Three days before the Emperor's birthday, Lady Yin Genjue arrived leisurely. All the stewards in the military port came to Qingyan's study to report on the situation. In order to protect Qingyan, Yin decided to stay by Qingyan's side from today onwards and protect her closely.

Yin Genjueluo sat on a grand chair to the side, looking at the account book and the list of guests who had been sent over. The officials and their families from the upper class in Guangdong and Guangxi were all listed.

“Little darling, with all these people coming over, the security situation in the naval port has become a major problem!” Yin Genjue Luo looked at the list and counted the number again, finding that it exceeded expectations.

“I know that this year is the first time we are holding the Emperor’s Birthday Celebration, so we must host a banquet for our officials here, and we must take care of everything.” Lady Yin Genjue Luo said, rubbing her belly.

Both of them were pregnant, yet they still had to put in extra effort to prepare for these banquets.

“Sister-in-law, there’s nothing we can do about it. The security here has been handed over to Bayan and Erlu. Tulichen has given all his connections to them.” Qingyan looked through the list and found that there were a few more entries.

The list of items to be prepared was provided by Jue Luo Shi. Neither of the two sisters-in-law had prepared these things separately before, so Qing Yan specially invited Jue Luo Shi to her side and quickly asked her about it.

"Thanks to Lady Ulanara's help, otherwise we would have been in real trouble!" said Lady Yingenjueluo.

Qingyan smiled and said, "My mother has helped a lot, and I've had a much easier time too!"

The two women chatted idly while waiting for the servants to arrive. They talked a lot about the military port, as the Emperor's birthday was a major festival.

"Little darling, we must also arrange for people to stay in the corridor and try our best to maintain peace and order," Yingenjueluo suggested after considering it for a moment.

“That’s fine, but we don’t have many people!” Qingyan stretched and roughly counted the manpower. If we follow Yingenjueluo’s idea, there are about a hundred vacancies. If all these people are transferred out, it may leave Yin and Yin’s side without enough manpower.

Yin Genjue Luo frowned slightly and peeked out. It would be great if the soldiers in the naval port could be assigned to duty, but this idea could only be thought about occasionally.

"Master, the stewards are here!" Qingyan waited for the stewards' report. From purchasing to dressing, all the stewards who had been busy with the upcoming birthday celebrations had come over.

The two sisters-in-law spent the entire day sitting in their armchairs to receive the servants. As evening approached, after Yingenjueluo took her leave, Qingyan felt weak all over and had no strength to stand up.

When Yin returned from outside, he noticed Qingyan's tired expression. He quickly picked her up and carried her into the inner chamber, placing her on the chaise longue. He sat down beside the chaise longue and massaged Qingyan's body to relax her stiff muscles.

"Little darling, why are you so tired?" Yin glanced at Qingyan. "Didn't I say that you can only receive guests for a maximum of two hours each day?"

Qingyan, her face pale, shook her head wearily.

"Fourth Brother, the Emperor's birthday is just around the corner. If we don't deal with this now, it will be really difficult to resolve if any problems are discovered on the day of the festival!" Qingyan also had her own ideas.

Yin sighed: "My elder brother told me that he wanted to help the two of you, but we've also got a lot more things to do."

He stopped Qingyan and made her lie down on the chaise longue, letting her lean against him. Ever since her pregnancy progressed, Yin had been using himself as a cushion, hoping that Qingyan could find a comfortable position.

"Fourth Prince, we want to send more people. Do you have any wealthy servants over there?" Qingyan and Yin analyzed. Too many people came that day, including officials and some local merchants. Yin and Yin planned to take advantage of the Emperor's birthday celebration to get along well with the local officials and celebrities, hoping to better manage the military ports in Guangdong and Guangxi in the future.

"Little darling, why send so many people into the corridor?" Yin was a little puzzled. The corridor wasn't a place of injustice, so there was no need to send so many people.

"From what I understand, some of these women are pregnant. If we were to take advantage of them here, we wouldn't be able to explain ourselves!" Qingyan said, rubbing his temples.

Qingyan felt uneasy, as if something was about to happen.

"Little darling, relax. You've been too stressed lately preparing for the Emperor's birthday celebration!" Yin quickly stepped forward and patted Qingyan's back to help her relax.

She nestled in Yin's arms, taking slow, deep breaths, and soon drifted off to sleep.

At noon, in order to finish everything as quickly as possible, the two sisters-in-law skipped their lunch break, in addition to having a meal.

"Fourth Prince, tell me about the specific arrangements for the banquet." Qingyan had already closed her eyes due to sleepiness, but she was still determined to listen to Yin's arrangements.

Yin spoke in a deep voice about the countermeasures they had discussed. Both of them understood that if they didn't handle things well this time and offended the local officials, Lao Ba and his men would have an excuse to start over.

"Where's Lao Shi? Will he be with you guys at these social events?" Qingyan suddenly remembered Lao Shi. This guy had returned from his expedition and hadn't been seen at all except for training.

"Hehe, that brat must have been accompanying us to social events. But he wasn't idle either; he was always wandering around. Many of the things you prepared were priced by the tenth prince!" Yin was very pleased. The tenth prince had grown up and was able to help the two of them, as princesses, with many things to do.

Qingyan fell asleep immediately. Yin reached out and pulled the brocade quilt from the chaise longue, covering the two of them, and they fell asleep right away.

At the door, Su Peisheng and Su Lan exchanged a glance and instructed their subordinates that dinner would be delayed.

As dinner time approached, Su Lan went to the twins' room and told them that Qing Yan had been busy all day and had fallen asleep immediately, so they should eat on their own first.

"Ah Hun, is Father resting too?" Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen asked, pouting slightly.

“Of course, sister. Let’s hurry up these days. Father and Mother are both very busy. We can take care of ourselves!” Yiken’e understood the responsibilities that Yin and Qingyan bore, so as the eldest son, he had to shoulder more.

"Ah Hun, I've been very good. Father insists that we drag Mother around. Otherwise, who would want to feed the fish every day?" Hutu Lifengsheng Zhalafen wasn't very interested in feeding the fish anymore. She did it every day as if it were just a routine.

Pfft!

"Isn't this your favorite?" Yiken asked with a smile, looking at Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen's pale face.

"Even they can't withstand this kind of torment!" Hutuli Fengsheng Zhalafen said, looking somewhat annoyed as he ate his dinner.