Jinwei joins hands in rebirth: villains can also eat at the table

"I have treated you well for so long, is this how you repay my great kindness?"

The emperor put his hands behind his back, really not wanting to look at Ruyi anymore.

"Your Majesty, are you treating me well? Your Majesty, are you treating your own reputation well? These days, you are not just torturing Ling Yunche, you are torturing me."

Tears welled up in Ruyi's eyes, and her voice gradually became louder with a hint of determination.

"Only in this way can you regain your lost dignity..."

A slap in the face made her say everything she dared not to say.

"Isn't this what you really think? Whether it's Ling Yunche or the Queen, since you can't be the Queen, someone will naturally come to replace you. Ruyi, I made a huge mistake when I chose you as the Queen. I've been regretting it all these days."

The emperor revealed all his thoughts over the years.

The resentment dissipated, and only disappointment remained in the emperor's eyes. After today's incident, he had completely given up on Ruyi. He was a little tired of watching the farce these days.

"It was you who wanted me to be the queen, and now it's you who despise me as the queen. Let me ask you, isn't this situation today caused by your own hands, Your Majesty?"

Ruyi's voice trembled slightly. She stared at the emperor with her eyes, revealing a complex emotion: anger, disappointment, helplessness, and more of a stubborn questioning.

She was clearly not like this before.

It’s the emperor, it’s the emperor who has changed.

He changed first!

Ruyi was still kneeling on the ground. Despite being in such a humble posture, her waist was straight, her skirt spread out on the cold ground, her hands were clenched into fists, trembling slightly, showing her inner unwillingness.

She had endured all the grievances and forbearance over the years. She had once wholeheartedly assisted the emperor and fulfilled her responsibilities as a queen, but what did she get now?

It's endless speculation.

"Queen, I am tired. You should stay in Yikun Palace from now on. I will not set foot here again, so you don't have to worry about it."

He looked at Ruyi with cold eyes, as if he was looking at a stranger.

"Since you don't want to be my queen, then your mother's family and the child you gave birth to no longer need to rely on the fact that you are a royal relative or my legitimate son to live in peace..."

"Since you disdain it, I will take all of these away."

After saying this, the emperor turned away without leaving any trace of attachment.

His figure gradually disappeared at the palace gate, and his departing back seemed so cold and distant.

The palace suddenly fell into dead silence, with only Ruyi kneeling there in a daze.

Only after the Emperor left did Ruyi collapse to the ground, as if all her strength had been drained away. Her body fell limply, as if all her strength had been drained away at that moment.

Looking at the direction where the emperor left, tears finally couldn't help but burst out.

Aunt, Qingying was useless and ended up losing everything.

The emperor returned to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity in anger. If possible, he really wanted to never see Ruyi again in this life.

As soon as he entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he suddenly swept the things on the table to the ground, scaring the eunuchs and palace maids around him so much that they knelt down and dared not even breathe.

Back then, he was quite puzzled when he saw that the Emperor was so heartless to the Empress Dowager, Aunt Ruyi. Now he truly understood why the Emperor was like that.

He recalled that when he was young, he saw the coldness and ruthlessness of the Emperor towards Aunt Ruyi. At that time, he did not understand the reason and was even a little dissatisfied with the Emperor's behavior.

But now, when he faced Ruyi himself, he finally felt the sense of betrayal and challenge. He felt that Ruyi was just like her aunt, so difficult to control and so disappointing to him.

As expected of a good lady trained by her aunt, she is just as vicious as she was back then. The emperor thought bitterly in his heart, attributing all his dissatisfaction and anger towards Ruyi to the influence of her aunt.

Just as he was thinking about what to do with Xiao Lingzi, Yu Hu walked in quietly.

Her footsteps were so light that if it weren't for the slight rustling of fabric, her arrival would have been almost unnoticed.

"Greetings to the Emperor."

"Your Majesty, I've made some progress on the task you asked me to do a few days ago. I recently visited the people who served in the Yikun Palace, those who were involved when the Empress was imprisoned in the cold palace, and those who served in the Empress's bedroom in the temporary palace. I also visited Li Yu's former residence..."

Yu Hu reported in an orderly manner, with a hint of fatigue in her eyes.

Almost half a year has passed since summer... In the past six months, she has been working tirelessly and running around. In order to complete the tasks assigned by the emperor, she has hardly had a good rest.

Having completely lost hope in Ruyi, the emperor's heart cooled. After hearing this, he was no longer as excited as before, but simply asked calmly, "What did you find?"

The emperor's voice was very calm. Now that he heard about Ruyi, there was no longer much turmoil in his heart.

"Li Yu, Jiang Yebin from the Imperial Hospital, and his current wife, Miss Suo Xin, who once served the Empress, were old acquaintances. The three of them were from the same hometown. When they got married, Li Yu even gave them fifty acres of fertile land outside the capital as a gift..."

"Humph, he knew it wasn't that simple."

The emperor snorted coldly.

My suspicions were confirmed, and a wave of anger and disappointment washed over me.

"Ruyi, Ruyi, you really open my eyes."

In order to win over Wang Qin, who was by his side, Empress Fucha promised her maid Lianxin to Wang Qin as his wife. That scene seems to be still vivid in my mind.

Thinking of Li Yu now, the emperor couldn't help but speculate. Li Yu was so generous, maybe he was also in love with Suo Xin?

Li Yu worked diligently beside him on a daily basis and won his trust. The emperor also had some understanding of him.

Most likely, he felt that he was a eunuch and could not give惢心 a good life, so he held back and did not say it.

It was just some matters between men and women, and the emperor quickly figured out the intricacies of it.

What a good plan! With a single person named惢心, she not only won over the Imperial Hospital's right-hand man, but also tied down the chief steward who was closest to him.

Ruyi's methods are really clever.

The seemingly accidental connection is actually a carefully planned scheme.

"You go on."

The emperor's face was gloomy and his voice became unconsciously cold and harsh.

"The Empress and the former imperial guard Ling Yunche were indeed a bit too friendly. Many palace servants had seen them walking side by side and chatting. Some old people in Yikun Palace also said that around the time when the fifth princess died, they saw Ling Yunche come to Yikun Palace to counsel the Empress. The same thing happened when they were traveling to the palace..."

After saying this, Yu Hu sighed imperceptibly.

This queen is really confused.

This is the palace. How can you be too intimate with a guard?

"I understand, please go down."

The emperor clenched his fist. When Yu Hu left, the fine imperial Langhao Lake brush in his hand had been broken.

Yu Hu is the person he trusts the most, and what she says still carries some weight.

At least, if even Yu Hu cannot be trusted, then there is no one around him who can be trusted.

"Jinzhong, come in."

The emperor's voice was low and cold, as if it came from a deep cave, carrying an irresistible majesty.

He made up his mind to deal with the queen.

At least, we can't let her continue to stir up trouble.

He sat on the throne, his posture straight but stiff, his eyes staring straight at the door, his pupils gleaming with cold light, that cold light was like an ice spike in the cold night, sharp and piercing, his gloomy look seemed as if he wanted to eat someone.

Anyone who hears his wife's secret affair with another man will be moved, even if he has planned to abandon her completely.

In this quiet moment, the emperor sat alone in the imperial study, his thoughts gradually drifting away.

Somehow, the gentle appearance of Concubine Ling suddenly appeared in front of him.

In this palace, Concubine Ling was always gentle and respectful, and her every word and action catered to the emperor's wishes just right.

Whenever the emperor was with her, she always lowered her head and spoke softly, making the emperor feel a sense of respect and dependence.

In front of her, the emperor seemed to truly be the master of the harem.

At the same time, the figure of the deceased Empress Fucha slowly emerged in his mind.

Over the years, as time passed, he missed her more and more.

His first wife, Empress Fucha, though sometimes overly cautious and restrained, at least she never drove him crazy. She fulfilled her duties as empress, managing the affairs of the harem, keeping everything in perfect order. Her gentleness, kindness, and dignity become even more precious in his memory today.

It was precisely because he had once had a virtuous queen like Empress Fucha that Ruyi's behavior made him so disappointed.

If he had been nicer to Empress Fucha, given her more care and understanding, made her less fearful, and had not said those hurtful words in front of her sickbed, would everything have been different?