slave like jade

Chapter 137
Concubine Xie Guifei looked at her with a headache, and said helplessly: "This matter is so troublesome, what are you going to do?"

Yu Ruyan said firmly: "Just now I personally rejected Prince Yi's request in front of His Majesty, so the matter has been settled and there is nothing more to say."

Seeing her stubborn look, Concubine Xie Guifei couldn't help sneering: "If His Majesty wants to completely settle the grievances with Prince Yi, as long as he promises not to covet the throne and seek revenge from His Majesty, do you think His Majesty will care about it?" Is it up to you to disagree with your opinion?!"

In fact, Concubine Xie also has selfish intentions in her heart. As long as Prince Yi doesn't compete with Xiaodao for the prince, it doesn't matter if Prince Yi takes away Yu Ruyan. Compared with Wanlijiang, a woman is nothing worth mentioning.

Furthermore, Concubine Xie does not want Mu Lingzhi to fall out with King Liang because of this matter, so it is better to persuade Yu Ruyan to take the initiative to agree to go with Prince Yi. Only in this way can the dispute between her two sons be resolved at once question.

Before Yu Ruyan could open her mouth, Concubine Xie Guifei looked at her fixedly, and said in a deep voice: "No matter what your plans are, I only hope that you can understand the general situation and consider Ling Zhi's position from the overall situation. .

"Besides, you keep saying that the prince is your younger brother. If such a big incident happened this time, if Mrs. Yi was to come out and make trouble, the position of the prince will be even more unstable. So, you have to treat him as your younger brother. At this time, do you want to do something for him!"

Concubine Xie gave Yu Ruyan a slanting look with her narrow and sharp phoenix eyes, took a sip of fragrant tea, and waited quietly for Yu Ruyan's reply.

After hearing Concubine Xie's words, Yu Ruyan's expression remained the same, but her glistening eyes sank!

As smart as she is, how could she fail to understand the meaning of Concubine Xie's words——

Didn't it just let her take the initiative to agree to go with Prince Yi.In this way, sacrificing her alone will not only stabilize the position of the prince, but also prevent Mu Lingzhi from falling out with the King of Liang. Concubine Xie loves her son dearly. She would think so, Yu Ruyan is not surprised!

But the imperial concubine never thought, even if she agreed, would Mu Lingzhi agree?Moreover, Yu Ruyan no longer wants to be trapped in understanding the general situation and make unnecessary self-sacrifice from the overall situation. This was the case in the previous marriage, but afterward, what did her father treat her?

With a cold smile in her heart, Yu Ruyan said in a decisive voice: "What the imperial concubine and empress said is wrong. This princess is the Princess Heshuo who was conferred by the father and the emperor, and also the concubine who was betrothed to the third highness. It is clear. Therefore, this princess has two identities, not only the third concubine of Daliang, but also Princess Heshuo of Daqi."

"If your majesty regards me as the third concubine, there is no reason to let me go with other men; if you regard me as Daqi's Princess Heshuo, then I will not be involved in the matter of your Daliang. Take care of yourself, don't go with him!"

Yu Ruyan's words were resonant, and Concubine Xie Guifei was speechless when she refuted, she was unable to reply.

Concubine Xie of course understands the reasons she said, but in her heart, no matter how big the reasons are, they are not as good as her two sons' An Hao and Xiao Dao's crown prince. He was also annoyed that she contradicted him so mercilessly, and in a moment of anger, he slammed the teacup on the table heavily. Just as he was about to lose his temper, a person walked into the hall and said happily: "Sister is right, this It's my sister's own business, no one can make decisions for you, as long as you don't agree, no one dares to force you!"

Xiaodao walked in hastily. Just now he heard that Yu Ruyan was called into Yaohua Palace by his concubine mother. Based on his understanding of his concubine mother, he knew that concubine mother would definitely persuade Yu Ruyan to agree to follow him for the sake of his crown prince. Prince Yi left.

Just thinking of Yu Ruyan being taken away as a tool for Prince Yi and his father to settle grievances with the emperor, Xiaodao is unbearable, and now Yu Ruyan has to make sacrifices to protect his crown prince, Xiaodao is even more incapable. agree.

Xiaodao walked up to Yu Ruyan and stopped, and stood shoulder to shoulder with her in front of Concubine Xie, and said firmly, "Concubine Mother, if my crown prince needs to be obtained by sacrificing my sister, I would rather not. If you insist on letting her follow the wing If the crown prince is leaving, then please forgive me for being unfilial, I will leave with my sister!"

"Bang", there was a loud noise, when Concubine Xie Guifei couldn't hold back the anger in her heart when she heard Xiaodao's words, she swung her wide sleeves and knocked the teacup on the table to the ground, the cup shattered, and the tea was spilled all over the place. land.

The palace people in the first hall were frightened by the imperial concubine's fury and quickly knelt down and shouted 'The imperial concubine calm down', but Xiaodao stood there stubbornly and refused to bow his head.

Concubine Xie laughed angrily, trembling with anger, gritted her teeth and said: "Okay, now you have grown up one by one, your wings are hardened, and you all came to threaten me... Over the years, if it weren't for worrying You two brothers, why do I have to endure the poisonous hair once a month, why do I have to suffer such inhuman torture... I have already reached bliss with a single white silk..."

Concubine Xie was trembling with anger, Aunt Qin who was beside her hurriedly stepped forward to persuade the empress to calm down, then turned her head to Xiao Dao and said, "His Royal Highness, it is the day when the empress is poisoned again in these two days, the imperial doctor specially told the empress to take Rest in peace and don't get angry, Your Highness, don't let the empress be sad again, let alone say such hurtful words to the empress."

Xiaodao was stunned when he heard this, and a trace of shame flashed across his face, but he stubbornly refused to admit his mistake to the imperial concubine.

He glanced back at Yu Ruyan, took her hand and walked out, saying: "Sister, let me take you back to rest!"

Yu Ruyan doesn't want to stay in the palace anymore, everyone and everything here, even these majestic and gorgeous palaces make her feel very depressed.

Watching Yu Ruyan leave with Xiao Dao, Concubine Xie hesitated to speak behind, fearing that she would escape quietly because of Prince Yi's matter, and wanted to put her under house arrest in the palace, but when she saw Xiao Dao protecting her like that, if she looked When he realized that he was going to put her under house arrest, he might be in a hurry with her again.

She quietly asked Aunt Qin to send people to guard around the palace, and also sent a message to An Lirong, telling them to carefully monitor Yu Ruyan's every move, and arrest her immediately if she found any signs of escaping.

Because, if she left, Prince Yi's request to King Liang would not be fulfilled, and Prince Yi held the late emperor's Long Xiao Sword in his hand, so it would be a snap to win Xiaodao's crown prince position.

Therefore, no matter what, Concubine Xie must help King Liang reach a deal with Prince Yi, and when Prince Yi wakes up, let him take Yu Ruyan away, thus ending the matter completely.

Just as Yu Ruyan and Xiaodao stepped out of the gate of Yaohua Palace, they saw Xiao Fushou, the eunuch next to Xiaodao, kneeling anxiously. When Xiaodao saw him, his expression changed slightly, and he asked, "But Brother Yi woke up?"

Xiao Fushou shrank his neck and said with a bitter face: "Returning to Your Highness, on the contrary, that Prince Yi has not woken up. According to the doctor, the situation seems... not very good..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiaodao's expression changed drastically, he turned to Yu Ruyan and said, "Sister, I won't send you back, I'm going to Chaoyang Palace to see how Brother Yi is doing!"

Hearing Xiao Fushou say that Prince Yi is not well, Yu Ruyan's heart is also tense, although in her heart, she is very displeased with him begging the King of Liang for her today, but thinking about it, if he didn't sacrifice his life to save her today, she would not be so happy today. Time has already returned to Huangquan, and now he is critically ill, and it is also caused by the injury caused by saving himself, no matter what, he can't just leave like this.

Thinking of this, she called out to Xiao Dao and said, "Let me go and have a look with you!"

In Chaoyang Palace, Mu Lingzhi was strictly ordering everyone in the Imperial Hospital to do their best to rescue the dying Prince Yi, and even sent copper coins out of the palace to fetch Doctor Wu into the palace.

Mu Yizhi's face was ashen and dazed all the time, his breath was vague, and the blood overflowed from his mouth unstoppably. He was lying on the bed like a lifeless puppet. If it wasn't for the severe coughing from time to time A few sounds made people think that there was a dead person lying on the bed.Even Liang Wang felt a little bit unbearable when he saw him like this.

The judge of the imperial hospital personally helped Prince Yi take his pulse and couldn't stop shaking his head. Seeing Prince Yi's current state, Mu Lingzhi was already sad, but seeing the imperial doctor shaking his head all the time, he was even more anxious and asked in a trembling voice. Said: "How about Prince Yi? Is there a way to wake him up?"

The judge said: "Your Majesty, give acupuncture first to help Your Highness stop the bleeding!"

After all, the court judge made people take off Prince Yi's clothes with a solemn face, and tried to seal the acupuncture points on his chest with silver needles to stop the bleeding.

But when Mu Yizhi's clothes were taken off, everyone in the room couldn't help but gasped——

I saw that his entire back was covered with bloody red scars from burns, and there was no intact skin on his entire back. Although there was no burn scar on his chest, there was a deep sword on his chest. Although the sword scar is just a red strip, it is shocking in everyone's eyes.

Mu Lingzhi's whole body froze, and a look of sadness welled up in his expression.

No need to think too much, this sword wound was left by stabbing him ten years ago.

And Prince Mu Yi's body is so vulnerable now, it's also because of this sword.

Back then, Prince Yi was young, healthy and vigorous, and he would be dying there like he is now.

The court judge carefully stuck silver needles around his chest to temporarily seal the bleeding, but he remained in a coma.

Wiping the cold sweat off his brow, the judge let out a long sigh and told King Liang and Mu Ling the way.

"Prince Yi almost died because of that sword attack ten years ago. Although he survived by chance, his body is already very weak. If he rests well, he can still survive. However, Prince Yi has been doing well for ten years Worried and depressed, the body is even more broken..."

"In order to save people today, I was hit by the collapsed wooden pillar, and even injured my internal organs, and my life is dying!" After finishing speaking, the court judge couldn't help sighing a few more times, with a very regretful look on his face.

After hearing the court sentence, King Liang's face was heavy, and Mu Lingzhi was deeply shocked. He anxiously asked the court sentence: "My lord is very skilled in medicine, is there a way to wake him up? Is there a way to heal his physical problems?" old disease?"

The court judge said helplessly: "The bleeding has stopped, but whether he wakes up or not depends on his own destiny. If he can wake up tonight, there is still a chance to save him, or if he hasn't woken up, I'm afraid..."

"The old illness on Prince Yi's body has passed for decades, and it has penetrated deep into the bone marrow. There is no cure, and there is no medicine to remove the root! Your Highness, please forgive me for being incompetent!"

The helpless words of the court judge made Mu Lingzhi's heart sink into the ice cave, and it was icy cold.

After the consultation, the imperial doctors all retreated.

Mu Lingzhi has been standing on the head of the bed in a daze, staring blankly at the weak-breathed person on the bed, the guilt and self-blame and guilt in his heart turn over and over again——

Without the sword ten years ago, he would not be what he is now;
If there were no changes today, he would not be injured and unconscious.

Clenching his hands tremblingly, seeing the palace man stepping forward to help Prince Yi put on his clothes again, Mu Lingzhi stepped forward involuntarily, waved the palace man away, and stepped forward to help Mu Yizhi put on his coat with his own hands.

Looking closely at the shocking scars on the person on the bed, and then looking at his bloodless face and closed eyes, Mu Lingzhi couldn't hold back the tears any longer, dripping down on him on the bed, On those scars that hurt with hate...

Looking at Mu Yizhi's description on the bed, King Liang's heart was also heavy. He rubbed his forehead wearily, and said softly: "Take good care of him, I'm going back to the palace first."

"Father, do you regret it?"

Mu Lingzhi's sudden voice sounded faintly behind King Liang. He helped Mu Yizhi tidy up his clothes, and looked back at the sluggish King Liang. Resentment surged in his heart, and he couldn't help but approached King Liang and looked into his eyes. , One word at a time: "Father, looking at all this now, have you ever regretted it?!"

Liang Wang's heart was shocked, but his face remained calm, and he said coldly: "I will never regret it!"

"Father, all these years, I have been unable to understand one thing. Ten years ago, you had such a harmonious relationship with the first emperor. Brothers and friends, why did you suddenly..."

"Shut up!" Before Mu Lingzhi could say anything, King Liang stopped him with a loud yell, his eyes turned cold, and he shouted, "Bold and rebellious son, are you questioning your father now? What happened back then?" , how much do you know? I am also the prince of my father, whoever stipulates that my brother must sit in this world, I can't do it!"

"Today I think you are the first offender and don't care about you, but next time I hear such wild words, don't blame me for disregarding the relationship between father and son!"

After King Liang slammed down these words, he left in a huff without turning his head. He just walked to the door, just in time to bump into Xiaodao and Yu Ruyan who rushed over, but King Liang was depressed and didn't stop for a moment. He hurried away from the two of them.

Yu Ruyan and Xiaodao entered the hall, Mu Lingzhi suddenly saw them coming in, his expression was startled, put away the depression and sadness in his heart, stepped forward to hold Yu Ruyan's hand, and said with concern: "Why don't you go back to the house to rest here?"

Yu Ruyan listened to his thick nasal voice and wet eyelashes, and then looked at the unconscious Prince Yi on the bed, feeling equally sad, "Your Highness...he was injured because he saved me after all, I should Let's take a look. Your Highness, don't be too sad, Prince Yi...will get better."

Mu Lingzhi was exhausted physically and mentally, so he couldn't help but hug Yu Ruyan into his arms, and said sadly: "Yanyan, don't blame him, he... is just a poor person!"

Yu Ruyan knew that Mu Lingzhi had always felt the greatest guilt towards Prince Yi. They had the best friendship since they were young, but they had no choice but to turn against each other when they grew up. The closest brother became the enemy of life and death. By himself, Yu Ruyan felt the same way and could understand him.

Now hearing his words of apology for Prince Yi, Yu Ruyan was also heartbroken. She knew that since she was involved in the entanglement between their brothers for no reason, it would be very difficult to get out.

She said to Mu Lingzhi in a gentle tone: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I can understand the pain of Prince Yi. I don't know why he wants to take me away, but since I have rejected him, I won't blame him anymore. He, not to mention he gave his life to save me today, as I said before, the grievances and grievances between me and him have been settled, so I will not blame him anymore. "

After hearing her words, Mu Lingzhi was very moved and thanked her for her thoughtfulness and understanding.

Because she was worried about Mu Lingzhi, Yu Ruyan no longer had the intention of going back home to rest, and took the initiative to stay with him in Chaoyang Palace.

As the sun set, Mu Yizhi never woke up, and Mu Lingzhi didn't dare to leave his room. Seeing Yu Ruyan's exhausted expression, someone took her to a side hall to rest.

Yu Ruyan originally wanted to stay with her, but in order to prevent him from worrying, she obediently obeyed his words and went to the side hall.

As soon as she left, Tong Qian led Dr. Wu into the palace and came to Chaoyang Palace, followed by a man who looked like a servant. Mu Lingzhi thought it was Dr. Wu's new apprentice, but he didn't expect that the man who looked like a servant As soon as people entered the room and saw Mu Lingzhi on the bed, his face turned pale. He didn't care about the other people in the room, so he rushed to Mu Yizhi's side and cried, "Master, what's wrong with you? Don't scare the servant!"

Mu Lingzhi couldn't come back to his senses for half a moment, Doctor Wu beside him explained to him softly: "Your Highness, when Tong Qian led me into the palace, I was stopped by this young man at the gate of the mansion. He didn't know where he heard about me. He was ordered by His Highness to go to the palace to see a doctor for Prince Yi, and stopped the carriage desperately, saying that he was a servant serving Prince Yi, and that he had medicine to save Prince Yi, so please take him into the palace together. The old slave Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, and he also spoke verbatim when he asked him about Prince Yi. He thought maybe he was really someone close to Prince Yi, and maybe there was medicine to cure him. So he brought him in , Your Highness, please forgive me!"

When Mu Lingzhi heard that he had medicine to save Mu Yizhi, he was overjoyed and couldn't care less about other things. He rushed to the boy and said excitedly, "Do you really have medicine to save him?"

The servant was already crying, trembling, he carefully took out a bottle of medicine from his bosom and said, "Master's medicine has been kept by the slave, master...he won't be able to get through tonight if he doesn't take the medicine."

Mu Lingzhi took the medicine bottle from him and handed it to Dr. Wu, and ordered, "Check it out!"

Dr. Wu leaned under the light, carefully poured out a small light red pill, looked at it carefully, put it in his nose and smelled it, then pinched a small piece and put it in his mouth to try it, it was indeed non-toxic. The medicine for the wound was returned to Mu Lingzhi.

Mu Lingzhi felt relieved, and fed the pill to Mu Yizhi himself, but still worriedly asked the boy: "Can this medicine really save his life?"

The young man just looked at Mu Yizhi's expression intently, wiped away his tears and nodded and said: "Don't worry, your highness, as long as the master takes this medicine, you will wake up in two hours. Don't worry, your highness, go to rest. This place is guarded by the servants." It's fine."

After hearing his words, Mu Lingzhi felt relieved, and he ordered the copper coins to guard with him, while he himself went to the side hall to see Yu Ruyan.

Yu Ruyan accepted the bed, he was worried that she would not sleep well.

In the side hall, Yu Ruyan fell asleep on the bed. Mu Lingzhi walked over quietly, looked at her sleeping face, and couldn't help but kissed her lightly on the forehead. Suddenly, someone hung her neck. Yu Ruyan suddenly opened her eyes, and pulled the stunned Mu Lingzhi down on the bed with force.

"You..." Mu Lingzhi was caught off guard by her and pulled into the bed. He looked at her hands tightly wrapped around her neck, dumbfounded, and said with an expression of not letting him go, "It's been a long time since I saw you like this." It’s really rare to take the initiative today.”

Yu Ruyan was not shy at all, instead she said with a serious face: "I heard from Brother An just now that Prince Yi's entourage brought life-saving medicine, so His Highness doesn't have to worry anymore. It's not that he took it. Is it two hours before you wake up after taking the medicine? Your Highness should take a good rest for two hours!"

After letting go of the worries about Mu Yizhi in his heart, the tense string in Mu Lingzhi's mind was finally relaxed for a moment, and suddenly he felt drowsy, so he couldn't help but hug Yu Ruyan tightly in his arms and whispered: "My lady, Rong Weifu was lazy today and went to bed without taking a shower, don't dislike me, let me sleep first, and call me in two hours..."

Before the words finished, Mu Lingzhi fell asleep exhaustedly. Yu Ruyan looked at his exhausted face, she was very fond of him, she couldn't help but kissed his face, and said softly: "I won't Dislike you, no matter what you look like, I will never dislike you!"

Yu Ruyan accepted the bed, but as long as Mu Lingzhi was by her side, she felt very at ease, and fell asleep in his arms after a while.

But in the room on the other side, Mu Yizhi woke up two hours after taking the medicine. The servant guarding him by the bed saw him wake up, and said happily: "Your Highness finally woke up!"

Although Mu Yizhi's face was pale, his spirit was much better than before. He sat up with difficulty, looked at the strange surroundings and the unfamiliar servants, his heart was at a loss, and he felt like he had a strange dream for a while. Only then did I recall that after hearing Yu Ruyan's words of refusal, I fell into a coma in despair, and it seemed that I stayed in the palace to recuperate from my injuries.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly touched his face in a panic, and when he found nothing unusual, he sighed secretly.

Looking at the boy who was born in front of him, he understood something in his heart, and said calmly: "I'm fine, you can accompany me out of the palace and go home."

As soon as the boy heard what he said, he helped him up and walked out without saying a word, and the copper coin that was guarding his bed together was about to happily tell Mu Lingzhi the good news that he woke up, which showed that he was in a hurry to leave , couldn't help being anxious, and hurriedly stopped him: "Your Highness, you just woke up, it's better to lie down for a while, this servant will notify the Third Highness to come and see you."

Mu Yizhi sat up and looked at the surrounding environment, wondering: "Is this Chaoyang Palace?"

The copper coin quickly replied: "Return to Your Highness, it is the Chaoyang Palace where His Highness the Third Highness used to live. After His Highness fell into a coma, he was brought here for treatment. Please rest well, Your Highness. This servant is going to invite His Highness Third."

"No need, just tell him, I'm leaving!"

Mu Yizhi didn't miss the slightest bit, and motioned to the servant beside him to help him get up and walk out.

When Mu Lingzhi was woken up and rushed to the front hall, the gate of the palace was full of lights, and Prince Yi insisted on going out with the support of the servant, but the guards outside did not dare to let him go without King Liang's permission.

Seeing Yu Ruyan who came with Mu Lingzhi, the expression on Prince Yi's face changed slightly, and he couldn't help coughing violently again. Seeing his coughing, a bright light suddenly flashed in Yu Ruyan's mind...

(End of this chapter)