Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

There were too many schemes in the harem, and Hongli was too lazy to think about them.

The next day, Langya's coffin was to be carried to the imperial mausoleum for burial. This was also the first time that Hongli came to Langya's coffin. He looked at Langya wearing court clothes in the coffin, and his heart ached. The concubines all knelt in front of the coffin, mourning and crying. No one dared to slack off. Even a concubine as noble and disdainful as Yihuan had to pretend to be sad at this time.

Everyone was grieving at Langya's funeral. The princesses and princes were crying, but only Yonghuang and Yongzhang were calm, especially Yonghuang, who was staring at Langya's coffin fiercely at that moment.

Yuyan, kneeling behind Yonghuang, wiped her tears and glanced at Yonghuang secretly. She was very happy at this moment.

A few days ago, she deliberately knelt in front of the memorial tablet and mentioned Chu Ying's difficult labor, making Yonghuang believe that Langya killed his mother and unborn sister out of jealousy.

Yonghuang, who was bewitched, naturally hated Langya. How could he possibly wear mourning for the murderer of his mother?

Of course, Yuyan did all this for the Fourth Prince Yongsheng.

She wanted to clear the obstacles ahead and help her son take the throne to bring glory to her mother's family.

The concubines who were kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly each had their own ulterior motives, and Hai Lan watched everything calmly.

Hongli, who was secretly worried, suddenly remembered Yongrong's words. He turned around and saw that Yonghuang and Yongzhang's eyes were dry, without even a tear in the corner of their eyes. The anger in his heart rose up.

He walked up to the two of them, emitting a gloomy and dangerous aura. He looked at Yonghuang and said, "Yonghuang, your stepmother has passed away. Why aren't you crying?"

Yonghuang was startled when his name was suddenly called. He didn't dare tell Hongli about his conversation with Concubine Jia that night, for fear that it would implicate Concubine Jia and that no one would remember his mother, Imperial Noble Concubine Zhemin. He kowtowed to Hongli and then lied, "Your Majesty, your son... Your son wanted to take care of the funeral for your Majesty, and was afraid of missing out on his work, so he didn't dare to grieve too much."

Hongli looked at Yongzhang, who was frightened and panicked: "I didn't cry because I wanted to stay awake and share the worries of the emperor."

Hongli suppressed the anger in his heart, walked up to Yonghuang, and suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped Yonghuang in the face. Even Yongzhang was not spared.

"Unfilial son."

Hongli was furious and publicly accused Yonghuang and Yongzhang of being unfilial.

Everyone was terrified and dared not say a word. Only Ruyi looked up and pleaded for the two princes, "Your Majesty, Yonghuang and Yongzhang only want to share your worries. They are not unfilial."

Hongli was too lazy to listen to Ruyi, and his eyes turned sharp and cold when he looked at her. He was not sure whether the woman he had liked for many years had any schemes against him.

Suddenly his eyes stopped on Yongqi.

Yongqi blinked his innocent eyes.

Hongli asked with a cold face: "Yongqi, why don't you cry?"

He was only five years old and still at an age where he knew nothing, so naturally, Hongli believed everything he said.

Yongqi answered fluently, "In reply to the Emperor, my mother told me that my eldest brother is the oldest among all the brothers and is a role model for the princes. My mother told me to learn more from him. Just now, I saw that he didn't cry, so I..."

After saying this, Yongqi lowered his head in shame.

Lujun was astonished at this scene. She didn't understand why things had gotten out of her control. Seeing her son being beaten was heartbreaking. In her desperation, she blurted out, "Your Majesty, Yongzhang is only thinking about you and has no other intentions."

Hongli looked at Lujun's face, remembered the pearl flower that Yuhu brought back from Sulian, and thought that Langya's death might be related to the woman in front of him. He raised his leg and kicked Lujun.

Yong Zhang was a useless man to begin with, and now Yong Huang has also been corrupted by her. He shouted at Lu Jun, "You slut, you are not a decent parent, you can't teach your children well, and you dare to covet the throne."

"I don't have any."

Lujun was trembling. She was afraid that Hongli would vent his anger on Yongzhang, so she wanted to put all the blame on Yonghuang.

She pointed at Yonghuang and cried, "Your Majesty, even if Yonghuang has evil intentions, Yongzhang is sincere to you..."

Unexpectedly, Hongli became even angrier after hearing Lujun's explanation. He kicked Lujun away, scaring Ruiji, Yihuan and others behind him to retreat.

Hongli pointed at Lujun and roared, "Noble Concubine Chun, because of your inaction, Yonghuang and Yongzhang have been harmed. If I had known from the beginning, I would never have handed Yonghuang over to you to raise. You have greatly disappointed me. I tell you, Yonghuang and Yongzhang will never inherit the throne again."

After these words were spoken, the future of the two princes was ruined, and there was no chance of recovery. Yonghuang and Yongzhang were so scared that they even forgot to beg for mercy, and Lujun fainted from anger.

The happiest person was Yuyan. If Lujun was eliminated, Ruyi would be insignificant. Ruyi had no children, so she gave birth to two sons for the emperor and was pregnant with another one.

After Lujun fainted, Hongli asked several eunuchs to drag Lujun away, and drove out Yonghuang and Yongzhang. After getting rid of them, Hongli looked at Hailan again.

Hongli walked up to Hailan, looked down at her, and said sinisterly, "Princess Yu, you are so brave."

Hai Lan didn't know that Hongli had already known about her instigation of Yongqi. She lowered her head and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I don't know what I have done to anger Your Majesty."

Hongli sneered, "Not knowing? Concubine Yu, you also want to fight for the position of Crown Prince for Yongqi, right?"

"Your Majesty, Hailan would never do such a treasonous thing. Please understand." Ruyi said anxiously when she saw that Hongli had a misunderstanding about Hailan.

"She didn't dare? Yongrong heard it all. She instigated Yongqi not to cry at the funeral so that I could use him and possibly be named Crown Prince in the future. I thought you were a good woman who didn't fight or compete, but I didn't expect you to be so unbearable."

As he spoke, he looked at Ruyi with a scrutinizing gaze, as if asking her if she was also involved in this matter.

Yan Wan wanted to say a few good words for Ruyi, but was stopped by Lan Qi who was kneeling beside her. She signaled Yan Wan not to embarrass herself at this time.

Although Yan Wan was confused, she didn't say anything.

Hongli walked around to Ruyi, looked at her and said, "Noble Concubine Xian, are you......"

Before Hongli could finish his words, Hai Lan interrupted him, "Your Majesty, this was my own fault and has nothing to do with Concubine Xian. I was the one who wanted to use Yongqi to win your favor. Yesterday, I deliberately took Yongqi to wait for the Third Prince outside the Locust Gate and said those words to him. But Your Majesty, if Concubine Chun had no intention of usurping the throne, how could she have allowed the Third Prince to be so disrespectful at Empress Xiaoxian's funeral hall? I will bear the consequences of my own mistakes. Please do not implicate innocent people."

Hongli kicked Hailan again, and Hailan endured the severe pain and knelt down again.

Ruyi's heart sank. She had never thought that Hailan would do such a thing at this critical juncture. She really could not forgive her, so she simply knelt aside and listened to the emperor's decision. At this moment, she only hoped that Hongli would not implicate her in this matter.

"Very well, Li Yu, issue an order to strip Keliyete of her title, demote her to the rank of concubine, confine her to the Yanxi Palace, and have all her close associates beaten to death. Not a single servant shall be allowed to remain for her."

When Yongqi heard this, he burst into tears.

He threw himself into Hailan's arms, wanting to beg Hongli to forgive his mother.

Hongli was determined to let Jinzhong take Yongqi away, and ordered that Yongqi be handed over to Ruyi for upbringing.

When Hai Lan heard that Hongli was going to give the custody of Yongqi to Ruyi, she felt relieved instantly. But Ruyi, on the other hand, wanted to cut off ties with her because Hai Lan had done such a rebellious thing. What if Hongli took his anger out on her?

She had finally gotten out of the cold palace and climbed all the way to the position of imperial concubine. She was only one step away from becoming the queen, and she couldn't let anyone ruin her fate.

However, she did not dare to disobey Hongli, and thought it would be okay to let Yongqi stay in Yiku Palace for a few days, and then she could find any reason to send Yongqi away.