I just want to live a happy life

Ling Yunche was not happy with Ruyi's idea: "If you don't want to, you can find someone else. I can tell you in advance that it's still 50-50 with me. It won't be so fair with others."

She understood what Ling Yunche meant. Although Ling Yunche was only going to take half, if she couldn't even get half from other people, it seemed that Ling Yunche was still a good person. So, she agreed without much thought.

After the two of them agreed, Ling Yunche bought a white handkerchief, embroidery thread and needles and gave them to Ruyi.

At this moment, Ruyi, who was fantasizing about exchanging the embroidered handkerchief for silver to buy food to improve her life, forgot that her hands were now fatter than before.

She only remembered this when she picked up the embroidery needle. The small needle could not be held steadily in her short and thick hands, let alone embroidering a handkerchief.

But remembering that she could only eat moldy steamed buns at this time, she gritted her teeth and started embroidering with difficulty.

She embroidered with trembling hands, and her hands would be pricked every few stitches. When she finished embroidering a handkerchief, there were puncture marks on the fingertips of her ten fingers.

It hurts when I touch it.

But now she had no choice at all.惢心 had completely ignored her. Her threat from that day was still ringing in her ears, and Concubine Ji had nothing to do with the matter and would not help. She had to do everything by herself.

She curled her lips, feeling aggrieved. She blamed惢心 for not helping her, blamed the Emperor for not immediately helping her find out the truth and clear her name, and blamed the Queen and others for slandering her.

Especially the queen, she not only snatched the throne that originally belonged to her, but also framed her and sent her to the cold palace. After she got out, she would definitely take revenge.

About a month later, she had finally finished embroidering the handkerchiefs Ling Yunche gave her. At this time, her hands were completely unsightly. Some of her fingers were wrapped in white cloth and some blood had seeped out.

The fingers that were originally wearing armor were also injured, but she didn't care. Not only did she keep long nails, but she also wore armor. This was her dignity and she couldn't lose it.

After giving the embroidered handkerchief to Ling Yunche, Ling Yunche took it out and looked at it. He saw that green cherry and red lychee were embroidered on the handkerchief. Although she was a grown man and seldom used handkerchiefs, she still knew what was a good handkerchief and what was a defective one.

The embroidery is not good at all. Not to mention the weird combination of green cherry and red lychee on the handkerchief, even the stitching is crooked. It would be strange if it could be sold at a high price.

Wasn't it said that the one sent to the cold palace was from the Ulanara clan, a royal family, and was previously Empress Xian? Unexpectedly, her cooking skills really impressed her.

Thinking of this, Ling Yunche gave her a complicated look.

Ruyi didn't understand and asked in confusion, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Ling Yunche said bluntly: "This handkerchief you embroidered is not good at all. Not many people like it. I can tell you in advance that you can't sell this handkerchief for a good price."

Ruyi felt a little embarrassed by what she said, but she would not admit that her embroidery was not good. She said it must be Ling Yunche who had no taste.

But the result was not what Ruyi had hoped for. The handkerchief she embroidered did not sell for much silver. After she bought candles and fire starters, and some rice porridge from the eunuch who delivered meals, she spent all the money.

If she wants to live a better life, she still needs to embroider handkerchiefs in exchange for silver.

The weather was just right that day, so Suo Xin came out of the room, took a stool and placed it under the eaves, sitting down to bask in the sun. The warm light shone on her, making her feel warm and even a little drowsy.

This cold palace is really good. I don’t have to bother communicating with other people, and I don’t have to engage in intrigue. Except for not being able to go out, I can do whatever I want.

Suddenly, she heard a noise and looked in that direction, only to see Ruyi sitting at the table with the door wide open, embroidering a handkerchief. Her armored hands were raised, and she was embroidering with difficulty holding the needle.

Suddenly,惢心 was no longer sleepy and just stared at Ruyi's movements.

Coincidentally,惢心 saw the needle suddenly pierce Ruyi's finger, and she grimaced in pain, looking very ugly.

Before entering the cold palace, she had people serving her and did not have to worry about anything, but after entering the cold palace, she had to worry about everything by herself. Her appearance, which used to be 70%, now only has 30 or 40%.

Her fair skin turned sallow. Apart from her hands, Ruyi had lost a lot of weight and her cheeks looked sunken.

But apart from feeling very happy,惢心 didn't feel any pity or want to help her.

In the original plot, with the original owner by her side, Ruyi never did any heavy work. She still remembered that in order to show that she was a good master, Ruyi helped惢心 wash clothes.

Even though she helped, she was wearing armor on her hands, and it took a long time to wash a piece of clothing. In the end, it was still done by惢心.

Thinking of this,惢心 wanted to complain, if you want to wash, then wash it well, if you don’t want to wash, then don’t hold the original owner back, with Ruyi’s help, it will only make things worse.

Yet she still feels that her hard work has been rewarded.

When Zhen Huan was taken by Shen Meizhuang to visit the cold palace, she knew to work hard when she returned. But Ruyi, after staying in the cold palace for several years, did not make any progress and still looked stupid.

It seemed that she had not suffered enough. Later, she even wasted all the gold and silver by burying them. She was unwilling to give more silver to the midwives and even reduced the amount by half.

Her words, "I don't believe that midwives would do such a thing for a few dozen taels of silver," left a deep impression on her.

This time, no one helped her. She embroidered the handkerchiefs with great difficulty and sold them for money. In order to spend less money, she has now learned to be very thrifty.

She has finally made some progress, but it is only temporary. She doesn't believe that Ruyi's nature can be changed so easily. As long as she becomes Empress Xian again, she will immediately change her attitude.

In her heart, or even in her bones, slaves will always be slaves. Even if she deducts their share and treats them badly, they can never resist and must always respect and be polite to her.

The reason why she hated A Ruo in the original plot was because of the same mentality. In her opinion, A Ruo was her slave. Even though her father was rewarded by the emperor for his meritorious service in flood control and became a lady from an official family, she was still a slave and that could never change.

How could a slave become the emperor's concubine? She was not worthy, so she did not admit it. Every time she saw her after leaving the cold palace, she was called by her name.

How could such a person who was clearly from the lower class change his nature so easily?

Looking at Ruyi's appearance,惢心 couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Halfway through embroidering the handkerchief, Ruyi felt a little tired, so she looked up and happened to see惢心 sitting there leisurely. A trace of resentment instantly emerged in her eyes.

Looking at惢心's clothes and her complexion, she is much better than her. She has lost weight, but惢心 has not. Now her complexion is even better than before she was sent to the cold palace.

These are all the benefits of having money, but there will be a day when惢心's money will run out. Ruyi thought, if it is all spent,

She was going to eat moldy steamed buns like she did before.

Suoxin was still her servant. Although she had been disrespectful to her before, she was still very kind and generous. She did not hold it against her. In order for Suoxin to live a better life in the future, she was merciful and allowed her to embroider handkerchiefs with her in exchange for silver.