Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

Chapter 117: Hate to Meet

The long-awaited greeting made Ruyi's nose sore. She closed her eyes and tears rolled down her cheeks uncontrollably.

Ruyi pouted as usual, raised her pinky finger, wiped the tears from her face, and said aggrievedly, "It's nothing for me to suffer a little, but it's the Twelfth Prince. He's been away from me for several days now. I don't know if he's doing well. Is he hungry?"

If Ruyi hadn't mentioned the thin and sickly child, Hongli would not have remembered that he had such a son.

What does he look like?

Hongli tried to recall the story carefully in his mind, but he could not remember what he looked like. He only remembered that he was thin, like a sick cat.

Before he could even hold her, Lujun sent her to Xiefang Palace for care. He didn't know how she was doing now.

But Hongli didn't care.

Ruyi continued to chatter, "Your Majesty, have you met the Twelfth Prince? Isn't our son very cute?"

cute?

Is it true that in the eyes of every mother, no matter how ugly their child is, they will think that their child is the cutest angel in the world?

Hongli didn't want to answer.

Ruyi continued to ask, "Has the Emperor named the child yet?"

When the name was mentioned, Hongli remembered it and named the twelfth child Yongqi.

"Yongji." Hongli said lightly.

Ruyi, who was originally filled with joy, gradually lost her smile after hearing Hongli's perfunctory name. She asked in shock, "Yongqi? Isn't that the Fifth Prince's name?"

"Jiqi means jade, not the 'Qi' character in Fifth Prince's name."

Ji? Do you mean to let the twelfth prince inherit the throne?

Ruyi was delighted and kowtowed to express her gratitude.

She thought that Hongli named the twelfth son "璂" because he had high hopes for Yongji and wanted him to inherit the throne in the future. However, she did not realize that "璂" actually has another meaning, referring to the jade ornaments on the seams of leather.

Hongli was also implying that Yongqi was born at the wrong time and was not even as good as a piece of beautiful jade.

He glanced at Ruyi with disgust in his eyes.

He used to know that Ruyi loved reading, and although she was a little temperamental, she was considered knowledgeable. Now, Hongli realized that he didn't seem to understand Ruyi at all.

Hongli ignored her and said bluntly, "Empress, you know that it is a serious crime for a concubine to commit suicide, so why did you do it?"

Ruyi touched her neck guiltily. She didn't really want to commit suicide.

She just remembered that when Rui Ji lost her child and was under house arrest, she also used this trick. Although the process was difficult, the effect was obvious. She wanted to try it, but she used too much force and the rope on the hanging beam did not break. Fortunately, Rong Pei and Ling Yunche discovered it in time, otherwise she would really have become a hanged ghost.

Ruyi touched Hongli's hand, blinked, and said shyly, "Your Majesty, I acknowledge my guilt."

Hongli just felt a little disgusted.

He quickly withdrew his hand. He came to see Ruyi today not because he loved her or missed her, but because he had not issued an edict to depose the empress. Ruyi was still the empress. If the news of her suicide spread outside the palace, who knows how the common people would look at him.

Perhaps once Ruyi dies, there will be storytelling outside about how Emperor Qianlong forced his first wife to death.

I heard that Ruyi just wanted to see him, so Hongli rushed over without stopping to see her.

"Since you are fine, then have a good rest. I still have some official business to attend to, so I will leave first."

Just as Hongli stood up and was about to leave, Ruyi stepped forward and hugged Hongli from behind. She used too much force and even knocked over the stool next to her.

"Your Majesty, please don't leave. Please stay with me."

Hongli shuddered and felt a little dirty.

He suddenly broke free from Ruyi's hand. Ruyi staggered a few steps and fell on the table, looking at Hongli with innocent eyes.

"emperor……"

Hongli turned around and looked at Ruyi with great momentum, deliberately lowering his voice and saying, "Empress, I have already shown you great favor by retaining your title. Please stop dreaming about unrealistic things and stop doing these meaningless things."

"From the moment you and Ling Yunche became unclear about each other, from the moment惢心 risked her life to expose you, from the moment you distanced yourself from Yongqi, you were no longer my Ruyi. No, to be more precise, Qingying. My Qingying died long ago in the Qiandi Palace. And you are only the Empress, not my Empress, only the Empress of the Forbidden City. Do you understand?"

Ruyi raised her little face, tears in her eyes. She couldn't believe that Hongli had never believed in her and even suspected her and Ling Yunche.

But she and Ling Yunche are obviously innocent. Ruyi doesn't understand what went wrong?

She fell to the ground helplessly, "Your Majesty, Ling Yunche and I are innocent, why don't you believe it?"

Believe? How can he believe?

Even the guards around Hongli had seen Ruyi and Ling Yunche sitting on the steps chatting. If there was no relationship between them, why would Ruyi do such an intimate act?

He said coldly, "I will not depose the queen. For the sake of our past friendship, please do not do such things again. You can take care of yourself."

After saying this, Hongli strode out.

In the front yard, Rong Pei and Ling Yunche stood on both sides. Ling Yunche lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing Hongli walking away, Rong Pei and Ling Yunche hurriedly got up and ran into the house.

But Ruyi was seen lying on the ground with her face up to the sky. Her thin body seemed stiff and helpless, her breathing was weak and difficult, and her pale face without blood revealed a faint bluish-gray color. Her facial expression was listless, her eyes were empty and lifeless, and she seemed to be in a trance and dying.

Fearing that Ruyi would catch a cold, Rong Pei hurriedly took a cloak from the clothes rack and covered her with it, choking with sobs, "My Lady, the ground is cold. You are still in confinement. Let me help you back to bed."

"The emperor doesn't want me anymore." Ruyi kept repeating this sentence.

"Queen, slave..."

Ling Yunche was about to lend a hand, but was slapped away by Ruyi. Her eyes were bloodshot, and she stared at Ling Yunche fiercely, shouting, "It's all because of you that the Emperor doesn't want me anymore. Ling Yunche, how dare you appear in front of me? Get out! I don't want to see you anymore."

Ruyi turned her face away angrily.

Ling Yunche opened his mouth, as if wanting to defend himself, but was interrupted by Rong Pei, "Little Lingzi, stop provoking the Empress. Go out first. I'll take care of you here."

Ling Yunche stood up in disappointment, but before he had taken two steps, he heard Ruyi shout, "Stop."

Ling Yunche was delighted, thinking that Ruyi was willing to keep him by her side to serve her.

Ruyi raised her eyes, her rims red, and said with a forced face, "Go kneel outside, and do not get up without my order."

"Yes." Ling Yunche squeezed out a few words from his tight throat.

As long as Ruyi is happy, she will let him do anything.

Ling Yunche walked out of the house and knelt upright in the yard.

Rong Pei helped Ruyi back to bed and covered her with the quilt. She felt that Ruyi was too harsh on Ling Yunche, so she spoke up for him, saying, "Your Majesty, isn't it too much to treat little Lingzi like this? After all, he is the only eunuch in our Yikun Palace..."

Ruyi disagreed and shouted angrily, "He is a servant, and I am the master. He should do whatever I tell him to do. And don't give him any food."

Rong Pei was afraid that Ruyi would vent her anger on herself, so she didn't say anything more.