The imperial concubine was frightened
Deep in the palace, today is the seventh day after the death of the imperial concubine A Ruo.As night fell, the crow of the divine crow came from the palace. This sound made the concubine feel an inexplicable chill in her heart.She recalled that in May 7th, Ruyi was frightened by this, and now the same voice sounded again, as if it was foreshadowing something.
In the silence of the night, the concubine seemed to hear A Ruo's call, and she claimed that she wanted to take revenge on her.The imperial concubine's heart was suddenly filled with fear. She believed that the reason why A Ruo resented her so much was because she had made her take the blame for Zhu Sha.In order to quell this seemingly supernatural revenge, the imperial concubine hurriedly ordered someone to find a shaman, hoping to use talismans to dispel this ominous omen.
However, things did not calm down.The imperial concubine was restless all day long, and she could hear A Ruo's voice even during meals.Although the imperial doctor did not find anything abnormal after diagnosis and treatment, rumors in the palace became increasingly rampant.The queen came to visit, but the concubine still insisted that she often saw A Ruo.Ruyi also came with concern and sent Buddhist scriptures copied by Master Anhuadian, hoping to bring a little peace to the imperial concubine.
Just as the princess and Shuang Xi were playing in the courtyard, Ruyi accidentally heard that Shuang Xi was playing with snakes. She couldn't help but feel suspicious, so she ordered someone to investigate the matter in detail.At this time, the imperial concubine had fallen into a state of unconsciousness. She believed that A Ruo came to seek revenge from her, and even told the secret of her conspiracy to murder Ruyi with the queen in front of the queen.Although the queen accused the concubine of talking nonsense, the concubine insisted that all these things were done for the queen, and Aruo's accusation was also to protect the queen.
The imperial concubine's nonsense made everyone in the palace panic, especially Su Lian. She was worried that the emperor would hear these things when he returned, which would implicate the queen.Jia Bin put forward a more extreme suggestion, thinking that if the concubine was really crazy, then no one would believe what she said.
After the emperor returned to the palace, he originally planned to go to the queen's palace, but met Ruyi halfway.Ruyi revealed something to the emperor, which made the emperor change his mind and decided not to go to the queen's palace, but ordered someone to bring a double happiness to the imperial concubine's palace.After some interrogation, Shuangxi admitted that he had murdered Ruyi in the cold palace, but he did not admit that arsenic was involved.The emperor ordered Yu Hu to investigate the matter thoroughly.
When the imperial concubine heard that Shuang Xi had been taken away, she wanted to beg the emperor for forgiveness, but it was getting late and she was afraid that A Ruo would come to find her, so she had to give up.After listening to the queen's narration, the emperor said that he never believed in ghosts and gods, and believed that all this was caused by someone's guilty conscience.He mentioned the visit of the Yu family and the prince born by Jia Concubine, and decided to promote Jia Concubine as his concubine.
The next day, the imperial concubine asked to see the emperor, but learned that Shuangxi had confessed everything.The imperial concubine was so frightened that she fell to the ground and begged the emperor for forgiveness on her knees.However, the emperor showed Shuangxi's confession to Ruyi.Ruyi pointed out that Shuangxi did not admit to the snake incident in Jingyang Palace, thinking that there must be something fishy.The imperial concubine has always relied on the queen, so this matter must be related to the queen.But the emperor firmly stated that the queen was his wife and did not want to involve her.The emperor decided to imprison the imperial concubine in the palace and let her fend for herself without any punishment from the outside world.
It turns out that all this was Ruyi's plan. She asked Dr. Jiang to replace the moxa leaves of the imperial concubine with absinthe wormwood, which caused her to have continuous hallucinations.Ruyi felt unwilling to accept that the queen was still staying out of the matter.She told Ling Yunche that from now on she only had to send flowers to various palaces and no longer had to take care of the flowers and plants, and said that she would marry them both in the future.Ling Yunche was extremely grateful for this.
The emperor summoned Hailan to sleep with him, but Hailan said that he was ashamed to see Tian Yan.The emperor saw the stretch marks left by Hailan during childbirth and comforted her to take good care of her health.The next day, Hailan told Ruyi that now she only has her sister and child in her heart, as long as the three of them are well.When Ruyi took Yongqi to greet the queen, she met Yanwan who was going to send flowers to the queen's palace.Lingxin said that Yanwan and Ruyi were somewhat similar, but Yanwan modestly said that she did not dare to compare with Concubine Xian.Ruyi asked Yanwan to go with him to Changchun Palace.In the Changchun Palace, Yan Wan brought Yao Huang Peonies to the Queen, and Concubine Jia on the side praised Ruyi for the similarities between the flowers embroidered on her body and Yao Huang Peonies.
