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

Ruyi turned to look at Jin Yuyan, with a forgiving look on her face, "Jiapin, you mistakenly witnessed such a terrible thing, it is normal for you to feel dissatisfied. But you said that I intend to get rid of Li Yu, so what is my intention?"

"Li Yu is a servant bestowed upon me by the Emperor. It is my duty to treat him well," said Ruyi.

Jiapin chuckled, "If she was being kind, why didn't she bring Eunuch Li Yu out with her? Could it be that Concubine Xian wanted him to enjoy a peaceful life?"

Ruyi looked embarrassed, and Jiapin was really confused. Didn't she just see Li Yu's body? She didn't know why, so why did she keep asking questions?

Ruyi's face was gloomy, and she said coldly, "I understand that Jiapin is frightened and feels uncomfortable, and Jiapin should not lose her sense of proportion."

When Jin Yuyan heard this, she became even angrier. She glared at Concubine Xian and accused her, "The Fourth Prince is my own child. I naturally don't want him to suddenly see a concubine silencing a servant!"

"If I hadn't grabbed Yongsheng immediately, I'm afraid he would have fallen on the ground where the corpse was buried."

"Noble Concubine Xian is from a noble family. Can you tolerate being attached to something like this? Even if Noble Concubine Xian can tolerate it, I cannot let Yongcheng touch such a dirty thing."

Jin Yuyan's voice was filled with anger, and she spat out her dissatisfaction with Ruyi like a string of cannonballs. She then turned to the emperor and cried, "Your Majesty, if Yongcheng accidentally touches something, accidentally sees something, and then gets contaminated by something unclean, what will we do?"

This string of words immediately hit Ruyi's head hard, so heavy that it made her breathless and unable to refute. How could she blame a mother who cared about her children?

The emperor sighed and said in a soothing tone, "Okay, okay, I know you feel wronged, but we cannot be sure that it was Concubine Xian who did it. You should direct your anger at the guy who acted so arrogantly under the emperor's feet."

Jin Yuyan was still not satisfied, but she suppressed her anger and said politely, "Your Majesty is teaching me a lesson. I know I am wrong."

Ruyi's pale face improved slightly. She had never done such a thing and had a clear conscience. Being regarded as a vicious murderer naturally made her feel uncomfortable.

Seeing that several people were unhappy, Yan Wan advised, "Sister Jiapin, even if you suspect that Concubine Xian did something like this and let the unlucky thing hit you and the Fourth Prince, you have to wait until the Emperor and the Empress ask the servants of Yikun Palace before you know."

"Noble Concubine Xian is a weak woman, how could she strangle Eunuch Li Yu with her bare hands? If it was really Noble Concubine Xian who did it, there must be someone in Yikun Palace who helped the Noble Concubine, so the emperor and the queen will know once they investigate."

Jin Yuyan glanced at her and said reluctantly, "Thank you, Concubine Ling." Then she called the emperor again. The emperor asked Jinzhong to take people to investigate who was the last person to see Li Yu in Yikun Palace, and who had a strange expression during the interrogation.

Several people were waiting here, and the news that Jinzhong went to Yiku Palace to summon the servants spread like wildfire.

*Yikun Palace, Side Hall

Hailan was feeling a little uneasy. She hadn't had time to tell her sister about Li Yu. Her sister came back late yesterday and she didn't want to clean up late at night while her sister was resting.

Another reason was that Hailan wanted to delay for a while because her elder sister would be angry if she knew about this. She was not mentally prepared to face her elder sister's anger.

But the Queen had just hurriedly summoned her sister over, fearing that something might have happened.

After a while, Jinzhong brought people to Yiku Palace to interrogate the servant.

When Hai Lan heard the noise outside, she immediately stood up and went out, saying coldly to Jin Zhong, "How dare you! Yikun Palace is Concubine Xian's palace. How can you interrogate the palace maids at will?"

Jinzhong bowed to Hailan and patiently explained, "Reporting to Concubine Yu, Eunuch Li Yu died inexplicably and his body was hidden in a corner. Concubine Jia happened to be taking the Fourth Prince for a walk and was discovered by the Fourth Prince. The Emperor was furious and sent servants to interrogate the servants of the Yikun Palace."

Hailan's body swayed, and Ye Xin immediately went to steady her master. Hailan said with all her strength, "Li Yu is dead, what does it have to do with me?"

Jinzhong frowned, with a look of regret on his face, and said, "This Imperial Concubine Xian was Li Yu's mistress. Li Yu died inexplicably. If the Emperor wants to inquire about this, he can only ask Imperial Concubine Xian, who is in charge of the Yikun Palace."

"Please don't ask anymore. The Emperor might severely punish Concubine Xian for the sake of the Fourth Prince and Concubine Jia, so please don't involve you anymore." Jinzhong said sincerely with a bitter face.

Hailan's face turned pale, and she staggered back to the side hall. Ye Xin helped her sit down.

Hailan said nervously, "What should I do? I actually implicated my sister."

"No, I have to go find the emperor." Hai Lan stood up suddenly, turned around and was about to go out.

Ye Xin quickly pulled Concubine Yu and begged her, "My dear, Concubine Xian didn't do such a thing. The emperor will definitely not wrongly accuse her. Everyone in the palace knows that Concubine Xian and you are the best friends. If you go and take the blame on yourself, it will implicate Concubine Xian instead."

Hailan frowned and paced anxiously in the hall, "Am I just going to watch my sister fall into this predicament alone and not be able to help her at all?"

* Half an hour later, Yangxin Palace

Jinzhong led Sanbao in from outside and reported, "Your Majesty, I sent people to interrogate the servants in Yikun Palace, and most of them have never seen Eunuch Li Yu."

"And..." Jinzhong suddenly stopped talking, very hesitant.

"What?" The emperor looked at Jinzhong's hesitation with some impatience.

Jinzhong sighed and continued, "There are no palace guards in Yikun Palace, so the servants stay in their own rooms to rest. Therefore, the information they can provide is very limited."

"How can such a huge Yikun Palace be left unattended?" Langya frowned, turned to look at Ruyi, and asked, "Noble Concubine Xian, the palace rules are strict, how can you let the palace servants do this? There is not even a single person on duty in the Yikun Palace. If there really is an assassin, wouldn't he be hiding in your palace and no one else would be able to detect him?"

Ruyi opened her eyes wide in confusion. She looked at the queen, her tone hinting at grievance, "Your Majesty, I will arrange things the same way I did when I first came to the palace."

She turned to look at Jinzhong again, her tone questioning and surprised, "How come there were no problems for decades, and there were always people on duty at night, but now there is no one on duty?"

No matter how good-tempered Ruyi was, she couldn't stand people speaking ill of her over and over again. She asked loudly, "Are you framing me?"