Chapter 14: Impasse
The sky was still gray, the palace was already lively, and the maids hurriedly went in and out with delicate wooden carved trays, with unconcealable excitement on their faces, but they were cautious and did not dare to say a word.
Tang Ruyan sat on the dresser, letting the maids curl up her hair high, inserting a dazzling hairpin, thrush her lips and rubbing rouge, and the faint fragrance of rouge lingered in her nose, fragrant but not vulgar, depressed but not strong.
"The princess is so beautiful, I'm afraid that there are few women in this world who can match the princess." Qing'er praised sincerely, Tang Ruyan glanced at her, "Qing'er is a sweet-mouthed woman in this world. β
In the bronze mirror, a beautiful woman in ancient costume sits upright, with soft eyebrows, a towering nose, bright cherry lips, and a pair of eyes that seem to be able to speak. Tang Ruyan stretched out her hand and touched the bronze mirror, feeling even a little blurry, is the beauty in the mirror her? Or is everything just an illusion.
"Hmph, you masters and servants really compliment each other." A sour voice sounded, and Mo Yanshang walked in with her graceful waist and looked at Tang Ruyan's eyes like a sharp knife.
Tang Ruyan didn't look at her, she already knew that it was her when she didn't walk in, because the fragrance on her body was really-"People praise people high, people step on people low." The gorgeous exterior is just a layer of skin, and the inside is unknown. β
Through the bronze mirror, Tang Ruyan clearly saw the anger on Mo Yansheng's face, but this was all caused by herself, if it was just because of a man she loved, it would be difficult for her to be troubled for an irrelevant man, it would be different.
"The princess doesn't mind stepping on me." Mo Yanshang suppressed the anger in her heart and sneered.
Tang Ruyan showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, isn't it good? At least an opponent who can handle it, "Idle is also idle." β
"You-" Mo Yansheng's pretty face instantly turned red, but she still suppressed the anger in her heart. "I don't know if the princess is so Yaxing. Hurry up, the hour is coming soon, and you won't have enough to lose ten heads if you delay things. β
The maids nodded yes in agreement, and the movements of their hands were more neat.
"Humph!" The corners of Mo Yansheng's mouth pulled up a sneer, and a trace of hatred flashed in her eyes.
Tang Ruyan was slightly stunned, why did her expression look so familiar? It feels like, it's like- Tang Ruyan's heart jerked for a while, feeling that something was blocking his heart, and then he looked closely, that face, looking closely, was really-
What's going on? Can there be two people in this world who are so similar?
After cleaning up, Tang Ruyan stood up and turned around in front of the bronze mirror, but it was Mo Yansheng's person who paid attention to it, not only did he look alike, he had a similar body shape, and his height was the same, which was really a coincidence! Tang Ruyan put a big question mark in her heart, turned her head and smiled at Mo Yansheng.
"I don't know how old Miss Mo is?"
Hey? Mo Yanshang was slightly stunned, and there was a smug look in her eyes, "Naturally, she is younger than you, the most unbearable thing for this woman is the years, even if she uses high-end rouge, the wrinkles on her face are difficult to hide." β
Tang Ruyan looked at her, and she was not angry, people were telling the truth, her face was pale and haggard now, even if she was rubbed rouge, it was difficult to hide, and Mo Yanshang looked much better than her, her skin was delicate and elastic, and she was enviable when she looked at it.
"Hehe, what my sister said is that the skin can't be insured after all, but the temperament exudes from the inside, and the good youth is only a few short years, for a woman, temperament is the key to a lifetime of favor." Tang Ruyan dragged the clothes on her body, it was really cumbersome, there were four sets in the summer, fortunately, the fabrics were very light, otherwise she would have gone crazy.
"Hmph." Mo Yanshang snorted coldly and turned her head, "The time has come, let's go to the front yard, don't let the prince wait." With that, he walked out in front of him.
"This-" Qing'er just wanted to speak, but was pulled down by Tang Ruyan, and after giving her a silent look, Qing'er pouted and sullen, but did not speak again.
Surrounded by dozens of maids, Tang Ruyan came to the front yard, and along the way, she was used to acting alone, and she endured it a few times before she didn't wave away from the maids who were traveling with her.
In the front yard, six luxurious carriages were lined up one after another, and there were hundreds of neatly dressed guards, who were separated on both sides of the carriage.
Jiang Ruixuan was dressed in a silver-white robe, with a corset of the same color, a piece of auspicious jade hanging from his waist, and a red pendant dragged to his knees, since Tang Ruyan appeared in sight, he had been staring at her face.
Tang Ruyan was a little uncomfortable, and threw the dissatisfaction in his heart with his eyes in the air.
"Get in the car." Jiang Ruixuan said coldly, and immediately someone lifted the curtain behind the carriage and asked Tang Ruyan to get into the car. "Princess, please."
A sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth, this battle was really 'please', but she had no other choice, obediently walked to the side of the carriage and stepped on the foot pedal that had been prepared to enter the carriage, Jiang Ruixuan also followed, Tang Ruyan instinctively raised his hand to block, "The prince has a noble status, and he should take the carriage in front." β
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly cooled down, no one had ever disobeyed the prince's order, even the princess, and she had never refused the prince in public when she was favored.
"Wow-" A loud cry sounded, Mo Yanshang immediately turned around and took the child from the maid's hand and shook it, muttering: "Look, even the little prince can't stand it, it's early in the morning." β
Jiang Ruixuan looked at Tang Ruyan, his face was already pale, and this woman's courage was too great, "Princess, you still recognize your identity, this is the palace, and the prince is the biggest." β
Tang Ruyan smiled, and had no intention of backing down, "Of course, the prince is the most noble, didn't the concubine say it?" So it's better to invite the prince to the carriage in front, how dare the concubine ride in the same carriage with the prince? β
"Tang Ruyan!" Jiang Ruixuan squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, and his eyes almost erupted with fire.
"Lord Wang, please." Tang Ruyan was still smiling, her body blocked the entrance of the carriage, without the slightest intention of compromise, and a pair of big watery eyes looked at Jiang Ruixuan, allowing him to see her resoluteness clearly.
Even the sound of needles falling could be heard in the silence around them, and everyone held their breath and lowered their heads deeply, and the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was difficult to breathe.
Tang Ruyan looked at Jiang Ruixuan, and a sneer spread at the corner of his mouth. On such an occasion, I am afraid that it is the first time in this man's life, the anger on his face is stacking layer by layer, and it will not be long before it will explode, and what she wants is his anger, and then in a fit of anger, cancel the order of her companions. The departure of important people is a great opportunity for her.
Of course, if he did her request, she would have nothing to lose.
Jiang Ruixuan looked at the resoluteness in her eyes, and the anger in her heart rose, this woman was really crazy. "Come on, send the princess back to Xuanyuju."
"Yes." The maids immediately came over and carefully stood in front of the carriage.
"Today is my son's birthday." Tang Ruyan didn't move, and coldly told this fact. "It seems unreasonable for my birth mother not to be there."
The atmosphere rose to a high point again, and everyone couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for the princess who was like a flower, so against the princess, the princess is really the first person, I'm afraid it is-
Jiang Ruixuan stretched out his hand and dragged Tang Ruyan off the carriage, and her movements were so rude that although she was guarded, she still fell to the ground in embarrassment, and her dress was torn and deformed.
Everyone gasped and buried their heads lower.
Tang Ruyan raised her head, while Jiang Ruixuan squatted down and looked at her condescendingly. "Tang Ruyan, this king warned you not to forget your identity, the most important thing is to know what to do and what not to do as a woman."
"Really?" Tang Ruyan met Jiang Ruixuan's eyes, "Didn't the prince say that I was already a dead person?" What is the reason why the prince cares about the dead? β
The corners of Jiang Ruixuan's mouth twitched fiercely, and the doubts in his eyes flashed, on such an occasion, this woman could still be so sharp-toothed, he really looked away before, and he couldn't imagine that she after amnesia was so different from her before. But no matter what, she is Tang Ruyan, his princess, the woman he loved, and the woman who betrayed him, all of this cannot be changed.
"Your life and death, this king decides."
Tang Ruyan looked at Jiang Ruixuan, a cold smile bloomed at the corner of his mouth, "The prince is in a high position, so he can naturally cover the sky with one hand, but- there are some things that you can never control." β
"What?"
"Birth, old age, sickness and death! Turning over the hands for the clouds and covering the hands for the rain, covering the world, but it is the hearts of the people. What's more, I'm afraid that the prince can't do it now with only one hand. Tang Ruyan got up from the ground, looked down on by this man, and felt a strong sense of oppression. She hated it.
As the minutes passed, beads of sweat began to drip down the faces of the costumed maids and guards.
And the two of them, still no one is willing to budge. Mo Yanshang looked at Tang Ruyan, her eyes were full of joy at the beginning, this woman contradicted the prince regardless of the occasion, standing a few steps away, she could feel the anger from him, with the character of the prince, I was afraid that she was more than lucky.
Butβthe prince didn't move for a long time, so he dragged her down from the carriage, and it seemed that the force was very reckless, but she still saw that he had kept a hand, otherwise she would have been able to stand up and reason with him in a good manner.
A thick hatred floated up from the bottom of her heart, Mo Yanshang looked at Tang Ruyan, eager to break her body into pieces, and the hand holding the baby immediately pinched it fiercely.
"Wow-" A loud cry broke the solemn atmosphere again.
"Good baby, don't cry, don't cry, isn't it hot?" Mo Yanshang coaxed the child to herself, and the corner of her eyes secretly looked at the changes on Jiang Ruixuan's face.
Hearing the child's cry, Tang Ruyan's heart instinctively tightened, as if someone had cut it with a knife, walked quickly to Mo Yansheng's side, took the child over, swept her face with sharp eyes, and said coldly: "It's really time for the child to cry, if my child has any mistakes, he will not be spared." β
Although she hated Tang Ruyan very much, on such an occasion, especially under her sharp eyes, Mo Yanshang did not open her mouth to contradict it, but just walked to Jiang Ruixuan's side with a twist, and said aggrievedly: "Lord Wang-"
Jiang Ruixuan couldn't know about her small movements, but--he saw Tang Ruyan's cherishing of children. "Rong Feng, you are responsible for the safety of the little prince."
Rong Feng was slightly stunned, and there was some hesitation in his words, "Yes." β