I just want to live a happy life

Ling Yunche is dead!

"What?" Ruyi stood up in shock, looked at Suo Xin and said, "How could Ling Yunche die? This is impossible."

惢心 said: "It's true, sir. I heard from Zhao Jiuxiao that Ling Yunche was secretly executed by the emperor, and now Ling Yunche's body has been pulled out of the palace."

Ruyi looked unhappy and a little regretful. How could Ling Yunche die? Who killed him? Suddenly, Ruyi remembered the conversation with Wei Yanwan outside Changchun Palace a few days ago. It seemed that Wei Yanwan did it, there must be no doubt about it.

Ruyi ran to Yongshou Palace angrily and questioned Wei Yanwan: "Why did you do this? Ling Yunche has never done anything wrong to you."

Wei Yanwan fiddled with her nails. "Of course not. He spread the news that I was with him before. This is obviously nonsense. He ruined my reputation. He deserves to die."

Ruyi said coldly: "You are really going too far. Ling Yunche has never told a lie. It is you who refuses to admit it."

Seeing Ruyi accusing her in a condescending manner, Wei Yanwan slapped her in the face. The armor she was wearing scratched Ruyi's face, leaving two bloody marks on her.

Ruyi widened her eyes: "You..."

Wei Yanwan sneered.

"I, I what I."

"Do you still remember that I am now the Concubine Ling, the Emperor's concubine? You tried every possible means to get me and Ling Yunche together. I am not unaware of your thoughts."

"You just think that I am a sycophant, and I became the emperor's woman only for the sake of profit and status, but you are different, the noble Concubine Xian. You can become the emperor's concubine not because of your family background, but because of your pure love for the emperor, without any interest mixed in it."

"You wanted to use Ling Yunche to ruin my reputation, and you wanted the emperor to dislike me. Now that Ling Yunche is dead, your plot has failed, and you are anxious."

"Empress Xian, who would look up to you as a concubine who has been to the cold palace? Don't be so self-righteous. Do you think you are still a great person?"

Ruyi covered her cheeks and didn't dare to look at Wei Yanwan. What Wei Yanwan said pierced her heart.

She didn't expect that Wei Yanwan could see all of this clearly. Does that mean that she is just a clown in front of Wei Yanwan?

When she thought of Wei Yanwan laughing at her behind her back, her face turned red, she was angry and annoyed.

Ruyi didn't know what to say and could only flee.

But Ruyi wanted to target Wei Yanwan and she was not someone who would give up easily. When the emperor came to see her, Ruyi brought up the matter between Ling Yunche and Wei Yanwan at an inappropriate time.

"Your Majesty, what Ling Yunche told me was not a lie. Concubine Wei... Concubine Ling does know Ling Yunche, and they are childhood sweethearts. Your Majesty, such a person is not worthy of being your concubine."

Hearing this, the emperor threw down his chopsticks, pointed at Ruyi, and cursed: "Shut up, I know very well what the relationship between Concubine Ling and that guard is. It is not your turn to say anything."

"I thought you would improve after being sent to the cold palace. It seems that I overestimated you. You are still as stupid as ever."

"Empress Xian, you really disappoint me."

Ruyi pouted, looking very aggrieved and stubborn: "Your Majesty said this to me, I don't know what to say, Your Majesty can say whatever you want."

Hearing this, the emperor got angry again, spitting out his mouth: "Why, you still don't accept it, Concubine Xian, how did you become like this? It's really unreasonable."

After saying this, the emperor left without hesitation.

In the back hall, Hai Lan heard the quarrel between the emperor and her sister, and hurried over to see what was going on.

Seeing her sister sitting there in a daze, Hai Lan didn't dare to disturb her. She just stood there and looked at her sister with heartache.

Of course Ruyi knew that Hailan was coming, but she didn't want to talk at all. She didn't care at all that Hailan was standing there with a big belly.

After a while, Ruyi finally came back to her senses. After seeing Hailan, a trace of guilt appeared in her eyes: "Hailan, it was my negligence. I forgot you were still standing there. Come and sit down."

Hailan didn't think her sister had done anything wrong to her. She sat beside her sister and asked, "Sister, what happened? Why did the emperor leave?"

Ruyi felt uncomfortable when she mentioned this: "The emperor didn't believe what I said. Ling Yunche and Wei Yanwan really had an affair before. Why didn't he believe it? He even protected Wei Yanwan. The emperor is my young man. How could he not believe me?"

Seeing her sister so sad, Hai Lan was very angry: "I don't know what kind of seductive tricks Wei Yanwan used to make the emperor trust her so much. I really don't know what the emperor is thinking. How can the emperor like such a shallow and vulgar person so much."

Ruyi fell into silence, she couldn't understand why.

After the emperor and Ruyi had a quarrel that day, Ruyi was ignored and the emperor never visited her again.

Now that Ruyi had fallen out of favor, one can imagine how the people in the Imperial Household Department treated her.

The food that was delivered was rotten, there was no monthly allowance, the fabric was not strong, and it was a complete joke.

Ruyi couldn't eat the rotten rice. Hailan felt sorry for her and asked her sister to eat with her.

Although Hailan was only a concubine, she was pregnant with the emperor's fetus. The people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Imperial Kitchen did not dare to withhold her food, so Hailan usually ate well.

Ruyi was a little embarrassed about this proposal at first, but after Hailan's constant persuasion, Ruyi immediately agreed: "Thank you, Hailan."

So, from then on, Ruyi started to live a life of freeloading.

But this is not a long-term solution. She still needs to be pampered. Only with pampering can she live a better life. It makes her feel very humiliated to keep eating at Hai Lan's expense.

But the emperor didn't come at all, so how could she gain his favor? Seeing that life was getting more and more sad day by day, Ruyi could only take the initiative to go to the Yangxin Palace to reconcile with the emperor.

At first, the emperor was not there to see her, so Ruyi had no choice but to embroider green cherries and red lychees and send him an Fragrant Soup, hoping that the emperor would soften his heart.

The emperor finally softened his heart, reconciled with Ruyi, and then went to the Yanx Palace again.

Ruyi was very happy that the emperor came to her place. Now, the people in the Imperial Household Department would not dare to withhold her things.

Little did he know that the emperor's mentality had changed because of this incident. He finally understood that Ruyi was now completely dependent on him and she could only live by relying on him.

Without him, Ruyi would not be able to live a good day.

Now he is the emperor with great power. He is no longer the pitiful and despised prince in the Old Summer Palace. The initiative is in his hands.

But it was a little late for him to understand this truth. In the first few years after he became emperor, Ruyi still held the initiative. At that time, it was always him who sought peace and it was him who gave in.

But now, giving in is no longer possible.