Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

"Mother——"

Yongqi was held in Jinzhong's arms and watched Hailan being dragged away by two eunuchs holding her arms. She struggled and wanted to look back at Ruyi again, but was pushed forward roughly by the eunuchs.

"Your Majesty, this is all my fault. Please don't take your anger out on Concubine Xian."

Ruyi closed her eyes in disappointment.

At this time, Hailan still wants to mention her. Does she want to kill her?

Yongqi kowtowed and cried, "Father Emperor, please let my mother go."

Hongli turned around and ignored Yongqi's plea.

"Fifth Prince, please don't make things difficult for me." Jinzhong looked embarrassed and held Yongqi tightly with both hands.

Seeing that Hongli was determined to punish Hailan and Ruyi refused to plead for Hailan, Yongqi opened his mouth and bit Jinzhong's hand in desperation.

"Ouch." Jinzhong felt pain and loosened his grip, allowing Yongqi to take the opportunity to run away.

"You useless things, hurry up and chase them." Hongli yelled at Jinzhong and Jinbao.

"I'll go right away." Jinzhong and Jinbao crawled out of Changchun Palace.

Yongqi cried and screamed, stumbling and chasing in the palace corridor with his small body, trying to grab the corner of Hailan's clothes, but he couldn't do it.

Until Hai Lan was pushed into the main hall of the Yanx Palace, the heavy palace door was ruthlessly closed in front of Yongqi, cutting off the last visual contact between mother and son.

"Mother, mother." Yongqi banged on the palace door, and his crying sounded particularly mournful in the silent palace.

"Yongqi, don't be sad, don't be upset. Mother is just locked up here temporarily. You have to stay with Mother Xian, respect her, and protect her, okay?" Hai Lan leaned against the door, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Yongqi complained, "Son, I understand. It's just that the Emperor scolded Mother just now, and Mother Xian didn't even say a word to plead for mercy. Son..."

Hai Lan rebuked, "Don't talk nonsense. This time it was Mother's fault, but Mother doesn't regret what happened today. At least we brought down Concubine Chun and her two sons. As long as Concubine Chun is disliked by the Emperor, then my sister will definitely be the one to ascend to the throne in the future."

"Yongqi, Mother wants you to remember that our lives were given by Mother Xian. If it weren't for her, you wouldn't exist. Remember?"

Yongqi looked at the closed palace door and nodded heavily.

"My lady, please save me, Fifth Prince, please save me..."

Ye Xin and other palace maids' cries for help came to his ears. Yongqi wanted to go forward to save Ye Xin, but was stopped by Jinzhong. Jinzhong raised the corner of his lips and said calmly: "Fifth Prince, please don't do anything that will embarrass me."

The sticks rose and fell, and the shrill screams made Yongqi's head hurt, but soon they could no longer scream. Yongqi knew they were dead and immediately fell to the ground.

"Fifth Prince, it's getting late. Let's go back. If the emperor finds out, he will probably punish Hai Da Ying severely." Jinzhong urged.

Yongqi looked up at Jinzhong.

"Don't worry, Yongqi. Nothing will happen to Mother here. Instead, you must remember what Mother just said, okay?"

"Yes, son, I understand." Yongqi looked back every few steps, and finally followed Jinzhong out of the Yanx Palace.

After walking out of the palace gate, several eunuchs threw Ye Xin, who was beaten to a bloody pulp, roughly into a carriage and covered him with a straw mat.

Yongqi inadvertently looked up at the carriage. Ye Xin tilted her head, staring at Yongqi fiercely with bloodshot eyes. Yongqi was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat, and immediately lowered his head.

After returning to Yiku Palace, Yongqi fell ill. In order to avoid suspicion, Ruyi did not visit Yongqi in the palace herself, but asked惢心 to invite Jiang Yebin to treat Yongqi.

Langya's funeral had some twists and turns, but it went smoothly.

After the funeral ceremony, Hongli drove everyone out and stayed alone in Langya Palace. The palace was empty, with only Langya's portrait hanging quietly on the wall, as if staring at him silently.

Hongli sat in front of Langya's portrait, looking at the gentle and quiet woman in the portrait. Guilt, self-blame, and longing, all kinds of emotions intertwined together, making him breathless.

"Queen, are you blaming me?" Hongli murmured to himself, his eyes filled with fatigue and confusion.

Suddenly, there was a sound from behind him. Hongli thought that Langya was reluctant to let him go back, so he turned around suddenly with joy.

Lan Qi walked into the hall carrying a bowl of chicken soup. It wasn't Langya. The smile on Hongli's face disappeared instantly. "Why is it you, Lan Qi?"

"Your Majesty seems unhappy to see me?" Lan Qi put the chicken soup on the table and walked to Hongli.

Hongli sat down and said, "No, I just didn't expect you to come."

"Your Majesty, I know you care about Empress Xiaoxian, but you haven't slept for a whole day and night. Please eat something." Lan Qi gently held his hand and squatted down.

Hongli held Lan Qi's hand with his backhand, looked at her with complicated eyes, and asked, "Lan Qi, do you think I did something wrong?"

Lan Qi leaned against Hongli's legs and answered meekly, "Your Majesty, why do you ask this? Is it because of the eldest and third princes?" She paused and continued, "Your Majesty, you are the emperor. Every decision you make has your reasons. I am just a woman in the harem and dare not comment on state affairs. Concubine Chun has children and was recommended by the Empress. She loves her son dearly, so it is understandable that she wants to fight for the position of legitimate son for her own son in the future. As for Hai agreeing..."

When Hai Lan was mentioned, Hongli was distracted for a moment.

When Hai Lan was pregnant with Yongqi, her body was covered with scary red lines because she ate too much. Since she gave birth to the son, Hongli never favored her again.

Hai Lan had only one son, Yongqi. Hongli suspected that she had taken the initiative to hand Yongqi over to Ruyi for upbringing, probably with the intention of seizing the throne.

Hongli grew up in the palace and had witnessed the battle for the throne between his father, Emperor Yongzheng, and the nine sons of several other uncles.

"So what do you think of Concubine Xian?" Hongli suddenly mentioned Ruyi, with a flash of suspicion in his eyes.

Lan Qi's heart tightened, knowing that Hongli was suspecting Hai Lan of instigating Yong Qi and whether Ruyi was involved. She replied calmly, "Noble Concubine Xian has suffered some hardships before, but her heart for the emperor is true. I can guarantee this."

Hongli didn't say anything, but just looked at Langya's portrait with deep eyes, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

After Lan Qi accompanied Hongli in Changchun Palace for a while, Hongli asked Jinzhong to send Lan Qi back to Guanju Palace.

Along the way, Jinzhong walked in front, holding the lamp, while Ji Tao walked behind, holding Lan Qi's hand. Suddenly, Jinzhong slowed down his pace, leaned over to walk beside Lan Qi, and asked, "Master Cheng, I don't understand why you just spoke well of Concubine Xian. Wouldn't it be better to use Hai's promise to bring her down?"

Lan Qi smiled slightly. She didn't expect that the seemingly shrewd Jinzhong would make a mistake in this matter. If Ruyi fell, the one who would benefit the most would be Concubine Jia, who was pregnant with two sons. If she really pulled Ruyi down and let Concubine Jia take the position, with her ability and means, she would make them live a life worse than death. It would be better to let the love-brained Ruyi be pushed to a high position. Anyway, one of her minions has been pulled out. After Concubine Chun wakes up, she will go to Zhongcui Palace to make suggestions and let their relationship fall apart completely. By then, it will not be too late to pull Ruyi down from the high position after Concubine Jia completely fell.

At this time, Jinzhong looked at Lan Qi with a little more appreciation.

Because he missed Langya, Hongli ordered the Imperial Household Department not to touch anything in Changchun Palace, and asked the palace maids and eunuchs to clean it every day, as if Langya were still alive.

When Li Yu saw that Hongli was going back to the Yangxin Palace, he immediately asked someone to notify惢心.

After receiving the news,惢心 immediately told Ruyi about it. Because of the farce when Langya was taken out of the coffin, Hongli had not visited Ruyi for several days. She was anxious and afraid that she would be abandoned by Hongli again.

He asked惢心 to prepare some snacks and went to the Yangxin Palace.

As soon as she entered the room, Ruyi saw Hongli sitting at the table with a haggard face. Ruyi's face was full of heartache. She took the pastry from惢心's hand and ordered惢心 to go out. She wanted to spend some time with the emperor tonight.

Suo Xin handed over the pastry, leaned over and stepped out.

"惢心."

惢心 was startled by the shout and turned around to see Li Yu. She pulled Li Yu aside and asked, "The emperor has been in a bad mood these days. Will Hai's promise implicate our young master?"

Li Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry. A few days ago, Concubine Cheng said a few good words for Noble Concubine Xian. Although the emperor is angry with Hai Ying, Noble Concubine Xian has not done anything to murder the royal heir."

Li Yu was a servant of the emperor, so since he said so, then there must be nothing wrong.

Only then did惢心 feel relieved and stood by with Li Yu to guard the door.

Ruyi quietly walked over to Hongli and placed the cakes on the table. Hongli, who was a light sleeper to begin with, was quickly awakened. He looked up at Ruyi and asked, "Ruyi, why are you here?"

Ruyi gently stroked Hongli's face and said aggrievedly, "Hai Lan... I really didn't know that Hai Lan would teach Yongqi to say such disrespectful words. If I..."

"Ruyi." Hongli interrupted her, took her hand and asked Ruyi to sit next to him.

After Langya passed away, Zeng Huan mentioned the matter of appointing a new queen to Hongli more than once, but Langya had just passed away not long ago, and Hongli did not want to appoint a new queen so soon.