Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

Chapter 121 Ruyi tells the truth

Ruyi approached the wall and heard the woman sobbing. She asked tentatively, "Who's outside?"

The woman seemed to be frightened and ran away suddenly.

Ruyi's alarm bells rang, thinking it was an assassin. She was afraid that the assassin would do something to harm Hongli, so she shouted loudly: "Hurry up, there is an assassin..."

But all she got in response was silence.

Ruyi ran to the palace gate anxiously, wanting the guards guarding the Yikun Palace to quickly notify Hongli.

But who would have thought that just after Ruyi knocked on the palace gate twice, the gate opened by itself.

The guards were lying outside the palace gate in a mess. Ruyi was pale and took a few steps back in fear.

At this time, she thought of Ling Yunche. After all, he used to be a guard beside Hongli and his skills were quite good. She wanted him to protect the emperor, but Ling Yunche, who always liked to hang around in front of Ruyi, did not respond at this moment.

She stamped her feet and said angrily, "Damn Ling Yunche."

Ruyi did not dare to delay, for fear that Hongli would be in danger. She did not care about so many things and wanted to save Hongli on her own.

If she could really save Hongli from the assassin, perhaps Hongli would reconcile with her and become a loving couple from then on.

The beautiful fantasy finally defeated the fear, and Ruyi lifted her skirt and walked out of the Yiku Palace.

It has been a year. She has been trapped in Yiku Palace for a whole year.

It was pitch dark, and there was not a single person on the palace road. Only a nimble man in black, dressed in night clothes, was running on the roof.

Because she was worried about Hongli's safety, Ruyi did not become suspicious.

Until the man in black arrived in front of Anhua Palace, jumped up, and disappeared completely.

Yihuan didn't want to be disturbed during her memorial service for Yongyan, so she had Xihe send the guards away early in the morning. Ruyi, assuming Hongli was praying in Anhua Hall, hurriedly pushed open the door and ran in, anxiously shouting, "Your Majesty, there are assassins. I am here to protect you..."

But there was no sign of Hongli in Anhua Palace. Only Yihuan was kneeling on the ground looking at her.

Ruyi's pupils widened as she asked, "Why is it you?"

Yi Huan's face was expressionless, and she clutched her Buddhist beads in her hand. She turned her head lazily and said, "This question should be asked by the Empress. Shouldn't you be confined to the Yikun Palace? Why did you come to the Anhua Palace?"

Ruyi ran forward, grabbed Yihuan's arm, pulled her up from the ground, and said fiercely, "It's you, isn't it? I just saw an assassin run in here and then disappeared. Did you collude with the assassin to assassinate the emperor?"

Yihuan was already unhappy with Ruyi's sudden intrusion and disturbing her and Yongyan's private time, so she threw Ruyi out with a flick of her hand.

Ruyi was placed on Yongyan's tribute platform, and the tribute was scattered all over the floor.

Yongyan's tablet wobbled and nearly fell to the ground. Fortunately, Yihuan was quick to catch the tablet and hugged it tightly in her arms. She looked at Ruyi warily, "I haven't received the emperor's order to release the empress from Yikun Palace. I believe the empress must have sneaked out. I advise you to return to Yikun Palace. If the emperor finds out, he will be furious."

Considering their past friendship, Yihuan gave kind advice.

Ruyi turned her head and looked at Yihuan's face.

She is young and beautiful. Even though her face is a little pale due to illness, she still looks so beautiful. No wonder Hongli still favors Yihuan and keeps her by his side even though he knows that Yihuan is the one close to Zeng Huan.

Ruyi is jealous and crazy.

She clenched her fists and stood up from the tribute platform.

Seeing that Yihuan cared so much about the Tenth Prince, a terrifying plan emerged in Ruyi's mind.

From the night Hongli favored Yihuan, he began to plot against Yihuan.

In order to prevent her from getting pregnant, Qi Ru was ordered to prepare a prescription, which was given to Yihuan, a unique honor in the harem, in the name of pregnancy-maintaining medicine.

Ruyi was originally unaware of this. She only found out when she accidentally overheard the conversation between Hongli and Qi Ru on her way back to look for the pearl hairpin.

He reminded Yihuan many times, both openly and secretly, but Yihuan did not listen. Instead, she thought that it was the emperor's love for her.

Ruyi wondered if Yihuan's subsequent pregnancy was due to hearing the same thing she had heard. And was the Tenth Prince's premature death also related to the "pregnancy-maintaining medicine" Hongli had bestowed upon him? Was it really Yihuan's knowledge of the truth that led her to summon an assassin to assassinate Hongli?

The more Ruyi thought about it, the more she felt something was amiss. She walked directly to Yihuan, held her hand, and asked, "Shufei, did you find out the truth about the pregnancy-maintaining drug, and that's why you hired an assassin to harm the emperor?"

Yihuan had no idea what Ruyi was talking about. She broke free from Ruyi's hand, put Yongyan's spirit tablet away, and lit three incense sticks on it.

Then he turned around and said slowly, "What pregnancy-maintaining medicine? What nonsense are you talking about?"

Ruyi sneered.

She didn't believe Yihuan knew nothing; maybe she was just pretending. Ruyi followed Yihuan's example and lit three incense sticks for Yongyan. Then, she bowed to Yongyan's spirit tablet and said calmly, "Tenth Prince is pitiful. As his legitimate mother, it's my duty to visit him. But ever since you became pregnant, the Emperor has disliked him."

What? Hongli hated Yongyan? How could that be possible?

Yihuan remained silent. She wanted to see what Ruyi wanted to say.

Ruyi continued, "Do you know when the Emperor started plotting against you? It was the first night you entered the palace to serve him. And that bowl of abortion medicine wasn't actually abortion medicine at all, it was a bowl of contraceptive soup." Ruyi stared at Yihuan's belly and teased, "You've served the Emperor for years, which is why you've consumed bowl after bowl of medicine, yet there's still no pregnancy. And that idiot Wei Yanwan actually thought it was a good thing and had someone steal your medicine residue to make some medicine. As a result, she's been childless for years herself."

"Humph, but that's what she deserves. She's competing with me for the emperor."

At this moment, Yihuan only felt his head swelling and numb, his arms trembling slightly, his face pale, and he stood there motionless, like a puppet with its strings cut.

She couldn't believe it, couldn't believe it.

The man she had loved for so many years was wary of her at every turn.

But she clearly didn't do anything, why did Hongli treat her like this?

The pent-up anger in Yihuan's heart was completely ignited. She roared, "You're talking nonsense! Do you think I will believe you? Stop trying to sow discord here."

Ruyi turned her head away and said calmly, "If you don't believe me, take the prescription to the Imperial Hospital and ask."

As she spoke, Ruyi took out a piece of thin paper from her sleeve and handed it to Yihuan.

This was dropped from the man in black, and Ruyi picked it up along the way. She also figured out why the assassin ran to Anhua Palace.

Yihuan opened the paper and saw that it was indeed the same pregnancy medicine she had taken before.

She couldn't accept it, so she picked up Yongyan's spirit tablet and ran out of Anhua Hall. She bumped into Xihe who was returning with porridge.

The good porridge was knocked over on the ground. Yihuan didn't even look at it. She was eager to find Hongli to verify it. She left in a hurry without even saying a word.

Xihe looked bewildered and called out behind Yihuan, "Young Master, where are you going?"