Zhao Qingyan's pregnancy was less than three months different from the Princess's, so the two women got together to discuss pregnancy care and precautions.

Whether it was to join in the fun or not, not long after Zhao Qingyang's brothers' housewarming party, Han Xuri's daughter Daya also became pregnant.

This is great! Three women together, and they have so much to say about raising children.

The atmosphere was quite pleasant. Princess Yan Yue, who had been living a solitary life, felt that these days were finally living a normal life, full of warmth and humanity.

There are often small children running around in the house, and I'm also pregnant.

Nothing went wrong.

Although the prince consort has now stepped down from his post as the vice minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he is not truly idle.

Besides writing travelogues or drawing books for pleasure, he also gradually took over many of the eldest princess's businesses.

Because of her pregnancy, the eldest princess's body is getting heavier every day, and she is losing energy. Therefore, Zhao Minggeng has been helping her with business matters lately.

After all, he had served as a county magistrate and worked in the Ministry of Revenue, so auditing accounts was his forte.

They actually found several large rats.

After all, the business belonged to the eldest princess, so Zhao Minggeng left the matter of dealing with the people to Yan Yue.

Yan Yue was very satisfied with this.

Although Zhao Changgeng accepted management, he did not overstep his bounds. After all, he knew who the boss was.

Besides, even if all of this were the princess's dowry, it would belong to his wife after marriage, regardless of whether it was his own family fortune.

Previously, Zhao Minggeng could carry ten or eight taels of silver with him when he went out, but since marrying the princess, Zhao Minggeng's pockets are probably emptier than his face.

Occasionally, he would take a few dozen coins with him when he saw something delicious and would buy it for his wife.

As for his two sons, he forgot.

Besides, my son is already so grown up, we don't need to buy him snacks to coax him, we have everything we need at home.

There was no stepmother in the family, but there was a real stepfather.

However, the two brothers had no time to be jealous. They knew their father's temperament perfectly well; he was a henpecked husband. Fortunately, the eldest princess was upright and magnanimous.

The two brothers didn't have such thoughts or wild ideas.

The time for the imperial examinations arrived quickly, and their lives consisted of nothing but studying every minute.

On the fifth day of the second lunar month, the two brothers once again donned their battle robes to participate in the imperial examination.

The so-called battle robe was just a sheepskin coat without any lining or fabric.

The examinations were particularly rigorous. Wearing lined clothing was strictly prohibited.

Therefore, if you want to stay warm, you really have to wear layers and layers, which is why there is a lot of time spent checking people when entering the venue.

Clearly, the checks for this imperial examination were much stricter than when the Zhao family took the exam together last time.

The food the two brothers brought was incredibly plentiful.

Of course, to avoid having their belongings broken apart one by one by the guards at the entrance with their dirty hands, the items the two brothers brought were all pre-cut.

For example, sausages are sliced, braised meat is sliced, and even braised eggs are cut open.

Homemade instant noodles, oil tea, fried rice, and dried vegetable bits—it's a complete meal.

Because of a previous incident where a candidate accidentally kicked over a charcoal stove in the middle of the night, nearly causing a fire, bringing stoves into the examination room is no longer allowed.

Therefore, the heating pack developed by Zhao Qingyang came in handy.

The two brothers strode confidently into the examination hall, but their fighting spirit vanished the moment they faced the body search.

They weren't even completely naked last time; this is truly an insult to civility.