Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

Shortly after the ceremony of self-proclaimed empress, the Forbidden City was hit by its first heavy rain.

Li Yu hurried over, holding an umbrella. He didn't put it away until he reached the outside of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. He then brushed off the rain. Seeing this, Jinzhong walked over slowly, took the umbrella from Li Yu's hand, and asked in confusion, "Master, where did you get back from in such heavy rain?"

Li Yu hesitated for a moment, then half-chuckled, "It's Jinzhong, I'm fine. Is the emperor awake?"

Jinzhong nodded and said, "He's awake. Lord Zhang Tingyu just left, and now Empress Shufei is accompanying the emperor."

Li Yu took a step forward, but his eyes unconsciously glanced to the side. This time, he immediately noticed that Ling Yunche was gone. He stopped, pointed at Ling Yunche's position, and asked, "Where is Ling Yunche? Why isn't he here again?"

As soon as he heard Ling Yunche's name, Jinzhong's eyes were full of coldness. He hated Ling Yunche and naturally would not say anything good for him. In addition, Jinzhong knew that Li Yu had complaints about Ling Yunche marrying惢心, so he exaggerated the matter.

Jinzhong rolled his eyes, a smile flickering across his face as he said, "Oh, I don't know when Master Ling disappeared. But Master, there are some things I'm not sure if I should say."

Jinzhong was brought up by Li Yu, so how could Li Yu not know his cunning ways? He said calmly, "Tell me."

Jinzhong's voice was not loud, just loud enough for two people to hear. "Master, I know you are fond of Miss Suo Xin, but for some reason you don't want to delay her life. But don't blame me for being nosy. If I were to say, you are no worse than Ling Yunche, and Ling Yunche may not be good to Suo Xin. I heard that in the past few months since Ling Yunche and Suo Xin got married, he hasn't been home many times, and even stays with Zhao Jiuxiao." A fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he continued, "Ling Yunche and Suo Xin are newlyweds, but he doesn't go home to be with his wife. Even when he is working for the emperor, he is often absent. Master, what do you think he has been doing?"

Jinzhong's words hit Li Yu hard. He was reminding him that Ling Yunche had other lovers in the palace and abandoned惢心.

Yes, there are many young and beautiful women in the palace, but惢心 is just a useless person who can't move. Ling Yunche has a bright future, so how could he be interested in a disabled person?

But wasn't it Ling Yunche who proposed to the emperor to marry惢心? How come he changed his mind after just a few days?

Just as Li Yu was about to ask about Ling Yunche's whereabouts, a young eunuch in a straw raincoat ran up to him in the pouring rain and said, "Eunuch Li, Miss Shuizhi just sent someone to deliver a letter saying it's from Madam Ling."

When he heard that it was惢心, Li Yu immediately snatched the letter from the eunuch.

The letter said that惢心 had something urgent to discuss and wanted to invite Li Yu out of the palace.

Ladies of noble birth were not allowed to enter the palace without being summoned. Suo Xin sent someone to deliver an urgent letter, thinking that something big must have happened. He snatched the umbrella from Li Yu's hand, asked Jinzhong to ask for leave for him, and then hurriedly left with the young eunuch.

Yihuan is seven months pregnant.

Although Hongli was somewhat wary of Yihuan, his love for her remained undiminished.

Yihuan nestled in Hongli's arms like a little woman. She touched the heir who was about to give birth and said shyly, "Your Majesty, do you think I am carrying a prince or a princess?"

Hongli smiled and scratched Yihuan's nose lovingly. His dark eyes showed no emotion as he stared at Yihuan's belly with a half-smile. "It's all good. As long as it's your baby, I like it."

"Then what name will the Emperor give our child?"

Hongli had never thought about this question.

Hongli had no expectations for Yihuan's child. The corners of his mouth twitched and he didn't know how to answer for a moment. At this time, Jinzhong walked in.

He walked up to Hongli and Yihuan and knelt down, "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu, the master of the Imperial Observatory requests an audience."

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory was connected to the lifeline of the Qing Dynasty, and Hongli believed most in the theory of celestial phenomena.

Yi Huan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, since the Imperial Observatory has arrived, I will take my leave first."

Finally, Yihuan left the Yangxin Palace with his heavy body, supported by Xihe.

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory walked in leisurely and bowed slowly to Hongli, "Your humble servant greets the Emperor."

Hongli took a sip of the tea in front of him and said slowly, "Well, can you tell me the result of the fortune-telling I asked you to do last time?"

Ever since he learned that Yihuan was pregnant, Hongli had been unable to sleep or eat. He was afraid that Yihuan would give birth to a boy and Zeng Huan would take the child back to Cining Palace to raise him. Then he would have to be a filial son and agree to the empress dowager's request. When the prince grew up a little, the empress dowager would definitely force him to abdicate, and then he would be in a difficult situation.

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory had calculated early on that Yihuan's baby was a boy, and nothing else could be predicted.

But Hongli did not disbelieve it and asked the people in the Imperial Observatory to keep a close eye on the movements of Yihuan and her son.

But when the Imperial Astronomical Observatory once again said that the child in Yihuan's belly posed no threat to Hongli, he became angry.

Hongli swept away all the objects on the table, and the cup fell to the ground with a crisp "ding-ling-dong-long" sound.

Jinzhong, who was guarding outside the hall, was startled and rushed in immediately. He saw the Imperial Observatory kneeling on the ground with his head lowered, not daring to breathe.

When Hongli saw Jinzhong, he immediately got angry and said, "Who let you in? Get out now!"

Hongli slammed the table in anxiety.

Jinzhong panicked and quickly closed the palace door and walked out.

In her previous life, Zi Yanwan paid money to bribe the people of the Imperial Observatory in order to get rid of Yihuan and his mother, saying that the child in Yihuan's belly was incompatible with the emperor and his son, and if the Tenth Prince was allowed to stay in the palace, he would surely die young.

Hongli believed it, and before the tenth prince was even a month old, he had him sent out of the palace and to Prince Zhen's mansion.

No one interfered in this life, but Hongli became uneasy first. He was too suspicious and forced the Imperial Observatory to find out the fault of the child in Yihuan's belly.

The Imperial Astronomical Observatory wiped the sweat from his forehead.

If they continued like this, they would be driven crazy, so they had no choice but to say that the child in Yihuan's belly was in conflict with Hongli's horoscope and should not stay in the palace.

Hongli felt better now.

He planned that if Yihuan gave birth to a princess, he would reward her generously. If she gave birth to a prince, he would immediately send the person to the palace according to the instructions of the Imperial Observatory.

Yihuan naturally didn't know what Hongli was planning behind the scenes. At this moment, she was embroidering tiger-head shoes, looking forward to the birth of her child.

Li Yu changed into casual clothes and successfully took the carriage out of the palace.

As soon as he arrived at the market, Li Yu got off the car and hurried towards the restaurant mentioned in惢心's letter.