Rebirth: Ruyi goes crazy in the harem

Chapter 382 The Unshakable Queen

Ruyi raised her brows and frowned. The light coming through the gaps in the window lattice was like sprinkled gold, embellishing on her lapels. She looked like she was shrouded in Buddha's light, sacred and inviolable.

"The audacious Concubine Yao has committed treason and violated the emperor's will, harming the emperor's health and the emperor's reputation. She deserves death for her crime.

Today, I will help the emperor clean up the palace and deal with you, the cruel and merciless concubine!"

Facing Ruyi's gaze, Concubine Yao stood up with disdain.

She lightly brushed away the dust on her clothes and taunted, "Ulanara, don't come here and be the first to do so if you can find a reason!

Yes, you are a fool who has been hiding in Yikun Palace for a long time. Naturally, you don’t understand the current changes in the situation.

You don't think that this man who is lying on his sickbed and can barely protect himself can still support you, do you?

If you kneel down before me honestly and kowtow to admit your mistakes, I might show mercy and allow you to be buried with the emperor after his death.

Otherwise... hehe, there are many torturous punishments in the Ministry of Punishment. If you can become the first deposed queen to enjoy them, it can be regarded as another kind of "name in history", hahahaha..."

She laughed dryly a few times, and seeing that Ruyi remained calm and didn't show any sign of panic, Concubine Yao felt bored.

She moved closer and continued to tease Ruyi, "Without the title of Queen, you don't even have the status of an official girl. You can only let me do whatever I want.

Why do you have the audacity to say that you want to take care of me, a concubine who holds the power over the six palaces?"

Ruyi snorted coldly, her voice slightly hoarse, as steady as ever, "Who said I don't have the empress's seal?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Lingzhi, who was standing behind her, brought a tray with a square box with brilliant gold threads wrapped in bright yellow silk on it.

Yunzhi opened the lid of the box from the side, and saw something golden inside. If it wasn’t the Queen’s imperial seal, then what else could it be?

"How could it be... didn't you throw the Queen's seal away? I even sent Caien to check it out. What's the matter...

This is fake! Yes, don't fool me, this must be fake!"

Concubine Yao refused to admit it and said that Ruyi did it on purpose to bluff.

"What I threw out of Yikun Palace that day was just a wooden box that I didn't like. Has anyone seen with their own eyes that the empress's seal was inside?"

Ruyi responded calmly, looking at Concubine Yao's almost crazy appearance, she straightened her clothes and composed herself.

"The Emperor has never issued an edict to depose the Empress. This is all just your own wishful thinking.

I am a member of the Ulanara clan. My father and brothers in the previous dynasty were helpful, my children are filial, and I have a long-standing relationship with the Emperor.

No matter how you instigate me, I will always be the unshakable queen."

Concubine Yao was panic-stricken and speechless.

Damn it, it's all her fault for being careless.

Thinking that Ruyi had brought her own death upon herself and had incurred the emperor's dislike, the emperor imprisoned Ruyi in the Yikun Palace at the instigation of a few words from her.

At the beginning, she should have been more ruthless. She should have sent people to sneak into Yikun Palace, kill all of them, and kill Ruyi directly, so that she would never be able to turn over a new leaf, and put an end to the trouble in the future.

At present, Ruyi has already arrived at the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, and she saw countless palace servants on the way.

If she were to kill Ruyi now...

The emperor and empress died at the same time in the Yangxin Palace, and I was the only third person in the palace. Even a fool would know that something was fishy.

If by then, I become a sinner condemned by the world, how can Yongxuan sit firmly on the throne? Her position as empress dowager will probably be illegitimate.

But soon, Concubine Yao's eyes turned and a plan came to her mind.

She pointed at Jinzhong who was standing beside her, her expression suddenly changed, and she said in a frightened tone, "Your Majesty, please understand. I was forced to do this.

Jinzhong is an old man who has served the emperor since he ascended the throne. I have only been in the palace for a short time, how can I control him?

Jinzhong and Concubine Ling knew each other in their early years. He is Concubine Ling's man! It's all Concubine Ling. All this was done by Concubine Ling threatening me!"

Concubine Yao didn't know how much Ruyi had heard about what she had said to the emperor, so she waved her hands in panic and evaded the question.

"In the past, it was Concubine Ling who served the emperor medicine. I occasionally asked to help, but Concubine Ling never allowed it.

Even today, the last bowl of medicine the emperor drank was given to him by Concubine Ling.

"Concubine Ling poisoned the emperor, and I only told lies to piss off the emperor because I was following her orders. As for the rest, I did nothing!"

Seeing that Concubine Yao had completely dismissed herself with just a few words, Ruyi heard a woman's cold sneer from behind her. It was Wei Yanwan who walked out slowly.

She flicked her sleeves at Concubine Yao and raised her eyebrows, "Concubine Yao really is good at confusing right and wrong.

If you hadn't claimed that I was the mastermind, I would have been fooled by you and mistakenly believed in your innocence."

Before Concubine Yao could react, she saw Wei Yanwan obediently paying respects to Ruyi Fuli, and then said, "Empress, Eunuch Jinzhong was indeed bribed by me. However, his loyalty to the emperor and the Qing Dynasty has always been the same!"

Jinzhong knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Ruyi, and hurriedly followed Wei Yanwan's words, expressing his loyalty again and again.

"Your Majesty, please understand clearly that it was Concubine Yao who coerced me into serving the poisoned medicine that Imperial Doctor Xi had prepared to His Majesty.

But my master is only the Emperor, how could I do such a treasonous thing?

But I know that even if I don't agree, Concubine Yao will find someone else to do it. In order to protect the emperor's health, I can only bear the humiliation and pretend to agree.

But I swear that what the Emperor drank and used these days was definitely not the medicine prescribed by Imperial Physician Xi, but the medicine prescribed by Imperial Physician Bao arranged by Concubine Ling.

I dared not throw away these medicine residues that had been replaced, so I kept them under the bed in my own room. If you don't believe me, the Queen can send someone to check."

It turned out that everything was just a plot on their part.

Long before the emperor went to Mulan Paddock, Xiaozhuzi, who was beside Yongqi, discovered that Yongcheng always ran to Anhua Palace.

If he is a devout Buddhist, then there is nothing wrong with that, but sometimes he would sneak to Anhua Temple even at night, which is very puzzling.

The Anhua Hall is filled with a group of practitioners, except for the imprisoned Song family, who are an exception.

Yongsheng's mother was Jin, who was from the Yu clan, and Song's mother was also said to be from the Yu clan.

Yongqi did not fail to suspect whether there was something fishy going on between the two.

But unfortunately, Yongcheng was very cautious. Whenever he went back to Anhua Palace, he brought many of his trusted aides with him and guarded it very strictly.

Even the monks and palace servants in Anhua Hall were unclear about his whereabouts, and it was even more difficult for others to follow up and investigate.

Therefore, Yongqi's suspicion was just suspicion and there was no real evidence.