As Yuan Qingling expected, King An indeed spent three days to replace Ah Ru's confidants. The people who had been in contact with her before were now replaced by King An's people. Of course, those before were also
They were all loyal to King An. But because Ah Ru was good at winning people's hearts, in order to avoid making mistakes, King An replaced them first.
He directly ignored Ah Ru first.
He would not easily let go of anyone who hurt Princess An. Otherwise, he would not have brought people out of the palace to kill the Marquis of Zhenbei that night.
However, he was actually a very tolerant person. He let Ah Ru operate under his nose for three days, but he didn’t let Ah Ru notice any clues. Ah Ru thought the matter was over. So he came out calmly.
Go to the palace.
She knew that Ah Si was following her, but she didn't take Ah Si seriously at all, and sneered in her heart. He had people watch Ah Si's martial arts routines several times, and they were indeed good, but compared to hers, they were still far behind.
cut.
However, she also knew that Ah Si would do something if she followed her. It was just to test whether she knew martial arts, so she deliberately did not get on the carriage. Instead, she went out along the imperial city. If she did it on the street, it would be fine.
She didn't fight back, and Ah Si didn't dare to go too far.
She was only looking at Ah Si and didn't notice a carriage coming quickly from behind her. When it arrived in front of her, two people flew out, grabbed her left and right hands and got on the carriage. She couldn't even resist.
If you resist, you will be subdued.
When she saw a familiar face, she could still get angry and sullen, but she actually knew it already and her face turned a bit pale.
These people were all subordinates of King An, and they were usually dispatched by King An. She also needed King An's order to dispatch these people.
At that moment, fear swept through her heart, and she finally realized that those three days were not calm, but a terrifying wave was brewing.
One of her hands was cut off on the carriage. The person who cut off her hand was Duanmu, who had been with King An for many years and was die-hardly loyal to him.
He was so cold and ruthless that he chopped it off with a knife. His handsome features did not waver at all, and he only said coldly, "This is the prince's order. No wonder the girl is here."
Ah Ru fainted from the pain.
When she woke up, she found that she was already in the room of Prince An's Mansion. She was thrown on the bed, and her hands had been bandaged to stop the bleeding.
The sky was already dark, a lamp was lit on the table, and the light was dim.
"Are you awake?" A nice and familiar voice suddenly came from the room.
Her whole body felt like she had fallen into an ice cellar.
She remembered that when she heard this voice for the first time, her heart jumped a few times. This voice always came to her in her dreams in the following years.
She longed to hear this voice all the time.
However, she never thought that one day she would be so afraid of hearing sounds.
She slowly curled up and looked in the direction of the sound. He was nestled in front of the dressing table, with his arms folded across his chest. A cold wind blew in through the slightly opened window, causing the lights to sway unsteadily, and his face also changed.
It's cloudy or sunny.
"The light is too dark, you can't see me clearly, can you?" King An stretched out his long legs, took a candle with a thick baby's arm, and lit it with a flint. He held the candle in his hand, illuminating his face.
Ghostly and gloomy.
Ah Ru's whole body trembled uncontrollably, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"
"Are you afraid?" King An watched the candle burn for a while, and the candle tears were burned. He dropped the candle tears on the dressing table, and then dipped the bottom of the candle on it. The candlestick was clearly next to him, so he didn't need it.
Just holding it in his hand and playing with it, his eyes slightly raised, and a cold light flashed.
Ah Ru was so frightened that her teeth chattered, "Ah Ru... Ah Ru is wrong. Your Majesty forgives Ah Ru."
King An smiled like a clear moon, and the gloominess disappeared, "What did you do wrong?"
"Ahru should not...should not attack the princess. Ahru is wrong. Please forgive me. Ahru will never dare to do it again. Please forgive Ahru for the sake of Ahru's many years of loyalty. Ahru.
I don’t dare anymore.” Ah Ru slowly got up, knelt on the bed and kowtowed, her face already pale.
King An walked over with the candlestick and sat on the stool next to the bed. He looked at Ah Ru's bleeding hand. The blood seeping out fell on the jade brocade quilt, as if a light red and dark pink flower had bloomed.
rose.
He said: "You have been with me for so many years and you know my temper. From the first day you stayed with me, I have told you that the last thing I will not allow is for someone to hurt the princess.
Have you taken it to heart?"
"I remember, I remember," Ah Ru nodded, panicked tears sliding down his face, "Ah Ru, I remember, I won't dare to do it again in the future, Ah Ru only did it when his mind was lost for a moment.
If something like this happens, my lord, please spare Ah Ru."
King An looked at her and shook his head dissatisfied, "You know that I am a hard-nosed person, so why do you pretend to be pitiful? Do you think I will let you go? Why don't you put this away?
As for your appearance, I don’t like to see people looking weak and pitiful.”
The sorrow and fear on Ah Ru's face slowly shattered. She sat cross-legged and looked at King An. The look of pity and begging just now was gone, replaced by coldness and hatred. "It's really the greatest evil in the world.
Your Majesty doesn't like to see a weak look? Doesn't that bitch look weak and compassionate? Why doesn't your Majesty hate her? Why does Your Majesty still treat her like jewels, but throw my sincerity to the ground and trample on her?
"
King An was not angry at all. He stroked the lotus branches on the candlestick with his hand and smiled scornfully, "How can you compare with her? You are not worthy. She is a pure and flawless snowflake, but you grew up in the gutter.
You are a stinky weed with a dirty mind, I will hate you no matter what you look like, and I will like her no matter what you look like, that's it."
A Ru held up her hands and laughed three times. After laughing, she stared at Wang An with sorrow and anger, "I am a smelly grass, and so is the prince. Aren't all my dirty thoughts just for the prince? Why do you deserve it?
Do you deserve Bai Xuehua?”
"No!" King An shook his head, with no trace of anger in his eyes, "Are you doing it for me? You are doing it for yourself. The post is what you have dreamed of all your life. You knew it from the first day you followed me.
In the future, when the king succeeds in great things, you will not be a candidate for the post. To be honest, Ah Ru, you are very capable of doing things. I have been relying on you all these years. Now that I want to kill you, I really don’t want to give up. It’s a loss.
I have trained you for so many years."
"Kill if you want. Why say such hypocritical words?" Ah Ru also took the risk and looked at him, "It's just that I don't understand. She can't even preside over the inner courtyard of the palace. How will she preside over the harem in the future? She will never become you.
Your virtuous wife, Your Majesty likes her, you can just put her in the palm of your hand and pamper her, why would you kill someone who can really do things for you for her?"
"I have been doing this until Ah Ru hurt her, right?" Prince An's eyes were deep, as if he had seen into Ah Ru's heart, "Is there anything you still don't understand? See, you followed me.
After all these years, now that I am here, I can answer your questions and make you understand."
Ah Ru's lips trembled, and her voice was choked, "What I don't understand is why she gets the prince's love? What is so good about her?"
King An looked at her with a tone full of compassion, "Because she is different from us. Everything about her including her soul is clean. Her world is full of gentleness and friendliness. She is not stained with any blood and cannot afford any greed or ambition."
, Aru, actually we all need this kind of salvation, but it’s a pity that you don’t understand.”