Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

The Yiku Palace has always been extravagant, but at this moment the courtyard is quiet.

Occasionally one or two cries could be heard from the main hall.

Lan Qi approached along the road, carefully pushed open the door and walked in. She saw that the hall was in a mess, with broken vases and teacups scattered all over the floor. There was not even a place to stand. Yan Wan knelt beside Ling Yunche.

I don’t know how long she cried, her eyelids were very red and swollen, and her slender fingers were pricked and bleeding. At this moment, no one bandaged her, and the blood was left to flow all over the floor.

When惢心 and Li Yu heard someone enter the room, they unconsciously looked up at Lan Qi.

Hongli had a gloomy face, and Ruyi, who was sitting next to him, also looked unhappy.

"Your Majesty, may the Empress live forever and be in good health." Lan Qi leaned forward slightly.

"Princess Cheng? Why are you here?" Hongli asked.

Lan Qi lowered her head, averting her gaze from Hongli, and said, "I just went to Chuxiu Palace. When I passed by here, I heard crying, so I came in to see the Empress. I didn't expect the Emperor to be there too." She looked at惢心, "Why is Madam Ling coming to the palace so late at night?"

She glanced at Ling Yunche, who was kneeling on the ground with a pale face. "Hey, why is Guard Ling here too? What happened? Why does he look so bad? Is he sick?"

"Concubine Cheng, if you are okay, please leave Yiku Palace immediately." The originally gentle look in Ruyi's eyes was now replaced by impatience, and there was a hint of displeasure in her eyes.

Yan Wan sobbed, ignoring the debris at her feet, and crawled to Hongli's feet, grabbing his dragon robe and saying, "Your Majesty, I really didn't do that. Guard Ling and I are indeed from the same hometown, and we did take care of each other for a while in this deep palace. But since Your Majesty appointed me as a concubine, I have severed all contact with Guard Ling. Everyone in the palace can testify to this. Your Majesty must not just believe others' one-sided words."

After saying that, Yan Wan turned her gaze towards Ruyi with hatred in her eyes.

She didn't understand. Even if Ling Yunche no longer had feelings for her, she would bless him no matter who he fell in love with in the future. But why did that person have to be Ruyi?

It would be fine if Ling Yunche fell in love with someone else, but he chose to hurt her for Ruyi, which completely destroyed the last bit of attachment that Yan Wan had for him.

At this moment her heart was filled with hatred.

She wished she could skin the couple alive.

Hongli naturally didn't believe it. Yan Wan was smart and was the woman he personally promoted. Unlike the women in the harem, Yan Wan had no background and was slowly painted from a blank sheet of paper to her current appearance.

He gently stroked Yanwan's cheek.

"Your Majesty..." Ling Yunche straightened up, but the severe pain in his body still made him groan. He supported himself and said, "Your Majesty, I once gave Concubine Ling a ring as a token of our love. You have always treasured it and often wear it on your hand."

Hongli rolled his eyes. He did have some impression that there was never a shortage of luxurious things in the harem, but he really didn't expect that Yan Wan would like such a cheap thing, so Hongli took a second look at it at the beginning. He didn't expect that this was actually a token of love between the two of them.

Hongli couldn't bear it anymore, and even the look in his eyes when he looked at Yanwan revealed a sense of disgust.

He pushed Yan Wan away, and Yan Wan fell to the ground. Even when the fragments pierced her flesh, she didn't feel any pain. She shed tears and called out "Your Majesty" coquettishly.

"Your Majesty, although I don't know what exactly happened, Ling Yunche is just a small imperial guard. How much truth can he have in his words? Since he claims to have that ruby ​​ring, then let him produce evidence. If he can't, he will be slandering the concubines and should be executed according to the law."

Ruyi also followed suit, with a look of confidence, "Yes, Your Majesty, what Concubine Cheng said is right."

Hongli thought for a moment, then directly asked Li Yu to take people to search Yongshou Palace.

While waiting, Lan Qi was not idle either. She helped Yan Wan sit beside her and bandaged her wound with a handkerchief.

Yanwan looked at Lanqi gratefully. Fortunately, she reminded her in time and threw away the ring, otherwise she would not have been able to escape the disaster today.

Lan Qi curled her lips and patted her shoulder, signaling her not to worry too much.

Soon Li Yu returned to Yiku Palace.

"emperor……"

"How is it?" Before Hongli could speak, Ruyi couldn't wait to know the truth.

Ling Yunche also straightened up and looked at Li Yu expectantly. He understood Wei Yanwan, he knew she still loved him, and he also understood that she had no background and no friends in this deep palace, and he was the only one willing to give Yanwan warmth.

So the longer you stay in a cold region, the more you will yearn for warmth. Plus, he had seen Yan Wan's dejected look after losing her ring, which made him even more certain that she still had it.

He pursed his lips and looked at Yan Wan with an apologetic look, as if to say, I'm sorry, Yan Wan, in order to protect the queen, I can only sacrifice you.

Li Yu slowly took out a ring from his sleeve and handed it to Hongli.

His hands were shaking. They had clearly set up the plan today to make Hongli dislike Ruyi, but how come they ended up implicating Concubine Ling as well?

Is Ruyi really so lucky to escape this disaster?

The moment she saw the ruby ​​ring, Yan Wan's eyes widened and she nearly fell off her chair. Hadn't she asked Lan Cui to take it to the crematorium and burn it? Why was it here again?

Did Lan Cui betray him?

Countless possibilities flashed through Yanwan's mind.

"Your Majesty, this is the ring." Ling Yunche said.

Hongli took it in his hand and examined it carefully for a while, confirming that it was the same as the one he had seen on Yanwan before. He threw the ring at Yanwan and said angrily: "Princess Ling, you are so bold."

Yanwan's legs went weak and she wanted to kneel down.

"Your Majesty..." The incident happened suddenly and Yan Wan really didn't know how to explain herself.

Lan Qi, on the other hand, was much calmer. She picked up the ruby ​​ring from the ground and walked over to Ling Yunche, holding it high up. She said softly, "Ling Yunche, are you sure this is the token of love you gave to Yanwan? Does it have any other special features?"

Ling Yunche breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly, "Yes, I dare not lie. This is indeed a gift from this humble servant to Concubine Yan... Concubine Ling. There is also a swallow and a cloud in the gem, representing Ling Yunche and Wei Yanwan's eternal love."

Lan Qi put away the ring, walked to Hongli, and presented it with both hands, "Your Majesty, I just checked, and there are no clouds or swallows as Guard Ling mentioned."

Hongli immediately took it and held it high like Lan Qi just now. Indeed, there were no clouds and swallows as Ling Yunche mentioned. He felt that he had been fooled. He was so angry that he smashed the ring at Ling Yunche's head, "Ling Yunche, how dare you tease me! There are no clouds and swallows in it. How dare you wrongly accuse Ling Concubine..."

"Impossible, impossible..." Ling Yunche picked up the ring and looked at it, and it was indeed not there.

He kept saying "impossible".

Finally, he set his eyes on Yanwan, "You were the one who did this, right? Wei Yanwan, if you have any conscience, tell the emperor what happened. Tell him—"

Yan Wan knelt down with a clang, her face buried in her hands as she wept. "Your Majesty," she said, "Guard Ling did give me a ruby ​​ring. It did have the clouds and swallows he mentioned. He loved me and wanted to befriend me, but I refused, so he confiscated the ring. However, I loved it so much that I spent some money to make this ring. It certainly wasn't Guard Ling's gift. Please, Your Majesty, investigate."

"That's nonsense." Ruyi said sternly.

Ruyi saw better than anyone how she and Ling Yunche had been through this journey. Someone must have done something behind the scenes.

Is it Li Yu?

"Li Yu, did you collude with Concubine Ling and Concubine Cheng to swap the rings?"

When a mad dog gets angry, it will bite anyone.

Li Yu quickly denied it, "Your Majesty, you are wrongly accusing me. I have no connection with Concubine Ling. How could I bend the law for personal gain and help her escape punishment?"

Li Yu was unaware of this, but she saw everything that happened between Ling Yunche and Wei Yanwan back then.

Therefore, Ruyi looked towards惢心 for help again.