Ula-Nara Ruyi relationships

## Family

### Emperor Qianlong

Hongli is Ruyi's childhood sweetheart and later marries him as his second wife. They both deeply love and care for each other, however due to the fact that Hongli has a harem of women, he is not allowed to show favoritism. He does everything he can to make sure that Ruyi lives a comfortable life in the Forbidden Palace, but it is very difficult as Ruyi often accused or suspected for things she didn't do. Later she was framed for murdering the unborn children of the other wives and concubines, as someone put red cinnabar in her room. Hongli know that Ruyi would never do something like that, but because of the evidence he strips her of her title and demotes her to a commoner and confines her in the Cold Palace. A few years later Ruyi is released from the Cold Palace and regains her title as a consort and once again enters the imperial harem. She is even given a new residence by Hongli as compensation for the times she suffered in the Cold Palace. When Fuca Langhua/the empress dies from illness, Ruyi becomes the new Empress and Hongli's official wife. They are both very happy but their happiness is short lived, as new problems arise. Those problems are mainly caused by Wei Yanwan who purposly caused many misunderstandings between Ruyi and Hongli. Ruyi is eventually accused of having an affair with Ling Yunche, but she denies the accusation as she would never cheat on Hongli. Much to Ruyi's hurt and disappointment, Hongli doesn't believe her due to Wei Yanwan's Machination. At this point Ruyi slowly starts to lose hope in Hongli and their relationship. This situation doesn't make things any better as Hongli, experienced a lot of betrayal and death. And because of that he was suspicious of anyone. When Ruyi was proved innocent, Hongli brushes it off and apologizes to her. But Ruyi was still hurt and disappointed that he believed those rumors instead of her, his wife. Things only get worse when they tour south, where he tries to take in a courtesan as a concubine, which is against the rules. Ruyi confronts him and tries to preserve his reputation but Hongli doesn't care about that and even reprimands her for doing so. At this point Ruyi lost completely faith in Hongli and cuts a lock of her hair, which is a sign of divorce/separation. Hongli is angered by this and confines her in her own residence. During her confinement Ruyi was diagnosed with tuberculosis, but she decided not to take her medicin. After Wei Yanwan's schemes were revealed, Hongli came to visit her and end her confinement. Instead of apologizing to her, he startes that: "it was bridge under the water". He invites to travel with him and the other imperial wives, but she politely declines the offer, as she wasn't feeling well. Hongli then travels with the other wives and concubines, but without Ruyi. During his stay in the south, Ruyi dies from her illness, leaving Hongli shocked and devastated. When he came back the Palace he decided to give her the funeral of an imperial noble consort instead og that of an empress. He later on sees how unfair he has been to her, and regrets his actions deeply. He continued to grieve for her for the rest of his life. In the end it is evident that Ruyi is his only love in his life.

### Aisin Gioro Jingsi

Ruyi's second child. Ruyi loves her daughter dearly and always looks out for her. However she is keeping a closer eye on her due to Jingsi's weak health. She was devastated by her death.

### Aisin Gioro Yongjing

Ruyi's third child. He was stillborn due to Wei Yanwan's machinations. His death left Ruyi devastated.

### Aision Gioro Yonghuang

Yonghuang is Ruyi's adoptive son. She truly loved Yonghuang as her own son. Before she adopted him she ordered Suoxin to secretly give him meals, as he was a prince who had been neglected by his caretakers. If it weren't for Ruyi's help Yonghuang could have died of starvation as a child. Ruyi would often teach Yonghuang caligraphy and poems whenever she had the time. When Ruyi was falsely accused of murdering the other imperial concubines unborn children, she was sent to the Cold Palace as a punishment. Yonghuang was later on adopted by Consort Chun. A few years later Ruyi leaves the Cold Palaces and goes for a walk where she meets Yonghuang. It was evident that they both were happy to see each other again. But that happiness was shortlived as Yonghuang, by Jin Yuyan's machinations, tries to become the crown prince in order to get revenge on Empress, who is rumored to have killed his biological mother and unborn sister. This act causes his relationship with Ruyi to deteriorate. When his intentions were revealed, he immediately lost the emperor's favor. Some time later Yonghuang becomes very sick, and on his death bed he reconciles with Ruyi and expresses his regrets before passing away.

## Others

### Keliyete Hailan/Consort Yu

Hailain is Ruyi's closest friend and co-wife. They both have a very close relationship and see each other as sisters. Ruyi is very concerned about Hailan due to her meek personality, as she easily gets intimidated, harassed and bullied by the other wives and concubines, especially by Gao Xiyue, A'ruo and the empress. However, despite her meek personality she will not hesitate to help Ruyi. Whenever she is harassed, it is always Ruyi who comes to her protection. When Hailan was accused of stealing Gao Xiyue's charcoal during winter, Ruyi immediately came to her aid, when she was being beaten and humiliated. When Ruyi was framed for murdering the unborn children of the other wives and concubines, Hailan knew that she had to do something. Hailan was also at this point tired of being easily intimidated by the other concubines and decided to become more confident. But she mostly gained her confidence from her determination to help Ruyi get out of the Cold Palace. She decides to dress more up and even speaks more confidently to the other wives and concubines. When she was pregnant with Yongqi, she event went as far as to poison herself with cinnabar and hurting her unborn child to help Ruyi out, as that cinnabar was the cause of the deaths of the other unborn children. She succeeds with the poisoning and has the emperor and the others wives and concubines on guard. when Ruyi returned from the Cold Palace Hailan was one of the first people to visit her. Those two continue to support each other and Hailan trusts Ruyi so much that she would even leave Yongqi in her care.