Ruyi was not hung under the tree again tonight.

But when she opened her eyes, Hai Lan was no longer by her side, and she felt a little at a loss.

However, she had no intention of taking the initiative to go out and look for someone. Instead, she continued to sit on the big rock under the tree, waiting patiently for Hailan, Hongli, Rongpei, or someone else to come find her and continue to protect her.

Although she did not go to the Cining Palace for the meeting during the day, she finally understood how dangerous this snowfield was after the explanation of Rong Pei and others.

And I also learned that many people died in the palace last night.

However, Ruyi didn't particularly care about these things. She always believed that she was kind to others and brought warmth to the entire harem.

Apart from Wei Yanwan, whom she didn't want to be warm to, she should have no other enemies in the palace.

What's more, even if she cut her hair and asked to be deposed, she would still be a noble and respectable queen unless the emperor issued an explicit decree!

Ruyi didn't believe that any concubine or palace maid would dare to assassinate her just for the sake of saving her own life.

Just like she once didn't believe that Grandma Tian, ​​an old woman from a poor family who had been forced into a desperate situation by her, would dare to murder her child for just a few dozen taels of silver.

He is the legitimate son of the Qing Dynasty!

Just like that, Ruyi, who felt that she had to maintain her dignity even in a desperate situation, waited for an unknown amount of time and was almost freezing to death when she finally heard a burst of hurried and panicked footsteps.

"Help! Queen! Help!"

The person who came was Concubine Rong, who was always aloof and didn't like to have close friendships with others.

Han Xiangjian had a broken arrow stuck in her abdomen. She was now covering her stomach with her hands and stumbling towards Ruyi. A lot of scarlet blood was dripping onto the ground along the way!

Seeing this, Ruyi, who claimed to be a kind person, immediately stood up, held Rong Fei in her arms, and asked hurriedly:

"Xiang Jian, what's going on? Who wants to kill you?"

Han Xiang's face turned pale with pain. She grabbed Ruyi's sleeve tightly with her blood-stained hands, her face full of panic and fear.

"It's Concubine Yu! She has gone crazy!"

"What! Hailan? No, this is impossible. Xiangjian, are you seeing things?"

Upon hearing this, Ruyi was immediately shocked and staggered back a step, avoiding the bloody Rong Fei.

She looked down and saw that her body was also stained with blood, and her chubby, pointed face turned pale.

"It's true! Queen, you have to believe me! Concubine Yu is in danger now. She took the broken arrow from my hand while I was not prepared, and came to kill me. If I hadn't been taught a few tricks by Han Qi when I was young, and if I hadn't managed to escape from her hands, I would have died now!"

After Han Xiangjian finished speaking these words in a halting manner while panting, an urgent voice suddenly came from the woods behind him.

"No, sister, don't believe what Concubine Rong said! She saw that I had extra clothes in my hands, and she wanted to take the opportunity to attack me to keep warm! But after I saw through her, I accidentally hurt her during the struggle! Sister, you must believe me!"

Hai Lan, covered in blood, finally arrived.

As soon as she came over, she heard Han Xiangjian telling Ruyi about the bad thing she had just done. She was afraid that her beloved sister would dislike her because of this, so she immediately became furious and glared at Han Xiangjian viciously.

I think, if Ruyi wasn't here, she would have gone crazy and killed someone right now!

Hai Lan and Han Xiangjian each have their own opinions at this moment. One is her best friend who has been with her for many years, and the other is a considerate person who never likes to get close to others but has a simple mind. This really makes Ruyi very embarrassed at the moment.

She was anxious and at a loss, so she could only try to mediate and said:

"Perhaps there is some misunderstanding. The most important thing right now is to find a way to heal Xiang Jian's wound! Hailan, stop talking!"

"Sister, you have to believe me, it really wasn't me!"

Han Xiang saw through Hai Lan's cruelty and Ru Yi's unwillingness to stand up for her. Her eyes suddenly turned cold, and she pointed at Hai Lan and said coldly:

"Please take a good look, Queen. If Concubine Yu didn't have many lives on her hands, how could she be covered in blood?"

Hanxiang found this to be reasonable. Upon hearing this, Ruyi immediately looked at Hailan with some suspicion. Hailan hesitated for a few words and insisted that she was just fighting back.

"Sister, I had no choice. Those people were crazy. They wanted to steal my things. I had no choice but to kill them to save my life!"

As she spoke, Hai Lan looked at Ruyi with tears in her eyes and said sincerely:

"Sister, you know me well. I have always been timid and weak. I don't even dare to kill a chicken. How could I possibly hurt someone?"

Hearing this, Ruyi's expression eased slightly, and she turned around to comfort Han Xiangjian who was seriously injured.

"Xiangjian, I know Hailan's character. If it's not a matter of life and death, she will never take the initiative to attack anyone!"

The implication is that he thinks Han Xiangjian is lying.

Seeing that Ruyi was determined to favor Hailan, and that she had already lost too much blood and was afraid that she would not live long, Han Xiangjian could not help but sneer.

"The Queen and Concubine Yu are indeed sisters with deep affection. Be careful not to raise a tiger to cause trouble. My today is your tomorrow! Han Qi... I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. Here I come!"

As soon as she finished speaking, before Ruyi and Hailan could react, they saw Han Xiangjian suddenly reach out and pull out the broken arrow from her abdomen, and then she pierced her neck with the arrowhead!

Warm blood sprayed all over Ruyi's head and face. It was not until Han Xiangjian's body fell limply to the ground that Ruyi finally came to her senses and screamed violently.

Seeing this, Hai Lan immediately ran forward, kicked Han Xiangjian's body away, hugged the shivering Ruyi tightly, and gently wiped the blood off her face with her sleeve.

But her body was also covered in blood, and after wiping for a long time, she managed to wipe Ruyi's face into a look like Guan Gong's!

"Hai Lan... Xiang Jian, Xiang Jian! Xiang Jian is dead! She died right in front of me!"

Ruyi was panicked and grabbed Hailan's clothes, not knowing what she was saying. Suddenly, she felt something wet and cold in her hands. At the same time, the strong smell of blood on Hailan's body rushed into her nostrils.

At this moment, Ruyi remembered what Han Xiangjian had said to her before she died, and her face suddenly turned ugly.

She subconsciously pushed Hailan away, but after seeing the hurt look in Hailan's eyes, she was still extremely flustered.

"Hai Lan, you did kill someone, and now Xiang Jian is dead because of you. After all, you and I have different paths and cannot make plans together!"

"Sister, are you going to chase me away?!"

Hai Lan's heart was broken. Rather than being blamed by Ruyi, she would rather she was the one who died!

The two people were in a stalemate for a long time. In the end, Hai Lan could only cry and leave behind a clean piece of clothing that she had taken off someone else, and then walked away looking back every few steps.

"Sister, it's freezing cold out here in the snow. You can send me away, but at least put on some clothes to keep from freezing."

After Hailan walked away, Ruyi, who was standing there, hesitated for a moment, and finally bent down and put on the clothes left by Hailan.

Even if she broke off her friendship with Hailan, she couldn't let Hailan down for her last kindness.

Well, it wasn't because she herself was about to be frozen numb, absolutely not.

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