Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

Chapter 118 Yongji is a fool

The moonlight sprinkled on the ancient city wall like water, reflecting a silver-white color. The surroundings were silent, with only the sound of wind blowing gently through the leaves.

Hongli walked with his hands behind his back.

Jinzhong and Jinbao followed closely behind him.

Fearing that Hongli might catch a cold, Jinbao cautiously warned him, "Your Majesty, it's a cold and windy night. How about I take you back to the Yangxin Palace?"

Hongli suddenly stopped, his fingertips pinching his eyebrows paused for a moment, and he remained silent for a long time.

Although Ruyi was immoral, she gave birth to a prince for him and he was nominally her legitimate son.

The Ninth Prince died early, and the Tenth Prince lost his life due to his own suspicion.

Although Yuyan and Ruyi later gave birth to the eleventh and twelfth princes for him respectively, he never loved them well, as if they were just a decoration of the Forbidden City.

The father and son of the royal family cannot be compared with those of ordinary families.

I can't give them too much fatherly love.

Hongli recalled that this was how he spent his childhood. His mother died during childbirth, and he could not see his father, the emperor, so he could only stay with his nanny all day.

Suddenly, a pleasant song came to his ears, bringing Hongli back to his senses.

He asked, "Who is singing?"

Jinzhong stepped forward and said respectfully, "It sounds like your Lady Lingpin."

Hongli suddenly looked up and saw that he had indeed arrived outside the Yongshou Palace. The singing was pleasant, and Hongli listened quietly, and soon forgot about Yongqi.

He walked to the threshold of Yongshou Palace and saw Yanwan standing in the courtyard dancing gracefully.

Her steps were light, and the light blue costume seemed particularly large on Yanwan, but it did not affect her steps at all. It was as if she was walking on auspicious clouds. Her slender jade fingers pointed forward in the shape of an orchid, and then pointed back.

The pair of affectionate eyes under the heavy makeup and dark eyes made Hongli's heart flutter.

After the song ended, Lan Cui clapped her hands joyfully and said, "Young Master, you are truly amazing! You mastered the song after just two lessons. In my opinion, your singing skills are no worse than those of the opera singers in the brothels..."

Before she finished speaking, Wang Chan felt that something was wrong with Lan Cui's words. He quickly nudged her hand with his arm and whispered, "My lady is a daughter of gold. Lan Cui, how can you compare me with those lowly slaves in the brothels?"

Lan Cui realized that she had said the wrong thing, and quickly covered her mouth and explained: "Master, I didn't mean that, I..."

Yanwan stood up straight, picked up a glass of water from the table and moistened her throat.

Having all worked their way up from the bottom, Yan Wan naturally knew that everyone had suffered. Lan Cui just had a low level of education and had no bad intentions towards her, so Yan Wan certainly wouldn't hold a grudge against her.

Tired of singing, she sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard, pursed her lips, smoothed the long hair by her ears, and said slowly: "It's okay, I know Lan Cui didn't mean that."

Lan Cui finally breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at Yan Wan with gratitude, thinking that her life was not bad and she had followed the right master.

"Great! I never thought that there would be such a beautiful lady like Concubine Ling in my harem."

Hongli clapped his hands and walked in. His laughter was clear and loud, filling the entire Yongshou Palace.

Yan Wan was somewhat surprised by Hongli's arrival. Her heartbeat was so rapid that it seemed as if it was about to burst out of her throat. She hurriedly stood up and saluted, saying, "May the emperor be blessed with good health."

Hongli lowered his eyes and stared at her, his unconcealed gaze wandering over Yanwan's face. When he had admired her enough, he did not forget to tease her with words, saying, "The way Lingpin sang the opera just now was very beautiful."

Yanwan smiled subtly and shyly hit Hongli's chest lightly.

After Yan Wan had taken off her makeup and had just helped Hongli lie down, the eunuch from Zhongcui Palace came to report that Yongji had caught a cold and was crying non-stop.

Yongqi was not even one month old yet, so he couldn't take any medicine.

Lujun thought of a way. She wanted to imitate the way Empress Xiaoxian fed Yongcong. She wanted to let the wet nurse drink the medicine first and then feed him milk. However, after the wet nurse drank the medicine, Yongji didn't even want to drink milk.

Having no other options and fearing that Yongqi would die, Lujun sent someone to Yongshou Palace to inform Hongli.

"Your Majesty, let me accompany you to Xiefang Palace to visit the twelfth prince." Yan Wan said as she helped Hongli change his clothes.

At this time, Lujun was pacing back and forth in Xiefang Palace anxiously.

Ke Xin said, "My dear, please have some tea."

Lujun frowned. Seeing Yongji become like this, how could she have the heart to drink tea?

She said angrily, "Even Yongji is so ill, how can I care about him? What's wrong with these servants? How are they serving the Twelfth Prince?"

Ke Xin said, "My lady, don't worry. Doctor Qi is already here."

Lujun was not worried about Yongji's health.

She was just afraid that if Yongqi died of illness, Hongli would be unhappy. She had been out of favor for many years, and even the position of noble concubine was given to her because she gave birth to a prince. Hongli did not punish her.

Hongli entrusted Yongqi to her. If he really died, Hongli would definitely punish her for dereliction of duty.

She lost her life because of a small matter.

But her Yongzhang and Yongrong are still young. If she leaves, who will protect them in this huge harem?

While thinking, Hongli and Yanwan walked into Xiefang Palace.

Seeing Lujun kneeling on the ground, he frowned and asked seriously, "What's going on? You can't even take care of a child?"

Lujun was about to explain, but Hongli did not give her the chance. Instead, he walked past her and hurriedly entered Yongqi's bedroom.

Lujun felt a little lost. Seeing this, Yan Wan hurriedly helped Lujun up from her kneeling position and comforted her softly, "Don't worry, sister. The emperor just heard that the twelfth prince was ill and he's a little worried. Don't take it to heart, sister."

Lujun curled her lips and smiled faintly.

Then he walked into the bedroom hand in hand with Yanwan.

As soon as Hongli entered the room, he sat down on a stool. Qi Ru saw him and quickly took the medicine box and knelt before Hongli, saying slowly, "Your Majesty, Twelfth Prince..."

"How is it?" asked Hongli.

Qi Ru took a deep breath and continued, "My brother has caught a cold. I have given him medicine. He will recover soon, but..."

Qi Ru kept hesitating, which made Hongli a little impatient. He tapped his fingers on the table and said sternly, "Just say what you want to say. Is it that Twelfth Prince is not feeling well?"

Qi Ru nodded slightly and told the truth, "Your Majesty, the Twelfth Prince received little nutrition in the womb, which is why he is so weak after being born. Just now, when I took his pulse, I found his eyes were hollow and lifeless, unlike other babies. I conducted a thorough examination and discovered...that the Twelfth Prince is an idiot."

Lujun covered her mouth with an expression of disbelief.

No wonder she had never seen Yongji cry, it turned out he was an idiot.

Hongli clenched his fists tightly, picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it hard to the ground, and the cup broke into pieces.

The emperor was furious and everyone knelt down in fear.