Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Jia Ling's Double Rebirth, Creates a Great Success

When the emperor set out on his southern tour, Ruyi was already more than five months old.

I originally wanted to let Ruyi take good care of her pregnancy in the capital, but Ruyi refused to listen.

He also asked Lingzhi to run back and forth several times to pass on the message, saying that he grew up in Jiangnan and must go back to Jiangnan to take a look.

In the end, it was Fu Cha Lang Ya who stepped forward and said that the water route was safer and there was no rush along the way, so she let Concubine Xian go with them.

The emperor thought about it and agreed.

Ruyi's position was low, so her boat was very far away from the emperor and did not disturb him too much.

Yanwan, Yihuan and Lu Muping were on the same big boat, eating Muping's freshly made snacks every day.

Yihuan gave these cakes elegant names, which later started a trend among dignitaries, who vied with each other to regard poetry banquets as elegant.

Mu Ping made cashew peach pastry with milk flavor, and Yihuan named it White Jade Plate.

Mu Ping made the Jade Belt Crab Roe Thousand Layer Cake, and Yi Huan named it "Overlapping Small Hills with Flickering Gold".

Mu Ping made crystal winter melon dumplings, and Yihuan named them "A Heart of Ice in a Jade Pot".

The sisters all found it interesting and rushed to their boat to eat and recite poems together.

Mu Ping packed up the extra cakes and sent them to the emperor, who ate them with gusto and gave her a lot of jewelry as a reward.

In order to regain the emperor's favor, Ruyi remembered the white jade frost square cake that she had not made for a long time, and asked Lingzhi to make it and present it to the emperor.

However, it was defeated by Mu Ping's pastries, which were delicious and had elegant names, and was eventually returned intact.

Ruyi gritted her teeth and stamped her feet. Lu Muping had snatched Yongji from her and was now trying to take away the emperor's love. When she returned to the palace, she would definitely raise Yongji in Yikun Palace and would never let Lu Muping sow discord between them as mother and son again.

The Queen Mother has always been thinking about having a child for Lu Muping, but her efforts alone are not enough. Lu Muping also has to take the initiative to please the Emperor.

So she called Lu Muping.

After hearing what the empress dowager said, Lu Muping tactfully said that the emperor had already eaten many of her cakes and cakes, and he should agree for the sake of eating.

The Queen Mother rolled her eyes helplessly. This child's mind is only about eating, playing and having fun.

She said angrily: "I want you to be a favorite concubine, not the emperor's cook!"

Lu Muping pouted her lips in grievance and went back to tell her two good sisters what the Queen Mother had said.

Yan Wan's eyes lit up after hearing this. She touched Mu Ping's head and prepared to give her some advice.

"Mu Ping, isn't the Empress Dowager's meaning very clear? During the family banquet during the southern tour, I will ask you to show your talents and let everyone see your excellence, so that the Emperor can legitimately give Yongqi to you to raise."

Lu Muping's face was puffed up: "But I have never performed singing in public before, and the ones I sang before were all our Jiangnan tunes, and you guys couldn't understand what I sang..."

Yi Huan said appreciatively: "When you come to Jiangnan, Jiangnan folk songs are naturally the best."

Yan Wan knew that Mu Ping was embarrassed, so she decisively grasped Mu Ping's lifeline and asked only one question:

"You don't want to raise Yongji anymore?"

Lu Muping's bitterness and hatred just now suddenly turned into bravery and decisiveness.

"Of course I want to raise Yongji. He is so sensible and pitiful. I will definitely be able to raise him well."

"In fact, I want to raise Yongji, not for the support of a prince, nor for the favor of the emperor. I just can't bear to see Yongji's pitiful appearance. Yongji did nothing wrong, and he shouldn't have to endure so much."

Lu Muping sniffed and said firmly:

"For Yongji's sake, I must satisfy the Emperor."

Yanwan and Yihuan smiled at each other. Mu Ping was just like that. She would only take a step forward if someone urged her to do so.

Otherwise, she would rather live her life happily in her small kitchen, waving a big iron spoon.

Mu Ping raised her head again, her wet eyes full of desire, and she asked softly:

"But even though I sing well, compared to the truly excellent ones, my voice is still not beautiful enough. How can I win the Emperor's favor?"

Yihuan was touched by Mu Ping's cute look. She spoke softly and confidently.

"As for singing, I don't need to be the most beautiful, but I need to be the most considerate. I will compile a poem from the emperor's poems and his favorite poems. The emperor is such a proud and talented person, he will definitely be happy to hear you sing his poems."

Yihuan had copied so many imperial poems that she had already handily selected a few suitable ones. Once she put them together according to the rhythm, there would be no problem.

Mu Ping's eyes were bright, as if reflecting the full moon. She had confidence in Yihuan's work, and this unique move would surely impress the emperor.

Yihuan smiled again, looked at Yanwan and said, "It's not enough that you are outstanding. If Concubine Xian hadn't made some mistakes, the emperor might not have handed Yongqi over to you directly."

Yan Wan knew that Yi Huan was also a clever kid, and she immediately understood the key point. She raised her head and said:

"Humph, it's not easy for Concubine Xian to make mistakes. As soon as she sees me, she will find something to blame like a demon."

Yan Wan patted the table and said:

"Mu Ping, don't be afraid. I will go up with you. You sing and I dance with you. I will definitely make Concubine Xian hate her so much that she will keep making mistakes."

Mu Ping nodded heavily. With Yan Wan's protection, she felt more confident.

Yan Wan smiled quietly. The family banquet in the palace was prepared for the Queen's birthday. Mu Ping and everyone's target was the Emperor.

The Queen Mother was so good to her, so of course she wanted to make the Queen Mother happy. She had decided that this time, the flowers in her hand would only be given to the Queen Mother.

Yanwan was delighted with her own little thought, and her eyes unconsciously turned into crescents.

Next, except Ruyi and the emperor, all the ladies on the boat knew that the battle to save Yongqi was about to begin.

All forces came together to contribute to Lu Muping's career.

Xiyue and Bai Ruiji called several musicians to perform accompaniment and taught them personally how to match the music to the style of the summer lotus breeze.

Hai Lan picked the most fashionable patterns according to the emperor's aesthetic taste and personally made a lotus pink Han skirt embroidered with lotus flowers for Lu Muping to wear, and a rose red dance skirt with gold thread and red plum blossoms for Yan Wan to wear.

When Yan Wan saw this exquisite dance dress, she was worried that it would steal Mu Ping's limelight, so she hesitated.

Mu Ping blinked and smiled and said:

"Yan Wan, you shine your light and I radiate my heat. You are a great dancer and my singing is not bad either. You don't have to hide your strength for me, and you don't have to worry about your clothes being too pretty. We just have fun and the emperor is happy."

Yanwan nodded. Although Mu Ping was sometimes careless and thoughtless, she was actually the most insightful person.

Lujun and Wanyin were both women from the south of the Yangtze River, so they came over to listen to Lu Muping singing, correct her intonation, and sometimes sing along.

Jin Yuyan, a woman with advanced aesthetics, is working with Zhenshu to plan the stage for Lu Muping's performance.

What she was best at back then was creating atmosphere. If the atmosphere was good, the performance was half successful.

The best atmosphere is when she finally appears after much anticipation, still holding the pipa and half covering her face.

Jin Yuyan asked Lu Muping to try many veils, and finally chose a flowing pearl white mermaid gauze, which, with the soft lighting, made her look more charming and gentle.

Yuyan thought that just half-covering the face was not enough, it would be better if the stage also had a hazy and smoky feeling.

She prepared large blocks of ice and placed them on the stage, trying her best to create a hazy feeling.

Everything is ready, except Mu Ping's big forehead, which is really worrying.

Jin Yuyan thought for a long time and decided that if she wanted to cover up Mu Ping's big forehead, she had to make the surrounding scenery bigger.

So she ordered people on the cruise ship to use water tanks to transplant the specially cultivated large lotus flowers, and use small greenhouses to urge the large lotus flowers to bloom quickly so that they could be used on the small boat.

It is really wonderful to use lotus flowers as a contrast to people. Jin Yuyan was once again impressed by her own wisdom.

At the same time, she did not forget to bring Yongyan to the emperor often and let Yongyan tell him how happy his twelfth brother was with Empress Qing.

He then mentioned, seemingly unintentionally using the word "you", that every time he went to Xiefang Palace to visit the princes, the twelfth prince would always stare blankly by the window, watching his brothers reunite with their mother.

Jin Yuyan knew that this would remind the emperor of herself when she was raised in the Old Summer Palace as a child.

The Emperor loves to feel sorry for himself, so he must feel sorry for Little Twelve.

Jin Yuyan, who was busy all the time, sighed that Xiao Lu was lucky because she had so many sisters to take care of things for her.

Concubine Ying and Concubine Ke on the boat behind were chewing beef jerky mouthful after mouthful. They began to wonder when they saw waves of people running towards Lu Muping's boat.

"Sister Ke, what do you think these people are plotting?"

Concubine Ke took a big sip of milk tea, which she had improved after tasting the taro ball milk tea made by Concubine Qing once.

"I don't know. It must be some tricks to win favor from the fox. We don't want to learn that."

Lady Ying tore off a large piece of meat and stuffed it into her mouth, nodded and said:

"The emperor is with us, he likes to drink milk tea, eat roasted lamb, and talk about things on the grassland. What about them?"

Ke Chang lowered his head and said, "Just sing Kunqu Opera. But at least it's much better than Concubine Xian's hoarse voice. Let's be content."

Concubine Ying thought about it and agreed, so she said no more.