latelenovela Chapter 182: The Ulanara Clan's Tradition
Chapter 182: The Ulanara Clan's Tradition
"Brother-in-law."
Before the emperor could react, a soft and tender sound of "brother-in-law" spread all over his body.
"Qing Yuan."
The emperor was slightly shocked and was about to stand up. He looked around to find out where Jinbao had gone.
Qing Yuan, however, had anticipated this and suppressed the emperor.
"Brother-in-law, today is the Fourth Prince's wedding. I have talked to Jinbao about this. It was my sister who asked me to come and see if the Emperor is drunk.
Jinbao has gone to prepare some hangover soup for the emperor."
Ruyi was completely unaware of Qingyuan's night visit to the Yangxin Palace as she was busy interrogating Hailan.
Hai Lan, who had worked hard to help Ruyi from last night until today, never expected that Ruyi would suddenly ask her about Jin Yuyan and Prince Yu.
"Sister, I just heard the little palace maid say that Jin Yuyan went to Ninghui Hall late at night, and I thought it was inappropriate, so I followed her to check.
He accidentally saw Jin Yuyan and Prince Yu behaving intimately, and heard that they originally wanted Eun-won to marry Yong-qi, so he revealed their affair to the emperor.
Nothing more was done.”
Hailan explained what she did, without any exaggeration or cover-up.
Ruyi sat upright, looking down at Hailan who was kneeling down.
He looked like he was giving advice with all his heart.
"Hai Lan, if you speak like this, I'm afraid I can't forgive you."
Hailan is always humble, submissive and accustomed to Ruyi.
"Sister, I really don't have any other plans. It was not my plan that Concubine Jia would suddenly hurt Prince Yu."
Ruyi recalled what she had said to Jin Yuyan and felt confused.
Could it be that it was really what she said that made Jin Yuyan make the wrong decision?
"Ruyi, do you really want to let Concubine Jia go?"
"When she was most helpless, you told her that her mother's clan didn't want her anymore. Aren't you going to force her to death?"
At the same time, Ruyi recalled the emperor's accountability.
Ruyi moved her eyes impatiently.
She told herself that she didn't mean it that way.
She just told Jin Yuyan these words, she had no idea that Jin Yuyan wanted to hurt Prince Yu.
She's not wrong.
“Hai Lan, since you are unwilling to tell the truth, then think about it carefully.
When you have figured it out and are willing to tell me the truth, then talk to me."
"Rong Pei, send Hai Lan out."
When Ruyi couldn't get the answer she wanted, she blamed everything on Hailan's unwillingness to tell the truth. Since Hailan was unwilling to tell the truth, she couldn't blame her for not being on good terms with Hailan.
Hai Lan is not afraid of anything except Ruyi not wanting her.
"Sister, I really didn't harm Concubine Jia."
Hai Lan was very emotional, tears rolling down her cheeks, and she looked at Ruyi pitifully.
Ruyi glanced at Hailan coldly and turned to go to the inner hall.
Rong Pei said politely to Hailan:
"Master Yu, please come in."
Hailan shook her head.
"No, I won't go out. I will stay in Yikun Palace. I will leave when my sister forgives me."
Hai Lan cried as she watched Ruyi walking further and further away.
"Rong Pei, don't worry about me. Sister is tired after a day's work. Go and help her settle down as soon as possible."
Rong Pei knew Hai Lan's feelings for Ruyi, and she retreated with a pitiful and helpless look on her face.
After serving Ruyi to the couch, Rong Pei couldn't help but mention that Hai Lan was still kneeling.
Ruyi rolled her eyes.
"She can kneel if she wants to."
After saying this, Ruyi turned sideways and fell asleep, without even saying a word about Hailan that whole night.
Rong Pei secretly visited Hailan many times. Unfortunately, Hailan was also stubborn. She refused to leave or get up.
The stalemate lasted until the next day. When Hailan was kneeling on the ground, feeling drowsy, Ruyi, who was dressed neatly, walked up to her.
He looked at Hailan with an expression that said, "Hailan, you should know you're wrong."
Hai Lan knew Ruyi's meaning very well, and she tried her best to explain:
"Sister, I don't have one."
Ruyi's eyes were filled with anger.
"Hai Lan, if you are still so stubborn, I will have to send you to the Ministry of Punishment for questioning.
Jin Yuyan is the emperor's concubine after all. She cannot fall into the calculations of others at will."
"Besides, your calculations damage the emperor's reputation."
When Ruyi said these words, Rong Pei, who was standing beside her, had a strange expression on her face.
Rong Pei didn't know how Ruyi came to such a conclusion after sleeping for one night.
The reason why Concubine Jia wanted to have an affair with Prince Yu was because she had this intention first, and it had nothing to do with whether Hai Lan was plotting against it or not.
Does Ruyi mean that she saw the concubines having an affair and should not expose it for the sake of the emperor's reputation?
And Hai Lan did all this for Ruyi.
Putting all these aside, last night Ruyi clearly insisted on punishing Jin Yuyan in front of the emperor.
However, in front of Hailan, he resented Hailan for plotting against Jin Yuyan.
So does Ruyi want Jin Yuyan to die or not?
Or does Ruyi just want Jin Yuyan to die, but doesn't want to involve Ruyi herself?
When Rong Pei thought of the last thought, she was shocked.
"Since that's what you said, then just send Concubine Yu to the Ministry of Punishment. Why waste time asking so many questions here?"
Qing Yuan came suddenly.
Hailan subconsciously straightened her back. She didn't want to be inferior to Qingyuan in front of Ruyi.
"Qing Yuan, why are you here?"
Ruyi and Qingyuan were talking, but Qingyuan didn't seem to hear them. She pointed at Madam Qian who followed her in.
"Didn't you listen?
My sister is angry, why don't you send Concubine Yu to the Ministry of Punishment?"
Qing Yuan has the same bad temper as Ruyi. Nanny Qian glanced at Ruyi and seeing that she had no intention of stopping him, she quickly asked someone to invite Hai Lan to leave.
In order to prevent Qing Yuan from looking down on her, Hai Lan was taken away without even shouting.
Ruyi glanced at Hailan from the corner of her eye and sighed helplessly.
"Forget it, I'll just send her to the Ministry of Punishment to scare her.
Qingyuan, please have breakfast with me."
Ruyi stepped forward to eat with Qingyuan. Qingyuan took a step back.
"Don't bother the Queen. I've already had breakfast with the Emperor in the Yangxin Palace."
Qing Yuan's words shocked Ruyi to the point of being burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.
"Qing Yuan, what did you say?"
Qing Yuan looked at Ruyi with a smile, said nothing, and left.
Ruyi was stunned for a long time, until the concubines came to pay their respects to her, and then she slowly came to her senses.
"I, the concubine Yuan of the Ulanara clan, pay my respects to all the ladies."
When Qing Yuan greeted everyone, everyone was also very scared, although some people had heard that Qing Yuan had gotten up early and left the Yangxin Palace. But when they really confirmed this, the feeling was completely different.
"Sister-in-law, great joy."
Amidst everyone's confusion, Longyue suddenly came over, followed by Li Yu.
After sitting down, Longyue went straight to the point and asked Li Yu to bring a piece of clothing to Qingyuan.
"When Concubine Yuan first entered the palace, I had nothing else to give her except an old dress."
While Longyue was speaking, Li Yu brought a dress with green peony patterns embroidered on the cuffs to Qingyuan.
Others don't know about this dress, but Ruyi and Longyue know it.
Ruyi recalled that Longyue had touched her clothes, and she disliked it so much that she ripped it off. After she returned, she never touched the clothes again.
Facing Ruyi's puzzled gaze, Longyue spoke enthusiastically.
“In the past, the two aunts of the Emperor’s sister-in-law entered the palace together to serve the Emperor.
Now the two sisters are also serving the emperor together, which is the tradition of the Ulanara family. "