The three exchanged pleasantries for a while before Tong Cheng'er went to pay her respects to the wife of Prince Gong, who was, after all, an elder.

Princess Consort of Prince Gong would naturally not make things difficult for her, and in fact, no one would make things difficult for her.

After paying her respects, she spent time with the Third and Fifth Prince's wives again.

Seeing that the Third Princess Consort had come alone today, Tong Cheng'er asked, "Why didn't you bring Hongqing with you?"

The Third Princess Consort explained with a smile, "There are too many people around, and he's just a child; we were afraid he'd cry if we brought him along."

Tong Cheng'er understood.

After speaking of the Third Prince's wife, Tong Cheng'er turned her attention to the Fifth Prince's wife.

"Fifth sister-in-law's baby is doing well. There are many people at the banquet, so please tell the people around you to be more careful."

Upon hearing this, Fifth Princess Consort smiled gently and touched her belly, saying, "He's not one to cause trouble. I haven't noticed any difference since I got pregnant. Thank you for your kindness, Fourth Sister-in-law."

Upon hearing this, the Third Princess Consort couldn't help but look at Tong Cheng'er's belly. To be honest, she was genuinely worried about her.

Although her friendship with Tong Cheng'er was sudden, she found it very comfortable to be around her and naturally hoped that Tong Cheng'er would have a better life.

Although she was already living a good life, the Third Princess felt that she still needed a child.

Although the First Princess Consort always preferred to have daughters, this marks her fifth pregnancy.

The Crown Princess who fell into the water earlier was also pregnant. Although she couldn't give birth, she was pregnant!

Needless to say, she's already given birth.

The Fifth Prince's wife is pregnant now.

The only one missing is Tong Cheng'er, and the Third Princess Consort is really worried about her.

Then she asked in a low voice, "Judging from how much your fourth brother dotes on you, you should be pregnant by now. Have you had the imperial physician examine you?"

Tong Cheng'er was taken aback when she heard this. Was her sister-in-law now urging her to have a baby?

Tong Cheng'er: "Third sister-in-law, don't worry! I had the imperial physician examine me, and there's nothing wrong with my health."

Upon hearing this, the Third Prince's wife immediately thought of another question. Since she was innocent and the two were a normal married couple, then it could only mean...

"Has Fourth Brother been examined by any imperial physician?"

Tong Cheng'er looked embarrassed upon hearing this. Was Yinzhen being doubted about his abilities?

"Third Sister-in-law, he's naturally fine."

The Third Prince's wife didn't believe it. If neither of them had any problems, how could they have been sleeping together for two years without getting pregnant, especially since there hadn't been anyone else between them during that time? This was even more unbelievable.

“Listen to me, go find a folk doctor to examine your fourth brother. Don’t believe everything the imperial physician says. Who knows if he’s lying to you? If you continue like this, you won’t be able to conceive, and people will start talking about you.”

Tong Cheng'er knew she meant well, but this issue was really awkward.

"I understand what Third Sister-in-law said. I will find a doctor."

Seeing that she was about to continue talking, Tong Cheng'er quickly nodded hastily, agreeing first.

Actually, what she wanted to talk about tonight was also about children. After two years of marriage, it really is time to have a child.

Otherwise, some people might start to doubt Yinzhen's abilities.

After all, he had other concubines besides her.

Outsiders, unaware of the inside story, might mistakenly believe he is infertile, which would then become a matter of male dignity.

Upon hearing this, the Third Princess stopped the conversation, leaving it at that and hoping the girl would take it to heart.

Next, Fifth Prince Consort and Third Prince Consort discussed pregnancy and child-rearing. Tong Cheng'er wasn't particularly interested in these matters, but she listened patiently from the side, occasionally asking a question or two.

With a "thud," a maidservant knelt before Tong Cheng'er, holding a tray in her hands, and said with a look of great fear, "This servant did not mean it, please forgive me, Fourth Princess."

Tong Cheng'er looked at the tea stains on her clothes. She was wearing plain clothes today, and even after a cup of tea, the stains were still quite heavy. If she continued to wear them like this, it would be somewhat impolite.

But she didn't bring any change of clothes either, which is really annoying.

Tong Cheng'er looked at the person kneeling in front of her and couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

But she really couldn't hold it against her.

"It's alright, get up first!"

The maidservant rose nervously and said, "Thank you, Fourth Princess Consort."

No sooner had the maid finished speaking than the fourth daughter-in-law of Prince Gong's wife, namely the wife of Prince Qing'e, Lady Guarjia, came over.

The clumsy maid from earlier was one of her people, so naturally she had to come over and apologize.

"This maid is clumsy and incompetent in her work. I apologize to the Fourth Princess Consort first."

Tong Cheng'er: "My cousin-in-law is too serious. It was an unintentional mistake. You can't blame her."

When Guarjia heard this and saw that she really didn't blame her, she was relieved.

"I'll have someone take the Fourth Princess Consort to change her clothes."

Tong Cheng'er looked at the tea stains on her clothes. She had no choice but to change them!

So he nodded and said, "That's fine too."

Tong Cheng'er took Ru Xue and left with the people of the Guarjia clan.

She didn't suspect anything, after all, she had been splashed with tea by Prince Gong's men, and if anything happened, Prince Gong's mansion would certainly not escape blame.

With Ruxue by her side and Guarjia's personal maid leading the way, she couldn't be more at ease.

In fact, nothing happened, and nothing went wrong until she changed her clothes.

The room for changing clothes was very clean; there wasn't even an incense burner.

After changing their clothes, Tong Cheng'er, along with Ru Xue and the maidservant from Guarjia's side, returned home. On their way back, a well-dressed person suddenly appeared and blocked their path.

Tong Cheng'er glanced at the person and felt that he looked familiar. Before she could think about it carefully, Guarjia's maid frowned and curtsied, saying, "Greetings, Consort Ulanara."

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