Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

Ruyi lowered her head, leaned forward slightly, and said softly, "I dare not, but I feel sorry for惢心. We were just married not long ago, and we haven't had a few days of good times with Guard Ling, and my husband..."

Rong Xin didn't buy her trick and turned her face away.

Ling Yunche was still unconscious. Hongli sent Rong Pei to take care of Ling Yunche, and asked Li Yu to push惢心 to the main hall. He was going to interrogate惢心 thoroughly.

Hongli sat in the hall, while Suo Xin, unable to walk, was confined to a wheelchair. Li Yu stood respectfully beside him. With no one to serve, Ruyi had no choice but to personally serve the tea to Hongli. Hongli glanced at her calmly, took the cup, took a sip, and then put it down. He said sternly, "Suo Xin, do you know that slandering the Queen is a serious crime?"

惢心 nodded. How could she not know that she had lost everything: her lover, her health...

But the enemy is living well, with fine clothes and delicious food.

A few days ago, she heard that Jin Yuyan was pregnant again, and惢心 was unwilling to accept it.

And there is Ruyi, who stepped on her body to become the queen, and said she would avenge her, but in the end she just pricked Jin Yuyan's ear. What does Ruyi think of her?

Most of惢心's misfortunes were caused by Ruyi. Since no one sought justice for her, she took action.

惢心: "Your Majesty, I know."

Hongli: "I ask you, why did you write a blood oath to slander the Queen? Isn't she the one you would risk your life to protect?"

Someone you would protect at the cost of your own life? 惢心 laughed. She laughed at herself for being so stupid. For such a master, she actually sacrificed the man she loved the most.

Now Li Yu is suffering as well.

She was sorry, but she had to do it.

惢心 spoke eloquently, "Your Majesty, I am grateful to the Empress for her kindness. I was loyal to her because she and Master Anji had no affair. I don't want to see her get hurt."

Ruyi said anxiously, "惢心, I know you are loyal. Did someone force you to slander me? Tell me, and the Emperor and I will definitely stand up for you."

惢心 was stunned for a moment, then she smiled distantly and said slowly, "No one forced me, Queen, didn't you always know that Jiang Yubin and I were in love? If you hadn't insisted on marrying me to Ling Yunche, how could Jiang Yubin have been so disheartened and run off to kill the Ninth Prince?"

Ruyi choked and was speechless for a moment.

But she was also feeling aggrieved. She had pleaded with Hongli for the marriage between惢心 and Jiang Yebi, but Hongli felt that Jiang Yebi had no future as an imperial physician and his future was far worse than that of a guard.

In addition, Ling Yunche was caught by Hongli when he came to Yikun Palace to deliver flowers that day. Ling Yunche was afraid that Hongli would get angry if he knew about it, so he lied and said that he came to see惢心.

Because of a lie, Hongli believed that Ling Yunche had feelings for惢心 and that's why he granted them a marriage.

But I didn't expect that this was just Hongli's wishful thinking.

"Your Majesty, Ling Yunche didn't come to Yikun Palace that day to give me red plums. It was because the Empress likes them, so Ling Yunche goes to Yimei Garden every day to pick fresh red plums for the Empress. It was just that Your Majesty happened to come to Yikun Palace that day, so Ling Yunche panicked and said it was because of me. There is another matter, which is my family matter and should not be exposed to Your Majesty's ears, but I really can't bear to let Your Majesty be kept in the dark, so I dare to speak up."

Ruyi's brows frowned slightly, and a huge sense of crisis arose in her heart.

Hongli: "Speak."

惢心: "I am already a cripple. Apart from my head and left hand, I can't move anything else. On our wedding night, Ling Yunche got drunk and forced himself on me. He mistook me for the Empress and called me Ruyi."

Hongli's blood boiled in his heart, and murderous intent surged like an undercurrent.

Ruyi explained, "Your Majesty, this is not credible. Since it's your wedding night, it's very likely that Suo Xin misheard, or Ling Yunche meant Ruyi. He is a minister close to Your Majesty, and naturally wishes Your Majesty good luck and success."

惢心 rolled her eyes. She actually underestimated Ruyi. She was framed by A Ruo and all the concubines were pleading for her, but she just said "I have no way to defend myself". Now she became eloquent and knew how to defend herself.

At this time Ling Yunche also woke up.

When he heard that Ruyi was wronged, he didn't care about his injuries and ran straight into the main hall.

He was pale as he knelt before the Emperor and Empress, glaring at惢心. "Your Majesty, this humble concubine has some complaints against me and has some mental illness. I didn't mean to provoke you or the Empress."

惢心 sneered, "I do hate you, but I haven't wronged you. Ling Yunche, you and the Queen know exactly who you took Hongmei to Yikun Palace for."

In the light of candlelight, Hongli's eyes were as cold as stars, which made people feel awe involuntarily.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in an angry yet playful tone, "Oh? For whom?"

Hongli remembered that day, when he had just finished being intimate with Ruyi and was leaving, he saw Ling Yunche walking in with a red plum. He remembered that Ling Yunche said at the time that he loved惢心, so he issued an edict to betroth惢心 to Ling Yunche.

Is there something else hidden behind this?

Ruyi met惢心's gaze and touched her nose guiltily. "Of course I came here for惢心. Your Majesty, we have been married for many years. Don't you think you still don't trust me?"

Ling Yunche took a deep breath, trying to calm his pounding heart. He angrily said to惢心, "Of course it's for you. 惢心, you're just a woman in seclusion, what on earth are you making a fuss about? Aren't you ashamed to bring your family affairs before the Emperor and the Empress? Why don't you apologize to the Emperor and the Empress?"

Suo Xin withdrew her gaze and licked her lips. She turned her head slightly and her eyes fell gently on Ling Yunche's face. Without any great sadness or joy, a flower blossomed at the corner of her mouth. "Ling Yunche, do you think you have hidden your feelings well? You are really shameless. You keep saying that you are doing it for me, but how many times have you returned to the Ling Mansion since the day I married you? Every time you came back, there was a time when you didn't stay in the study. Is this how you love someone? If so, I don't deserve your love."

"Ling Yunche, is what惢心 said true?" Hongli said indifferently.

Even Ruyi looked at him with surprise. She expected Ling Yunche to argue, and was afraid that Ling Yunche would drag her down. She had worked so hard to climb to the position of queen, and her aunt had once said that the Ulanara family could not produce another abandoned woman.

Besides, she had only been queen for a short time, and she couldn't let anything go wrong at this critical juncture.

Ling Yunche's silence confirmed that what惢心 said was true.