smug look in Ying Yingxing's eyes was clear - in the end, Ling Zhi still cared about her.

When the group came to the door of Yu Ruyan's house, Mu Ziyang was about to lead his troops to stop the bungalow, but Mu Lingzhi stretched out his hand to stop it and said coldly: "Since the assassin has come to this mansion, you don't have to worry about it. Come, surround the surroundings, and not a single fly will be released! Mu Ziyang was stopped, his whole body was shocked, and he glanced at Mu Lingzhi with an embarrassed expression, the chill in the other party's eyes made him feel afraid, and he silently stepped aside before speaking.

Mu Ziyue couldn't help but be anxious, and stepped forward and said anxiously: "Ling Zhi'······"

Before he could say anything, he interrupted him, and Mu Lingzhi said with a slight coolness: "I promised to search the mansion, but I didn't promise to let outsiders search it." You can rest assured, the nursing courtyard in the palace is no worse than the officials outside, and the most important thing is that they are loyal to the palace, I believe in them! ”

Send people from your own house to search the house, and you won't be afraid that someone will do anything again!

Mu Ziyue trembled, she understood the meaning of Mu Ling's words very well, and he no longer trusted her.

The small door opened, and the torches peeked in, revealing everything inside, a bed, a table, a chest of drawers, three benches, and nothing else to be found in the simple room except for these few simple pieces of furniture, let alone an assassin!

Mu Ziyue's face suddenly darkened, and she looked at everything in front of her in disbelief-

How so?

Didn't the subordinate come to report that he had seen the Assassin enter the bungalow, why was there no one now?

Yu Ruyan entered the room with her, looked at her sudden change of color, and said coldly: "Miss Mu, take a closer look, is there someone you are looking for in my small room?" ”

Mu Ziyue couldn't say a word, she looked at the empty room in front of her in a daze, her heart was full of hatred, her face was blue and white, and she stayed on the spot.

Mu Ziyang's face also changed, he had heard his sister say that the assassin was here, so he asked Mu Lingzhi to search the mansion, but now-

His eyes dimmed, and he did not give up and went into the house to search around, but the bungalow was only so big, no matter how he searched it, he still couldn't see half a figure······

Leaving the copper coin to take the courtyard to continue the search, the others followed Mu Lingzhi back to the front hall.

The candles in the front hall were shining, and there was a strange atmosphere in the air, Mu Lingzhi sat on the upper seat, drinking tea leisurely, his eyes gently glanced at Mu Ziyue, who was standing on the side with a pale face, and his eyes were cold.

However, the others were also like him, and their eyes invariably looked at the eldest lady of the Mu family with an uneasy expression.

She personally promised that if she couldn't find an assassin in the house, she would ask Yu Ruyan for guilt, so everyone heard it, and now everyone looked at how the noble and elegant Miss Xiangfu asked a lowly military prostitute?

Yu Ruyan retracted her eyebrows and stood quietly beside Mu Lingzhi, her face calm and indifferent, not urging or hurrying.