Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (Legend of Ruyi / Hou Gong Ruyi Zhuan / 如懿传)

Your Highness's calligraphy is getting even better now.

Greetings, Empress and Noble Consort.

Get up.

Your Highness, there's news from the Evaluation Office.

They said that His Majesty asked about Consort Xian's card.

What is that supposed to mean?

Could it be that His Majesty intends to let that vicious woman out?

He surely mustn't!

Did the Evaluation Office mishear?

His Majesty never speaks lightly.

We mustn't let her walk out of there alive.

You are too impatient.

I cordially see the mistresses off.

I wonder why His Majesty would indulge that vicious woman so?

Noble Consort.

Could it be that you dislike Noble Lady Hai

and poisoned her with cinnabar out of anxiety?

Are you crazy?

What nonsense are you talking about?

I thought it was you who poisoned Noble Lady Hai with cinnabar!

You're the one who always bully Noble Lady Hai heartily.

How am I a match for Noble Consort?

Not to mention Noble Lady Hai

what is there you don't dare to do to that lady in the Cold Palace?

You're asking to be killed!

Just because His Majesty dotes on you, you think you can accuse me!

Imperial Concubine Jia.

Discipline the concubine in your palace.

Noble Lady Shen is the most favored concubine.

How would I dare to discipline her?

Who is she to act like a mistress in front of us?

A palace maid who betrayed her mistress to climb up the ranks.

She acts as if she's so precious.

I didn't betray my mistress.

I serve the empress to uphold justice in the harem.

Save your breath.

Who doesn't know about those ideas and abilities of yours?

Noble Consort taught me those abilities.

You--

Once a slave, forever a wench!

If you spew another word of nonsense

you had better watch out for your father and brothers' safety!

That's enough. Don't get angry at one of our own.

So many servants are watching us.

Let's go, Noble Consort.

A'ruo, get going.

The pressing matter at hand is Lady Ula-Nara.

If she makes it out of there, who knows what trouble she will stir up?

Other matters aside

the empress is involved in setting fire to the Cold Palace.

If Lady Ula-Nara manages to look into this incident

and the empress gets implicated

we'll be the ones who have failed to handle matters well.

This is so annoying.

We might as well just feed her arsenic.

How can there be arsenic in the Cold Palace?

Just bribe the guards to strangle them and them make it look like suicide.

Someone still tried to claim innocence just now.

Look at how ruthless you are with your former mistress.

Since you're interested in doing so, why don't you do it?

- Let's go, Imperial Concubine Jia. - You--

Let's go.

My Lady, you're all right.

Today, there's been a rumor going around the palace.

It said that His Majesty mentioned you.

It's hard to say but he might have you released from the Cold Palace.

- Really? - I only heard about it.

I can't be sure yet.

My Lady...

If we can really leave this place

won't those people who harmed us be terrified?

But speaking of which, if you heard about it, they would too.

What are we to do if they come up with new ways to harm us?

Exactly.

We really can't just sit and do nothing about it.

Jiang Yu Bin.

Bring me something important the next time you come over.

No one else but you can get it.

What is it?

Ye Xin!

My Lady.

My Lady, what's wrong?

Who lit this incense?

It makes me so uncomfortable.

It's the soothing incense sent by the Imperial Household Department.

I'll get rid of it if you don't like it.

- Ze Zhi. - Yes.

Going forward, anything that's sent into my quarters must be carefully examined.

Yes.

I'll get someone to look into this incense.

- My Lady. - I'm so dizzy.

Ye Xin, summon the imperial physician.

I'll do it right away.

Is anyone there?

- What is it again? Jiu Xiao! - Anyone there?

- What happened again? - Ling Yun Che--

Come and unlock the door.

- Anyone there? - Who is it?

Ling Yun Che!

Anyone there?

Help...

- What's wrong? - Ling Yun Che...

What's wrong?

What is going on?

What happened?

What's wrong?

What exactly happened?

What's wrong?

Summon Imperial Physician Jiang.

- What are you waiting for? Go! - Yes!

What did you eat?

Drink some water quickly.

Throw it all up.

Throw it up!

Have some water.

My Lady, what do you think?

Eunuch Li, what is the matter?

Noble Lady Shen.

The Cold Palace sent a report.

Lady Ula-Nara is in a critical condition from poisoning.

The Palace of Prolonged Happiness reported that

there's cinnabar in Noble Lady Hai's soothing incense.

Even if Lady Ula-Nara dies, it doesn't matter.

As for Noble Lady Hai

the imperial physicians will look after her.

His Majesty's health should come first.

Do you have to disturb His Majesty with such matters?

Noble Lady Shen--

Li Yu.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty.

Noble Lady Shen.

You don't have to serve by my side these days.

Your Majesty, please forgive me.

I don't know what I have done wrong.

You've made mistakes from the very beginning.

Did you only do something wrong today?

I'm too slow-witted.

The lady in the Cold Palace is still a living being.

Noble Lady Hai is carrying the imperial offspring.

Yet you're so coldblooded as to show no compassion at all.

Your Majesty, I know that I am wrong.

I'm just worried about disturbing you from your rest.

Get lost!

Your Majesty, where should we go first?

- The Cold Palace. - Your Majesty!

What exactly happened in the Cold Palace?

From what Imperial Physician Jiang reported

the food was drugged with arsenic.

Fortunately, Lady Ru Yi and Suo Xin didn't have much

so they were rescued in time.

Apart from Imperial Physician Jiang

I've also sent two more imperial physicians over to keep an eye

in case of emergency.

Leave her to me.

Take this away.

How are you feeling?

How is my mistress?

We've forced high-sodium water down to make her throw up the poison.

Don't worry, she's fine.

She's still unconscious.

How about you?

My head is still spinning.

It might still take a while.

Lie back down and rest.

His Majesty has arrived!

His Majesty is here.

Subject, Jiang Yu Bin greets Your Majesty!

How is Consort Xian?

Your Majesty, Consort Xian is poisoned with arsenic.

Fortunately, it was discovered in time but she's still unconscious.

I've forced out most of the poison in Consort Xian's system.

However, she's been living in the Cold Palace for some time

so she's frail and will need recuperation.

That's good.

You must nurse Consort Xian to health.

Yes. I take my leave.

Ru Yi...

I have come late.

When you can get up and walk around

I'll fetch you out from the Cold Palace immediately.

It's been so hard on you.

Wench!

They are all bitches!

My Lady, don't behave like this!

Think of a way to appease His Majesty.

What else can I do?

All the grievances I have endured these years!

Who knows the grievances I've endured in the past few years?

My Lady...

She's gone crazy again.

The longer she's served His Majesty, the crazier she's become.

My Lady.

Could Noble Consort have anything to do with Noble Lady Hai's poisoning?

Who cares?

Anyway, it doesn't concern us.

They are all bitches!

There's something fishy about Noble Lady Hai's poisoning.

Everyone is now saying that Lady Ula-Nara was framed.

Could it be...