Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

Hongli seems to have some expectations for Ruyi.

However, he had just heard the conversation between Ling Yunche and Ruyi with his own ears, and it was hard for him not to suspect what the two of them had done behind his back.

Could it be that the two of them had sex and had physical contact without him seeing?

When he thought of this, Hongli felt very regretful.

He shouldn't have sent Yu Hu to find someone to protect Ruyi in the cold palace. Maybe their affair started from that time.

One was a beautiful young girl in her prime, and the other was a hot-blooded boy. They were lonely in the cold palace. At that time, he had never told Ruyi about his plan, and Ruyi also had the attitude of dying in the cold palace. It was possible that the two of them fell in love at that time.

No wonder Ruyi often spoke well of him and often supported Ling Yunche after she came out of the cold palace.

No wonder, no wonder.

Now it all makes sense.

Hongli stared at Ruyi coldly, which made her feel a little scared.

Ruyi swallowed nervously, her eyes evasive. Hongli's eyes suddenly became bloodshot, revealing a terrifying look of rage and violence.

Ruyi's pupils suddenly dilated, her hands tightly grasped the corners of her clothes, and her lips trembled slightly. She had never seen Hongli like this before. The look in his eyes when he looked at her was no longer as hot as before, but instead it was as if he was looking at an enemy.

"Your Majesty, I didn't do it." In order to prove her innocence, Ruyi suddenly knelt on the ground.

惢心 didn't give Ruyi any chance to explain and said, "Your Majesty, I have evidence that Ling Yunche has secret feelings for the Queen."

As she spoke, she looked at Li Yu and said, "Eunuch Li Yu, thank you for your help."

Li Yu nodded slightly and left the main hall, but soon he ordered someone to bring up a wooden box.

The corners of惢心's thin lips curled up slightly, and the sneer she emitted was sinister and desolate.

Hongli asked in confusion, "What is this?"

Li Yu moved out the treasures that Ling Yunche had hidden in his study.

Ruyi naturally didn't know, but Ling Yunche was different. His face suddenly turned as pale as window paper, and his eyes were full of anger when he looked at惢心.

"Who told you to come into the study and touch my things?" He stared at惢心 blankly, his eyes motionless, and the muscles on his cheeks trembling faintly.

If it weren't for his injury, Ling Yunche would have drawn his sword and killed惢心 long ago.

"Is it because you can't move or are you afraid that your dirty thoughts will be known by the emperor?" Li Yu stared at Ling Yunche briefly.

惢心 ignored Ling Yunche and said slowly, "Your Majesty, you will know when you open it."

"Li Yu, open it." Hongli pointed at the wooden box and ordered.

"Yes." Li Yu responded and went forward, smashing the wooden box open.

Hongli stretched his neck, Ruyi bit her lips hard, and unconsciously clenched the handkerchief in her hand, fearing that there might be evidence hidden inside that would be unfavorable to her.

Li Yu took out a pair of brand new shoes and a white flower from a wooden box and handed them to Hongli.

Ruyi's eyes widened as she stood up in fear. Hongli picked up the shoes, glanced up at惢心, and quickly threw them back, saying, "A pair of shoes?"

"Your Majesty, these are not ordinary shoes. They are given to Ling Yunche by the Empress."惢心's tone paused, and she said with a hint of sarcasm.

When Ruyi was released from the cold palace, she made a pair of shoes for Ling Yunche to thank him for his three years of care. Ling Yunche was very grateful. Later, when Yan Wan left Ling Yunche for fame and fortune, it was Ruyi who counseled him and helped him to cheer up again.

Gradually, Ling Yunche developed a liking for Ruyi. Later, he was caned by the emperor for abandoning his post without permission. It was Ruyi who did not despise his humble status and came to see him in person to bring him medicine. Only then did he fall completely for her.

He was afraid that he would wear out the shoes, so he found a box to keep them like treasures.

But he didn't expect that today, because of his selfish thoughts, Ruyi would be implicated.

惢心 raised her eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty, you wouldn't have forgotten that your name and Ling Yunche's name are also on it."

Upon hearing this, Hongli hurriedly picked up the shoes and looked over them. He saw a Ruyi cloud pattern embroidered on the inside of the shoes.

Ruyi and Ruyi, and the cloud pattern represents Ling Yunche.

Hongli threw the shoes in front of Ruyi and said in a deep voice, "What explanation do you have for the Queen?"

A sharp gleam flashed across her almond-shaped eyes. Ruyi's heart hardened, and she knelt down in front of Hongli with a plop. Her face was about to cry, and she said sadly, "Your Majesty, I don't know how I have offended惢心. You actually want to kill me like this. These shoes are indeed given to Ling Yunche by me, but I didn't make them myself. I asked惢心 to do it for me."

Then she took the handkerchief from her waist and handed it to Hongli, saying in a muffled voice, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, I have a handkerchief embroidered by惢心 before. You can take it and have someone compare it to see if the Ruyi cloud pattern is indeed my hand."

She couldn't admit this. Shoes are close-fitting items. In the Qing Dynasty, shoes were equivalent to a handkerchief in a woman's hand. They were the most private things and could only be given as a gift by a wife or mother.

Ruyi was extremely grateful at this moment, because her handicraft was not good, so she asked惢心 to make a pair of shoes for Ling Yunche overnight.

Hongli was half-believing and half-doubting. Before he could speak,惢心 continued slowly, "Your Majesty, the Ruyi cloud pattern on it was indeed embroidered by me, but it was also a gift from the Empress. Without the Empress's permission, how could I dare to give shoes to a man without permission? Your Majesty, do you remember the Empress' encounter with a snake in the cold palace?"

Hongli's face changed suddenly.

He certainly remembered that it was Huixian, the Imperial Noble Consort, who was jealous and had sent Shuangxi to lure some poisonous snakes into the cold palace, intending to bite Ruyi to death. He had heard Ruyi talk about this before, and it was Ling Yunche who had saved Ruyi from the cold palace.

But why would Ruoxin bring this up now? Is there something else going on?

Ruyi suppressed her anger. She didn't know what was wrong with惢心. She insisted on going against her. Her eyes were slightly cold. She said, "Shut up. Who ordered you to do this?"

"No one ordered me to do this. If the Empress is innocent, why should she be afraid of what I say? Your Majesty, when the Empress and I were surrounded by poisonous snakes, it was Ling Yunche who broke into the cold palace to save us. When the Empress was bitten by a venomous snake, it was Ling Yunche who helped her suck out the poisonous blood, regardless of the risk of his own life..."

惢心's words were like thunder in her ears. She breathed it out? It turned out that the two of them had already had physical contact.

Hongli walked up to Ling Yunche with a dark face and his hands behind his back. In addition to the shoes, there was also the white flower. Hongli remembered that this was the mourning flower that Ruyi wore when she went to the funeral when Yonghuang died. She always liked to be special. When the late emperor died, the empress dowager and the women around him all wore the same flower. But Ruyi insisted on wearing a small flower to make herself stand out. In the past, because he liked her, he was particularly indulgent to Ruyi, but now she was cheating on him. How could Hongli bear it?

Then Hongli walked up to Ruyi and said coldly, "Queen, do you have any?"

Ruyi immediately denied it, saying, "No, I have never betrayed the Emperor. The situation was critical that day, and I was poisoned by a snake. If Ling Yunche hadn't helped me suck out the poison, I would have died. I..."

Before she could finish her words, Hongli took action and slapped her in the face with a loud slap. Ruyi's eyes were filled with tears, her mouth twitched, and she looked aggrieved.

The kindness of the past was gone. In Hongli's eyes, face was more important than anything else. He believed that Ruyi was no longer clean and had even become a stain on him. He roared, "I really regret taking you out of the cold palace. How dare you appear before me..."

Ruyi closed her eyes and shed tears, her face full of sorrow, which touched Ling Yunche's heart.

His Adam's apple rolled up and down twice, and finally he shouted, "Your Majesty, please understand. The person I have a secret affair with is actually someone else."