Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

Late at night, Yonghe Palace.

Ruiji sat in the attic holding the pipa and playing it.

There was a smile on her lips and the sound of the piano was joyful.

Su Yun came over with tea in his hand. Seeing Rui Ji so frantic, he frowned slightly and stepped forward to persuade her, "My lady, please stop playing. The Seventh Prince died early. If the Emperor and the Empress knew about this, they would be unhappy."

Upon hearing this, Rui Ji didn't stop what she was doing. She excitedly slapped the strings with one hand and said with a smile, "Who said I was playing the pipa? It's clearly the deceased Imperial Noble Consort Huixian who's come to haunt me, hahahaha..."

Suyun didn't know what to say. She knew the pain Ruiji had suffered over the years. After losing her child, she suffered from heavy bleeding during childbirth and developed a condition called vaginal bleeding. Since then, she had fallen out of favor and lived in pain all day long.

He lost the emperor's favor and became the empress dowager's abandoned son.

Suyun didn't know how to comfort Ruiji, so he gently called her "Young Master".

Ruiji held the pipa and approached the railing, laughing and crying, going crazy. "Why am I the only one who shed tears for my child all these years? They all have to cry, and cry with me, hahahaha..."

As she spoke, Ruiji started to spin around with a smile. After spinning a few times, she felt dizzy and fell to the ground, fainting.

Seeing this, Su Yun immediately stepped forward, picked up Rui Ji with concern, and shouted, "My lady, what's wrong with you? Someone come, someone come quickly, Concubine Mei has fainted."

Something big happened in the palace, and Rui Ji was out of favor, so no one cared whether she was dead or alive.

Ruyi was devoted to Hongli and naturally would not pay attention to these trivial matters. She casually sent an imperial physician to Yonghe Palace.

When Lan Qi and Lu Jun arrived at Yonghe Palace, Rui Ji was still in a coma.

After Lan Qi sent Su Yun away, the imperial physician told Lan Qi and Lu Jun about Rui Ji's illness.

After listening to this, Lujun felt mixed emotions.

With mist in her eyes, she took up her handkerchief and wiped the corners of her wet eyes. She looked at Rui Ji with eyes full of sympathy and sighed, "Princess Mei is so pitiful."

When Lan Qi looked at Rui Ji, she had already woken up. She propped herself up with her palms and shouted, "Empress Chun..."

Seeing this, Lujun immediately stepped forward to support Ruiji, "Princess Mei, you are not feeling well, so please don't bow."

Lan Qi winked at the imperial physician, and after the physician left with the medicine box, he asked Su Yun to go downstairs to boil the medicine.

Ruiji was lying on the bed, looking as if she had lost all hope in life. Lanqi sat down beside her and gave her a gentle smile.

Rui Ji glanced at the two of them, then closed her eyes again and said calmly, "I know my own body very well..."

She suddenly opened her eyes again, looked at Lujun, and asked, "Empress Chun, am I... am I dying?"

As she spoke, two lines of tears fell from Ruiji's face.

She was unwilling to accept that her great revenge had not been avenged. Bai Ruiji was really unwilling to die like this.

Besides, who would want to die when they can live?

Lujun glanced at Lanqi, not knowing how to answer.

She was about to tell the truth when she was interrupted by Lan Qi.

Lan Qi patted Rui Ji's hand, lowered her head slightly, and whispered, "Madam Mei, the imperial physician said you're fine. As long as you take good care of yourself, you'll recover soon."

Ruiji's eyes, glistening with tears, were like white clouds hidden in the flowing sky, wetting her cheeks. She held Lanqi's hand and asked excitedly, "Is it true?"

Lan Qi nodded, her smile like a peach blossom about to bloom in spring. "It's true. If you don't believe me, ask Concubine Chun."

Lujun's body stiffened. She was not good at lying, but in order to appease Ruiji, she had to accompany Lanqi to coax Ruiji.

After coaxing Ruiji to drink the medicine, the two of them chatted with her for a while. After Ruiji fell asleep, Lujun and Lanqi left Yonghe Palace.

Halfway through the walk, Lujun suddenly stopped. She turned to look at Lanqi, hesitated for a moment, and then asked softly, "Lady Lan, Concubine Mei has a bleeding problem. Even the imperial physician said she only has a few years left to live. Why did you lie to her?"

Lan Qi raised her head and replied calmly, "Sometimes knowing the truth is more cruel than not knowing it. At least after Concubine Mei learned that there was hope for her to be cured, she now had hope of living, didn't she?"

"If it were you, Madam, would you prefer to hear white lies or the cruel truth?"

"This..." Lujun's face flushed red, and she lowered her eyes. It was unknown what she was thinking. After a long while, Lanqi heard her sigh, "Oh, never mind. This Meipin is also a pitiful person. Lady Lan, I am tired and will return to Zhongcui Palace first."

Lan Qi and Ji Tao bowed slightly and called out respectfully, "Your servants respectfully bid farewell to Her Majesty the Concubine Chun."

"You should go back earlier, Kexin, let's go."

Only after Lujun left did Lanqi stand up straight.

She stared at the direction where Lujun left for a long time.

Lan Qi didn't know if Su Lujun was a good person, but in her previous life, in order to curry favor with Ruyi, she had the Imperial Household Department deliberately treat Yanwan harshly after she gave birth to the Seventh Princess...

When Lan Qi thought of this, her stomach churned like a tidal wave.

In her previous life, Su Lujun was suspected by the emperor and lived in fear and anxiety every day. She was a vegetarian and chanted Buddhist scriptures for most of her life, but she still died with her eyes open. Lan Qi felt that all this was inseparable from Ruyi. In fact, in terms of status, Su Lujun was more qualified to be the queen than Ruyi.

Thinking of this, Lan Qi took a deep breath.

No matter what, Su Lujun and Hai Lan are both minions around Ruyi, and she must get rid of them. Even if Ruyi becomes the queen in the future, she will leave them with no one to rely on.

"Ji Tao, let's go back to the palace."

Ji Tao nodded, took Lan Qi's hand, and gradually disappeared into the night.

The next morning, Ruyi hurried to the Yanx Palace with惢心. Hai Lan got up early with Ye Xin's help, and was now leisurely cutting the lilies in the vase with scissors.

Seeing Ruyi come in, she looked up, smiled faintly, and called her "Sister" affectionately.

Ruyi deliberately sent Ye Xin and惢心 away.

Hailan noticed something was wrong. She put down the scissors and looked at Ruyi seriously, "What's wrong, sister?"

Ruyi took Hailan's hand and whispered in her ear, "Did you cause the Seventh Prince to get the smallpox?"

Hai Lan widened her eyes and stared at Ruyi in disbelief. Her heart suddenly ached. Her beloved sister suspected her.

Hailan turned her head and said disapprovingly: "Of course not."

Ruyi let go of Hailan's hand and murmured to herself, "If it's not you and me, then who could it be?"

Hai Lan proudly picked up the scissors and fiddled with the flowers. She said coldly, "Who knows? Since I promised my sister, I will definitely not do it." She paused, then continued coldly, "The Queen has so many enemies in the palace. Maybe Mo Xin has looked for others besides us."

Ruyi nodded, "I hope the smallpox epidemic wasn't your fault."

As soon as he finished speaking, the fifth prince Yongqi ran in with a thick book of poetry.

Seeing Ruyi, the smile on Yongqi's face froze instantly. He knelt down and greeted the two mothers, "Son greets Mother Xian, Mother, good morning."

"It's Yongqi." Ruyi smiled and stretched out her hand to call Yongqi over.

In fact, Yongqi didn't like getting along with Ruyi very much. Hai Lan was of low status and could not raise a prince, so he was given to Ruyi by his biological mother when Yongqi was just born. Ruyi treated him very well, but always told him in his ear that his status was not as noble as the fourth prince Yongsheng, let alone Yongcong. Usually, only when the emperor came over, Ruyi would show her deep motherly love to him.

Yongqi wanted to go back to his biological mother, but Hailan always taught him that if it weren't for Concubine Xian's help, they would not be where they are today.

Hai Lan wants Yongqi to listen to Ruyi and take care of and help Ruyi.

Yongqi was young, and he never dared to disobey Hailan's instructions. He could only nod in agreement.

Ruyi touched Yongqi's head, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly, "Yongqi is such a good boy."

Yongqi's hair stood on end. Just when he entered the room, he heard Ruyi and Hailan talking about "doing" and "smallpox" in a trance. There was nothing strange about his seventh brother. He looked at Ruyi and Hailan and swallowed his saliva. Could it be that Yongcong's death was related to his mother?