Chapter 188 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Bai Ruiji 15
Yi Huan was a beauty no less stunning than Consort Jia, possessing a perfect blend of aloofness and allure. She was also well-versed in poetry and was bestowed the title of Noble Lady by the Emperor.
Later, because his words while watching fireworks pleased the emperor, he was granted the title of "Shu" and granted residence in Chuxiu Palace.
The Empress used fireworks to set fire to the Cold Palace, but Ruyi and Suxin were rescued by the guard Ling Yunche and were unharmed.
Yanxi Palace —
Bai Ruiji entered the Qutai Pavilion, the east wing of Yanxi Palace, walked to the bedside, and asked, "Noble Lady Hai, what brings you here?"
Of the victims in the cinnabar case, only she and Consort Jia remained. Consort Jia was the Empress's person, so Noble Lady Hai still sought her out.
Consort Hai sat up, her beautiful face looking somewhat pale and flustered. "Your Highness Consort Mi, look at all the boils and carbuncles around my mouth."
"Whenever I have a fever, heart palpitations, insomnia, and vivid dreams, I have come to ask you if my symptoms are exactly the same as yours back then."
Bai Ruiji leaned down and looked at Consort Hai's face in the dim light. "They look exactly the same. Wasn't Ulanara confined to the Cold Palace? How could she be like this?"
Consort Hai shook her head, sobbing, "I don't know, I'm so scared."
"Don't panic, don't panic." Bai Ruiji sat on the couch, took a handkerchief and wiped away Hai Guiren's tears, gently comforting her.
The eunuch announced, "His Majesty has arrived, and Consort Shu has arrived."
"May Your Majesty be well," Bai Ruiji said, bowing.
"No need for formalities." The Emperor stopped Consort Hai from getting up and helped Bai Ruiji up instead.
After bowing to Bai Ruiji, Consort Shu stood beside her.
The Emperor sat on the edge of the bed and said, "I will have Physician Qi examine you."
Physician Qi placed the silk handkerchief on Consort Hai's wrist and then took her pulse, which showed no major problems.
However, the food and candlelight revealed that all the methods used were exactly the same as those used in the previous cinnabar case.
Hai Guiren used this opportunity to reveal that there was another mastermind behind the cinnabar case, and that Shen Guiren must have someone behind her.
After leaving Yanxi Palace, Bai Ruiji took a sedan chair back to Yongshou Palace. As soon as she entered the room, her slightly chilly body felt soothed by the warmth of the charcoal fire.
Su Yun served a cup of hot tea and asked doubtfully, "Master, do you think the case of the cinnabar was really committed by the commoner Ulanara?"
"I'm not sure about the previous ones, but the matter of Consort Hai's cinnabar is related to both the Ulanara clan and Consort Hai," Bai Ruiji replied, warming her hands with hot tea.
Su Yun naturally understood this matter, since without Physician Jiang, it was Ulanara's people who sent the cinnabar into the palace.
How could Ruyi not know what Consort Hai was up to? Bai Ruiji deliberately let the Empress Dowager know about this.
If Consort Hai, as the mother, was willing to harm her own unborn child, the Empress Dowager naturally wouldn't be so kind as to stop her, since the child wasn't her own grandchild.
As for why she didn't expose it, it was because the Empress Dowager discovered that Ulanara's people had also sent arsenic to Ruyi.
The Empress Dowager increased the dosage to a level that could ruin Ruyi's health but not endanger her life.
They planned to expose Ruyi and Consort Hai's scheme when Ruyi was poisoned and the Emperor investigated the matter.
"For the sake of commoner Ulanara, Consort Hai was even willing to harm her own child. What a deep sisterly bond she has."
Su Yun frowned, her face full of disgust, clearly loathing Hai Guiren's actions.
The child is innocent, and cinnabar is not a good thing. Who can guarantee that it won't harm the child?
If Consort Hai truly had even a shred of maternal love, she wouldn't have done such a thing. It's pitiful that child has such a mother.
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