The Destiny of Going to Hell

Ruyi looked at herself in the mirror silently. Why did she change from a queen to this?

I thought that going back to my youth would be to regain what I had lost, but now it seems that it would only make myself suffer?

Hearing the loud noise outside the door, Ruyi knew that Jin Yuyan was here again. She couldn't help but tremble. Jin Yuyan had so many ways to torture people.

She had been tortured these past few days, with no one to turn to. Suddenly, she remembered what she had said, "Qixiang Palace loves to torture Yanwan, but will not let her get too seriously injured or die. You and I just need to wait for the right opportunity... I have seen everything you have been through, what is your reason..."

"Look at our concubine Qingying, how come she is so dirty? Why don't you let someone clean you up? Don't thank me too much, I just happened to come here recently."

Jin Yuyan's eyes were charming and she smiled sweetly, but considering what she said, Ruyi felt that this was just an evil ghost that came to take her life.

"No, no, no!" Ruyi's eyes widened in horror. Jin Yuyan smiled, "Why is Concubine Qingying so scared? Don't worry, I'm having fun with you, I won't let you die easily. I've even asked someone to warm the water~"

A basin of steaming water was poured towards Ruyi. Although her clothes covered her skin a little, her skin still turned red. Zhenshu was holding a comb with fine iron wires on it... She combed Ruyi's body a few times, and the comb was covered with fine and scattered flesh-like threads...

Ruyi was in so much pain that she couldn't even scream... (If you're interested, go search for "Qing Dynasty Comb Punishment")

Seeing that Ruyi fainted so quickly, Jin Yuyan walked away again in a swagger, saying, "It's boring. Let's come again tomorrow."

Fu Cha Langya lay on the bed, tears streaming down her cheeks. She felt her life slipping away. She was the only daughter of the Fu Cha family, so how come her life became like this?

The emperor was dissatisfied with him. Even if the prince asked the imperial physician to treat him, he was still terrified and lived like a frightened bird every day.

Fucha Langya was really dying, and at the same time, Hongli went into the palace every day to accompany Yinzhen. Since he had not appeared in court meetings for a long time, Hongli took over the government.

Everyone was in a delicate and tense atmosphere, but everyone in Prince Bao's mansion was secretly excited. After all, everyone knew what this meant.

After the emperor passes away and the prince ascends the throne, they will become the emperor's concubines. Today they are princesses and concubines of low status in the palace, but tomorrow they may become the high and mighty empresses in the harem!

Who wouldn’t be moved?

Fortunately, although Chen Wanyin was gentle and friendly, her methods of governing were very good, so the situation was peaceful and nothing happened.

Finally, the day came when news came from the palace that the emperor had passed away.

When the news came, Prince Bao had just finished paying respects to Prince Bao in his mansion. Chen Wanyin had just received the news from the main courtyard that Fu Cha Langya had passed away, when she saw a young eunuch sent by Wu Shulai to inform Chen Wanyin to preside over the palace's mourning ceremony and to organize all the women in the mansion to enter the palace to mourn.

In front of the emperor's death, everything else is trivial. Fucha Langya's death seems insignificant in front of the emperor's funeral, like a small stone sinking into the sea.

Her funeral was handled in a hasty manner.

When everyone in the palace arrived at the gate of the Forbidden City, they saw a team of palace maids and eunuchs waiting there to lead the way. Everyone was excited to see this scene.

From now on, they are considered the masters of the Forbidden City and stand at the top of the pyramid of this country.

Li Yu brought several eunuchs carrying two sedan chairs to Chen Wanyin, and respectfully invited Chen Wanyin and Chang Le Yonghu in. Fu Cha Langya was dead, and according to Hongli's importance to Chen Wanyin, this was the identity of the mistress who was going to discuss things with Hongli.

The rest of the people looked at the sedan chair going away, feeling very sad.

As soon as Chen Wanyin arrived at the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, she was hugged by Hongli. Chang Le and Yong Hu were naturally taken away. To be honest, Hongli didn't care much about Yinzhen, his biological father.

In his opinion, Chang Le and Yong Hu were just putting on an act the day before, and he didn't want himself and Yin Yin's precious child to suffer the hardship and fatigue of the funeral.

As for Yinyin, Hongli held Chen Wanyin's hand and said, "Yinyin, I have to trouble you now. I intend to make you the queen, so Yinyin will have to endure some hardship at this time."

Chen Wanyin nodded and rubbed Hongli's shoulders and neck distressedly, "Yuanlang has been overworked these days."

After all, serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. When facing death, Yinzhen himself could not help but panic and have a bad temper, so Hongli was of course very tired.

In fact, Chen Wanyin, who was well-versed in history books, realized that she was not qualified to be the queen. Fu Cha Langya was dead, and there would be many people eyeing the position of queen, but she believed in Yuan Lang.

Things were progressing slowly, and Ruyi finally realized that this world was very different from her previous world. She had not returned to her youth at all. After all, things had changed too much.

But the only things that didn't change were her aunt and uncle. Now that her uncle was dead, as long as her aunt was released, what would it matter if she was crippled? She could still rely on her aunt to get back to the top.

Now no one cares about her, the deposed concubine. She wants to send a message to her father, asking him to find a way to contact her aunt.

As power was being transferred between the old and new dynasties, the Imperial Household Department was preparing for Yinzhen's funeral while also preparing for the new emperor's coronation ceremony.

The death of Fu Cha Langya made people feel uneasy. Many families who wanted to send their daughters to the palace were ready to act, but they were shocked by Hongli's words. He actually wanted to raise the flag for Chen Wanyin and make Chen Wanyin the queen!

Many old antiques directly submitted memorials to stop Hongli. On the one hand, there was really no precedent, and on the other hand, they wanted to test whether Hongli could be controlled.

However, he was directly dismissed by Hongli without any face at all.

But the real turmoil was not about enthroning Chen Wanyin as the empress, but about the fact that a group of old ministers led by Zhang Tingyu began to formally use Yixiu to compete with Hongli.

This concerns their influence in the court in the future and whether they can gain more rights.

At the same time, Zhen Huan naturally knew that Yi Xiu would definitely cause trouble, and she certainly didn't want her mortal enemy to show up.

But in fact, Hongli doesn't care about these at all. The only way Yixiu and Zhen Huan can suppress Hongli is the concept of filial piety, but does he care?

As long as I control the court and make decisions on my own, how can the empress dowager in the harem control me?

Yixiu is an extremely vicious and cruel person. She was able to stir up trouble in the emperor's harem for many years and harm so many royal heirs without anyone noticing. Her power must be considerable.

Whether it is to suppress the threat from Zhang Tingyu and others or from Yixiu herself, Hongli will not release Yixiu.

As for Zhen Huan, it was certainly not easy for her to return to the palace as a deposed concubine, which was why I agreed to cooperate at that time.

But if she wants too much, huh, will she give up the lives of her two children?

Except for Hong Zhou and Hong Shi, he naturally has no good feelings towards the two children born to Zhen Huan. As Zhen Huan's weak spot, he is a good target to exploit.

I hope Zhen Huan can be a good queen mother who doesn't care about worldly affairs.