Chapter 155 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 7
Over the following period of time, with the daily inquiries of the Emperor and Empress and the careful care of the imperial physicians, the Second Prince finally recovered slowly, and the Emperor's mood also improved.

But things did not go as planned. Not long after, when the emperor was resting in Yongshou Palace, the eunuch Li Yu ran in in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, something bad has happened. News has come from Xiefang Palace that the Second Prince has passed away."

The emperor stood up and stared at Li Yu in disbelief, almost losing his balance. "What did you say? Yonglian was clearly well, how could he have passed away?"

The emperor immediately rushed to Xiefang Palace, only to see the queen's grief-stricken figure.

Ling Xi thought about Hai Lan and took action anyway, but this time she was not so lucky to not be discovered.

The death of the Second Prince was a great blow to the Emperor and the Empress. The palace became quiet and the atmosphere was heavy. The concubines became much more obedient, fearing that they would be caught.

The emperor was deeply saddened and named the second prince Prince Duanhui. He and the queen comforted each other.

Two days later, Ling Xi met Zhao Jiuxiao who came to find her from the cold palace.

The news that Zhao Jiuxiao revealed to her could be said to be just in time and did not disappoint Ling Xi.

Ling Xi looked at Zhao Jiuxiao, who was wearing a guard uniform, and asked, "Guard Zhao, do you dare to take a gamble? If you win, you can be released from the cold palace in the future. Even if you lose, I will guarantee your life."

Zhao Jiuxiao thought about the days he would spend in the cold palace, gritted his teeth, and made up his mind: "My dear, I am willing to believe you."

Ling Xi smiled easily and said, "Just tell me what you saw later, and don't say anything else."

Zhao Jiuxiao: "Yes."

Ling Xi took Zhao Jiuxiao to the Qianqing Palace.

Ever since the death of Crown Prince Duanhui, the Emperor has been staying alone in the Qianqing Palace for several days and has not seen any outsiders.

When he arrived outside the Yangxin Palace, Ling Xi was stopped by Li Yu.

Li Yu reached out to stop Ling Xi, bowed his body, and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, the emperor is very sad and has not seen anyone in the past few days. Your Excellency, please go back."

Ling Xi: "Eunuch Li Yu, I really have something very important to discuss with the Emperor. Please inform him."

Seeing Ling Xi's anxious look, Li Yu was unsure of what to do.

I had no choice but to say, "Please wait a moment, my lord. I will go and inform you."

Ling Xi nodded to him: "Thank you, eunuch."

After a while, Li Yu came out, "My dear, the emperor invites you in."

The emperor was feeling sad, and when he heard Li Yu report that Ling Xi had arrived, he couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with Ling Xi, thinking that she was not as sensible as usual.

As soon as Ling Xi came in, she saw the surprised look in the emperor's eyes, but she didn't care much.

The emperor stayed in the Qianqing Palace these days and didn't see anyone except the empress. Ling Xi pretended not to notice the emperor's displeasure.

She greeted the emperor with a panicked look on her face. Seeing that he didn't let her get up, she didn't care. She just said in a panicked voice: "Your Majesty, I have an old acquaintance in the cold palace. He came to me and told me that he saw someone burning paper in the cold palace. His words mentioned Prince Duanhui, and it seems that there is another hidden reason for Prince Duanhui's death. This matter is of great importance. I dare not speculate randomly, so I can only come to your majesty and ask your majesty to investigate."

The emperor stood up in shock, incredulous, and asked, "What did you say? Is there another secret behind Yonglian's death? Where is that person?"

Ling Xi: "It's just outside the Yangxin Palace."

The emperor's face turned pale: "Pass it on."

When Zhao Jiuxiao was brought in by Li Yu, the emperor stared at him closely, his eyes like torches, full of intimidation. Zhao Jiuxiao trembled with fear and knelt down to salute the emperor.

The emperor's voice sank as he demanded, "What do you know? Tell me!"

Zhao Jiuxiao: "Your Majesty, when I was on duty yesterday, a young lady suddenly came to the cold palace. I was afraid of being scolded, so I hid behind the door and didn't dare to come out. As a result, I saw them burning paper money there, saying, "Second Prince, don't blame God, blame your mother. She was cruel and hurt others, and karma hurt you." Then her maid said someone was coming, and they left quickly. "

The emperor's eyes were sharp, veins popped on his forehead, and he wanted to kill that person as soon as possible: "Who is it?"

Zhao Jiuxiao shook his head. "I have been on duty in the cold palace for a long time, and I don't know who that young lady is. It's just that when the maid reminded the young lady to leave, the young lady called the maid Ye Xin, and then they left."

"I am stupid, but I know this matter is of great importance. But the only noble person I know is you, so I can only tell you."

Ling Xi pretended to be surprised and asked, "Ye Xin, isn't that Hai Guiren's maid?"

The emperor suppressed his emotions and looked at Ling Xi with a gentle gaze: "Thanks to you for this matter. I will investigate this matter. You can go back first."

Ling Xi had achieved his goal, so he naturally wouldn't stay any longer: "Yes."

Ling Xi returned to Yongshou Palace and did nothing. She left the rest of the matter to the emperor to investigate. She just discovered something shocking by accident.

This has nothing to do with her.

Because of his contribution in this matter, Zhao Jiuxiao has been transferred to Kun Palace as a guard, and his status has been greatly improved.

The emperor acted quickly and sealed off Xiefang Palace where Prince Duanhui lived in a lightning speed, and preserved all of Prince Duanhui's belongings.

As a result, Lianxin, who was about to burn Prince Duanhui's quilt, was caught.

At the same time, the doll that the Third Prince played with appeared in Xiefang Palace.

When I opened the quilt and the doll, I saw that they were full of catkins.

The second prince Yonglian had asthma and could not come into contact with reed catkins. The servants who had taken care of him were extremely careful to prevent the catkins from floating into the house, but who could have imagined that the quilt that Yonglian covered himself with and the dolls he played with were full of catkins, which was what triggered the second prince's asthma.

When the queen found out about this, she was so angry that she almost fainted.

She tore at Lianxin's clothes, cried heartbreakingly, and asked her why almost madly: "Why, why did you want to harm my Yonglian? I married you to Wang Qin before. If you hate me for this, you can just come to me. Why did you want to harm Yonglian?"

Seeing the queen collapse like this, Lianxin's eyes showed a look of gloating relief, but also of sad guilt. In the end, all her emotions turned into a miserable smile.

The emperor also felt uncomfortable when he saw the queen in such grief.

He hugged the queen and asked the people from the Ministry of Punishment to hold Lianxin down.

Afterwards, he asked his trusted nanny Yu Hu to go and see the quilt and doll.

Yu Hu went forward and examined them carefully. After a long while, he nodded and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, this quilt and doll are both made of reed fluff, and judging by the stitches, they were undoubtedly sewn by Concubine Hai."

The emperor's face was livid, his eyes were fierce: "Bring Keliyete here, and send all the servants in Yanxi Palace to the Ministry of Punishment. Beat Ye Xin to death, and let everyone in the palace see the consequences of murdering the heir to the throne."

Yu Hu lowered his eyes: "Yes."

The emperor said again: "Call all the concubines in the harem."

"Yes."