Rebirth: Qingying comes back to reorganize the harem

The emperor was sitting in the Yangxin Palace, apparently concentrating on reading the mountains of memorials, but his heart had already flown to the cold palace.

How is Zhang Minmin, who was banished to the cold palace, doing now? Is she thin and haggard?

When the emperor thought of this, his heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, and he couldn't let it go.

Finally, the emperor couldn't help but whispered, "Li Yu."

Although the voice was soft, it carried a barely perceptible urgency.

Li Yu responded and knelt respectfully before the emperor, bowed his head and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you want me to do?"

The emperor frowned slightly, as if thinking about something in his mind, his lips moved, but finally he remained silent.

He hesitated again and again, but finally waved his hand gently, signaling Li Yu to leave.

Li Yu was so smart that he immediately understood the emperor's thoughts and quietly left the Yangxin Palace.

The emperor continued to bury his head in the memorials, but his eyes drifted away from time to time, as if he saw the lonely and helpless woman in the cold palace through the palace walls...

Zhang Minmin and the emperor met each other among the common people. When the emperor first met Zhang Minmin, Zhang Minmin did not know her true identity.

So in the emperor's heart, Zhang Minmin is a woman who is not greedy for fame and fortune, but truly loves him.

In this harem that is like a man-eating deep sea, sincerity is the most precious thing.

As soon as he returned to the palace, he wanted to bring Zhang Minmin to the capital immediately, intending to find a clean identity for her and arrange a proper position for her.

Who would have thought that in the end it would cause such a huge uproar, disrupting all his plans.

Tonight, the Yanxi Palace and the Yangxin Palace are destined to be two anxious nights. The former is anxious about how to win the emperor's favor among the concubines, while the latter is anxious about how to properly place Zhang Minmin.

-7

However, the emperor's mind could not always stay on Zhang Minmin. In a blink of an eye, the news of the internal unrest in Junggar spread to the Qing Dynasty like a storm.

Upon hearing the news, Empress Dowager Xigong Zhen Huan was on pins and needles and was extremely anxious. She immediately rushed to the Yangxin Palace to discuss with the Emperor the plan of bringing back Princess Duan Shu.

"Your Majesty, I haven't seen Duanshu for decades. Back then, the late emperor put the overall situation first and ordered me to marry off my beloved daughter, and I had no choice but to obey. Now, you have just ascended the throne and the country is in turmoil, so I reluctantly married Duanshu to the enemy who killed my husband. Your Majesty, you have watched Duanshu grow up since she was a child, how could you watch her being humiliated?"

The emperor frowned as he listened to Zhen Huan's words, as if he was shrouded in an invisible pressure.

The emperor's eyes were staring into the distance, as if he was thinking about how to solve the problem.

His lips were slightly pursed, showing his inner uneasiness. Every frown seemed to be a manifestation of his inner struggle.

However, the emperor quickly gave his mother an accurate answer.

"Mother, Hengzhu is my sister who I have watched grow up. Now Junggar is in turmoil and is threatening to go to war with the Qing Dynasty. I will not sit idly by and watch Hengzhu. Don't worry, mother. I will summon the ministers to discuss how to bring back Princess Duanshu."

Upon hearing this, the worry on Zhen Huan's face eased a little. However, when she wanted to say something to the emperor, she saw a hint of impatience in the emperor's eyes when he looked at her. Zhen Huan finally swallowed the words in her heart silently.

Whoever gives birth to a child should feel sorry for the child. The current emperor is neither her biological son nor her own. He is also cold-hearted by nature.

If I continue to ask, I am afraid that the mother-son relationship between me and the emperor will be broken, which may not be good for my daughter to return to the palace in the future.

After receiving the emperor's accurate answer, Zhen Huan left with full of worry.

As soon as Zhen Huan left, the Emperor immediately asked Li Yu to summon his confidants from the previous dynasty.

"Now that Junggar is in civil strife, the Queen Mother of the West Palace has been asking me to bring Princess Duanshu back. You should send a team of men and horses to Junggar secretly tomorrow to see what the situation is there. If you encounter a suitable opportunity, bring Princess Duanshu back immediately. You can dispatch the men, horses, gold and silver at will, and make sure Princess Duanshu is safe."

After most people in the room had left, the emperor sat back on the dragon throne with a dejected look on his face. When his sister Hengchu was young, she was best friends with him and his third brother. If he had to choose one, it would naturally be his third brother who doted on her the most.

But now that I am the emperor, I naturally cannot treat everything as a brother and sister. Now that I have decided to bring Princess Duanshu back, my mother can no longer say anything to me.

Moreover, the Qing Dynasty's military deployment cost a lot of manpower and financial resources.

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Ruyi was listening attentively to Jiang Yubin's story about Zhang Minmin's pregnancy in the cold palace. Suddenly, a loud eunuch announcement came from outside: "The emperor has arrived!"

Ruyi could not help but stroke her forehead helplessly, sighing inwardly. Whenever the emperor did not come to Changchun Palace where she was, she was like the overlord of the palace, able to act as she pleased and freely.

However, once the emperor came, she had to put everything aside and serve him wholeheartedly.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Ruyi quickly stood up and respectfully saluted the emperor as he entered the palace. Her voice revealed a hint of helplessness and restraint that could not be concealed, as if she had lost her former autonomy.

This kind of life made her very unhappy, but as a member of the court, she could not escape such a fate.

When Ruyi was about to kneel down and greet the emperor, she saw the emperor walked straight into the room without even glancing at her, completely ignoring her presence. Ruyi could not help but feel angry, but her face quickly regained its composure.

She thought: "From the looks of it, the emperor must have encountered something unpleasant outside again, so he came to Changchun Palace to seek comfort."

Thinking of this, Ruyi sighed secretly and shook her head helplessly. She understood that as the master of the harem, she needed to remain calm and tolerant at all times and not be easily swayed by emotions. So, she took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.

I am afraid that my Changchun Palace is about to become the emperor's emotional trash can.

Ruyi shook her head helplessly, then glanced at Jiang Yubin. Jiang Yubin nodded in understanding, then turned and left.

But it's normal. Every time the emperor is unhappy, he will come to Changchun Palace, but he never says a word, as if he treats Ruyi as an invisible person.

However, Ruyi was not angry about this. If it were her in her previous life, she would have been unable to control her temper and would have pestered the emperor to tell him what was on her mind. But in this life, Ruyi has seen through everything - some things cannot be forced, and it is better to let nature take its course.

When the emperor has figured it out and is willing to speak, he will naturally tell her. If you force her blindly, it will only backfire and make the emperor even more upset!

In my previous life, I failed because I took myself too seriously and considered the Emperor's affairs more important than my own life. If the Emperor did something wrong, I would immediately step forward to correct him.

When the relationship is sweet, if I do this, the emperor might still remember my kindness; when the relationship is dull, I am just looking for trouble. To sum it up in one word, it is debt.

-

After the emperor slowly drank the second cup of tea handed to him by the kitchen, he finally raised his eyes and cast his gaze towards Ruyi who had been sitting quietly beside him.

The emperor's eyes were filled with melancholy, and he sighed softly: "Empress, I am quite troubled today because of the matter of Junggar. Has my mother asked you about Princess Duanshu today?"

Ruyi's face was still as calm as water, without the slightest ripple, and her voice was as gentle as the breeze. Upon hearing this, she turned her head to the emperor's side, looked at him gently and said:

"Your Majesty, when it was just daybreak outside today, Aunt Fujia who was beside my mother did come to my palace and conveyed my mother's wishes to me on my behalf, hoping that I could persuade Your Majesty to take Princess Duanshu back as soon as possible and not let her suffer outside. However, I think that this is ultimately your decision, and when to welcome Princess Duanshu back is entirely up to your will. Although I am the queen, this title was conferred by Your Majesty personally, and I should share the same mind as Your Majesty."

As Ruyi said these words, she walked lightly to the emperor with a gentle smile on her face. She carefully reached out and held the emperor's hand. Ruyi's girlish appearance immediately attracted the emperor's attention.

The emperor seemed to have telepathic connection and almost at the same moment he held Ruyi's hand tightly.

The emperor gently stroked the back of Ruyi's hand, as if conveying a silent comfort. The emperor's slightly wrinkled brows gradually relaxed, and his eyes revealed a hint of doting.

He stared at Ruyi, and said softly: "The Queen is really thoughtful. Hengzhu is my biological sister. Of course, I hope to bring her back to the palace to reunite as soon as possible. However, the situation between Junggar and our Qing Dynasty is complicated and confusing, and it is really difficult to act immediately. I empathize with my mother's longing for Hengzhu, but I am helplessly entangled in the government affairs of the previous dynasty and cannot be distracted. If the Queen is free, she must go to Xining Palace more often to accompany my mother."

After saying this, the emperor sighed softly, as if he still had many worries in his heart that he could not let go. After the emperor finished saying these words, he just looked at Ruyi and did not say anything else.

Ruyi nodded silently, indicating that she understood the emperor's difficulties, and assured the emperor that she would do her best to take care of the empress dowager in the future.

The two looked at each other, and the tacit understanding between them made the air around them become warm.

Of course, this is what the emperor himself thinks. In Ruyi's heart, she felt like she was about to get goosebumps all over her body.

The one in Xining Palace is the emperor's mother. The emperor always says that he values ​​filial piety, but in the end he actually asks himself, the queen, to comfort the mother in Xining Palace. In the end, maybe all the benefits will become the emperor's.

But the relationship between husband and wife is just like a play on stage. How many people can tell the difference between true and false, real and fake? What's more, the couple is in the imperial family, and the conflicts of interest and power involved are even more complicated. Human nature is so despicable and ugly. If you are no longer of any use to him, it is only a matter of time before he abandons you. This simple truth is seen very clearly by Ruyi, who has experienced the cycle of life and death and regained a new life.

The emperor's visit to Changchun Palace today has two real purposes: one is that he hopes Ruyi can go to Xining Palace more often to accompany the empress dowager during this period to avoid being blamed by the empress dowager in the future; after all, as the king of a country, reputation and prestige are of vital importance.

Secondly, she hoped that Ruyi would take good care of Zhang in the cold palace. Ruyi watched coldly, looking at the emperor who looked a little proud but also a little guilty, with a slight smile on her lips, but she did not ask the reason, but just agreed obediently.

After the emperor had finished explaining everything, he became a little uneasy. He quickly put on a smile, looked at Ruyi in a gentle and sincere tone and said:

"Queen! Although Zhang was born in poverty, she has a strong heart. Every time I see her trying to live, I think of the years when I struggled to survive in this huge palace. That's why I pay a little attention to her and give her some help and care. But you are my first wife, and the love between us is so deep that it cannot be compared with others. I also know that our Yongji, as the eldest son, has an extremely noble status and will definitely have to bear more responsibilities and missions in the future. Queen, don't worry about this, I know it well."