slave like jade

Chapter 108 Brothers Fight
Yu Ruyan felt a pain in her heart, and couldn't help but stepped forward to pick up his hand, but finally gritted her teeth and stretched out her hand to the overturned cup. After straightening the cup, she silently walked to the door and opened it.

"When we parted that day, His Highness had already written the farewell letter with his own hands, His Highness still—let's go!"

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi's whole body was shaken, and his heart fell into hell in an instant. He couldn't see a ray of light, leaving only endless darkness.

Half a moment later, he said in a hoarse voice, "You won't forgive me, is it because of that farewell letter or... or because of the arrow I shot at you?"

Yu Ruyan's heart was numb from the pain, she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Mu Lingzhi's desperate and gloomy face, let alone look at his dead eyes, gritted her teeth and said coldly: "There are all of them!"

"Back when I obeyed my father's order to get married, I felt uncomfortable, afraid, uneasy, and even panicked, but I still hoped that my husband who had never met before would give me a little love. I don't ask him to love you more, but at least... …At least accept me, let me have a place in the strange beam, the strange country, and be able to accommodate me, so that after being abandoned by my father and the country of Qi, I don’t even have a place to settle down..."

"I braved the scorching heat and traveled thousands of miles from Daqi to Daliang day and night. When I left Daqi, no one saw me off. I thought, I thought of Daliang, and I could see the wedding procession to welcome me...for Therefore, in the hot weather and climbing such a long mountain road, I dare not take off the heavy and hot Fengguan Xiapei on my body. Maintaining the dignity of a Heshuo princess, but..."

"Along the way, I have imagined countless scenes where we meet, and I also thought, maybe you... Maybe you will look coldly at me and dislike me, but it doesn't matter, as long as it is good to maintain the surface of politeness, at least I have The title of princess must not be in the palace, nor will it be like being in the palace... No one will bully me again, but what I never dreamed was that what greeted me was a cold arrow... "

"...that arrow shot and sentenced all my wishes to death. I didn't know what happened. I just thought I met a bandit. In order to survive, I had to take off my phoenix crown and Xiapei to accompany my dowry. The maids ran for their lives, but unexpectedly, I was caught back to the barracks and became the most pitiful military prostitute in the world..."

"...I didn't know until I was sent to your tent, saw the black iron longbow in the tent, and heard them calling you Third Highness, that it turned out that you were the one who shot me coldly—— Husband-in-law married far away..."

"I put down all my dignity to seduce you, I beg you, I just hope that you can take me in, so that I can avoid being raped by thousands of soldiers... When I fled in Guyu Town, I wanted to leave you, but I was not reconciled, I am not reconciled to my life being so miserable and useless, I want to try my best to restore everything between us, but..."

"...But after so many things happened later, I finally realized that since that arrow, the relationship between me and you has been cut off, and no matter how hard it is, it will be misfortune."

"So, Your Highness, let's go. I have decided to let go of everything and start my own life again. Your Highness, please let go!"

Mu Lingzhi's face was ashen, and Yu Ruyan's every word was like a fine needle piercing into his heart and body, sealing all his thoughts and even his breathing.In the end, he didn't even have the courage to say the words of defense. After a long time, he dragged his heavy body and walked to the door step by step. His whole body was in extreme pain. Even when he opened his mouth, his throat was in pain like being torn apart.

Before leaving, he hoarsely said the last sentence with the last bit of strength——

"Sorry!"

After Mu Lingzhi left, Yu Ruyan couldn't bear it anymore and fell to the ground, she didn't even have the strength to get up.My eyes were so painful that I couldn't open them, my heart was already broken, but I couldn't cry a single tear...

I don't know how long it took before the sky became dark. Brother An happily came back from the outside. He thought that he would see his master and His Highness happy when he came back, but he didn't expect to find Yu Ruyan sitting by the door in a daze. , the eyes are red and scary, the expression is like a puppet that has lost its soul, there is no trace of life, and the whole body is icy cold, which made An Ge cry directly.

"Princess, what's the matter with you? Where's Your Highness? What happened?" An Ge saw Mu Lingzhi chasing him from Daliang to Qi State in person. Ange knows it.So, seeing Mu Lingzhi come in, I thought that the two of them must be happy to reunite after a long absence, but then unexpectedly, the figure of His Highness the Third Highness disappeared in the empty room, and Yu Ruyan sat on the ground in a daze, depending on the situation, It was actually more sad than before.

Brother An guessed that something unpleasant must have happened between the two of them, but he didn't dare to ask again, for fear of bringing up Yu Ruyan's sadness, so he had to help her sit up, and quickly poured a cup of hot tea for her to drink. , helped her rub her cold fingers, and deliberately changed the topic: "Princess, it's nightfall, and the palace banquet ahead is about to start, is the princess going to..."

"Help me do my makeup!"

Looking at Yu Ruyan's red eyes, Brother An finally couldn't hold back his heartache and asked: "The princess is sad again? Shouldn't the princess be happy to reunite with the Third Highness?"

Staring blankly at the Linghua bronze mirror in front of her, the bitterness in Yu Ruyan's heart was endless and endless, and her expression was extremely painful: "How can the broken mirror be reunited? There are so many people and things between me and him, and I am full of heart." No matter how difficult it is to fill the gap between the scars...don't mention everything about him and Daliang in front of me in the future, and slowly forget about it."

Brother An felt pain in his heart, looked at Yu Ruyan who was full of grief, wanted to persuade her but didn't know how to persuade her, so he could only whisper: "Please note, princess, should we go out of the palace after the banquet as originally planned?"

A trace of hesitation flashed across Yu Ruyan's face, with a slight reluctance in her eyes, she made up her mind after a while, "...um...leave the palace!"

The war in the previous dynasty did not disturb the female family members of the harem, so including the queen mother, no one knew that the war ahead was tight, and they all attended the banquet in gorgeous dress.

And King Qi had Mu Lingzhi's trump card, so he let go of many worries in his heart, and happily welcomed Mu Lingzhi to the high position himself, and sat in the starting position of him and the Queen Mother.Yu Mingzhu happened to be sitting opposite him.

Seeing that Mu Lingzhi's position was actually higher than Chen Yiqing's, he couldn't help but feel puzzled, thinking, how could a person from the lowly rivers and lakes deserve to appear at the grand banquet in the palace, and he was favored by his father? The addition really puzzled her.

However, at this moment, King Qi stood up solemnly and excitedly introduced Mu Lingzhi to everyone.

"This is the most valiant third prince of Daliang, the bravest and most valiant general in the whole world, and the son-in-law of my fifth princess Yu Ruyan. He came all the way here to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday. He is a rare guest of my Daqi. what."

As soon as the words came out, everyone looked at Mu Lingzhi at the same time. At first glance, they felt that the man in front of him had an unusually handsome face and a slightly indifferent expression, but his noble aura overwhelmed everyone in the hall. Let everyone be in awe!
Thinking of the rumors about the third prince, everyone couldn't help admiring them from the bottom of their hearts, and took the initiative to toast Mu Lingzhi.

Hearing this, Yu Mingzhu's whole body was shocked, she looked at Mu Lingzhi in disbelief, she was so shocked that the wine glass in her hand was unsteady and she spilled the wine——

How is it possible, didn't General Chen say that he is only a quack?And, moreover, she still has an affair with General Chen!

How is it possible, how is it possible for him to be the famous Third Prince and the God of War admired by all the people in the world!

Yu Mingzhu couldn't help looking at Chen Yiqing who was sitting next to Mu Lingzhi, and when she saw the narrowness in his eyes, she suddenly felt cold——

It turned out that he was not a broken sleeve at all, he was just looking for an excuse to refuse the marriage!

Holding her breath in her chest, Yu Mingzhu's pretty face suddenly turned red!

Thinking of Shangguan Xianzhong, who is now lying on the bed with no color, and looking at the two handsome and outstanding young talents opposite, Yu Mingzhu was so angry that she almost vomited blood, her chest hurt from holding back, and she gritted her silver teeth with hatred!

Why?Why is that bitch able to have the most outstanding husband-in-law in the world, but he spends all his time choosing, but in the end he ends up in the sad state of being with a mute for life!
God is so unfair, she is the noble eldest princess, she is superior to that bitch in appearance and talent, why is there such a big difference in fate, how can she be reconciled to it!
Drinking all the wine in the glass in one gulp, when she looked up at Mu Ling again, the more Yu Mingzhu looked at her, the more she admired him, her big glass-like eyes glued to his body and she couldn't move it away.

Mu Lingzhi sat there quietly without any expression on his face. If it wasn't because he had promised King Qi earlier, what would he have thought about attending the banquet at this moment? What Yu Ruyan said over and over again sounded in his heart. It was all her shadow. Thinking of all the suffering she had suffered for no reason because of him, Mu Lingzhi felt that his heart was about to break.

But no matter how silent he is, the brilliance on his body is like the most dazzling silver glow in the dark night sky, and the others are like tiny fireflies, whose brilliance will no longer shine against him.

Everyone came forward to toast to Mu Lingzhi in turn. He was in so much pain that he used the wine to burn his sorrows, so he would not refuse anyone who came. He poured wine one glass after another into his belly, his expression became more and more sad and gloomy.

Seeing his appearance, Chen Yiqing at the side knew the distress in his heart, but thinking of his injuries, he couldn't help sighing, stopped his wine and said, "What did you say to the fifth princess when you went to Jinying Palace? How confident are you?" He went there full of energy but came back disheveled, without any vitality, did he quarrel with the fifth princess?"

After Mu Lingzhi came out of Huijin Yingying Palace, no matter how Chen Yiqing asked him, he didn't say a word, but Chen Yiqing could clearly see the dead silent expression, and couldn't help worrying: "Oh, fifth master won't forgive you, I think, you don’t have any obligation to help Qi Guo any longer!”

Mu Lingzhi gave him a cold look, didn't bother to pay him any more attention, picked up the wine in front of him and poured it into his mouth.

Seeing that he drank so much, Chen Yiqing was about to snatch the wine glass from his hand, when she suddenly stretched out a delicate white hand and held on to the wine glass, a sweet voice sounded slowly: "The last time His Highness gave up his life to save me outside the city gate, Mingzhu's eyes were dim for a while, she didn't recognize His Highness, it was rude, now she knows that her benefactor is actually a distinguished guest from Daliang, Mingzhu came here to offer a cup to His Highness, and hope His Highness will show her face!"

She already had a deep impression of Mu Lingzhi. If it wasn't because Chen Yiqing lied to her that he was a man from the world, how would she have known about this handsome and handsome young man whom she had fallen in love with for a long time? My heart is moving again——

If he can take down this famous third prince and go to Daliang with him then, won't he be able to escape marrying that dumb Shangguan Xianzhong?

Seeing that Mu Lingzhi never refused the toasts from everyone, Yu Mingzhu also picked up the wine glass and walked towards him.

She has a beautiful appearance and outstanding attire. Just like her name, she is the most dazzling pearl, eye-catching and outstanding.

For a moment, the three-point drunk Mu Lingzhi almost regarded the woman in front of him as Yu Ruyan, but the incense coming from his nose made him inexplicably disgusted.

Yu Ruyan's body has never been smoked with such a strong spice, her body is always elegant and light, and there is a good body fragrance with a hint of sweetness!
Staring slightly, Mu Lingzhi recognized that the woman in front of her was the eldest princess Yu Mingzhu who was always giving Yu Ruyan a hard time. He clearly disliked her and didn't want to talk to her.

Tonight, no matter how low the rank of the official was, he drank the wine offered to Mu Lingzhi, but when it came to the honorable eldest princess toasting him but being treated so coldly by him, Yu Mingzhu couldn't help but stay there in embarrassment. On the spot, his face turned from red to blue, and the wine glass that was handed to Mu Lingzhi stopped in midair in embarrassment.

The others also watched with great interest how the eldest princess would step down?

Seeing the embarrassment of the atmosphere, Chen Yiqing couldn't help but come out to smooth things over, held up the wine glass and said to Yu Mingzhu: "Princess, the Third Highness has drunk a lot tonight, and must be a little drunk now, this glass of wine will be replaced by the next official." Your Highness should drink with the princess."

Yu Mingzhu looked at Mu Lingzhi from the beginning to the end without looking at her seriously, and even ignored her toast, feeling aggrieved but neither resentful nor reconciled, tears were about to come out.

Seeing Chen Yiqing smoothing things over now, remembering what he lied to him before, he couldn't help but get angry, and was about to put the anger on Mu Lingzhi on him, when suddenly he saw Mu Lingzhi's eyes lit up, and he was stunned looked towards the door.

Following Mu Lingzhi's gaze, Yu Mingzhu looked back, and it was Yu Ruyan who came slowly!

She was wearing elegant dresses and elegant makeup, walking past the crowd without looking sideways, and went straight to the Empress Dowager to congratulate the Empress Dowager on her birthday.

It was the first time that King Qi beckoned her to come forward affectionately, and greeted her a few words, Yu Ruyan answered him a few words indifferently, and before King Qi arranged for her to sit next to Mu Lingzhi, she turned and retreated.

In previous years, Yu Ruyan was not eligible to attend every palace banquet, because she was called an unlucky person, no matter if it was a palace banquet or a large-scale occasion, she was not allowed to attend. This year, she also went to Yanghua as usual Gong kowtowed to the Queen Mother and then honestly returned to her Jinying Palace to stay there, but suddenly received the order of King Qi, asking her to come to the front hall to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday.

She didn't find it strange, it was just that the king of Qi rewarded her face for Mu Lingzhi's sake, so after paying homage to the Queen Mother, she retreated tactfully for a moment, not wanting to stay any longer.

It was the first time for many ministers to see the fifth princess who rarely showed up in front of everyone, and they couldn't help being surprised to see her here suddenly today.

Not only because she looks similar to the eldest princess, but also more beautiful than the eldest princess, more importantly, among so many princesses, Yu Ruyan's temperament is the most indifferent and outstanding, which surprised everyone.Now it's even more because she has the most outstanding husband-in-law in the whole world, everyone can't help but look at her even more highly.

Seeing her come in, Mu Lingzhi's expression suddenly became hot and uneasy.Seeing her turn around and leave, under the urging of Jiu Jin, he didn't even think about getting up and chasing after her.

Yu Ruyan wanted to go back to the palace with Brother An in disguise, but what she didn't expect was that Mu Lingzhi followed her back to Jinying Palace, and even stayed outside her bedroom. Really drunk or fake drunk, leaning on the threshold actually closed his eyes.

Brother An anxiously said in the house: "Princess, what should we do now, how can we get out of His Highness guarding outside?"

Yu Ruyan's heart was also in a mess, she glanced at Mu Lingzhi who was lying on the threshold, she didn't know what to do...

At this moment, human voices came from the palace wall.

"Little sister-in-law, the Third Highness is already drunk, so I ask my sister-in-law to kindly help him into the room and let him have a rest."

Suddenly hearing a human voice, Yu Ruyan was startled.

Hearing this, he saw that Chen Yiqing had somehow climbed onto the palace wall with a limping leg, riding on it, pointing to Mu Lingzhi who was on the ground, and said with pity, "Sister-in-law, your revenge with one arrow is also worth it!" Reported, the wound on the shoulder has not healed, and he was exposed to the rain all night, you touch his forehead, he still has a low fever, sister-in-law hurriedly helped him into the house to lie down, and fed him some hangover soup, oh, also Yes, I have to pour him another bowl of ginger soup, and I need to change the gauze on the wound, sister-in-law, remember?"

Yu Ruyan's face darkened, and she was about to ask him to take her away when Chen Yiqing slid down the palace wall and howled outside: "Sister-in-law, don't be shy, she's an old husband and wife, he is already you My son-in-law, there is no reason to let him live in my house. Sister-in-law take good care of him, he is just a guest!"

After howling, Chen Yiqing left in a hurry.

Thinking of his words, Yu Ruyan couldn't help being startled, hesitated for a while, and together with Brother An helped Mu Lingzhi at the door to lie down on the bed, hesitated for a moment, stretched out her hand to touch his forehead, and was surprised—he really had a fever .

Yu Ruyan no longer doubted Chen Yiqing's words, and immediately untied his shirt. When she saw the blood-stained gauze on his shoulders, her heart froze and her hands trembled!
He was injured?Who stabbed him?

My heart ached so badly that I immediately asked Brother An to bring clean gauze, carefully wipe the wound clean, bandage him up again with new gauze, and feed him ginger soup...

Mu Lingzhi seemed very angry, he kept panting heavily, his face was flushed, but his body was shivering from the cold.

Seeing his distressed look, Yu Ruyan's eyes swelled up again. Looking at the withering mountain flowers in the vase, she understood in her heart that he must have braved the rain to send the mountain flowers to the palace for herself, and... still stupid I stayed outside the house all night, and it was raining so hard, didn't I know how to hide for a while...

In order to help him reduce the fever, Yu Ruyan had no choice but to twist a cotton towel for him to apply to his forehead all night. With this help, she even forgot about going out of the palace all night...

Brother An didn't rush her, instead, he supported her and helped Mu Lingzhi. Looking at Yu Ruyan's caring and heartbroken eyes at the sleeping Mu Lingzhi, Brother An showed understanding. smile.

After a busy night, Mu Lingzhi's fever finally subsided, and Yu Ruyan was so tired that she fell asleep beside the bed...

Since Xiaodao found out that Mu Lingzhi was looking for him, he has never dared to go back to Putuo Temple, but stayed in the farmhouse not far from the temple. Although he didn't like that little girl clinging to him every day, when he thought To escape from Mu Lingzhi, he had no choice but to endure the discomfort and let the little girl named Xiaoru vacate another room. He cleaned it himself, added a few pieces of furniture, and waited for Yu Ruyan to come. arrival.

Xiaoru can cook all kinds of game, especially roast rabbit and pheasant, the taste is amazing.

Xiaodao lives in Putuo Temple and met her when he went hunting in the mountains when he was bored. Seeing that the food she baked was delicious, he asked her for a little. Unexpectedly, since then, this girl named Xiaoru has nothing to do all day long. After sticking to the knife, she often quietly sent the cooked food to the temple for the knife to eat. Therefore, before Yu Ruyan found that the knife was fat, it was all due to Xiaoru.

In order to make Yu Ruyan happy, Xiaodao personally learned how to make roasted rabbits and roasted pheasants from Xiaoru, and went up to the mountain to catch the rabbits and pheasants on the day when Yu Ruyan was coming. In the evening, Yu Ruyan can eat here as soon as she comes out of the palace.

Yu Ruyan and Xiaodao made an appointment to arrive at Putuo Temple at Haishi in the evening.Xiaodao was afraid that she would be anxious if she couldn't find him in the temple, so since nightfall, he has been holding the wrapped rabbit and pheasant and waiting for her outside the mountain gate of Putuo Temple. He will not leave his side, and no one else will disturb them. Only he and her live together every day. Xiaodao is happier than ever in his heart. A pair of obsidian eyes are shining with excitement. The joy couldn't be covered up, and everyone smirked happily several times.

At night in early summer, there were many mosquitoes in the mountains, Xiao Dao was bitten by countless itchy and swollen bags all over his body, but he didn't care at all, he was only waiting for Yu Ruyan's arrival with full of joy.

But after waiting for several hours, the agreed time has passed for a long time, and there is still no sound of wheels on the road ahead.Xiaodao went from being the most joyful to being anxious. He couldn't help wondering if his sister was discovered when she left the palace, but they had the human skin mask given by Big Brother, so they shouldn't be discovered. Why did it take so long? Haven't seen her coming yet?
The cold stars in the sky were gone, and the food in his arms was completely cold, Xiaodao was anxious, but he couldn't help walking forward in the dark along the mountain road leading to the capital, holding tightly in his arms the food for Yu Ruyan to eat. Things, non-stop, walked all night, and actually came all the way to Kyoto.

The sky was bright, and Xiaodao finally arrived in the capital. He didn't have time to take a breath, and he didn't care about his tired legs, so he sneaked into the palace without stopping, and flew towards the Jinying Palace.

When he came to the gate of Jinying Palace, looking at the quiet palace gate, Xiaodao suddenly felt a little uneasy.

He didn't knock on the door, but climbed over the wall and went in quietly, walking straight towards Yu Ruyan's bedroom.

I saw light shining through the half-open window of the bedroom, and the knife looked in through the window, and the blood in my body suddenly froze——

At that time, Mu Lingzhi just woke up and saw that he was slightly startled in Yu Ruyan's bedroom, and then suddenly remembered that after seeing her at the banquet last night, he couldn't help but follow Yu Ruyan. , Later, drunk and with a low fever, he was confused...

Looking at the newly bandaged wound on his shoulder and the cotton towel on his forehead, his heart moved, and his dead heart began to rekindle bit by bit...

Perhaps, she didn't really want to forget herself!

Seeing Yu Ruyan falling asleep beside the bed, he quietly got out of bed, gently hugged her to the bed, looked at her sleeping beauty, and finally couldn't help but kiss her delicate lips... …

However, he didn't know that outside the window, his younger brother was already driven crazy by this scene!

(End of this chapter)