Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Spring in the Palace

* Hall of Mental Cultivation

"How could Zhenshu accidentally kill herself?" The emperor sat on the dragon throne, twirling the jade ring on his hand, frowning, and asked the people kneeling below.

"In reply to Your Majesty, I and another guard were driving the car in front. It was time for the handover, but somehow Miss Zhenshu broke free from the ropes on her hands and tried to escape past me and the others." The guard lowered his head even more.

"Miss Zhenshu also knows a little bit of fighting skills, and we were unable to subdue her without any harm, so we started fighting. After a few moves, Miss Zhenshu seemed to think that she would be escorted back to the Yu family again, so she bumped her head into my sword and died."

"From what you said, it seems that Zhenshu doesn't want to go back to Yu family." The emperor frowned, feeling somewhat puzzled, but then he thought that after Zhenshu returned, Prince Yu would most likely sentence her to death.

Since you're going to die anyway, you might as well give it a try. Maybe you can save your life.

"I don't know." The guard was still lying on the ground and answered very respectfully.

This made the emperor feel very smart. He smiled and said, "She just felt that she would die anyway, so she wanted to fight for a way out."

The man suddenly realized and said in surprise, "So that's how it is. Thank you, Your Majesty. I am stupid and I just realized it."

The emperor felt very comfortable with this flattery. He smiled again, thinking that the guard was very tactful. "What's your name?"

The guard was still lying on the ground, like a well-behaved frog. He said in a muffled voice, "Your humble servant, Jiang Fu."

"You don't have to worry about Zhenshu's death. Just do your duty as a guard. Hold your head up." The emperor smiled on his face, and in his heart he felt that he understood etiquette. It was rare to see someone so respectful and fearful of the majesty of heaven.

When Jiang Fu raised his head and saw the emperor's face, he seemed to be impressed by the emperor's domineering aura, and a look of admiration suddenly appeared on his face.

This made the emperor happy again, and he said, "Jiang Fu, not bad. You go down first."

Jiang Fu kowtowed respectfully again, "Yes, I'll take my leave." Then he retreated carefully.

*Bai Ruiji wanted to let Concubine Jia know about Zhenshu's death, so Jinzhong took advantage of her action to let a traitor from Li Yu's side go outside Qixiang Palace and tell the news.

When Concubine Jia heard this, she was so stimulated that she wanted to give birth immediately. The imperial physician rushed over for the prince in her belly.

＊The next morning

Concubine Jia gave birth to the Ninth Prince, but he died as soon as he was born.

The Emperor did not visit Concubine Jia, but ordered a grand funeral for the Ninth Prince. In his heart, he also wanted to ignore her for a while to teach her a lesson.

But who told Concubine Jia about Zhenshu’s death?

The emperor asked Jinzhong casually, and Jinzhong only said that he asked the palace maids in Qixiang Palace, and the palace maids said that it was a young eunuch beside Eunuch Li Yu who said it.

The emperor just had a sullen face and didn't say anything.

＊Yikun Palace

"Why is the emperor here suddenly?" Ruyi was waiting for the emperor at the door of the main hall. As soon as she saw him, she asked.

She knew that the emperor was sad about the death of the Ninth Prince and she cared for him.

"I thought of Suo Xin's loyalty to her master, so I came to see how she is doing today." The emperor only said this, and then asked, "Where is Suo Xin now?"

"Suo Xin is in a side hall of the Yikun Palace, and is currently being treated by Imperial Doctor Jiang." Ruyi said blankly.

After hearing this, the emperor strode towards the side hall. Ruyi frowned slightly and looked at Li Yu beside her, asking him silently.

Li Yu was also stunned and shook his head gently. He didn't know what the emperor meant.

As soon as he entered the side hall, the emperor saw Jiang Yubin feeding惢心 medicine.

The two men were shocked when they saw the emperor. Jiang Yubin quickly put down the medicine bowl and paid his respects to the emperor.

Suo Xin also struggled to get up, and the emperor quickly said to her, "You are injured, so there is no need to perform the ceremony. I appreciate your loyalty, so I came to see you."

Suoxin smiled, leaned her upper body against the bed, and bent down as much as possible, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Jiang Yubi stood beside the bed where惢心 was half-sitting. He glanced at惢心's hands which were tightly wrapped with cloth and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he and惢心 did not slack off and still wrapped their hands to prevent Ruyi from touching them.

Otherwise, if the emperor saw it today, it would affect Suo Xin's reputation if he fed her medicine even though her hand was fine.

At the moment, it can be said that惢心 injured her hand, and he is a compassionate doctor.

Ruyi also hurried into the house, followed by Sanbao and Li Yu.

"Please sit down." The emperor glanced at Ruyi and said to her.

The two men sat on the chairs beside Suo Xin's bed, one on the left and one on the right.

The emperor looked at惢心, then at Jiang Yubin, and suddenly mentioned the matter of Lianxin and Wang Qin having an affair in the past.

The emperor asked惢心 with a smile, "What do you think of Li Yu?"

惢心 was really frightened this time. Her face turned pale. She ignored Li Yu's pleading eyes and frowned, almost shouting in fear, "Your Majesty, I have no intention of Eunuch Li."

"Eunuch Li is my fellow townsman. I only treat him as a relative and have never had any romantic feelings towards him."惢心 was anxious, for she was afraid that something might have gone wrong between her and Jiang Yubin.

If she wanted to satisfy the emperor and gave a decent answer, the emperor would probably give her to Li Yu. Then she and Jiang Yubin would be impossible.

The day he came out of the Ministry of Punishment, Jiang Yubin still had a piece of cloth wrapped around his forehead, but no one cared about him or asked him what was wrong.

She asked him, but he just smiled and didn't say anything.

惢心 knew that this was what Concubine Ling said.

Jiang Yubin went to beg Concubine Yu, to beg Li Yu, and to everyone he could find to beg, kowtowed to her, and even risked his life for her.

He did this for her. So, even if the emperor was furious and wanted to sentence her to death today, she would never let him down.

After hearing this, Li Yu was distraught. After so many years, there was actually nothing.

惢心 has already spoken so resolutely in front of the emperor, so he can't just say nothing for the sake of saving himself and ruin惢心's life.

Li Yu knelt down and said to the emperor, "I have no interest in Miss Suo Xin. I just thought that we are from the same hometown, so I pay a little more attention to her than to someone I just met by chance. That's all."

"There is absolutely no romantic relationship involved, Your Majesty." Li Yu lay on the ground and said sincerely.

When he said this, his heart was bleeding and his eyes were red. It was not pleasant to personally reject the love of many years.

Jiang Yubin stood aside, not knowing whether to kneel down or not.

He doesn't understand.

If Imperial Concubine Xian had already asked the Emperor for a marriage for the two of them, and the Emperor had agreed to it, then why did the Emperor say that Li Yu had feelings for惢心 and mentioned Wang Qin's affair?

Could it be that Concubine Xian just said it casually without reporting it to the emperor? It’s ridiculous that he took it seriously!

Jiang Yubin tilted his head slightly and watched Concubine Xian's reaction out of the corner of his eye.

Ruyi was about to say something, but the emperor suddenly pointed at her and said, "You are not allowed to speak."