Fu Yijing watched Xie Changning's back completely disappear behind the door curtain. He took a sip of tea and said to Zhiqi calmly, "Didn't the Prime Minister's Mansion send a few official bird's nests to Fuyao Palace a few days ago? Bird's nests are very nourishing for pregnant women. Go and send all the official bird's nests that have been put into the warehouse to Chenyou Palace. By the way, after you send them there, remember to ask Jiufu, who is by Lu Xianjun's side, whether he likes blood bird's nest, golden bird's nest, or white bird's nest the most. Next time I give you a gift, I can cater to his preferences."
Zhiqi was about to leave when Fu Yijing called out to him again, "By the way, when I got married, my father specially prepared a few servants who knew pharmacology for me. Please arrange for two of them to be sent to Chenyou Palace as well."
Zhiqi suddenly lost his composure, his voice unconsciously rising a few notches. "Master, it's fine if you give the bird's nest to the virtuous prince. But those old servants were carefully selected by the Prime Minister and sent to you to serve you during your pregnancy and confinement. How could you send them to Chenyou Palace?"
Fu Yijing's face remained calm as she explained in a leisurely voice, "It is precisely because those old servants have experience in tending to pregnancies that I want to give them to Lu Xianjun. Now that I am the Crown Princess, I must be responsible for His Highness's offspring. I don't want anything unexpected to happen with the baby in Lu Xianjun's belly, causing Her Highness the Crown Princess to feel resentful towards me."
Zhiqi was puzzled and said, "Didn't the master say this morning that he hoped Lu Xianjun was pregnant with a son? The legitimate daughter hasn't been born yet, and he must not give birth to a concubine's daughter to bother the master..." As Zhiqi was speaking, he seemed to remember something and suddenly stopped.
Fu Yijing sneered, "Fool, you don't think I'm going to harm the baby in his belly, do you? Her Highness the Princess is very precious to his belly. There are at least five or six servants serving in Chenyou Palace, all assigned by Her Highness the Princess from Guangming Palace. Unless I'm crazy, how could I take such a huge risk to harm him?"
Seeing that Zhiqi was still standing there in a daze.
Fu Yijing's eyes flashed with disdain. "There's only a 50% chance that the baby in his belly is a girl. Even if he's lucky enough to give birth to a daughter, that's only the first step. Giving birth is easy, but raising her is not. And when a child grows up to be able to hold their coming-of-age ceremony, who knows how many accidents might happen along the way."
Zhiqi finally came to his senses. He lowered his head and said in a shameful tone, "Your Highness, the Princess Royal is right. I was too shallow in my thinking. I will send the bird's nest and the people to Lord Lu Xian now."
Zhiqi left in a hurry.
Fu Yijing frowned.
Zhiqi was the person assigned to him by his adoptive mother. He originally thought he was smart, but unexpectedly he turned out to be a fool who was not worthy of being used.
He rubbed his temples irritably and called the second-class attendant to dress him up.
The attendant brought over a few pearl rings he often used. Fu Yijing picked up a white magnolia hairpin at random and was about to put it in his hair when he heard someone outside say, "The Princess Royal is here."
Fu Yijing stood up immediately.
At this moment, Ling Shumo pulled aside the falling beaded curtain. Before she even entered, her voice was heard, "When I came here just now, I ran into the guy named Zhiqi next to you. I heard from Zhiqi that you gave all the bird's nest that Prime Minister Fu sent for you to nourish your body to Lu Jinan?"
Fu Yijing looked towards the door and saw Ling Shumo holding a blue-white jade fan-shaped box in her hand. He widened his eyes in surprise.
The bird's nest that his adoptive mother gave him was packed in a fan-shaped box made of blue-white jade.
Ling Shumo knew what he wanted to ask and explained with a smile, "Lu Jinan only has one stomach, and Chenyou Palace doesn't need so many boxes of bird's nests. Didn't I just tell you that I happened to run into Zhiqi? I took the opportunity to grab a box of bird's nest and brought it back to you."
"Just now I saw that Zhiqi was followed by several servants. They were all going to Chenyou Palace to serve Lu Jinan during her pregnancy. Zhiqi said that those people were well versed in pharmacology and were originally prepared by the Prime Minister specifically for you.
Now, you let them serve Lu Jinan," Ling Shumo pulled Fu Yijing's hand and placed it on her chest. She looked at Fu Yijing opposite with very gentle eyes, "Xiaojing, Jinan has already told me that you gave him the rosewood sedan chair that you brought as a dowry, and allowed him to ride in the sedan chair to pay his respects to you in Fuyao Palace in the future.
When I learned all this, I was extremely happy. I am extremely lucky to be able to marry a virtuous and kind lady like you."
Fu Yijing's cheeks flushed, and he said softly, "Your Highness, there's no need to be so polite. What you said is what I should do. After all, when the child in Lu Xianjun's belly is born, he will call me father. I only hope that he can safely give birth to your eldest daughter. In this way, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother can rest assured about your Highness's issue of offspring."
Ling Shumo hugged Fu Yijing into her arms and said, "You will be in charge of the backyard of the East Palace. I can rest assured from now on."
Fu Yijing leaned against Ling Shumo's arms for a while. Although he was very reluctant to leave, he still stood up straight. "By the way, I went to Chengguang Pavilion this morning and selected three good-looking young men. Speaking of which, there are too few men in Your Highness's harem. I should have added someone to Your Highness's side a long time ago. I was too busy some time ago, so I delayed it until today. I hope Your Highness will not blame me."
Ling Shumo looked at Fu Yijing and felt more and more satisfied. She smiled and said, "Everything is up to you."
It's almost time for lunch.
Fu Yijing took Ling Shumo's hand, and the two sat side by side at the dining table. "Your Highness, may you not know that there is a very handsome Chang Ning in the east courtyard of Chengguang Pavilion. When the food is served, I will ask him to come and serve."
Ling Shumo smiled and nodded, her voice filled with endless doting and joy, "It's all up to you."
She had originally agreed to marry Fu Yijing as the Crown Princess because she was attracted by Prime Minister Fu Rong and Xuanming Fairy standing behind Fu Yijing, and by Fu Yijing's fairy-like beauty. Now it seems that Fu Yijing is not only beautiful, but also virtuous. She is really lucky to have such a good husband.
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