This was like a bolt from the blue, startling Ulanara so much that she couldn't even sit still. She abruptly stood up, her voice shrill: "Your Highness... what does Your Highness mean by this?"

“Li needs to concentrate on copying Buddhist scriptures, and it’s not appropriate for Hongshi to be confined to the courtyard.” Yinzhen tapped his fingers on the armrest, seemingly undecided, and asked Ulanara, “You’re unwilling?”

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is not unwilling." Ulanara steadied herself and forced a smile, "It's just that Consort Geng has just given birth, and the little prince is still weak. I'm afraid I won't be able to take good care of Hongshi."

This is what it means to be unwilling.

Yinzhen was also hesitant. His Honghui and Hongyun had both died in Zhuocheng Courtyard. Now, not to mention the people in the backyard, even he subconsciously felt that the courtyard was ominous. That's why he only agreed when Li Shi cried and begged him to let Hongshi return to the backyard last year.

But now that Lady Li is under house arrest, it wouldn't be appropriate to also imprison the Third Prince...

"I'm thinking that Hongshi will be eight years old next year, so he's not a child anymore." Ulanara probably guessed what Yinzhen was worried about, so she smiled and said, "Why don't we prepare a special courtyard for him? With servants to take care of him, and Your Highness and I to look after him, it would be quite appropriate."

“Very well, Lady Li spoils the child too much.” Yinzhen had just thought of this as well, so he nodded in agreement.

“There’s a vacant courtyard near Fulu Courtyard. Why don’t we let Hongshi stay there for now?” Ulanara asked someone to bring her a map of the Prince’s residence, intending to show it to Yinzhen. However, Yinzhen already knew the layout of the Prince’s residence by heart and nodded in agreement, “Alright, then you can take good care of it.”

"Yes," Ulanara replied with a smile.

"And send a maid to Lady Geng's side as well," Yinzhen added.

Ulanara naturally agreed.

Qian Shengyan sat to the side the entire time, watching the prince and his wife's question-and-answer session as if she were watching a general manager and deputy general manager holding a meeting to arrange things. After they listed out the current priorities and future plans, then—

She was then led out of the main courtyard by Yinzhen and taken directly to the front courtyard.

Qian Shengyan: ...It seems that Yinzhen forgot to visit his youngest son.

However, Ulanara also said that the little prince was weak from birth and needed to be well cared for before being brought out to meet people when he was a month old.

Yinzhen...really didn't go to see it.

Qian Shengyan didn't understand. Logically speaking, shouldn't Yinzhen value his sons highly? Why was he so... indifferent to this newly born youngest son?

But she quickly forgot about it. As soon as she stepped into the front yard, she heard the familiar "ah ah" sound. Qian Shengyan was immediately delighted: "Where's Yuanshou?"

"He's probably playing with Baifu and Zaohua," Yinzhen said with a smile, leading Qian Shengyan to the west end of the corridor in his main room. Qian Shengyan immediately saw a chubby little boy sitting on a ball spread out on the ground, surrounded by two furry dogs.

Cute baby and dog!

Qian Shengyan's eyes immediately lit up with hearts; this scene was just too adorable!

Moreover, Baifu and Zaohua were two long-haired Pekingese dogs. Although they were restrained by the eunuch and dared not get too close to Yuanshou, Yuanshou tried his best to stretch out his little arms to tug at the dog hairs. His toothless little mouth laughed out "Ah-ga-ga" sounds, which made him extremely happy.

"Is this the prince's dog?" Qian Shengyan asked, but then laughed first.

She had researched for her thesis, so how could she not know that Emperor Yongzheng had kept dogs? She not only knew the names of the two dogs, but also knew that Emperor Yongzheng had personally ordered clothes to be made for them.

Yinzhen nodded, pointed to the two dogs, and introduced their names to Qian Shengyan. She happily squatted down and petted each one, saying, "Hello, Baifu! Hello, good fortune!"

After saying that, she added in her mind: I've heard so much about you, you dogs.

Seeing that Qian Shengyan really liked dogs, Yinzhen smiled and simply sat down next to Yuanshou, holding his son in one arm and squeezing the dog in the other. Looking at Qian Shengyan's smiling face, the gloom in his heart just now dissipated a little.

It wasn't that he didn't love the young prince, but upon hearing about the difficult birth and the child's inherent weakness, he couldn't bear to see him. He had two princesses who died before their first month, also due to their mothers' weak constitutions and difficult births. He was afraid that if he went to see the young prince now, something might happen later, causing him unnecessary grief.

Although it sounds cruel, for Yinzhen, he was truly afraid.

Even children raised to the age of eight or nine can suddenly die. He said that Li Shi doted on Hongshi, but in his heart he also loved and spoiled him just the same. He just hoped that he could grow up safely.

At least he still has his lifespan left...

"Yuanshou is almost half a year old, isn't he?" Yinzhen suddenly asked.

"Yes, he'll be exactly six months old on the 13th." Qian Shengyan straightened her son, who was sitting crookedly, and said happily, "Yuanshou is really healthy. He can sit for so long even though he's not even six months old. And last night when I was playing with him, he was able to crawl a few steps."

Upon hearing this, Yinzhen also became interested. The two of them carried their chubby son to the bed and watched the child's crawling performance with great interest.

The front yard was filled with joy and harmony, and the main courtyard was also filled with happiness because of the newly arrived young prince.

It was said that to pray for the well-being of Princess Geng and the young prince, Ulanara ordered Granny Wu to give two taels of silver to everyone serving in the main courtyard. Everyone was overjoyed, and the maids who served Ulanara personally knew why their mistress was so happy. They all stepped forward to express their gratitude and praised the young prince for his handsome appearance.

“Geng is useless, but the little prince is quite good.” Ulanara looked at the child lying by the bed with satisfaction. Wu Mama also chimed in, “Yes, the doctor said that the little prince is healthy and with the protection of the Fujin, he will surely grow up safely.”

“Yes, our Fifth Prince will surely be healthy and well under the care of the Fujin.” Several maids chimed in, and Ulanara couldn’t help but laugh, then gave them a reproachful look: “You chatterboxes, hurry up and prepare the west wing for the young prince to live in!”

Meanwhile, in Ping'an Courtyard, Madam Geng awoke from her coma and saw her personal maid, Wan'er, wiping away tears. She moved her body, feeling numb with pain, and cried out in alarm, "Wan'er, Wan'er, why can't I move?"

Suddenly remembering something, she raised her hand to her belly, then her eyes widened in terror: "My child...where is my child? Wan'er! Where is my child! I..."

"Princess, Princess, sob sob sob, my poor princess..." Wan'er's eyes were swollen from crying. Seeing her like this, Geng screamed in horror and fainted again.

Immediately, Ping'an Courtyard was thrown into chaos again. Granny Liu, who had been sent by Ulanara to "take care" of Geng, locked Wan'er in the woodshed because she had not served her mistress properly. When Geng woke up again, she was horrified to find that none of the familiar people around her were there.

In the Fulu Courtyard, Madam Li swept a tea set to the ground with a wave of her hand, her face flushed with anger: "Fujin...Fujin!!"

"Consort, what are we going to do? Our prince... he's still so young, how can he possibly live in a courtyard by himself?" Feng, Hongshi's wet nurse, asked hesitantly, but Li, in a fit of rage, slapped her across the face: "You useless old hag, you serve the prince so carelessly! Wait till I tell the Prince, you'll be sorry!"