slave like jade

Chapter 97 Thunderbolt
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!"

Yu Mingzhu's words were like an ice knife cutting her heart, not only painful but also mixed with a cold chill, she was so dazed that she couldn't recover from her words——

He never expected that 36's life, which he wanted to save with all his heart, would eventually die because of her!

But what happened to Xiao Qing in the prime minister's mansion?If it was true as Yu Mingzhu said, the 36 dowry maids were all killed, why was Xiaoqing still alive, and was found by Mu Ziyue and brought to Daliang?
Questions ran through her mind, but right now she couldn't allow her to think too much. The most important thing for her now was how to save Brother An?

Suppressing the endless panic in her heart, Yu Ruyan glanced coldly at Yu Mingzhu, who had an elegant face, then turned her head to Qi Wang and gritted her teeth and asked, "Is the father really going to kill Brother An to save his daughter's reputation?"

King Qi didn't understand what she meant, but Concubine Lian Gui and Yu Mingzhu were equally puzzled.

After a while, King Qi nodded coldly and said, "Not bad!"

Hearing his answer, Yu Ruyan smiled slowly, imitating Yu Mingzhu, swept her finger at the surrounding palace people, and said coldly: "Okay, if this is the case, please wash the Chunlan Palace with blood first." , If there are so many palace people here today, if they don’t kill them one by one, people will still tell about the misfortune of my daughter, so all the palace people in Chunlan Palace will die. Am I right, Concubine Lianmu?”

Her gaze was coldly fixed on Concubine Lian. This woman is as vicious as her daughter. If she hadn't encouraged her father in the ears of the emperor, she would never have thought of marrying Brother An just because of King Qi's lazy temper. Life.

Her relaxed sentence instantly changed the expressions of everyone in the Chunlan Palace, and all the palace people knelt down and begged for mercy.Not only Concubine Lian, but even King Qi's expression turned ugly, and he didn't know how to answer her for a while?
Yu Mingzhu's expression was slightly shocked, and a somewhat inconceivable expression flashed across her eyes when she saw Yu Ruyan——

Unexpectedly, when Daliang walked around and came back, not only did she not bow her head to be a human being because of her unbearable status, on the contrary, she was a hundred times more powerful than before!
A cold light flashed across Liuli's eyes, it seemed that he could not underestimate the enemy anymore!
Yu Mingzhu slowly stepped forward and whispered softly: "It would be too inappropriate and sensible for you to force your father to wash Chunlan with blood. Father obviously had good intentions, but why did it become revenge when he came to you? Chunlan Palace The person in charge has always been prudent and obedient, as long as the concubine mother gives an order, there will be no news of today's incident..."

"Does Huangjie dare to make sure that all the hundreds of people in Chunlan Palace will keep their mouths shut?" Before Yu Mingzhu finished speaking, Yu Ruyan coldly interrupted her. She looked at the woman in front of her with a sneer and said firmly. : "Compared to the servants of Chunlan Palace, I believe in the maidservant who is dependent on me for life and death. If the imperial sister must kill Brother An today, I don't mind taking the lives of hundreds of people in Chunlan Palace to pay for her funeral!"

"Presumptuous!" Concubine Lian yelled and stopped Yu Ruyan's words, her charming and beautiful face was covered with frost, and she walked up to Yu Ruyan step by step and said coldly: "Go out for a while, I really don't want you to be superior or inferior. You have forgotten that not only did you want to bloodbath my Chunlan Palace, but you even threatened your imperial sister over and over again, how brave you are!"

Concubine Lian aggressively bullied Yu Ruyan, trying to overwhelm her.In the past, just a cold look from me would make the slut who was born of a slut maid in front of me timid, she didn't believe it, she dared to shake the sky in front of her!
Thinking of this, she pointed to the dead palace servants on the ground and said in a cold and piercing voice: "You alone dare to commit murder in my Chunlan Palace? I'm not going to teach you a lesson today, I'm afraid you have forgotten the rules of the palace " After finishing speaking, he raised his hand high and slammed it fiercely at Yu Ruyan's bright and clean face.

If this palm hits her face, the pointed armor will definitely scratch Hua Yuruyan's face. Concubine Lian thought proudly that she is now worthless for marriage, a worthless remnant flower is defeated. Liu, even if you ruin her face, His Majesty won't do anything to her!
Seeing that her hand was about to hit Yu Ruyan's face, Yu Ruyan raised her hand suddenly, pointed the sharp head of the blood-stained hairpin at Concubine Lian's menacing palm...

"Ah!" With a cry of surprise, even though Concubine Lian quickly retracted her hand to avoid being pierced by the hairpin point and escaped the catastrophe, her strength was not steady, and she staggered and fell heavily on the ground with a bang. On the ground, the towering cloud temples on the head were messed up, drooping on the head in a state of embarrassment.Yu Mingzhu and a group of palace servants rushed forward to help her up, but before she got up, Yu Ruyan's voice sounded coldly, and it was to the stunned King Qi——

"Father, you just said to your daughter that you still treat me as the fifth princess, but my father has forgotten a little bit. I am not only the fifth princess of Qi, but also my father is still the fifth princess in front of all officials and officials in the whole world. Princess Heshuo, who was conferred personally in front of her, in terms of dignity, I am much higher than Miss Huang!"

After finishing speaking, she turned her head to look at Concubine Lian on the ground with a look of hatred on her face, and said, "Concubine Lianmu, I am the most honorable Princess Heshuo in the Qi Kingdom, so what does it matter if I kill one or two lowly slaves? Heh, You may not know that I have walked in Daliang once, and I have not learned anything, but I have grown courageous. If there is someone in this palace who dares to disrespect me in the future, I will not talk nonsense with him anymore, and I will ask him directly. life!"

After all, a pair of cold eyes glanced coldly at the surrounding palace servants, and those who were touched by her terrifying eyes couldn't help but feel terrified, and stepped back one by one, for fear of being too close to her and she would not say a word. And to kill!
For a long time, Concubine Lian was the one who walked sideways in the harem. After the Queen passed away in the early years, King Qi never established a queen. In the entire harem of Daqi, Concubine Lian was the highest and most favored concubine.Over the years, she has lived happily and without the slightest grievance. The palace officials and even the concubines were all afraid of her cruel methods, and they all succumbed to her lust and did not dare to disobey her. In the hands of Yu Ruyan who was in the hands of an hour, and she was obviously a timid and useless person before, why did she suddenly come back as if she was a different person, the whole person was like a sharpened sharp sword, who would touch it? If she doesn't die, she will be injured!

But in front of so many palace people, how could Concubine Lian give up just because of her ruthless words? If Yu Ruyan is not subdued today, how will she be able to gain power in the harem in the future!
Concubine Lian seemed to be greatly frightened, and after being supported by the palace servants, she suddenly threw herself into King Qi's arms and tremblingly said, "Your Majesty, this disobedient woman is actually going to… actually want to kill me too. If the concubine hadn't been able to hide quickly just now, I'm afraid she would have died in her hands like that palace man now, it's too terrible. Your Majesty, you must be the master of the concubine!"

Yu Mingzhu also said to the king with a panicked face: "Father, everyone has seen with your own eyes that she is going to kill her mother! If Father doesn't punish her properly, I'm afraid that in the future... in the future..."

Yu Ruyan was startled, knowing that her next words must be deliberately saying that she will kill her father in the future. Although this is just a hypothesis, Yu Ruyan understands the emperor's heart too well. There is a shadow in the king's heart, so in the future, if the mother and daughter fan the flames or frame them again, King Qi's suspicion will take root, and his life will be in danger at any time!

"Concubine Lianmu misunderstood!" Yu Ruyan's seemingly leisurely words immediately cut off Yu Mingzhu's words. She took out the silk handkerchief on her body and carefully wiped the blood stains on the hairpin. Concubine Lianmu, my daughter just wants to wipe this hairpin clean before putting it on again, I really don't want Concubine Lianmu to reach out to hit me and almost bump into me—"

Putting the hairpin back on carefully, Yu Ruyan walked up to Concubine Lian, and said coldly: "Isn't Concubine Lianmu going to hit me to vent her anger? Well, let's hit, Concubine Lianmu will use your armor to scratch her." Let me have this face, I have suffered misfortune for the Qi country, and I have already lost face to face others, so I don't want this face!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he stretched out his face and waited for Concubine Lian to make a move.

Concubine Lian's whole body froze, she looked at the beautiful flower-like face in front of her in disbelief, her whole body froze, she didn't dare to raise her hand anymore——

Although King Qi is usually lazy, he doesn't take the affairs of the harem very seriously, but he once issued a clear order in the palace, that is: All the female family members of the harem of the Qi Kingdom will punish people but not face, regardless of crimes. No matter what happens, you can't ruin someone's appearance!

It is precisely because of King Qi's love of beauty that, in his heart, he cannot bear to regret any flaws on a beauty's face.

If Concubine Lian had slapped Yu Ruyan in the face before, even if her face was scratched and her appearance was ruined, she could argue afterwards that she was agitated and angry, which was unintentional.But now Yu Ruyan has revealed the danger hidden in the armor in her hand in front of King Qi, if she dares to strike again, she may really be against King Qi's scales...

Having been with King Qi for many years, the reason why Concubine Lian has been able to prosper and be enduring, apart from her beautiful appearance and skillful means, is also very important, that is, she understands King Qi's temperament very well——

King Qi is usually easy-going and lazy, but if he is really offended, his cold-blooded and ruthless will be extremely terrifying in an instant.

Sure enough, when King Qi heard Yu Ruyan's words, his eyes turned cold, and he glanced coldly at Concubine Lian who was huddled in his arms and remained silent, and said slowly after a while: "That's all, today's matter is over here."

He glanced around the crowd with rare majesty and said coldly: "If anyone dares to spread the matter of the fifth princess in private, no matter who it is, they will be killed!"

As soon as King Qi's words came out, everyone's scalps went numb, and they all knelt down to respond, and no one dared to say anything more.

In less than half a moment, the news that Yu Ruyan returned to the palace and made a big disturbance in the Chunlan Palace spread in the palace. Everyone was surprised and wondered how the five princesses who had "resurrected from the dead" had the guts to stand in the palace. It was really unexpected to touch Concubine Lian's tiger whiskers on the first day after returning to the palace. In private, everyone talked about it, and they all had the mentality of watching the show to see how Concubine Lian would deal with Yu Ruyan in the future!

Yu Ruyan led An Ge back to the Jinying Palace, and along the way, the surrounding palace people saw that she was no longer as casual as before, but everyone greeted her respectfully, with panic on their faces color.

Brother An couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat when he thought of the danger just now, but when he thought of Yu Ruyan risking his life to save her, his heart was filled with emotion, and he couldn't help sobbing softly.

Yu Ruyan turned around and looked at her, knowing that the situation just now had frightened her, she couldn't help saying softly: "Don't cry, silly girl, you're fine now, as long as I'm here, no one will dare to bully you anymore, don't be afraid."

She comforted Brother An, but actually she couldn't stop sweating.She has never been so hostile to Concubine Lian as she is today. In the past, she always listened to her concubine Shu's words and did not offend Concubine Lian and the others.But now she realizes that her previous cowardice and escape were all wrong. When facing vicious villains like Lian Guifei Yu Mingzhu, she can only defeat them if she is more vicious and terrifying than them.

Back to the remote Hibiscus Cherry Palace, push open the cobweb-covered gate and enter. The deep courtyard is covered with dead branches of ginkgo leaves, the steps are covered with moss, and the house is covered with dust.

Xiaodao helped her go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get her things, and Brother An started to clean up.

Standing under the tall apricot tree in the courtyard, Yu Ruyan stretched out her hand to caress the rough tree trunk, her heart bursting with sadness.

When she was less than two years old, she was called an unlucky person and was thrown into a deep mountain. She almost died at the mouth of a poisonous snake. It was the master who rescued her when he passed by, and brought her back to Putuo Temple, where she lived for six years.

Those six years were the happiest time in her life. Apart from soaking in medicinal baths three times a day, she also had to drink countless bitter medicines which made her unbearable, but other times she was carefree.

The master is very kind to her, except that when she refuses to take a medicine bath or drink medicine, the master will pull his face down and scold her, and he is always used to her at other times.When she grew up, she also understood that six years of uninterrupted medicinal baths and countless bitter medicines were actually the master's good intentions.

The master has always wanted to cure her anemia so that she can return to the palace as soon as possible.It's a pity that it didn't work out in the end.

When she was eight years old, the Empress Dowager went to Putuo Temple to burn incense. I don't know what the master said to her. When she returned to the palace, the Empress Dowager brought her back to the palace and gave her a residence in the Jinying Hall.

Although Jinying Palace is the worst and most remote palace in the palace, she grew up here and lived there until she got married.Now that she came back here again, she felt a sense of familiarity in her heart. This small palace was her last home.

Xiaodao came back from the outside, holding something in his hand, with a gloomy face, and seeing Yu Ruyan when he entered the door, before he could say a word, he put down the things in his hand and rushed forward to check whether her body was injured, Yu Ruyan knew, He must have heard about her in Chunlan Palace.

Smiling at him comfortingly, Yu Ruyan said softly, "I'm fine, I'm fine."

Hearing what she said, Xiaodao wished he could raise his sword and rush to Chunlan Palace to seek revenge on Concubine Lian, but he knew that going back to the palace was no better than being outside, his impulsiveness would only cause trouble for his sister, and Yu Ruyan clearly She made an agreement with him in three chapters, asking him not to bring his impulsive temperament outside the palace back to the palace, and to obey her in everything.So I just said worriedly: "Sister, be careful in the future, that Concubine Lian is very vicious, be careful of her revenge."

During the conversation, Eunuch Xiao from the House of Internal Affairs came in with a few maids and mothers, and after carefully greeting Yu Ruyan, he pointed to the palace man kneeling on the ground and whispered: "Princess, this is the new maid from the House of Internal Affairs. Choose the palace servants to serve."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and shouted to the maids and mothers on the ground: "I haven't greeted the new master yet."

Everyone hurriedly greeted Yu Ruyan, she turned her eyes slightly to everyone on the ground, sneered in her heart, and said slowly: "How can my little Jinying Temple accommodate so many people? Leave two to clean the yard It’s fine to be a girl who does rough work, let the others leave!”

Hearing what she said, people kneeling on the ground look at me and I look at you, don't know what to do?

Eunuch Xiao smiled at Yu Ruyan in embarrassment and said: "Princess, this is the rule in the palace. You are the honorable Princess Heshuo. According to the rules, you have to have so many people around you..."

"I'm just going back to the palace to eat rice, so I don't pay much attention!" Yu Ruyan said coldly that Eunuch Xiao's neck turned red. Let’s just say that I appreciate her kindness, and I am used to the quietness of this little Jinying Hall, so I don’t need so many people to follow me.”

Hearing her decisive words, Eunuch Xiao said helplessly: "Since the princess has made up her mind, please ask the princess to choose two girls who catch my eye."

Yu Ruyan smiled slowly, and said calmly: "Staying in my Jinying Palace is hard work, and there is no reward. Whoever wants to stay can stay. There is nothing to choose." Everyone in the courtyard looked at each other in blank dismay.

She didn't sleep all night last night. After Brother An cleaned up the bed, Yu Ruyan climbed into bed and fell asleep...

In the dream, she dreamed of Mu Lingzhi without any surprises. He stood behind the easel and concentrated on drawing for her. In the light of the sky after the snow stopped, he was plump and handsome, with extremely beautiful features...

He painted very seriously, and didn't allow her to peek at him. Even after the painting was finished, he hid the portrait from her to see. She was really curious about what he painted himself like?Is it what he has in mind?

Her heart was so painful that she couldn't breathe, she suddenly woke up from the dream, the pain in her chest was still there after waking up, and she looked at the surrounding decorations blankly, then she suddenly remembered that she had already left Daliang and returned to the country of Qi...

At this time, the door of the room was pushed open, Yu Ruyan looked up, and couldn't help but freeze.

I saw Brother An coming in with food, and behind him was Concubine Shu, whom I hadn't seen for a year!

In a year's time, Concubine Shu seemed to have aged a lot, the moment she saw Yu Ruyan, she stepped forward in great surprise, held her hand tremblingly but couldn't say a word, tears were streaming down her face.After a long while, he uttered in pain: "My son... what are you going to do after this?"

In Shu Pin's mind, Yu Ruyan's marriage failed, lost her body and was driven back, her life was completely ruined.

Yu Ruyan's heart was also full of sadness. Before, she had always harbored a beautiful wish in her heart, that is, after marrying Daliang, she would be favored by her husband, and then take her mother and concubine to Daliang to live with her, far away from the Qi Kingdom's palace. , Let mother live a few days of comfort.

But in the end, all wishes come to nothing, not only can't pick up his mother and concubine, even he can't gain a foothold in Daliang...

Her eyes were so sore, Yu Ruyan got out of bed and knelt down in front of Concubine Shu and said with a sad face: "Mother Concubine, my daughter has failed to achieve anything, I have disappointed Mother Concubine. From now on... I will always be by Mother Concubine's side and never leave again."

Shu Pin's heart hurts so much that she can't breathe, she understands the meaning of Yu Ruyan's words, in this life, she is afraid that she will die of old age in this lonely harem just like herself.She looked at her daughter who was not enough, and her heart was filled with sadness. She had stayed in this palace for most of her life, and she knew the hardships of life, and her daughter was still so young, thinking that she would spend her life here, she felt sad.

She stretched out her hand to hold Yu Ruyan and cried, "Son, since you know your current situation, why did you offend Concubine Lian? Now that you have offended her, how will you live in this harem from now on?"

Yu Ruyan heard the words, knew that she was talking about today's Chunlan Courtyard, she couldn't help but said coldly: "I just understand the hardships and dangers in the palace in the future, so I will fight for my life today to win against Concubine Lian. Royal father still has a trace of guilt and pity for me in his heart, I still have a small chance of winning against her, if in the future I'm afraid..."

She looked at Shu Pin's worried eyes, and sighed: "Only by gaining prestige in the palace, life will be more peaceful and easier in the future, otherwise, does mother concubine think that this palace can accommodate me?"

Brother An invited the mother and daughter over to have dinner, Shu Pin was about to reach out to serve Yu Ruyan with soup but she retracted without knowing it.Yu Ruyan put aside all unhappiness and pretended to be happy: "Mother Concubine, I want to eat the crab roe cake that you made by yourself the most outside, can you make it for me tomorrow?"

Concubine Shu was startled when she heard the words, her face darkened half a moment later, and she said with a sneer: "Okay, Concubine Mother will do it for you tomorrow."

However, as soon as Concubine Shu finished speaking, the maid next to her suddenly knelt in front of Yu Ruyan and cried: "Princess, since you are back, you must seek justice for your empress, your empress..."

"Fu'er shut up!" Shu Pin's expression changed drastically after hearing Fu'er's words, but it was too late.

Yu Ruyan's expression darkened when she heard the words, she walked up to Fu'er and said in a deep voice, "Tell me, what's wrong with the concubine mother?"

Fu'er knelt on the ground with tears all over her face, and said with a guilty expression: "Princess, when you left the palace to get married, you told your servants to take good care of your mother, but your servants neglected their duties and did not protect your mother well."

Yu Ruyan was shocked all over, and looked back incredulously at the trembling concubine mother, a bad thought flashed in her heart, she stared at Fu'er and said coldly: "Quickly tell me, what happened when I was not around?"

Fu'er shuddered, and said through gritted teeth: "Princess, the tendons of the ten fingers of your mother's hands were all cut off by concubine Lian Guifei, and now... now, my mother can no longer make crab cakes for the princess!"

It was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, making Yu Ruyan's brain buzz.She couldn't believe it and looked back at Concubine Shu whose face was covered with tears. The next moment she couldn't believe it, she went up to pick up the concubine's mother's hands, only to find that her ten fingers were limp and covered with scars. She asked tremblingly: "Mother, is this true?"

Concubine Shu put away the tears in her eyes, forced a smile, but her voice was trembling: "It's nothing, anyway, the concubine mother has someone to take care of, and she doesn't have to do heavy work, even if, even if it breaks, it won't have much impact ..."

There was a 'boom' in Yu Ruyan's mind——

Shu Pin was originally an ordinary court lady, but she was outstanding in appearance and good at massage.King Qi had a headache, and during a headache attack, Concubine Shu helped him massage and relieved it a lot. King Qi favored her on a whim, brought her into the harem, and gave birth to Yu Ruyan a year later.

Privately in the palace, it was rumored that Concubine Shu had played dirty tricks to get the favor of King Qi, and King Qi had doted on Concubine Shu very much for a while, but after Yu Ruyan gave birth, she was declared an unlucky person by Daoist Yun Yi. , Qi Wang ignored her a lot.

However, in the winter month of last year, King Qi had a headache for a long time before he suddenly thought of Concubine Shu who had been neglected for many years. After looking through Concubine Shu's jade head card for two days, Concubine Lian directly sent someone to cut off all the tendons in Concubine Shu's fingers...

Concubine Shu's tendons were all severed, and she would no longer be able to give massages to King Qi in the future, and her only poor pet capital was gone...

Violence surged on Leng Yan's face, hatred flashed across her eyes, Yu Ruyan suddenly smiled slowly, and said in a cold tone: "The years to come will be long, I have plenty of time to reveal Concubine Lian's old background one by one, I will definitely pay back my concubine's broken tendons!"

However, as soon as Yu Ruyan finished speaking, the courtyard door was suddenly knocked loudly, and the two little girls in the courtyard rushed to knock on the door. As soon as the latch was opened, a group of people rushed in aggressively, surrounded by a gorgeously dressed Beautiful woman.Before the little girl could tell, the beautiful woman glanced at the lights in the side hall, kicked the door with a cold face, and almost bumped into Yu Ruyan who came out after hearing the sound.

Seeing the beautiful woman's gloomy and cold face, Concubine Shu, who was walking behind Yu Ruyan, felt a chill in her heart, her whole body could not stop trembling, but Yu Ruyan came forward with a calm expression and bowed her knees to salute: "I have seen Concubine Li Mu! "

When Concubine Li saw Yu Ruyan, her eyes were filled with blood, and she shouted at the people around her without saying a word: "Tie her up and drag her away."

The scene was chaotic in an instant...

And in the brightly lit Chunlan Palace, the palace servants reported to Concubine Lian: "I want to report to Madam Li, Madam Li has brought people to Jinying Palace to arrest people, and now the inside is in chaos..."

Hearing this, Concubine Lian's charming eyes flashed a cold light, she gently caressed her delicate fingers like white jade, the pointed armor on them gleamed coldly, just like her state of mind at the moment.

"What a slut, how dare to run wild on my head. Heh, if I don't show you some color, don't you think I'm really afraid of you?!"

(End of this chapter)