Shangguan Qian looked confused. Kill, kill the pig?
Is His Royal Highness Prince Heng’s hobby so special?
The housekeeper looked at the stunned Shangguan Qian, felt sorry for her, and said goodbye with a bow: "Miss Shangguan, if you really want to win the prince's heart, you can only work hard in this direction."
Shangguan Qian stayed where he was, not coming back to his senses for a long time.
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Another five or six days passed.
The winter afternoon sun was warm, the plum tree in the yard had buds, and two little eunuchs were trimming the weeds in the yard. Chen Wei was afraid of the cold and had no interest in appreciating the plum blossoms. In addition, she had difficulty moving around due to pregnancy, so apart from exercising and necessary outings, she spent most of her time hiding in the warm room to look at the account books.
That day, Cai Lian sent a letter.
This letter was sent from Jiangnan by Shen Wei's younger brother Shen Xiuming. Shen Wei leaned back on the couch, took a sip of the hot warming soup, opened the envelope and read.
The letter was very long. Part of it talked about the bitterness and difficulties of Shen Xiuming as an official in Jiangnan, and how he overcame the sinister hearts of people in the officialdom with his tenacious fighting spirit.
In another part, Shen Xiuming expressed his care and concern for Shen Wei. Upon learning that Shen Wei was pregnant again, Shen Xiuming shed countless tears, fearing that something might happen to his sister's pregnancy.
The wives and concubines in the palace are like tigers. How should the weak and pitiful sister face the oppression of the wives and concubines?
Shen Wei put down the letter silently.
I dare not tell Shen Xiuming that the weak and pitiful girl has already walked sideways in the palace...
"Keep this letter." Shen Wei handed the letter to Cai Lian.
But after a little thought, Shen Wei changed her words: "Burn the letter." In the letter, Shen Xiuming mentioned the dangers of the Jiangnan officialdom and accused the princess and others of being vicious. In order to avoid giving people a chance to criticize him, it would be safest to burn the letter.
It gets dark early in winter. When Prince Yan finished his state affairs and walked into the Glazed Pavilion, it was already dark.
He had been running back and forth between the Ministry of War and the Eastern Palace these days, supervising the production and improvement of the composite bow while assisting the crown prince in handling state affairs. He was exhausted both physically and mentally.
The lights in the Glazed Pavilion were cozy, and Chen Wei had asked someone to prepare hot water and a hot water bottle for Prince Yan to warm his hands.
It's warm inside.
Shen Wei sent someone to bring dinner. King Yan went to the baby room inside the room to see his daughter.
Little Leyou was still crawling on the wool blanket. When she smelled the familiar smell, she opened her hands happily and said in a baby voice: "Hu-Hu-Wang-Hu-Wang-"
King Yan was stunned for a moment, thinking he had heard wrongly.
Little Leyou opened his mouth again and called out: "Call the King..."
Prince Yan reacted immediately and realized that his daughter was actually calling him! Suddenly, a warm current surged in the heart of King Yan. He picked up his chubby daughter. Little Leyou came over as usual and called out in a babbling voice, "Call the King..."
Her teeth had not grown in fully and her speech was unclear, so she said "Father King" instead of "Hu King", but King Yan was very satisfied to hear it.
When Shen Wei walked into the room, King Yan told her happily: "Weiwei, Leyou called me father!"
Chen Wei was surprised and came over to listen. Le You indeed shouted "Call the King" a few more times indistinctly.
"Be good, call me mother again." Shen Wei poked her daughter's soft chubby face.
Little Leyou opened his mouth and insisted on calling: "Call the King..."
Shen Wei held her forehead in frustration, while King Yan laughed out loud.
The baby voice of his daughter made the fatigue that had accumulated in King Yan for some time disappear in an instant.
Chen Wei listened to Prince Yan's hearty and boastful laughter, silently complaining in her heart. You were laughing happily, but you didn't know how much time she and the wet nurse spent to teach the child to say the word "father".
In the past, all the descendants of Prince Yan's Mansion, except for the children of concubines and illegitimate concubines, were raised by the princess herself. The princess took great care in raising her own children, but was perfunctory about the children of other concubines, so that the children of other concubines learned to walk and talk very late.
After they learned to speak, the children were afraid when they saw King Yan, and they called him "Father" with fear.
Now the little baby, who was less than one year old, called him "Father" in a dependent manner. His voice was so sweet and soft that the King of Yan was naturally happy.
After holding my daughter, I had dinner with Shen Wei. At night, the two of them slept on the same bed, and King Yan was still thinking about his daughter's call in his mind. His eyebrows were gentle and his hand touched Shen Wei's bulging belly.
If one daughter is so lovable, wouldn’t it be even better to have another one?
Prince Yan was already thinking of a name for his next daughter in his mind, and as he was thinking, he touched Shen Wei's belly again. Suddenly sensing something strange, the King of Yan asked curiously, "I remember when you were pregnant with Leyou, your belly seemed smaller at five months."
Although she was also five months pregnant, Shen Wei's belly seemed to be bulging even more.
Shen Wei smiled and whispered into King Yan's ear.
King Yan was delighted: "Really?"
Shen Wei was not too sure either, so she could only bring up the imperial physician: "The old imperial physician sent by the queen checked several times and said that it was twins, so it should be correct."
Prince Yan was overjoyed and chatted with Shen Wei in a good mood about the names of the two children. The two of them chatted back and forth, and soon they both felt sleepy and fell into a deep sleep.
In the Liuli Pavilion, beside Shen Wei, Prince Yan could always sleep soundly and peacefully every night.
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The next morning, Prince Yan entered the palace as ordered. Shen Wei got up sleepily. Her belly was getting bigger and bigger, and she was particularly sleepy. Often she would open her eyes sleepily only after King Yan left.
It’s cold today, and the plum blossoms in the yard are in full bloom, filling the yard with fragrance. The maid trimmed a few lush plum blossoms and put them in a vase. Shen Wei drank the hot rice porridge, and the fragrance of plum blossoms filled her nostrils.
After breakfast, Shen Wei exercised in the warm room. Since ancient times, giving birth to a child has been a test of hell. It was extremely painful for her to give birth to one, and it would be even more painful to give birth to two. You should do more pregnancy yoga now to relieve back pain and cramps, strengthen pelvic muscles, and make childbirth smoother in the future.
Cai Ping ran in and lowered her voice: "Master, there is news from the Marquis' Mansion!"
Shen Wei gave Cai Ping a cup of hot tea to warm herself up.
Caiping told the story slowly and leisurely.
Some time ago, Cai Ping sent a clever maid into the Marquis's residence according to Chen Wei's instructions. Now the Marquis' Mansion is preparing for a wedding and needs a lot of people. The maid is smart and capable, so she was soon sent to serve Zhao Qing.
The maid served Zhao Qing for several days, and Zhao Qing never showed any abnormality. The maid secretly searched the room, turned over the bed, bedding and boxes, but found nothing strange.
The maid was very clever. Someone deliberately set a fire in Zhao Qing's house yesterday. The fire was not big and was quickly put out. The maid secretly stared at Zhao Qing and found that Zhao Qing knocked open the bricks in the corner of the wall, took something out, checked it and put it back.
Cai Ping told Shen Wei: "The house caught fire, and Zhao Qing thought it was the maid's fault, so he sent the maid to work in other courtyards."
Shen Wei clutched the teacup, a smile on her lips, it turned out that the thing was hidden in the cracks between the bricks in the corner of the wall.
Ten days later, Marquis Zhennan and Zhao Qing got married and invited all the famous and powerful people in Yanjing. Naturally, the wedding invitations were also sent to the Prince of Yan's Palace. Shen Wei planned to steal the mysterious object from the cracks in the bricks during the wedding at the Marquis' Mansion.
Shen Wei wanted to see, if one day Shangguan Xuan found out that Zhao Qing was an empty-headed fool, would he still continue to love her?
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