AWB Chapter 161: Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Call me Empress Dowager! (11)
Chapter 161: Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Call me Empress Dowager! (11)
"Didn't I say I didn't want to drink anymore?" Hongli said impatiently.
"Your Majesty has drunk so much alcohol. He should drink some sobering soup to calm down." Ruyi pressed on step by step, not understanding Hongli's impatience at all, and did not even give Hongli a chance to breathe.
She brought the sobering soup and offered it to the emperor resolutely, and would not stop until he drank it with her neck stiff.
Hongli glared at her, his anger rising. He felt that Ruyi was unreasonable! He was the emperor, and he had given Ruyi enough face, but she was aggressive and didn't know when to stop. Was she trying to challenge his authority?
"If I say you don't want to drink, then don't drink!" Hongli could no longer bear it, so he stretched out his hand and hit her. He used all his strength to violently knock the sobering soup in Ruyi's hand away.
"Bang!" The porcelain bowl containing the hangover soup fell to the ground, making a crisp cracking sound and broke into pieces.
Ruyi had never anticipated Hongli's sudden attack, and was knocked off balance by the unexpected palm strike, causing her body to tilt and fall backwards.
Her hands were hurt from the beating, and her heart was filled with grievance and astonishment. She stared at Hongli with eyes wide open, full of disbelief and disappointment.
"Empress!"惢心 hurriedly stepped forward and supported Ruyi who was about to fall.
"Empress!" Everyone else looked concerned.
Lin Qinghe raised her head slightly and couldn't help but roll her eyes. This Ruyi was really crazy. She came to the gate of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity in front of the emperor and lost his face.
In her opinion, it was just a minor incident, a violent push of the porcelain bowl of hangover soup.
Seeing that Ruyi was pushed by him and became unstable and almost fell, Hongli blinked guiltily, but felt even more annoyed.
It feels like there is a breath of air stuck in my heart.
"If Your Majesty is angry and wants to blame or punish me, I dare not say anything more." Ruyi's eyes were full of grievance.
"It's just that the emperor doesn't take care of his body, and I feel really bad for him."
"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. I didn't realize that you really didn't dare to say anything more~" Haven't you been muttering to yourself like an old woman all the time?
"If the imperial concubine felt sorry for the emperor, why did she wake him up so early in the morning when he was still resting, and even forced him to drink your sobering soup against his will?" Lin Qinghe sneered, walked forward and held Hongli's wrist.
His chest was still heaving violently, so Lin Qinghe helped him to breathe more smoothly.
"I don't realize how much Concubine Xian loves the emperor. Instead, I think the emperor is angry because he doesn't listen to you."
She was not afraid of Ruyi's paper tiger-like hateful glare, but instead looked back at her condescendingly.
She completely returned to her the same disdainful look that Ruyi had given her when they first met.
Hongli took a deep breath and calmed himself down. Thinking that he still loved Ruyi, he offered another way out. "I am tired today, so I will go back and rest. Concubine Xian should also go back to her palace and think about what she did wrong."
"Concubine Ling, you should go back too." Although Lin Qinghe scolded Ruyi, the annoyance in his heart was relieved a lot, so Hongli pretended not to see it.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Lin Qinghe bowed.
Hongli, who turned his back and prepared to enter the palace, probably didn't expect that Ruyi would still continue to pester him.
Especially when Lin Qinghe, who she thought was a despicable person but was a palace maid, looked down at her with disdain, Ruyi became even more angry.
“Your Majesty, I saw that you drank deer blood wine and became what you are now. I am now your imperial concubine, so I am not wrong to give you frank advice.
If the emperor blames me, I will kneel down and accept the punishment myself."
After saying this, she actually knelt down. Seeing that the queen in their palace was kneeling, how could they dare to stand?
Everyone knelt down.
Lin Qinghe almost laughed out loud. Doesn’t Ruyi really take herself too seriously?
Is this why the emperor refused to drink her sobering soup, ignored her advice, and became angry and started to punish himself and the people in his palace to kneel?
Force the emperor to submit to her?
What brain circuit?
Hongli was even more puzzled. He turned his head and frowned, "What are you doing?"
Concubine Xian is very controlling and is angry with you because you don't listen to her.
Lin Qinghe looked at Ruyi kneeling on the ground with a playful look on her face, thinking to herself: "This time the deer blood wine incident happened ahead of schedule. Ruyi is not pregnant, so it is impossible for her to kneel for a short while and then just let it go like in the original story."
Ruyi was so moved by herself that she stretched her neck and looked at Hongli affectionately.
Unfortunately, Hongli, who had just woken up from a hangover, was groggy and confused, and was completely unable to appreciate the affection and empathy in her eyes. Even if he was sober, he would probably find it difficult to empathize.
There's no way, I just can't get it.
Hongli couldn't help wondering why Ruyi was so different from before? She didn't even show him the least bit of consideration and care, and came to Yangxin Palace early in the morning to save his face.
And he even made such a fuss about him drinking deer blood wine!
Facing Ruyi who was kneeling on the ground with her neck stiff, Hongli felt suffocated.
His patience was gradually worn out, so he frowned and closed his eyes, not wanting to even look at him anymore, and said coldly, "If you want to kneel, kneel down yourself!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hongli turned around and walked into the Palace of Tranquil Longevity with the support of Jinzhong, without even looking back at Ruyi.
"I reminded you, Empress Xian, a long time ago, but you refused to listen." Now he is kneeling down to punish himself. It's such a joke.
Lin Qinghe happily watched a TV series in which Ruyi was asking for trouble. She also did not forget to make a few sarcastic remarks to Ruyi, "Noble Concubine Xian is really free. She even cares about the emperor when she has nothing to do. You can't even take care of yourself, but you care about others. It's really a big joke."
She left with a satisfied look on her face, calling out to Yuchan, leaving behind Ruyi, who was clutching her sleeves with a calm expression, and her palace servants kneeling in the bright sun.
The Empress Fucha Langya is not dead yet, but Ruyi is so anxious to discipline and persuade Hongli. It is definitely not her turn to do this since she is not yet under house arrest. She really violates the etiquette in every way.
But what happened today was all Ruyi's own fault. What does what the emperor wants to do have to do with her?
He is so idle that he has to kneel down to punish himself.
Lin Qinghe was in a good mood today. After returning to the palace, she thought that Fucha Langya's daughter Princess Hejing would be married in a few days, so she asked Chunchan to take out a pair of round and smooth oriental pearls the size of pigeon eggs, as well as twenty pieces of pure gold jewelry and other valuable items.
She had mentioned before that she would prepare some makeup for Princess Hejing, and she wasn't just saying it verbally.
"Your Majesty, do we really need to prepare so much?" Chunchan was holding a box full of gold and silver jewelry. Isn't this too much to add to Princess Hejing's makeup?
Yuchan was also holding a box in her hand, but the box was a little smaller. Inside were the deeds to three shops and a farm.
The two of them looked at each other. Master Ling was really generous...
“Well, after all, Princess Hejing is a legitimate princess, so the dowry she is given must not be light.” However, Lin Qinghe had just been promoted to the position of concubine not long ago, and she did not have many deeds to farms and shops, so she could only take out these.
"Pick two pieces of jewelry each from this box. They're my rewards for you." Lin Qinghe took out another jewelry box. The glittering gold and silver pearls inside almost blinded Chunchan and the others.
Chunchan and Yuchan quickly shook their heads and refused, "Master Ling, this is not allowed..."
They knew very well how precious the gold, silver and jade ornaments there were, so how could they dare to accept such a generous reward.
"Just take it if I tell you to. If you follow me, I will definitely not treat you badly." Lin Qinghe said calmly, "There is only one thing I want, your loyalty."