Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

Yuyan knelt outside the Yangxin Palace for a long time, but Hongli never showed up. Yuyan kowtowed and pleaded, which made Li Xin feel a little distressed. Seeing the blood on Yuyan's forehead, Li Yu treated her coldly, but felt a sense of pleasure in his heart. He didn't believe that惢心's injury had nothing to do with Yuyan.

Li Yu looked at Yu Yan coldly, and even the words he spoke were cold, "Empress Jia, you'd better go back. The emperor doesn't have the time to see you."

Yuyan was lying on the ground, clutching her stomach in pain. Her face was pale and bloodless, and she was bleeding from below. Li Xin was so frightened when she saw this that she kowtowed to Li Yu and cried, "Eunuch Li, please help my mistress. She is about to give birth. Please ask the Emperor for mercy on my behalf..."

Li Yu had originally been reluctant to intervene, but he was concerned about the unborn child in Yuyan's belly. If anything went wrong, he wouldn't be able to bear the blame from the Emperor. Li Yu hurried back to the Yangxin Palace, only to emerge with the Emperor's oral instructions. Fortunately, the Emperor didn't relent on Yuyan. He delivered the decree, stating, "Noble Consort Jia, Jin, disregarded the unborn child and went outside the Yangxin Palace to cause trouble. Therefore, she is demoted to a concubine as an example to others. Li Xin, since Consort Jia is about to give birth, why don't you quickly escort her back to Qixiang Palace?"

"Get out of here." Yuyan pushed Lixin away with all her might and cried towards the Yangxin Palace, "Your Majesty, please forgive the prince. He won't dare to do it again."

No matter how much Yuyan pleaded, Hongli refused to leave the Yangxin Palace. Ruyi stood before Yuyan, slightly startled by her distraught appearance. Then, she smiled softly, "Jiapin? Lixin, why don't you quickly help your wife back to Qixiang Palace? If anything happens to the prince, I wonder how many lives you'll have left to accompany him."

Yuyan clenched her fists, her nails digging into her flesh. A deep hatred swirled within her, like a surging wave, never ending. Although Zhenshu couldn't tell carnelian from agate, she knew it must have been Ruyi's doing. She roared, "It's you, isn't it, Imperial Concubine? You have such a vicious mind."

Ruyi's eyes curved slightly, as if she was smiling. "Jiapin, you are too kind. No, you are no longer the head of the First Palace. The Emperor has just issued an oral decree that Jiapin has disrespected the Sovereign and is demoted to a noble lady. If you still refuse to listen to his advice, your rank will be further reduced until you are reduced to a commoner."

Yuyan stood up and wanted to fight to the death with Ruyi, but was stopped by Lixin. Lixin advised her to consider the Fourth Prince and the Eighth Prince more. Only then did Yuyan give up. With the help of Lixin, she got on the sedan chair and quickly returned to Qixiang Palace.

Upon arriving at the palace, Li Xin had her maidservant go and fetch the imperial physician and midwife. It was strange to say, Yu Yan had already given birth twice, so this one should have been easy to deliver. Perhaps it was the sheer weight of grief that caused a difficult labor, and she couldn't deliver the child for a long time.

Seeing this, Li Xin sent someone to invite the Emperor to Qixiang Palace, but the maid sent there was never even seen by the Emperor before Li Yu sent her back. It was uncertain if Suo Xin would survive, and Concubine Jia had the audacity to send someone to invite the Emperor. It would be best if she died of pain or a difficult childbirth.

The palace maid was at a loss and was afraid of being scolded if she returned, so she turned around and went to the Cining Palace.

Fujia reported the matter truthfully to Zeng Huan. Zeng Huan, lying on the couch, fiddling with the chessboard, said coldly, "This Concubine Jia is really something! A foreign woman wants to be the empress? Using Buddhism to frame the Imperial Concubine, this is something only she could do. No wonder she suffered backlash."

Fu Jia listened and waited until Zeng Huan finished speaking before continuing to ask: "The Queen Mother is right. Then do you want to go to Qixiang Palace to take a look?"

Zeng Huan snorted coldly, "I'm not the imperial physician, what can I do if I go? Tell her people in the palace to find Imperial Physician Qi, and don't bother me."

"Yes." Fuga also sent the palace maid away.

Undeterred, the maid returned to the Yikun Palace. Ruyi, now remorseful, remained by her side, while Jiang Yebin devoted himself to treating her. Seeing the visitor was from the Qixiang Palace, Sanbao chased them out without a word.

The maid had no choice but to return to Qixiang Palace in tears, and as expected, she was severely scolded by Li Xin. It was not until noon the next day that Yuyan gave birth to a prince safely.

However, because he stayed in the mother's womb for too long and Yuyan had experienced great sorrow before giving birth, the Ninth Prince had heart palpitations since he was born and needed careful care.

Yuyan dragged her sick body, hugged the Ninth Prince and cried, "Son, it's all because of your mother's uselessness. You must be well and don't let those who want to harm us laugh at you."

Until the ninth prince was one month old, Hongli had never set foot in Qixiang Palace. Hongli had already chosen a name for the ninth prince and sent it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs: Yongjin.

Yuyan looked at the word "Jin" on the paper. She was so frightened that she was a little dazed. She didn't even react when the paper floated away. She only murmured, "Jin? Yongjin? Live cautiously forever. The emperor is clearly warning me to live cautiously in the harem. Lixin, the emperor is warning me."

Li Xin held Yong Jin, who was crying non-stop, and tried to soothe him a few times, but he showed no sign of stopping. Fearing that Yu Yan would be upset, she handed Yong Jin to the wet nurse and asked her to take him away to feed him. Li Xin stepped forward and advised, "No, my lady, perhaps it's just because the emperor liked this character. After all, the two characters have the same pronunciation but different characters. My lady, please don't scare yourself."

"Then why didn't the emperor come to see me when I gave birth to Yongjin? He must still be blaming me."

Li Xin was speechless and didn't know what to say for a moment.

After a period of meticulous treatment by Jiang Yebin,惢心's life was saved. However, her body was permanently disabled. Her legs and right hand were completely useless.

Shuizhi boiled some medicine and brought it to Jiang Yebin. Jiang Yebin carefully picked up the spoon, blew on it until it was no longer hot, and then fed it to惢心's lips. But惢心's eyes were lifeless, and she just stared at the bed frame with her eyes wide open. She hadn't eaten, drunk, or slept these days, and just kept her eyes open. She wanted to die. Why didn't God just take her life, but made her a cripple?

Jiang Yebin looked distressed and turned around to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, "惢心, get up and take the medicine. Only by taking the medicine will your body get better."

Get better? She won't get better.

A tear fell from the corner of惢心's eye onto the pillow, "Jiang Yubin, I won't be okay, will I?"

Jiang Yebin forced an extremely ugly smile and comforted himself, "It will be fine. As long as you cooperate, I will definitely cure you."

惢心's eyes were bloodshot as she turned to look at Jiang Yebin. "Jiang Yebin, you really are not good at lying. You know how your brows wrinkle into a 川 shape every time you lie."

Jiang Yebin put down the medicine bowl in his hand and shook惢心's hand. "惢心, don't worry. No matter what you become, I will marry you. When you get better, I will ask the Imperial Noble Consort to marry you to me. I will take you out of the palace and stay away from the palace's right and wrong in the future."

惢心 didn't answer him, but said calmly: "Jiang Yubin, please go out first. I want to be alone."

"惢心, I..."

"Get out."惢心 shouted hoarsely.

Jiang Yebin was afraid of irritating惢心 again, so he didn't dare to stay, nor did he dare to leave, so he had to wait outside the door.惢心's sobbing voice came from inside the house. Jiang Yebin knew that惢心 couldn't accept it, and releasing it through crying might be a good thing.

On the other hand, on Concubine Jia's side, Jiang Yebin had a murderous look in his eyes. Why could those people who hurt惢心 enjoy the honorable position with peace of mind? The emperor only drove away that person's maid and demoted her rank. He was unwilling to accept this.惢心 could no longer walk like a normal person and do what she loved. Jiang Yebin hated her so much. He silently calculated in his heart that he must make that person pay the price he deserved, even if it meant sacrificing his own life, and dragging them to hell.