Ruyi was speechless. Although it was true, it was not her intention. It was Concubine Ying who insisted on bringing Concubine Yu's letter and insisted on staying in Yikun Palace for her to reply.

Seeing that she remained silent, the emperor asked loudly, "Speak!"

Ruyi felt even more aggrieved. She tried to be strong and said, "That's right, but..."

The emperor only heard the first four words, then pointed at her and said, "Shut up."

Ruyi's lips trembled and opened and closed again. Tears welled up in her eyes and her chest rose and fell with her breathing.

Ruyi stared at the emperor for a long time, then turned her head away fiercely. The moment she turned her head, a tear fell from her eye.

Such a sad and moving performance was not seen by the people who should have seen it, but was only seen by Concubine Ying who was watching out of curiosity.

Meiruo's softness in her heart resurfaced. Concubine Xian was so pitiful and fragile.

"Go and bring Concubine Yu to me." The emperor suddenly said. Ruyi was immersed in her own sorrow and did not notice that the emperor glanced at her.

The emperor's face was slightly ferocious. He thought that he couldn't take advantage of this opportunity to let such a daring criminal get away with it, so he said, "Blindfold Lady Yu."

Soon, Hai Lan was brought into the palace by two eunuchs. Her face was covered with two layers of thick blue cloth, revealing only her delicate nose and the lower half of her face.

Hai Lan entered the palace and knelt there. She fell to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, all the mistakes are my fault."

"I didn't call you here to hear you say these things." said the emperor.

He smiled slightly, with a hint of cruelty and genuine curiosity, and said, "Lady Yu deserves to die, but I will spare your death sentence because you gave birth to the Fifth Prince."

The emperor whispered tenderly to his lover again, "Noble Concubine Xian."

Two eunuchs came and helped Ruyi up, and she knelt straight beside Hailan.

Hai Lan noticed that someone was kneeling nearby. As soon as the emperor called her sister's name again, she immediately said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian is pregnant and cannot kneel."

"Noble Lady Yu, if you say a few more words, Noble Lady Xian will have to kneel longer." Jin Yuyan said, looking happily at Ruyi who was kneeling on the ground.

Kneel, kneel, for the dead Zhenshu, for her dead Ninth Prince, and for the pregnancy that she never had!

After hearing this, Concubine Yu turned her head to look in the direction where there were people, but her eyes were covered tightly and she could not see anything clearly. There was nothing around her except the emperor's voice, and she could not hear her sister's voice.

Hailan could only lie on the ground and kowtow to confess her guilt.

"Noble Lady Yu is stripped of her title and demoted. The Fifth Prince will no longer have a ridiculous mother like you. From now on, Concubine Mei is Yongqi's biological mother." The emperor said coldly.

Hai Lan's forehead was already bleeding, but she was still pleading for Concubine Xian.

The emperor changed the subject and said with a smile, "Grant Keliyete Hailan the title 'Yuan', and the Yanxi Palace the name 'Yuanxi Palace'."

"The second autumn leaves are the goddess, and on the seventh day of the seventh month I look forward to the fairy concubine." The emperor uttered this line of poetry, then looked at Yan Wan tenderly and smiled at her.

Yan Wan understood that the emperor wanted to explain the meaning of this phrase to the foreign concubines who didn't know much about it, so she said, "This sentence means that in the early autumn, with a beautiful maid."

"On the night of Qiqiao Festival on July 7, I long for the gift from the Weaver Girl in the sky."

The emperor nodded with satisfaction and praised, "Hai Lan, you are so beautiful. The word Yuan really suits you."

Yuan Yingda's figure suddenly began to tremble. Others around her didn't know what the connection was between Qiqiao, the Weaver Girl and herself, but she knew it.

This was the emperor's cruel torture, he wanted to use her affection to force her, break her heart, and rupture her body.

Although other than Yanwan and Jinzhong, no one else knew what the Qiqiao Festival, the seventh day of the seventh month, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl had to do with these two people, but everyone understood the meaning of the second half of the poem.

Looking at the Fairy Princess.

Isn’t it just Yuan agreed to her feelings for Concubine Xian?

Hai Lan could not allow her sister to suffer such a great humiliation because of herself. She gathered her strength in her heart and decided to hit her head against the wall and die in the palace to prove her sister's innocence.

As Hai Lan raised her knees, the emperor said with emotion, "If Concubine Yuan is gone, I'm afraid Concubine Xian will be heartbroken and unable to sleep."

Threat, naked threat!

Ruyi was startled, and two tears fell from her eyes. She said in a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty."

It had been a long time since Hailan heard her sister's voice so closely. Her sister was right next to her and was implicated by her, but she couldn't even look at her sister.

She knelt heavily on the ground again, the cloth covering her eyes wet with her tears. Hailan kowtowed even harder and said only, "I am guilty, I am guilty."

"Yuan agreed to confine Yuanxi to the palace and is not allowed to go out. Food and clothing can only be sent in through the back door." The emperor looked at the two people who were each sad in their own way, and the smile on his face became even weirder.

He looked at Ruyi with a smile and said, "Noble Concubine Xian made a mistake and will be demoted to a concubine."

"In addition, Xianpin and Yuan promised to be sisters. From now on, no matter what happens, Xianpin must pass through the main gate of Yuanxi Palace at noon every day."

"Even if he is unconscious, he needs to be carried over."

"Ruyi, you have to go visit Yuan Da Ying." The emperor said with a smile.

Ruyi's tears fell, she knelt straight, still retaining her pride, and said, "Yes, I obey your order."

"Take her away." The emperor glanced at Yuan and agreed.

Two maids came out hurriedly. Hailan struggled to touch her sister. She crawled to the side crying, and the hem of her skirt rubbed against the blood that had just flowed from her head.

In fact, he was just a little bit away from touching Concubine Xian’s clothes.

However, Concubine Xian was like a stone, not moving at all. She just sat there quietly, as if she was asleep. She knelt on the ground with her head lowered, and ignored Hai Lan who was crying and crawling beside her.

Two maids held Hailan down, then lifted her up and took her back to Yuanxi Palace.

Only two painful voices remained in the hall: "Sister."

"elder sister!"

Ruyi was still kneeling on the ground. The emperor ignored her and didn't ask her to get up.

After this matter was resolved, the emperor seemed tired. He glanced at the queen, and Langya took over the conversation, "Today's matter, not only Xianpin and Yuanda were wrong."

She glanced at the uneasy Ying Guiren standing beside her with a sharp gaze, and asked, "Ying Guiren, did you and your maid go to Yuanxi Palace to take the letter from Yuan to Xianpin?"

Concubine Ying felt a chill in her heart. She didn't meet anyone else on the road, so how did the Queen know?

As expected, she knew that this matter had nothing to do with her, so why did she have to come and listen? She was afraid that even the Queen would blame her.

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