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

"By doing this, Concubine Xian has completely forgotten the original intention of the Emperor holding the family banquet, which was to let us sisters make the Empress Dowager happy." Yan Wan said dissatisfiedly.

"Is Concubine Xian deliberately trying to anger the Empress Dowager so that the Emperor's filial piety will be in vain?" Yan Wan glared at her.

This rebuke made the empress dowager feel moved.

The Queen Mother is the elder and can refuse gifts from the younger generation, but because of her status, there is a layer of distance between them. It is neither reasonable nor proper for her to say anything too hurtful.

However, Concubine Ling and Concubine Xian were both concubines, so Concubine Ling's rebuke touched the heart of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother wished someone would ruthlessly trample Concubine Xian's face on the ground, which would make her feel comfortable.

The Queen Mother raised the corners of her mouth slightly, smiled slightly, and then looked at Yan Wan with a little approval.

Although this child used the excuse of doing it for the emperor, every word he said was thoughtful and it was obvious that he was on her side.

At the same time, the emperor on the side was also moved. Yanwan was kind and least likely to argue with others. Every time she got angry, it was because someone did something that was detrimental to her reputation.

His Concubine Ling really loves him, the emperor thought happily.

Such wholehearted love is truly precious. Moreover, Yanwan is sensible, considerate, and will take the initiative to protect him. She is never jealous and always puts him first in everything. She is smart, but still needs his guidance.

With so many advantages, Yan Wan can be said to be a perfect person.

The emperor also smiled slightly. He wanted to persuade Yan Wan to calm her down and stop her from getting upset about this kind of thing. But Yan Wan's unhappy look was really touching and adorable.

"Alright." The emperor looked at Yan Wan soothingly, then turned to look at Ruyi who was pouting, and said, "Ruyi, since the Empress Dowager doesn't like it, then give it to me."

Ruyi looked up pitifully at the emperor's handsome and doting face. The grievances in her heart finally had an outlet and completely dissipated in the emperor's tenderness.

Ruyi held the hot soup, but was afraid that it would spill, so she could only slowly move to the emperor's table, raised a few fingers, and put down the fragrant soup.

Everyone just watched Ruyi slowly move forward with the soup.

Some people suspected that this was just an excuse for Concubine Xian to attract attention. Concubine Xian was the niece of Jingren Palace, and she hated the Empress Dowager, so she made the Empress Dowager unhappy at this time and caused the Emperor to protect herself. She really wanted to show off in front of the Empress Dowager.

However, Ruyi's carefulness caused her hands to get burned even more. But as long as the emperor liked it, then whatever she did was worth it.

Ruyi felt sweet in her heart, thinking that she was so important in the emperor's heart and that the emperor really favored her.

Then she opened her five fingers to the emperor, with the palms of both hands facing his face, intending to let the emperor see the redness of her fingertips, which was caused by holding such hot soup for the queen. However, she only showed it for a moment, and then like petals closing, she grabbed the air and hung her hands on both sides of her body.

The emperor felt a little pity in his heart. This scene reminded him of the time when the two of them had not yet gotten married. When he went to find Ruyi, Ruyi playfully spread out her five fingers to him and looked at him through a telescope.

The hearty laughter still echoes in the emperor's ears.

"Haha~ Your mouth is so big." Ruyi laughed heartily, making a chuckle, and she joked.

In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed. The emperor felt a little touched.

But looking at her red fingers. The emperor's feelings for Ruyi remain unchanged, but Concubine Xian's hands are not outstanding, but ordinary. The emperor is not stupid and knows that she was burned, so there is really no need to show it like this.

To be fair, such red fingertips reminded him of the chicken feet made in the imperial kitchen.

Seeing that the emperor's expression was moved, Ruyi pinched the corner of her clothes with both hands and rubbed them gently, then gently lifted the corner of her clothes, turned around and returned to her seat.

She gathered her skirt and sat on the chair, glancing at Wei Yanwan with a hint of pride.

The emperor protected her after all.

The empress dowager snorted lightly, her expression normal, and she didn't say anything. After all, the emperor was filial and didn't want Ruyi to be angry with her.

But the empress dowager was really unhappy about the emperor's protection of Ulanara.

The emperor reached out to touch the edge of the sweet white glaze bowl, but as soon as his fingers touched it, he was immediately burned and pulled his hand back.

How could Ruyi's hands be so unfazed by heat that she could hold such a bowl for a long time? The emperor also had some doubts in his heart, how could he drink such hot soup?

This Ruyi, she doesn't even know to let it sit for a while before presenting it.

However, he had just rescued Ruyi, so if he asked them to leave now, wouldn't it be a slap in his face? And it would also make Concubine Xian sad.

Jinzhong saw the emperor quietly retract his hand, and he understood what was going on, so he sent someone to get a chilled towel with a bowl of ice cubes next to it.

Jinzhong brought it up respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, I see that there are some water droplets on your hands from the edge of the bowl."

"Your Majesty, please use it." Jinzhong brought the towel and said carefully, "Please allow me to wipe the water droplets on the edge of the bowl first, so as not to dirty your hands."

The emperor nodded in satisfaction and took the towel in his hand. Jinzhong placed the bowl of ice on the tray in front of the emperor and moved the bowl of fragrant soup on the tray.

It seemed that the emperor didn't want to drink anymore, so Jinzhong was just looking for an excuse to take the annoying thing away for the emperor.

He took the tray to the back and handed it to the eunuch waiting outside, instructing him, "Just pour out the soup. The emperor doesn't like it."

The young eunuch took the things and was about to leave, but Jinzhong suddenly called out, "Wait!"

The young eunuch turned back carefully and asked, "Eunuch Jinzhong, do you have any other instructions?"

Jinzhong pursed his lips and rubbed his fingers, which were still burning and painful. "Bring me an ice towel, too."

*There is an invisible rule surrounding Ruyi. Let’s take the examples from her previous life.

Someone who drank her soup would have a short life, such as Yihuan and Ruyi's maid A Ruo; even if they did not die immediately, they would suffer great pain, such as Han Xiangjian - because of a bowl of soup, Ruyi suffered great torture and injured her body, and could no longer have children.

On the contrary, those who refused Ruyi's soup would live longer, for example, the Queen Mother who refused the ham and chicken soup, the Emperor who refused the hangover soup, and the Eighth Prince who refused the tonic soup sent by Ruyi. All three lived to be over 80 years old.

It was really lucky for the Queen Mother that she escaped the disaster by chance.

If Ruyi had not plotted against Shufei, the Empress Dowager would have shown favor to her because she had helped her keep Princess Hengti by her side.

However, if the Empress Dowager touched such a hot and fragrant soup, she might get burned and would not drink it.