I just want to live a happy life

Ever since the fire in the cold palace, Ruyi has lived in the back hall of the cold palace.

The cold palace is a cold and damp place. She used to live in the main palace, where sunlight could still shine in, but it was completely different in the back palace.

The back hall is damp and no sunlight can reach it at all.

Even though the weather is getting warmer now, she still shivers with cold every night. Her legs were burned and she should have rested well, but living in a room like this, not only did her wound not heal, but it showed signs of becoming more serious.

Although the queen sent some things to her, they were only the most common food, clothes and medicine, nothing valuable.

Looking at these things, although she didn't show anything on her face, she still felt disgusted in her heart.

The queen is so stingy. Even if she wants to play the role of a virtuous queen in front of the emperor, why doesn't she give her some good things? Doesn't she know that she still needs money to live in the cold palace?

Ruyi has always assumed the greatest malice towards others. She has no gratitude towards the Queen in her heart. Not only does she feel that the Queen is making fun of her, she even feels that the Queen is demonstrating to her.

Even if the Queen didn't know the mastermind behind her being sent to the cold palace, she was definitely involved.

Although this association is a bit strange, this is what Ruyi thought, and she was very sure of it even without any evidence.

So she had to leave the cold palace as soon as possible.

Soon, she came up with a solution and planned to take poison.

She believed that the emperor would definitely be suspicious of the sudden fire in the cold palace, as it was obvious that the fire was intended to burn her to death.

The emperor knew that she was not the murderer who killed Concubine Mei and Concubine Yi's children, so the person he wanted to kill the most was the murderer who killed the royal heir.

If the news that she was poisoned in the cold palace spread, the emperor would definitely suspect the murderer rather than her putting herself in danger.

She wanted to let the emperor know that if she stayed in the cold palace any longer, her life would be in danger.

She believed that the emperor still had feelings for her. She was almost dying in the cold palace, and the emperor would definitely take her out this time.

Ruyi thought confidently.

But the primary problem facing her now was how to get arsenic. The silver she had exchanged for the embroidered handkerchief had long been lost in the fire, and there was no silver among the things the queen gave her.

Ruyi had no choice but to find Ling Yunche again. In her heart, Ling Yunche was a trustworthy person and she would not hide her plan from him.

After hearing the plan, Ling Yunche thought about it with his empty head and felt that this was a good idea.

This time he did not hesitate as before. It was because Ruyi's promise to make him a royal guard was too tempting to hold. He bought arsenic for Ruyi outside the palace and gave it to her without hesitation after finishing his shift.

Just like that, a few days later, the emperor heard the news that Ruyi had been poisoned.

He originally wanted to find out the murderer and then let Ruyi out of the cold palace. After all, now he has the clues, he can get Ruyi out soon.

But no one expected the murderer to be so impatient. Not long after the fire in the cold palace was put out, the murderer struck again.

He thought about it and decided to take Ruyi out of the cold palace and then find out the murderer.

But Ruyi is still a criminal, so the position she is given cannot be too high. He plans to give her a noble status and let her live in the side hall of Yikun Palace.

Once he finds out the truth, it won't be too late to restore her position as Empress Xian.

After the emperor's decree was issued, the concubines in the harem soon knew about it.

The queen didn't care about it. After all, she was firmly seated on the throne and no one could easily touch her.

Concubine Hui was still a little nervous. She was involved in the false accusation against Ruyi. It was Concubine Jia, who gave birth to a son and was promoted to the position of concubine, who comforted her.

A'ruo was the mastermind behind the false accusation against Ruyi. Besides, A'ruo's father worked under Lord Gao, so Concubine Hui could easily control her.

But Concubine Hui still felt a little unsafe. She called A Ruo and threatened her with her father, then said, "Ruyi will soon be released from the cold palace. It seems that the emperor believes that she did not kill the heir."

"Then the emperor will definitely make the decision for Ruyi. You are a traitor. The emperor will definitely question you again. Go back and think carefully about what you said in Changchun Palace that year."

"If what you said is inconsistent... you don't want to become a slave again after finally becoming a master."

Ah Ruo didn't dare to get angry in front of Concubine Hui, she could only say: "Yes, I will remember it. I will definitely memorize the testimony from that year."

After returning, A Ruo smashed things in the room again. Looking at the debris all over the floor, she finally felt a little better.

"Someone, clean these up and replace the decorations."

Soon, the palace maids and eunuchs came to replace the ornaments.

After placing everything, one of the palace maids took out a small pill from the space and put it into the tea that A Ruo was drinking while no one else was paying attention.

Soon, the small pill merged into the tea, so quickly that it seemed as if nothing had happened.

At night, Arruo lay in bed, recalling over and over again the testimony she had given. She memorized it over and over again, even repeating Ruyi's name with gritted teeth.

That ferocious look made it seem as if Ruyi wanted to die in front of her immediately.

How come Ruyi was so lucky? Why didn’t the fire burn her to death? If she had been burned to death, she wouldn’t have to live in fear every day.

.......

After waking up from the poisoning, Ruyi was very happy to hear that the emperor was finally going to take her out of the cold palace.

But the next moment she heard from the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict that the emperor did not restore her position as Concubine Xian, and she only got the position of a noble lady.

Her smile froze on her face before it even ended, and coupled with her gloomy eyes, she looked funny and ridiculous.

Ruyi managed to calm down and let the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict leave. Then she couldn't help but hit the bed under her.

why?

The emperor clearly knew that she was innocent, and it was not excessive to make her a noble concubine. How could she be just a noble lady? What could a noble lady do?

How would she, a noble lady, deal with the Queen, Concubine Hui and others after returning to the harem?

Even if she was given the position of a concubine, at least she would be the head of a palace. I heard that A Ruo was also a noble lady, and she was her servant. Why should she be on an equal footing with her?

There is also Jin Yuyan, who was just a tribute girl from the Yu family, but she unexpectedly became the mistress of a palace.

There was also Concubine Mei. These people whose birthplaces were not as good as hers actually had higher positions than her, and she had to pay her respects to them after leaving the cold palace.

The more Ruyi thought about it, the angrier she became. She really wanted to ask the emperor why he treated her like this.

But she knew that she couldn't. What if the emperor got angry and didn't let her leave the cold palace?

So after the eunuch delivered the order, when the emperor came to see her after dealing with the memorials, she did not show any dissatisfaction, and even endured the grievance to thank the emperor.