Rebirth: Ruyi goes crazy in the harem

Chapter 228: Blooming Red Plum

Of course Concubine Li doesn't want that, she also wants to be a high and mighty queen.

She stretched out her white hand and took the medicine bag. Her eyes changed and then she looked at Concubine Rou.

The two seemed to have made some kind of resolution in the silent atmosphere...

The snow outside was slippery. Although the palace servants cleaned it from time to time, the fallen snow would still condense into ice in some inconspicuous corners.

Rong Pei was worried that Ruyi would get hurt, so she was extremely careful every time she accompanied Ruyi out, protecting her like a fragile glass bottle.

Ruyi knew that Rong Pei meant well, and she didn't want to go through any more trouble during her pregnancy, so she simply didn't insist on anything.

He only asked people to transplant more red plum trees in the Yiku Palace so that people could enjoy them and enhance the scenery of the courtyard. He never mentioned going to the Imperial Garden again.

Rong Pei carefully supported Ruyi and strolled in the courtyard for a while. The fragrance of plum blossoms diffused throughout the palace, and the hair and clothes of the people were filled with a faint plum fragrance.

Feeling a little tired, Ruyi returned to her bedroom, sat beside the fireplace, and sipped warm milk and bird's nest.

Rong Pei squatted aside, carefully picking up the chestnuts that were roasted until they cracked by the stove with a carrying pole.

Sanbao came to report that Hailan had arrived.

Hailan took off her furry cloak, revealing a pink and pretty little face. She bowed with a smile, then sat aside and put her frozen hands close to the heater to keep warm.

"Hai Lan, it's cold and the roads are slippery today. You've come all the way from the Yanxi Palace. It must be hard work."

Hailan smiled and said, "My sister is pregnant, which is the most difficult thing.

Yongqi is grown up now. He has his own teachers to teach him poetry, books, etiquette, riding and archery. I, a concubine, can't help him much.

Fortunately, I am busy with palace affairs, and my life is quite fulfilling."

Ever since Ruyi showed signs of pregnancy, she advised the Emperor to hand over most palace affairs to Concubine Chun and Concubine Yu to assist.

But since the beginning of winter, Concubine Chun Su Lujun has been suffering from a cough. Ruyi asked Doctor Qi and Jiang Yubin to see her. They said it was the root cause of the disease from her miscarriage that year.

This happened because she didn't take good care of herself during the confinement period and was also sad.

Although this disease is not contagious, there is no particularly good cure. You can only take good care of yourself and try not to get cold, and you will be fine.

Su Lujun had no intention of managing palace affairs. Both of her children were princes, and when they reached a certain age, they would leave the palace and start their own households.

So in fact, the affairs of the six palaces have been completely handed over to Hailan to handle.

Hai Lan is steady, careful and organized in her work, and the emperor praises her highly.

He also said in person that after Ruyi gave birth safely after the new year, he would confer titles on the six palace maids and also promote Hai Lan.

Ruyi looked at the sachet worn around Hailan's waist and suddenly remembered that it was sewn by Hailan herself on her first birthday after the emperor ascended the throne.

She and Hailan each had one, and they were close cousins. Now, in the blink of an eye, so many years have passed.

Both of them have children, hold high positions, and live a relatively worry-free life. Ruyi can't help but sigh.

In her previous life, she was possessed by something and put her heart entirely into the love with the emperor. She was extremely indifferent and even selfish towards her family and friends.

She always felt that she was the queen, the emperor's childhood sweetheart, and his only true love.

Therefore, she disdains to get involved in the palace struggles, and is even more unwilling to kill people, even if it is with a borrowed knife.

She would rather hope that everything she gets is given to her by others.

For example, the position of queen.

Ruyi's position as empress was conferred by the emperor himself, and it was the emperor who begged her to take the throne in tears.

How proud Ruyi was of this in her previous life.

But if it weren't for Hailan helping him to remove the obstacles along the way, with her hands stained with blood,

How could she sit in that position smoothly and continue to maintain her non-competitive character?

Treat those things that are out of reach of others as if they are within your reach.

So now, Ruyi has done all the evil things with her own hands, and Hailan has been cleared of all charges, so this can be considered as a settlement of the cause and effect.

The sad and complicated emotions slowly entangled Ruyi's heart like vines. Looking back now, she only felt that her face at that time had gradually become blurred and distorted.

"Sister? Sister? What are you thinking about?"

Seeing that Ruyi was staring at her blankly, Hai Lan's eyes became increasingly distracted. She stretched out her hand with some worry and waved it in front of Ruyi's eyes.

Ruyi came back to her senses and said softly, "It's nothing. I was just thinking that Yongqi is a smart and sensible child, just like you.

Especially his skill of shooting arrows with eyes closed is really amazing. Unlike Yongqi, he would hold books and read and write all day.

I still remember when Yongji and Yongqi first learned archery, Yongji was so clumsy that he couldn't even pull the bowstring, but Yongqi could already shoot the arrow at the target properly. "

Hai Lan smiled and shook her head, "Sister is too strict with Yongqi.

I would say that Yongqi was also a good kid. He was very focused when he was reading and practicing calligraphy.

The Master has praised him many times in front of the Emperor. In this respect, Yongqi is far inferior to him."

When the sisters get together, they love to chat about the interesting things of their children. While chatting, they happened to meet Yongqi coming to pay his respects to Ruyi.

Yongqi had grown into a teenager. When he first learned that Ruyi was going to give him a brother or sister, he was very happy. He would pester Ruyi every day, asking excited questions.

But slowly, a hint of worry began to appear in Yongqi's bright eyes.

Yongji was still a child after all, and he was not good at hiding some of his emotions. But every time Ruyi asked him about it, Yongji would say that he was busy with his studies.

Ruyi knew that Yongqi didn't want to say anything, so she pretended not to know and let him leave.

Hailan saw that something was wrong. "Sister, Yongji and Yongqi are good friends. When we get back, I'll ask Yongqi to ask indirectly to see if he can find out anything."

"Yes." Ruyi nodded gently, "Although Yongji likes quietness, he is full of thoughts and worries. At his age now, his thoughts are so deep that even I can't see through him.

I also want to let the child grow up freely, but if Yongqi grows up in a wrong direction without us noticing, I'm afraid it will be too late to regret.

Alas, of the two words ‘education’, ‘education’ is indeed the most difficult.”

Before Hai Lan could say a few more words to comfort Ruyi, she saw a bright red figure jumping in.

"My Queen Mother, my Queen Mother, look at the plum blossoms I picked for you. Are they pretty?"

Jingshu had her hair tied up in a small bun and ran to Ruyi, holding high a branch of blooming red plum blossoms.

When she saw Hai Lan, she even squatted down and said in a baby voice, "Greetings to the Empress Dowager and Empress Yu."

Hai Lan was infected by Jing Shu's lively and innocent attitude and said with a smile, "Princess, be careful. It's cold outside and the ground is slippery. Be careful not to fall."