Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

Wait……

And endure...

Su Lian had long been fed up with the endless waiting. Over the years, she could only wear a veil, hide in Guanju Palace all day long under someone else's identity, and dared not go out. But even so, Su Lian had nightmares every day, dreaming that Empress Xiaoxian came to question her, why did she instigate the nanny to treat the eldest prince harshly. Sometimes she would dream of Lianxin, and that she was able to marry a man like Wang Qin because of the intervention of her and Yuyan. In the dream, Lianxin was pale and wet all over, like a water ghost, pinching her neck and questioning her, "Why do you treat me like this? Su Lian, why don't you suffer all this?"

Su Lian struggled desperately, finally breaking free from Lian Xin, but she bumped into Yu Yan's arms. She grabbed Yu Yan's hand, wanting her to save her, but Yu Yan pulled out a knife from her sleeve and stabbed her in the abdomen. Su Lian was awakened by nightmares almost every night. At this moment, she just wanted to be free.

Since Lan Qi didn't intend to help her, she had no choice but to ask Jing Se for help.

Su Lian had secretly gone to Chonghua Palace without telling Lan Qi. Having not seen her for many years, Jing Se could hardly recognize the face of the person before him. However, those amber eyes, which used to be crystal clear, sometimes lively and sometimes cunning, suddenly became extremely deep and quiet, with an inextricable affection hidden in them.

Jing Se froze one foot in place, and a storm suddenly appeared in her deep eyes. She asked excitedly: "You are...Aunt Su Lian?"

Su Lian nodded and took off her veil, and the two were able to recognize each other. Su Lian was Langya's maid who came with her as a dowry. From the time she became the wife of Prince Bao to the Queen, Su Lian had always been by Langya's side. Even Jing Se was raised by her.

Jingse covered her mouth and asked Nanny Yun to take Qingyou out to play. Only then did she help Sulian sit down. But wasn't Sulian dead? How could she be resurrected? After Langya's death, Sulian and Lianxin had died for their master. Although she hadn't seen Sulian's death with her own eyes, she had heard from the palace guards that she had hit her head against a stone pillar in the Imperial Garden and even her brains were exposed. But now Sulian appeared in Chonghua Palace in good health. What had happened all these years? Why did Sulian come to find him now?

A few crystal clear tears rolled down from her eyes and landed on her clothes, leaving deep water marks, like clusters of small flowers dyed with pulp.

Jing Se said softly, "Aunt, why are you dressed like this in Chonghua Palace? Back then... didn't you go with the Emperor's mother?"

The corners of Su Lian's eyes were red, and she looked at Jing Se with a mixture of grief and anger, tears sliding down her cheeks one after another.

Su Lian wiped her tears with a handkerchief before recounting her story, "After Empress Xiaoxian passed away, I felt something was fishy about her drowning. Then, I received a note secretly slipped into my hand by Concubine Jia, saying she had evidence of Empress Xiaoxian's murder and asking me to go to the Imperial Garden. I didn't dare to tell anyone and wanted to keep the appointment, but I ran into Concubine Cheng on the way. If Concubine Cheng hadn't rigged it up, sending Yingsi, who looked just like me, to the Imperial Garden instead, I'm afraid I would have died that day."

Su Lian's low voice sounded like a thunderclap in his ears, and Jing Se's rationality was blown to pieces by her words.

Over the years, Jingse always thought that it was Ruyi who deliberately used words to provoke Langya, which made Langya's condition worse. She even fell into the water because of her restlessness when returning to the boatyard.

In Jingse's memory, hadn't Yuyan always been on good terms with Langya? Why would she want to kill Sulian? Was her loyalty to Langya all a facade?

Jing Se smiled and asked tentatively, "Hasn't Concubine Jia always been on good terms with Mother? How could this be?"

Su Lian shook her head.

Yuyan is very scheming and knows how to be humble.

On reflection, she had initially sided with Langya, helping her deal with Ruyi, simply to use Langya's hand to quietly eliminate Ruyi. Even the mercury poisoning of the imperial heir was probably linked to her, and it's likely that Imperial Noble Consort Huixian was simply taking the blame for her.

Su Lian: "Noble Concubine Jia is from an outsider clan. Back then, the Ulanara clan had Empress Yixiu, so they dared to act arrogantly in Prince Bao's mansion. However, Noble Concubine Jia is of low status and has no relatives or friends in the palace. She could only find a solid backer. Empress Xiaoxian is backed by the Fucha clan, so Noble Concubine Jia is naturally the best choice as a backer."

Jing Se: "Did you say that my mother was killed by the Ulanara family or the Jin family?"

Su Lian thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid they are all involved. However, when Concubine Cheng saved me from the clutches of the King of Hell, she told me something. I'm afraid the Ulanara family is responsible for the Second Prince's death."

Jing Se stared at Su Lian intently, his face turned pale and his whole body began to tremble.

Having a legitimate son by her side had always been Langya's wish. Unfortunately, Yonglian was in poor health, having developed asthma from birth. Langya was initially unaware of this, and in her efforts to nurture him, she forced him to study and practice calligraphy, ultimately causing him to become ill. Later, a willow catkin took his life. After Yonglian's death, Langya wept daily, believing her harshness had ruined him.

By the way, Jingse remembered that when he was a child, he had found a small paper figurine near the cold palace. He didn't understand it at the time, but thought it was fun, so he gave it to the Imperial Noble Consort Huixian. Now he thought it was actually burned for the dead, and it must have been Ruyi who not only cast the curse to kill Yonglian, but also killed Empress Xiaoxian.

No, she couldn't let them go.

Just as Jingse was about to drag Su Lian to the Yangxin Palace, Su Lian stopped them, "Princess, I don't think it's the right time yet."

Jingse didn't understand. Su Lian took the risk to come to Chonghua Palace to find her just because she hoped that she could take her to Yangxin Palace to meet Hongli, but why did she say that the time was not right yet?

Su Lian explained, "Princess, my life was saved by Concubine Cheng. She is right. Jin Yuyan is a noble lady of the Yu family. If we can't bring her down immediately, we will only end up destroying the snake's roots. Princess, we still lack evidence. I'm afraid the emperor won't touch Jin Yuyan easily."

Jingse loosened his grip.

Su Lian was right. Hongli would not believe their one-sided words. After all, compared with the Qing Dynasty, what were they?

"Hai promised—" Jing Se suddenly thought of Hai Lan.

Rush out of Chonghua Palace and head to Yanxi Palace.

"Princess?" Su Lian put on her veil and ran up immediately.

The Yanxi Palace was already remote, and now it was even more deserted and dilapidated. Two guards were seen dozing off against the wall outside the palace. Su Lian approached and pretended to cough twice. The guards were awakened, rubbed their eyes, and asked sleepily, "Who is it?"

Only after seeing who it was did the guard kneel down and kowtow, "Greetings, Princess."

"Open the door, I want to see Hai."

Guard: "This..."

Jing Se said sternly, “Open the door.”

Under Jing Se's majesty, the guards still opened the gate of Yanxi Palace.