The Apo Master dressed up as Concubine Ling and killed the Ruyi sisters

Chapter 183 White Chrysanthemum Pillow

The New Year has passed, and the Yikun Palace remains deserted.

Ruyi never saw Ling Yunche again, but she always missed him in her heart.

Ruyi held a pillow and said to Rong Pei, "Rong Pei, go out and find out where Ling Yunche is working and give him this pillow. Tell him that the white chrysanthemums here are all hand-picked by me, one by one, and ask him to accept it."

Rong Pei said, "Empress, I have inquired before. Ling Yunche was taken to the flower room by Jinzhong to work. Later, Mao Qian heard about it and deliberately went to the flower room to embarrass Ling Yunche in public. She also asked the flower room to send your favorite plum blossoms to Yongshou Palace."

"Ling Yunche just said a few words that the Queen loves plum blossoms the most and that it is against the rules to send plum blossoms to Yongshou Palace, but Mao Qian humiliated him!"

After hearing this, Ruyi felt that even though Ling Yunche was now in a state of desolation, he still remembered her preferences. It was worth her worrying about Ling Yunche's safety, and she felt very relieved.

"Now that Imperial Concubine Ling is in power in this palace, there are not many people who are willing to speak up for me like this. Ling Yunche's behavior is enough to prove my vision!"

Rong Pei nodded and continued, "The Queen Mother kindly gave Ling Yunche a white chrysanthemum pillow, but Ling Yunche's status has changed now, and it is difficult for him to survive in the palace. Why don't you reward him with some silver so that he can live a more relaxed life?"

The emperor and Ruyi have long been strangers and their relationship is weak, but no matter how unfavored Ruyi is, she is still the Empress Dowager who holds power in the palace, and the subordinates dare not act presumptuously.

Ever since returning from Mulan Paddock, the Emperor sentenced Balin to death, and Han Xiangjian spread rumors about Ruyi and Ling Yunche in the palace.

The emperor became increasingly dissatisfied with Ruyi's behavior. Hai Lan's actions backfired, deepening the rift between the emperor and Ruyi. The emperor even gave all the power in the palace to Yan Wan.

From this time on, the wind direction in the palace had completely changed.

Everyone knew that the Queen had completely fallen out of favor. Not only did the Imperial Household Department dare to delay the monthly salary of the Yikun Palace, but even people like Sanbao, who had served Ruyi for many years, treated her rather poorly.

Rong Pei is no longer the head maid of Yikun Palace. Although Ruyi still lets Rong Pei serve her closely, she still trusts Rong Pei.

But Rong Pei could still clearly feel that her status in Yikun Palace had plummeted. She had long been unable to command the palace maids and eunuchs who had been beaten and scolded by her.

The treatment of Yikun Palace has greatly declined. Apart from the annual and festival rewards within the rules, Yikun Palace has not received any rewards from the emperor for a long time.

Rong Pei never had the idea of ​​saving money. In the past, she lived under the shade of a big tree, received many donations from others, and had no shortage of anything.

But the little monthly salary she has now is just enough to cover her expenses, and a little more would be too much.

She is in such a situation, let alone Ling Yunche's situation.

Ruyi shook her head and said, "Although it has been several months since the incident, the emperor seems to no longer care about Ling Yunche. If I reward Ling Yunche with a sum of money, Ling Yunche will feel better in the short term."

"But there is no such thing as an impenetrable wall in this world, not to mention that many people are watching Ling Yunche's every move. If someone finds out that Ling Yunche has a large sum of money for no reason, they will definitely track him down."

"If that happens, the rumors between me and Ling Yunche will be brought up again by someone with ulterior motives. If that happens, wouldn't I be harming Ling Yunche?"

Rong Pei felt that Ruyi's concerns made sense. She looked at the pillow in her hand and said, "Then why did the Queen give Ling Yunche this pillow? If Concubine Ling found out, wouldn't she cause trouble?"

Ruyi smiled and said, "It's just a pillow, not a valuable item. The imperial concubine has seen so many good things, she won't notice this."

"Ling Yunche used to be a guard in front of the emperor. How could he do the rough work of a eunuch? I think he must have been suffering these past few months. I made this white chrysanthemum pillow specially so that Ling Yunche could have a good sleep."

Rong Pei felt that something was wrong, but she would never disobey Ruyi's wishes, so she praised: "I understand, the Queen is wise!"

Rong Pei carefully wrapped up the white chrysanthemum pillow made by Ruyi and waited quietly while Ling Yunche was on his way to deliver flowers to other palaces.

Seeing that there was no one around, Rong Pei called out to Ling Yunche in a low voice.

Ling Yunche looked in the direction the voice came from, and when he saw it was Rong Pei, he immediately felt extremely close to her.

"Aunt Rong Pei, why are you here? Is the Queen okay?"

Rong Pei was shocked to see Ling Yunche's haggard appearance, but she didn't ask anything.

"Everything is fine, Queen. You don't have to worry. Queen knows that it's not easy for you to work in the flower house, so she asked me to bring this to you."

Ling Yunche quickly reached out to take it. He saw Rong Pei packed a bundle and thought it contained silver, or at least some food, which was exactly the thing he needed most and had the most scarcity of.

But it felt light in my hands, and I asked in confusion, "What is this?"

Rong Pei said: "This is a pillow given to you by the Queen. I hope you can sleep well after your hard work. The white chrysanthemums inside were all handpicked by the Queen!"

Ling Yunche was a little disappointed at first, but then he thought, the Queen is such a noble person, why would she give silver and food and other vulgar things?

How rare it is that he still gets the Queen's care even though he is in this state?

Ling Yunche put the things away and said gratefully, "Thank you, Queen, for your kindness!"

What happened here happened to fall into the eyes of Yongqi who was about to pay his respects at the Yanx Palace.

Yongqi walked forward and stretched out his hand, "Give it to me."

Ling Yunche was stunned, not knowing what Yongqi wanted a pillow for, and hurriedly knelt down to greet him, "Your servant greets the Fifth Prince!"

Yongqi was afraid that if he delayed too long, this scene would be seen by others and then trouble would arise.

He simply stretched out his hand, snatched the bag containing the Baiju pillow, and threw a silver ingot to Ling Yunche.

"Forget about what happened today. Just pretend that you have never seen or spoken to anyone from Yikun Palace!"

Ling Yunche picked up the silver and asked in confusion: "Why do you do this? What does Fifth Brother mean?"

Yong Qi was speechless and said bluntly: "The crimes you committed before are enough to kill you a thousand times! You have become a eunuch, don't you know how to be cautious and careful?"

"From now on, if you want you and the Empress Dowager to be safe, keep your eyes and your mouth under control. Don't look at people you shouldn't look at, don't accept things you shouldn't accept, and don't say things you shouldn't say. Do you remember?"

Ling Yunche was stunned for a moment, and reluctantly looked at the bundle again, "Yes, I know!"

Yongqi looked at Ling Yunche and felt that he didn't seem to fully understand, but he didn't want to care about it anymore.

Yongqi was also speechless about Ruyi. Why did Maoqian dare to file a complaint? Wasn’t it just because of those shoes?

After suffering such a great loss, he still didn't learn his lesson and even gave her something as personal as a pillow!

Just give it as a gift, and don’t forget to let Rong Pei tell Ling Yunche that the white chrysanthemum inside was selected by her personally.

Is this because he is afraid that others won't be able to find any evidence against him, or that Ling Yunche won't die quickly enough? !