slave like jade

Chapter 96

After the carriage left the city gate, it speeded up and drove towards the official road. The moment it left the city gate of the Eastern Capital, Yu Ruyan felt mixed feelings, both bitter and uncomfortable, and also a kind of relief after rebirth.

She lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the majestic city wall of the Eastern Capital, with a bitter and unspeakable smile on her face.

Going around, she will eventually leave here...

She once thought that she would be by Mu Lingzhi's side for the rest of her life, and he also said that he would be by her side for the rest of her life...

The oath is still there, but it is in vain that things are people and things are not people!
The wilderness in the outskirts is full of clusters of delicate and beautiful mountain flowers, which are full of vigor and bustle in red and yellow.It's late spring, but it will be summer soon, and the flower garden in the palace must be full of flowers. In a trance, she suddenly thought that she had come to Daliang for almost a year before she knew it, but This short year seems to have exhausted her whole life...

Xiaodao drove quickly, without stopping for a moment, as if someone was chasing him.And Brother An in the carriage asked Yu Ruyan worriedly: "Princess, are we really going back to Qi?"

Xiaodao also asked her this question before, Yu Ruyan replied helplessly: "Nowadays Wei and Wu are at war, the war is raging, the world is in chaos, there are refugees and bandits everywhere, and the people are fleeing, how dare we go to die? So, except Qi State - we have nowhere to go."

Daliang can't stay, Wei and Wu are at war, where else can she go besides Qi?
Hearing what she said, Brother An nodded seriously, but when he thought about Yu Ruyan's current status and status, he probably would get more embarrassing glances after going back, his heart began to ache, and he said in a daze: "Princess, if you go back to the palace Empress Dowager and the others will make things difficult for you again..."

Yu Ruyan, who was worried in Brother An's heart, had already thought about it. She knew that she failed in marriage and became a lowly military prostitute. Going back to the palace, I guess the days to come will be even more difficult.

A cold light flashed in Yu Ruyan's eyes, Yu Ruyan's expression was indifferent and firm, she said coldly: "In the past, I always followed my mother's concubine's teachings to be kind to others, thinking that as long as I don't bully others, others will treat me kindly. But after going through so much, from Qi Palace to Daliang Palace, I don’t offend people, but people will offend me. Just keeping back and dodging makes people think I’m easy to bully, and they treat me even worse. Heh, I used to Nianyu Mingzhu and the others are my own sisters, I will let them do everything, I will not do it if I can, if they dare to offend me again, I will never show mercy!"

When she said this, Yu Ruyan's face was indifferent and indifferent, thinking of the indifference and injustice of her eldest father since she was a child, and thinking of the bullying of her elder sister Yu Mingzhu and other princesses, Yu Ruyan's heart was cold, and her eyes flickered Han Ren said coldly: "More importantly, when I return to the palace this time, I not only need to know who is the real jade girl among the princesses, but also find out who is spreading rumors everywhere to ruin my reputation!"

If it wasn't for the jade girl, she wouldn't have been driven by her father to Daliang to get married; if someone hadn't deliberately spread rumors to tarnish her reputation, she wouldn't have met her husband's cold arrows on the way to marriage, and her fate wouldn't have been so tragic So much!
She thought that apart from the Putuo Temple, she had been staying in the deep palace all the time, and outsiders had never even seen her face, so how could they know about her. Therefore, the rumors about those malicious and hurtful people must have spread from the Qi Palace.

Why did they do this? Even though they have already married and left Qi, why did they come to destroy her last hope? !
Clenching her hands into fists, Yu Ruyan tried her best to calm down the hatred in her heart, closed her eyes and rested——

In the palace, she at least has Mu Lingzhi to rely on, but now when she returns to Qi, her father and emperor never look at her directly, and her mother and concubine are even more difficult to protect themselves. There is no one to rely on. Keep Ange and Xiaodao by her side, so she has to face everything in the future with all her spirit!
After rushing away for more than half a month, I finally saw the capital of Qi State, Kyoto, and the knife raised the whip to rush into the city at the last moment when the city gate was closed.

A year later, when Yu Ruyan stood on the streets of Kyoto again, she was filled with emotions——

At this time last year, she was named Princess Heshuo and married Daliang far away. On the day of her marriage, her father had not yet got up in Concubine Lian's Chunlan Palace, and her mother and concubine could only send her to the gate of the palace because of her low status. None of the sisters came out to see her off on a long journey. She walked through the long Chang'an Street in Kyoto alone in the exquisite Luan sedan chair in the scorching heat. Both sides of the street were full of people watching the excitement, but everyone was wondering, There was a lot of discussion, saying why no one sent the princess off when she got married?
Now she came back quietly, dressed plainly in the streets, no one would recognize that the gorgeous woman in front of them was actually their fifth princess, but because of her outstanding appearance, they would take a few extra glances and forget about it when they turned their heads.

Yu Ruyan took Brother An, who was a small knife, to find an inn to live in. After driving for half a month, the three of them were all exhausted. After washing up, they lay down on the comfortable bed. After a while, Brother An, who was in the same room, was already sound asleep. Falling asleep, but Yu Ruyan Mingming was so tired that he fell apart, lying on the bed but didn't feel sleepy at all, staring at the things in his heart, unable to fall asleep for a long time...

In the early morning of the next day, Yu Ruyan left the knife at the inn to sleep for a while, took Brother An and didn't eat breakfast, changed into men's clothes, and came to the most famous morning market in the capital with a folding fan. Sit down at the porridge shop with the most people, order two bowls of millet porridge and a few spring rolls, make a pot of new tea, and sit in the crowd to eat slowly.

Brother An thought that she would lead them back to the palace early in the morning, but Yu Ruyan had no intention of going back to the palace at all, she sat leisurely in the crowd drinking porridge and tea, listening to the people around chatting and chatting, she didn't want to leave for a long time the meaning of.

Seeing Yu Ruyan's appearance, Brother An couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and was about to urge her, but Yu Ruyan said indifferently: "Don't rush back to the palace, I have been away from the capital for a whole year, and what happened in the capital during this year I don't know anything about it. The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy can win every battle. I must first understand what happened in the capital, especially the palace, so as not to enter the palace without knowing anything. It's not good. You should take advantage of this rare time to relax, and besides, if you enter the palace so early, your father won't know that he fell asleep in that beauty's palace and hasn't woken up yet, so don't be so anxious!"

Hearing this, Brother An was stunned, but he understood what Yu Ruyan meant, and sat obediently without urging her.

It was already noon after coming out of the morning market, Yu Ruyan dressed up anew, and brought brother An, a small knife, into the palace!
Everyone in the world knows that the current King of Qi loves beauties far more than the thousands of miles of land left by his ancestors. It is rare to go to court several times a year, and he is drunk and sleeps in the harem every night.

Fortunately, there are many beauties in his harem, and the beauties have given birth to more princesses. Over the years, it is also thanks to having daughters who can get married in exchange for several years of peace in Qi.

Yu Ruyan's sudden return to the palace shocked everyone in the palace. The eunuchs and maids all ran away in fright as if they had seen a ghost when they saw her——

As early as a year ago, King Qi told everyone that the fifth princess, Yu Ruyan, was murdered by robbers on the way to get married. Everyone in the palace thought she was dead. Unexpectedly, she suddenly appeared today, which really scared everyone. one jump.

Ignoring the terrified gazes of the surrounding people, Yu Ruyan asked a palace official and learned that King Qi had rested in Chunlan Palace last night, so she walked towards the Chunlan Palace where Concubine Lian lived without squinting.

Her face was calm and unwavering, but she kept sneering in her heart. It seems that Concubine Lian is really favored forever. How many years have passed, and her father still favors her. It is rare to dote on a concubine for more than three years. months.

Chunlan Palace is the most magnificent and luxurious palace garden in the entire harem, with carved beams and painted buildings, flower pavilions and warm pavilions are exquisite everywhere, and everything is luxurious.

Yu Ruyan walked all the way under the guidance of the palace people, and found that the Spring Lan Palace a year later was even more luxurious and exquisite than before.

Passing by the lotus pond, a radiant beauty came in the distance, dressed in a multicolored silk shirt, her face was similar to Yu Ruyan's, but she wanted to compare it to Yu Ruyan's introverted and glamorous beauty. Her expression is gentle and elegant, which makes people feel like a spring breeze at a glance, and she is really a beautiful woman with natural beauty.

However, only Yu Ruyan knows what kind of hypocritical and vicious face lies behind her gentle and elegant appearance.

This woman is none other than Yu Ruyan's mortal enemy, the Princess of Qi Yu Mingzhu who is loved by thousands of people, and also the beloved daughter of Concubine Lian.

Compared with other princesses who were taken away from their mothers and concubines and brought up by their wet nurses, Yu Mingzhu is different. She stayed with Concubine Lian since she was a child. Her mother has been favored for many years. She is also the most sacred heart of King Qi among many princesses. .

King Qi doted on this pair of precious mother and daughter, so the whole palace of King Qi can also be said to be the world of their mother and daughter.

The same is a princess, Yu Ruyan has suffered a lot since she was a child, but Yu Mingzhu is pampered. It is clear that among all the sisters, the two of them look the most alike, except for a pair of eyes.But Yu Mingzhu hated her the most. Perhaps in her heart, the daughter of a lowly palace girl had a face similar to hers, which was simply an insult to her who was proud and arrogant.

What's more, what makes her hate even more is that Yu Ruyan has endured all the hardships of wind and rain, but the sunrise and sunset become more and more beautiful every day, and the momentum is about to overwhelm her. How can she not hate this?

Yu Mingzhu was walking along the lotus pond in a good mood, when she suddenly saw Yu Ruyan approaching her, her face froze, and the astonishment flashed in her glass-like eyes, but the next second her expression had recovered. Usually, he smiled gently, but didn't speak, waiting for Yu Ruyan to speak first to greet her.

With a cold smile in her heart, Yu Ruyan raised the corners of her lips calmly and said to the woman in front of her, "Hi, Miss Huang!"

After all, she went straight past her and continued on.

"Actually, from the day you got married, I knew that you would definitely come back again, so I asked someone to keep your Jinying Palace for you, but I didn't expect you to come back so soon!"

Yu Mingzhu's beautiful face shone brightly in the sun, she never called Yu Ruyan a younger sister, because in her heart, Yu Ruyan was not worthy of being her younger sister.

The meaning of what she said was unclear, as if she expected that Yu Ruyan would return to Qi country again, which made Yu Ruyan startled.

Stopping in her footsteps, she turned around and looked at the elegant woman in front of her, and said slowly: "Sister Huang's ability to predict things like a god is getting better and better. I don't know if I asked that fairy priest to help you calculate this time? If Yun Yi The Daoist made a calculation, so I advise Miss Huang not to listen anymore. You forgot, more than ten years ago, he wrote a hexagram that made me an unlucky person, and said that as long as I was around, I would definitely destroy my relatives and destroy the country. But after so many years It’s over, I’m alive and well, Sister Huang is still alive, and the Qi Kingdom is still there, so it’s not considered annihilation of relatives, so it can be seen that Daoist Yun Yi’s words can no longer be trusted.”

She fixedly looked at Yu Mingzhu in front of her, and the chill that came from her body made Yu Mingzhu startled.

Her pretty brows almost twitched, she didn't expect that Yu Ruyan, who had always been submissive, came back again with a fierce aura and sharp words.

The beautiful eyes like glass narrowed slightly, Yu Mingzhu curled her lips and sneered, "I haven't seen you for a year, but you have grown a lot of skills. Actually, in the days without you, this harem is really not very lively, sisters I have lost a lot of fun, and I can’t find anyone to entertain me, but now it’s better.”

As soon as she heard the word 'pastime', the oppression and humiliation of the past rushed into her heart, Yu Ruyan suppressed the resentment in her heart and said coldly: "Sister Huang stays in her boudoir all year round, it is really boring. If I remember correctly, Sister Huang is past her prime, when will I hear the good news of Sister Huang's marriage?"

If other people heard such words, they would probably be so angry that they would jump their feet. However, Yu Mingzhu's mind is not comparable to that of ordinary people. She smiled slowly and said, "I, Yu Mingzhu, either don't marry, or marry the most outstanding man in the world." , not something you can compare with pro chess pieces."

After finishing speaking, she lightly swayed her willow waist and paced back and forth, seeming to murmur every word: "Once we get married, we marry thousands of miles away. The husband does not know, and the lonely bed is cold. Heh, this kind of marriage--it's better not to be married." marry!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored Yu Ruyan and walked forward gracefully.

Her words pierced Yu Ruyan's heart like a sharp needle. Everyone knows the sorrow of Princess He, who left her hometown and went to a completely strange place. She doesn't know whether her husband is tall or short, and has a good temper or a bad temper. , the person sharing the same bed is completely strange, so strange that it makes one's heart tremble!

However, Yu Ruyan is even more pathetic. What greets her is not a strange husband, but a cold arrow...

When she came to the bedroom of Chunlan Palace, the palace servants went in to help her communicate, and after a while the palace servants came out to lead her in.In the slightly dim side hall, King Qi was casually reclined on the soft couch in yellow casual clothes, but the figure of Concubine Lian could not be seen.

King Qi looked at Yu Ruyan, who was kneeling in front of him, with a flash of surprise. After a while, his face became calm. Before Yu Ruyan could say hello, he said coldly, "You don't want to stay in Daliang and come back to do it." What? Do you know that when you marry Daliang, you are already a member of Daliang!"

Yu Ruyan, who was kneeling on the ground, felt cold in her heart. She raised her head and looked at the man she called 'Royal Father' in front of her with a wry smile, "Royal Father, can you tell me what happened to the team a year ago? Don't you know?"

King Qi's face changed slightly when he heard the words——

He had already heard about what happened that day, but he broke his promise and deceived Daliang, so after the accident with the relatives, he didn't dare to argue with Daliang, and he didn't send people to find Yu Ruyan, just because at that time Concubine Lian whispered something in his ear——

It would be best if such ominous people are gone, so as not to cause disaster to the country and the people!

He said coldly: "So what if you know, so what if you don't know, you are a married princess, you have set foot on the land of Liang, and you are a member of Daliang, what does your life and death have to do with me, Daqi?"

The cold-blooded and ruthless King Qi made Yu Ruyan feel desolate. She looked at her father in front of her firmly and said word by word: "My daughter saved 36 dowry maids with her life, and she just hopes that they will inform father when they escape back to Qi. The emperor came to rescue me, but my daughter waited day after day without seeing a single soldier sent by the emperor. Father, you told me at the beginning that we must put the overall situation first, for the sake of Qi, the people and the subjects Sacrifice me alone to get married, but my father forgot that I am also one of your subjects, why did my father not care about my death in an accident? Now he has come and said that my life and death have nothing to do with Daqi!"

Feeling sad, Yu Ruyan couldn't help laughing out loud, but that smile was uglier than crying, and said: "I sacrificed myself and my marriage for Daqi and my father's throne, but I didn't expect to hear such a sentence. Oh, Father, don’t forget, my surname is Yu, Daqi’s national surname, I am your biological daughter just like Yu Mingzhu.”

Yu Ruyan's questioning every sentence shocked Qi Guo, and he couldn't believe that his daughter, who was the least valued, dared to say such words in front of him!
He couldn't help looking at Yu Ruyan again, and saw her kneeling there, her thin body straightened up, her watery eyes were cold, and her expression was firm and decisive, but he had never seen such a description before.

King Qi's cold face showed a trace of unbearable, when he treated this fifth daughter, his heart was indeed biased too much, and he never gave her a trace of paternal love, and he never paid attention to seeing her being bullied for so many years. It was because she never shed tears since she was born, and the respected Daoist Yun Yi believed that she was an ominous person who would definitely bring disasters to the Qi country in the future, so, from then on, he loved her. disgusted...

Seeing her come back from Daliang after narrowly escaped death, King Qi couldn't bear it, and said in a relaxed tone: "Forget it, don't mention the past, since you are back, live a good life, no matter what you experienced in Daliang , father still regards you as the fifth princess..."

"Father, I just want to ask, among the many sisters, who is the real jade girl?" Yu Ruyan asked eagerly, interrupting King Qi.

When she returns to the Qi Palace, she wants to know who the real Jade Girl is?

King Qi's face was startled, and the face that had just calmed down a little bit turned cold again. Seeing Yu Ruyan, she hurriedly asked, "Is the jade girl the eldest sister Yu Mingzhu?"

However, before King Qi could answer, there was a cry for help from outside the palace——

"Princess save me!"

The voice came from Brother An, Yu Ruyan was instantly dumbfounded, she looked up at the cruel and indifferent father in disbelief, and the next moment she got up and ran out of the hall as if flying.

The scene in front of her made her heart tighten suddenly——

I saw the palace people of Chunlan Palace strangling An Ge's neck tightly with ropes, Concubine Lian was standing leisurely on the high steps under the eaves of the hall, seeing Yu Ruyan running out in panic and not even looking at her , her voice was charming and icy cold: "Hurry up, don't disturb the emperor's rest."

The palace man got the imperial concubine's order, and without stopping, he tightened the rope in his hand.

Yu Ruyan rushed up and punched and kicked the two palace servants who were pulling the rope, but the palace servants got the imperial concubine's order, and let Yu Ruyan hit them without blinking, just pulling the rope in their hands hard.

Yu Ruyan gritted her teeth bleeding with hatred, she trembled deeply with anger, but Xiaodao went back to Jinying Courtyard first, she couldn't shake the two palace servants at all, and under the instruction of Concubine Lian, the other palace servants even Ready to step forward to stop Yu Ruyan.

Seeing that Brother An's face was getting more and more purple, and Yu Ruyan's eyes showed murderous aura, she pulled out the hairpin from her head, and stabbed the sharp hairpin into the neck of a palace maid...

Blood splattered everywhere, the palace servant fell to the side with a scream, the strength in his hands naturally loosened, and the other palace servant saw Yu Ruyan's fierce and mad look, his eyes showed fear, but without the imperial concubine's order, He didn't dare to let go of the rope in his hand.

Yu Ruyan's eyes turned red, seeing that the palace man was still strangling An Ge tightly, and without blinking, he pierced the hairpin in his hand towards the palace man's neck——

"stop!"

With a sip, the palace servants and Yu Ruyan stopped what they were doing, but it was King Qi who was in the palace who was startled by the noise outside, and couldn't bear it anymore and came out.

He looked at Yu Ruyan with red eyes in shock, and saw that she was holding the bloody hairpin tightly in her hand, and she didn't even let go of the rope around her neck to help An Ge, her whole body was shaking so badly that she couldn't help it. His expression was extremely terrifying.

The life of the palace servant who was stabbed in the neck by her was almost gone, before Concubine Lian had time to complain to King Qi that Yu Ruyan committed murder in her palace, she had already sternly shouted at Concubine Lian: "Why did you kill Brother An?"

Her gaze seemed to be bleeding, and regardless of King Qi's presence, she stared at Concubine Lian viciously, wishing to stab her neck with the hairpin in her hand.

"It was I who asked her to kill me! Why, does your description mean that I want to kill me too?"

Seeing Yu Ruyan's bloodthirsty appearance, Qi Wang said coldly, his face was gloomy.

Hearing this, Yu Ruyan looked at King Qi in disbelief, and said in a daze, "Why did the father do this?"

At some point, Yu Mingzhu also came to the side hall. Looking at Yu Ruyan's bewildered face, her heart was cold, but she said calmly, "Everything my father did was for you. You saved 36 dowries back then. The girl asked them to go back to the palace. But have you ever thought that you are not saving them, but pushing them to their death!"

Yu Mingzhu's glazed eyes gleamed coldly in the sun, seeing Yu Ruyan's increasingly confused look, he said slowly: "You never thought about it.
, Your majestic princess of Qi State became a military prostitute, which is a great shame to Qi State. Each of the 36 girls revealed half a point, does Qi still have the face to survive among the four kingdoms?Therefore, in order to keep you safe, the royal father has no choice but to kill them all to silence them! "

She pointed her pointed nails lightly at Brother An, who hadn't breathed out on the ground, and lightly wrote: "Just in case, she must die too!"

(End of this chapter)