Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

"That's enough." Hongli said with a gloomy face.

Turning to Ilari, he said, "Fujin, I will issue an edict to confer the title of Heshuo Dingqin Prince on Yonghuang, with the posthumous title of An. In the future, the throne can be inherited by the eldest grandson, Mian De. As for Yonghuang's funeral, let Concubine Chun and Concubine Ling handle it. Since you, Imperial Concubine, are unwell and should not work hard, please do not cause trouble here."

Ilari knelt down to express his gratitude.

Lujun and Yanwan also followed suit and saluted.

Ruyi took two steps back, but luckily she grabbed the armrest of the chair in time to prevent herself from falling. She took a deep breath, "Your Majesty, it would have been fine if you had Concubine Chun preside over Yonghuang's funeral, but why did you let Concubine Ling assist? She is just..."

Hongli glanced at Ruyi with a stern look in his eyes. He was already heartbroken after losing Yonghuang, but Ruyi not only refused to comfort him, but also argued with him about who would preside over the funeral ceremony. Hongli was too tired and spoke to her in a harsh tone, "Enough, Imperial Concubine, I am the emperor, please be aware of your status."

Ruyi was choked with words. She couldn't remember how many times Hongli had yelled at her. She had lost face and didn't want to stay any longer. She knelt down reluctantly to pay her respects and got into the carriage with Lingzhi's help.

Yan Wan felt ashamed and said softly, "Your Majesty, it's all my fault. I made the Imperial Concubine angry."

Hongli waved his hands and stood with his hands behind his back. "This matter has nothing to do with you. Lingpin, please help Concubine Chun and Concubine Fu to handle the funeral of Yonghuang. Chengpin, please accompany me back to the palace."

"Yes."

When passing by Ilari and the two children, Hongli suddenly stopped. He touched Mian De's head and Mian En's face, and found that the two boys looked very similar to Yonghuang when he was a child.

He curled his lips slightly and said to Ilari, "Fujin, please bring the children to the palace to visit Concubine Chun more often when you have time."

Yilali bowed slightly and said, "Yes, Father Royal, your daughter-in-law will definitely bring the children to the palace to visit you and Empress Chun often."

Lan Qi held Yanwan and Lujun's hands and asked them to take care of themselves.

In the carriage, Ling Zhi lifted the curtain and looked outside from time to time. She had not left the palace for a long time, and everything outside was new to her.

Suddenly, the two big words "Ling Mansion" flashed before her eyes, and she thought of惢心 and Shuizhi outside the palace.

I don’t know how they are doing these days.

Lingzhi let go of the curtains, moved closer to Ruyi, held her hand, and said, "Your Majesty, I haven't seen Shuizhi and惢心 for a long time. Now that I've finally been able to leave the palace, can I go to the Ling Mansion to see them?"

I thought Ruyi would agree because of their past relationship, but at the moment, Ruyi was extremely upset and naturally would not take these trivial matters to heart. She shook off Lingzhi's hand, turned her face away, and said lightly: "What's so good about it? Haven't you seen enough in the palace?"

"When I am crowned Queen one day, I will naturally invite them into the palace."

The implicit meaning of her words was that she should never be allowed to condescend to visit a palace maid.

After being rejected, Ling Zhi stopped talking.

She secretly raised her eyes to glance at Ruyi, then quickly lowered her head. She still missed the old Ruyi more. It would be better to say that she missed the time when A Ruo and惢心 were around. At least she didn't have to serve them closely. She thought Ruyi was different from other concubines, but she didn't expect that she was more difficult to serve than other masters.

In fact, Lingzhi had never served a master before, but now she had suffered this disaster from Ruyi. She suddenly felt that all the masters in the world were as difficult to serve as Ruyi.

If she were given another chance to choose, Ling Zhi would rather wash clothes in the laundry department for the rest of her life than enter the Yiku Palace.

Ling Mansion.

Shuizhi ran into惢心's room in a panic. The door was suddenly kicked open, but惢心 did not look back. She had long been accustomed to Shuizhi's recklessness.

Suo Xin was sitting in a wheelchair, with a white, transparent kitten lying on her lap. Suo Xin repeatedly stroked the kitten's body.

"Madam." Shuizhi ran to惢心 and squatted down beside her.

惢心 didn't even bother to raise her head, the kitten was the only thing in her eyes. It was because Jiang Yebin had sent this cat, so she treasured it immensely.

惢心 asked calmly, "What's wrong?"

"I just got the news that the eldest prince...he passed away."

惢心 paused, her eyelashes trembling slightly. In her impression, Yonghuang was very small, and because he was abused by his wet nurse, he was not well fed for many years.

She could still vividly remember the scene when little Zhulin Yonghuang rashly ran out and bumped into her, looked at the cakes in her lunch box, and asked her for some cakes.

"Why did you pass away so suddenly?"

She remembered what happened at Empress Xiaoxian's funeral. She didn't know whether Yonghuang's misconduct was related to Hai Lan, but she felt a little regretful.

But when she thought that he was the son of a heartless man like Hongli, the grief in her heart was lessened a little. She shed two tears and wiped them away stubbornly.

He continued to pet the kitten.

"Don't worry about them. By the way, have you seen Jiang Yubin?"

Shuizhi shook her head.

She waited at the palace gate for several days but didn't see Jiang Yubin. Occasionally, she ran into Li Yu twice. Li Yu said that Jiang Yubin had been very busy recently because he had to take care of Shu Fei's pregnancy. He gave Shuizhi a handwritten letter from Jiang Yubin and a kitten, asking her not to worry.

From then on,惢心 kept the cat in her hand all the time and named it Yuxin.

The kitten seemed to smell a strange scent. It had been lying quietly on惢心's legs, but now it became restless.

"Yoxin, what's wrong with you?"

Shuizhi shook惢心's arm and raised her chin to signal惢心 to look outside the door.

Ling Yunche was standing outside the house holding an official sword. When he saw惢心 looking at him, he raised his lips and smiled.

Ever since that night, Suo Xin had always been unhappy when she saw Ling Yun Che. Ling Yun Che had wanted to apologize to her several times, but he couldn't open his mouth.

He didn't even think about whether a girl's innocence could be solved with just an apology?

"Shuizhi, close the door. I'm afraid Yuxin will run away."

Shuizhi was惢心's personal maid and could only listen to惢心's words. She walked to the door and nodded and smiled at Ling Yunche.

In fact, Ling Yunche comes from a good family and is a sword-bearing guard serving the emperor. He has a bright future. Shuizhi doesn't understand what the problem is between惢心 and Ling Yunche.

Ruyi returned to Yikun Palace angrily.

Seeing Ruyi coming back, Rong Pei immediately took out the freshly brewed tea and limped towards the main hall.

Ling Zhi had just come out of the main hall. He quickly stepped forward, grabbed Rong Pei's arm, pulled her aside, and said kindly, "Rong Pei, you've just arrived at Yikun Palace, so there are some things you don't understand. The Empress is very angry, so you'd better not provoke her at this time. Be careful that she will take her anger out on you."

Rong Pei was horrified and asked hurriedly, "Has the Imperial Concubine suffered any injustice?"

Ling Zhi let out a light sigh.

She explained, "The eldest prince passed away, and the Emperor asked Consort Chun to preside over the funeral. Your Highness is the Imperial Consort, but he actually bypassed her and asked Consort Gui and Consort Ling to preside over the funeral of the eldest prince. Your Highness feels that this is overstepping her authority, and she is furious."

Rong Pei understood Ruyi's difficulties. Ruyi had helped her, so she also wanted to help Ruyi. Despite Lingzhi's dissuasion, she insisted on delivering tea to Ruyi.

Ling Zhi stamped her feet in anger, made a face at Rong Pei's back, and cursed softly, "You refused to listen to my kind advice and insisted on making yourself uncomfortable."

Rong Pei was not good at speaking and didn't know what to say or what not to say. She started by telling Ruyi what she had just heard from Ling Zhi.

Ruyi was already angry and thought that Rong Pei became a cripple and wanted to mock her because she didn't find an imperial physician for her.

In a fit of rage, she kicked over the scalding hot tea in Rong Pei's hand.

The scalding hot tea splashed on Rong Pei's face, causing bubbles to form, and the tea leaves were all over her body.

Rong Pei didn't care to cry out in pain, she knelt on the ground and explained, "Your Majesty, I know you are angry and think that the Emperor thinks you are a bad concubine mother. I have a way to make the Emperor change his bad impression of you."

Only then did Ruyi become interested.

Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin died early, and now Hongli has not taken good care of her only son. He must be feeling guilty. Rong Pei asked Ruyi to wear the relics of Yonghuang and Imperial Noble Consort Zhemin on her body, maybe the emperor would soften his heart.

Ruyi thought it was a solution.

He then asked the palace servants to go to the storehouse and take out a pair of mother and cub lions and a Tianqing jade pendant.