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Ruyi said angrily, "I know that the imperial guards are selected from the three upper banners of Manchuria, but there is always a chance of something happening. Your Majesty, it won't be difficult for you to let Ling Yunche be the imperial guard."

The emperor looked at Ruyi coldly: "Ruyi, you are expressing your dissatisfaction with me."

Ruyi felt wronged, but still said boldly: "I am not dissatisfied with the emperor, but Ling Yunche saved my life, so it is reasonable for him to be a guard in front of the emperor. The emperor just asked him to work in Kunning Palace. You are hurting the heart of a minister."

The emperor was so angry that he almost laughed. If he remembered correctly, Ling Yunche was from one of the five banners under the Han army. Considering his background, it was already a special favor for him to be allowed to work in Kunning Palace.

But not only did Ruyi not thank him, she also said such outrageous words. Ling Yunche was just a small guard. What qualifications did he have to be his subject?

Seeing Ruyi holding her head high with an unyielding look on her face, he felt annoyed.

"I am so tolerant of you, but you don't know what is good for you. Then you should copy the palace rules fifty times and learn the rules well."

"As for Ling Yunche, I originally wanted him to work in Kunning Palace, but now I think he is not qualified, so I'd better let him be a guard in the cold palace."

Although he had never met Ling Yunche, he was very angry because of Ruyi's words, and naturally took his anger out on Ling Yunche.

But so what? Taking out anger on others is the privilege of those in a higher position. Given who he is, it is wrong to make him angry.

After hearing this, Ruyi realized how reckless she had been. She said in panic, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I..." was wrong.

Before she could utter the last two words, the emperor turned around and left.

She knelt on the ground, watching the emperor's back as he left, feeling regretful and disappointed at the same time.

She shouldn't have contradicted the emperor today. When the emperor asked Ling Yunche to be on duty in Kunning Palace, she should have agreed. She could then find a suitable time to let the emperor know that Ling Yunche was a capable man. It would not be too late to ask the emperor to let Ling Yunche be the imperial guard.

Why is she so anxious?

But how could the emperor be so angry with her? He should know that she didn't mean to contradict him, and he left without caring about her face.

How will the other concubines in the harem view her if he does this? Although she was a little impulsive today, she didn't say anything wrong.

But no matter what she thought in her heart, she had to copy the palace rules when the emperor punished her.

The emperor walked out of the Yikun Palace angrily. As soon as he returned to the Yangxin Palace, the matter spread throughout the harem.

The concubines who were originally jealous because the emperor had been in Yikun Palace these days, now no longer felt jealous at all, and instead laughed at Ruyi for being ignorant.

Especially when paying their respects to the Queen, some concubines who looked down on Ruyi mocked her one after another. The sharp words and sentences made Ruyi unable to maintain her usual calm expression.

She was so angry that her face turned blue and red.

Since the emperor left that day, he has not come to Yiku Palace, which also means that she has fallen out of favor. She is anxious but at the same time her mind is empty, and she can't think of any good way to get the emperor to come to her.

Once, after hearing that the emperor went to Su Lujun's place in Zhongcui Palace, Ruyi suddenly had an idea.

In her opinion, Su Lujun was not good-looking and had a low family background. She was confident that the emperor must not like her and the reason he went to her was because she gave birth to a prince.

Not only did she raise her biological son, she also had an adopted son, the eldest prince. Originally, the eldest prince was raised by her. If she had not been sent to the cold palace, how would Su Lujun have had the opportunity to raise the eldest prince.

If she could bring the eldest prince back and raise him, she believed that the emperor would come to her again for the eldest prince's sake.

As for whether the eldest prince was willing to return to her, she didn't believe that he would refuse. He must have her, his former adoptive mother, in his heart.

After all, she had been so good to him before, he would definitely be willing to come back.

Ruyi, who was very confident, began to take action. She first asked someone to inquire about the whereabouts of the eldest prince. After finding out the whereabouts, she went to find the eldest prince.

She came at a very coincidental time, just when the eldest prince was returning to the prince's residence after school.

The eldest prince Yonghuang was now over ten years old, and it was inappropriate for him to live in Zhongcui Palace, so he moved in with the other princes.

Yonghuang looked at the strange yet familiar person standing not far away. He was stunned for a moment, but his good upbringing prevented him from turning a blind eye. He walked up to her, bowed and said, "Hello, Empress Xian."

Ruyi was dissatisfied. She said familiarly, "Yonghuang, you used to call me mother, but why are you so distant from me now?"

Yonghuang said, "Replying to Empress Xian, Yonghuang now has a mother, it is inappropriate to call you mother."

Yonghuang's direct words made Ruyi a little embarrassed, but she remained calm and took the food box from Rong Pei's hand and handed it to Yonghuang, saying, "I made some food for you, take it back and eat it."

Yonghuang refused, "Thank you, Empress Xian. Yonghuang is not hungry."

After being rejected again and again, even though Ruyi had a good temper, she was a little angry. What was wrong with Yonghuang now? He was not like this before.

She didn't think it was her fault. It must be that Su Lujun said something in Yonghuang's ear that made Yonghuang treat her like this.

But it didn't matter. She wouldn't argue with a child. Even if it didn't work this time, there would always be next time. She believed that Yonghuang would be able to see her sincerity.

But what she didn't know was that no matter how much she did, Yonghuang would never treat her the same way as before.

When Ruyi first entered the cold palace, Yonghuang still missed her, but as time passed, he became more and more sober. He recalled the past and asked people to inquire about it, only then did he realize that Ruyi did not love him and did not treat him as her own son.

After the Emperor knew that he was abused by his wet nurse, he had the idea of ​​finding a foster mother for him. The first person he thought of was Empress Xian, and he told her explicitly and implicitly that he wanted her to be his foster mother.

But Empress Xian pretended not to know and just ignored the conversation. If she had agreed at that time, he would not have to hurt himself anymore.

Afterwards, she successfully raised him and she even said in a high-sounding manner that she had no other choice but to resort to this desperate measure.

The Emperor originally planned to let Empress Xian raise her, and Empress Xian did not want to do that, but why did she go through so much trouble? He really didn't understand what she was thinking.

After Empress Xian raised her, she did not teach her carefully or take her to heart.

Not to mention that he had forgotten to ask someone to pick him up from school many times, there was one thing that he still remembered vividly.

Although he was not born to the Empress Dowager and was a legitimate son, he was also the eldest son of the Emperor's father. He knew that he was not as good as the Second Prince, but why did Empress Xian suppress him and make him feel that he was not as good as others?