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

The warm sunshine of a spring afternoon makes people feel particularly comfortable, and the chirping birds outside the window gather together and whisper.

Fu Cha Langya was leaning on the couch with her pregnant belly. The sunlight streamed on her small and delicate face, adding a touch of gentleness. The emperor also squeezed beside her and gently massaged Langya's aching waist.

"Langya, how strong is it?"

The only sound that responded to the emperor was Langya's shallow breathing.

Hongli watched Langya fall asleep in the east warm room before returning to his own bedroom, where he flipped through a book to choose a name for the baby in Langya's belly.

When Li Yu led Ruyi in, Hongli had just chosen the character "Cong".

"Your Majesty, I am here to see you. It has been several months since we last met. I miss you very much."

The emperor put down the book in his hand and asked Li Yu to bring a soft stool to Ruyi. Ruyi felt sad because the emperor didn't even let her sit on the couch.

"Ruyi, I heard that you came here to complain to me. I want to hear who you want to complain to."

Ruyi pouted. She had a lot of grievances to express to her young man. She leaned forward unconsciously.

"Your Majesty, when you suddenly fainted at the family dinner on New Year's Eve, the Empress only allowed the Imperial Concubine, Concubine Chun, and Concubine Jia, who were on good terms with her, to go to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, and sent me and the others back to her own palace, without any regard for our thoughts."

The emperor asked in confusion, "The queen has told me that she ordered concubines and above to come to the Qianqing Palace for consultation, not based on whether they are on good terms with her or not. You said that, can't it be because the queen didn't call you, Ruyi, you are only a concubine now."

Ruyi's eyes were filled with tears. "Your Majesty, but I have a different relationship with you. We used to look at each other from afar on the wall, and I was heartbroken when I saw you."

The emperor felt physically uncomfortable after hearing this, so he stopped Ruyi.

"Since you and I have different relationships, you should be more obedient and follow the Queen's orders. She is still pregnant with a legitimate child, but you are running around like this and arranging everything properly. You really shouldn't slander the Queen."

Seeing that the emperor was defending the queen, Ruyi could only turn the tables and say:

"I dare not disrespect the Queen. I have another grievance. When I was here to serve you, I was the one who woke you up, but Concubine Hui drove me out and refused to serve you anymore."

It would have been fine if Ruyi didn't mention this. As soon as she mentioned it, the emperor remembered the armor that almost stabbed him to death that day, and the handkerchief that almost suffocated him to death.

The emperor's face was gloomy. "If it weren't for Concubine Hui asking you to leave quickly that day, I'm afraid my life would have been lost in your hands!"

Ruyi looked up at the emperor with tears in her eyes. How could the emperor say that? She had clearly done her best to take care of him.

"Your Majesty, didn't you see that day? Among all the people who were attending to you, only I was applying medicine on you. The others disappeared and went out to be lazy. I was loyal to you, but you scolded me in return."

Since the Emperor had recovered from his illness and resolved his grievances with the Empress Dowager, his mind had gradually become clearer. He asked Ruyi doubtfully:

"Ruyi, wasn't it Concubine Yu and Concubine Qing who went out to boil the medicine and pour out the dregs that day, and you pushed Concubine Shu aside and insisted on applying the medicine to me? I also heard from Concubine Shu that you almost stabbed me to death with your armor."

Ruyi couldn't help but feel contempt for Yihuan, and she even told on her behind her back.

The next person she is going to sue is Yihuan!

"Your Majesty, I didn't expect that Shupin would be the first to file a complaint. I am also going to file a complaint against Shupin. I taught her how to pray with good intentions, but she spoke disrespectfully to me in Baohua Palace and even said that I was the Queen's servant!"

The emperor thought of his first wife Langya who was sleeping soundly in the East Warm Pavilion, and his eyes softened:

"Ruyi, Yihuan is right. There are only three masters in the harem: me, the Queen, and the Empress Dowager. You are indeed supposed to serve me and the Queen. Have you forgotten our Manchu rules?"

Ruyi's heart turned cold after hearing the emperor's words. She opened her eyes wide, pouted, and said unhappily:

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten what we said when we got married?"

The emperor thought for a long time but couldn't remember what he had said.

He continued to wait for Ruyi's answer in confusion.

"You said that I was chosen by you, and being your concubine is an injustice to me. How can I allow Yihuan to call me a slave today?"

The emperor suddenly realized what Ruyi was talking about. It was him who asked the emperor for her position as concubine. If it weren't for him, Ruyi's family background would probably have allowed her to only be a concubine.

"Ruyi, when I said I wronged you that day, I was just being polite. Your aunt had already been despised at that time, and the Ulanara clan had no important officials. I was showing you favor by making you my concubine. How dare you question me today?"

The emperor thought for a moment and said, "It seems that your Ulanara clan is indeed inferior to Shupin's Yehenara clan. In terms of rules alone, she is a hundred times better than you."

Ruyi said in disbelief, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? You asked me to be your judge in the selection of concubines at Jiangxuexuan, and you gave Ruyi to me and asked me to be your legitimate wife. Don't you remember all this?"

The emperor just thought that Ruyi was extremely stupid. It happened more than ten years ago, who would still care about it? But since Ruyi brought it up, he also had a few questions to ask her.

"Then I have to ask you something. On that day on the city wall, I asked you if you would come to participate in the selection, and you said no. So why did you come again?

During the talent show, you came late and said you wanted to take a look. Then I gave you the jade ruyi, why did you accept it?

You couldn't be my first wife, and I said I would protect you, so why didn't you refuse? I asked for the position of concubine for you, so why did you happily marry me?

Can you help me understand these?"

Ruyi couldn't answer a word, she could only force herself to continue talking to the emperor:

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by asking me this? How can we just brush these issues aside so easily?"

The emperor sneered, "Why not? Ruyi, the reason you avoided these questions is because I have exposed your thoughts. If you want to come to the selection, you want me to beg you to come with nice words. If you want to be a concubine, you want me to do everything I can to beg you to be the concubine. If you want to enter the palace, you want me to take the initiative to ask for a status for you.

You want everything, but you won't ask for anything on your own initiative. You have to let me present everything to you!"

Ruyi was frightened by the emperor's words, because these were exactly what she was thinking, but she was unwilling to admit it.

She just shook her head and murmured, "No, it's not like that. You misunderstood me. That's not what I think."

The spring sunshine burned Ruyi's face. Looking at the emperor's scrutinizing eyes, she wanted to change the subject urgently. She said tremblingly:

"Your Majesty, I came here today for your health. Your illness is strange. Do you know why?"

The emperor didn't want to listen to Ruyi's mysterious words. He glanced at Ruyi and heard Ruyi say:

"It's because Concubine Jia was pregnant with twins. Twins are a bad omen, so you got hurt and became sick, and it also caused a rift between us."

The emperor was so shocked by Ruyi's remarks that he was speechless. Twins are double the number of heirs to the throne, so how could it be a bad omen?

The Emperor Kangxi even personally rewarded a woman who gave birth to twins, believing that this was a symbol of national prosperity.

The emperor stood up and said to Ruyi righteously: ...