Chapter Ninety-Eight: Disaster to the Country and the People
Concubine Li's mother ran to the Jinying Palace late at night to arrest people, others couldn't figure it out in the clouds, but Yu Ruyan knew it like a mirror in her heart.
Before returning to the palace, she thought that she would finally pass the level of Concubine Li.
A year ago, she married Da Liang, but she didn't expect that the sedan chair was caught up by the seventh princess Yu rosary halfway through, saying that she wanted to go to Da Liang with her to play!
Jade rosary is Concubine Li's most precious daughter, usually in the palace, in addition to Jade Mingzhu, she is the most noble, not only because her mother is Concubine Li's mother, but also because she has an uncle who has a stake - General Liang Dingguo 6 Rong
6 families are a tiger general, and the daughters who have been taught are also spicy, not only Concubine Li, but also the Seventh Princess Jade Rosary. She insisted on going with Yu Ruyan's family sending team, but Yu Ruyan got her there, so she could only let her follow all the way.
Coming to the junction of the two countries of Qiliang, the mountain road is difficult to walk, the sun is poisonous, the jade rosary dislikes the sedan chair is not permeable and too stuffy, and is afraid of taking the mountain road, so he drove Yu Ruyan down from the sedan chair, climbed up and sat down.
Yu Ruyan remembered that she was young and ignorant and had never suffered hardships, and she didn't care about her, so she had to get off the sedan chair by herself and climb the mountain road with Brother An and them.
However, what I didn't expect was that not long after the family sending team stepped into the realm of Daliang, it was stopped by Mu Lingzhi's army, and before everyone had time to react, a cold arrow shot at the sedan chair with a strong killing intent, nailing the ignorant jade rosary in the sedan chair......
Therefore, Concubine Li came to arrest her menacingly, because she came to avenge her for killing her daughter!
Xiaodao hurriedly came out when he heard the sound outside, and was stepping forward to save Yu Ruyan but was stopped by her with a look, Yu Ruyan shouted: "Xiaodao go back to the house!" ”
Xiaodao was so anxious that his face turned red, but he couldn't stop listening to her, and shouted anxiously: "Sister......"
Drinking back the knife, Yu Ruyan let the palace people clasp herself and couldn't move, but she looked at the angry Concubine Li in front of her with a faint look and said coldly: "Concubine Li came here late at night and came to arrest me indiscriminately, but why?" ”
Concubine Li stared fiercely at her stunning face, and couldn't help but think that if her daughter hadn't died, she would be like a flower now, but she never expected-
She grinded her teeth fiercely and said: "The lowly embryo is ominous, killing my daughter and pretending to be crazy and stupid here, you pay for my daughter's life!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Concubine Shu jumped up from behind trembling all over, knelt at Concubine Li's feet and snorted at her desperately: "Sister Li, all the mistakes are my fault, if you want to avenge the Seventh Princess, take my life." I'll pay for your daughter's life......"
Shu Concubine's words not only did not extinguish the anger in Concubine Li's heart, but on the contrary, the color on her face was even worse, she kicked Shu Concubine in the heart hard, kicked Shu Concubine directly away, and scolded fiercely: "Slut, is it worthy of paying back my daughter's life with your worthless life?" ”
Concubine Li learned martial arts for a few days before getting married, and her feet were extremely heavy, not only kicking Concubine Shu directly away, but also kicking her heart and mouth vomiting blood.
The bright red gushing out of Concubine Shu's mouth stung Yu Ruyan's heart, and she shouted in a panic: "Mother! ”
No matter what else she cared about, Yu Ruyan tried her best to break free from the palace people's clamps, but she was a delicate woman who was the opponent of the palace people, and she couldn't get out at all.
Suddenly, the jade knife that she drove back to the room jumped out of the room and rushed in front of Yu Ruyan, and the palace people who were thunderous and couldn't hide their ears punched and kicked.
Although he was afraid that he would be impulsive and cause trouble after entering the palace, Yu Ruyan put away his sword, but his fists and feet were equally at stake, and in a few moments, he had beaten those palace people to the back, and was about to snatch Yu Ruyan back, but he didn't expect a figure to suddenly flash in front of him, but it was Bai He, the personal girl next to Concubine Li, who stopped in front of the knife, and forced the defenseless knife back a few steps in a few strokes, and the two fought.
Bai He was specially sent by Dingguo General 6 Rong to protect and take care of Concubine Li, a body of kung fu is very good, and the fight with the knife with bare hands is not inferior, the knife is anxious to get rid of her to save Yu Ruyan but was entangled by her and couldn't get out, watching Concubine Li escort Yu Ruyan away from the Hibiscus Sakura Palace!
Fu'er went to pick up Shu Concubine who fell to the ground, Brother An watched Yu Ruyan being taken away, tears came down, and the six gods were about to chase Yu Ruyan out, but they were stopped by Fu'er and begged her to ask Shu Concubine for a doctor.
And the two people who were fighting over there, Bai He saw that Concubine Li had successfully taken people away from the Jinying Palace, and he no longer entangled with the knife, and one turned over and jumped out of the fighting circle and jumped out of the palace wall.
The knife was so anxious that he wanted to rush out of the palace gate to chase Concubine Li and her party, but when he came to the door, his footsteps froze-
From three years ago, he was quietly taken back to the palace by Yu Ruyan to raise in the Jinying Palace after being revealed, the King of Qi was directly asking for his life, and was desperately saved by Yu Ruyan, although the King of Qi did not kill him in the end, but it was clearly stipulated that he was not allowed to step out of the Jinying Palace half a step after nightfall, and even during the day, he would rarely appear in the harem.
There is also a reason for King Qi's order, after all, there are so many concubines, princesses and palace maids in the huge harem, Xiaodao is a man, although he is still young, but he is not as clean as the eunuchs in the palace after all, so if King Qi orders him to dare to take half a step out of the Jinying Palace after nightfall, he will be killed!
Thinking of King Qi's ban on him, Xiao Dao's eyes were full of despair, he knew that Concubine Li had caught Yu Ruyan to fight her late daughter's fate, and it was more than lucky. So just for a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind, and there was a blank look in his obsidian-like eyes, and he didn't stop any longer, and flew out of the door and ran out......
The Jinying Palace is located in the middle of nowhere, and the sound of life did not alarm too many people in the palace, and after a while, Concubine Li brought Yu Ruyan back to her Chunhe Palace.
In the Chunwu Palace, not far from the Chunhe Palace, a slightly plump woman listened carefully to the sound in the Chunhe Palace, and after a while, a palace maid hurriedly walked in and whispered in the woman's ear: "Niangniang, after Concubine Li was recruited into the Chunlan Palace by Concubine Lian in the afternoon, she went to the Jinying Palace in the evening to find trouble, and now she has tied up the five princesses back, and it is said that she wants to seek revenge on the fifth princess for the seventh princess." ”
The woman listened to the palace maid's words, the good-looking Yuanshan eyebrows furrowed slightly, a thoughtful look on her face, and after a while, she asked coldly, "What about the emperor?" I'm pestered by that poisonous woman again tonight?! ”
The palace maid looked at the depressed expression on the woman's face, and said carefully: "Yes, I heard that the poisonous ...... The excuse of Chunlan Palace was that he was frightened by the fifth princess today, and he was very flustered and scared, and as soon as it was dark, he asked the eldest princess to invite the emperor to go to Chunlan Palace......
"Say no more!" The woman was delicate and even had a chill on her little face with a little bewitchment, and said hatefully: "For a long time, she has been alone in this harem, and her mind is vicious and arrogant......"
Speaking of Concubine Lian, deep hatred flashed on the woman's face, her eyes flashed, and she whispered a few words to the palace maid, and the palace maid showed a look of embarrassment and fear on her face after hearing this, and muttered in a low voice: "Niangniang, that Chunlan Palace...... Slaves can't get in! ”
Hearing this, the woman turned around and went to the cabinet at hand and took out a few silver tickets for her, and said coldly: "You don't need to go in, you give these to the great eunuch Wei Gonggong next to the emperor, this person loves money like life, you tell him what to say, let him help you talk to the emperor." ”
The palace maid looked at the large-denomination silver ticket in her hand and was stunned, and the next second she had run out of Chunwu Palace.
King Qi was about to sleep under the service of Concubine Lian, when suddenly the big eunuch next to him came in with a panicked face, and whispered a few words in King Qi's ear, and King Qi's face changed instantly.
He put on his robe and walked out, just happened to bump into Concubine Lian who came into the door, and suddenly saw that King Qi was leaving, Concubine Lian said 'groan' in her heart, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, where are you going?" But if you have accumulated food, let the concubine accompany you to the lotus pond for a walk. ”
King Qi furrowed his brows and said: "No, it was the palace people who came to report, saying that Mei'er's stomach suddenly hurt, I went to Chunwu Palace to take a look, you don't have to wait for me, rest early." ”
Hearing the 'Mei'er' in King Qi's mouth, Concubine Lian's heart was cold, but her face was still gentle and virtuous, and she said worriedly: "What's wrong with Sister Zhaoyi?" She is pregnant, so she has to be careful! ”
King Qi is also very anxious, over the years, although there are many women in his harem, but I don't know why, most of the princesses who gave birth are princesses, and a few princes died halfway when they landed, and now he has also reached the year of the Mandate of Heaven.
The queen mother is also anxious, every day in front of the king of Qi to talk about her grandson, but there are concubines in the palace every year pregnant, but there is always no prince to take the adult, the queen mother is so angry that she directly closes the door of Yanghua Palace, eats fasting and recites Buddha in the palace every day, and does not want to see this woman in the palace again.
Under the pressure of the heir, every time a concubine in the harem is pregnant, King Qi will hold on to the desperate hope, hoping to salivate for the next prince. Therefore, Wu Zhaoyi's fetus King Qi also had great hopes, and now when he heard that she had a stomachache, he immediately rushed to Chunwu Palace.
Seeing that she couldn't stop King Qi, Concubine Lian was flustered in her heart. Her plan tonight is that Concubine Li will come forward to arrest people, but she is responsible for keeping King Qi in Chunlan Palace by all means, so as not to let someone report the news and let King Qi save Yu Ruyan.
No matter how King Qi doesn't like this fifth princess, but after all, she is his daughter, or the princess Heshuo whom he proclaimed himself, and more importantly, Concubine Lian keenly felt that this time Yu Ruyan returned to the palace, I don't know what she said to King Qi in the side hall, in short, she felt that King Qi's attitude towards her now was a little unpredictable.
In the past, if Yu Ruyan dared to kill people in Chunlan Palace like she did during the day today, His Majesty would definitely hand her over to himself and let him punish her, but today King Qi ended the matter without being salty, and ordered that the people of Chunlan Palace would not tell the people of Yuruyan about the military prostitutes, and all his actions seemed to be on her side.
She then thought that Chunwu Palace was fine early and late, and suddenly her stomach hurt at this time, and Chunwu Palace was close to Concubine Li's Chunhe Palace, if she let His Majesty show anything, the plan would be all in vain.
The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became, and she hurriedly led Yahuan to catch up with King Qi, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, Sister Zhaoyi is not feeling well, and the concubine has no intention of sleeping, so it is better to accompany Your Majesty to go over and have a look." ”
King Qi glanced back at her, and said with an appreciative expression: "It is worthy of being the person in charge of the harem, and you have to worry about big and small affairs, I didn't hurt you in vain, and I am also very relieved to hand over the harem to you." ”
Concubine Lian was stunned in her heart, smiled shyly on her face, and walked towards Chunwu Palace with King Qi.
Concubine Lian was afraid that King Qi would see something when he passed by Chunhe Palace, so she deliberately led him to walk on the path away from Chunhe Palace, but she didn't expect to meet Wu Zhaoyi, who was shouting about stomach aches, halfway through.
Seeing that Concubine Lian really deliberately took His Majesty to avoid the Chunhe Palace and walk to the path, Wu Zhaoyi couldn't help but sneer in her heart, she had already expected that Concubine Lian would make this move, so she deliberately waited here.
When King Qi saw her, he hurriedly said worriedly: "Isn't it a stomachache?" Why don't you take a good rest and still walk outside? ”
Although Wu Zhaoyi's face is not as beautiful as that of Concubine Lian, she is charming, affectionate and young, and she replied to King Qi delicately: "The concubine had a stomachache for a while, and she was worried that something would happen to the fetus, but she didn't expect that it was this child who was naughty and kicked me with her legs in her stomach." Now that he doesn't kick me, my stomach doesn't hurt anymore, and Sister Li's palace is very noisy, and the concubine can't rest, so she simply comes to this garden to go around. I didn't expect to run into Your Majesty. ”
After that, he took King Qi's hand without a trace and led him to the direction of Chunhe Palace.
I didn't walk a few steps to the gate of Chunhe Palace. Sure enough, there were fighting shouts from inside. King Qi was shocked, and without thinking about it, he lifted his feet and went in, and when he arrived at the Chunhe Palace, he couldn't help but be shocked.
I saw that there was an incense candle platform in the spacious front yard of Chunhe Palace, a tablet was offered on the table in the middle, a Taoist chief was casting spells and chanting spells around, and a person was tied to the ground in the middle, and three little Taoist priests were pouring sticky blood stains and incense ashes on her, and the whole person could not see clearly. On the other side, a young man and the big girl of the Spring and Palace, Bai He, are fighting. Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but be stupid.
But none of them came in, and the king entered. Seeing that King Qi's face was dark, Gonggong Wei hurriedly stepped forward and shouted in a thin voice: "Stop, I'm shocked!" ”
Hearing the words of Gonggong Wei, everyone came back to their senses, Concubine Li hurriedly came up, the Taoist priest stopped doing it, and the fight between the white crane and the knife was also separated. Xiao Dao couldn't take care of King Qi and them, so he split up and immediately rushed to the person in the middle of the field covered in blood and ashes, picked her up and said eagerly: "Sister, how are you?" ”
Yu Ruyan's face and nose were full of blood stains and incense ash, and she couldn't breathe through. When the knife saw it, he hurriedly untied the rope on her body, wiped the things off her face, took off her blood-stained coat and took off it, and put on his own coat.
He took care of Yu Ruyan completely regardless of it, and the distress and reluctance on his face were unconcealed in front of everyone, seeing the ambiguity in everyone's eyes, King Qi's face was dark, and his eyes were full of murder!
After a long time, King Qi asked Concubine Li coldly: "You can't sleep well in the middle of the night and make the palace smoky, what are you doing?" ”
The coldness in King Qi's words made Concubine Li's whole body tremble, and she suddenly cried heartbrokenly: "Your Majesty, since the rosary died in vain for no reason, the concubine dreamed of her wandering pitifully outside every night...... She died at a young age in a foreign land and died unexpectedly, she was resentful, she couldn't even enter the underworld, and she couldn't be reincarnated as a human being, and she became a lonely ghost wandering outside......"
Concubine Li's words were like a basin of cold water splashed on everyone, but seeing her crying until she was holding her breath, King Qi couldn't bear it, helped her up and sighed: "Forget it, this is also her fate, it's been a year, don't go to your heart." ”
"No, Your Majesty." Concubine Li turned her head and glared fiercely at Yu Ruyan, who had just been helped up by the knife, and pointed at her with trembling fingers and said sharply: "She killed the rosary." The third prince of Daliang obviously wanted to kill her, but let my rosary block the arrow for her, my daughter, ah......" Thinking of her tragic death, Concubine Li cried.
"My daughter died in vain, and she didn't see it. Everything is because of her, an ominous person, so today I want her to pay for my daughter's life, so that my daughter's spirit can rest in heaven. ”
Concubine Li gritted her teeth and said hatefully, the fierce light in her eyes was eager to kill Yu Ruyan.
"Heh, the sedan chair is what she wants to sit on, and the arrow is shot by someone else, how can I be blamed for the death of the seventh sister? Then who should I ask for my grievances? ”
Yu Ruyan couldn't bear it anymore, gritted her teeth and walked in front of King Qi with the support of the knife, and said coldly: "If you really want to investigate, why doesn't Concubine Li blame herself?" Why don't you leave the seventh sister in the palace and let her run around outside at a young age? She thinks the sedan chair is stuffy, and she thinks the mountain road is difficult to walk and wants to take my sedan chair, but now everything is mine, isn't it? Could it be that Concubine Li never taught the seventh sister that other people's wedding sedan chairs are not allowed to sit? ”
Yu Ruyan's words turned Concubine Li's face gray and white, and everyone in the palace knew that she had spoiled the seventh princess to the point of lawlessness, and now after listening to Yu Ruyan's words, she couldn't help but look at Concubine Li, and Concubine Li couldn't speak for a while.
Concubine Lian Guifei saw that Concubine Li was choked by Yu Ruyan's words and couldn't reply for a while, so she coldly gave the Taoist chief on the side, and when the Taoist chief saw it, she hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully: "Poor Dao Yiyun See Your Majesty, Poor Dao has something to say!" ”
When King Qi saw that it was him, he couldn't help but soften his face and said: "It turned out to be the Taoist Chief, and the Taoist Elder is highly respected, so you might as well say it directly!" ”
Daoist Yiyun smiled slightly, his face was modest and generous, his expression was peaceful, and he said slowly: "Concubine Li's mother lost her beloved daughter, and it is inevitable that she will be depressed. The words of the fifth princess also make sense. But—" He paused in a tone, looked around with his eyes attentive, seemed to see something pitiful, and sighed sadly: "But it is true that the ghost of the Seventh Princess does not disperse, and she has been unable to rest in the Spring and Palace Palace. Poor Dao once helped the seventh princess to see her face when she was born, she was full of heaven, the earth was round, she was still rich and noble, and there was no short-lived and blessed life, so, in the final analysis, the death of the seventh princess was also a disaster caused by the five princesses' natural ominous fate. ”
Yiyun Dao Chang said the words 'born ominous and evil' in a low voice, but when he heard it in everyone's ears, his heart was furious, and everyone's eyes looking at Yu Ruyan were full of disgust.
Yu Ruyan's heart was cold, since she was designated as an ominous person by the Dao chief in front of her when she was two years old, she didn't know how much she heard such words, and her tragic fate began at that time.
She looked at Daoist Yiyun with an indifferent expression, and sneered coldly: "How did Daoist know that the resentful soul of the seventh sister could not rest in peace? Can the Taoist Heavenly Eye pass through yin and yang? ”
Before the words fell, Concubine Lian had already reprimanded: "Hugh is unreasonable, the Taoist is still a person who cultivates immortals, and his spells are strong, don't be rude in front of him!" ”
And Yiyun Dao Chang said with a humble face that didn't care: "Poor Dao has cultivated immortals for decades, although you can't turn stones into gold and fly into the sky, but a pair of eyes can see through the two worlds of yin and yang, this - the princess really doesn't need to question it!" ”
"Since the Taoist chief is so interested, why don't you help this palace to see, is the child in the belly of this palace male or female?" Suddenly, a coquettish voice interjected. When everyone heard the sound, they looked over, only to see Wu Zhaoyi looking at Yiyun Daoist with a sincere face, waiting for him to give him an answer.
King Qi's eyes lit up, and he immediately looked at Yiyun Dao eagerly and said, "Do you want Dao Chang to open the eyes of heaven to help the widow see the fetus in Mei'er's womb, male or female?" ”
Concubine Lian's face darkened, and her expression became flustered, and although Daoist Yiyun still had a faint and breezy face, his slightly trembling sleeve robe revealed the panic in his heart.
Yu Ruyan was very close to him, and clearly saw the trembling of his sleeve robe, and couldn't help sneering in his heart.
She said unhurriedly: "The queen mother has been looking forward to seeing the imperial grandson, and next month is her birthday." If the Taoist can inform the mother in advance of the gender of the child in the womb, if it is a male fetus, I am afraid that the father will no longer have to worry about preparing a birthday gift for the queen mother, this good news is the best gift. ”
As soon as these words came out, King Qi was even more itchy, and he took two steps closer and said eagerly: "Yan'er is reasonable, Dao Chang quickly open the eyes of heaven and take a look!" ”
Daoist Yiyun couldn't calm down anymore, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and he looked up at the direction of Concubine Lian without a trace, and asked her for help!
Yiyun's so-called Tianyan is just a trick to help Concubine Lian harm people, how can he see whether Wu Zhaoyi is a man or a woman in her belly through her belly?
Concubine Lian's heart was cold, she didn't expect Wu Zhaoyi to quietly help Yu Ruyan solve the siege, but what a stake she was, she just calmed down in an instant, and blinked her eyes slightly at Daoist Yiyun, and Daoist Yiyun suddenly understood in his heart-
He can say nonsense that Wu Zhaoyi is a princess in her belly, anyway, Concubine Lian will not let her have the day when the melon is ripe!
Putting away the panic, he deliberately sighed heavily, and said slowly: "Alas, Poor Dao once said fifteen years ago that the fifth princess's ominous aura would affect the fortune of the entire Great Qi. Her majesty will not be able to have a queen under her influence, so the fetus in Zhaoyi's womb is a princess as usual. ”
Hearing this, King Qi's face instantly darkened, and he suddenly turned his head and stared at Yu Ruyan fiercely, as if he was going to cut her with a thousand knives. Concubine Lian showed an unusually satisfied smile to Yiyun Dao Chang, and turned to gently pouted to Concubine Li, Concubine Li understood, threw herself at the feet of King Qi and pointed at the pale face of Yu Ruyan and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, this ominous person has caused His Majesty's heirs to be unhappy, seeing that the dragon veins of Daqi are about to be buried by her, and also killed my daughter's life, such an ominous person, must not stay in the world and bring disaster to the people!" ”
Concubine Li's words were like a sharp knife inserted into King Qi's cold heart, and murderous aura appeared in her eyes-
If there were other things, he could still take care of the love of his father and daughter, and leave the jade like Yan Gou to live in this world, but now it has affected the lives of the entire Great Qi and harmed him without a queen, which is absolutely unforgivable!
The murderous aura in King Qi's eyes was not only felt by Yu Ruyan, but the knife that had been guarding her was even more shocked, and his obsidian-like eyes also surged with murderous aura, and before King Qi could speak, Yu Ruyan was blocked behind him.
King Qi raised his fingers and coldly ordered: "Arrest him and cut him in the afternoon!" ”
He pointed to the jade knife, and his voice was cold and piercing: "The widow once said that if you dare to take a step out of the Jinying Hall after sunset, you will be killed." And you-"
King Qi's eyes turned to Yu Ruyan, and said coldly: "Although I was driven back by Da Liang's divorce, I don't know how to converge, and my relationship with him is unclear and openly ambiguous, so don't blame my father for being ruthless." ”
Closing his eyes and not looking at Yu Ruyan's desperate expression, King Qi slowly spoke: "The fifth princess Yu Ruyan does not abide by women's morals, fornicates with male favorites, ruins the reputation of the royal family, and gives a glass of wine!" ”