slave like jade

Chapter 143
According to Mu Lingzhi, on the day of the incident, Mu Ziyue did not leave Camellia Town, and Yu Ruyan immediately fell into confusion and panic——

If Mu Ziyue stayed in Camellia Town and didn't return to Dongdu, that is to say, she couldn't have done the matter of the sachet.

But if Mu Ziyue didn't do it, then who?

Yu Ruyan felt as if she had walked into a fog, and her eyes were completely confused.

At the beginning, Mu Lingzhi also thought that Mu Ziyue did it from the font on that letter, but now that he thinks about it, there are many masters in the world who are good at copying other people's fonts. If Mu Ziyue really stayed in Camellia Town Without going back to Dongdu, the suspicion on her was completely cleared.

So, if it wasn't her, who else would it be?
The more Yu Ruyan thought about it, the more chilling she felt in her heart. If she knew herself and the enemy, she might be able to think of countermeasures to deal with the enemy, but if she didn't even know who the enemy was, that would be the scariest thing.

Moreover, looking at the contents of the letter, this person obviously knows what Xiaodao did to her in the inn in Luyang County that night, and also knows Xiaodao's different feelings for her. He had unreasonable thoughts about her, and the knife was stabbed by Mu Lingzhi because of her. I'm afraid that with Concubine Xie's protective character, I don't know how to deal with her after knowing the truth?

The more she thought about Yu Ruyan, the more frightened she felt, she silently walked to the table and poured herself some tea, trying to calm herself down.She racked her brains, thinking, besides Mu Ziyue, who else in Dongdu would treat her like this?

Mu Lingzhi noticed the uneasiness in her expression and knew what she was worried about, so he quickly stepped forward and hugged her into his arms to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, don't worry, I'm here for everything, no one will dare to hurt you again of."

Yu Ruyan leaned helplessly in his arms, looking for comfort, she really hoped that as he said, she would not think about anything, not worry about anything, but just the matter of the altar, the relationship between Guang Muxiang and the First Prince. He had already been devastated, how could she have the heart to put all the burdens on his shoulders alone!
With a secret sigh in her heart, Yu Ruyan said softly: "At present, His Highness needs to solve the matter of the altar first. Finding evidence to testify against the First Prince and Mu Xiang is bound to keep Xiao Dao's crown prince. Other things - let's talk about it later. .”

Mu Lingzhi didn't want Yu Ruyan to feel too much pressure and unhappiness as soon as he returned home. He suddenly thought of something, quickly took her hand and went to the inner room, and walked carefully from a locked cabinet. He took out a box and put it on the table like a baby.

Seeing his solemn expression, Yu Ruyan's curiosity was aroused by him, and she couldn't help but walk over and couldn't help but want to lift the lid of the box to see what was inside, but was stopped by Mu Lingzhi.

He looked at her and smiled slightly, "Close your eyes first!"

The more mysterious he is, the more curious Yu Ruyan is, but seeing the shy smile on the corner of his mouth, she can only close her eyes as he said.

The moment she closed her eyes, Yu Ruyan felt that the whole world became quiet. She didn't know what Mu Lingzhi was doing, so she couldn't help urging: "Your Highness, can you open your eyes?"

"Yeah." Mu Lingzhi came to her at some point, held her gently in his arms, and whispered in her ear: "You can watch it!"

I couldn't wait to open my eyes, but in a second, when my eyes saw the things neatly placed on the table, Yu Ruyan's eyes froze in a daze, and her whole body was dumbfounded——

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the gorgeous rays of light shine through the window sill on the twelve lifelike sugar figures on the table. The twelve sugar figures are lined up in different shapes and clothes, and even the expressions on their faces are different. They are all the same, whether smiling or angry or happy or sad, but without exception, the twelve sugar figures all have a pair of shining beautiful eyes.

Yu Ruyan's heart was suddenly hit hard by something, and she stared at the twelve exquisite and beautiful sugar figures in the afterglow with her eyes wide open in disbelief, her heart was sweet and sour, with mixed feelings——

As if just yesterday, in order to give him a different birthday present, she specially went to learn how to make sugar figurines for him. In just three days, she finally made twelve sugar figurines for him at different times. Sugar man.

However, when she brought Sugar Man to meet him full of joy, she saw a scene that broke her down...

In the end, she refused to forgive him, but he refused to let her go. During the entanglement between the two, the twelve sugar figures she worked so hard were also smashed to the ground. At that moment, she seemed to hear the voice of her own heartbreak ...

It seemed like it happened yesterday, and it seemed like it happened in the previous life. Now, after going through many ups and downs, she and him are finally together with each other completely honestly, and she no longer cares about the past, but looking at For the twelve sugar figurines he made for himself, Yu Ruyan's heart agitated and her eyes turned red.

Her voice couldn't help sobbing: "When did Your Highness secretly make so many sugar figures?"

Mu Lingzhi knew that when she saw the Sugar Man, the unpleasant past would be brought back to her heart, but he understood better that only when she completely untie her knot, would she truly forget those painful things, so he smiled bitterly and said: "During the time you left, I not only remodeled the Bieyuan to wait for you to come back, but... also made these sugar figurines, do you still like it?"

Yu Ruyan nodded vigorously with her eyes red, her eyes were swollen uncomfortably, she was already speechless.

Looking at the twelve lifelike 'selves' in front of her, Yu Ruyan felt deep regret——

If the twelve sugar figures I made for him hadn't broken, now I can make twelve pairs of precious sugar figures with these twelve sugar figures...

"Close your eyes for a moment." As if seeing through the regret in her heart, Mu Lingzhi took out a silk belt to cover her eyes, and Yu Ruyan became more curious, and couldn't help but angrily said: "What is your Highness doing now?" Trick?"

Mu Lingzhi didn't answer her aloud, as if he was busy with something, after a while, just when Yu Ruyan couldn't help tearing off the silk cloth to take a peek, Mu Lingzhi came to her again, gently held the He took off the silk cloth from her eyes.

The moment the silk cloth covering her eyes was removed, Yu Ruyan was stunned again——

At some point, beside my twelve little sugar figures on the table, there were twelve more sugar figures, and these twelve sugar figures cleverly formed twelve pairs with my twelve sugar figures. Sugar people, and every pair of sugar people is so well matched from the clothes and movements.

The woman is laughing, the man is watching; the man is strutting in the courtyard, and the woman is cuddling with each other;

Seeing the twelve 'him' who were beside 'myself', Yu Ruyan covered her mouth, almost exclaiming——

These twelve sugar figurines, Yu Ruyan, are all too familiar. They were the sugar figurines that she made wholeheartedly and sent to Mu Lingzhi as a gift.

However, the sugar figurines I made were obviously broken, how could it be...

Countless questions flashed like that, Yu Ruyan approached the table in disbelief like a dream, couldn't help picking up the candy figurines and inspected them carefully, only then did she realize that the places where the candy figurines she made were broken by careful attention Patched!
There is no doubt that these were all done by Mu Lingzhi.

He actually repaired the broken sugar figurines one by one, then made twelve "shes" modeled on himself, and matched them with the twelve "hes" she made. Standing in front of her, Yu Ruyan felt like she was having a beautiful dream.

Mu Lingzhi held one of the delicate and small sugar figurines in front of her, with a sour smile, and said slowly: "I saw the sugar figurines you made for me break, and my heart was broken...I forgot that night. How much wine I drank, but no matter how much I drank, I couldn’t get drunk. I sat with the broken sugar figurine all night. Pair with the 'Mu Lingzhi' you made!"

"Whether it's a human or a sugar man, Mu Lingzhi can't do without Yu Ruyan, and I can't do without you. I hope we can be like these sugar men for life after life, sticking together sweetly...how about you?!"

Yu Ruyan looked stupidly at the twelve pairs of sweet sugar people in front of her. She was choked up and wanted to cry, but her face was flushed by his love words, and finally she said in a low voice, "Your Highness's love words are sweeter than these sugar people... Your Highness is such a clever idea, the sugar figurine is well done, I—— like it very much!"

Mu Lingzhi pulled her into his arms, hugged her tightly, and said happily: "I have already decided that when we have children, I will make twelve sugar figurines for our sons and daughters. Our family The son will live together sweetly forever..."

"Your Highness, it's better for you to be a daughter, and let me be your son's sugar man."

"Well, that's a good idea. The daughter belongs to me, and the son belongs to you. But if the son blames you for not doing well, what will you do?"

"It doesn't matter, I just say that His Highness did what was not done well, if the son wants to blame, let him blame his father..."

"Okay, from now on I will let you be the good guy, and let me be the bad guy..."

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the two tightly hugging each other are more sweet and intoxicating than the sugar figurines on the table!

I heard that Yu Ruyan ate very little at noon. In the evening, Mu Lingzhi went to the kitchen and cooked a table of Qi Guo dishes for Yu Ruyan. bloomed.

After eating, Yu Ruyan touched her round belly with a satisfied face, but Mu Lingzhi was worried that she would lose weight, so he took her hand and went for a walk in the garden.

The two walked slowly along the garden, and unknowingly came to the edge of Mu Lingzhi's flowerbed, the flower seedlings were still there, but unfortunately it's not the season for all flowers to bloom, Mu Lingzhi touched her hair and said with a smile: " If we missed the flowering season this year, we will definitely not miss it next year, maybe we will have a beautiful daughter like our mother, we can take her to see the flowers blooming together, and tell her our love story."

Listening to him talking, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but see that happy and beautiful scene in her mind, but when she thought of her stomach that had never moved, her happy mood suddenly became dark and sad.

But on the surface, she didn't want to spoil Mu Lingzhi's interest, so she forced a smile and said angrily, "How does Your Highness know, she must be a girl, or a son."

"But people say that a daughter is the closest to her father. So it's better to have a daughter."

Mu Lingzhi took it for granted, but Yu Ruyan was not happy, she pouted and said, "According to what Your Highness said, I would have to give birth to a son to kiss me more."

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi smiled very proudly, and couldn't help but pinch her little nose, and said with a smile: "Son and daughter both need one, and a lot is missing, and the more the better."

Seeing the gorgeous smile on his face, Yu Ruyan's heart sank even more, and the smile was also tinged with bitterness...

When walking back, I passed the okra courtyard. From a distance, the courtyard was silent, and the lights were not very bright, giving me a sense of sadness.

In the past few days after returning to the Eastern Capital, not only at the gate of the city, but also at the gate of Bieyuan, or when they formally returned to the mansion to pay a visit, An Lan was never seen. This lady who had been very beautiful in the mansion for a while seemed to have disappeared in this back house. , isolated from the entire back house.

Mu Lingzhi's footsteps paused slightly, and Yu Ruyan spoke softly: "Your Highness, Mrs. An just lost her child, you... you better go and visit her!"

Hearing this, Mu Lingzhi looked back at her quietly, his eyes were warm, and he understood her intentions, he couldn't help sighing: "You pretended to be aggressive and punished Mrs. Chen in the morning, making people think you are cruel, but in fact , My Yanyan will always be the one with the kindest heart. When you dragged me to this side of the road just now, I'm afraid it was already planned for me to visit An's."

Seeing that her own thoughts were seen through by him, Yu Ruyan couldn't help but blush, and said in a low voice: "I just see her pity... It must be very sad to lose a child just now, no matter what, it's all with His Highness." Your Highness should visit and comfort her child..."

Mu Lingzhi's heart was filled with warmth, and his recognition and love for her deepened. He couldn't help holding her hand tightly, and said with a smile, "You are so considerate for me, how dare I not listen to you!"

After all, he took her hand and went to the Okra Garden together.

Behind the rockery with trees, a figure hid behind the rockery and watched the every move of the two people coldly, until he saw the two entered the okra garden, and then disappeared without a sound...

Yuan'er was telling the little girl in the courtyard to close the courtyard door and lock it, and was about to go to bed, when she suddenly saw Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan walking in hand in hand, she was stunned for a moment, thinking that the lights in the courtyard were dim and her eyes were blurred , I couldn't help but wiped my eyes again and took a closer look.

When the people who did come in were indeed Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan, Yuan'er couldn't help but exclaimed, before he had time to salute the two of them, he ran directly into the house to inform An Lan.

Mu Lingzhi frowned almost imperceptibly, but Yu Ruyan didn't feel anything, and walked with him to the main house where An Lan lived.

Walking to the door, knowing that Yuan'er went in to report, Yu Ruyan stopped her feet and said to the little girl who was kneeling on the ground: "Go and tell your master that His Highness is here to visit her."

The little girl hurriedly got up to report, and the next moment, Yuan'er came out with a face full of excitement, and respectfully said to the two: "Master is inconvenient, and I can't get out of bed yet, let the servants come to welcome His Highness and Wangfei."

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan's expression sank slightly, but she didn't say anything, and followed her in.

As soon as I entered the room, I heard bursts of suppressed coughing and panting, and the girls in the dark room lit up a lot of candles, making it much brighter.

Yu Ruyan took a quick look and saw An Lan curled up on the big bed with a sallow and pale face. When she saw them coming in, she struggled to get up, but she couldn't help coughing as soon as she moved, so she had to crawl on the edge of the bed. Going up, panting heavily, he said to Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan: "I'm rude, because I'm inconvenient, I can't get out of bed to greet His Highness and Wangfei, please forgive me!"

Looking at An Lan's thin and yellow face, Yu Ruyan looked a little surprised——

Among all the concubines in the mansion, although An Lan's appearance is the least outstanding, she can be regarded as good-looking, with a slightly plump figure, but now she is skinny and skinny, and her complexion is also very ugly, which makes her look even more There was nothing special about that ordinary face.

Seeing how she described it now, Mu Lingzhi waved his hand and said, "Your body is inconvenient, just lie down and don't worry about these vain rituals."

An Lan never expected that Mu Lingzhi would suddenly come to the Okra Courtyard to see her, and when she saw him, she couldn't help but think of her child who died when she was born, and couldn't help but feel sad, her eyes were moist, and her eyes were wet. Big tears couldn't stop streaming down, and with a look full of guilt and sadness, he choked up and said: "Your Highness, I am useless, I failed to keep the child well, and I disappointed Your Highness."

When she said this, her head was lowered. Yu Ruyan couldn't see the description on her face clearly, but she caught Yuan'er who was standing by the bed and guarded her. I couldn't help but twitched, anger and unwillingness flashed in my eyes, and the expression on my face was also very ugly. I obviously wanted to say something but finally held back.

Yu Ruyan's eyes turned slightly, and she thought to herself, this An Lan is really patient!
However, this is also where she has an advantage.

An Lan was able to climb from a little girl to the position of the wife of the palace, and even snatched the power of the family from her former master. Her intelligence is second, and her ability to endure is the most important thing she has come to today.

If they were other concubines who lost their child, when they saw Mu Ling, they would definitely take the opportunity to cry in front of him and complain about the child's death, but An Lan didn't do that.

Not only did she not cry, she didn't act pitiful, and she didn't feel aggrieved by Mu Lingzhi's neglect of her. Instead, she said with a guilty face that she didn't take good care of the child. This way of not making noise or making trouble, and knowing the general behavior is the smartest.

Yu Ruyan knew that she must be the same as her, and she hadn't found any definite evidence against the murderer of her child, so she didn't complain in front of Mu Lingzhi, but she didn't want to startle the snake, she was really smart and forbearing.

Yu Ruyan couldn't help giving her a thumbs up in her heart, but on the surface she didn't say a word, but just like Mu Lingzhi, she ordered a few words for her to take good care of her body and then went back with Mu Lingzhi .

But Mu Lingzhi is also an exceptionally smart person. Ever since Yu Ruyan suggested that he go to see An Lan in the Okra Courtyard, he understood that there was something inside the story of An Lan's child's death, but he was experiencing the relationship with Yu Ruyan. After the twists and turns, and the fact that they joined forces to drive Yu Ruyan out of the house, Mu Lingzhi was completely disappointed with the women in the back house, so he didn't want to meddle too much in their affairs.

Similarly, he didn't want Yu Ruyan to take care of these things, so when he returned to Yunsong Courtyard, he couldn't help telling her: "You've been tired for a long time since you came back from Daqi. Just give it to the servants, you have a good rest, don't work too hard."

Yu Ruyan knew that he was worried about her, so she couldn't help smiling and said: "Well, I understand what Your Highness means, anyway, I will be a rice worm in the future."

Mu Lingzhi joked seriously: "No matter what kind of bug you are, I don't despise you anyway!"

One sentence amused everyone in the room again.

In the early morning of the next day, Mu Lingzhi went to the palace as usual, and all the stewards in the palace knelt in the courtyard early to greet Yu Ruyan, but after Yu Ruyan saw them one by one, they stopped alone Liu Ma, who was in charge of the servants of the palace.

Liu Ma was the first person Yu Ruyan met when she entered the palace, and when she found out that Yu Ruyan was a military prostitute, she also humiliated her a lot, and she even disliked the things in the wing room where she stayed for one night in front of her. He threw it away, and didn't give Yu Ruyan any face.

Now that Yu Ruyan has transformed from a slave to Princess Heshuo, she is also the new concubine of the palace, Liu Ma has been so scared to death, and now she is left alone, thinking that she will be severely punished as soon as she enters the palace After killing Aunt Chen, Mother Liu was so frightened that she knelt on the ground begging for mercy.

Yu Ruyan looked coldly at the woman kneeling on the ground, and said coolly, "Mother Liu kept begging for mercy as soon as she came in, but what did she do wrong?"

Mama Liu was startled when she heard the words, raised her head and took a sneak peek at the expression on her face. Seeing that her expression was cold, she couldn't help trembling in her heart, and said tremblingly: "The old slave didn't know the real identity of the princess before, and I offended the princess. Please Wangfei spare the life of this old slave..."

In this case, Yu Ruyan has heard countless stories since she returned to the mansion. Those who bullied her, without exception, knelt on the ground and begged her for mercy. The excuse was that they did not know her true identity. She always felt extremely ironic when she heard it.

Interrupting Liu Ma's words, she said coldly: "What is Liu Ma doing? I just want to ask you, there was a girl named Dongcao in this mansion before, but is she still in the mansion now?"

Mama Liu was taken aback for a moment, and when she realized that she was not looking for trouble, she relaxed, and quickly searched for the name Dongcao in her mind, and when she thought of who it was, her face darkened, and she stared blankly at Yu Ruyan, hesitating Said: "What the princess is asking is the girl who served in Ziluoyuan before?"

Yu Ruyan raised her eyebrows slightly, "It's her!"

Doubts welled up in Mama Liu's heart, but she didn't dare to ask any more questions on her face, she hurriedly said: "That girl is still in the mansion, but after the accident happened to the one in Ziluoyuan, no master in that yard was willing to take her, so she was assigned I went to the handyman's room. The princess wants to call her for questioning?"

Seeing the probing look in Mama Liu's eyes, Yu Ruyan showed a look of disgust on her face, her eyes looked at her coldly and said: "That girl has had a relationship with me for a few times, and it just so happens that I want to have a little girl around me. Girl, call her here."

Mama Liu felt chilled by her stare, and immediately retreated, and after a while, she personally brought the winter grass and brought it over.

Yu Ruyan waved her hand to make Liu Ma back down, and called Dongcao to her face.

Not seeing her for half a year, Yu Ruyan could hardly recognize the winter grass in front of her. Compared with working in Ziluoli, the work in the handyman's room is much harder, so the current winter grass looks like a different person. His face is yellow and thin, his expression is tired, and his eyes are dull.

Dongcao also looked at Yu Ruyan in a daze, and said in a daze, "You are...Miss Xiaoqing?"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she suddenly realized that she had said something wrong, because on the way here, Mama Liu had told her that Xiao Qing had become the new princess back then.

Dongcao felt uneasy by name, she knelt down to greet Yu Ruyan in a panic, her voice was trembling, as if she hadn't recovered from Yu Ruyan's identity change.

Yu Ruyan didn't ask her to get up immediately, but looked at her with cold eyes, and said slowly: "I called you here today, first, I intend to promote you from the handyman's room and let you go to the cloud Songyuan is on errand."

After saying a word, Yu Ruyan's voice paused slightly, and she stared straight at the winter grass on the ground, she was stunned at first when she heard the words, the next moment she was overjoyed, and couldn't stop kowtowing to Yu Ruyan to thank her.

Yu Ruyan's eyes were instantly covered with cold frost, but her voice was calm as usual, and she said softly: "Second, I want to thoroughly investigate Gu Qing'er's death, you—do you have any hidden secrets you want to tell me? ?"

She looked at Dongcao quietly, not letting go of any subtle expression on her face.

And Dongcao suddenly heard Yu Ruyan's words, her whole body shuddered violently, as if she was shocked, she raised her head and looked at Yu Ruyan in horror!
In the next second, Dongcao's actions startled Yu Ruyan who had been staring at her.

(End of this chapter)