As night deepened, Li Chenjiao took a unusually long time to bathe.

The Fourth Prince flipped through three or four pages of books in the bedside room before finally realizing something: "Is the Second Princess bothering your master again?"

Qiu Ci added a lamp behind the screen and curtsied upon hearing the voice: "The Second Princess has already gone to bed, and the Consort is still taking a bath."

Fourth Master lowered his eyes and hummed in agreement: "There's no need to urge your master."

It should be Qiuci.

Inside, the curtains hung low, and the candlelight shimmered.

When Li Chenjiao entered the inner room, all the maids had already left. Li Chenjiao was unusually a little cold, so she put on a plain shirt outside, trying to cover herself up with a shy expression.

Li Chenjiao lifted the curtain, her voice preceding her: "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Master."

Fourth Master raised his eyes as usual, but his gaze suddenly stopped.

His Adam's apple bobbed, and the Fourth Master withdrew his gaze: "Why are you wearing this?"

Li Chenjiao got into bed as usual, seemingly annoyed and resentful: "I thought that after giving birth to the Second Princess, the Master would think that I was old and faded."

Fourth Master lowered his eyes: "What nonsense are you thinking about now?"

Li Chenjiao leaned closer and asked with a coquettish smile, "Doesn't Your Highness have any?"

The candlelight outside had gone out sometime ago.

Fourth Master raised his hand and finally pulled Wenruan into his arms.

"No."

However, since the wife had injured her body during childbirth, the Fourth Prince felt that she needed to recuperate for two full months.

Although it wasn't their first time experiencing lovemaking, they had never felt such intensity before.

For the first time, Li Chenjiao felt that preparing this undergarment was a mistake, and unable to bear it, she could only let out a soft moan in the darkness.

"pain."

The Fourth Master spoke from the darkness: "Alright, Master, be gentle."

The next day, when Li Chenjiao woke up, she couldn't help but mutter under her breath when she saw the red marks on her neck: "Not a single word of truth comes out of my mouth."

Qiu Hu, who was tying her master's hair, trembled with fear upon hearing her master's words, which were delivered through gritted teeth.

She naturally heard the commotion yesterday and knew that she had called for water twice last night, even after her master scolded her and told her to stop.

Qiu Hu paused for a moment before asking again, "What about the clothes..."

Li Chenjiao looked away: "Since it's broken, wash it clean and put it away properly. Don't take it out again."

Autumn pot is busy, that should be it.

Li Chenjiao didn't doubt that Fourth Master had cooled off, but she herself would also think about this sometimes. She was happy, and apart from being a little tired, it was quite good.

After that, the Fourth Prince came a few more times. Except for one time when the Second Princess was clinging to Li Chenjiao so tightly that she would start to wail if she couldn't see Li Chenjiao, he always called for water.

On the day of paying respects on the fifteenth of July, the mansion was unusually lively.

Li Chenjiao went to bed early yesterday; Fourth Master is resting in the front yard.

Li Chenjiao frowned as she left the East Courtyard; the sun was truly scorching.

Li Chenjiao arrived neither early nor late, but as always, she was among the last to arrive.

Today, everyone is here; members of the Song, Wu, Bai, and Xu families are all present.

Li Chenjiao sat down and felt the coolness of the room, her brows relaxing considerably.

Sitting at the lower end of the table, Wu said indifferently, "It seems that Consort Li's complexion has improved considerably."

Oh dear, these words seem harmless now, but once the Princess Consort comes out, they will take on a much deeper meaning.

Wu Gege's words were a subtle attempt to sow discord.

Li Chenjiao lowered her head and sipped her tea: "It's nothing like how smug Wu Gege is. I heard the First Prince can already walk?"

The Fourth Prince hasn't been going into the backyard much lately. When he does go, it's either to visit the Second Prince in the main courtyard or to rest at Li Chenjiao's place in the east courtyard.

The other thing was to have Su Peisheng go and see the eldest princess, the eldest prince, and the third prince.

As for Bai Jiashi, who had no children, she wasn't even considered.

However, the Fourth Prince's attempts to send Su Peisheng to check on things were always unfortunate, as they all happened after the First Prince had fallen asleep.

Having no other choice, Lady Wu had the wet nurse take the eldest prince to the garden to learn to walk.

The eldest prince is only ten months old, yet he has already learned to walk, which is truly remarkable.

Compared to Li Chenjiao's favor, Wu Gege's eldest son, the First Prince, is currently the one that the main wife of the main wife is most wary of.

As soon as Li Chenjiao sat down, she engaged in a witty exchange with Madam Wu.

Sitting opposite Li Chenjiao, Madam Song seemed completely unaware: "Consort, you're just being modest. You've only been out of confinement for a little over a month, and you do look quite well. Did the imperial physician prescribe any nourishing medicine?"

In this room, only Song's words don't require careful consideration.

Li Chenjiao smiled upon hearing Song's words: "The imperial physician did indeed prescribe a prescription to recuperate. I will have my maid deliver it to you later."

However, Li Chenjiao didn't use the prescription given by the imperial physician much.

However, everyone in the room looked at Li Chenjiao's figure. Putting everything else aside, Li Chenjiao had only been out of confinement for a month, but her figure had already recovered a lot. Not only was she slender, but she also had a plump and well-proportioned beauty.

Lady Wu, sitting below, couldn't help but be tempted by these words.

She knew that she was not as beautiful as Li, but after giving birth, her body had indeed become much fuller, and her figure had long since changed. Wearing summer clothes, the fat on her belly was even more obvious.

However, since she had just set a trap for Li, it was naturally inappropriate for her to ask Li for a prescription or anything like that now.

However, Wu was still cautious. When the imperial physician came to check the eldest prince's pulse, she would subtly inquire about his health.

However, Li Chenjiao didn't really take any of the other tonics prescribed by the imperial physician. Her delivery was smooth, and her postpartum period was also very easy.

Because of the instructions her mother had given her in a letter during the last New Year, Li Chenjiao spent her free time during her postpartum period walking around the house or applying ointments given to her by experienced old nannies.

To avoid leaving marks on my stomach.

Or perhaps there was some kind of protection, because Li Chenjiao's body did indeed recover very well.

Song Shi didn't think much of Li Chenjiao's words: "Then I'll thank you in advance, Consort."

Song Shi has always preferred a slender figure. After giving birth, she halved her diet in an attempt to regain her pre-pregnancy figure and hoped to catch the eye of the Fourth Prince.

As for whether Li Chenjiao would bluff her or not.

Song thought to herself carelessly that since it was just a nourishing tonic, and the imperial physician and the family physician had examined it, it wouldn't cause any problems.

Furthermore, since learning that Li Chenjiao's child was also a princess, Madam Song has become much less prejudiced against Li Chenjiao.

In Song's eyes, Li Chenjiao was nothing more than a pitiful woman like herself who had not given birth to a prince.

However, after thanking Li Chenjiao, Madam Song suddenly remembered something and changed the subject.

"Why is Miss Xu not saying anything today? Is she like this even in front of the concubine?"

It has to be the Song family; they offended both of them with just one sentence.

Li Chenjiao was too lazy to interrupt, and Wu Shi was also waiting to watch the show from the sidelines. For once, everyone's attention was focused on Xu Shi, who usually kept a low profile.