Ruyi straightened her back and spoke clearly, "I have no evidence, but I really didn't do it. I believe that those who are innocent will be cleared."

Hongli: “…”

Yixiu: “…”

Concubine Jia and Arruo both breathed a sigh of relief. Bai Ruiji could no longer resist urging the Emperor to deal with Concubine Xian. Even Concubine Chun looked at Concubine Xian in disbelief, as if she saw through her.

The emperor and empress looked at each other, and Yixiu spoke first: "Empress Xian is suspected of plotting to murder the heir to the throne, so she is demoted to a noble lady and confined to the back hall of Yikun Palace. From now on, she is not allowed to leave without being summoned, and no one is allowed to visit her. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Bai Ruiji screamed and tried to retort: ​​"Empress! How can you..."

"Just do as the Queen says." Hongli interrupted Bai Ruiji's next words and made the final decision. He didn't want to punish Ruyi at all. This was already very unfair to Ruyi. Then he looked at A Ruo again, with a complicated expression.

Hongli calmed down and decided to keep her so that he could overturn the case for Concubine Xian in the future. "As for A Ruo, you should serve in front of the emperor."

Ah Ruo was overjoyed. She kowtowed loudly, ignoring her former mistress Ruyi who was still kneeling beside her with a broken heart, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"

Yixiu's eyes twitched, and she felt a little disgusted with Hongli's behavior, but when she saw Ruyi still kneeling upright and expressing her dissatisfaction, Yixiu understood it again.

Who made Hongli's favorite person be the type of person like Shen Meizhuang who only cries out for injustice? If Zhen Huan encountered the same thing, she could temporarily cover up the matter with her eloquent tongue. After all, human evidence is not as good as physical evidence, and this physical evidence was provided by a servant who betrayed his master, so its credibility is naturally not that high.

Afterwards, A Ruo really became Hongli's concubine. She skipped the position of an official woman and became a concubine. She was also given the title of Shen, and to everyone's surprise, she was favored a lot.

Yixiu frowned, and then thought of Bai Ruiji who was always hanging around outside the Yikun Palace. She knew that she was dissatisfied with Hongli's lenient punishment of Ruyi. So she issued an imperial decree to promote Bai Ruiji to a noble lady, and retain her title.

This matter was also discussed with Hongli. The reason was to appease and compensate Bai Ruiji. After all, it was the cinnabar that harmed her and caused her miscarriage, not that she gave birth to a stillborn baby due to bad luck.

"Your concubine greets the Queen. I wonder why the Queen asked me to come here this time?" Bai Ruiji, who was already a noble lady, bowed respectfully.

Yixiu took a sip of tea and then said slowly, "Noble Mei knows exactly what I did. I would like to advise you that the dead are never as important as the living. Don't make the emperor angry for the sake of that innocent child again."

Bai Ruiji's eyes turned red, and she said stubbornly, "What does the Empress mean by this? Are you not going to avenge my child? Ulanara is so vicious, and the Emperor and the Empress can tolerate her?!"

"How dare you!" Yixiu shouted loudly. The words "Ulanara is vicious" reminded her of her last conversation with Yinzhen. A person who murdered her own flesh and blood actually had the nerve to keep saying that she was vicious.

Yixiu took a few deep breaths and said in a cold voice: "The entire harem belongs to the emperor. It all depends on the emperor's will to tolerate someone. Do you know what will happen if you disobey the emperor's will?"

Unexpectedly, Bai Ruiji sneered, looked at Yixiu provocatively, and retorted: "I am now alone, with nothing to worry about. Apart from those things that you cannot bring with you when you die, I only have one life. What else is there to be afraid of?"

"My only child is also my only relative. Now he has been killed by a traitor. Why don't you allow me to avenge my child?"

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