Rebirth: Ruyi goes crazy in the harem

"Humph, even you know that you are thinking about Yongjing. As Yongjing's biological mother, the Queen is so willful and only cares about her own momentary pleasure."

The emperor became furious, and the wrinkles around his eyes deepened.

"Yongjing is your bloodline. Even if the Queen has many misunderstandings about me, I am willing to be patient and give in for your sake."

Concubine Yao smiled magnanimously and gently, and the emperor hugged her even tighter upon seeing this.

"In that case, Li Yu, you go to Yikun Palace with my order, take Yongjing out, send him to Shoukang Palace, and hand him over to the concubines to raise him."

Li Yu quickly arrived at Yikun Palace with the emperor's decree.

After he finished reading the imperial edict, Ruyi didn't react much, but Jingshu beside her hugged Yongjing tightly and was unwilling to let go.

"Yongjing is my brother. No one is allowed to take Yongjing away."

Li Yu half helplessly and half indulgently followed Jing Shu's lead and brought the matter to the Yangxin Palace.

At that time, Wei Yanwan had changed into a Han woman's outfit and was sitting beside the couch.

She sang the melodious Kunqu opera while her hands were gently massaging the emperor's legs.

Jingshu's eyes were filled with tears, and she stood dejectedly in the hall.

The lights in the Yangxin Palace were bright, but the emperor and Jingshu, who were in the same room, seemed to be divided into two worlds of black and white, joy and sorrow.

Jingshu spoke passionately, saying that she did not ask the emperor to reconcile with Ruyi and her husband, but only asked that Yongjing stay by her side. She was willing to take care of Yongjing to fulfill her sister-brother relationship.

The speaker is sad, and the listener cries.

The emperor's eyes showed a softening look, and Wei Yanwan's heart trembled slightly, so she did not speak rashly.

While the emperor was hesitating, Princess Hengchui got the news from somewhere and came slowly.

"My brother thinks Jingshu is too young and is worried that she won't be able to take good care of the Eleventh Prince. So why not leave Jingshu and Yongjing with me?

I have no children, but at least my legs and feet are more flexible than those concubines in Shoukang Palace, and I will not treat them unfairly."

The emperor followed the steps given by Hengchu and nodded calmly.

"That's fine. You have a very gentle personality, and you get along well with Jingshu. Today, you can take Jingshu and Yongjing and move to your Princess Palace."

Hengchui knelt down to express her gratitude, and until she left, she never said a word of pleading for Ruyi.

She knew that what the emperor couldn't bear to hear the most was someone pleading for Ruyi.

Although Hengchui and Ruyi get along well, they do not have a close relationship after all.

It was precisely because of her neutrality that the emperor felt confident in handing Jingshu and Yongjing over to her.

If she had known this, why would Hengchu abandon her status as the eldest princess and offend the emperor for Ruyi?

Anyway, the only person she cared about from beginning to end was Jingshu.

At this moment, Jingshu's face was full of depth and solemnity that was totally inconsistent with her age.

When she was still in Yiku Palace, Ruyi had told her not to plead for her.

Although Jingshu had some thoughts in her mind, she still swallowed the bitterness in her throat when she thought of what Ruyi had said to her.

She gently tugged at Hengchu's sleeve.

Just when Hengchu thought that Jingshu wanted her to plead for Ruyi, Jingshu said, "Aunt, you will protect Jingshu and Yongjing, right?"

Hengchu's heart softened, and looking at Jingshu's mature and sensible appearance, he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his nose.

She touched Jingshu's head and said kindly and calmly, "Yes, no matter what happens, the Royal Aunt will protect you."

In Jingyang Palace, Wei Yanwan told Concubine Yao about the incident immediately. Concubine Yao became furious and smashed porcelain all over the floor in her palace.

She had bribed a concubine in Shoukang Palace. Yongjing was young, and if the concubine did something, it would not be difficult to kill him at an early age.

Our dynasty governs the world with filial piety, and the emperor will not punish those concubines.

Given the emperor's stubborn, heartless and disloyal character, all the blame will still fall on Ruyi.

Once the emperor blames Yongjing's death on Ruyi's selfishness and stubbornness, an unbridgeable gap will inevitably appear between the emperor and the empress.

By then, even if Ruyi regretted and wanted to win back the emperor, it would probably be too late.

However, her plan was brilliant, but she had overlooked the variable of Princess Hengchu.

Seeing that Concubine Yao was angry and frustrated, Wei Yanwan touched her newly made jadeite and gold-thread armor with beads and snorted with disdain.

Her tone was soft, but her words were sharp as a knife.

"Sister Yaopin's vision is too narrow. I wonder how much trouble it would take just to kill Yongjing.

If my sister really wants the rift between the emperor and the empress to never be resolved, she should abandon her soft-heartedness and focus on the person who is most likely to inherit the throne."

"You mean, the Fourth Prince?" Concubine Yao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"That's right. The emperor is almost dying. The throne must be passed on to a successor."

Soon, there was movement from the previous dynasty.

First, Yongcheng, with the help of the Niuhulu family, cracked a major corruption case and seized a large amount of money, which made the emperor very happy.

The national treasury was full, and Yongsheng was likable, which greatly pleased the emperor.

This time, the emperor no longer cared about the advice of his ministers and conferred the title of Prince Shun on Yongsheng.

At this point, the factions in the court were divided into two factions: one was the Royalist Party that supported Prince Zhong, Yongqi, and the other was the Virtuous Party that supported Prince Shun, Yongsheng.

The two forces confronted each other and competed with each other, causing waves of turmoil in the previous dynasty and no peace.

Originally, the conflict between the two parties was relatively benign.

But I don't know where Yongsheng fabricated the evidence, saying that Yongqi was involved in a corrupt official case and had accepted countless bribes over the years.

With the correspondence as evidence, the emperor was shocked and furious. He placed Yongqi under house arrest in the palace and sent Yongsheng to search Prince Zhong's mansion.

Fortunately, although Xilin Jueluo was a woman, she was surprisingly calm and handled the situation appropriately.

Not only did he prevent Yongsheng's men from finding anything illegal, but he also used the secret agent Yongsheng had planted in Prince Zhong's mansion to turn the tables.

Yongqi, who was under house arrest in the palace, was not idle either.

Based on the information brought by Xilin Gioro, he sued Yongsheng directly in front of the emperor, accusing his brother and harming his siblings.

The emperor hates it most when brothers cannot compete openly and resort to such conspiracy and sabotage.

Yongcheng was reprimanded.

On the other hand, Yongji was not implicated by Ruyi, but was favored by the emperor.

Seeing that the emperor was about to reopen the door of the Yikun Palace out of love for the whole family, Concubine Yao could no longer sit still.

Yongsheng was punished by the emperor and could no longer easily enter the harem. As a favorite concubine, Yaopin naturally understood that a big tree attracts the wind and should not act rashly.

She wrote a note and attached a packet of medicine prescribed by the imperial physician Xi, and asked Caien to deliver it to Prince Shun's mansion overnight.

Yongcheng clutched the packet of powder and pondered for the whole night. Before dawn, he placed the note written by Concubine Yao on the candle flame and burned it up.

In the court, the two factions of Yongqi and Yongsheng were still fighting each other.

Soon it was Xilin Gioro's birthday.

In order to ease the relationship with Yongqi and take the initiative to show his benevolence and friendship to the emperor, Yongcheng specially brought Nianhulu and gifts to congratulate him solemnly.

But at the dinner that day, Niuhulu died suddenly and mysteriously in Prince Zhong's mansion.