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

*Yu Hu was originally investigating who told Concubine Xian that Concubine Shu's pregnancy medicine had been harmful. Unexpectedly, Fujia, following the order of the Queen Mother, was determined to end Concubine Shu's fate of having children, so he saw Qi Ru go to the Queen Mother's palace at a time when it was not time to take the pulse.

"When Doctor Qi left, it was not the time for doctors to take pulses, and he was not accompanied by the eunuchs from the Imperial Medical Bureau." Yu Hu clasped his hands together in front of him and said.

"Qi Ru serves me, the Queen and Shu Fei. Why did he go to the Cining Palace for no reason?" A thin layer of worry clouded the emperor's face. He was unhappy in his heart, and his eyes, which were full of emotion, also contained a layer of frost.

"Shu Fei was given to the Emperor by the Empress Dowager. I believe the Empress Dowager urged Qi Ru to help Shu Fei have a safe pregnancy." Yu Hu said.

The emperor frowned, sneered, and said, "I didn't know that the imperial physician also has to report everything to the Empress Dowager."

"Qi Ru is really thoughtful. One servant serves two masters."

Yu Hu added, "The late Imperial Noble Consort Huixian was taken care of by Imperial Physician Qi."

"The Queen Mother hated Imperial Noble Consort Huixian's father and tried her best to make Princess Duanshu marry far away, so she pointed the finger at Imperial Noble Consort Huixian. She asked Imperial Doctor Qi to add harmful herbs to the tonic soup that Imperial Noble Consort Huixian took, so her cold symptoms became more serious and eventually endangered her life."

The emperor suddenly smiled and said, "If the Empress Dowager is unhappy with my concubine, she can ask my imperial physician to murder her without my permission."

"Then, what if the Empress Dowager is unhappy with me?" The Emperor's eyes were full of smile lines as he said with a fake smile. "Will this world finally become the Empress Dowager's world?"

Yu Hu lowered her head. She could clearly sense the emperor's anger, so she just said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. Do you want me to quietly deal with Doctor Qi so that the royal family's disputes will not be known to others?"

The emperor nodded and said, "Doctor Qi serves me and the Empress Dowager at the same time, which is really hard. He also has to take time out to spread the secrets I asked him to do, so he really can't be kept."

"You should deal with him before your southern tour. I don't want to see his face again when I travel." The emperor sneered and said cruelly.

Yu Hu replied yes and then quietly left.

*The proposal for the Southern Tour became more and more popular, for many reasons. For example, because officials from Jiangsu and Zhejiang invited the emperor to visit, the ministers thought the proposal was feasible based on historical records and the example of Emperor Shengzu's Southern Tour.

Also, because Jiangsu and Zhejiang are vast and densely populated, we should go there to investigate and inquire about the people's sufferings.

The most important point is that the emperor cares about the empress dowager and wants to allow his mother to visit famous places to show his filial piety.

Therefore, at the request of his ministers, the emperor set a date for his southern tour.

In fact, the palace had already begun preparing for the southern tour, but the emperor had not yet finalized it, so while everyone was preparing, they also mentally prepared themselves for the possibility that this matter might come to nothing.

The date of the southern tour was set for half a month later, and everything inside and outside the palace immediately began to prepare for the emperor's upcoming trip.

*The route of the southern tour had been finalized, and the emperor was determined to visit the water conservancy projects in person to assess the abilities of his ministers.

In late October, the group set out from the Forbidden City and headed south to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to see the water conservancy projects, the local customs and folk customs, and the scenery of the world.

The dragon and phoenix carriage that the emperor and the empress rode in was naturally the one that Langya was riding this time, which was improved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the order of the emperor. It was more spacious and less bumpy.

However, being busy for a long time always made Langya feel a little angry, stuck in her chest, making her feel a little tired when she breathed.

Qi Ru slipped a few days ago while going to check Shu Fei's pulse. On the way back, he missed a step and fell down the stairs, accidentally hitting his forehead.

The emperor has sent people to bury Qi Ru with great honor, rewarded him with 100 taels of gold, and sent his body back to his hometown.

Imperial Physician Qi worked diligently for decades and served the Forbidden City to the last degree.

* Concubine Xian and the Emperor were childhood sweethearts, and she was indeed a girl who grew up in Jiangnan. Therefore, there is a lingering gentleness in her temperament. I think it is the beauty of Jiangnan that protects her and makes her have a unique feeling of wateriness.

However, even such a gentle and affectionate Concubine Xian would be moved in the middle of the night because no one understood her heart.

Concubine Yu was not liked by the emperor, so when he went on a southern tour, he kept her in the Forbidden City and asked her to chant sutras and pray to the Buddha statue to reduce the retribution for her sins.

The Emperor also savored the pain that Concubine Yu would feel because she could not see Concubine Xian again. When he thought of this, he felt a secret pleasure in his heart, so he did it deliberately.

When Hai Lan heard the news, she cried twice, and could only hold a shoe design that Ruyi gave her to slightly comfort herself for not being able to see her sister's depression.

As for why she didn't hold something more suitable for entrusting her feelings, it was because Ruyi had never given her those things.

In the past, Hai Lan served her sister every day, giving her purses, gloves, various embroidered handkerchiefs, sachets, etc.

The affection between the two people did not need these external things to prove, so Ruyi accepted all of Hailan's gifts with peace of mind, and then gave nothing in return.

After all, Hailan gave these things voluntarily.

And this shoe design drawing was the only thing her sister gave her.

So Concubine Yu stayed in the corner of the Yanx Palace, crying day and night, and could only hold this pitiful piece of brown paper in her hand.

Fortunately, the pattern that Concubine Xian ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make, although a little shabby, is not so easily broken by tears, so this piece of kraft paper can become a long-term comfort for Concubine Yu for the rest of her life.

And what about Ruyi?

She just felt that it was lonely at the top and no one in the palace understood her. The so-called Concubine Yu was a thing of her past life.

Ruyi was wondering why Yihuan had not become suspicious or reacted even though she had hinted so obviously.

However, she had no time to think about this matter, as something beyond her control soon happened.

*When the emperor was on a boat tour by carriage, he held a banquet. This time, Concubine Xian was not confined to her house for her mistakes, so she attended the banquet with everyone else.

The purpose of this southern tour was to congratulate the Empress Dowager on her fiftieth birthday in advance. The Empress Dowager was blessed with great fortune and the Emperor was extremely filial, so all kinds of rare treasures were presented to the Empress Dowager in order to please the Empress Dowager.

The Queen Mother said that there was no need for the concubines in the harem to present treasures. She didn't care about the value, as long as they were truly filial. So the concubines took the trouble to collect some new things, hoping to please the Queen Mother.

Yanwan took great pains to learn and carefully made a dish of lotus root powder and osmanthus sugar cake.

The eunuchs who served the Queen Mother closely tested the poison, and the Queen Mother took a piece and put it in her mouth, chewed it, and then said, "Not bad."

Although it was just a fair comment, the Queen Mother couldn't hide her smile. Yan Wan knew that this gift touched the Queen Mother's heart.