Chapter 134: The Disaster of Worshipping the Heavens
After listening to An Lirong's words, the thin curtain body was soft, even if she was standing on the edge of the table, she was unsteady on her feet, she was soft on the ground, her eyes were round, and she trembled: "Master, she is Princess Heshuo, and she will be the future princess, how dare I...... How dare you attack her? ”
"Don't dare!?"
Seeing that she was afraid to retreat, An Lirong took two steps forward and squeezed her hand tightly, dragged her forward a few steps, and then slammed her on the broken porcelain piece on the ground that she had smashed just now.
The thin curtain was injured by broken porcelain pieces in many places, and it was so painful that I wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry.
An Lirong was born in a beautiful family, usually Wenwen is weak, her hands can't be lifted and her shoulders can't be lifted, she is very delicate, but she didn't expect her strength to be big today, she dragged the thin curtain and walked a few steps without breathing, and said fiercely: "Now, if we are afraid of her and dare not take the initiative to attack, we will be like this house full of porcelain, she will be smashed into slag." ”
The thin curtain was pierced by the porcelain pieces on the ground, she was panting like a trapped beast, although she was afraid of Yu Ruyan, but she was also afraid of her An Lirong, and at the same time understood that she was reasonable, so she gritted her teeth and said: "Master, everything is up to your arrangement!" ”
In Yunsong Courtyard, Yu Ruyan didn't know that An Lirong's master and servant hated her again, she was really tired, and she didn't wake up all the way after being hugged by Mu Lingzhi.
Seeing her sleeping soundly, even if the hour was approaching, Mu Lingzhi was reluctant to wake her up, until he changed into court clothes and carried her out of the house again, and got into the carriage, Yu Ruyan woke up leisurely.
She looked at Mu Lingzhi, who was dressed in formal clothes, and then looked at the direction of the car, and suddenly became anxious-
"Oh, why didn't Your Highness wake me up, isn't it rude that I haven't changed my clothes and my hair has not been combed?"
Seeing her anxious appearance, Mu Lingzhi stroked her hand and comforted: "Don't worry, don't worry, I have asked Brother An and Tong Qian to take your clothes and accessories to the palace to wait, and when we go, just go to my Chaoyang Palace to change them." ”
"Chaoyang Palace? Is there still a palace in the palace where His Highness lived? ”
"Absolutely." Looking at Yu Ruyan's curious appearance, Mu Lingzhi patiently explained to her: "There are not many heirs of the father and the emperor, and now there are only three princes. Sometimes when my father was lonely, he would call us into the palace to talk and chat with him, and sometimes he would stay in the palace when it was late, so the palace where we used to live stayed stayed. ”
Yu Ruyan nodded clearly, and after getting out of the carriage, she was led by Mu Lingzhi to Chaoyang Palace, and changed her clothes after a while.
Looking at the princess clothes on her body, Yu Ruyan said a little timidly: "Your Highness, your father and the emperor have not yet agreed to marry us, and I am afraid it is not appropriate to appear in front of everyone wearing the princess's clothes today, right?" ”
Mu Lingzhi disagreed: "It's a matter of time before you become my princess." Besides, you're already my person, and you're still an old husband and wife who have been in bed together for a year, so what's wrong. Do you think that even if my father does not agree, I will marry another woman in this life? ”
Yu Ruyan was blushing by his love words, and couldn't help but joke with him: "Your Highness is now talking about love, but it is also easy to come, and it looks a little similar to those romantic talents, and she will say love words to make people happy!" ”
Mu Lingzhi couldn't help laughing when she was teased, so she raised her chin lightly and said proudly: "I am very happy to hear the lady's comment, people are not romantic teenagers." As long as the lady likes it, I will definitely recite all the sour poems and love words left by the ancients, and say it to you day and night. ”
After that, he kissed her on the mouth in front of all the palace maids.
After kissing, he looked satisfied and proud, and Yu Ruyan couldn't help laughing anymore when she looked at the rouge on his mouth.
It turned out that the rouge on Yu Ruyan's mouth had just been applied, and he kissed it and stained his mouth red.
At this moment, the palace people in the house no longer blushed, but couldn't help but secretly laugh one by one!
Yu Ruyan couldn't help laughing, laughing so hard that her stomach hurt, and when Mu Lingzhi reacted to herself, she was rarely ashamed.
He childishly put his mouth in front of Yu Ruyan and said, "The lady's rouge is so naughty, she actually ran to her husband's mouth, quickly wipe it for me." ”
However, Yu Ruyan didn't have time to wipe it for him with a silk handkerchief, but Tong Qian brought in a knife, and when he saw the scene in the house, the knife's face darkened.
After he bathed and changed clothes, he heard that Mu Lingzhi led Yu Ruyan into Chaoyang Palace, and Chaoyang Palace was adjacent to his East Palace, he couldn't help but come over to take a look, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the door, he saw the two of them teasing sweetly.
Xiaodao looked at the shy appearance of Yu Ruyan's little daughter's house, the flush on his face and the shy and sweet appearance were something he had never seen before.
And this kind of jade Ruyan looks better than she ever before, although there is an endless sour taste in her heart, it makes Xiao Dao reluctant to take his eyes off.
has always been in front of him, although Yu Ruyan loves him very much, but she usually has cold eyes, and at most she is gentle and merciful to him, the kind of love between her sister and her brother has never been like now, her face is full of happiness and sweetness, and her sparkling eyes are full of spring and affection, as if sweet honey is added to it, bright and charming!
For a moment, it was as if a thick ball of cotton wool was stuffed into the heart, making the knife feel stuffy and suffocating!
Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan were also a little embarrassed when they suddenly saw him come in, Mu Lingzhi asked, "The ceremony is about to start, why did you come here?" ”
Xiao Dao's face flashed at a loss, he couldn't think of any reason to come here, but he couldn't help but want to see Yu Ruyan in his heart, I heard that she was in Chaoyang Palace, and I couldn't help but come over, and now I was asked by Mu Lingyi, so I had to say abruptly: "After I came back, I showed that one of the two sachets I usually carried on my body was missing, and I wanted to come over and ask my sister, can I see my sachet in the courtyard last night?" ”
Yu Ruyan looked at him now wearing a bright yellow and dazzling prince dress, noble and awe-inspiring, the wind of a king was exposed, not only the precious ancient jade jade pendant hanging on his waist, but also another worn-out sachet he gave him, and he couldn't help but feel sad and uneasy.
Xiaodao is finally obsessed with her feelings, which makes Yu Ruyan very uneasy.
But she also knows that emotional things are not like something hanging on her body, which can be taken down and given up at will, and the most helpless part of feelings is that she can't help herself.
So she can't let the knife immediately cut off the feelings she shouldn't have, but she won't give him any hope to sink again.
She didn't take out the sachet she had on her body and return it to the knife, saying, "I did see that sachet yesterday, but I saw that it was too worn, so I threw ......it away."
Hearing that the sachet was thrown by her, Xiao Dao's expression froze, and his face showed a little sadness, but before he could speak, Yu Ruyan continued: "These male yellow packets were in the military camp before, and His Highness was worried that I would encounter snakes and ants, so he gave them to me for self-defense. With His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's current status, he really shouldn't wear this kind of shabby sachet on his body anymore, especially today's solemn dedication, it is really a loss of identity! ”
When Xiaodao heard that this sachet was actually given to her by her brother, her expression darkened, and she was stunned: "Xiaodao is used to it......"
His hand gently stroked the sachet on his waist, thought about it, and finally took it off, but he was still not willing to throw it away, but carefully put it away.
However, at this moment, a little eunuch who had been following Xiaodao and had been lowering his head, saw Xiaodao put away the sachet, stepped forward happily, raised his big black eyes, took out a delicately made sachet on his body, and did not ask Xiaodao to agree or not, so he stepped forward to tie it around his waist, and said excitedly: "Your Highness, look, this is the sachet I sewed for you after staying up all night." I told you that the sachet you were wearing was too old for you to change, but you just wouldn't listen to me......"
Xiao Tailin's voice is crisp and pleasant, but what he says is very rebellious, not only does he call himself 'I' in front of the prince repeatedly, but he also blames the prince for not listening to him!
Suddenly, the eyes of a room of people looked at this bold little eunuch without a trace of rules, and they were all worried that his head would not be protected!
When Yu Ruyan heard this, she just glanced at it, and she recognized it when she saw those big black eyes, but this little eunuch was a little girl who chased the knife all the way from Putuo Temple to the battlefield, and then chased from the battlefield to Daliang.
I haven't seen her for a few months, Xiaoru seems to have lost a lot of weight, and her round little face is not as round and smooth as when she first saw her in the barracks.
And the knife was already frowning angrily when he heard her voice, and when her hand touched his waist, he shook her off fiercely, and threw the thin Xiaoru in front of Yu Ruyan.
Xiaodao said hatefully: "Aren't you afraid of the lesson last time?" You are a girl in the mountains, you don't want to enter the palace with me, you don't know anything about the palace rules and the world, do you know what kind of place this is? Who told you to pretend that the little eunuch was with me? Where did Xiao Fushou go? ”
Although Xiaoru was thrown to the ground by him and fell to the ground in a little pain, she didn't look aggrieved at all, and she didn't feel that it was shameless to be reprimanded in public like this.
Yu Ruyan didn't have time to reach out to help her, she herself had already gotten up from the ground, and said with a smile: "Hmph, you ate so many chickens from me when you were in Putuo Temple, and you still slept in my pit, and now you want to drive me away when you live a good life, so I won't leave, anyway, I will go wherever you go, and I will follow you in this life." ”
Xiao Ru's innocent but confessional words made Xiao Daojun blush, and the others couldn't help but laugh, although they thought she was too simple and ignorant, but she was also innocent and cute.
On the battlefield, Yu Ruyan knew that this little girl was a person with a simple mind like a blank piece of paper, she liked the knife wholeheartedly, and she didn't know that her identity was different from the knife across the clouds and mud, and she didn't have the slightest awareness of the dark danger of the harem, just like a group of jackals, tigers and leopards in the den, an ignorant little white rabbit scurried, she didn't know the danger she was in, and she was happy to stay in the tiger and wolf den and was unwilling to leave!
The knife may have been entangled by her like this, and it turned out that he couldn't do anything about her, but he turned his head and ignored her, and shouted the name of his personal little eunuch outward.
Xiaoru said proudly: "Don't call Xiao Fushou, I added a bag of croton to his tea, and it is estimated that I will not be able to get out of the thatched house at this time." ”
"Poof!" At this moment, even Yu Ruyan and Mu Lingzhi couldn't help laughing.
Xiaodao was so angry that her face turned green, and she said viciously: "You gave him such a heavy croton at once, if Xiao Fushou died, I will pour you a bag of croton and bury you with him." ”
This time, Xiaoru was completely panicked, tears came out all of a sudden, and she said in a panic: "Xiaodao, go and save Xiao Fushou." ”
Yu Ruyan really liked Xiao Ru's innocence and cuteness in her heart, and looked at her scared and sad look, and couldn't help but say: "Xiao Ru, the prince is about to go to the ceremony, you go and ask Xiao Fushou for a doctor, let the doctor save him." ”
As soon as her words fell, Xiao Ru was already running away like a little rabbit. And at this time, the palace people also came to inform them that the previous ceremony was about to begin.
On the wide square in front of the Taihe Palace, a high altar has been erected.
The customs of the Liang Kingdom, the crown prince conferring the seal and the emperor ascending the throne, must first go to the altar to worship heaven and earth, and then perform the ceremony.
When Yu Ruyan and the others arrived, the altar was surrounded by a group of ministers and hundreds of officials, and everyone looked solemn, and when they saw the arrival of the prince and the third highness, they all respectfully saluted and greeted him.
As soon as the auspicious time came, King Liang led the prince to the high platform, lit incense and worshipped, prayed and bowed, and the ministers and officials below also knelt down respectfully, but Mu Lingzhi stared at the two people on the high platform with all his attention, and at the same time, his eyes did not relax Mu Yunzhi and Mu Xiang, the eldest prince on the side, did not dare to relax in the slightest.
From the moment he met the eldest prince Mu Yunzhi when he entered the field just now, I saw that he had been quietly guarding the side, respectful and polite, and there was no expression on his face. It seems that there is no resentment and unwillingness to be the prince of the knife.
But the more calm he was, the more uneasy Mu Lingzhi was in his heart, with his understanding of the eldest prince, Xiaodao snatched his crown prince as soon as he came back, if there was no Xiaodao, it was him who was admired by tens of thousands of people on the high platform today, not Xiaodao.
How could he swallow this breath smoothly?
When Yu Ruyan first arrived at the Daliang Palace, she didn't know anyone except Concubine Xie, and Mu Lingzhi couldn't stay by her side because she had something, so she ordered her to follow Concubine Xie and kneel in the west with the other female dependents.
Xie Guifei watched her son become the prince as she wished today, and she was so excited and happy that she couldn't do it, and her face was much better for Yu Ruyan.
Halfway through the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, Yu Ruyan, who was kneeling beside Concubine Xie, suddenly felt that there was a gaze on her, she quietly raised her head and looked around, but everyone around was respectfully kneeling on the ground, and they didn't dare to mess around, and the entire square, except for the singing of the Qintian supervisor, was quiet, and during the ceremony, no one dared to say a word casually.
Yu Ruyan thought that she was too careful, she was about to retract her gaze and kneel, but the moment she retracted her gaze, her heart suddenly jumped-
From her point of view, she could just see the side face of the eldest prince Mu Yunzhi, although he didn't see anything unusual in his expression, but Yu Ruyan's eyes were sharp, and his eyes moved slightly to the side, as if he was hinting at someone.
Yu Ruyan had heard Mu Lingzhi mention it before, and the person to watch out for in today's seal ceremony was Mu Yunzhi, the eldest brother of the emperor who was robbed of the crown prince, so when she saw his appearance, her heart jumped, and she always felt that there was no good life.
Just when she was about to follow his gaze to see who the person who was talking to the eldest prince was, what she didn't expect was that Mu Yunzhi suddenly turned his face slightly sideways to look at her, and smiled weirdly.
The moment the four eyes met, Yu Ruyan seemed to be bitten by Wu Jinshao again, her whole body was like falling into an ice cave, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead in an instant.
The abnormality of her expression attracted the attention of Xie Guifei, and Xie Guifei asked her in a low voice What was wrong?
Yu Ruyan knew that she must not lose her temper at such a solemn and serious moment, so she hurriedly smiled lightly at Concubine Xie and said that she was fine.
However, her smile was still on her lips and she didn't retract it, and suddenly there was an exclamation from the high platform!
Everyone looked up to the platform for no reason, only to see that the two incense candles placed in the middle of the high platform were extinguished for some reason!
At that time, there was no wind or rain, the sky was clear, and the two candles that were so good to burn were somehow extinguished!
This sudden change surprised everyone-
When worshipping heaven and earth, I am most afraid of what will happen, once there is a problem, it means that God does not approve of the new crown prince to become the prince.
Now that the incense candle has been extinguished for no reason, everyone's hearts are sinking, but the eldest prince and Mu Xiang quietly hooked their lips and smiled proudly.
Concubine Xie was already frightened, and couldn't help but get up and go to the high platform to see what was going on, but she was able to step on the fifth step of the ladder, only to hear a loud 'click' sound, and one of the square pillars that built the high platform suddenly broke, and the entire high platform instantly tilted and collapsed......
The tall pillars, the four bronze beasts placed on the four sides of the high platform, and the tables, chairs, and desks for worship, as well as the people on them, all fell without warning.
In a frightened scream, King Liang and Xiaodao, who knew martial arts, both jumped up for the first time, and Mu Lingzhi, who was closest to the high platform, had the first reaction to get up to catch the falling Concubine Xie, but when he reacted, his face instantly lost blood, and he shouted in despair: "Don't-"
The direction of the collapse of the high platform was the place where Yu Ruyan knelt......
The place where Yu Ruyan knelt was full of the women who came to participate in the ceremony, watching the things on the high platform fall down, and the others screamed and dodged to the side.
Yu Ruyan's first reaction was to get up quickly and dodge to the side, but a small stone shot at her kneecap with great accuracy, hitting her knees weak, and she fell to the ground with a 'thud', and she couldn't get up anymore, and a copper auspicious beast that collapsed was smashing down on her-
Such a heavy copper beast smashed her head, there would still be life there?
Mu Ling's capital was about to collapse, but he was so far away from her that he couldn't catch up at all!
The knife jumped off the high platform with King Liang, and when he heard Mu Lingzhi's desperate roar, his whole body trembled, and at a glance, he also saw the copper beast flying towards Yu Ruyan, and his eyes were suddenly split, and he was about to throw King Liang aside and rush over to help Yu Ruyan block the copper beast, but he was pulled by King Liang and shouted: "You don't want to die!" ”
The knife couldn't get rid of King Liang's confinement, and looked at Yu Ruyan, who was pitiful and stupid on the ground, and shouted heartbreakingly: "Sister, get out of the way!" ”
However, she can still hide from her weak knees?!
Everyone was frightened by the scene in front of them and stayed on the spot, watching Yu Ruyan die under the bronze beast......
Mu Ziyang in the crowd looked sinister and proud, the small pebble just now was shot out by him, and today all this is a conspiracy made by Mu Xiang and the eldest prince based on the information provided by Mu Ziyue.
The main purpose of the eldest prince is to make the ceremony of worshiping the heavens unable to continue, so that King Liang thinks that it is intolerable for Xiaodao to be the prince, and God does not approve of him, so that his father will dispel the idea of making him the prince.
After Mu Ziyang learned of the eldest prince's plan, he thought of taking this opportunity to kill Yu Ruyan to avenge her original design to harm herself, and also to avenge his sister.
The two brothers and sisters are looking forward to Yu Ruyan's death, and now seeing that Yu Ruyan is about to be stoned to death, Mu Xiang's father and son are very satisfied with everything arranged today.
But just when everyone thought that Yu Ruyan was going to die, and even Mu Lingzhi was so distressed that he was about to suffocate, a figure flew out of the oblique thorn, rushed to Yu Ruyan, and hugged her a second before the bronze beast smashed into her head, and rolled away on the spot to dodge......
Everyone exclaimed again, and Mu Lingzhi's heart that was about to die was resurrected again.
But he dodged the bronze beast, but he couldn't dodge the fallen wooden pillar, seeing the wooden pillar smashing towards them, the man hugged the frightened Yu Ruyan tightly in his arms and pressed it under him, the wooden pillar 'boomed' and fell on his back, and with a 'poof', the man spurted out a mouthful of blood.
In the mess, everyone was dumbfounded, Mu Lingzhi was the first to react, and rushed forward to check the injuries of the two, he wanted to hold Yu Ruyan from the man's arms, but the person hugged her tightly, Mu Lingzhi raised his head, looked at each other, Mu Lingzhi was so shocked that he froze!
He looked at the man in front of him in disbelief, his face had changed greatly, and he wanted to open his mouth, but his mouth moved for a long time without making a sound.
The corners of the man's mouth kept dripping blood, and the blood dripped onto Yu Ruyan's face in his arms, and the warm touch made her whole body shake when she was scared stupidly, and finally came back to her senses.
Now that she was lying in someone else's arms, her first reaction was that Mu Lingzhi had saved her, and she couldn't help but exhale softly: "Your Highness, did you save me?" ”
Hearing this, the body of the person holding her trembled slightly, Yu Ruyan sensed that something was wrong, looked up, and was instantly dumbfounded.
Was she lying in the arms of a completely strange man, or in front of Mu Lingzhi, Concubine Xie and the ministers, this ......
She struggled to get down, and her hand accidentally hit the man's chest, and he couldn't help but let blood spill from his mouth.
Yu Ruyan jumped down from his arms and looked at his unfamiliar face in a daze.
I saw that the person who risked to save her had a handsome face, an awe-inspiring temperament, and although her face was pale, she still looked at her with a smile on the corner of her mouth.
Yu Ruyan couldn't help but be stunned: "Who is Your Excellency?" ”
The man wiped the blood stains from the corners of his mouth, smiled slightly, and said, "Fifth princess, long time no see!" ”