Concubine Jing softened her expression, but she didn't take the Sixth Prince in. She simply raised her hand and gently stroked his face: "I've always been in poor health, so I won't hold him, lest I pass on my illness to him."
Having said that, Concubine Jing withdrew her hand reluctantly.
When Concubine Lan saw this, a moment of impatience flashed across her face. She had said so much, but Concubine Jing still didn't appreciate it!
Concubine Jing refused to cooperate, so Concubine Lan had no choice but to take the child back and gave herself a way out: "Sister, as your aunt, you still love him. Since you are not feeling well, I have some good supplements and I will send them to you later."
Just as Concubine Jing was about to refuse, she heard Concubine Lan say, "Sister, please don't refuse me again. This is also the Sixth Prince's love for his aunt."
Concubine Jing's gaze fell on the Sixth Prince, who was looking at her with his wide, innocent eyes in Lanpin's arms. Her heart softened, and she did not refuse anymore: "Thank you very much, Lanpin."
She thought that when Concubine Lan sent her supplements, she would prepare something of equal value to send back as a gift to the Sixth Prince. This child was really cute.
The palace banquet ended successfully. The emperor went to the queen's place to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year, and the concubines also returned to their respective palaces to stay up all night.
Ning Yuxi dragged her tired body and brought the little ones back to the palace. Cheng Yao and Shu Xuan had already fallen asleep in the wet nurse's arms, so Ning Yuxi told the wet nurse to carry them back to their room to sleep.
He looked at Cheng Zhao, who was holding his hand. Cheng Zhao was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes, but he forced himself to stay awake. Seeing Ning Yuxi looking at him, he quickly opened his eyes wide and said, "Mother, I am not sleepy. I will stay with you to celebrate the New Year together."
Ning Yuxi smiled with relief: "Children don't need to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year. If Chengzhao is sleepy, he can go to sleep. Mother has Ruyi and Luoying to accompany her."
Cheng Zhao shook his head and said, "No, I'm not sleepy. My father has gone to accompany my mother, so I'll stay with her."
Ning Yuxi was very pleased, but she didn't want her son to stay up late with her: "Mother knows that Cheng Zhao is the most filial child, but you are still young. If a child stays up late, he will not grow tall. Go to bed obediently. When you grow up, you can stay up with mother to celebrate the New Year together."
It's not certain when they grow up. The princes have to move to Chonghua Palace when they are five years old. At most, they will have a meal together at the New Year's Eve palace banquet, and then go back to their respective places. When they grow up and start their own families, they will move out of the palace directly. It is even more impossible for them to stay up together until the New Year.
Well, unless... unless you are like the emperor and the empress dowager, then you don’t have to worry about these things.
Hearing that Ao Ye would not grow tall, little Chengzhao showed some hesitation. He wanted to grow tall and strong so that he could protect his mother.
But he didn't want his mother to stay up all night alone. Just as he was hesitating, Ning Yuxi picked him up and carried him to his bedroom. After washing him, she forced him to sleep: "Go to sleep. Your mother is staying here to watch the New Year's Eve. This means Cheng Zhao is watching the New Year's Eve with her."
Little Chengzhao's eyes were shining. Ever since he had Mr. Xu as his teacher, he no longer needed his mother to coax him to sleep. Besides, he had younger brothers and sisters who were still young and needed his mother to accompany them to sleep more than he did.
So he hasn't been coaxed to sleep by his mother for a long time.
Little Chengzhao was extremely excited. He quickly got into bed, hugged one of his mother's arms, closed his eyes, and fell asleep contentedly while smelling the faint fragrance from his mother's body.
Seeing this scene, Ning Yuxi felt a little distressed. After having twins, although she always paid attention to them and tried her best not to neglect Cheng Zhao.
But a person's energy is limited, especially since she has two children, so it is inevitable that there are things she can't take care of.
Ning Yuxi patted Cheng Zhao gently through the quilt, thinking that Cheng Yao and Shu Xuan were now three years old after the Chinese New Year, and she didn't need to worry about them as much as she did when they were children. She would treat the first and second children equally and would not neglect either of them.
Raising a child is not easy. Although the three-child policy has been opened in modern times, not many people want it. That's right, she can hardly take care of her second child, let alone the third and fourth children.
Fortunately, perhaps because the emperor was old, she had not used contraceptive methods in the past two years (after all, it would be no joke if the emperor found out), and she did not get pregnant again.
Well, I hope the emperor will become infertile in the future. Having so many children is enough.
You only have one throne to inherit, but now you already have five princes. It is not easy to succeed one of the five princes. It is scary to think about a bunch of sons fighting to the death like Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty.
Just as she was daydreaming, she saw Cheng Zhao sleeping soundly with steady breathing. Ning Yuxi gently got up, tucked the quilt in for him, and quietly returned to her own bedroom.
It was almost midnight and there was still more than an hour before bedtime. Ning Yuxi yawned loudly and felt a little sore in her waist. She guessed it was because she had sat for too long at the banquet.
Ning Yuxi stood up and prepared to walk around the room and stretch her back.
Luoying brought over a cup of tea and said, "Master, please have some tea to refresh yourself. It's still more than half an hour before the time comes."
Ning Yuxi took the tea and drank two sips, then walked around the room twice. She still felt sore in her waist and a dull pain in her lower abdomen.
Could it be that her period is coming? The date has arrived, but her body is well-maintained and she didn't have these symptoms during her previous periods.
Ning Yuxi and Luoying Ruyi told them that they were about to have their periods so that they could prepare menstrual supplies.
Hearing that she was feeling unwell, Ruyi asked someone to boil some brown sugar water when she went to get her menstrual belt.
Luoying urged her to lie down on the bed. Ning Yuxi felt even more uncomfortable. She was not the kind of person who would let herself down. What difference did sitting on the bed make to sitting on a chair during the New Year's Eve? No!
Ning Yuxi followed Luoying's words with peace of mind and went to bed. However, just as she stood up, she felt a blackout in front of her eyes. The dull pain in her lower abdomen suddenly became sharp. She couldn't bear it for a moment, and she fell straight down.
Fortunately, Luoying had been supporting her. Seeing this, Luoying turned pale with fear. She quickly hugged her and said anxiously, "Master, Master, what's wrong with you?"
As she spoke, Luoying hurriedly called out to the people waiting outside: "Come here, come quickly, the master has fainted!"
Ruyi happened to be walking outside the door with brown sugar water. Upon hearing the words, she hurried in, not caring about the boiling brown sugar water splashing on her hands.
As soon as he entered the room, he hurriedly put the tray and brown sugar water on the table. Looking at his pale master leaning on Luoying, he ran over in two steps and helped Luoying to help his master lie down on the bed.
As soon as they settled down, the two of them hurriedly ordered the palace maids who had gathered around after hearing the shouting to call the imperial physician.
The palace gates were locked at this time, so anyone who wanted to invite an imperial physician had to inform the Empress. Moreover, the imperial physician had to go home for the holiday, so the Imperial Hospital only kept the imperial physicians who were frequently used by the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and the Empress in case of emergency.
Besides, it is unlucky to invite an imperial physician on New Year's Eve, and the Empress is staying up all night with the Emperor, so it is not appropriate to disturb them.
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