Ruyi recalled that when she once advised the emperor to confer the title of Grand Concubine on her biological mother, Li Jingui, the emperor was also very angry and opposed, but under her insistence, the emperor still did so.

Ruyi threatened the emperor, "Your Majesty, Concubine Ling has seduced you and deserves death. I beg you to execute Concubine Ling immediately! If you don't agree, I will kneel and die here!"

How could the emperor be threatened by Ruyi? He angrily said, "Get out of here right now, or I will destroy you!"

Ruyi refused to give in as it was related to the future prosperity of Ruyi and Yongqi, and insisted: "I know that Your Majesty is reluctant to part with Concubine Ling, but for the sake of the country, please bear with the pain and execute Concubine Ling!"

"I have interrogated Concubine Ling today. Although she refused to admit it, she sent someone to invite Princess Hejing before she came to see me. This is enough to prove that Concubine Ling was the one who planned to seduce the emperor to favor Shui Linglong and other prostitutes and ruin the reputation of the emperor and the royal family!"

The emperor felt something was not right when he heard this. He was worried that Ruyi might harm Yanwan in her madness, so he asked hurriedly, "Interrogation? What on earth is going on? What did you do to her?"

Ruyi thought that the emperor finally believed that Concubine Ling was harboring evil intentions, and said to the emperor: "I have already questioned Concubine Ling today, but Concubine Ling refused to confess with her eloquence, and even brought up the emperor, using her status as a concubine to pressure me."

"Noble Concubine Ling was very disrespectful to me. I wanted to take her to the Ministry of Punishment for interrogation, but Princess Hejing arrived in time. As I had no evidence to incriminate her, I had no choice but to let her go."

"That's why I captured Jinzhong tonight and boarded the dragon boat to stop the emperor from making further mistakes. After Jinzhong confesses, I'm sure that Concubine Ling will have no way to deny it!"

The more the emperor listened, the more frightened he became. Ruyi had colluded with his chief eunuch Li Yu and captured Jinzhong, the eunuch who served him.

How dare he murder the biological mother of the prince and princess, the favored concubine who assists in managing the six palaces!

If it weren't for Concubine Ling's cleverness to send a message to Jingse in advance, by the time he knew about it, there would no longer be a person like Concubine Ling in the palace, and Jingyu and Yongyan would have no mother!

The emperor looked down at Ruyi's smug expression and never thought that this face was so hateful.

The emperor was furious, and slapped Ruyi hard on the face again, cursing: "You jealous woman, how dare you deal with my concubine privately! You colluded with Li Yu, in the name of clearing the court of emperors, and insisted on killing Concubine Ling and Jinzhong, just to fight for the position of crown prince for Yongqi, right?"

"If I let you succeed today, I'm afraid you will find me annoying in the future and want to get rid of me so that you, Yongji, can take your place, right?!"

"No wonder you always say you don't want to be my queen. It turns out you really want to be my mother, the Empress Dowager!"

When the emperor was angry, he hit people with great force. Ruyi was knocked to the ground and couldn't recover for a long time.

After a long time, Ruyi recovered and looked up at the emperor's angry face.

The emperor's slap in the face did not bring back Ruyi's sanity. Ruyi only felt that the emperor would not listen to her harsh but honest advice and could not see her good intentions.

Ruyi covered her hot cheeks, feeling the pain from being beaten, and felt that the ups and downs between her and the emperor over the past few decades were all a joke.

"Your Majesty has hit me for the second time today. I have known your Majesty since childhood and grew up together. It has been several decades since I entered Prince Bao's mansion. I still remember that when your Majesty made me the queen, he promised me that he would stay with me for the rest of my life and support each other at the pinnacle of power."

"But only a dozen years have passed, and the emperor has completely forgotten the oath he made that day!"

The emperor also regretted his insistence on making Ruyi the empress. "Your aunt, Ulanara Yixiu, was disliked by the late emperor and never saw him again. When I was choosing a wife, my father and mother were against my choosing you as my wife."

"I feel that you and I are in tune with each other, so I tried my best to win the favor of the Emperor Father, and then I welcomed you into the Prince Bao's mansion as a concubine. After going through so many things, I only regret not listening to the advice of the Emperor Father and the Empress Dowager. I also didn't listen to the advice of Empress Xiaoxian, and I shouldn't have made you the queen!"

Hearing the emperor denying all the good things in their past, Ruyi felt as if her heart was broken. She remembered the oath they made when they were young.

"I looked at you from afar on the wall and on the horse. My heart was broken when I saw you. The emperor once forbad me to mention this oath again. I never thought that I would end up like Miss Li, being despised by others!"

The emperor said: "The emperor's father disliked your aunt because she killed his offspring. As the niece of Ulanara Yixiu, you killed my concubines and made my harem a mess. You and Ulanara Yixiu are indeed aunt and niece!"

Ruyi seemed to think of her aunt again. Her aunt placed all her hopes on her, hoping that she could restore the glory of the Ulanara family.

On the night of her enthronement, Ruyi dreamed of her aunt, who was very happy at that time, happy that the position of empress had returned to the hands of Ulanara.

When Ruyi met her mother in Yiku Palace, her mother advised her to be careful.

At that time, she was full of confidence and thought that her aunt would be pulled down from the throne of Queen by the Queen Mother at that time because the Emperor's heart was not on her aunt and her aunt did not have her own children.

Unexpectedly, only a dozen years later, after she gave birth to two sons and a daughter for the emperor, she was still pushed off the throne of queen by Concubine Ling and followed in her aunt's footsteps.

Ruyi was filled with grief and indignation. She felt that she was defeated by a man who was originally a palace maid. What a great shame and humiliation!

"When Empress Xiaoxian was alive, she relied on Fucha to oppress me. After Empress Xiaoxian passed away, I became the empress, second only to the emperor. But the emperor often compares me with Empress Xiaoxian and thinks that I am not as virtuous as Empress Xiaoxian."

"After Concubine Ling served the Emperor, the Emperor showed a lot of preference for Concubine Ling, even more than the Empress!"

The emperor continued, "So you are jealous of Empress Xiaoxian and Concubine Ling. After Empress Xiaoxian passed away, you blamed Concubine Ling for all your hatred. So every time something happened in the palace, the first person you suspected was Concubine Ling!"

The emperor's words irritated Ruyi, as if the secret hidden deep in her heart was rashly made public.

In the past, the emperor and the world thought that he and Yongqi were not as good as Empress Xiaoxian and her son. However, considering that Empress Xiaoxian and her son had passed away many years ago, Ruyi could not care about these things.

But Ruyi couldn't stand it no matter what, and let the imperial concubine and her son ride on her head!

Ruyi could not accept the reality that Yongqi had no chance of becoming the crown prince, nor could she accept the humiliation that Concubine Ling would soon become Imperial Noble Concubine Ling. The anger that had been accumulating in her heart for many years needed to be vented urgently.

Ruyi was so angry that she pulled out the hairpin on her head, loosened her bun, then grabbed a strand of hair with her hand and cut it hard with the hairpin.

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