EBE Chapter 165: Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Call me Empress Dowager! (15)
Chapter 165: Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Call me Empress Dowager! (15)
"Your Majesty! I have been wronged! Someone must have framed me!" After waking up, Ruyi was forced to kneel on the ground.
She must have been framed! Otherwise, how could she do such a thing?
Ling Yunche was whipped all over and was also kneeling beside her.
After hearing this, Hongli slammed the table heavily and shouted, "Unfair? I saw it clearly and you say it's unfair? Ruyi, are you taking me for a fool?!"
Lin Qinghe, who was sitting nearby, saw Chunchan looking up at her. When their eyes met, Lin Qinghe immediately understood.
"Your Majesty..." Lin Qinghe said softly. Her hesitation made Hongli even more impatient. "Just tell me what you want to say."
"The servants below found a box in Guard Ling's residence. It was locked tightly. After breaking it open, they found a pair of boots with fine stitching inside..." Lin Qinghe paused, "There are Ruyi cloud patterns embroidered on them."
Hongli's anger, which had been slightly calmed, was instantly ignited after hearing this news. His eyes widened, his face was full of anger, and the veins on his forehead bulged as if they were about to burst. "What did you say? Bring that thing over here!"
"Yes." Lin Qinghe responded and gave an order, "Why don't you bring the things up quickly?"
After saying this, she glanced at Ruyi who was kneeling on the ground to prevent her from complaining about the injustice.
The people below were frightened by Hongli's anger and did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. They hurriedly followed his orders and carried the thing over.
A pair of boots embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns were presented to him. Eunuch Jinzhong bowed his head and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, this was found in Guard Ling's room."
Hongli snatched the boots away. After seeing the auspicious cloud pattern on it, what could he not understand?
He tightly grasped the boots with fine stitching and threw them at Ruyi who was kneeling on the ground, "You said that I wronged you, which one did you wrongly accuse you of?"
"Your Majesty, when I was in the cold palace,惢心 and I were trapped in a sea of fire. Fortunately, we were rescued by Guard Ling.惢心 personally made a pair of boots to express our gratitude to Lord Ling on our behalf." Ruyi defended.
At this point, she naturally knew that she had been framed.
Why did the emperor come suddenly? The one who framed her must be Concubine Ling who brought the emperor with her!
Ruyi glared at Lin Qinghe fiercely as if she knew the truth, "Your Majesty, it must be Concubine Ling who framed me!"
Hongli took a deep breath, and Lin Qinghe, who was sitting next to him, glanced at Ruyi with disdain.
"Noble Concubine Xian is wrong."
"I don't have the ability to care about the private transactions between you and Guard Ling. You said that I framed you, do you have any evidence?"
"Besides, it was you, Empress Xian, who gave me these boots. Just now, the Emperor and I saw with our own eyes how you defiled the harem."
"Besides, the Emperor and I decided to come to your place on a whim. It's obvious that people with mean hearts find everything dirty~"
After Lin Qinghe finished speaking, she turned her gaze to Suo Xin who was kneeling on the ground, "Suo Xin, your Imperial Concubine Xian wants to put the blame on you. Helping the concubines to have an affair is a serious crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of your clan~"
Seeing that Suoxin's body was shaking violently while kneeling on the ground, Lin Qinghe narrowed his eyes and said, "You have to think it through.
Suo Xin was seen kneeling on the ground, her body trembling slightly, like a leaf in the wind. She lowered her head, clasped her hands tightly together, her nails digging deep into her palms, trying her best to suppress the fear and anxiety in her heart.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Lin Qinghe simply stopped talking.
Hongli had sealed off the Yikun Palace at this time, fearing that she would have to wait until the interrogation was over before she could leave.
Lin Qinghe could guess a little about Hongli's thoughts. The people in Yikun Palace actually knew about such a huge scandal. I'm afraid they can't be left alive.
"Ruyi, just like Concubine Ling said, I saw everything you did. As for the boots... you said they were given to you by惢心?" Hongli's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked sharply at惢心 who was kneeling beside him.
"惢心, who gave you these boots? Tell me the truth, and I will not embarrass your family."
This means that as long as惢心 tells the truth, her people will at least be alive and well, and the nine clans will not be implicated.
Suo Xin took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, Concubine Xian." She said tremblingly, "I made these boots, but Concubine Xian asked me to give them to Lord Ling."
Suo Xin took a deep breath. She was trembling as she apologized to Ruyi in her heart. Her voice was trembling. “I made these boots, but it was the Imperial Concubine who asked me to give them to Lord Ling.”
After hearing what she said, Ruyi showed surprise and anger on her face. She widened her eyes and stared at惢心, as if she wanted to see through her.
Oh, Concubine Xian is finally not indifferent anymore? Lin Qinghe looked at Ruyi's collapsed expression with boredom.
She probably didn't expect that her personal maid,惢心, would betray her and not take the blame with her, right?
Helping concubines to have an affair with guards and defiling the harem is a serious crime that will implicate nine generations of the family. It is obvious what Suo Xin will choose.
Ruyi shook her head and looked at Hongli, who was sitting on the chair with a gloomy face. "Your Majesty, I was really wronged. I don't know why I did that just now..."
"Noble Concubine Xian, if there was something unusual in your palace, how come we have been here for so long without any problem, but you have to do such a thing?" Lin Qinghe sneered.
The culprit, the plum blossoms that she had put aphrodisiac in, had long been broken into pieces and the servants had to pick them up and throw them away.
Given the efficiency of Ruyi, a palace official, even if you search for a hundred years, you won’t be able to find any clues.
Hongli closed his eyes and was silent for a while before saying in a hoarse voice, "Drag them away. Imperial Concubine Xian, Ulanara Ruyi, has bad conduct and is unworthy of her position. She is demoted to a commoner and given pigeon wine."
His voice was cold and ruthless, and he sentenced Ruyi to death in an instant.
It was still a decent way to die. Lin Qinghe raised his eyebrows.
"Ling Yunche, take him to the Ministry of Punishment and execute him by slicing." When he said this, Hongli's eyes widened with anger, "Exterminate all three clans!"
After finishing these instructions, Hongli stood up with a gloomy face. Ruyi pulled his clothes tightly, trying to keep him, but he raised his hand and swung it away mercilessly, breaking Ruyi's hand free.
The hem of her clothes slipped from Ruyi's hands, and she couldn't help but stagger.
Hongli did not look back and left Yiku Palace without hesitation.
His steps became faster and faster. He didn't want to even look at this dirty place.
"Xian Gui... No, Ruyi, you take care of yourself." Seeing Hongli leave in a rage, Lin Qinghe also stood up and wanted to leave this place of trouble.
Ling Yunche was dragged away screaming.
Ruyi knelt down on the spot. Her originally calm expression could no longer be expressed. She looked at Lin Qinghe with a ferocious face, "You did it, didn't you? You will definitely be punished!"
Hearing her say this, Lin Qinghe stopped and turned slightly to look at Ruyi who was kneeling on the ground in a state of embarrassment.
"Chun Chan, this commoner actually dared to slander and curse me. Smash her mouth."
After receiving the order, Chunchan bowed and said, "Yes, Madam."
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
Ruyi was slapped hard by Chunchan, and soon her face was covered with red blood.
Lin Qinghe was not in a hurry to leave. She took a few steps in the empty palace. Behind her, the sound of Ruyi being slapped and screaming echoed in the hall.
Is it too much?
Lin Qinghe didn’t think that the original owner, Wei Yanwan, had been abused in the greenhouse for five years because of what Ruyi and Hai Lan had done, and now Ruyi couldn’t bear it just because she was slapped?
Lin Qinghe turned around and gave Ruyi, who was beaten to the ground, a cold and emotionless smile, "You said that I would be punished? But now it seems that you are the one who is punished, Ruyi."