Chapter 377 The Prince is back

Mo Ziyao looked at the mansion and the main corridor, all of which were small and unique, not as magnificent as she had just felt outside. There are trees and stones everywhere in the courtyard, and the simple and elegant style makes people feel free and refreshing, but also in line with Ruan Lingheng's character.

Through several corridors, she found that the house was a little too quiet. Along the way, she met three or two servants, not as many as ordinary princes. I couldn't help asking strangely, "How can the prince's concubines get used to living with so few servants in this house?"

"They have been out of the house for a long time." Liu Er said carelessly.

"Why aren't you in the house? Sister Liuer, why are you still so brainless?" Mo Ziyao said dissatisfiedly and turned her head to Jing'er. Jing'er said, "The prince rarely returns to the royal palace. Occasionally, he comes back to meet guests and will not visit them. At first, they also quarreled, and the prince told them that if they were willing to stay in peace in the palace of Pingzhen, they would always be his concubine, who would wear delicious clothes for the rest of his life. If you don't want to, you can leave by yourself, and you will give him a hundred taels of gold to make a living.

Mo Ziyao was slightly stunned and couldn't help thinking that Ruan Lingheng's heart was not on women's color, and it was generous and kind to give them such a choice. However, if these women have seen Ruan Lingheng's face, they will not be willing to leave if they give them 10,000 taels, right?

"But those women are arrogant and pretentious, so they are willing to leave? They all want to be the right princess.

Liu Er grabbed the words, raised her eyebrows and continued, "When the prince was away, they began to fight infighting. What kind of conspiracy and trick, killing with a knife, I'm afraid that even the concubines in the harem can't compare with them, and two of them will be killed in less than a year. Liu Er patted her chest with a look of fear.

She exhaled, and her expression suddenly changed. She said angrily for some reason: "Actually, the prince saw the infighting, and naturally he would reprimand them a few words. After that, as long as it is not too much, I will ignore it. However, just six years ago, the prince went to Ruannan Palace for the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet. When he came back, he was seriously injured and unconscious and broke his arm. Miss Qingyuan sent the person to the royal palace. She happened to meet Mrs. Fan and handed her over to her. She took the prescription prescribed by Dr. Chen Qi to get the medicine. But because some medicinal materials are special, we have to go to the largest medicinal materials market in southern Xinjiang, which will take three days at the earliest.

Did he get so seriously injured that time?

Mo Ziyao lowered her head slightly and couldn't help feeling guilty. She knew that the reason why Ruan Lingheng was injured so seriously was to save herself.

Liu Er continued: "Mrs. Fan used to have a good relationship with Gu Qinger. She learned something about the prince from Qinger. In addition, after seeing the prince's true face, she wanted to be favored by the prince and sat in the seat of the princess. That time, it happened to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In order to be able to be with the prince**, she completely ignored that the prince was seriously ill..." She suddenly couldn't say any more, stopped and kicked the stone pillar beside her fiercely. Although it has been a long time, she is still trembling with anger.

And Mo Ziyao was also stunned. She didn't expect that Ruan Lingheng would encounter such a thing when he returned to southern Xinjiang. She was as arrogant as him. She was afraid she would kill her when she woke up, right?

Jinger said, "When the prince woke up, he didn't say anything and didn't kill Mrs. Fan, but each lady sent a hundred taels of silver and sent them away from the palace."

Liu Er sneered and gritted her teeth and said, "The prince is thinking about the relationship between husband and wife for three years and doesn't kill her, but it doesn't mean that she won't die."

"It was Miss Qingyuan who killed her, and I also heard that Miss Qingyuan seemed to have killed all the people who knew about it." Jingerdai frowned and said with some fear.

Qingyuan?

Mo Ziyao couldn't help thinking that Qingyuan had wanted to kill herself several times before. If it hadn't been for Ruan Lingheng's prevention and rescue, she might have died several times. Qingyuan's feelings for Ruan Lingheng are domineering possession. As long as she is there, no woman will be allowed to approach Ruan Lingheng.

And it was because of her negligence that the seriously ill Ruan Lingheng suffered that kind of thing. Naturally, she would not let Mrs. Fan go. For the sake of Ruan Lingheng's reputation, she may really kill all those ladies.

"The king of Pingzhen didn't punish her after knowing it?"

Jinger shook her head, "After the prince was injured, he left southern Xinjiang. He hasn't come back yet and doesn't know about it." With that, she looked around carefully and whispered, "If it hadn't been for my close relationship with Liu Er and the prince, I'm afraid she would even want to kill us." She stared at Liu Er and said, "It doesn't matter if we know about it. We can't mention it again in the future."

Mo Ziyao nodded, and the three continued to walk forward in silence...

Without the prince's wives in this royal palace, there is naturally no need for too many servants. The huge mansion is very clean.

In this way, Mo Ziyao stayed in the house at ease. With Jing'er and Liu'er, the time seems to pass very fast, which also makes her feel like she has returned to the days when she used to Gu Xian Villa. There is no struggle in the deep palace, and there is no disturbance in everything.

However, she always remembered that her purpose of coming here was to negotiate terms with Ruan Lingheng.

Unconsciously, seven days passed in a flash.

On this day, Mo Ziyao was taking a nap in the room, and she heard someone calling her name from afar: "Ziyao! Ziyao..."

She turned over and sat up, looked at the door, and saw a figure flashing to her side.

"Xiaoxiao." Seeing the person coming clearly, Mo Ziyao waved to her with a smile and asked her to sit by the bed.

Xiaoxiao was not polite. He directly took off his shoes and jumped on the bed, sat cross-legged opposite Mo Ziyao, looked at her with a smile, and said, "I didn't expect you to leave the palace. How about it? Do you think it's better to be outside?" Her smile is still as sunny as before. If you take a look, you will laugh with joy.

Mo Ziyao has learned about the process of Xiaoxiao being rescued from Liu Er. It turned out that Xiaoxiao was imprisoned by Yi Zhaorong for a few days and almost starved to death. He was saved by Concubine Yunxian. Just when Concubine Yunxian sent Xiaoxiao back to Taifu's mansion, she was saved by Gu Yanmu, who was wandering in the imperial capital at that time. Xiaoxiao knew that she could not enter the palace, so she had to leave the imperial capital with Gu Yanmu, and later followed Ruan Lingheng. .

To Xiaoxiao, Mo Ziyao also smiled happily and said, "Yes, the colorful world outside is intoxicating and free life, which makes people yearn for it." She stretched out her hand and flicked Xiaoxiao's forehead and said, "You ghost girl, you escaped and didn't know how to send me a letter, which made me always think that you were captured by Concubine Yunxian and worried about you for fear that something would happen to you."

Xiaoxiao touched his forehead and lowered his eyes and said, "This is really my fault. It makes you worry. In fact, I want to send you a message and even want to rob you from the palace, but if you want to accompany the emperor in the palace, you will not be willing to leave the palace. Otherwise, if the prince asked you to go with him at that time, you would not refuse. At that time, I knew that we were not the same person at all, and the life we wanted was different, so I think it would be better not to contact you.

Mo Ziyao was silent when Xiaoxiao said so. The life you want, oh, who knows that the life you want is actually very simple, just want to join hands with the people you love for a lifetime. However, if you fall in love with an emperor, you will love more than ordinary women.

There are many people who can't understand. But this road is chosen by yourself. Falling in love with Ruan Lingzheng means that there are endless hardships and obstacles waiting for you, but no matter how difficult it is, you have no regrets.

Xiaoxiao has got up. She stretched out and regained her smile. She turned her head and said to Mo Ziyao, "Yes, I have good news for you. The prince has come back and is in the council chamber." After saying that, he hummed a song and left happily.

The council hall of the royal palace, the penultimate room on the left side of the main hall, is not too far from the wing room where Mo Ziyao lives. She quickly came to the door of the council hall, but the door was closed, and a faint sound came from inside. She immediately recognized the voices of Ruan Lingheng and her brother Gu Yanmu.

She did not go in boldly, but stood by the stone pillar on one side, trying to wait until they finished talking.

Probably because of being in the royal palace, they were not on guard. When they talked, the door was closed casually and did not close. Therefore, the conversation happened to float into Mo Ziyao's ears.

Listen to Ruan Lingheng say, "There is no need to send someone to talk about it. Since King Su has turned his back on us, there is no need to work on him. Without one Tusala, it will have no impact on the overall situation."

Her heart is tight. Isn't Tusala the king of Xuan? Who is this king of Su? The overall situation? What on earth are they going to do? While thinking about it, I heard the voice of my brother Gu Yanmu, "But let it go. I'm afraid that when the war between Ruan Nanguo and Yutan is in full bloom, what should King Su let Ruan Lingjun lead the army to capture Ruan Nanhuang?"

Ruan Lingheng did not say anything and seemed to be thinking. Hearing Gu Yanmu, he said, "You should know that Ruan Lingzheng's throne is not just right. If Ruan Lingjun announces Ruan Lingzheng's plan to win the throne to the world and leads to war, which puts the people in the midst of fire, causing the dissatisfaction of the people, and then pulls a few old ministers of the former dynasty to build momentum, Ruan The Southern Dynasty really changed its master.

Mo Ziyao was shocked, and her whole body stood still. Although she didn't quite understand Gu Yanmu's words, she also knew that Ruan Lingzheng's personal expedition almost took away most of Ruan Nanguo's strength, and the imperial defense was empty. If someone took advantage of it at this time, Ruan Nanguo may really be in an instant. Destroyed.

What's more serious is that this will make Ruan Lingzheng really suffer from the enemy and will definitely die.

Gu Yanmu seemed to be very anxious. He suddenly stood up from his chair, held his hands, paced back and forth in the room, and said with some complaints: "Your Majesty, you really shouldn't move Ruan Lingzheng because of your sister. You should know that a country can only be truly at ease if it is in its own hands. You have prepared for so long in order to get Ruan Nanguo. Although you were destroyed by the old emperor when he found your true identity and let Ruan Lingzheng, who was close to the water platform, ascend to the throne, you have military power. Isn't it easy to take it back?

Mo Ziyao's body trembled, and she only felt that her head was heavy, and her mind seemed to be completely unable to rotate, as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss. She unconsciously clenched her fists, hoping that none of this was true.

She shook her head hard and her thoughts slowly converged. With a wry smile, it turned out that this was the secret of the previous dynasty. Ruan Lingheng actually wanted to control Ruan Nanguo and take it as his own? Listening to his brother's meaning, he seems to have controlled many such small countries. What does he want to do after careful planning for many years?

"What are you doing here?" Suddenly, there was a fierce cry in Mo Ziyao's ear. Looking back, she saw a white light flashing in front of her, and she quickly stabbed at herself.