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

"Your Majesty, why do you have to torture惢心 in order to prove my innocence?" Ruyi repeated again.

"惢心 has served you for many years. I know that you have a deep bond as master and servant. You must be feeling bad." The emperor took a deep breath and said, "Although I believe in you, your innocence cannot be proven by my belief."

"So, the only option is to torture Suo Xin."

"Your Majesty, do you want to torture惢心 to extract a confession in order to prove my innocence?" Ruyi leaned over to ask, with a hint of reluctance on her face, as she repeated this sentence for the third time.

She shook her head gently, her noble light shining, and said, "I don't want to."

"Ruyi, the reason I like you is different from my feelings towards you. So I cannot allow you to have any stain." The emperor's originally gentle eyes and eyebrows were filled with a bit of coldness as he looked at Ruyi.

He looked angry, "If I let Suo Xin go, then the matter between you and the master will be spread far and wide."

"Your innocence is important, and my reputation is also important. How can I tolerate such doubts about my concubine?" The emperor frowned.

Seeing Ruyi stiffening her neck and expressing disapproval, the emperor became even angrier.

If she hadn't been so thoughtless, how could his reputation have such a slight stain on it?

"My reputation has been damaged because of this. Do you want me to continue to be in this kind of trouble?" The emperor was angry inside. He turned his head and looked at the private letter on the table. He felt that this thing was extremely hateful. Everything around him made him irritated.

Ruyi stared down at her hands. There was some unhappiness in the conversation between the two. The hands that were tightly clasped just now were now separated.

Ruyi swallowed her saliva and suppressed the sourness in her nose. There was a bit of aggrieved look on her face and a thin layer of mist in her eyes. She pouted, very dissatisfied.

After a while, Ruyi relied on her strong heart to adjust her emotions. She put aside the pain in her heart caused by the emperor's cruelty and regained her calm.

She walked in the thick, blinding smoke, with only a path under her feet clearly visible.

Ruyi walked slowly on it until the clouds cleared and the moon appeared.

Her heart was clear and calm, reflecting the round moon in the sky, clear and gentle.

she says,

"After all, what the emperor cares about most is his own reputation."

Summer nights are cooler and not as hot as the daytime. The emperor actually felt that the temperature had dropped and he felt a little more comfortable.

As soon as these words came out, the emperor felt as if the heat of the whole world had rushed upon him. The heat and oppression made him feel very strange, and he looked at Ruyi in disbelief.

His eyes were widened and his eyebrows were drawn down deeply, which was enough to show his uneasy heart.

He was furious and stood up. Li Yu quickly stepped forward to support his arm, saying, "Your Majesty, be careful with your steps."

The emperor pushed Li Yu away, his face burning with anger. He felt that Ruyi was being unreasonable and had completely lost her sense of propriety. "Why do I only care about my own reputation?"

"You are my concubine. I have a deep friendship with you. Our reputations are originally one. Am I not just trying to remove the stain on you?" The skin under the emperor's eyes turned slightly red with anger.

Ruyi sat on the chair, without moving, just looking up at him.

After the emperor stood up, he could see Ruyi staring at him unwillingly, with her eyes wide open, and the whites of her eyes showing from under her dark pupils.

Although his expression looked roughly the same as usual, and his face was still as stern as a wax sculpture, the emperor felt that the more he looked at this face deep in his heart, the more infuriating it became.

The emperor pointed at her, then put his hand down, seemed to be about to say something, then turned his head and supported the table.

He took a deep breath, his eyes slightly red, and his face looked a little lonely, "Forget it, today is my birthday, I don't want to mention unhappy things."

The emperor put his hands behind his back, not wanting to look at Ruyi's expression, and turned to leave.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ruyi suddenly called him, "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with this bracelet."

The seven-treasure bracelet should have red agate, but this one contains red chalcedony.

People who practice cultivation will definitely not make a mistake, so it can be proved that this seven-treasure bracelet is a forgery.

Li Yu hurriedly added that the noble ladies of Manchu, Mongolian and Han ethnic groups all had to learn this kind of common sense, so they would know it. Therefore, the person who set up the scheme must be a foreigner who could not distinguish between chalcedony and agate.

*The next day, Qixiang Palace

Concubine Mei and Concubine Qing were talking to Concubine Jia in Qixiang Palace when Li Yu suddenly came in with two hairpins bestowed by the emperor.

Concubine Jia, with a big belly, still stood up to thank the emperor and accepted the gift.

Bai Ruiji felt uncomfortable watching Li Yu's uncontrollable smile of pride mixed with humility.

She touched her earrings and said, "Eunuch Li has followed the Emperor's orders. I'm afraid he has something else to say."

Bai Ruiji turned to look at Lu Muping and said to her with a smile, "Let's go and take a look at Concubine Ling. I heard that she has a new chess manual. You should go and take a look too."

The two people left.

Jin Yuyan opened it and saw two red chalcedony hairpins. She withdrew her hand and asked casually, "This red chalcedony is not worth much. I don't know why the emperor suddenly gave this as a reward."

At this moment, Li Yu has already determined that Concubine Jia framed Concubine Xian, and when the attack started, he asked the emperor to send惢心 to the Ministry of Punishment. Although he looked respectful, a closer look revealed a slight hideousness, which was very unpleasant.

"Empress Jiafei has good eyesight. This is a gift given to you specially by the Emperor who advocates frugality." Li Yu smiled with many wrinkles on his face, his teeth were neatly exposed, and his eyes contained a hint of malice.

Li Yu explained the purpose of his visit in a few words, saying that the emperor had ordered the six palaces to write down the names of the seven treasures by hand to see if anyone's handwriting was similar to that of Concubine Xian.

So, except for Concubine Jia herself, all the palace maids and eunuchs around her were taken to the side hall by Li Yu to write.

She tried to stop Zhenshu from writing again and again, but Li Yu brought a group of people with him and they were well prepared, so Zhenshu was taken away by Li Yu anyway.

As expected, because they could not reveal the fact that her handwriting was similar to Concubine Xian's, Zhenshu's handwriting was the ugliest and no longer looked like a human pattern. However, she was still escorted away by Li Yu on the grounds that it was unusual.

Concubine Jia had been waiting at the door of the side hall. When she saw Zhenshu being escorted out by two eunuchs, she rushed over to stop them, regardless of her own body.

Li Yu looked confident, gave a few words of advice, mentioned the emperor's reputation, and took the man away.

Jin Yuyan wanted to stop them but couldn't, and could only watch unwillingly as Jeong-sook was taken away by them.

Jeong-sook kept looking back, and the two of them stared at each other from a distance.

Until Jung-sook was taken out of her sight, Jin Yu-yeon's face showed a slight distress. She sighed and slowly closed her eyes.

There was a hint of melancholy in her affectionate eyes, and her plump red lips were still tender, but she could no longer smile.

She was worried about the incident happening, and even more worried about whether Zhenshu would be punished after the incident.