Rong Pei was taken to the palace road by Jinzhong and made to kneel as punishment. Li Yu was then assigned the task of going to Yiku Palace to report the news and announce the imperial decree. He wanted to go and comfort Master Xian.

Li Yu trotted all the way to Yikun Palace. Ever since惢心 followed Concubine Jia, he seldom thought of惢心. Instead, he thought of Empress Xian everywhere.

Sometimes he would think about it at night.惢心 was his fellow countryman and the person he had admired for a long time. Why couldn't he control his thoughts about Concubine Xian?

No, she is Concubine Xian now.

At this time, Ruyi was sitting on the couch with her back hunched, watching her favorite "Wall Horse" with great interest. She thought of the vulgar opera sung by Yongzhang that day, and secretly made up her mind that she must make Yongzhang appreciate it in the future.

Lingzhi ushered Li Yu in, and Ruyi grinned, "Li Yu, why are you here? Didn't Rong Pei come back with you? But does the emperor know about my grievances?"

Li Yu smiled awkwardly: "Princess Xian, the emperor was a little displeased when he saw the things you sent. He said that you would be demoted to Concubine Xian and confined to Yikun Palace for a month. He also asked Aunt Rong Pei to kneel down as punishment."

Ruyi's eyes widened and her mouth pouted into a trumpet shape. "Why would the emperor do this? Didn't he punish Hailan and the queen?"

Li Yu scratched his head. "The Emperor asked Yu Hu to send a box of oriental pearls to the Empress and a pair of jade bracelets to Concubine Yu as a consolation."

Ruyi understood.

The emperor was wary of the family power behind the queen. After all, Hai Lan had given birth to the royal heir, so it would not be a good idea to punish her at this time.

The emperor used rewards to pressure them to behave themselves.

Ruyi was relieved.

"Li Yu, don't panic. I understand the emperor's thoughts. The emperor is afraid that I will become the target of public criticism, so he asked me to stay in Yikun Palace to protect my safety."

"As for demoting me to a concubine and promoting Jin Yuyan to a consort, the emperor is just thinking of shooting the first bird to be hit, and let Concubine Jia bear some of the calculations of the harem for me. Don't take it to heart."

Li Yu nodded: "Master Xian is smart."

Ruyi was self-satisfied.

Lingzhi rolled her eyes secretly. Is this really protection? She was under house arrest and couldn't even go out. All the food and rations had to be delivered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Although the Queen Mother had issued strict instructions to the six palaces not to treat Sister A Ruo harshly after the last incident with her, Eunuch Qin Li just couldn't stand his master.

What's more, the master has no savings except the reward given by the Queen Mother last time.

After Li Yu left, Ruyi happily enjoyed her house arrest, because she knew that she and the emperor had a mutual understanding, so how could the emperor not arrest others?

Today is the first day of house arrest. The Ministry of Internal Affairs brought a bowl of mugwort soup. Although Ruyi didn't like it, she drank it with Lingzhi's help.

Lingzhi asked with concern: "Master, Rongpei is not here, let me serve in the palace to keep watch for you today."

Ruyi said calmly, "No need, you are just a waiter outside, it is against the rules to come in and serve."

That night, Ruyi was lying on the bed, and Rong Pei was punished to kneel on the palace road. There was no personal maid to serve her to bed, and she was unwilling to let Lingzhi, a second-class maid, serve her, as it would be disrespectful.

So she didn't even take off her armor tonight, and planned to endure it for two nights. Anyway, Rong Pei would come back to serve her on the third day.

Ruyi sighed, alas, now there is only one senior palace maid Rong Pei in the Yikun Palace, it is so shabby. She used to have a senior palace maid named Suo Xin of the Xin generation in her palace, and also had the county magistrate's daughter A Ruo as a personal maid.

When talking about A Ruo, Ruyi counted on her fingers and found that today was the 100th day since A Ruo's death. Ruyi was moved by her own warmth in an instant.

A Ruo betrayed her, but she still remembered the day when A Ruo died. She was truly the first person to repay evil with kindness.

A'ruo's resentful eyes appeared before her again, and she seemed to hear A'ruo's cries before her death, so she wrapped the quilt tightly and buried her head in it.

Suddenly, several white lights flashed in the sky, followed by a loud thunderclap, "boom, boom, boom~"

Ruyi closed her eyes and frowned. At this moment, she really hoped that the emperor could hug her tightly by her pillow.

"Caw~" There were a few crows calling outside, adding a touch of weirdness to the dark night.

"Creaky" the window of the main hall suddenly opened by itself, and Ruyi was scared. She had heard that people who died unjustly would come back to life and seek revenge after a hundred days.

"Ulanala Ruyi, you will not die well~ You will not die well"

"I, A Ruo, have come to you to claim your life. I have come to you to claim your life~"

"You vicious woman, go to hell with me~"

Shrill curses echoed in the main hall of Yikun Palace. Ruyi opened her eyes. Her head, which was covered with a headband, was covered with cold sweat. She threw back the quilt and ran down barefoot.

"No, don't take me away. This is your own fault. It has nothing to do with me."

"Aruo, Aruo, you are my servant who grew up with me. You can't harm me."

Ruyi pushed open the door and ran to the yard, only to see a few blue ghost lights outside the veranda in the yard.

The will-o'-the-wisp actually moved towards her, heading straight for her.

She hid from it.

Ruyi thought she had escaped, but when she looked up, the ghost fire was still in front of her.

She didn't care about her appearance anymore and ran madly towards the door of Lingzhi's room, but she tripped over the stairs and fell flat on her face.

"Lingzhi, open the door, open the door and let me in!"

Ruyi knocked on the door, only to feel the ghost fire behind her getting closer and closer, as if it was sticking to her back and her body.

"Don't chase me, don't chase me!"

Ruyi felt itchy all over and rubbed the air desperately.

Lingzhi opened the door sleepily and saw her master standing at her door with disheveled hair and dirty face.

Lingzhi thought she was dreaming. She closed the door, then opened it again, only to see her master still looking frightened and in a state of embarrassment.

"Lingzhi, there is a ghost, there is a ghost, A Ruo's ghost is here to take revenge on me, you better let me go in and hide."

Lingzhi was frightened by Ruyi's words and wanted to invite Ruyi into the veranda room, but then she thought that Sister A Ruo was so kind to them and would definitely not hurt them.

Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. Sister A Ruo is here to collect the debt.

Lingzhi supported Ruyi and said, "My master, it is really disgraceful for you to run around barefoot. There is no ghost. How come I didn't see it? You must have had a nightmare. I will take you back to the main hall. You should go to bed early."

Ruyi looked around and found that the ghost fire had really disappeared, but she clearly saw and heard it!

Was this really a nightmare?

"Lingzhi, did you hear Ah Ruo's cry just now? She said she would not let me go. Go to the outside of the main hall and help me sleep."

Lingzhi shook her head and smiled, saying, "I didn't hear anything. My master, you didn't do anything wrong, so why are you afraid of Sister Aruo? I'm just an outside servant, and it's not decent for me to serve you inside."

Ruyi glared at Lingzhi. Lingzhi actually rejected her, but these words sounded familiar, as if she had said them herself.

Lingzhi actually used her own words to stop her. What a wicked slave. She was also dissatisfied with Lingzhi.

So far, Rong Pei is the only one among her servants who has passed her test.

He came out of the Ministry of Punishment with a clean record and just went to the Palace of Heavenly Purity.

Ruyi was escorted back to the main hall by Lingzhi, where she felt a chilly breeze blowing through the hall.

The corner of a white dress appeared in front of the window at the back of the main hall that had just been opened. She looked up along the dress and saw that it was covered with bloodstains.

When she saw the pale face, she screamed "Ah" and fainted on the ground.

The hand wearing the armor happened to hit the stool, breaking several nails...

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