Rebirth: Ruyi goes crazy in the harem

Chapter 236 Sour Jujube Cookies

The night is cool as water, and the moon is cold like frost.

Perhaps because she had overslept during the day, Ruyi covered herself with a thick quilt, closed her eyes and dozed off, not feeling sleepy at all.

After hearing Rong Pei's report, Ruyi felt relieved.

She had always known that Hailan was smart and had no shortage of plans. But after all, in this life, with her own plans for everything, Hailan had never planned anything on her own.

"Empress Yu acted decisively and with one move, she was deadly. I think that concubine Li has been suspected and despised by the emperor, and has been banished to the cold palace. She will not be able to do anything else."

Rong Pei took the silver scissors and cut off a piece of the candle wick, and the candlelight in the room seemed a little brighter.

"The cold palace is a great place to be free and at ease." Ruyi thought of this and said with a little gnashing of teeth.

In her previous life, she foolishly believed the emperor's true feelings. She was willing to be sent to the cold palace, hoping that the emperor would find out the truth and clear her name in the future.

But Ruyi waited and waited in the cold palace, and waited for stale food, rheumatism, poisonous snakes, and fire, but she never waited for the emperor to come and pick her up.

Finally, if Ruyi hadn't been so cruel as to poison herself with arsenic, the emperor would have never thought of a way to save her until she died in the cold palace.

As for the emperor's "self-touching" deeds of true love, they are even more childish and ridiculous in retrospect.

For example, the emperor pretended to let A Ruo sleep with him to attract hatred and jealousy, but in fact he was "as chaste as a virgin" and only made her kneel to humiliate her, but never touched her.

For example, she would review each of the embroidery works made by Ruyi before sending them out for sale.

At that time, Ruyi was blinded by love, and was so moved by these things that she easily forgave the three years of torture in the cold palace.

Thinking back now, Ruyi felt so ashamed and blushed that she wanted to call herself an idiot.

Arruo was just a slave. How difficult could it be for an emperor to deal with her?

If the emperor really wanted to love and protect her, what would the doubts of the concubines matter?

To say something extremely treasonous, the emperor is the Son of Heaven, not a slave to be ordered around by concubines.

Why do you have to be constrained by the concubines everywhere and act according to their moods and preferences? Isn't this the opposite of Tiangang?

Also, the emperor clearly knew that Ruyi was suffering in the cold palace, lacking money and eating stale food, and was also being plotted against by people using poisonous snakes and arson.

He knew everything, but he just watched silently and did nothing.

Ultimately, it’s because of not enough love.

The emperor loves his country, the stability of the previous dynasty, and the harmony of the harem, but he does not know how to love people, and he does not love Ruyi.

The emperor's heart is cold and indifferent, it has been like this since ancient times.

It's just that Ruyi has always been self-moved, self-righteous, and blindly indulging in the hypocritical dream she has woven.

Now that she has lived a new life and awakened from the dream, Ruyi has become indifferent.

She no longer felt the slightest bit nervous about any of the emperor's actions, and instead lived a much smoother life than in her previous life.

Ruyi smiled mockingly, remembering that when Ling Yunche was in the cold palace in his previous life, he once said to her, "Since there is money to be gained, why not help?"

She solemnly said, "Although Concubine Yu has already given orders to the guards in the cold palace.

But I know that the cold palace has never had much benefits and the salary is not much.

There is no guarantee that there are still some guards who are short-sighted and, after receiving money or benefits, secretly pass on information for the cold palace.

Rong Pei, take some money from my private room and find some excuse to bribe those guards. Tell them to weigh the pros and cons before deciding who to work for. "

Although Rong Pei was puzzled as to why Ruyi knew so much about the affairs of the cold palace, she had always kept her mouth shut and would not ask questions when she shouldn't.

"I know the seriousness of the matter and will do it tomorrow."

Ruyi recalled Concubine Ji, who had a pale complexion, black eyebrows, and a face as old as a ghost.

"By the way, when you go to the cold palace tomorrow, find someone who keeps a tight lid and secretly inquire whether there is a Concubine Ji in the cold palace.

If there is, go find a reliable guard with a clean background in the cold palace to help her."

Rong Pei also agreed, thinking in her heart that Ruyi must have some connection with Concubine Ji, but she did not dare to ask more.

There were many crazy women in the cold palace who could not stand the coldness and torture. Almost every day, there were women who could not bear it and hung themselves from the beams with a rope.

The people in the cold palace were extremely indifferent to this and were used to it.

Some people even sighed with envy, thinking that those dead women were liberated and were continuing to receive the favor of the late emperor in the underworld.

In such a depressing and gloomy environment, Ji Taipin was able to endure for so long and still maintain her sanity. One has to admire her inner strength.

If Ruyi rashly cut off the financial resources of the cold palace, Concubine Ji might not even be able to have a decent meal.

Concubine Ji once gave her some advice in the cold palace, and even indirectly used her own vain attempt to assassinate the empress dowager to increase Ruyi's favor in front of the empress dowager.

Although she was still a loser in the end, Ruyi was still favored by her and accepted her kindness.

Besides, Concubine Ji’s hatred for the Empress Dowager is probably no less than hers.

Perhaps in this life, Concubine Ji will no longer be resentful and watch the Empress Dowager enjoy her glory, and die with regret.

Rong Pei brought the sour apricots from Yongping as tribute and placed them next to Ruyi as a snack. Ruyi only ate two bites and then felt that they were not sour enough.

"I remember that when the queen was pregnant with the fourth prince, she clearly liked him."

Rong Pei murmured to herself in some confusion, but still obediently removed the sour apricots and replaced them with a plate of sour jujube cakes.

The round jujube cakes are sprinkled with a thin layer of salt powder, which makes them mouth-watering and appetizing.

Ruyi used a silver fork to pick up a small piece of the cut sour jujube cake, put it in her mouth and started eating.

As if chatting casually, he said, "Rong Pei, do you know why the emperor has to follow the old ancestral rule when eating, which is to eat no more than three meals a day?"

Rong Pei nodded and replied, "I heard that when the emperor eats, he can only eat three bites of each dish at most.

If a dish was eaten for the fourth time, it would have to be taken away immediately, and the emperor would not be allowed to eat it again for the next ten days or half a month.

This is to prevent someone from finding out the emperor's dietary preferences and using them to curry favor for personal gain, or from being poisoned by others..."

Rong Pei seemed to have thought of something, and said suddenly, "The Queen is worried..."

Ruyi continued to eat the sour jujube cake in small bites, "According to the rules, I cannot go beyond the emperor's permission and do something that is not allowed to be eaten more than three times. But I have to be careful with my daily diet.

What if someone gets the wrong idea and finds out that I like to eat sour apricots and does something about it?

I can punish them afterwards, but I am afraid that the baby in my belly will inevitably suffer innocently."

"No way, you are the Queen, who would dare to touch the baby in your belly? I feel really bad seeing you suffering so much." Rong Pei said with concern.