At least I won't have to deal with the mess next year.

In any case, this is the last pregnancy, so I hope all the ladies in the harem can give it their all.

Smacking her lips, Chen Yuwei felt a little hungry, so she asked Xia He to bring her some pastries and snacks, which she then enjoyed a delicious meal.

After eating and drinking to your heart's content, the next step is to lie down and rest to recharge.

Chen Yuwei was quite carefree, and she had also instructed Yonghu and the others not to come to Yikun Palace for the time being, so she simply spent her free time slowly on various matters.

Life outside the palace was generally quite comfortable, because Chen Yuwei was pregnant, and Hongli specifically instructed the people of the Imperial Household Department to treat Yikun Palace with the utmost respect.

With Xia He helping out, Chen Yuwei would listen to music or watch a play when she was bored, and the Yikun Palace hall was filled with creaking sounds almost every day.

Next door was Changchun Palace. Compared to Chen Yuwei's leisurely and carefree life, the Empress seemed to be having a lot of headaches and being busy.

With both her biological son and adopted son falling ill in Changchun Palace, the Empress wished she could split herself in two and take care of them both.

Unfortunately, people have limited energy; if you can manage one thing, you can't manage another.

Compared to Yongcong, Yongcheng naturally took a backseat.

Consort Jia, who often came to help the Empress, was very dissatisfied with this.

But she could only suppress her dissatisfaction; Consort Jia had come to understand the frustration that Wei Hanyu had felt earlier.

Little did she know that something even more devastating was yet to come. When the imperial physician announced that Yongcheng's condition was stable and he could be temporarily moved back to the Princes' quarters, Consort Jia's heart was not yet completely at ease when she saw that Yongcheng had developed large patches of red rashes all over his body.

Thinking that her previous illness had not been cured, Consort Jia simply took the person back to Qixiang Palace, and then the mother and son were imprisoned.

The reason is simple: Yongcheng's rash was not a simple inflammation, but the more terrifying smallpox.

Wow!

The Empress of Changchun Palace was the most terrified when the news broke, especially since Yongcong was still not fully recovered.

Yongcong did not disappoint the Empress's worries. Not long after Yongcheng collapsed, Yongcong's body was covered with the same dense, large patches of red rashes.

Empress: ...

The Empress was so shocked by this result that she fainted. When she woke up, the Emperor had already moved her out of Changchun Palace.

The Empress was naturally unwilling to leave her son and begged the Emperor to take care of him personally.

The Emperor could not dissuade the Empress and sent the person back to Changchun Palace, while Wei Hanyu, who had come out with her, remained outside.

Wei Hanyu: ...Great joy from heaven! We can finally move out of Changchun Palace.