Chapter 124 Fu Cha Lang Ya 124
Chapter 124 Fu Cha Lang Ya 124
"Send it to the Yanxi Palace?"
Hongli's sharp gaze swept over Ruyi and Ling Yunche, and the details that had been ignored became clear little by little.
Ling Yunche originally wanted to deny his past relationship with Wei Yanwan, but he didn't expect that the emperor would be the first to notice his special feelings for Ruyi.
At this time, he was so scared that he lowered his head and dared not make a sound.
The deep affection and excitement of the past are vulnerable in the face of life.
Fortunately, Ruyi was confused at the time and opened fire on Hongli with all her might.
She straightened her back, folded her hands in front of her abdomen, and looked at Hongli with disappointment.
"Your Majesty, are you doubting me? It was you who said you would protect me, and it's you who's so suspicious now!"
"The days in the cold palace were bitter and cold. I have been there for three years, and only Ling Yunche has ever given me a glimmer of warmth and comfort. Do you even doubt such a relationship?"
Bai Ruiji quietly asked Jin Yuyan beside her, "What do you mean by three years? Has she been in the cold palace for that long?"
Jin Yuyan had been paying attention to Ruyi's movements, not daring to blink. When she heard this, she shook her head firmly.
Although the two people's movements were light, they were still noticed by Hongli.
He suppressed his anger and carefully observed Ruyi's expression. An outrageous idea slowly emerged in his mind.
Ruyi...seems to be crazy.
"I may not be well-educated, but I do know etiquette and morality. As promised, does the warmth I promised you mean that a guard will use his own money to support you?"
After hearing Ruyi describe her relationship with Ling Yunche in this way, Wei Yanwan could no longer suppress the anger in her heart.
She looked at Ruyi sarcastically, "What about you? How did you repay this kindness? Just promoting him wasn't enough. Why didn't you also prepare his clothes and boots?"
"Princess Ling!"
Hearing Langya's voice, Wei Yanwan lowered her head in grievance.
She thought she had let it go long ago, but when the old story came up again today, she realized that she had to let it go.
Wei Yanwan didn't have much attachment to Ling Yunche, she just felt that everything she had experienced was unfair.
Seeing her like this, Hongli wanted to scold her but swallowed his words.
He looked at Ling Yunche, who was curled up on the ground like a quail, with disdain in his heart, and did not believe that the two of them had any affair.
In Hongli's heart, no matter what, Ruyi would never abandon him and choose a guard.
But Ruyi's next words were like a huge slap in his face.
"Princess Ling, please stop talking nonsense. Those boots were made by Rong Pei and have nothing to do with me."
Such an outrageous response has made everyone present realize that something is wrong with Ruyi.
Hongli was shocked that these boots really existed.
"Ling Yunche, what is your relationship with Ru Yingda? What kind of dealings did you have? Tell the truth!"
The sweat on Ling Yunche's forehead flowed down his temples, forming small circles on the ground.
"Your Majesty, I was forced into this. When I was in the cold palace, Ru promised to find evidence that I was reselling embroidery. She said that even though she was in the cold palace, the Ulanara clan still had people."
"I had no choice but to side with her. Later, after I left the cold palace, she transferred me to the Yangxin Palace. In name, it was a promotion, but in reality, it was to make me pay attention to the emperor's every move."
"She forced me to accept those boots. If I didn't, she would immediately go out and tell everyone that I had bad intentions towards her."
Ling Yunche banged his head loudly, begging for mercy constantly, and blamed everything on Ruyi.
"I was really forced to do this. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me and spare my life!"
Wei Yanwan looked at this irresponsible man in astonishment, and for the first time felt some sympathy for Ruyi.
Ruyi didn't expect Ling Yunche to say that.
The person she loved and the person who loved her both betrayed her at the same time, which was a huge blow to Ruyi.
She blamed all this on the appearance of Wei Yanwan.
Pointing at Wei Yanwan, he shouted, "Come here, drag Lingpin out and strangle her immediately."
"I am the Empress appointed by the Emperor himself. How dare you disobey his order?"
Faced with everyone's surprised looks, Hongli subconsciously shook his head.
"It's not me, I didn't block it!"
After saying this, he felt that it had damaged his dignified image, and his face became stern again.
"Come here, tie her up tightly."
"I am the emperor's relative..."
Ling Yunche finally couldn't escape the beating and told everything about him and Ruyi.
The pair of boots were also found, and the embroidery on them was obviously Ruyi's own work.
The crime of deceiving the emperor has not yet been resolved, and now there is another one.
The insane Ruyi was demoted to a commoner and sent back to the cold palace, and Rong Pei was sent in with her.
But Rong Pei is no longer the loyal servant he once was.
Ruyi put the blame on her without hesitation, and this behavior completely shattered her impression of Ruyi.
Ling Yunche disappeared silently, and no one cared where he was thrown into the mass grave.
"Congratulations, brother. You've avenged your great hatred. She's powerless to recover now, and you've finally put your worries to rest."
Inside the Imperial Household Department, Qin Li congratulated Eunuch Wang with a smile. He breathed a sigh of relief that the matter was resolved.
"I have to thank you for your kindness over the years, brother. This small gift is not enough to show my respect."
Qin Li put the purse into his sleeve and chatted with the other party with satisfaction.
"You only have a few days left to live, so why are you still asking people to contact the Koriyet family?"
Eunuch Wang smiled faintly, "Death is so easy! What do you think would happen if a loyal dog discovered that his tragedy was caused by his master alone..."
In the cold palace, Ruyi was sometimes lucid and sometimes confused. Looking at Hailan who tied her up, her eyes were full of fear.
"Hai Lan, what are you doing? Why are you tying me up?"
Hailan is not someone who cannot endure hardship, and she did not give up during these days in the cold palace.
I think about Ruyi outside every day.
She didn't care about what that person said. So what if he took advantage of her? As long as her sister could live a good life, she would be happy to be used.
"Sister, why are you hiding?"
Hai Lan seemed to be hurt by Ruyi's retreat. She frowned slightly and clenched the old cloth in her hand.
"Hai Lan, Hai Lan, what's wrong with you? Don't be like this!!"
The expression on Hailan's face was too strange, and Ruyi didn't care about being sad for a moment. She struggled to move away from Hailan.
A slight stinging sensation came from her neck, and Ruyi trembled with fear.
She begged for mercy in a messy manner, fearing that Hailan would kill her if she used too much force.
"Don't be afraid, sister. Didn't you say you wanted to be my sister forever? Look how good it is now. No one will bother us anymore."
"We can live a simple life here. Sister, look at me and don't hide from me, okay!"
"I'll be really sad if you do this."
Hailan covered her chest with her hands and tightened the cloth in her hand with one hand. The sadness on her face did not seem fake.
"Sister, please stay here and I will be with you in a while."
Ruyi couldn't accept being tied to a pillar like an animal, and screamed heart-wrenchingly.
No matter how unpleasant her words were, Hailan remained indifferent, just like when she was full of complaints, the other party always listened quietly.
"Rong Pei, Rong Pei, where are you? Come and save me!"
Hai Lan was washing clothes with a smile on her face, but when she heard Rong Pei's name, the corners of her mouth immediately drooped.
She opened the door expressionlessly and pulled out a thorn from under the bed.
"Sister, you said that our bond is unmatched by anyone. How can you call someone else's name around me?"
"I will take good care of you, trust me."
The rough, thin calluses scratched Ruyi's delicate skin, leaving red marks. She opened her mouth in horror, gasping for breath.
I dare not make Hailan angry again.
Hai Lan hates everyone around Ruyi. She is jealous of Ying Guiren's family background and Yihuan's knowledge.
Whenever Ruyi chatted with these people, Hailan felt particularly uncomfortable.
They can all help Ruyi, but I can do nothing.
But now it’s different. In this cold palace, Ruyi can only rely on herself. This is good. They can finally be together forever.
Rong Pei turned a blind eye to all this. She herself could hardly protect herself, and the wounds of all sizes on her body had long since worn away her original determination.
Ruyi longs for exclusive love, but she must be dominant in this relationship.
As it is now, everything is controlled by Hai Lan, which makes Ruyi extremely painful, but she has nowhere to hide.
Under Hongzhou's suggestion, Hailan's life became more and more difficult.
Most of the money she earned from selling her embroidery was always deducted, the vegetable seedlings she had worked so hard to grow would be snatched away by others, and the clothes she had just washed would be trampled into the mud again.
There are countless similar things, and no matter how good your temper is, you can't stand such torture.
Every time he wanted to end his life, he would be rescued inexplicably.
At this time, Ruyi and Rong Pei became outlets for her emotions.
A few years later, the peace that had lasted for many years in the palace was broken with Jingxi's marriage.
Hongli loved his eldest daughter very much and did not want her to marry far away in Mongolia.
But everyone knows the importance of the eldest daughter, and Korchin requested several times with full sincerity.
Jingxi refused the preferential treatment of living in the capital and resolutely led a large army to the grassland.
Yonglian and Yongzhang personally escorted her to Korchin, and on the day of her departure, candles were lit in the tent all night.
No one knows what they talked about.
Korchin is prosperous only relative to other tribes. Thanks to Jingxi's efforts, this land has undergone earth-shaking changes.
As Jingluo and Jingyu married into Mongolia one after another, the power of the three grew rapidly.
It was not until the suppression of the Dzungar rebellion that Hongli realized that his daughters seemed to have too much power when he heard the news that Jingluo was leading troops to war.
"Yonglian, besides rewarding Jingluo, your most important mission this time is to find out how much power they control."
Hongli was worried that Yonglian would not take it seriously, so he tried to persuade him earnestly.
"The Manchu-Mongolian marriage was meant to maintain rule, not allow them to become powerful. Do you want your harem to be filled with only Mongolian concubines in the future?"
Yonglian was startled and immediately knelt down, "The Emperor is in his prime..."
"Well, you are the legitimate son. There is nothing we can't talk about between father and son. The country will eventually be handed over to you."
Hongli interrupted Yonglian before he finished speaking, waved his hand and continued to teach him how to be a king.
Not long after Yonglian walked out of the Yangxin Palace, he saw Yongzhang waiting there.
"Big brother? Emperor Father..."
Looking at his worried eyes, Yonglian shook his head slightly at him.
"It's okay. The Emperor isn't that crazy. He just asked me to persuade Jingluo to be more prudent. It would be best if she could give birth to a child as soon as possible."
"Tell her not to play with weapons all day long."
Yong Zhang curled his lips and didn't want to comment too much. "Isn't it time for her to always show off Jingluo? Every time she used Jingluo to suppress the princes of the Mongolian tribes, he never seemed unhappy."
"Forget it, I won't say it anymore. Big sister and the others won't listen anyway. Brother, have you really thought it through?"
Yong Zhang looked nervously at Yong Lian, the brother he had trusted since childhood.
He didn't understand why Yonglian made such a bold decision. There was obviously no competitor, and as long as he grew up safely, the throne would definitely be his.
Why make such a decision?
But Yongzhang had long been accustomed to following Yonglian's footsteps, and supported him even if he didn't understand.
"The Emperor has become increasingly suspicious over the years, but I don't even crave his position. With resources like these, wouldn't it be better for us to go out and carve out a new world?"
“Being a successor is no more challenging than being a pioneer.”
This was the first time Yonglian expressed his desires so bluntly, and he was not worried about being heard.
It will be discovered sooner or later, it's just a matter of time.
He had read too many strange books since he was a child and did not limit his vision to this land.
Langya did not favor one over the other. Those books were their common secret. After Yonglian expressed his desire to go to the battlefield, he soon had his own "plug-in".
He has practiced this countless times in virtual arenas, both governing a country and fighting a war.
He had personally felt the fear of having his chest pierced by a sword, the pain of his stomach on fire from hunger during years of famine, and the humiliation of foreigners showing off their power in the Forbidden City.
After experiencing the initial panic, I became addicted.
Yonglian didn't want to stay in the capital and be trained and feared by Hongli.
Nor was he willing to waste time fighting with his father.
Yong Zhang looked at his brother who was so energetic, and infinite fighting spirit surged in his heart.
Over the years, Su Lujun has been working like a hamster to save money for her brothers and sisters, fearing that they will not live well in the future.
This involves not only the accumulation of wealth, but also a large number of connections and routes.
Su Lujun supports any decision Yongzhang makes. In her heart, whatever Yongzhang does is good.
"Brother, I will listen to you."
Yonglian smiled and patted his brother's shoulder, smiling with relief.
"Okay, let's go together. The world outside is so big, it's a pity that the emperor can't see it."
He knew that his brother was definitely not a cowardly person.
In Changchun Palace, Su Lujun was in a daze with a pale face, completely unable to hear what the people around her were saying.
"Empress, the Emperor has been worried lately, staring at the map in deep thought, but his mood has improved."
Wei Yanwan has become increasingly favored in recent years. Several concubines who accompanied Hongli in the palace rarely sleep with him, but now she is the apple of Hongli's eye.
Langya's affairs were never deliberately concealed, and Wei Yanwan automatically and consciously acted like a "little traitor".
In her opinion, the Queen is her greatest benefactor.
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