The Apo Master dressed up as Concubine Ling and killed the Ruyi sisters

At the New Year's Eve palace banquet, Ruyi had a stern face the whole time. The emperor didn't want to spoil his mood, so he just pretended that Ruyi was not at the banquet.

After the palace banquet, the emperor did not go to the Yikun Palace as per the rules, but rested in the Yangxin Palace.

The emperor leaned back on the couch and asked, "Jinzhong, how is Xiao Lingzi doing in Yikun Palace?"

Jinzhong said, "In reply to the emperor, the queen asked Xiao Lingzi to be responsible for sweeping the courtyard and never let him serve in the inner palace. She also did not give him any preferential treatment."

The emperor asked, "What do people in the palace say about me doing this?"

Jinzhong replied, "Xiao Lingzi committed a capital crime. The emperor has spared his life, which is a great favor. The two imperial concubines understand the emperor's approach and said they would not mention the incident again to upset the emperor."

"The other ladies were naturally shocked, but they also knew that the emperor was rectifying the atmosphere in the palace, and they would be more careful and abide by the rules in the future."

The emperor felt relieved. "Noble Consort Ling and Noble Consort Shu understand my thoughts best."

Jinzhong said, "Your Majesty, since this matter has been settled and Xiao Lingzi has received the punishment he deserves, I believe the Empress also knows where she went wrong. Your Majesty is busy with all kinds of affairs, why should you bother with him?"

The emperor said: "I still think this is too easy for him!"

Seeing this, Jinzhong suggested to the emperor: "Since the emperor thinks that Xiao Lingzi is an eyesore, then don't let him serve in the Yikun Palace. The palace is so big, you can just send him anywhere. Out of sight, out of mind."

The emperor was still a little dissatisfied, "They are all in my palace. What is the difference between Yikun Palace and other palaces?"

Jinzhong smiled and reminded, "Yikun Palace is the Queen's bedroom, so the treatment there is naturally among the best in the palace. Xiao Lingzi and the people in Yikun Palace are old acquaintances, so Xiao Lingzi will inevitably take care of him a little since he has just arrived."

"But if the emperor transfers him to work somewhere else, the treatment will definitely not be as good as that in Yikun Palace, and it is also uncertain what kind of people he will meet."

The emperor understood Jinzhong's implication and said with a smile, "In that case, then you should arrange a good place for Xiao Lingzi."

Jinzhong said: "I obey your order!"

On the first day of the first lunar month, just as the sky was getting light, the people in Yiku Palace were rushing to clean the courtyard, and Jinzhong had already arrived with his men.

"Your servant greets Her Majesty the Queen!"

Whenever Ruyi sees the people in the Yangxin Palace, especially Jinzhong, she feels that something bad is going to happen.

"Why are you coming to my Yikun Palace so early in the morning instead of serving the Emperor?"

Jinzhong said: "In reply to the Queen, I am here on the orders of the Emperor to take Xiao Lingzi away."

Ruyi was shocked, thinking that Jinzhong was slandering the emperor again, causing the emperor to harm Ling Yunche, and questioned him in dissatisfaction.

"Didn't the emperor think that there were not enough servants in Yikun Palace, so he insisted on sending Ling Yunche to serve in Yikun Palace? Now, it's only been two months, and the emperor wants to take him away again. Where is the emperor going to take Ling Yunche?!"

Jinzhong kindly reminded, "Your Majesty, please be careful with your words. The rumors have just died down, and the Emperor has stopped pursuing the matter. If Your Majesty continues to care about people you shouldn't care about, it might be detrimental to some people!"

Ruyi was furious when she heard this and yelled at Jinzhong, "Eunuch Jinzhong means that the emperor turned Ling Yunche into a eunuch and sent him to the Yikun Palace so that all the concubines in the palace could laugh at me."

"Now that the rumors have died down, the Emperor has found out that Ling Yunche and I are innocent. But instead of vindicating Ling Yunche and me, the Emperor is asking me to thank him for what he did?!"

Jinzhong was extremely speechless. He should have thought that the Queen was not very smart and her thinking was different from that of ordinary people.

He shouldn't have wasted his time talking to such a confused person. He should have just taken him away.

Jinzhong said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, please calm down! I am just following orders. Come, take Xiao Lingzi away!"

Several eunuchs caught Ling Yunche who was hiding in the corner. Ruyi winked at Rong Pei, who hurriedly chased out and shouted.

"Wait! No one can take Ling Yunche away without the Queen's order! Sanbao, what are you still standing there for? Stop them now!"

Jinzhong stopped Rong Pei and said to Sanbao, "Eunuch Sanbao, you are the head eunuch. There is no head maid in the Yikun Palace. You are in charge of all the eunuchs and maids in the Yikun Palace. How can you let a little maid boss you around?!"

Because of the Ling Yunche incident, they had been subjected to a lot of bullying from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the past few months, both overtly and covertly. Sanbao and the others had been dissatisfied with Ruyi and Rongpei for a long time.

In their hearts, Ling Yunche is a plague god, but because of Ruyi, it is not easy to find Ling Yunche to vent their anger.

Now Jinzhong wanted to take Ling Yunche away, and they were very happy about it. They were originally hesitant when they heard Rong Pei calling them.

When Sanbao heard Jinzhong say this, he instantly gained confidence and waved his hand to let everyone else disperse.

Rong Pei said angrily: "Sanbao, how dare you disobey the Queen's order?!"

San Bao said, "How dare I disobey the Queen's orders? It's just that the Emperor and the Queen have a rift because of Xiao Lingzi. Now that the Emperor wants to take Xiao Lingzi away, it means that he has forgiven the Queen."

"We have served the Queen for so many years, how can we watch her misunderstanding the Emperor again because of old feelings?"

Ruyi heard in the inner hall that her head eunuch Sanbao refuted her imperial decree in public, and she was so angry that she wanted to go out and punish him.

"Sanbao, I asked you to take people to stop Jinzhong, don't you understand?!"

Although Ling Yunche did not admit it in front of the emperor, he knew how he felt about Ruyi. Naturally, he could not bear to see Ruyi being suspected by the emperor because of him.

What's more, he is no longer a normal man. Staying in the palace of his beloved woman as a eunuch makes him feel very uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Ling Yunche hurriedly spoke up to persuade Ruyi, "Queen, calm down! Eunuch Jinzhong and Eunuch Sanbao are both thinking about the Queen."

"Only when I am not in Yikun Palace can the rumors in the palace be completely stopped and the Queen's innocence be completely restored!"

Ruyi knew that Ling Yunche did all this for her, and she didn't want to make things difficult for Ling Yunche, so she stopped talking and tacitly agreed to Jinzhong taking Ling Yunche away from Yikun Palace.

Jinzhong saw that Ruyi did not make the next move, so he smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Her Majesty, for your leniency. Xiao Lingzi, let's go!"

After Jinzhong left, Sanbao breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Ruyi's expression just now, Sanbao thought he was going to be beaten.

While Sanbao felt relieved, he also looked down on Ruyi. It turned out that the dignity of the Empress Dowager was easily suppressed by just two or three words from the eunuch.

How did he just realize that Queen Ruyi was so powerful on the outside but so weak on the inside?