bayedsolid Chapter 839 [Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 29]
Chapter 839 [Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 29]
Ruyi was trapped in the cold and gloomy cold palace where no one cared about her. She lived a very hard life. Every day, she had to rely on her weak hands to complete the trivial and heavy housework such as fetching water and cooking.
On this day, Ling Yunche accidentally saw Ruyi being imprisoned in the cold palace, and he could not help but feel a little pity for her. He hurried forward to tell Ruyi that the concubines in the cold palace still had a way out - by making exquisite embroidery in the cold palace, they could exchange for a small amount of silver to maintain their livelihood. He also said that he was willing to lend a hand, but the premise was that he would take half of the silver as a reward after the success. In response, Ruyi nodded and agreed without hesitation.
Just as Ling Yunche was complaining about the dirty and tiring work he was doing in the cold palace, a charming figure suddenly ran towards him. He looked closely and found that it was the palace maid Wei Yanwan! The moment he saw his beloved, Ling Yunche was filled with joy and a bright smile instantly bloomed on his face. He hurriedly stretched out his hands and urged anxiously: "Run slowly, be careful not to fall!" As he said that, he carefully took out an exquisite ring from his arms and gently handed it to Wei Yanwan.
However, Wei Yanwan, a maid in the Four Treasurys, had her own difficulties. The little money she earned every month was almost all used to support her mother and younger brother. What made her even more helpless was that her mother was very dissatisfied with Ling Yunche, a powerless man, and firmly opposed them getting together.
Faced with such a dilemma, Wei Yanwan secretly calculated in her heart. She knew that if she wanted to change the status quo, she had to serve in the palaces of those favored concubines. Not only would she be able to have more money, but she might also have the opportunity to seek a good job for Ling Yunche. So, she made up her mind to spend some money to smooth the relationship and try to enter the palaces of Jiapin or Shen Changzai to serve. Unfortunately, the silver in her hand was far from enough, which made her frown.
Gao Xiyue led a group of concubines and walked to the cold palace. At this time, they happened to meet a few eunuchs who were carrying food to the cold palace.
Gao Xiyue stopped and looked at the food on the tray, then she gestured to the eunuch to bring the tray over. She carefully checked the food sent to Ruyi, and saw only a few simple vegetarian dishes and a bowl of brown rice on the plate.
Ah Ruo, who was standing by, couldn't help but sigh softly: "I didn't expect that Concubine Xian eats quite well in this cold palace."
Upon hearing this, Jiapin raised the corners of her mouth slightly and said sarcastically: "Huh, she does have some ability. She can actually live such a comfortable life here. But in this case, we might as well let her eat better!" After saying this, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes.
At the same time, Wei Yanwan was still worried about collecting forty taels of silver. Seeing her worried look, Aunt Fang smiled and told her that as long as she could come up with forty taels of silver, she could be arranged to serve Concubine Chun. Upon hearing this news, Wei Yanwan was overjoyed and secretly made up her mind to collect the money as soon as possible.
That day, Ling Yunche took advantage of his free time on duty to visit Ruyi in the cold palace. After chatting for a while, Ling Yunche curiously asked Ruyi about Chunpin's personality. Ruyi smiled and told him that Chunpin had a gentle temperament and was never harsh to the servants. After learning this, Ling Yunche finally felt relieved.
Then, Ling Yunche asked Ruyi with concern if there was anything she needed him to bring in from outside the palace. Ruyi thought for a moment, a hint of tenderness in her eyes, and slowly said, "If it's convenient, could you bring me some flower and grass seeds?"
Ling Yunche was a little surprised, but he nodded and agreed readily, and said with a smile: "This is the first time I meet someone like you who is in a difficult situation but still cares about flowers and plants."
Ling Yunche lived frugally and finally saved up ten taels of silver. He gave all the ten taels of silver to Wei Yanwan without hesitation, because he knew what this money meant to Wei Yanwan. With this money, Wei Yanwan finally got what she wanted and could serve Concubine Chun.
The cold palace was cold and gloomy. Ruyi and Suo Xin were already feeling unwell even though they had only lived there for half a year. They often felt unbearable pain in their arms, especially in rainy weather. Suo Xin was helpless and remembered that Ling Yunche had exchanged embroidery for some money, so she hurried to ask Ling Yunche to help find Doctor Jiang to treat them.
After hearing this, Doctor Jiang couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. After he carefully asked about the specific symptoms of Ruyi and惢心, he felt that their situation was a little unusual. However, the cold palace is not a place where you can enter and leave at will. The rules are strict and you may get into trouble if you are not careful. After thinking it over, Doctor Jiang could only temporarily entrust Ling Yunche to bring back some symptomatic medicines, hoping to slightly relieve the pain of Ruyi and惢心.
At the same time, the Second Prince's condition recurred and never improved. Doctor Qi, who was in charge of taking care of the Second Prince, was also worried about this and said that the Second Prince's condition was now very serious and he had to be extra careful.
Meanwhile, Doctor Jiang sneaked into the cold palace under the cover of night, wanting to take the pulse of Ruyi and惢心 in person. But when he was about to approach the cold palace gate, he was suddenly discovered and driven out by Eunuch Ma who came to deliver food.
It turned out that this eunuch Ma had already accepted many benefits from Gao Xiyue and specially tampered with the meals for Ruyi and her servants. Although these meals did not appear to be poisonous on the surface, they actually contained a secret.
On this day, Hongli came to Chengqian Palace to visit Youyou and the Fourth Prince. As night fell, when the two were about to go to bed, they suddenly heard the Queen's shrill cry from outside - "Yonglian!" Then, a panicked eunuch hurriedly ran in to report that the Second Prince had unfortunately died.
Fu Cha Langhuan stood there full of regret. She could never have imagined that forcing the Second Prince to study hard would lead to such a disaster! Looking at the weak and pale Second Prince in front of her, her heart felt like it was pierced by thousands of needles. Hongli, who was standing by, was also heartbroken. He looked at his beloved son and his wife who blamed herself, his eyes full of heartache and helplessness.
Fucha Langhuan kept blaming herself in her heart. If she hadn't insisted on reducing the number of people serving in Xiefang Palace by half, perhaps the flying reed flowers wouldn't have taken the opportunity to float into the Second Prince's room. Those light and snowy reed flowers should have been a beautiful scenery in autumn, but now they have become a demon that took away the Second Prince's health. They penetrated into the house through every hole, blocking the Second Prince's fragile respiratory tract, making it impossible for him to breathe smoothly, and eventually he fell ill in bed.
At this moment, Fu Cha Langhuan wished that time could go back to the moment when she decided to cut the staff. She would definitely give up this idea without hesitation, even if there was only one more person to take care of the second prince, perhaps this tragedy could be avoided. However, the reality was so cruel that no matter how much she regretted, she could not change the established facts.