allonlinenovel Chapter 827 [Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 17]
Chapter 827 [Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 17]
On this morning, the sun shone brightly on the glazed tiles of the Forbidden City. Mei Changzai was riding in her gorgeously decorated sedan chair, hurrying towards the Kunning Palace where the empress lived. Along the way, the sedan bearers were so hurried that the sedan chair was bumping around.
At this time, Gao Xiyue was on her way to Kunning Palace to pay respects. She heard a burst of hurried footsteps and shouts coming from far away, and before Gao Xiyue could react, Mei Changzai's sedan chair rushed straight towards her like a wild horse.
Gao Xiyue was frightened by this sudden situation and took several steps back, but still stumbled and fell to the ground. Not only that, the precious jade hairpin on her head, which was personally awarded by Hongli, also fell to the ground and shattered in an instant.
After everyone hurriedly helped Gao Xiyue up, they hurried to Kunning Palace. As soon as they entered the palace, Gao Xiyue couldn't help crying to Fu Cha Langhuan, who was sitting on the Phoenix Throne, about the thrilling scene she had just encountered on the road, and accused Mei Changzai of acting recklessly and without manners.
Facing Gao Xiyue's accusation, Mei Changzai hurriedly stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and then began to explain: "Your Majesty, please understand that I really have an important matter to report to you today, so I offended Concubine Hui. I hope you will forgive me." After saying that, she looked up at Fu Cha Langhuan cautiously.
At this moment, Mei Changzai seemed to suddenly remember something. A blush appeared on her face and she said softly, "Actually, I have something else to report to Your Majesty. I...I am pregnant." As soon as these words came out, it was like a stone that caused a thousand ripples. Everyone present was shocked, and then they all congratulated Mei Changzai.
Fu Cha Lang Huan was stunned for a moment, but soon she regained her usual dignified and gentle smile. She slowly said, "Mei Chang Zai, since you are pregnant now, you must take good care of yourself. After you give birth to the heir safely, I will ask the emperor for permission to let your child stay with you."
Hearing this, Mei Chang was filled with gratitude and quickly stood up to thank her again: "Thank you, Queen, for your great kindness!"
"Well, no need to be polite." Fu Cha Lang Huan smiled and waved her hand, then looked around at everyone in the palace and said earnestly: "The same goes for all the sisters. If anyone is lucky enough to be pregnant with an heir in the future, even if the emperor fails to promote you in time, I will definitely fight for the treatment you deserve."
"Thank you, Queen!" everyone said in unison, their voices uniform and loud.
At this time, the Empress Dowager, who was far away in the Cining Palace, heard that Mei Changzai was pregnant, and her face immediately showed joy. She was filled with joy and ordered to reward Yonghe Palace with an extremely precious, golden statue of Guanyin, in order to bless Mei Changzai to give birth to a dragon descendant smoothly.
Since she became pregnant, Mei Changzai was very happy and was soon promoted to a noble lady. However, perhaps because she was pregnant, she became more and more spoiled. Relying on the fetus in her belly, she often summoned Hongli from other concubines to accompany her on the pretext of being unwell.
There was a time when even Youyou of Chengqian Palace was not spared. Hongli was about to go to where Youyou was, but was stopped by Concubine Mei. Faced with such behavior, Youyou would not easily indulge her arrogant and domineering bad habits. So, she quickly made a response plan and invited four or five highly skilled imperial doctors to Yonghe Palace to take care of Concubine Mei. Not only that, Youyou also ordered Concubine Mei to copy the palace rules by hand a hundred times, and strictly prohibited anyone from copying on her behalf, and she had to write it carefully stroke by stroke.
Concubine Mei wanted to cry and complain to Hongli so that he would stand up for her. Unfortunately, it did not go as she wished. Hongli had already heard about her actions and ignored her. Not only that, he directly issued a ban, ordering Concubine Mei to stay in Yonghe Palace and concentrate on copying the palace rules before the child was born, and not to step out of the palace.
Once the news was spread, it spread throughout the harem like a breeze. When the other concubines heard about it, they were all overjoyed and excited.
On this day, Ah Ruo was ignorant of the world and spoke rudely in front of Ruyi without any scruples, mocking others wantonly and not taking them seriously at all. Unfortunately, Gao Xiyue, who was passing by, happened to see this scene.
Gao Xiyue glared at A'ruo, who was kneeling and trembling on the ground, with an angry look on her face. A hint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes, and she shouted sternly: "Someone come! Slap this bitch hard on the face for me!" Before she finished her words, two strong maids came forward, raised their hands and were about to slap A'ruo's delicate cheeks.
At this moment, Ruyi hurriedly pleaded, "Noble Concubine Hui, A Ruo is a member of my palace after all, why don't you let me take her back and punish her myself."
However, how could Gao Xiyue agree so easily? She just sneered and said, "Sister Xianpin, you are wrong! This servant dared to offend me. If I don't punish her severely, how can I maintain my authority in the future? I will punish her to kneel here and reflect on her mistakes for six hours!" After that, Gao Xiyue glared at A Ruo fiercely, as if she wanted to vent all the anger in her heart.
Upon hearing this, Ah Ruo turned pale with fear. She quickly turned around and looked at Ruyi for help, begging desperately, "Master, please save this servant..."
Ruyi looked at A Ruo's pitiful appearance, and although she felt sorry for her, she still said with a straight face: "A Ruo, you should bear the responsibility for your own mistakes." As she spoke, Ruyi looked up at the sky, and saw that the originally clear sky was now covered by dark clouds, and a heavy rain was about to pour down. So, she picked up an umbrella from her side and wanted to hand it to A Ruo so that she could resist the invasion of wind and rain a little.
Unexpectedly, the eunuch who was ordered to look after Arruo saw this and immediately stepped forward to stop Ruyi, saying respectfully: "Please forgive me, Empress Xian, this is the order of Empress Hui, no one is allowed to help this lowly maid." Ruyi sighed helplessly, had to put down the umbrella in her hand, turned around and left.
As time went by, the rain outside became heavier, and the big raindrops fell mercilessly on Ah Ruo. She was already thin, and after a long time of kneeling on the ground, she was already exhausted. At this time, she could no longer endure such pain, and finally burst into tears. The rain mixed with tears flowed down her cheeks, which made people feel so distressed.
On the other hand, Ruyi, who had returned to the palace, was still worried about A-ruo. Seeing that the rain outside the window showed no signs of abating, she could not help but frown and said to herself worriedly, "A-ruo may not be able to bear such heavy rain..."
Thinking of this, Ruyi made a prompt decision and ordered the palace maid beside her, "Go to the Imperial Hospital and ask a doctor to come over, and treat A Ruo properly after she returns to the palace. Also, prepare some hot water and quilts, so as not to let her catch a cold." The palace maid took the order and left, while Ruyi paced back and forth in the hall anxiously, waiting for A Ruo to return.
After an unknown amount of time, she heard a noise coming from outside the door. Ruyi walked quickly to the door and saw Ah Ruo, who was soaking wet and in a state of disgrace, being supported by several palace maids and walking slowly towards her. Ah Ruo was so weak that she couldn't even stand steadily. She collapsed to the ground as soon as she entered the palace gate. The palace maids hurriedly helped her to lie down on the bed. Ruyi hurriedly walked forward, personally picked up a bowl of steaming ginger soup, and carefully fed it to Ah Ruo.