I just want to live a happy life

Ruyi retorted: "How can you think so? You have always known that the one I love in my heart is the emperor from beginning to end, and I have never done anything to betray him."

"Ling Yunche and I are just friends. He came to help me tonight after hearing me screaming for help. We were just chasing away the snake at that time. You must have seen it wrong."

Suo Xin didn't believe her lies at all: "I saw it clearly here. I only believe what I see with my own eyes. I don't believe your words at all."

Ruyi: “.......you.”

Ling Yunche also spoke up: "There is no evidence for what you said. Once the emperor investigates, he will know that I went to the cold palace to help drive away snakes. As for your words, the emperor will not believe them."

"How do you know that the emperor won't believe it? Even though there is no evidence, do you think the emperor will doubt it? As long as the emperor doubts it, do you think you can get away with it safely?"

"I remember that you were born in the Lower Five Banners, right? It was only after your family's ancestral graves finally gave way that you were able to work in the Imperial Palace. You must cherish this opportunity."

"If I accidentally tell others, I would rather kill you by mistake than let you go. You might be driven out of the palace in disgrace, or even lose your life."

惢心's threats successfully made Ling Yunche look ugly. He had to admit that惢心's words made sense. If惢心 was punished by the emperor because of his complaint, she would go all out and he would be in trouble.

Although they said words of rebuttal, Ruyi and Ling Yunche knew in their hearts that the behavior just now had exceeded the normal distance between a deposed concubine and a guard.

Their handle is in惢心's hands, so it's hard to confront her forcefully.

So, the two of them turned around and left tacitly.

Returning to Ruyi's original room, Ling Yunche felt guilty. After all, he had promised before that Ruyi would live with惢心, but he did not do it.

Ruyi comforted him, "It's okay, I'm fine here."

Her understanding made Ling Yunche feel even more guilty. He was determined to tell the emperor about this matter tomorrow.

He believed that the emperor would not leave her alone.

Suo Xin returned to her room, but she was not afraid at all. Ling Yunche was a man who only bullied the weak and feared the strong. Now that she had the upper hand over him, he would not say anything nonsense even if she had a hundred times the courage.

What惢心 guessed was correct. On the next day, he found Aunt Yuhu and only told her about the many snakes that suddenly appeared in Ruyi's room. As for惢心, he did not mention anything at all.

Yu Hu reported the matter to the emperor.

The emperor asked, "It's winter now, and snakes hibernate. How come there are so many snakes in Ruyi's place?"

Yu Hu shook her head and said respectfully, "I don't know about this either. Do you want me to investigate?"

The emperor didn't believe this was a coincidence, so he agreed to Yu Hu's investigation.

All the evidence of the previous incident in Changchun Palace in which Concubine Mei and Concubine Yi's children were killed pointed to Ruyi, so Ruyi was deposed from her position as Concubine Xian and imprisoned in the cold palace.

He didn't believe it at the time. After all, in his mind, Ruyi was a person who didn't fight for anything and was as gentle as a chrysanthemum. He didn't believe that such a person would be so cruel as to harm his child, so he kept looking for evidence for her, hoping to get her out of the cold palace.

But after Ruyi was sent to the cold palace, he investigated and found that Ruyi was not as good a person as he thought. It is very likely that such a hypocritical person like her would harm his child.

But with so many snakes appearing in the cold palace last night, he became a little uncertain again. Ruyi might not really be the murderer of his two children.

There are so many snakes, some of which are poisonous. This is obviously an attempt to silence the witnesses.

Then the murderer is most likely still in his harem.

The only thing to do now is to find out the truth as soon as possible and find the murderer, so he sent more people to investigate.

Of course, people must be arranged to patrol the cold palace regularly, and no one should be allowed to go there again.

Concubine Mei knew that Ruyi was not killed by the snake bite, but the emperor knew about it. She could no longer let anyone go to the cold palace. She was not only furious, but also anxious.

Ruyi is really lucky. I can only find another opportunity to take action against her later.

In the cold palace.

Ruyi luckily managed to survive. After being sent to the cold palace, she had been unable to eat or sleep well and had already accumulated many illnesses. This time, she was bitten by a snake and it seemed as if she could not hold on and all the illnesses broke out.

Not only did she have a high fever, she also had to stay in bed for many days. If Ling Yunche hadn't taken care of her from time to time, Ruyi might not have survived.

No matter what Ling Yunche thinks in his heart, he must take care of Ruyi. After all, someone has told him that Ruyi cannot die.

After Ruyi recovered this time, she was no longer the same as before. She used to be very healthy, but now it is different. She is very weak, coughs frequently, and looks pale. It seems that she will have to take medicine regularly in the future.

Suoxin had enough food and warm clothes every day and spent the winter comfortably.

But Ruyi lacked everything. In order to live a better life, she had to continue embroidering handkerchiefs despite her sick body. The money she earned was not only used to buy medicine, but also to maintain her life.

The burden of life fell on her shoulders, and she stopped being pretentious. She not only cut her long nails, but also took off her flower-pot soles and put on flat shoes.

This winter was too long for Ruyi. She was shivering under the hard quilt and got frostbite on her hands.

She felt that she was suffering every day and wanted to die, but when she remembered that the emperor was still looking for evidence for her and her murderer had not yet received retribution, she gritted her teeth and persevered.

Finally, spring came and the flowers bloomed. Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief that the cold winter was finally over.

In such a good time, the evil Hai Lan also took action.

Hai Lan was originally very beautiful, but she always wore gray clothes which concealed her beauty. Once she dressed up, she looked even more beautiful and graceful.

It was very refreshing, and she used some tricks to successfully gain the emperor's favor.

Her dark transformation this time was not for Ruyi as in the original plot, but this time she stood up on her own so that she would not be bullied in the future.

Hai Lan, who was favored by the emperor, lived a much better life than before, and the people in the Imperial Household Department no longer dared to deduct what she should have.

The food, ornaments, clothes, jewelry, and even other things were all the best.

Every time Hai Lan got these, she unconsciously compared it with her previous life. When she was in Xianfu Palace, Concubine Hui often treated her harshly because she often followed behind Ruyi.

But in the Yanx Palace, Ruyi was the favorite concubine at that time, and she did not have it much better. She often suffered because Ruyi made the emperor angry.