Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

In Chuxiu Palace, Yihuan sat in the corner of the bed, holding the pile of clothes and dolls that she had wanted to give to the Tenth Prince, without saying a word.

Lan Qi and Yan Wan just stayed quietly by his side.

Seeing Yi Huan's miserable state, Yan Wan's eyes were filled with heartache. How could such a lovely child of the Tenth Prince be gone just like that?

Yihuan touched her clothes and then her belly.

This child was someone she had been waiting for for many years and she finally got pregnant with great difficulty. The child stayed in her womb for eight months before being born.

I thought it was a gift from God out of pity for her.

However, she didn't expect that the Tenth Prince had only been here for a few months, and she hadn't even had the chance to hold him properly, and he passed away just like that.

She tried to recall the day she gave birth.

She only remembered that her stomach was cramping that day, and the midwife kept telling her to push. The noise in her ears made her whole body ache. She finally gave birth to the baby safely, but before she could even take a look at it, the wet nurse took her to Xiefang Palace.

They said it was Hongli's idea.

Yihuan didn't believe it at first, and dragged her weak body to beg Hongli to let the Tenth Prince return to Chuxiu Palace. Unfortunately, she, as his mother, was useless.

Hongli said a lot that day, and it sounded to her that every word was for her benefit.

She never blamed Hongli. Even when the imperial physician found that the tenth prince was weak after he was born, she thought it was her fault.

She blamed herself for being careless and not being able to walk properly.

"Yihuan, I know that the passing of the Tenth Prince was a great blow to you. I heard that the Emperor has already ordered that the Tenth Prince be buried in the Imperial Mausoleum. His spirit tablet will also be enshrined in the Ancestral Temple. The Emperor also gave him a name, Yongyan."

Yihuan finally reacted when she heard the child's name. She parted her thin lips and said in a hoarse voice, "Yong... Yongyan?"

Yan Wan said, "Yes, it sounds the same as the word 'Fu'. The Emperor hopes that the Tenth Prince will be a safe and blessed child in his next life. Sister Shu Fei, you are still young. Once you have recovered, you will be able to have children in the future."

Xihe bit her lip and looked at Yihuan's helpless eyes. An indescribable emotion surged in her heart. She knew the suffering Yihuan had suffered. Apart from the Tenth Prince, she would never have another child.

Xihe turned around and secretly wiped away her tears.

He walked to the table and picked up a bowl of porridge. He walked silently to Yihuan and said with a sob, "My lady, you haven't eaten for a day. Please eat something."

Yihuan acted as if she hadn't heard and ignored Xihe. Lanqi took the porridge from her hand, scooped up a spoonful, waited until it cooled down, and then passed it to Yihuan's mouth, urging her, "Eat something, otherwise your body won't be able to bear it."

Yihuan didn't want to see everyone worrying about her, so she endured the nausea and drank some porridge.

At this time, Ji Tao walked in from outside, ran to Lan Qi, lowered his head and said a few words in her ear.

When Lan Qi learned that Zeng Huan wanted to see her, she hurriedly handed the bowl in her hand to Yan Wan and got up to leave Chuxiu Palace.

Crying could often be heard outside the Yikun Palace, especially at night, keeping Ruyi awake. That night, she suffered from insomnia as usual, struggling to get out of bed. Seven months pregnant, her belly wasn't noticeably large, but her body was swollen. With few attendants around her, she had to do many things herself.

Rong Pei helped Ruyi sit down at the table, then knelt down to massage her feet.

Ruyi poured a cup of tea and asked in confusion, "What's going on outside the Yikun Palace? I hear crying and clamoring all the time. It's so creepy."

Ruyi was under house arrest, and her mind and eyes were only on the baby in her belly. Naturally, she would not pay too much attention to the situation outside. Now she just wanted to give birth to the baby in her belly safely, so as to solve the urgent problem at hand.

Rong Pei said, "I've asked the eunuch who brought us food today. It's Empress Shu Fei. The Tenth Prince she gave birth to was weak, and the Imperial Astronomical Observatory said that the Tenth Prince's horoscopes conflicted with the Emperor's, and there was a fear that he would die. The Emperor believed in the astronomical predictions, so he sent the Tenth Prince to Prince Zhen's residence. Unfortunately, the people there didn't take good care of him, and he caught a cold and died. Empress Shu Fei is heartbroken."

Ruyi subconsciously protected her belly.

She was unwilling to eat the food sent from outside because she was afraid that someone would tamper with it, just like when she was in the cold palace. She was obviously powerless at that time, but those people were unwilling to let her go and kept sending them food that aggravated her rheumatism.

Now that Yihuan’s child is gone, Ruyi doesn’t feel sad at all. Instead, she thinks Yihuan is stupid and deserves it, and she didn’t even know that she was being plotted against.

But it doesn’t matter if the Tenth Prince is dead. The throne will belong to her son in the future anyway, so no one else can even think about it.

"By the way, where is that bitch Jin Yuyan?" asked Ruyi.

She remembered that Yuyan was pregnant before she was confined to her room, and the date was almost up.

Rong Pei said: "I heard that Concubine Jia gave birth to a prince."

Ruyi was a little disappointed. She felt that Yuyan was lucky. She was beautiful, of noble birth, and had given birth to sons every time. Except for the ninth prince who died young, she had three princes. The fourth prince was the first son of the emperor after he ascended the throne, and Hongli attached great importance to him.

"She's lucky, but the Emperor values ​​legitimate sons. As long as I'm the Empress, the Crown Prince position will definitely belong to my son."

Rong Pei nodded in agreement, "Your Majesty, I believe the Emperor will come to take you out."

Ruyi smiled proudly, "Of course, the emperor and I are childhood sweethearts. We have been gazing at each other from afar, and the moment I saw you, my heart was broken."

Rong Pei smiled perfunctorily. During the time when she was confined to Yiku Palace, Ruyi often told her stories about her and the emperor in the past.

Perhaps she was an outsider, like Ruyi, who saw it clearly. She did not feel how much the emperor loved Ruyi. Perhaps the emperor was just attracted by Ruyi's outspoken spirit.

After all, she had heard a lot of folk stories before. Most powerful emperors would send their favorite women to the highest position. Ruyi was just a concubine.

But she didn't dare say it in front of Ruyi.

Because Rong Pei was distracted, she didn't notice the overturned chair on the ground when she was helping Ruyi back to bed to sleep, causing Ruyi to trip and fall on her back, with blood gushing out of her lower body like a tide.

This scared Rong Pei, and she immediately ran out to find Ling Yunche for help.

The queen is inside. If she dies, they will be buried with her.

Rong Pei ran to the door and banged on it frantically, trying to find help.

But the guards outside had disappeared long ago because they were lazy.

Ling Yunche even broke into Ruyi's boudoir without caring about the difference between men and women, and carried her to the bed. Then he ran out to find Rong Pei and asked her to hurry up and deliver Ruyi's baby.

But Rong Pei had never given birth before, so how could she know? She only remembered that every time she saw someone giving birth, they would boil several pots of hot water. So she asked Ling Yunche to go to the kitchen and boil some water, and then she turned and went into the house.

I saw Ruyi in the room was in so much pain that she was almost dead, and her face was covered with sweat.

Rong Pei really didn't know where to start. Suddenly, she remembered that she had delivered cats and dogs when she was a child. She thought that delivering babies for humans should be not much different from delivering babies for animals, so she put all her effort into pretending to be a midwife.

However, Ruyi had not eaten meat for a long time and was very thin. She had no strength to give birth. In addition, Ling Yunche was too slow, so Rong Pei concluded that Ruyi might have a difficult delivery.