cabinet first lady

Chapter 23 Zhang Anyi's Poisonous Oath
On the second day, Ruan Muyang asked Fang Fang to go to Zhanyuyuan to get the account details, and officially took over the housekeeping duties for Wang.

Everyone in the Zhang family, whether they are from the outer courtyard or the inner courtyard, felt something different.Chuanyunyuan is afraid that it will rely on the newly married young lady to get up!
Just before the ledger was warmed up in Ruan Muyang's hands, someone came from the palace.

The people in Concubine Ruan's palace said that Concubine Ruan was ill a few days ago and she was in good health. The Holy Majesty allowed her family to come to the palace to accompany her to relieve boredom, and wanted to invite her cousin Ruan Muyang to live in the palace for a few days.

The news also reached the ears of others.Many people in the capital felt that the Zhang family, which had been on the decline since the old Shangshu's appointment, was once again favored by the royal family, and they were afraid that they were about to stand up.There were also other rumors floating around.

This matter is no small matter to the Zhang family.Even the old Shangshu who was in another courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing came back at night.

Standing in the center of the hall, Ruan Muyang felt that everyone's eyes were on him.

"You are a well-mannered child. The palace is no different than other places. You must be cautious, listen less and talk less." Old Shangshu's old voice could not hear any joy or anger.

The old lady said: "Fortunately, it is already the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year will be in a few days. You will come back after about ten days."

Ruan Muyang lowered his head and said respectfully: "Don't worry, grandparents, Muyang will be cautious in everything."

After finishing speaking, she turned her head slightly to look at Zhang Anyi.He looked as gentle as usual, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, but only she who stood beside him knew that the breath around him made people feel a little cold.

On the day they returned home, when Xie Zhao said that he wanted her to enter the palace to accompany Concubine Ruan, both of them were there. Without a doubt, both of them knew that Xie Zhao had something to do with this matter.

Just as he was about to look away, Ruan Muyang met Zhang Anyu's gaze.

He squinted his eyes with scrutiny, and when he met her eyes, he smiled disdainfully.

Ruan Muyang, who was already preoccupied, didn't care.

When Ruan Muyang left, Mrs. Wang was the happiest.The smile on her face was half sincere, half false, and there was a deep meaning in her words: "Congratulations to the second brother and sister, for being loved by Concubine Ruan."

Concubine Ruan is the mother and concubine of King Yongan Xie Zhao, and everyone knows the rumors about Xie Zhao and Ruan Muyang, but no one dared to mention the old Shangshu and the old lady.

Ruan Muyang still looked calm, and said in a gentle tone: "My sister-in-law will have to work hard these days when I enter the palace. But don't worry, sister-in-law, I have read all the account books, and I can share the burden for my sister-in-law after returning from the palace. "

The smile on Wang's face froze.

"Okay." The old lady looked at Zhang Anyu and Ruan Muyang and said, "You two are going to say goodbye just after getting married, go back and have a good talk, let's break up."

A group of juniors came out from the courtyard of the old Shangshu and the old lady, and the servants held the lamps in front, and Zhang Anyi walked with several brothers.Zhang Anyan patted him on the shoulder, as if he was about to turn over, and said: "Second brother and sister have been appreciated by Concubine Ruan, and the second brother really married a good wife. I am afraid that in the future, husbands will be more expensive than wives."

Ruan Muyang, who was walking behind, frowned when he heard this.

This is too harsh to say.

I saw Zhang Anyi's gentle voice sounding: "Brother, this is all good luck, I can't be envious."

Apparently Mrs. Wang also heard this sentence, and her face was not very good.She has always been very concerned about the fact that she is not as high as Ruan Muyang.

Seeing Chen Shi talking to Ruan Muyang, she smiled mockingly and said, "Third brother and sister, don't be too early to woo." It is uncertain whether Ruan Muyang will come back from the palace clean and innocent.

Ruan Muyang's heart was extremely heavy at this time, and he didn't have the mind to pay attention to Wang Shi.

After separating from the crowd, Ruan Muyang and Zhang Anyi returned to Chuanyun Courtyard.

After entering the room, she saw that Zhang Anyi had also followed in, and she asked suspiciously: "Don't you need to read the book, Second Master?" In the past, it would take half an hour before he returned to the room.

Zhang Anyi didn't answer, but stepped forward and hugged Ruan Muyang into his arms, and called out in a low voice: "Muyang."

Seeing this, Diancui and Falang who followed in immediately retreated and closed the door.

Suddenly falling into Zhang Anyi's warm and generous embrace, Ruan Muyang was a little dazed.When she heard him call her name tenderly, her tears almost fell, and her fear, anger and shame almost broke the embankment of the silence she had been holding on to.

He was reassuring her.

She didn't say a word, just stretched out her hand up to his waist.

From the day she returned home, she could see Xie Zhao's plan for her. Entering the palace this time was tantamount to a sheep entering the tiger's mouth.

Behind Ruan Muyang are the Ruan family and the Zhang family, which are not worth mentioning in a palace full of nobles, it is equivalent to being helpless.But she couldn't refuse, neither the Zhang family nor the Ruan family had the ability to refuse.

Such a cruel fact was too difficult to say, and they all chose not to say it.

If Xie Zhao did something to her, it would not only ruin her reputation, but also make Zhang Anyi and the Zhang family a laughingstock again, and make Zhang Anyi be dubbed "cowardly" and "useless", and he would never be able to hold his head up .Ruan Muyang felt very guilty.In this life, she wanted to live forever with Xie Zhao, but she was only a burden to him.If she hadn't designed this marriage, he wouldn't have experienced this.

If Xie Zhao really dared to do anything to her, she would fight him to the death.

"Don't worry, Second Master, nothing will happen, and I will never let you down." Ruan Muyang leaned into his arms and whispered.Her voice was not loud, but with determination and sternness.

Zhang Anyi let her go, stretched out his hand and lifted her chin, and said with deep eyes: "If I had known earlier that I would marry you, I would have given my all for Chunwei three years ago."

In the previous life, Zhang Anyi later won the first prize, and was favored by the two power officials in the court, Luo Jie and Xu Hou.Three years ago, the reason why Chunwei Zhang Anyi failed the ranking gradually became clear. It was because he was young and energetic, and he didn't bother to learn the stereotypes of the imperial examination, and wanted to travel to famous mountains and rivers.

Hearing his words, Ruan Muyang was very moved and felt guilty.

After all, she married him because she knew that he wanted to use him in the future.

"Don't worry, everyone knows His Majesty's temper. There are many eyeliners in the palace, and no one dares to mess around. If something happens, you can go to someone." Then, Zhang Anyi leaned down and whispered in Ruan Muyang's ear a name.

Hearing this name, Ruan Muyang was so surprised that he couldn't help raising his head to look at him.But she didn't want her face to rub against his lips when she moved because she was too close.

The warm touch made her body stiff.

His breathing gradually became heavy, and Ruan Muyang didn't know if it was his own or Zhang Anyi's.Their breaths were slowly intertwined, and they couldn't tell the difference.

It was clearly winter, but the surrounding area suddenly became hot.

With some intention of making amends, Ruan Muyang plucked up the courage to reach out and climb up Zhang Anyi's neck, raised his head and stood on tiptoe and said, "I'm going to the palace now—"

Zhang Anyi suddenly stretched out his fingers and gently pressed against her lips, stopping the ominous words she was going to say next.

Ruan Muyang's heart was extremely soft, a smile appeared on his face, he lightly pecked his slender fingers with his lips and said, "I'm just worried that the second master misses me."

This implied action was too obvious, and Ruan Muyang's voice was so soft, the gentleness in Zhang Anyi's eyes slowly disappeared, and the infinite darkness emerged like a wind-blown cloud, and he looked at her fixedly.Suddenly, he sighed softly, and said helplessly, "You can only make me miss you even more."

Not only miss, but also worry about.

Immediately afterwards, when Ruan Muyang was unprepared, he lifted her chin even better, lowered his head and kissed her lips.

His breath was so hot, and his hand around her waist was so tight.It seems that because the matter of entering the palace came too suddenly, his kiss was a bit forceful and hasty.Ruan Muyang has long forgotten what it was like in her last life, and she never looked forward to it, but Zhang Anyi bit her lower lip lightly, as if something was being pulled away from her heart, the gentle itching made her body soften, Clinging tightly to his shoulders.

As if he couldn't bear such a kiss, Ruan Muyang backed away unconsciously, and at some point pushed him to the side of the bed, tripped over his feet, lost his center of gravity and fell backwards.She exclaimed in fright, and subconsciously grabbed him.

A tall man like Zhang Anyi fell down along her and landed on top of her as if he had no roots under his feet.

Such a posture made Ruan Muyang's whole body reddened.

She looked at Zhang Anyi who was condescending, her usually bright and quiet eyes were filled with a rare trance and confusion, which were blushing and shining unconsciously.

Zhang Anyi looked at her carefully with scorching eyes.

His hand traced the contours of her side face, his voice was so hoarse that it made one's heart beat faster: "I think I'm strong-willed, but every time I almost fail at Madam." He said, like It was not enough, he lowered his head and kissed her lips again.

Rolled on her lips.

But Zhang Anyi suddenly stopped and stood up.

After being stared at by him for too long, the confused Ruan Muyang lowered his head and followed his line of sight.

She was so ashamed that she reached out her hand to block it, but Zhang Anyi grabbed her wrist.

"Mu Yang, do you know that I made a poisonous oath?" Zhang Anyi seemed to have something in his eyes, "If I had known that I would marry you, I would not have been so cruel to myself."

The great forbearance and solemnity in his tone made Ruan Muyang wake up immediately, and asked eagerly, "What poisonous oath did you swear?" How could he be so cruel to himself?
Zhang Anyi didn't answer, but let go of her wrist, slowly got up from her, straightened his clothes and returned to his gentle and clear appearance, but the temperature in his eyes had not completely faded away. "Go to sleep first."

Ruan Muyang didn't dare to keep him.

After Zhang Anyi left, her mood gradually calmed down.She didn't expect Zhang Anyi to swear a poisonous oath.So if he is forced to marry her, has he already broken part of his vow?

Thinking of her initiative just now, she was extremely annoyed.

Originally, she wanted to go to the palace and fell into Xie Zhao's hands. If Xie Zhaofei wanted to do something to her, she would definitely die.Before that, she wanted to leave her innocent body to him.

He got up, walked to the dressing table and sat down, opened his skirt in front of the bronze mirror, Ruan Muyang saw the traces all over.

She couldn't help but think of the marks that Xie Zhao had left on her the day she returned home, and she must have been discovered by Zhang Anyi in the end.

This time when she entered the palace, although he comforted her that nothing would happen, he didn't mind.Leaving so many traces on her not only declared his determination, but also declared his possession of her.

What if one day he finds out that she tried everything to marry him just to get revenge on Xie Zhao?
That night, Ruan Muyang slept extremely restlessly.

On the second day, the old lady sent someone to call Ruan Muyang over, and gave them serious instructions.Although no one else was around, the old lady still didn't mention Xie Zhao.

Ruan Muyang was about to enter the palace, but the name of Yongan Wang Xie Zhao seemed to be a taboo in the Zhang family.

Coming out of the old lady's courtyard, Ruan Muyang felt heavy.Suddenly a person jumped out in front of her and blocked her way, she almost screamed out of nowhere.

Dian Cui and Fang Fang were also taken aback, and immediately said, "Fourth Young Master."

Ruan Muyang calmed down and said: "Fourth brother, what a coincidence."

A lazy smile appeared on Zhang Anyu's lips and said: "Second sister-in-law, unfortunately, I came here specially to find you, and I have something to tell you."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pull her.

Ruan Muyang was taken aback, took a step back and said, "If you have anything to say, fourth brother, just say it."

She didn't know what kind of wind Zhang Anyu was having today.What if someone saw it?
Zhang Anyu smiled mockingly and said: "This is coming and going, maybe there will be someone at any time. What I want to say, the second sister-in-law definitely doesn't want others to know."

He speaks in a strange way, and it is especially strange to sneer everywhere.Ruan Muyang suddenly realized something, and said, "Find a secluded place over there."

Zhang Anyu is much more familiar with the Zhang family than Ruan Muyang.

Ruan Muyang followed him to a courtyard where few people visited, and said to Dian Cui and Fang Fang, "You go and watch in front."

After watching Dian Cui and Fang Fang leave, Ruan Muyang turned his head and met Zhang Anyu's scrutinizing and mocking eyes.

"If Concubine Ruan hadn't sent someone here, I would have never thought that the word 'Zhao' on the second sister-in-law's handkerchief is the 'Zhao' of Yongan Wang Xie Zhao!"

Sure enough, Zhang Anyu saw the writing on the handkerchief that day.

Just when Ruan Muyang was about to speak, Zhang Anyu suddenly took a step closer to her with a persuasive attitude, and said with a sneer on his face somewhat similar to Zhang Anyi: "Second sister-in-law, you are so blatantly arguing with King Yongan!" Can you be worthy of my second brother and the Zhang family by secretly communicating the song?"

(End of this chapter)