Chapter 169 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 21
The news that Concubine Ling gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and was named Concubine Ling spread throughout the harem within just a few hours.

It took less than two years from her initial title of Ling Guiren to Lingpin and then to Lingfei.

The speed of Concubine Ling's promotion seemed astonishing to the people in the harem.

Shoukang Palace.

The Queen Mother smiled and said to Fu Jia on the side: "This Concubine Ling is really lucky."

Fu Jia: "That's right. She was promoted to imperial concubine in two years. No one in the palace has been promoted faster than her. She is quite lucky."

The Queen Mother stroked the cat in her arms and shook her head, saying, "Luck is one thing, but more importantly, she is a smart person."

Fuga lowered his head and asked in confusion, "Smart?"

The Queen Mother asked: "What kind of person do you think this Concubine Ling is?"

Fuga thought about it and found that he didn't know much about Concubine Ling and he had only met her a few times.

She thought for a moment before speaking, "Concubine Ling lives in seclusion and rarely interacts with other concubines. She interacts with people like Concubine Wan who are indifferent and respectful to the queen. She doesn't offend her and usually doesn't cause trouble for others. This servant can't see it."

The Queen Mother praised her, "This is what a smart person does. Look at how many concubines have had problems in the past two years, from Hai Guiren to Jiapin, and then to Guifei. But she was not affected at all, but rose straight to the top. Although the Emperor did not favor her very much, he remembered her in his heart. He would go to Yongshou Palace a few days a month, and he went there even more often after she became pregnant."

Fujia looked at the Queen Mother in confusion: "Queen Mother, are you saying that Concubine Ling did this on purpose?"

The Queen Mother laughed and looked at Fujia and said, "You see, even if Concubine Ling gave birth to twins, the people in the harem would at most be jealous. Whether it was Concubine Chun, Concubine Mei, Concubine Wan, Concubine Shu, or Concubine Qing, most of them congratulated her. Isn't this a thoughtful approach? If Ruyi had understood this principle back then, she wouldn't have been targeted by everyone in the harem."

The Empress Dowager felt that Ruyi and her aunt, Ulanara Yixiu, were really different. Although Yixiu had done many evil things in the past, she pretended to be dignified, generous, virtuous and kind, and no one could find any fault with her.

But her niece was self-righteous, which caused everyone in the harem to have some complaints about her.

The Empress Dowager shook her head. The gap between Ruyi and Yixiu was not just a little bit, it was a gap as huge as heaven and earth.

Fuga knew that the Queen Mother was thinking about the past, so he stood by and accompanied her silently without saying anything.

Yanxi Palace.

When Ruyi heard the news outside, her eyes were complicated.

Twins, a boy and a girl, what a lucky life.

It's really lucky.

At the same time, her hatred towards Fucha Langya deepened.

If it weren't for her, she wouldn't have been childless for so many years.

If she and the emperor had a child, it would definitely be the best.

She had been out of the cold palace for more than a month, but the emperor had never come to the Yanx Palace once, which made Ruyi have a bad feeling.

She must find a way to get the emperor's favor back.

After Concubine Ling gave birth to a child, the emperor favored other people much more frequently.

But the Imperial Concubine was banned from the palace, Concubine Chun was out of favor, Concubine Mei was heartbroken, and Concubine Wan was focused on raising children, so Concubine Shu and Concubine Qing were the two people who had the most sleepovers.

What is shocking is that on a night when the Emperor flipped over Concubine Qing's green card, Empress Xian of the Yanx Palace actually kidnapped the Emperor halfway.

That night, rumors spread that Concubine Xian had served the emperor in the imperial court.

This shocked other people who knew Empress Xian extremely. In the past, Empress Xian was very noble and never bothered to do anything like vying for favor.

And the following few days made everyone even more surprised.

The emperor stayed in the Yanx Palace for several days and doted on Concubine Xian so much that people in the harem thought that the once favored Ulanara had returned.

In the Yanx Palace, Ruyi lay beside the emperor, looking at the sleeping man with a sad and obsessed look.

Only she herself knew what happened during this sleeping session.

She put warm fragrance into the candle, so the emperor stayed in Yanxi Palace.

This is the forbidden drug she asked Jiang Yebin for with惢心 as a condition. It is colorless and tasteless, and the imperial doctors cannot detect it, but it is powerful and addictive. She must make the emperor favor her again and cannot leave her, just like before.

So, even if he was addicted to the drugs, it didn’t matter. At least, it was the only drug she had given him.

It’s just sad that now she needs to use this kind of thing to keep her young man.

She never thought that one day she would resort to such despicable means.

But she had no choice. The three years she spent in the cold palace and Hailan's death echoed in her mind day and night, leaving her sleepless and almost driving her crazy.

She didn't want to go through the dark, hardship and humiliation of living in the cold palace again.

She admitted that she was scared.

Over the next month, the three people who slept with the emperor were Shu Guiren, Qing Guiren and Concubine Xian. Among them, Concubine Xian slept with the emperor the most times.

When Ling Xi first heard the news, Chunchan and Lancui accidentally mentioned it when they were complaining to her.

It all started one day when the emperor was planning to visit his children at Yongshou Palace, but unexpectedly he was kidnapped by Concubine Xian halfway.

Ling Xi was surprised when she heard them say this.

Not only Ruyi, but everyone in the harem knows very well what kind of person she is. Noble is her hallmark, and she would never do such a thing.

Could it be that she had misjudged her character?

Lan Cui was outspoken and complained: "Humph, she still relied on pretending to be pitiful. She stood in the middle of the road pretending to be pitiful. The emperor originally disdained to pay attention to her, but Concubine Xian cried so pitifully that the emperor couldn't bear it and sent Concubine Xian back."

Ling Xi looked at Lan Cui's angry look and smiled indifferently: "Okay, I'm not angry, why are you angry?"

Now that she has children and status, what does she need that big pig-hoofed dog emperor for?

If the child had not just been born, she would have wanted to send the emperor away with a packet of medicine.

However, the emperor's unusual behavior should have something to do with Ruyi.

But, this has nothing to do with her.

It would be best if the dog emperor didn't bother her.

It would be best if Ruyi did something to the dog emperor and shortened his life.

She didn't want her children to face unwarranted speculation from their middle-aged emperor father when they grew up.

Later, Jinzhong brought news that the emperor had an inexplicable fragrance on his body, which made Ling Xi more certain of her guess, but she was too lazy to care.

More than a month later, Ling Xi was out of confinement.

The ceremony of conferring the title of imperial concubine was held with great ceremony. Ling Xi was one of the very few people who gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, so the emperor attached great importance to her.

After the ceremony of conferring the title of imperial concubine, the emperor issued an edict to confer the title of Shu Guiren as Shupin and Wanpin as Wanfei.

At this time, the Queen Mother proposed a beauty contest on the grounds that there were few royal heirs in the palace.

It just so happened that the emperor also felt that there were not enough concubines in the palace, so he agreed to this beauty contest.

In this selection, several new people entered the palace.

Among them, the majority were women from the Han army flag, but their positions were not high, and most of them were maids, maids, etc.

But there were two women from Mongolia among them. One was the daughter of a Mongolian noble, Baierguosi. She was a noble lady when she entered the palace and was given the title of Ke.

One was a noble lady from the Balin tribe of Mongolia. She did not enter the palace through a selection, but was sent from Mongolia to show the affinity between the Manchus and the Mongols. When she entered the palace, she became the head of a palace and was given the title Ying, so she was called Yingpin.

At the same time, along with Yingpin came a marriage proposal from Mongolia.

The Khorchin tribe of Mongolia asked to marry a legitimate princess of the Qing Dynasty.

All of a sudden, the Queen Mother and the Empress were both panicked.