"Little vixen, are you serious or just pretending? You haven't sent me a letter for months, all you do is talk a good game."
"Your Highness, I am innocent. Even if I wanted to write, I would have to consider that Your Highness has official duties to attend to at the Yuanmingyuan. How could I dare to bother you too much?"
"Wei'er, even if I'm too busy to handle everything, do you think I would ignore you?"
"Your Highness, that's not what I meant. Oh, if Your Highness doesn't believe me, you can come and see for yourself."
"Look at me, how can I look at you? It's been months! Let me take a good look at you..."
"Hehehe, Your Highness, you're so naughty~"
"..."
The room was dimly lit, and sounds drifted intermittently from behind the drawn curtains.
But with the sound of shallow breathing, the voice was already drowned out, making it difficult to hear and distinguish.
To be honest, Hongli was really feeling cooped up at the Yuanmingyuan for several months.
Neither the primary wife nor the secondary wife were Hongli's ideal bed partners.
Moreover, when Hongli was in the Yuanmingyuan, he had to worry about the emperor who was always finding fault with him.
That's truly exhausting, both physically and mentally, and yet there's no proper outlet for those emotions.
Now that he's back at his residence, on his own turf, Hongli can do whatever he wants to feel comfortable.
I stayed at Ruyi Residence for three whole days, and every day I was up and about from dusk till dawn.
Hongli finally caught his breath and left Ruyi Residence decisively to continue clocking in at other places.
Chen Yuwei, who had been both severely tormented and nourished by Hongli, looked completely satisfied, lying in Ruyi Residence and refusing to go out or see anyone.
Why
The prince is still too young.
While soaking in warm water, Chen Yuwei used the system's pills to remove the bruises on her body.
There was no way around it; there were just too many of these marks, densely packed on my skin.
Moreover, they had to pay their respects to the main courtyard every other day, and now that the qipao were thin, the problems around their necks could not be hidden when they moved around.
When the evidence comes out, Chen Yuwei isn't afraid of anything, but others will definitely overthink it.
After all, these people are best at making up their own ideas, and they might even think that Chen Yuwei is showing off to them.
Chen Yuwei would feel it was a loss if this inexplicably attracted a wave of hatred.
After washing and scrubbing, in no time at all, most of the marks on Chen Yuwei's body had disappeared.
After getting up and drying herself with a towel, Chen Yuwei applied the fragrant balm prepared by the imperial physician. When she found that the marks had disappeared, she nodded in satisfaction.
Not bad, not bad at all. Making a fortune quietly is her style.
In September, the mansion, having received the imperial decree, began to move about.
Because another concubine, Hui-fa-na-la, was to enter the mansion on the first day of the tenth month.
Like the primary wife, the secondary wife also needed to be formally married into the family.
Therefore, Fucha Jinyi also had to arrange the wedding hall and prepare the wedding banquet for Hongli and Huifa Nara, who had not yet entered the family.
Chen Yuwei: ...That's terrible.
This is what it's like to be the first wife in ancient times. In a patriarchal society, even being the principal wife wasn't easy.
Shaking her head, Chen Yuwei continued to touch her stomach. Don't overthink it. She wasn't pregnant, not because she wasn't prepared this time, but because Chen Yuwei was thinking about how the emperor sitting on the dragon throne would pass away at the end of August next year.
The emperor is gone, and everyone must go to the palace to mourn.
Chen Yuwei had this experience in her past life, so she didn't want to go through it again this time.
She planned to conceive next spring, and by the end of August, her belly would be seven or eight months along, and she would be about to give birth. Hongli wouldn't allow her to enter the palace to mourn, so she took her children and escaped the ordeal.
Hmm, plan works.
...
On the first day of the tenth month, Hui Fanara clan's eldest daughter, Hui Fanara clan's Tan Yin, who was seventeen years old, entered the mansion as Prince Bao's secondary consort and lived in Mingcui Residence.
When the new concubine entered the mansion, Hongli stayed at Mingcui Residence for three days in accordance with ancestral rules.
Three days later, Hui Fa Na La Tan Yin appeared in the main courtyard's greeting hall, dressed in a Manchu-style dress.
Chen Yuwei sat in a chair and formally met Hui Fa Nara, who would later become Empress Dowager Qianlong's second empress.
Hmm, unlike what I imagined, Hui-fa-na-la is very alluring.
If it weren't for her serious expression and indifferent demeanor, which somewhat suppressed her aura, she might have been another favored concubine.
Why is it hard to say? Because Chen Yuwei had a gut feeling that Hui Fa Na La Shi was a rather... well, somewhat indescribable person. Upright? Anyway, she seemed to have the qualities of a principal wife.
However, Hui-fa-na-la was a secondary consort, a concubine, and had to be subservient to the primary consort.
Therefore, Hui-fa-na-la's appearance and temperament were contradictory and strange.
Such a person may be favored for a time, but it is difficult for them to remain favored.
After all, Hongli liked to be pampered and worshipped. Huifa Nara had to restrain herself in everything, so why would Hongli come here to make trouble for herself?
Sure enough, the Mingcui Residence of the Hui-fa-na-la clan was only lively for a month before Hongli turned around and threw himself into the arms of other people in the mansion.
Compared to Hui Fa Na La Shi, who was reserved and always liked to talk about rules, Hongli felt that the other women in his harem were much more lovable.
It was also at this time that Su Jingtong of Jixiang Pavilion was diagnosed by the imperial physician as being nearly three months pregnant, becoming the new darling of the mansion.
"However, Concubine Su is pregnant, but there is nothing unusual about the Prince."
The main reason is that Hongli didn't like Su Jingtong very much and didn't respect her.
Having completed the normal pregnancy process, Su Jingtong certainly received the reward she deserved.
But nothing else.
Hongli should either not go to the Auspicious Pavilion or not. Su Jingtong is pregnant, and she doesn't seem to be as outstanding as expected.
Chen Yuwei chuckled, thinking to herself that this person's luck has always been bad.
Moreover, Su Jingtong secretly kept her pregnancy a secret for a period of time.
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