Shu Guiren enters the palace
Inside the palace, a grand banquet was being held.The Queen Mother was all smiles, because her adopted daughter, Princess Hengti, also came from Prince Chu's residence to attend.The atmosphere in the palace became particularly joyful.To add to the fun, the Queen Mother specially trained a palace maid, Yi Huan, to sing and dance for the emperor.Yi Huan danced gracefully and sang beautifully. The emperor was very satisfied and asked her her last name.
Yi Huan answered respectfully that his surname was Yehenala.This answer immediately caused an uproar in the palace.It turns out that the Yehenala tribe was once a strong enemy of Nurhachi, the great ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, and was later destroyed by the great ancestor.Before his death, the leader of Yehenala had sworn that even if there was only one woman left in the Yehenala family, he would destroy Aixinjueluo.This ancient oath was widely circulated in the palace, and the concubines were shocked by Yi Huan's identity.
However, the Queen Mother said that this was just a rumor. The Yehenara family had already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Amma, who was interested in the emperor, also served beside the emperor and was loyal to the royal family.The emperor also believed that the Queen Mother's statement was reasonable. Seeing that Yihuan was not only outstanding in singing and dancing, but also could recite poems eloquently, he decided to make her a noblewoman.
Just as everyone was immersed in joy, fireworks outside the palace suddenly lit up the night sky.The imperial concubine’s Ama specially found fireworks, hoping to add joy to the banquet.However, Yi Huan made some profound words under the gorgeous fireworks: “If life is as lively as fireworks for a while, it will return to loneliness.It would be better to be a few stars in the sky. Although there is only a faint light, it will always be bright.”The emperor was very impressed after hearing this and gave her the title “Shu”.
However, just as everyone was gathering together, news of the scandal suddenly came from the palace.The fire was fierce, and Ling Yunzhe rescued Ruyi's master and servant from the cold palace regardless of the danger.When the emperor arrived, he was relieved to see that Ruyi was fine.It turned out that the fire was caused by fireworks, so the imperial concubine knelt down outside the Yangxin Hall to plead guilty, but the emperor did not blame her.
When the queen saw Ruyi returning safely, she was very dissatisfied.She worried that the emperor would continue to pursue the cause of the fire.Su Lian reminded her that even if she continued to investigate, it would only be found on Shen Guiren and had nothing to do with the queen.Lord Shen felt relieved when he heard that the emperor did not investigate the matter.
When Imperial Physician Jiang was treating Ruyi, he noticed that the fire was burning strangely, suggesting that someone was behind the scenes.Ruyi knew it well, but didn't want to say more.She asked Dr. Jiang to take good care of Hailan and return the emperor's clothes.At the same time, Dr. Jiang also quietly gave Hai Guiren a medicine bag while diagnosing her pulse.
In her memories, Yi Huan remembered the first time she met the emperor, and she fell in love with him at that time.Now that she got what she wanted, she was very satisfied.Hai Guiren was concerned about Ruyi and sent her winter clothes and his own money.While the palace maid left, Hai Guiren secretly took the medicine sent by Dr. Jiang.Soon after, she developed carbuncles on her mouth and began to feel unwell.After diagnosis, the imperial doctor said that Hai Guiren was also poisoned by cinnabar.
This incident made the emperor begin to doubt what happened back then.He proposed that Ruyi in the cold palace could no longer poison the prince, and decided to interrogate the witness Shen Guiren to investigate in detail what happened that year.The peace in the palace was broken again, and a contest about power and love and hate quietly began.
