Ruyi returned to Yikun Palace on a dark night. The palace was so quiet that it was almost strange. The air suddenly lost the warmth and moistness of the apricot rain and misty willows in the south of the Yangtze River, and the coldness was cold.

She shivered, and the green cloud-patterned lotus cloak on her body looked particularly thin, trembling in the night wind. Ruyi looked at the dim lights on the familiar corridor, as if illuminating the dim road ahead that she could no longer see clearly. The person who sent her back was Fu Ling'an, the eldest son of Queen Xiaoxian's brother Fu Heng. Everyone knows the grudges between her and Queen Xiaoxian. When she was in a downturn, Fu Ling'an naturally had no good face and was not caring for her along the way. It was just Rong Pei who was careful to accompany her and came back.

So what? Her future has been ruined, so how can I pray for other people's good colors?

Hai Lan did not follow the southern tour. She received news early in the morning and was so anxious that the corners of her mouth became angry, so she led people to wait outside Yikun Palace.

As the emperor and empress left the palace, the candlelight in the palace was halfway. In the dark night, the moonlight was bleak. Under the blue-glazed moonlight, the golden beasts were quietly lying, staring at the sky coldly, shouting silently. There was silent everywhere, and only the wheels of a green curtained cart rolled over the ancient carved stone road, shocking the birds on them, flapping their wings and flying away. Yikun Palace was like a strange beast, lurking in the darkness, only two large water-red thin silk lanterns at the entrance of the palace were swayed by the wind, like two eyes that could not be closed.

The palace car was rumbling, Rong Pei helped Ruyi get out of the car, and Hailan was already waiting outside the door with Ye Xin. She suddenly saw Ruyi and saw that she was wearing a green water-colored and unembroidered forging clothes, with a few plain rhinoceros jade flat hairpins on her bun, her face was sickly pale. She could not contain her depression and shouted: "Empress——"

When the words came to an abrupt end, Jin Zhong jogged up, smiling and said without a smile: "Empress Yu, I don't know how much the Queen said. You should be like a slave. Just call me master first, it's not considered offensive."

The status is not determined and always falls in awkward place.

Hailan didn't even look at Jinzhong, so she walked to Ruyi, bowed according to the rules, and called out softly: "Sister." She raised her eyes and said warmly, "You and the Emperor have finally reached this point. However, my sister has finally come back. It's not peaceful outside, just come back."

Ruyi's eyes felt hot, she held her hand and said, "Hailan."

Hailan's palm was obviously wet. She didn't know how anxious and at a loss when she was waiting for her news along the way. She was used to being quiet, without any desires and no fear, but she was so shocked for herself.

Ruyi apologized and said quietly: "Don't panic."

How can we not panic? This was just a comfort. Hailan smiled softly and said firmly: "Yes. We still have Yongqi and Yongqi."

Jin Zhong said, "Empress Yu, the master must hurry to enter Yikun Palace. Chunhan has to go inside to rest, and be separated from things that should not be available outside. The master is also very careful to think about his life."

Hailan knew that Jin Zhongzheng was in power and was not inconvenient to contradict him, so she said, "I already know the emperor's will. The emperor is away from home, and everything in the palace will be managed by me. I will take good care of the matters in Yikun Palace."

Jin Zhong smiled and said, "That's natural. The emperor has the imperial concubine to take care of him, and everything in the palace depends on Concubine Yu."

He deliberately bit the four words "Linghuang Imperial Concubine" seriously. How could Hailan not be upset, but she smiled peacefully on her face, "Yes."

Jinzhong said again: "The emperor said that the master would enter Xiangkun Palace as soon as he returned to the palace, and all those who should serve had to be removed. Only Rong Pei, Lingzhi and Yunzhi would be left to avoid the idle people and disturbing the master's mistakes."

There was no trace of respect in his words, and Ruyi was not willing to argue with him. Hailan refused to say anything, but just held Ruyi's arm, "It's already done inside overnight. I'm sending my sister in."

Jin Zhong reached out to the column, "Empress Yu, the emperor said, you don't have to come out after entering Yikun Palace. You are proud of your jade feet, and you have to think clearly if you don't take this step."

Hailan's silver teeth were biting slightly, and it was about to occur. Ruyi had already pressed her hand on her sleeve and shook her head slightly, "You have to take care of Yongqi for me, and there is even Yongqi."

The cold wind surging, whistling through the corridor, making a white jade lotus on his temple press against a red tassel tassel on his hair, rustling against his ears, making it a cold pain. Hailan's eyes flashed with tears, and she took off the tribute satin cloak of gold and woven with her tumbler on Ruyi's shoulders. The collar and cuffs of the cloak were covered with white fox armpit hair, which was very warm.

Hailan held back her tears and said, "I have made great efforts to make arrangements, but the Interior Office has received the emperor's will. Inside... it is not as good as before. Take care of me."

Ruyi closed her palm and slid over the back of her hand, "Hailan, take care of her."

Ruyi couldn't bear to look back, so she stepped down and turned into the palace. The two palace gates behind her were connected, making a dull and long sound, as if she had pinched off her soft heart.

Hailan looked at her back and watched her step into the storm of light that poured down the palace lanterns, and tears fell.

Jinzhong advised: "It's not too early. Since Concubine Yu has taken over the master, she can rest early."

Hailan nodded, "Dadfather-in-law worked hard all the way." She was about to move, but she felt that there was only a rustling sound under her feet. It was Ruyi's sachet of pearls and turquoise butterfly dancing plum blossoms that were inseparable from the day. The sachet was decorated with thin golden silk and covered with twelve plum blossoms. The sachet was decorated with thin golden silk and a white pearl was embedded in the stamens. It was carved into a butterfly with turquoise. The inner side was inlaid with gold, and nineteen plum blossoms were carved, as if they were alive. The sachet contained Ruyi's favorite fragrance, and the fragrance was still stained between her clothes.

Hailan felt sad in her heart, and she bent over and picked it up, held it tightly in her palm, and told Ye Xin, "It's late at night, let's go back."

Ruyi walked into the hall and realized why Hailan had no choice. Even Lingzhi couldn't help but exclaim, sighing at the upside down of the changes in the hall.

The candle was reduced to two, and it was dim and dim. She gradually adapted to the dimness and became familiar with the outlines and staggered things around her. Rong Pei picked up the lotus-shaped copper lamp, carefully protected the wick, and illuminated it for her.

Ziruyi left the cold palace, and Yikun Palace was her residence. She had been carefully arranged over the years and was elegant and luxurious, and had already been integrated into a table and a chair. But when she saw that all the slightly valuable things in the palace had been removed, and even the bed curtains were used for the blue-gray curtains used by the palace servants.

Rong Pei trembled with her lips and said, "How can the people from the Interior Office treat the Empress like this? After the Emperor has not yet been abolished, they can't wait?"

Ruyi waved her hand and signaled that she didn't need to say much.

The meaning of abolishing the queen is obvious. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the most important thing. How can I not know? Ruyi stepped into the Buddhist temple and saw the green lamp still. The Buddha smiled, just like before. The diamond branch opened the cabinet again, and the clothes were quite comprehensive in all seasons. Even Ruyi's embroidered shelf in the warm pavilion were not short of all kinds of silk threads. He knew that what Hailan could do to do was like this.

Ruyi sat cross-legged on the futon of green velvet cloth, picked up a string of Buddhist beads, and recited three thousand Buddha words to the Buddha statue that picked up flowers.

The corners of her lips were filled with a gloomy smile, okay, this is all the days ahead.

The spring is slow and the flowers are lush. Outside the Yikun Palace is the bright sunshine like weaving flowers and flowers, and inside the Yikun Palace is the green lamp of the ancient Buddha, silent all day long.

Shortly after the emperor returned to the palace, he ordered the four treasures from Ruyi, one of the empress, one of the imperial concubines, one of the imperial concubines, one of the imperial concubines, and one of the imperial concubines Xian, and handed over all the matters in the harem to the newly-established imperial concubine Wei Yanwan. The moment Ce Bao handed over, she didn't feel sad in her heart. She just looked at the things that once belonged to her and lost another point. It doesn't matter, she went with him all the way, but she just gained some and lost some.

That was the way he and her came. Starting from Concubine Xian and ending with the queen, she still couldn't reach the end of eternity.

Because Ce Bao was taken back, Yan Wan's arrogance became even more powerful. Everyone flattered and surrounded Yongshou Palace every day, holding Yongshou Palace to a high place. Even He Jing, who occasionally went in and out, did not frown when he heard the noisy laughter, "I have a newly appointed imperial concubine and taken the six palaces. This is completely the style of Empress Ulanara back then. It is only one step away from being the position of the queen. No wonder everyone flattered Yongshou Palace."

Although he was angry, when He Jing saw the four treasures belonging to Ruyi on the emperor's imperial table, he sighed sadly.

The emperor was surprised: "What are you sighing? Don't tell me, you want to plead for Uranara."

He Jing Lian said "I dare not", but he still couldn't help complaining, "I just thought that Emperor Ahma was so angry that the Empress should come to accompany Emperor Ahma more. Bi Jing had everything she had to come from Emperor Ahma. If she had time, she had to educate several princes and princesses. Don't be as angry as Emperor Ahma, just blindly being angry with Emperor Ahma and not even caring about the children."

The emperor thought that she had just taken charge of the Six Palaces, and was afraid that she would be confused and refused to care, so he asked casually. He Jing simply said, "There are many people in the palace who are inclined to the flames and the empress is afraid of it. When the son came over, he heard the laughter of Yongshou Palace, which could spread throughout the Western Six Palaces."

The emperor frowned slightly, and did not blame him. He Jing looked at the emperor's expression and said casually: "My son met his uncle a few days ago, but I heard his uncle talk about an old story in the palace."

The emperor then cared and asked, "What's the matter?"

He Jing sat next to the emperor, looking intimate as his daughter's family, and said nothing, "I was talking about the day when the Empress of Yikun Palace angered the Emperor Ama, I was on board the boat from the West Lake to go to the imperial boat. That night, my uncle was guarding by the West Lake. If he saw the Empress of Yikun Palace, he should have stopped him, and there would be no entanglement. At that time, the Empress was not the imperial concubine, and was also worried about the Emperor Ama, for fear of the lack of guards on the imperial boat, so he specifically asked my uncle who was on the imperial boat."

The emperor said "Oh" and casually called Ruyi's Cebao, "The Imperial Concubine is very careful, but I will not do her business on the ship."

He Jing said, "Of course I wouldn't say too much. Later, I learned that the Empress of Yikun Palace and the Emperor Ama had a fight, so I hurriedly asked Erchen to persuade him, and then I met the Empress of Yikun Palace. Alas, in fact, Emperor Ama and the Empress of Yikun Palace are both husband and wife, and disputes are common. But such embarrassing things happened to the Empress of Yikun Palace and the concubines, and there were slaves, which was difficult to save."

A gloomy fireworks appeared in the emperor's eyes, "You mean, the imperial concubine knows everything around me?"

He Jing was just right: "Didn't the Emperor Ama and Ling Empress know about it? Did she still intend to spy on the occasion, and just happened to pull Erchen into the Queen of Yikun Palace, and the Queen of Yikun Palace broke her hair? It wouldn't be so gentle and respectful, right?"

The emperor's face gradually became ugly, "Since she had asked Fu Heng, she would naturally inquire from others. Humph, the imperial concubine is quite keen."

He Jing smiled: "It is natural that the Empress can be favored by Emperor Ama for many years. Hey, Emperor Ama, why do we do these unpleasant things? I haven't paid any greetings to the Emperor's grandmother for a long time. Please go to Cining Palace with you."

The emperor's smile was frozen on the corner of his lips, but he did not mention this matter anymore.

Not long after, someone took Sanbao and Yunzhi away, leaving only Rong Pei and Lingzhi around him. The name is that the Empress is quiet and there is no need to disturb her.

Lingzhi was so angry that she cried, and took Rong Pei's hand and said, "What's this? The emperor did not depose the Empress, why are we the only two of us left to serve? The young master Changzai in the palace only has two palace maids. No, Changzai has eunuchs to serve him, but the Empress has lost even this little decent."

Rong Pei had no choice but to comfort her, "Don't cry, don't cry. Sanbao went to serve the twelfth prince, and Yunzhi went to the little master Wanpin to work as a job, which was not bad."

Ruyi said she could not hear it. She stayed alone in the Buddhist temple, wiped the black marks on the copper lamp, lit them up, and placed them in front of the Buddha. The sky darkened little by little, and the Buddha in the candlelight had a kind look, and he didn't know the sufferings of the world. She was just wondering, rather than being so troublesome, why didn't he deposed himself directly and save these fragments of torture. She couldn't figure it out and didn't want to think about it, so she sat alone on the cushion and flipped through the difficult and obscure Sanskrit.

The spring night is cold and cold as autumn. The palace candles and fireworks sway, holding her figure long and lonely. The winter brazier has already been removed, and the coolness is gradually approaching, and it is forced into the bones. She is wearing an anthocyanin shirt, and she feels cold. She stretches out her arms and tightly clings her to her, so she can't have her own body.

There was a sound of footsteps approaching. She thought it was Rong Pei, but she didn't look up. The feet stopped in front of her, and it was clearly a pair of long-green golden shoes with plum purple pine leaves.

The man bent down, hugged her gently, and said gently: "Sister, the ground is cold, and it's not good if it catches cold."

Such a voice is at ease. Apart from Hailan, there is no one else.

Ruyi held her hand and stood up. The two sat opposite each other. Ruyi asked, "How can you get in?"

Hailan said: "Yongqi entered the palace to pay his respects, and he tripped the emperor. You are busy here again. I took the opportunity to get a relationship and come in and see my sister."

Ruyi tied her bun with a plain silver pearl inlaid square, and then combed the swallow's tail and ran a silver foil bead flower across it. The blue shirt with rain over the sky, dark green borders, dark purple Ruyi's collar, making her look particularly thin and simple.^

Hailan's tears rolled down. Ruyi laughed: "You are really a person who doesn't cry, but you always cry for me. It seems that I am an ominous person."

Hailan hurriedly covered her mouth, "Sister is so careless." She wiped her tears with silk, "I asked Ye Xin to bring some clothes and a few bedding that Xiji wore, and handed them to Rong Pei. Sister, don't worry, your close-fitting clothes are all made by me, and it should be fine." She said again: "It's good for Yongqi. In addition to going to the study, follow me, or in front of the queen mother, the queen mother is also good for Yongqi."

Ruyi recited the Buddha's name, "I have pity for my eternal love. If the Queen Mother can have mercy, I will feel at ease."

Hailan said with tears in her eyes: "Sister, it's not easy for me to come in. The emperor came on a southern tour and sent Li Yu to the Old Summer Palace to work. He gave Jin Zhong all the errands in front of him. Jin Zhong and Wei Yanwan were in a romance, which was even more amazing. I will come in to see you in the future, and it will be difficult."

Ruyi knew her intention, "If you try your best to come in, you must have something important to tell me."

Hailan took out a ruby ​​pink ring from her sleeve and placed it in front of Ruyi extremely solemnly, "This was given to me by Ling Yunche before his death. Although I don't know what he really wants, he once told me that this is his love for Wei Yanwan." Hailan faced the ring to the shining candlelight, and the inside of the gilded ring face was clearly engraved with the pattern of Yan Wuyun.

Ruyi's eyes twitched, "What are you going to do?"

Hailan said anxiously: "Yun is Ling Yunche, and Yan Zi is Wei Yanwan. The profound meaning of it is self-evident. Wei Yanwan is at its peak. Once she ascends to the throne, her sister will never be able to recover. If she wants to make a comeback and defeat Wei Yanwan, this is the best way."

"Ling Yunche is a dead person. Do I still want to bet on him and fight for an unknown?" Ruyi sneered, her eyes slightly cooled, "I and the emperor are hard to come back. It is not just a ring that can make a comeback."

Hailan stared at her, earnestly, "Sister, I know you have a lot of unwillingness. You are right. If you marry such a man, you will be honored, but what can you get? But think about it, you still have me, Yongqi, and Yongqi. Sister, I can see that Ling Yunche is sincere in your life for you and does not hesitate to his life. If that is the case, what if he uses him again? If he sees you have a good life, he will smile in the underworld."

Hailan spoke too quickly and was almost choked by herself. She reached out to take the tea cup that Ruyi used commonly, and was about to drink it, but she found that there was not even a piece of tea inside, just cold white water. Even the tea cup filled with water lacked the horns, revealing a pink and white foundation. She became more and more sad, holding on to Ruyi's hand and refused to let go.

It was probably because of the cold air invading the body. Ruyi coughed a few times and slowly said, "Ling Yunche died of stigma. I don't want him to be at peace after his death, and he will be insulted again. And just a ring may not shake Wei Yanwan's status. Hailan, that's it."

Her eyes were bright and unchangeable stubborn, which made Hailan a little scared. However, when she thought of the suffering Ruyi suffered, how could Hailan follow? "I can't give up! As long as I think of the pain and insults my sister suffered, I can't close my eyes and fall asleep. Sister, you were locked in Yikun Palace, how could I feel good about me in Yanxi Palace? Sister, let's fight once, okay?"

There was no more sadness, and there was a little bit of warmth and fatigue between Ruyi's eyebrows, "I'm still the queen, and I'm still with this man who hurt me repeatedly. If I lose, I will take care of you and Yongqi's bright future. Hailan, I'm really tired. In my lifetime, I can't live without this place, and I'll die here even if I die. Then let me live quietly."

Ruyi's words were clever and as if the sharp blade was straight into Hai Lan's heart. Hai Lan was clearly shocked, and her eyes were shocked. Her lips opened slightly, but she couldn't say anything, lowering her head dejectedly. She murmured, "Sister, I don't know that you are so discouraged. Today's words are said to me."

She stood up in her arms, put the ring in her arms, and put it in the golden silk-intact pearl turquoise butterfly dance plum blossom sachet worn on the pendant of the clothes, and carefully place it. "If my sister doesn't like it, I will keep it temporarily. This sachet fell when my sister returned, so I will keep it together as a thought."

Pearls were originally something Ruyi loved, so they were mostly decorated with jewelry. She was about to agree, but she suddenly covered her sleeves and coughed twice, and a little weak red appeared on her face, as if she had added a new and moist rose-colored rouge to her without makeup. Hailan said with concern: "Why do you cough well? The palace is cold, so why don't you ask Jiang Yubin to take a look."

Ruyi waved her hands repeatedly, "There are repeated spring tides, and there are also coughs. What I want to say is this. Don't ask Jiang Yubin and Yoko to worry about me anymore. It would be implicit. Don't let them find out about me anymore. Do you know?"

Hailan was worried and agreed, but she was still worried. Ruyi said, "Don't worry about me, take good care of Yongqi and Yongqi. What happened to Yongqi's bone cervix on his legs? Even though it was a minor illness, you should also pay attention. Jiang and Bin's treatment has been quite effective, so he has to ask him to go and have a look."

Hailan agreed and said with a heartache: "Sister doesn't know Yongqi's temper yet? She always avoids doctors and doesn't take it seriously. She is always afraid that she will be weaker, so others will take the blame. Now she is helping the emperor with government affairs, and she is always asking him to change the imperial physician, and she always says it's good to look at that, and there is no need to worry about it."

Hailan gave a few words of earnest advice, but she didn't dare to stay any longer. There was a slight sound of rings colliding, and Ling left.

Ruyi sat quietly, letting the sky darken and gradually falling.
To be continued...