Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Spring in the Palace

Chapter 278 Substitute

*At the end of April, the emperor suddenly had the urge to take people from the palace to stay in the Old Summer Palace for a while. He wanted to see the lotus flowers decorating the pond in the Old Summer Palace so that he could drink and have fun.

So many lotus flowers were transplanted into the pond, and someone cultivated them carefully day and night.

That night, Jingse came to accompany the emperor for dinner. Princesses Gulun and Jing mentioned many times that the death of Empress Xiaoxian was due to deliberate poisoning, which hastened the death of her mother.

The emperor looked a little embarrassed. He also knew that Jingse was referring to something, which was that he was very fond of Concubine Ying and Concubine Ke in the past few days. So he just said a few perfunctory words and ignored the matter.

Jingse raised his eyes and looked at his father carefully. Seeing that he looked fine, he asked, "Father, I heard that... Ru Yi was demoted again. The emperor was very angry that day. Please don't get angry and make yourself sick."

In fact, Jingse had already learned about what happened that day from Concubine Ling, but she was really shocked why Ru Da Ying made mistakes again and again, but the emperor always took their old friendship into consideration and never had the heart to punish her.

The emperor took a sip of wine and looked even more embarrassed when he mentioned what happened that day. It was really shameful that his stepmother did such a shameful thing and had to ask the juniors to persuade them to reconcile.

Jingse sighed and said, "Father Emperor, if Ru promised to go against you, why did you spare her life? How can someone who doesn't respect you deserve to live?"

The Emperor was not in a position to explain in detail to his daughter. All the people in the palace knew was that Ru had displeased the Emperor, but they did not know why.

Did the emperor have to explain to his daughter that Ru Ying had an affair with a guard? Did he have to explain in detail that he didn't execute Ru Ying in order to torture her, and he also made the guard who had an affair with her a eunuch, so that the two of them lived together as mother-in-law and son-in-law?

This would really damage his image in Jingse's heart. And acting like this would only make his daughter think that her father was really ridiculous.

The emperor could only make up an excuse and said with a complicated expression, "I always think of the affection we had as childhood sweethearts." That's why I wanted to keep her alive and torture her severely to make up for the loss of his affection.

"And I don't know what's wrong. No matter how big a mistake Ruyi makes, I can't bear to blame her." Yes, he didn't execute her. He just slapped her in the face, confined her to house arrest, took away her child, punished her palace maids, and took his anger out on the guards with whom she had an affair. I am really too merciful.

Jingse's heart sank. She just felt that Ru Ying was really an eyesore. How could she cause the emperor to be like this? Ruyi made the emperor so angry without considering the emperor's health at all, but Ru Ying was still alive!

On the surface, Jingse still observed her duties as a subject and was respectful, but in her heart she was thinking that since the emperor favored Ru Da Ying so much, she had to find someone to share this inexplicable favor with Ru Da Ying.

The emperor glanced at Jingse's expression and felt relieved when he saw that she looked normal. If Jingse really asked him more questions, he would have a hard time resisting.

Hey.

The emperor sighed again in his heart, where is his lovely childhood sweetheart now?

*Two days later, the lotus flowers in the lotus pond of the Old Summer Palace were in full bloom. The moon was full in the middle of the night. When the emperor went to the lotus pond to appreciate the flowers, he saw a broken moon in the water. The pink lotus flowers and the emerald green lotus pods and leaves set off each other.

Then a sobbing sound was heard. The emperor glanced at Jinzhong who was following him. Jinzhong walked in front holding a whisk to prevent anyone from bumping into the emperor again.

Jinzhong cleared his throat and shouted towards the direction where the crying sound came from, "Who is there? Aren't you afraid of offending the emperor?"

There was a rustling sound, and a little palace maid emerged from behind the bushes. Her eyes were red and swollen, and her nose and cheeks were red from crying. She knelt on the ground and paid her respects to the emperor.

When the emperor saw the maid's face, he immediately brushed Jinzhong aside and approached her with a friendly expression, asking, "What's wrong with you?"

The little palace maid didn't dare to look up, but just cried and apologized to the emperor.

The emperor raised his lips and said with a smile, "I forgive you for your innocence. Raise your head and let me see."

The little palace maid wiped the tears from her cheeks with her sleeve. She raised her face, and although her eyes were slightly red and swollen, her eyes were still beautiful. The most surprising thing was not the beauty of this little palace maid, but that she looked 60% like the same person.

The emperor's smile remained unchanged. He asked, "Why are you crying here alone? What happened?"

The little palace maid was a little frightened. She frowned, looking even more pitiful.

This maid looked six points like Ruyi when she was young. At this moment, tears welled up in her eyes. The emperor was reminiscing about his childhood sweetheart. Seeing such a similar person, he felt as if he had returned to the past. Therefore, he showed full patience and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, I am here."

The little maid said with a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, I am a maid who takes care of the flowers and plants in the Old Summer Palace. Because I have no money to honor Eunuch Zhao, he asked me to watch over the lotus pond late at night every day. I just saw a scary insect, so I accidentally disturbed Your Majesty."

The little maid fell to the ground, kowtowed tremblingly, and the emperor smiled even more gently. He coaxed her, "I have already said, you are not guilty."

"Get up."

Jinzhong watched from the side as the emperor reached out and took the little palace maid's hand, asking her to stand up.

He found an opportunity to remind her, "You must mention your name in front of the Emperor."

The little palace maid bowed and said, "I, your servant Wang Fuzhi, pay my respects to the Emperor."

"Wang Fuzhi? What a nice name. I'm in need of someone to take care of the flowers and plants. Would you like to serve me?" said the emperor.

Wang Fuzhi nodded, looked at the emperor shyly, and said, "I am willing."

The emperor immediately told Wang Fuzhi to serve him tomorrow. Jinzhong looked at the stunned maid and whispered, "Why don't you thank me?"

The little palace maid hurriedly said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

The emperor looked at Jinzhong with satisfaction, then left with his hands behind his back.

*The next day, a new noble lady with a tassel was added to the emperor's harem. The emperor's explanation for this title was, "Since you want to be my concubine, I am also your husband, so you should wear the tassel emblem for me."

This is the apparent meaning, but in fact, whether the Emperor is looking for Qingying's shadow in Concubine Ying is unknown to others.

The eunuch Zhao who bullied Concubine Ying had been ordered by the emperor to be beaten with twenty sticks and was also randomly assigned to another place.

Rong Pei should have spoken up for her sisters and been valued by her master, who should have eliminated the remaining hidden dangers. Or Rong Pei's master should have solved the problem for her, Eunuch Zhao - Zhao Quancai, was actually punished by accident two years later.

I don't know whether this trend of having to spend money to go to a good place has been curbed.