Fu Qianyu smiled lightly, took Zhao Yuancheng's hand, and said gently: "I understand everything. Your Majesty does not need to blame yourself. Besides, it was Sister Rou who lost the little prince. As a mother, how can I not understand Sister Rou's heart?"

Faced with Fu Qianyu's generosity, Zhao Yuancheng felt even more guilty: "I blame me in my heart."

"It would be a lie to say I'm not sad, but I've been married to you for so many years, Your Majesty, don't you understand me? In my heart, as long as Your Majesty is happy, I'm happy too."

Zhao Yuancheng nodded and hugged Fu Qianyu into the house.

During the meal, Zhao Yuancheng openly spoke of the empress dowager's scolding him that afternoon. "Because of Xuanshou's passing, I was indeed a bit absurd, but I just couldn't let it go. You don't know, if I hadn't stopped her that day, I'm afraid Rou Zhaoyi would have gone to accompany Xuanshou by now."

Fu Qianyu was startled. "How is my sister now?"

Zhao Yuancheng sighed, "I've been crying all day and have lost a lot of weight."

As she spoke, Fu Qianyu instructed Lingyun, "A few days ago, Prince Gong's Mansion sent a snow lotus. You will take it to Yanxue Palace later and ask Consort Rou to take good care of her. I will visit her again in a few days."

Lingyun looked at the emperor again and agreed to leave.

Zhao Yuancheng held Fu Qianyu's hand and sighed, "The things your sister sent must be the best. How could you bear to give them to Rou Zhaoyi?"

Fu Qianyu, however, held the emperor's hand, a dignified smile appearing on her face at the right moment: "Your Majesty, even the best things must be used properly to be effective. As long as my sister is healthy and can bear children for you, I will be satisfied."

Zhao Yuancheng's eyes were filled with emotion. He reached out and took her into his arms, sighing, "I knew I had made the right choice. Who else could be the queen but you?"

That night, Zhao Yuancheng did not stay in Huayang Palace. After dinner, he returned to Zichen Palace to review memorials. He issued an imperial decree that night, promoting Concubine Dong to the position of Jieyushi, and bestowing on her the posthumous title of Jinghui, and buried her with the etiquette of a concubine.

And the sixth prince was named Jingjia.

After court the next day, he personally went to Changxin Palace to appease Concubine Shu, and the palace had returned to its former days of equal treatment.

On this day, Concubine Hui came to Huayang Palace with the account books. When Imperial Noble Concubine Anxian was around, she helped to take care of all the affairs in the harem.

Now that Concubine Lian's due date is approaching, Fu Qianyu issued a clear order to Zhao Yuancheng, asking her and Concubine Xi to help her take care of the matter.

The weather has been very hot these days. Lady Hui came all the way from Yongfu Palace, and even though she was riding in a sedan chair, she was sweating all over.

As soon as they entered Huayang Palace, Fu Qianyu was afraid that she would catch a cold due to the alternating hot and cold weather, so she asked Lingyun to help her wipe the sweat off her face in the side hall before coming in to talk.

After they finished cleaning up and sat down, Peirong brought a bowl of mung bean soup. Concubine Hui raised her head and drank half of it before she sighed and said, "Originally, the emperor was going to the temporary palace to escape the summer heat, but because of Concubine Mi's death, the Da'an Kingdom actually joined forces with the Hecha Tribe to make some moves. I really don't know what they are talking about."

At the beginning of summer, the palace sent someone to report that Concubine Mi, who had falsely accused Concubine Xi, had died of depression.

After Zhao Yuancheng knew about it, he didn't say anything. He just sent someone to Da'an State to report the death. However, the person who reported the death never returned. After much investigation, he found out that the person was killed by a group of robbers as soon as he left the territory of Da'an State.

Logically speaking, the Da'an Kingdom should treat the envoys sent by the emperor with courtesy. However, if something like this happens, regardless of whether they died on the border of the Da'an Kingdom or not, according to the rules, the king of the Da'an Kingdom cannot escape blame.

Unfortunately, the King of Da'an claimed to be ill and never reported the matter.

The emperor was already wary of vassal states, and when he sent people to investigate secretly, he found out that the ruler of Da'an State had been secretly communicating with the leader of the Hecha tribe since the sudden death of Concubine Mi.

The two countries actually recruited soldiers and assembled an army of 50,000 with the intention of attacking our dynasty.

The emperor should have been on guard against such things long ago, but at that time, Zhao Yuancheng was immersed in the grief of Concubine Rou's son's death, and almost delayed the important military affairs.

If the Queen Mother had not warned him, the dynasty in Dajing would have changed long ago.

The emperor has not come to the harem for several days because of this, and he is busy until late at night every day before he can fall asleep, but according to the news that came out earlier.

Perhaps this battle has to be fought.

Fu Qianyu looked through the account books and found that the expenses of Concubine Shu's palace were several times higher than last month. She couldn't help but sneer: "Look at the time when Concubine Shu was under house arrest, the palace really saved a lot of money. Now that the truth is out, she is even more extravagant."

Lady Hui smiled softly, fanning herself with a round fan. "After all, Concubine Shu is the daughter of a marquis, and she's favored by the Empress Dowager. Who would dare to embarrass her?"

"Having said that, we can't be too extravagant."

Fu Qianyu closed the account book and said leisurely, "I heard that the war is inevitable. Once the war breaks out, no amount of silver will be enough. Now we can save as much as we can."

Then he instructed Lingyun, "Go back and inform the Shanggong Bureau that from now on, Changxin Palace will only pay according to the due rate, not even a copper coin more."

"Yes, I've made note of it."

Lingyun left in response. Lady Hui smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid Concubine Shu will hold a grudge against you for this."

"I've been in charge for three years, and even dogs hate me. Ever since I took charge of the affairs of the six palaces, so many people have hated me, both openly and secretly. But if I don't do this, the treasury will be empty, and it will be my fault. Since I'll be scolded no matter what I do, I might as well follow the rules. Even if there's a commotion later, I'll have my own way with them."

Lady Hui nodded, looking quite agreeable.

Not long after, the sound of a baby crying was heard from the side hall. Knowing that the Sixth Prince had woken up, he asked the wet nurse to bring the child over.

Lady Hui looked at the Sixth Prince, who had grown even bigger, and couldn't help but laugh, "The Sixth Prince's features are exactly like yours."

The Sixth Prince was not like his two older brothers who were twins. He was born thin and only two months old, but his arms and legs were as thin as lotus roots.

Even the wet nurse said that the little guy was very punctual when it came to feeding. If he was even half an hour late, he would cry loudly, and the sound was so loud that it could even blow the roof off.

Whenever Fu Qianyu thinks about it, she worries whether her youngest son will become a foodie in the future.

"But the child's rash hasn't healed in a long time. Has the imperial physician come to see him?"

Fu Qianyu smiled and said, "The imperial physician has already come to see me. It's just common eczema. He said it's due to the increased rainfall. He just told me to apply some mint ointment every day to relieve the itching, and to wipe my body with clean water every three to five days. I'm not told to bathe. I'll be fine after the rainy season."

At this moment, the wet nurse was coaxing the little one to quiet down. Seeing this, Hui Meiren was very happy and was about to reach out to hug him. There was a layer of light red powder under her palm which was inadvertently exposed.

It reflected the sunlight and emitted a strange purple light.

Fu Qianyu felt strange and pointed at Hui Meiren's hand and said, "What's on the back of your hand?"

Peirong looked in the direction of the voice and also saw the red powder on Hui Meiren's hand. She smiled and said, "Perhaps the beauty was in a hurry to come out today, and the rouge has stained the back of her hand?"

"Rouge?" Huaying held her master's hand and looked at it, puzzled, "But our master never uses rouge."