Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

When Hongli came to Langya's bedside, Langya was still in a coma.

"Tit for tat..." Langya closed her eyes tightly, but continued to utter these five words. Upon hearing this, Hongli sat down beside Langya with a gloomy face.

Looking at this familiar and pale face, Hongli pinched the jade ring on his thumb.

What did the queen do to be so restless even in her dreams?

It was unknown how long it took before Langya slowly woke up. When Hongli saw Langya wake up, his tense nerves finally relaxed.

Langya saw Hongli and wanted to stand up to salute, but was pushed back by Hongli.

Langya felt uneasy and thought of Hailan's words. Thousands of thoughts were floating in her mind. Langya knew that her life was coming to an end, so she had a heart-to-heart talk with Hongli.

She lay on the bed, her face full of sorrow as she said, "Your Majesty, I know my fate is coming to an end. Your Majesty, please do not let Jingse observe three years of mourning because of my death. She is not young anymore. If you delay for a few more years, I am afraid she will not be able to find a good family. Also, after I leave, the position of empress will be vacant. Concubine Chun has a gentle personality and has three sons and one daughter. She is the best candidate to succeed her."

Hongli looked at Langya without saying anything.

Seeing that Langya was fine, Hongli wanted to get up and leave. Langya immediately grabbed the corner of Hongli's clothes and said, "Your Majesty, please talk to me for a while."

Langya looked at him pitifully with tears in her eyes. Hongli softened his heart and sat down again. "Queen, please speak if you have anything to say. I am listening."

Langya half-closed her eyes and said, "Your Majesty, there are times in my life when I am truly unwilling and afraid."

Hongli listened quietly until he heard Langya say she was afraid. Then he reacted, "Afraid? You were once my legitimate wife, and now you're the Empress. What's there to be afraid of? As for being unwilling, it's probably because you're not satisfied with something."

Langya shook her head, staring at the beam, and said nonchalantly, "Since I was a child, I have been taught how to be a wife, to support my husband and raise my children, and to manage household affairs. But I know that I was not the one you personally chose as your legitimate wife. You chose the one who belonged to the Ulanara family. I was simply chosen by the late emperor and the Empress Dowager..."

Hongli lowered his eyes, his expression gradually darkening, and said unhappily, "Are you blaming me?"

Langya retorted, "I dare not, I am only terrified. I have never truly possessed a complete husband, much less his heart. But I cannot resent, much less hate, and I cannot lose my identity. I have always tried to be a good wife, but I..." Langya suddenly burst into tears, "I am only a woman who desires my husband's love."

Hongli lowered his head and never dared to look into Langya's eyes. Perhaps Langya was right. After being married for many years, Langya, who was originally chosen as the legitimate wife of Jiangxue Tower, was indeed not the one he wanted most. He loved Ruyi, and that had never changed.

However, the late emperor and the empress dowager refused to allow it and insisted on giving Langya to him. He had no choice but to do as they asked. Although he did not love Langya, they had treated each other with respect for many years.

He thought he was being kind to Langya, but why was she never satisfied?

Hongli said sternly, "Don't I treat you well? You are my legitimate wife, you have two children, and you are the empress. What else can you be dissatisfied with?"

Langya wiped away her tears and said calmly, "Your Majesty treats me very well, but this kindness is the kindness a husband shows his wife, not deep affection. Although I am at the top of the Six Palaces, I have no one to rely on. If you change your mind, everything that seems stable and secure for me will disappear into thin air."

"Queen, I never knew you were so fearful and uneasy. You gave birth to two legitimate sons for me, so I naturally cherish them all the more. Therefore, I turned a blind eye to some things and pretended not to know."

Langya was a little surprised when she heard this. She turned her head and looked at Hongli in shock. "What?"

Hongli said bluntly, "In a few days it will be the birthday of Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin. She died in childbirth that year. I want to know whether her death was caused by human will or by God's will."

Langya propped up her sick body and looked at Hongli in disbelief. Did he not believe her and think that she had killed Chu Ying?

Langya hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, a few years after Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin died, rumors circulated that I was jealous of her giving birth to a firstborn son and caused her death during childbirth. So you don't believe me either?"

Hongli said nothing.

Langya felt a little uncomfortable.

She choked up and raised her finger to swear, "I swear on the hundred years of glory and well-being of the Fucha family that the death of Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin was not my fault."

"What about Imperial Noble Consort Huixian? She committed many evil deeds during her lifetime, including plotting to murder the heir to the throne. But weren't you also responsible for framing Ruyi and sending her to the cold palace? What on earth did you do to Ruyi?"

Langya flatly denied it.

She frowned and expressed her dissatisfaction with Ruyi for raising Yonghuang and her intention to seize the throne. Langya wanted to swear again, but was stopped by Hongli, who did not believe that oaths would be useful.

The Linglingxiang bracelet, the fire in the cold palace, the poisonous snakes, and the arsenic poisoning, Hongli put all these accounts on Langya's head. Langya suddenly coughed, her eyes were vacant, she lay weakly on the bed, gasping for breath. It turned out that the emperor had known about it for a long time, and Langya suddenly felt relieved.

Langya was extremely disappointed and said sadly, "So the Emperor knew all this long ago, but he waited until today to come to me." She nodded and admitted, "Yes, I didn't want them to get pregnant before me. I also deeply hate Ruyi and cursed Yonglian to death, and tortured her after she was sent to the cold palace. But I really didn't know about the snake incident and the arsenic poisoning in the cold palace."

Langya shouted unwillingly, "Who is wronging me? Who wants to harm me?"

Hongli said sternly, "No one wants to harm you. You are quite decent as a queen, but if I expose you, you will become a stain on my reign and make the royal family a laughing stock."

Langya laughed while crying. Originally, she was just a stain in Hongli's eyes.

The man before her, her husband, did not love her and even accused her of being cruel for other women. Langya held on to her last breath and painfully thanked him, "Your Majesty's grace is immense. You are wise and intelligent, but you are cold-hearted and heartless. Those close to you will be hurt by this. Now, I will bear the consequences of my mistakes. If anyone becomes the successor in the future, their fate will not be as good as mine today. I will watch from heaven with my eyes open..."

"Watching from heaven." At this moment, Langya's heart was full of resentment and hatred towards Hongli.

Hongli looked at her coldly and snorted. He felt that what Langya said today was a little crazy. He stood up and said some angry words to Langya before turning around and leaving.

After Hongli left, Langya felt chest tightness and died before she could catch her breath.