"Oh my God, what have you done to yourself?" The princess was so shocked that her mouth could not close.

In all these years, she had never seen the prince so careless about his image.

Like a refugee who has just escaped.

"Princess." The prince called out aggrievedly, but his voice was so hoarse.

This shows how hard he has been working these days.

Yu Yuanzheng knew that she was redundant, so she immediately asked her maid and wet nurse to come in, pick up her three children, and then leave.

The princess used two rooms to decorate the baby room in the main courtyard.

The middle wall was demolished to prepare for the four children.

As soon as they left, the whole room became empty.

Only the baby was left in the cradle, amusing itself.

"Madam Zhao." The two stared at each other for several breaths before the princess shouted towards the door.

"Princess." Upon hearing this, Nanny Zhao immediately responded outside the door.

"Hurry up and get someone to prepare the bath water." When the princess saw the prince like this, her eyes became wet with heartache.

"Princess." The prince called again, his voice full of guilt again.

He was not with his wife when she gave birth, nor was he with her during her confinement. He felt very guilty, but the iron box was related to the safety of the entire Wei Dynasty, so he had to leave his wife behind to do his business.

These days, he has been investigating day and night, but to no avail. Seeing that the baby is about to be one month old, his promise to the princess cannot be empty words, so he has to hand over the task of continuing the investigation to Zishu and Prince Jing, and he rushes back without stopping.

"Have you found the iron box?" The princess was also concerned about his business.

Of course she knew the importance of the iron box. Although the prince had no one to accompany her these days, she never complained about the prince abandoning them.

"not yet."

"Then why did you come back?"

"I miss my daughter, and...I miss you too."

The prince took a step forward and wanted to hug the princess, but when he saw that his outstretched hand was so dirty, he put it down again.

The bath will be ready soon.

The princess went in personally to help him bathe.

The two of them chatted for only a few words before the prince fell asleep.

My Lord, I am really too tired.

The princess was in tears, but she did not wake him up.

Men work hard outside to support the palace.

To keep their children safe.

Also for the people of Wei.

She knows, she understands.

So she continued to wipe his body silently. When the water got cold, she scooped out some cold water and poured some hot water.

The bath lasted a full hour until the prince recovered and woke up on his own.

"woke up?"

"Why don't you wake me up?"

"You are too tired, go to bed and sleep for a while."

The princess brought clean clothes for him to wear.

"Princess, are you okay?" The prince then asked about his wife. He was a derelict in his duty as a husband.

Childbirth is such a difficult process, but he was unable to be with her due to other matters, and I don't know whether she had a good recovery during the confinement period.

"With Zheng'er and Ziqi in the palace, who would dare to wrong me? I'm well taken care of. Don't you see that I've gained weight?" The princess didn't show any sign of feeling aggrieved because the man didn't leave home.

"Um."

The prince slept until the next morning.

He got up only when guests started to arrive at the mansion.

The palace was very lively that day.

There was no loss of customers due to the loss of the iron box.

Princess Jing also brought her own child.

The two children were in the main courtyard's baby room.

Yu Yuanzheng's three children are only one month old and cannot crawl yet. They can just roll over and sit up.

When the women saw the child, they were so envious that they wanted to take one home.

The eldest prince's wife arrived the earliest today. She has been pregnant for three months, but there is still no movement.

Her mother asked her to come to Prince Rong's Mansion as soon as possible and get closer to the children. Maybe she could get pregnant earlier.

"Aunt Princess, my little sister looks so much like you?" Yue Yuying held the little girl in her arms and was reluctant to let her go.

"Really? Why does Zheng'er look like her father?" The princess was a little confused.

She looked at it every day, but couldn't tell who it looked like.

"Yuan Zheng must have poor eyesight. She has too many children and her eyesight is weak."

"Ha ha......"

Her words caused several ladies present to laugh out loud.

And because there are too many children, they can't see clearly. Wouldn't the teachers in the academy be unable to distinguish between students?

"Yuying, the little princess is still too young. We can't tell who she looks like. It will become more obvious after a hundred days." Princess Jing teased.

"Haha, my niece thinks she looks more like Aunt Rong Wang." There was no way Yue Yuying would give up her point of view.

She also wants a daughter like herself in the future.

The prince had slept enough and was in good spirits. He held the child in his arms and showed him off in the outer courtyard.

There are not many people in Beijing who have a legitimate daughter at his age.

Of course, some of those who married their second wife's daughter or took their concubine's daughter into their family were older than him, but the nature of that was different.

Xiao Mengyao is his wife's, and moreover, his concubine's legitimate wife's.

After the experience of harming his grandson last time, the prince no longer dared to dip chopsticks in wine and put it on his little girl's mouth.

The emperor is here today too.

But neither of them smiled much when dealing with the guests.

After completing the necessary procedures, the rest will be handled by Shangguan Ziqi and the second and third masters.

The prince took the emperor to his study and sat down.

There was no one left to serve.

"Your Majesty, I have failed in my duty." The prince put away his forced smile outside the door and bowed solemnly.

"Canglan country has been planning to make iron boxes for hundreds of years. They have stolen them several times during this period. You can't put all the blame on you. I am also responsible. We have caught the spies in the capital countless times, but we can never catch them all." The emperor knew it very well.

Even if you guard against thieves for a thousand days, there is always a loophole.

"I will continue to look. Let me rest for two days before setting off again. We have intercepted several groups of people before, but those thieves are also smart. They split into several groups and fled in different directions. They were well prepared and even made a few fake iron boxes to confuse our sight."

The prince was also very angry when he talked about this.

They intercepted four iron boxes, but none of them was real.

He had played with iron boxes for half his life, and he could tell the weight was different just by lifting it. Even if it was one ounce more or less, he knew it clearly.

"Well, they are prepared. I don't know how long they have been preparing. I will send you some more people. Your secret guards may be good in terms of weapons, but they may not be as good as the specially trained ones in tracking."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Now that the iron box is lost, the border towns connected to Canglan may be unstable." The emperor said quietly.

"Your Majesty is right. Without the iron box as a deterrent, Canglan should send troops." The prince had already anticipated this outcome.

"So keep looking. If you can't find it within three months, come back, reorganize your troops, and prepare for battle."

Just then, a voice came from outside the door.

"Meet the eldest master."

Shangguan Ziqi is here.

The prince went to open the door himself and let him in.

"My nephew greets His Majesty."

"Well, Ziqi, is there anything wrong?" When the emperor saw him like this, he knew that he must have something to ask him or his father.

"yes."