(I changed a lot in the first two chapters, but generally speaking there are no changes. If you are worried about the connection between the two chapters, you can read it again.)

Hangzhou Palace on the shore of West Lake

Jinzhong led Shui Linglong and his group off the boat.

Jinzhong: "Miss Shui Linglong, I will escort you ladies back to the guild hall."

Rong Pei and Sanbao also got off the boat.

Rong Pei then said loudly, "No need. They have been serving the emperor for the past few days and have been blessed. We will send them to the nearby Buddhist temple. From now on, they will pray for the emperor in front of the ancient Buddha."

Several girls were horrified and said at once: "What should we do? We don't want to go."

Rong Pei: "Shut up! You can't enter the palace, and you can't serve others, so you have no choice but to become a monk, otherwise you will surely die."

Shui Linglong remained calm and scoffed, "Although we perform, we are not prostitutes who accept favors and sell smiles at will. Why are you so aggressive, aunt?"

Rong Pei: "Young lady, do you believe what you said? Moreover, you have damaged the Holy Body and harmed the Holy Reputation. Sparing your lives is already a sign of the Imperial Concubine's mercy and generosity."

After saying that, Rong Pei stepped forward and pulled off Shui Linglong's coat. Shui Linglong struggled and said, "What are you doing? Let go!"

Shui Linglong struggled but couldn't resist Rong Pei's brute force, and her coat was stripped off. Rong Pei said coldly, "Young lady, please don't use the Heavenly Family Dragon Mark on yourself."

Shui Linglong was stripped down to her underwear by Rong Pei, but Rong Pei still held her hand tightly and said, "Also, since we're entering the nunnery, don't keep the narcissus foil on the back of your hand! Take them all away."

The girls were led to the carriage, crying. Jinzhong, realizing the situation was bad, quietly slipped away. Rongpei, who was afraid of the strong and bullied the weak, did not dare to embarrass Jinzhong and let him escape.

Inside the Imperial Boat at West Lake in Hangzhou

Hongli said coldly, "In the past few years, you have been unhappy and disobeyed me. Now the look in your eyes when you look at me is full of coldness. I really want to know if your indifference towards me started when you had Ling Yunche in your heart?"

Ruyi accused, "Your Majesty, I have only ever been devoted to one man in my life, and that is you. It's a pity that Your Majesty is no longer the Fourth Prince Hongli of the past."

Hongli and I had the most beautiful past, and I also felt that as we had known each other since childhood and had been together for many years, we could always overcome all the hardships in the deep palace.

Now I see clearly that no matter how deep our love was, it was exhausted by the emperor's suspicion and the wear and tear on each other."

Hongli was amused by Ruyi's accusation and said, "Are you the Qingying from before? My Qingying will never be like you!

My Qingying and I know each other, understand and sympathize with each other. Look at you now, there is no trace of Qingying at all! I even feel that we are strangers. "

Ruyi said coldly, "Yes, Qingying is long gone. Being the Emperor's Imperial Concubine is really too tiring and exhausting!"

Hongli angrily scolded, "What right do you have to say that you are tired? You are the Imperial Noble Consort I personally appointed! In order to confer the title on you, I disregarded everyone's objections and my reputation. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

Many things can be turned a blind eye, but you are so stubborn. You say I say you are not as good as the Queen? Yes! You are not as good as her! If she was here during this southern tour, she would never be like you! "

Ruyi looked at Hongli coldly, as if looking at an ignorant child, and said in a cold voice: "Do you want to be the Imperial Noble Consort? Since the Emperor mentioned the Empress again, I want to say something.

When the Empress was alive, she was considered impeccable as the Empress Dowager, completely obedient to the Emperor and never disobeying him. But wasn't the Emperor still dissatisfied with her? First, he married the Empress's eldest princess off to a distant place, and then he severely slapped the Empress in the face in order to confer a title on a concubine.

However, after the Empress left, the Emperor suddenly missed her terribly. How deep was his love for her, but how true was it? Or did he want others to think that he was a man of deep affection and loyalty?

Hongli's mask was exposed by Ruyi, and he flew into a rage, pointing at Ruyi and saying, "You!"

Ruyi continued, "Not just the Queen, which woman in this palace can truly trust the Emperor?

Even if it was Concubine Rong, the Emperor had been so crazy about her, did he really love her? The Emperor is like your favorite daffodil, reflecting itself in the water, and you only love yourself."

Hongli was so angry that he stood up and walked over to Ruyi, angrily scolding her, "How dare you! I manage state affairs, and I am busy all day long.

In the entire harem, if I don't cherish myself, who else can cherish me? Everyone is just calculating and plotting against me. Is there anyone who is sincere to me?"

Ruyi was not afraid and said, "The endless suspicion, fighting, scheming and betrayal in this palace are indeed annoying! But doesn't the emperor know that all this is because of you? Does the emperor have no calculations in this?"

I have accompanied the emperor all the way to this day and have never plotted against him. However, the emperor has always been suspicious of me and Ling Yunche, believing that I have an affair with Ling Yunche. He has tortured Ling Yunche in every way and humiliated me in every way.

Do you still have the slightest trust in me? But all this is due to your own suspicions. I am tired of saying the word "innocent"!

Hongli: "How dare you mention him? You personally admitted that you made these boots for Ling Yunche, the boots he cherished so much! What else do you want from me? I didn't take his life, and I saved your position. I've already given you face!"

Ruyi: "Your Majesty, are you giving me face? Your Majesty, are you giving yourself face? You always have so many excuses, but in reality, it is you who are stubborn, heartless, selfish and hypocritical, and you are even more suspicious!"

Hongli could no longer bear it. He clenched his fist and slapped Ruyi hard, scolding her, "How dare you!"

Ruyi was knocked to the ground.

Hongli continued, "You have disrespected the emperor and lost your duty as a subject. Rather than watch you go mad like this, I would rather depose you!"

Ruyi, however, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there's no need to depose me. I'm tired of being the Imperial Noble Consort! I don't want to endure it any longer!"

Ruyi suddenly took out a hairpin from behind her bun, took out a lock of hair, picked up the dagger on the table, and cut off a lock.

Hongli was horrified and shouted, "What are you going to do? Ruyi!"

Ruyi lightly lifted the shaved strand of hair, dropped the dagger to the ground, and said in a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty and I were once married. Now I cut off my hair as a sacrifice to the departed Qingying and Hongli."

(Personal fiction, what Qingying did with Hongli when she first married into the mansion was crazy, and I thought everything they did was normal.)

Hongli: "Ruyi, you are crazy."

Ruyi ignored Hongli, loosened her grip, and scattered her hair on the ground. After she finished, she opened the boat door and walked out.

Hongli was so angry that he wanted to step forward to stop them, but he vomited blood and fainted on the ground.

Lin Ruoyao hurriedly boarded the boat after hearing the news about Jinzhong. She just happened to pass by Ruyi, who had her hair disheveled. Ruyi boarded the boat on her own and said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go back."

The young eunuch didn't understand what was going on, but he still obeyed the order and rowed away.

Lin Ruoyao entered the boat, looked at the scattered hair on the ground, and thought of Ruyi with disheveled hair, and thought to herself that something was wrong.

Lin Ruoyao saw Hongli lying unconscious on the ground. She suppressed her laughter and shouted, "Hurry up! Hurry up! The emperor has fainted!"

The flower boat was suddenly brightly lit, and everyone was in a panic.

Ruyi was still sitting in the boat, ignoring the flower boat that was suddenly lit with candles.

Lin Ruoyao took charge and said, "Go, have the boatman row the boat ashore quickly. Lord Gangan, please go get Doctor Xia. The rest of you, carry the emperor to the bed."

Everyone finally found their leader and started to do their job. Xia Zhang hurried over.

Hongli was lying on the bed, slowly waking up. Lin Ruoyao was crying beside the bed. When she saw Hongli open his eyes, Lin Ruoyao rushed forward and said, "Your Majesty! You are finally awake."

Hongli was still dizzy and asked, "What's wrong with me?"

Xia Zhang stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, you have been exhausted for days and have not had enough rest. Now you are so angry that you are vomiting blood and have fainted. Moreover..."

Seeing Xia Zhang's embarrassment, Lin Ruoyao understood and stood up, saying, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has also received the news and is here. It's getting late today, so I will take someone to fetch the Queen Mother."

Hongli nodded and said, "Go ahead."

Seeing that everyone had left, Xia Zhang whispered, "Your Majesty, I took your pulse and found that you have been poisoned by a certain drug..."

Hongli asked anxiously, "What? What medicine was it? When did you take it? Why didn't you find out?"

Xia Zhang: "Your Majesty, this drug is not very toxic and does not threaten your life, so it has been hidden in your body. If it is not a serious matter, ordinary doctors cannot diagnose it. Now that you have been angered by the Imperial Concubine, some of the poison has been forced out, so you allowed me to diagnose it."

When Hongli heard that the medicine would not affect his health, he breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect that he was relieved too early.

Xia Zhang: "Your Majesty, you were poisoned by the Imperial Concubine's fertility drug, and it seems to have taken effect. You may not be able to ..."

Hongli suddenly understood Yongqi's fortune and why Ruyi got pregnant with her second child so quickly. He was so angry that he vomited blood again and shouted, "This vicious woman!"

Xia Zhang fell to his knees, not daring to answer.

Lin Ruoyao supported the Queen Mother in. Seeing the mess on the ground, the Queen Mother was horrified and asked, "Emperor! What happened to you?"

Hongli spat out a mouthful of blood but breathed a sigh of relief. He said, "Mother...I'm sorry to have worried you, Empress Dowager. I'm fine."

Seeing that Hongli even called her "Emother," the Empress Dowager softened her heart and said, "Imperial Mother, you call me that every day, but I haven't heard you call me that in a long time.

Back then, when you first came to me, you called out this, and at that time I truly felt that you were my biological son."

Hongli said weakly, "In my heart, you are my biological mother."

The Queen Mother was confused by Hongli's fragile behavior and coaxed him, "You, go to sleep. You will feel better when you wake up tomorrow. Go to sleep, go to sleep quickly..."

The Empress Dowager sang a nursery rhyme, and Hongli curled up and fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing Hongli asleep, the Empress Dowager looked at the mess in the room and said, "Concubine Yan, you are a person of good fortune. Please clean all this up.

"Wang Qin, send someone to get some soft quilts for the emperor. He's been working non-stop these past few days, so he probably needs a good night's sleep."

Wang Qin: “Yeah.”

Hongli had a deep sleep and his mind was much clearer. When he woke up the next day, he saw the empress dowager and Lin Ruoyao standing by the bed with their eyes closed.

Hongli remembered what the Empress Dowager had said last night and cried out, "Mother..."

The Queen Mother opened her eyes.

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