Ruyi had difficulty breathing and felt something tightly stuck on her neck. Her cheeks turned purple. She suddenly opened her eyes and found a blurry face hanging in front of her. Mottled marks were vaguely visible on it, which was extremely terrifying.

"Hehe——" Ruyi's eyes widened due to lack of oxygen, almost popping out of her sockets. Horror welled up in her eyes, and she wanted to scream, but because her neck was stuck, she could only make hoarse cries.

The force on her neck grew stronger and stronger. Ruyi used her armored hands to pull the hand on her neck away. Her body struggled on the bed, her legs twisting like a twisted snake.

Hai Lan does heavy work all day long, doesn't have enough to eat or wear, and her body has long been damaged. How can she compare to Ruyi, who is in the cold palace but still has two people taking care of her and lives a life of luxury?

After a struggle by Ruyi, she really struggled to get away. Ruyi took a deep breath of fresh air and gasped for a long time before finally coming to her senses. She looked at the person standing blankly beside the bed in shock.

"Hai Lan?"

Ruyi spoke in a hoarse voice. Her voice was already hoarse, and after the ordeal just now, it became even hoarser, like a drake with its neck lifted up.

"Sister, I..."

Hearing Ruyi's voice, Hai Lan woke up as if from a dream. She looked at her sister sitting on the bed at a loss, looking at her sister for a while, then at her own hands, as if she didn't know what was going on.

Ruyi found that Hailan seemed to be able to communicate normally, and the panic in her heart suddenly subsided a little. She lowered her voice and asked coldly:

"What were you trying to do just now? You actually wanted to kill me? Hailan, I didn't know you were such a heartless person before. I saved you out of kindness, but in the end, you wanted to kill me."

She has never been one to bring up old grudges. Ruyi thought coldly that it was Hailan who forced her to do so. If Hailan had not taken the wrong medicine tonight, she would not have brought up old grudges.

She never expected that the person who was kindly rescued by the palace back then would actually want to kill her tonight. Ruyi felt that the cold night was not as cold as her heart.

Ruyi's questioning made Hailan feel painful and embarrassed. She couldn't help but ask herself what she was thinking tonight. She actually felt that her sister might not be sincere to her, and she wanted to kill her sister to vent her anger.

However, her elder sister saved her in the palace that year, so she must be sincere to her.

As for why she couldn't feel it, it must be because her sister's personality was too indifferent, which led to her misunderstanding.

Hailan knelt before Ruyi and confessed:

"I'm sorry, sister. I was possessed by the devil tonight, so I did this. Please forgive me, sister."

Ruyi was silent for a few seconds. Although Hailan was disfigured and looked disgusting, she could help her wash clothes, take care of her meals, and even help惢心 embroider and ask the guards to sell it for money.

The above is enough for Ruyi to temporarily forgive Hailan's disrespect tonight.

Thinking of this, Ruyi sighed and said earnestly, "I know life in the cold palace is hard, but it's manageable. Hailan, I don't want you to behave like you did tonight again."

"Yes, sister, I know I was wrong." Hai Lan burst into laughter. She was glad that her sister was not angry with her.

"Go out, I want to sleep by myself."

Ruyi waved her hands tiredly, her tone full of vicissitudes. She had originally allowed Hailan to sleep on her footstool and keep watch for her because of her loyalty.

However, Hailan's behavior tonight made her wary. From now on, she would not let Hailan get close to her when she slept.

"Okay, then I'll go out and sleep, and not disturb my sister."

Hai Lan nodded, walked out directly, and came to where Ling Yunche slept next door.

As he walked into the room, a foul odor hit his nose. Ling Yunche managed to stop the bleeding after eradicating the disease, but he had no good conditions for recuperation and no money to buy cotton cloth and spices to cover it up. When he couldn't control the urge to urinate, he would pee in his pants. Over time, the room was filled with a strong stench.

Hailan frowned and gave up the idea of ​​snatching Ling Yunche's room, but she was kicked out by her sister in the middle of the night, so how could Ling Yunche sleep so soundly?

Hailan walked straight to the bed, looked at the lump on the bed, pulled back the quilt, and the stench was even stronger. Hailan frowned, stood on the bed and kicked Ling Yunche in the chest.

Ling Yunche was sleeping soundly when his quilt was suddenly pulled away. He was unaware of it and just subconsciously curled up. Unexpectedly, he was kicked. The huge pain woke him up. When he opened his eyes, he saw a dark figure standing beside him.

"Ling Yunche, it's all your fault that my sister fell out of favor." Hai Lan automatically ignored the fact that Ruyi was framed for having Concubine Yi's abortion and was sent to the cold palace. She said coldly:

"Why are you sleeping soundly? You should kneel outside and repent every day to be worthy of your sister."

Ling Yunche's body was bent like a shrimp, and he felt pain in his chest. His face was wrinkled into a bitter look, and he was gasping for air. After a while, he said to Hailan:

"What are you crazy about? You and I both know why Ruyi came in here. Did I harm her? Hahahaha, it's clearly her who harmed me!!"

When Ling Yunche said this, his expression became crazy. He jumped up and rubbed the painful area while saying to Hailan fiercely:

"Ruyi has killed my offspring. Why should she live peacefully? She should die. Die!!"

The night makes people braver. Ling Yunche had survived for several months, but tonight he was provoked by Hai Lan, and his new and old hatreds for Ruyi surged up. He picked up the oil lamp and ran to Ruyi's room, then lit everything that could be lit.

He laughed wildly and kept saying "Ruyi, die".

Ruyi was not asleep to begin with, and when she found Ling Yunche entering her room in the middle of the night, she was very happy, thinking that Ling Yunche was finally willing to pay attention to her. But who would have thought that Ling Yunche would become an arsonist the next moment?

Thick smoke rose up and fiery red light ignited the night. Ruyi sat on the bed, staring with lifeless eyes, looking at everything around her in horror.

It was Hailan who rushed in and pulled Ruyi out, so Ruyi was saved from death in the fire.

Ling Yunche wanted to hold Ruyi back, but Hai Lan kicked him hard at the base of his penis. Ling Yunche groaned in pain, fell to the ground, and was quickly engulfed by the sea of ​​fire.

惢心, who was sleeping next door, vaguely smelled the scent of thick smoke. She opened her eyes in confusion, realized something was wrong, and hurried out.

Ruyi and Hailan were seen standing in the yard, while Ruyi's room was completely engulfed in flames.

Neither of the two former masters had any intention of speaking, nor did they seem to want to find someone to help.

惢心 was stunned for a moment, then her sleepy mind came to her senses and she quickly opened her voice and yelled:

"Someone, help! There's a fire!!!"

The guards at the gate were awakened by the shock and broke out in a cold sweat. They immediately ran around to tell others and find someone to put out the fire.

The noise in the cold palace was too loud, so Jinzhong woke up the emperor.

When Hongli woke up, his first reaction was to Ruyi, "Jinzhong, how is the fire going now? Is Ruyi okay?"

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