I just want to live a happy life

"Your Majesty, Empress, I swear to heaven that I have not said a single falsehood. If I have, my whole family will not have a good death."

She was the only one left in her family, and she didn't feel uneasy at all when she said this.

Seeing Rong Pei's determined look and her courage to swear, the emperor couldn't help but believe her words.

At this time, people still attached great importance to oaths, and no one would swear an oath unless they were forced into a desperate situation.

Rong Pei was Ruyi's personal maid, and she was stabbed in the back by someone close to her. Not to mention Ruyi, even if it was someone else, such a maid would not be tolerated.

But Rong Pei is different from the others. If it weren't for Ruyi often beating and scolding her, forcing her to the point of being unable to live, and if Ruyi was nicer to her, Rong Pei would not have said these words.

As concubines, the other concubines did not despise Rong Pei's betrayal of Ruyi. Instead, they felt sympathy for her. They were really frightened by the injuries on Rong Pei's body.

It was the first time for them to see someone beat a personal maid so cruelly.

The emperor looked at Ruyi, without any tenderness in his eyes. He said coldly, "Ruyi, do you have anything else to say?"

Ruyi seemed not to hear what the emperor said. She stared at Rong Pei blankly, tears in her eyes, and pouted her lips in disbelief: "Rong Pei, I usually treat you well, how can you say such a thing."

No one expected that Ruyi could say such words without any guilt, and they all looked at her with contempt and disdain.

Ruyi didn't notice anything and still looked at Rong Pei, wanting Rong Pei to give her an explanation.

Rong Pei looked at Ruyi and felt extremely annoyed when she saw her betrayed and hurt expression. Although as a servant she should not and could not have such emotions towards her master, she really could not control herself.

Rong Pei: "Master, you beat me so hard that I am covered in wounds. Sometimes I couldn't sleep all night. Is this what you call treating me well?"

"If this is true, this is the first time I have seen this."

"Moreover, Master, you killed the children of Concubine Mei and Concubine Yi. This is truly inhumane. I cannot bear to watch this. I cannot bear the condemnation of my conscience, so I am speaking out today. Please forgive my infidelity."

Ruyi smiled bitterly, she turned her head and looked at the emperor, staring at him straight in the eye: "Your Majesty, I don't know why the people of the Ulanara clan would say such things, but I still say that I really did not harm the children of Concubine Mei and Concubine Yi."

The emperor continued, "Noble Lady Xian, whether it was in Changchun Palace back then or now, all the evidence points to you. Since you didn't do it, what evidence do you have? No matter what it is, you must produce evidence to prove your innocence."

What the emperor said was fair and reasonable, but tears flowed from Ruyi's eyes and her face was full of disbelief. She seemed to not be able to believe what she heard, that the emperor did not believe her.

It's like this again and again. Every time Ruyi is involved in something, she always has this expression and it never changes.

He was now extremely fed up.

Since Ruyi had no evidence, and all the evidence now pointed to Ruyi, he could not possibly favor Ruyi. He was about to announce the outcome of Ruyi's punishment, but at this moment, Arruo moved.

Ah Ruo herself didn't know what was wrong. She was very restless and it was really uncomfortable not to say something, so with a look of joy in her eyes, she walked up to Ruyi and said, "I didn't expect you to be so hateful. In order to prove your innocence, you dared to push the things you did onto me."

"If it weren't for the emperor's keen observation, I, an innocent person, would have lost my life for you."

Ruyi was already in a bad mood after being hit one after another. Seeing A Ruo's smug look, Ruyi couldn't help but feel angry. She pushed A Ruo hard and said, "I didn't do what I said. How dare you, a slave, question me?"

A'ruo was not paying attention for a moment and was pushed by Ruyi, falling to the ground. She was about to get up and say a few more words, but at this moment she felt her abdomen suddenly hurt, and the pain was getting worse and worse, and her originally rosy face turned pale.

She covered her abdomen, frowned, and kept saying, "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much."

The personal maid beside her was about to help her up, but in the blink of an eye she was frightened by what she saw and screamed.

Following her gaze, everyone saw that A'ruo's clothes were soaked with blood. As concubines, they could tell at a glance that A'ruo was pregnant, but unfortunately she had a miscarriage because of Ruyi's push.

Some people screamed, some covered their mouths with handkerchiefs, but they all looked at Ruyi in disbelief. They didn't expect that Ruyi would dare to harm Arruo's child in public.

The emperor frowned and quickly ordered someone to take A Ruo away and called the imperial physician. Then he looked at Ruyi and ignored her explanation and directly told her the punishment.

"Ulanala Ruyi, who murdered the heir to the throne, was demoted to a commoner and imprisoned in the cold palace, never to be allowed out."

Not only that, there was also Ulanara. The emperor took back his hereditary position of assistant commander and dismissed him from his official position.

After saying that, the emperor had Ruyi taken to the cold palace. This time, the emperor did not give Ruyi time to pack her things, but directly had her thrown into the cold palace.

Not only that, they also took away all the valuables on her, leaving her alone in the cold palace.

Seeing the door of the cold palace close in front of her eyes, Ruyi banged on the door vigorously and shouted to the big man outside: "Let me out, let me out, I want to see the emperor, let me see the emperor."

At this time, Ling Yunche came over and said in a cold voice: "Don't shout anymore, the people who sent you in have already gone far away, no matter how loud you shout, they can't hear you."

Looking at Ling Yunche, Ruyi seemed to have grasped the last straw: "Ling Yunche, please help me, please go to the emperor and plead for me. I really didn't harm the heir."

Ling Yunche sneered: "Sorry, I'm just a small guard, I don't have the ability to plead for you."

"Aren't we friends?"

Ling Yunche said: "Friends? Don't be kidding, how can we be friends?"

Ruyi thought he was angry because she didn't let him be a guard in front of the emperor. He explained: "Are you still angry with me, blaming me for not letting you be a guard in front of the emperor, but it's not my fault."

"I told the emperor not long after I left the cold palace, but he didn't agree. I was afraid you would blame me, so I didn't see you."

"Help me again and plead for mercy to the emperor. After I get out this time, I will make you a royal guard."