bayedsolid Chapter 822 [Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 12]
Chapter 822 [Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 12]
The Kunning Palace was swaying with candlelight, magnificent and splendid, and Hongli and Fucha Langhuan were already resting in their rooms. However, on this quiet night, an unknown farce was quietly staged outside the door.
Eunuch Wang Qin had evil intentions and tried to get close to the maid Lian Xin beside Fu Cha Lang Huan at night, wanting to have a kiss with her. However, Lian Xin was determined and rejected his disgusting entanglement without hesitation.
The next morning, the sun shines through the window lattice into the palace, bringing a touch of warmth to the whole room. At this time, Hongli suddenly summons Ruyi to come for an audience. It turns out that it is because of the matter of Mei Concubine that has been making a lot of noise in the palace recently.
It is said that after being punished by Concubine Hui, Concubine Mei's injuries did not get better, but became more serious. Facing everyone's concerned inquiries, Concubine Mei told her about her situation. She claimed that she had always been very particular about her diet and had never been negligent. The only suspicious thing was that she used the medicine sent by Concubine Hui.
Hearing this, Hongli looked solemn and immediately ordered the imperial physician to come and investigate the matter. After a careful examination, the imperial physician finally found a clue - the bottle of medicine was mixed with a herb called Phellodendron! According to the imperial physician, Phellodendron is extremely toxic, especially when it comes into direct contact with human skin, its harm cannot be underestimated.
Upon hearing this result, everyone present was shocked. Su Lian, who was standing by, quickly defended herself, saying that she had also used the same medicine for an injury, but did not experience any abnormalities.
While everyone was discussing this, Mei suddenly changed the subject and pointed the finger at Ruyi. She accused Ruyi of secretly framing her and pointed out that only Ruyi had the opportunity to get access to this medicine. For a moment, Ruyi was speechless and fell into an extremely unfavorable situation.
Faced with such a situation, Fucha Langhuan stood up decisively and said that he would send a maid from the Ministry of Punishment to interrogate Concubine Xian and make sure to find out the truth. Hongli nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "In this case, let's do as the Queen wishes. However, Concubine Xian, I hope you can find evidence as soon as possible to prove your innocence."
"Yes." Ruyi responded calmly, but her mind was full of thoughts. She knew that this disturbance was no accident, and there must be an unknown conspiracy behind it...
Finally, as everyone was anxiously waiting, a young eunuch who was in charge of serving medicinal materials came out of the Imperial Hospital. The young eunuch was pale and trembling as he knelt on the ground, kowtowed and apologized, saying, "I deserve to die! I was careless for a moment and accidentally stained the white flower powder on the inner wall of the round platinum." It turned out that this was the reason why Concubine Mei's injury became more serious.
According to the young eunuch, Yuan Shilian used the upper part of the round platinum, so he did not notice anything unusual; however, Mei Daying used the lower part, and the amount used was very large, which made her injuries worse.
After hearing this, Ruyi understood what was going on, but she did not pursue the matter too much. Instead, she chose to go with the flow to maintain peace in the harem. After all, the situation in the harem was complicated at this time, and any carelessness could lead to more disputes and conflicts.
At the same time, since Ruyi was highly valued by Hongli, the Imperial Household Department naturally did not dare to neglect it and sent many precious gifts to the Yanxi Palace. Among them, the two green plums from Suzhou and Hangzhou given by Hongli personally made Ruyi most happy. Looking at the emerald green and fragrant plum blossoms, Ruyi could not help but think of Hongli's memory of her preferences, and her heart was filled with joy and touching. So she hurriedly told the palace servants around her to take good care of these green plums, and specifically told them not to make this matter public to avoid unnecessary trouble.
On the other hand, Wang Qin watched Concubine Xian become increasingly favored, and he could not help but feel anxious. Recalling that he had offended Concubine Xian in the past, now that she was deeply favored by the emperor, there was no guarantee that she would not seek revenge. In order to protect himself, Wang Qin racked his brains to curry favor with Fu Cha Lang Huan. Unfortunately, Fu Cha Lang Huan was such a shrewd person that she saw through Wang Qin's mind at a glance. In her eyes, Wang Qin was not only cunning and cunning, but also difficult to control, and he was not someone who could be won over.
At this time, Hongli hurried to the palace where Concubine Mei lived to visit this bullied woman. When Concubine Mei saw the emperor coming in person, the tears she had been holding back suddenly poured down like a flood, and she began to cry to the emperor with tears in her eyes and pitiful appearance.
She was seen sobbing and expressing her grievances and sufferings in a sad tone. Although she did not say it explicitly, she secretly pointed out that the queen deliberately favored Hui Guifei, causing her to suffer such unfair treatment. In addition, she also lamented that she was born in a humble family and thought it was a great honor to be favored by the emperor. But now she was secretly harmed by others, which was really heartbreaking.
Faced with Mei's sad cry, Hongli felt pity. He comforted her softly, "My dear, don't take other people's gossip to heart. Just focus on recuperating. After you recover from your injuries, you can serve me again." After that, he turned and left.
However, as soon as Hongli left, Mei secretly took out the bottle of white flower pills and continued to apply it on the wound without hesitation. She thought to herself that the emperor would not favor her too much because she was only slapped a few times. The only way to win more love and attention from the emperor was to make the injury more serious and appear particularly pitiful.
At the same time, Fucha Langhuan carefully selected a batch of gorgeous clothes and ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to quickly send them to the Queen Mother's palace. The Queen Mother took these exquisite clothes and naturally knew the reason. It must be that there were frequent incidents in the palace recently, and Fucha Langhuan somehow angered Hongli, causing the emperor to be dissatisfied with her. Therefore, at this moment, she deliberately put on a filial and well-behaved appearance, trying to please the emperor.
Little did they know that all this was actually caused by the Queen Mother behind the scenes. It turned out that it was the Queen Mother who secretly suggested that Concubine Mei use the white flower pill on her own, deliberately creating a chaotic situation. In this way, the Queen Mother could openly intervene in the palace affairs in the name of rectifying the order of the palace, and thus truly grasp the dominant power in the harem.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the sun was shining brightly, and the entire palace was filled with a festive and peaceful atmosphere. Ruyi was strolling in the courtyard when she accidentally caught a glimpse of A Ruo wearing a gorgeous new dress. The bright colors and exquisite embroidery were particularly eye-catching. However, when she turned her eyes to惢心, she found that惢心 was still wearing the slightly old clothes she wore in the past.
After some questioning, Ruyi learned that it was A-ruo who secretly took all the four new clothes she had given to her, and did not give any to惢心. This made Ruyi unhappy, and she immediately decided to ask A-ruo to return the clothes that should have belonged to惢心.
At the same time, all the people in the palace gathered together to accompany the empress dowager for a banquet. At this time, Hongli already had three sons and one daughter, but the empress dowager did not seem satisfied with this. She smiled and said to the concubines present: "The concubines in the palace should work harder! The emperor does not have many children, especially the first child after he ascended the throne, who is extremely noble." After that, the empress dowager took a sip of tea and glanced at everyone present.
After the princes left the banquet, the Queen Mother left Fu Cha Lang Huan alone. The Queen Mother frowned slightly and accused him earnestly: "Lang Huan, although it is a virtue to promote frugality, you have gone too far this time. Look at these concubines, each of them is dressed so simply, it is simply a loss of face for the royal family. Moreover, because you have excessively reduced the number of servants in Xie Fang Palace, there is a serious shortage of manpower, which inevitably leads to some neglect in the care of the eldest prince. Look, poor Yong Huang has caught two colds because of this. And Concubine Zhe, you have also worked hard to take care of the eldest prince." Facing the Queen Mother's reproach, Fu Cha Lang Huan hurriedly bowed his head to admit his mistake and said that he would definitely improve as soon as possible.
Concubine Zhe immediately said, "I am the eldest prince's biological mother. I feel bad that the eldest prince is sick."
On the other hand, the servant who served the eldest prince Yonghuang secretly revealed a piece of news to the queen's maid: this eldest prince is really a thoughtful person! Every time the emperor occasionally came to Xiefang Palace to visit, he would behave in a competitive manner, thinking about suppressing the second prince's limelight.